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"The Walking Dead": Looks Like Negan's Got More Than 2 S**** to Give After All [VIDEO]

Even with the cast and crew of AMC's The Walking Dead having wrapped work on the tenth season, life in the franchise's universe has become a lot like the NFL: neither have off-seasons anymore. With a strong ensemble cast (and a "Big Bad" fronted by Samantha Morton in an award-earning turn as Whisperers leader Alpha) and richly layered writing, showrunner/executive producer Angela Kang did the near-impossible: made the show fresh and dangerous again – and we're only halfway through the season.

We didn't mince words over how impressed we were with season opener "Lines We Crossed" (check out our review here). Then we had Morton, Ryan Hurst, and Thora Birch raising the bar even higher with "We Are the End of the World" (check out our review here), – offering up some Whisperers backstory.

"Ghosts" elevated the paranoia as Melissa McBride continues delivering an award-winning performance (that review's here) – while "Silence the Whisperers" proved once again why it's "In Michael Cudlitz, We Trust" (review here).

"What It Always Is" had a now-free Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) beginning his redemption arc (???) while Alpha raised the stakes against our survivors (review here).

"Bonds" had Negan being tested, Carol (McBride) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) possibly making matters worse for the community by "picking up" a Whisperer, and Eugene (Josh McDermitt) reaching out… and getting a response.

"Open Your Eyes" (review here) saw our theory about Siddiq (Avi Nash) completely, totally, and tragically put to rest… and that brought us to midseason finale "The World Before", which we're still processing (and reviewed here).

With the series set to return to AMC on Sunday, February 23, viewers have already gotten a look at what lies ahead – including Michonne's return (told'ya!), a shirtless Negan, a Eugene/Rosita kiss, and a bloody Alpha (check it out here).

Yesterday, Kang and company offered fans an updated Thanksgiving "easter egg" image to stir up speculation ahead of the show's 2020 return as well as a look back at the  tension and paranoia-filled first-half of the tenth season (check those out here).

Today, we have yet another opportunity to be thankful – this time, for all of the times and wonderful ways Negan was able to work the word "shit" into the conversation.

Our biggest takeaway? We didn't realize he said it that many times…

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