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A Ridiculous 'Walking Dead' Morse Code Theory Makes Too Much Sense

A Ridiculous 'Walking Dead' Morse Code Theory Makes Too Much Sense
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Even in the world of “The Walking Dead,” you gotta have a code. Who would’ve thought that code would be so literal?

Sunday’s episode of the show (spoilers ahead, y’all) featured Negan and his goon squad coming to Alexandria to terrorize the residents and take half their stuff. Negan also brought Daryl, and Daryl apparently brought his ninja skills. That’s the theory, anyway.

While watching the episode, some fans noticed how Daryl was acting super weird. Sure, he had just been tortured for days and forced to listen to “Easy Street” on repeat, but fans think this was something more. They noticed that Daryl seemed to be blinking a lot when Rick looked over at him.

Thus, the theory: These blinks were Morse code.

OK. Whoa. Wait. C’mon. This is hogwash, right?

Remember: Negan almost immediately forbid Rick from speaking to Daryl. This would obviously be a way around that.

There’s something else that’s even more convincing, however. Redditor radda explains:

I’d roll my eyes at it if it weren’t for the Morse Code chart earlier in the episode.

What the what!?

Yup. A Morse code chart was prominently shown on the wall earlier in the episode.

Peep this, peeps:

And that has us feeling like: