I did enjoy the Darryl focused episode this past week.
It was fine, but it felt a lot like when Daryl was captured by The Saviors and held in The Sanctuary and had a bromance with Dwight.
Swap Leah for Dwight and The Reapers for The Saviors and you've got last week's episode. However I did like the Apocalypse Now / Marlon Brando-like leader Pope. Although you gotta wonder how an unhinged leader manages to keep his crew together, functioning, and fed for ten years.
I'm personally tired with all the conflict among the living. It would make sense if they were fighting for resources or something, but now it seems like the only people left alive are those that want to kill every other living person. And apparently they've all got plenty of food because the spend all their time going after their enemies, and are willing to use gasoline/kerosene to burn down a building instead of power a vehicle or generator.
I'm more interested in The Commonwealth storyline and what that might bring. Its been a long time since our protagonists have encountered another friendly group