page_title: New Best Friends (The Walking Dead)
section_title: Critical reception
hierarchical_section_title: New Best Friends (The Walking Dead) / Reception / Critical reception
caption_attribution_description: Pollyanna McIntosh during Walker Stalker Con at Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 2018-03-17, Photo: Sven Mandel
context_page_description: "New Best Friends" is the tenth episode of the seventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on February 19, 2017. The episode was written by Channing Powell and directed by Jeffrey F. January.
  The episode focuses on Rick and his group's encounter and discovery of a mysterious collective, while searching for a missing Alexandrian; its inhabitants are unlike any they have come across. It also features the reunion of Daryl and Carol.
context_section_description: "New Best Friends" received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an 84% with an average rating of 7.38 out of 10, based on 31 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "New Best Friends" balances absurdity and dramatic tension as it introduces a bizarrely entertaining new community, even if some moments feel forced and contrived.
caption: Pollyanna McIntosh made her first appearance as Jadis in this episode.
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