The Walking Dead: Horrible People Are Still Considered People, Right?

I was ready for this week’s episode, “The Cell,” to be the “Where’s Waldo?” episode starring our very own Daryl Dixon as Waldo. Instead we got the “A Very Special Evening ™ with Dwight” episode. Daryl’s story was the backdrop and stage that Dwight’s story played out on. Daryl’s story can essentially be summed up as such: Negan wants Daryl’s spirit broken and tasks Dwight with the job. He’s physically and psychologically tortured, but the episode ends with Daryl unbroken (with a bit of doom hanging over his head). It’s exactly what anyone who’s seen the show could’ve predicted in terms of predicament. We know Negan’s a control freak sadist. We know Daryl is a decent guy with poor table manners and an unyielding code. We saw how he didn’t exactly adapt to The Claimers’ way of life in season 4 (the group of guys he fell in with after Beth was kidnapped). Daryl, despite sharing DNA with Merle, is a stand-up guy.

Dwight, on the other hand, is, and has been, pretty hate-able since his season 6 appearance in “Always Accountable” when he and his wife Sherry ran him for all his shit. Then he reappeared just in time to kill Denise (with Daryl’s stolen crossbow) during her rousing anti-fear pep talk. So, yeah, this dude can walk into a horde and no one is shedding a tear. They could’ve ended the episode and Dwight right here.[divider type=”space_thin”]Except. Except Dwight gets that “Live Bait” treatment that the Governor got. Kind of. We don’t get his entire backstory via flashback, b…