The Walking Dead Season 5 Spoilers: Andrew Lincoln Previews February Return

The Walking Dead aired its Season 5 midseason finale on Sunday, and fans now have to wait until February for the AMC series to return. But never fear, as star Andrew Lincoln has offered a tease of what fans can expect in 2015.

Lincoln spoke to EW.com and talked about how the second half of Season 5 differs from the rest of the series.

"[C]ertainly it's worth saying that Episode 9 is one of the great episodes we've ever done. And 10 is the episode I always wanted to make," he said. "And then we do something very, very different in the back half, but believe me when I say it comes full circle and I think the back eight is some of the most interesting storytelling we've ever done on this show. It's so exciting to do. It's been scary, but also it's been thrilling because it's so different."

Could we finally see the survivors leave Georgia and head toward Washington D.C., as they do in the comics? Lincoln further discussed the second half of Season 5 and specifically mentioned Steven Yeun as an actor to watch; he refers to him as "a rare talent."

"We also introduce a lot of new characters in this back eight, and Scott [Gimple] and the writers have done a tremendous job of servicing maybe 24 principal characters. It's been an astonishing feat from their end as well," he said. "But I do have to say that losing Emily [Kinney] - it was so painful on so many levels. I adore the girl. I think she's amazing. We lost the voice, her song. And after her having such a tremendous episode that she led in Episode 4 to not even get the chance... I mean, I had three or four seconds to act with her and then she was taken away. It's just cruel, this job, man. It's just cruel."

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