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"The Walking Dead": Our Thoughts on That New Thanksgiving "Easter Egg" Image; Angela Kang & Co. Talk Season 10 [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.

With "Open Your Eyes" (review here), we 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 just 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). Now Kang and company are offering fans an updated Thanksgiving "easter egg" image to stir up speculation ahead of 2020 – but first, the crew looks back on a tension and paranoia-filled first-half of the tenth season:

So about that Thanksgiving "easter egg" image (larger image below)… there's a lot to unpack here, but our quick takeaways? Interesting that Negan is still with Alpha and Beta (in the distance) while an unmasked Gamma is standing at the dinner table (by Aaron, of course). Gabriel looks to be taking the community leadership role from a missing Michonne. Yumiko and Eugene looks to be in a serious conversation – maybe over the raising of RJ and Judith? Interesting how Luke and Oceanside are represented, while Daryl looks behind him with a concerned expression – possibly aimed at the still-apart-from-the-group Carol (with loyal Dog by her side).

And if we didn't know any better, we'd sweat that was Maggie in the distance – slowly making her way back onto the scene:

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