Rendition

"Rendition" is the fourth episode of the eleventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. The 157th episode of the series overall, the episode was directed by Frederick E.O. Toye and written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews. "Rendition" was released on the streaming platform AMC+ on September 5, 2021, before airing on AMC on September 12, 2021. In the episode, Daryl (Norman Reedus) reunites with Leah (Lynn Collins) while the Reapers hold him captive at their headquarters, Meridian, and torture him for information about his group. The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Plot In the woods, Daryl flees the Reaper attack with Dog. A Reaper tries to stop him, throwing Dog down a hill, but Daryl fights them off. Another Reaper stops their companions from attacking Daryl, allowing him to escape. The following morning, Daryl finds Dog sitting next to a Reaper, who reveals herself to be Leah, Daryl's former romantic partner and Dog's former owner. Leah asks Daryl if he is with Maggie's group. Daryl lies and says he only bumped into them on the road, but Leah is unconvinced. Daryl tries to take Dog and leave, but Dog refuses to leave Leah's side as a group of Reapers surround them. Daryl is taken to Meridian and tied to a chair in a shed. Daryl confides to Leah that he came back and looked everywhere for her before Leah puts him unconscious. Daryl soon wakes up gasping for air as Reapers waterboard him for information about Maggie's group. He insists that he has no family and was only briefly part of Maggie's group. Nonetheless, they continue to torture him until Leah orders them to stop. Daryl is locked in a nearby cell, where Frost is also imprisoned. Daryl sticks to his story, pretending not to care about Maggie's group when Frost asks. Leah again orders Daryl to surrender any information lest he face the wrath of her leader, Pope. At Pope's quarters, Leah learns that another Reaper, Michael, was found dead.