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10 details you may have missed on Sunday's 'The Walking Dead'

10 details you may have missed on Sunday's 'The Walking Dead'

Kirsten Acuna

Did you spot Khary Payton's daughter on Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead"?Josh Stringer/AMC

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for season 11, episode 10 of "The Walking Dead."
Insider rounded up nods to the comics and a few smaller details you may have missed.

The Commonwealth is in Ohio, just like in the comics.

Ohio is subtly mentioned a few times on Sunday's episode. AMC

In case there was any doubt, Sunday's episode subtly notes that the show's version of the Commonwealth community is also in Ohio.

When Carol goes in search of wine for Lance Hornsby, the address of a store she finds is located in Dover Hills, Ohio. There's also another sign Carol passes in the Commonwealth which mentions Ohio.

"The Walking Dead" gives Ezekiel a last name: Sutton.

A file on Sunday's episode shows Ezekiel's last name. AMC

When Carol looks up Ezekiel's health records in the Commonwealth, his full name is written on a folder: Ezekiel Sutton.

The comic version of Ezekiel didn't have a last name.

Star Khary Payton revealed that his daughter, Maya, had a cameo on Sunday's episode.

Khary Payton's daughter, Maya, played Celeste on Sunday's episode. Josh Stringer/AMC

Maya played Celeste, the little girl who dresses up as Mercer and wins the Halloween costume contest at the Commonwealth.

On Twitter, Payton wrote that his daughter "wasn't too happy" when he received his job on "TWD" because it meant he'd be away from his family in Georgia filming for much of the year.

At the time, Payton recalled that she told him to "just quit, daddy."

"That's why this episode means so much to me," Payton said of Sunday's "TWD." "We had an awesome day. She was so professional and so committed to telling her small part of the story. I could not be more proud."

Judith calls her brother "very brave," as they come out of a haunted maze in a nod back to season 10.

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Judith told her brother, R.J., a story about "the brave man," aka their father Rick, on the season 10 premiere.

Magna is given a job as a waitress at the Commonwealth, which is similar to a job she had before the apocalypse.

Magna is back to being a waitress at the Commonwealth. AMC

Prior to the fall of civilization, Magna (Nadia Hilker) told Michonne and the others on season nine, episode six that she used to be a waitress at a truck stop.

"There's something odd for our people like Magna, who's working at the party, to go like, 'Wow, all that old stuff that we thought we left behind, that we thought didn't matter anymore, actually has always mattered here," showrunner Angela Kang said of Magna's role in the Commonwealth on a bonus feature on AMC+.

"It's jarring for Magna," Kang added. "I think she never thought she'd be knocked back down to that again."

Connie is a reporter, a nod to her former job as a journalist.

Connie said she was a journalist on season nine, episode six. AMC

Connie (Lauren Ridloff) revealed on season nine, episode six that she used to be a pretty great investigative journalist.

Here, Connie's working for the Commonwealth's newspaper, a job that doesn't seem completely fulfilling to someone of her caliber.

Kelly tells Daryl that Connie got Pamela Milton's uncle kicked out of Congress before the apocalypse.

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Kelly previously hinted at this on season nine, episode six.

Back then, Kelly said her sister "exposed a bunch of sleazeball politicians and put them behind bars."

Was Pamela's uncle among those "sleazeball politicians"? And, if so, is Pamela anything like her relative?

If you didn't notice, Pamela is actually in the background looking towards Connie and Kelly as they're discussing her uncle.

Pamela Milton's father is "TWD" executive producer Tom Luse.

The portrait on Sunday's "TWD" was inspired by executive producer Tom Luse. Here he is seen on season eight with Andrew Lincoln. AMC, Gene Page/AMC

Kang confirmed this on Twitter.

Tyler, the character who makes a scene at the party, is the former Commonwealth soldier we saw on season 10, episode 20.

We previously saw Tyler on one of the season 10 bonus episodes of "TWD." AMC

If you didn't recognize the man who took Max hostage, he was the soldier who Princess beats and outsmarts in season 10, episode 20, "Splinter."

We learn that Tyler was stripped of his role as a soldier and hasn't been dealing well with the fallout.

The Halloween celebration at the Commonwealth is a nod to something they skipped over in the comics.

Daryl at the Halloween celebration. Josh Stringer/AMC

Kang told Entertainment Weekly that the moment, pitched by script writer Magali Lozano, was a nod to when the survivors first enter Alexandria in the comics and witness a Halloween celebration.

"She pitched 'What if we did Halloween from the comics?'" Kang recalled. "We never have done this iconic moment where our characters landed in Alexandria and Carl is like, 'Wow, it is weird how they celebrate Halloween.'"