This past Sunday aired The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale, the final episode of AMC’s popular post-zombie apocalypse TV series until it returns on February 10th. While the regular characters had plenty of their own problems, the finale also introduced some new additions to the cast, including fan-favorite badass Tyreese. In the comic book, Tyreese was Rick’s right-hand man, but it’s unclear if Rick and Tyreese will have that same dynamic on the TV series. For now we can only guess how the second half of season three will play out and how Tyreese and his group will fit in at the prison with Rick and his.

In an interview, actor Chad Coleman, who plays Tyreese, talked about his character, how it differs from the comic book, and what season three will have in store for the cast of characters on The Walking Dead. It’s interesting to see a character like Tyreese in action. He still has a strong moral compass, when it seems like every other character on the series does not. Coleman revealed:

He’s an ex-football player and is a humanitarian. He’s someone who really values human life and is going to do what he can to maintain the sacredness of that. In this hyper-violent, post-apocalyptic world, he’s determined to hold on to his humanity and that’s pretty compelling. Having to negotiate that and to what degree he’s willing to exert force and things of that nature.

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE MID-SEASON FINALE! It looks like this clip is from the very end of this Sunday’s episode.

With only a few days until the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, the two groups of survivalists are quickly turning the zombie TV series into a showdown. But with the promise of another fan-favorite from the comic book to pop up on the TV series, it really goes to show how The Walking Dead is expanding its narrative. Take a look at Chad Coleman as ex-NFL linebacker Tyreese in this Sunday’s episode, “Made to Suffer.”

HBO’s crime drama The Wire is one of the best television shows, maybe ever. And now AMC’s zombie smash The Walking Dead is bringing a little dab of the streets of Baltimore to the post-apocalyptic landscape. Chad Coleman, who played reformed drug dealer turned youth boxing coach Cutty, is joining the cast.

There have been all kinds of developments recently on AMC’s The Walking Dead. So far, season 5 has delivered a number of brutal events—both physical and emotional—as well as some new developments that will forever change the shape of the series. While we’re still a few weeks away from the end, the network has shared some details about the season finale.

If you’re not current on The Walking Dead, there are spoilers to be found here. You’ve been warned.

Last night’s episode of The Walking Dead was a rough one for fans, and the events are going to leave some lasting, long-term wounds that will be slow to heal. We’ll get into it later, so if you’re not caught up, if you didn’t watch “What Happened and What’s Going On,” you might want to sit this one out, because we’ve got a sneak peek at next week’s episode, “Them,” as well as a behind-the-scenes looks at the traumatic action from last night.

There are big ass spoilers beyond this point. Just a heads up.

We’ll just get this out of the way right up front: if you didn’t watch last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, STOP READING NOW. Something big happened, and we’re going to talk about it in depth. Unless you don’t care, there are going to be serious SPOILERS beyond this point if you haven’t caught up with the mid-season 5 premiere. You’ve been warned.