NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: The Top Ten Hunks of "The Walking Dead," Final Season

I gave up on The Walking Dead around Season 9, when the communities of Alexandria, Hilltop, and Oceanside, established by survivors of the zombie apocalypse and various human baddies, were threatened by yet another weird demagogue. In Season 11, they appear to be running afoul of the Commonwealth, an Ohio community of 40,000 that has retained many aspects of life before, like coffee shops and Halloween celebrations. Of course, it's totalitarian. And there's a bevy of new hunks in the cast.

Bear in mind that I have never heard of any of these actors, and a keyword search on Google Images often yields other people. Don't cry if a photo doesn't really depict your best friend; not one reader in a thousand will know the difference, and beefcake is beefcake.

1. Michael James Shaw (top photo) as Michael Mercer, a general in the Commonwealth militia. Hey, they have last names now. For nine seasons, they went with first names only, and struggled to not repeat among the hundreds of named characters.

2. Josh Hamilton as Lance Hornsby, the deputy governor of the Communwealth, and no doubt a snively villain.

3. Jackson Pace as Gage (see what I mean about struggling not to repeat names)? He's a resident of Alexandria (one of the good guys) who is upset over the death of his friends in the Whisperer War.

Whisperers were humans who lived among the zombies and wanted to kill all the humans who didn't.

4. Gustavo Gomez, who apparently likes girls, as Marco, a supply runner at Hilltop (another of the good guy colonies).

5. Okea Eme-Akwari as Elijah, leader of the Wardens, who used to wander around, helping communities. Then they joined Alexandria.

6. James Devoti as Cole, one of the Wardens.

7. Jacob Young as Deaver, one of the Reapers, a religious-type cult that preys on communities, rushing in, killing everyone, and taking their supplies.