The Walking Dead's Season 2 Midseason Finale Scores Big

AMC's The Walking Dead has certainly proven itself to be a ratings monster. The TV show based on the Image Comics ongoing series, picked up 6.6 million viewers last night for its Midseason Finale. Only slightly lower than the Season 2 Premiere which scored 7.3 Million, but still ahead of the show's first season on the network.

So far it appears gripes from viewers regarding the show's pace have had no impact on them tuning in to see what happens to Rick Grimes and co. Will they be willing to tune in again come February when the show returns after a short hiatus? Only time will tell.

Speaking to EW, writer Robert Kirkman talked about what fans can expect from the remaining episodes this season. (Spoilers from last night's episode ahead) "These people are going to be pitted against each other now. Hershel’s been keeping these walkers a secret and now they find out that Sophia’s been in the barn the whole time. Shane isn’t going to suddenly calm down. That’s something I should probably point out. I mean, he was pretty angry there at the end of this episode. He was probably a little shocked by Sophia coming out of the barn but I wouldn’t expect him to put his gun down and be like, “Okay, well, I’m good now.” So there’s going to be tremendous amounts of conflict that comes from that and there’s going to be a lot of aftermath dealing with the shocking revelation and there’s going to be a lot of crazy new stuff thrown into the mix. I think we’re going to see some new characters very early on, introduced in our first episode back. There’s going to be a lot of cool stuff coming up."

The Walking Dead returns February 6th, with "Nebraska".