

Daryl wasn't prepared to ditch the only family he ever knew for a woman. Leah vanished from Daryl's life after giving him an ultimatum to choose her or his family. Still, it felt like an odd narrative choice to introduce a love interest this late into the series after "TWD" avoided pairing him with anyone for 10 seasons and some fans have read Daryl's character asexual. Showrunner Angela Kang told us she wasn't trying to troll the fans with Leah's introduction.

Fans who have 'shipped Daryl and Carol (Melissa McBride) or Daryl and Connie (Lauren Ridloff) for years weren't exactly happy about this. After 10 seasons of letting Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) ride solo in the zombie apocalypse, the writers put him in a romantic entanglement with a mysterious woman named Leah (Lynn Collins).
