Actor Andrew Lincoln described the next chapter of the 'Walking Dead' season as "radically different" in an Entertainment Weekly interview.

The mid-season premiere kicked off this Sunday Feb. 8^th, but Lincoln warns viewers that this is just the beginning.

"I think that people have to be prepared for it. We also go very dark and then something different happens in the story which I think is going to breathe incredible new life further down the road for the show," says Lincoln.

It'll be interesting to see how deep the show will take its characters as they've already demonstrated how comfortable they are picking out some crowd favorites to kill off.

Lincoln was asked if this was the group's lowest point. He responds:

"It makes me smile because that's our show. We always like to leave everybody in a great deal of pain. Yet again, we are reunited, but we're reunited in terrible grief and once again, we're on the road. You'll see there are fragmentations within the group. There are a lot of people grieving the loss of such an important person. There was so much hope invested in Beth and finding her, and then to have it ripped out of our grasp was unbearable for actors and for the story. I will say that episode 9 is probably my favorite episode. It's an extraordinary episode. I don't know what it looks like, but when I read it, it had the same effect on me as 314. I thought, stylistically, we're moving into a new place. It was so tight and smart and moving. I mean it's incredibly moving, but it's a really, really cool episode."

Andrew Lincoln's character Rick Grimes has constantly evolved throughout the series and where the show is at now, it appears he is more cynical and cutthroat than ever before. A lot of his violent methods are shot down by some of the other characters which usually allow things to end in less favorable means. He's asked how this will this change his character's viewpoints.

"I think you've identified a very key point. This is the first season that I've been making the right decisions. But then no one f-ing listens to me! It's bulls-! And I keep saying it. It was making me laugh so much. But, of course, he's being too democratic. I think that you will see you really hit the nail on the head, because there's a tightening of the reins. We're really in trouble when you meet us again and you see almost a soldier pushing his troops on. We're in dire straits and it's a man very much back in leader mode. Everybody's been sort of in separate groups and this is the first time that you meet us together, but that's not to say it's without conflict and problems. I think you'll see, but certainly, the death of Beth has hit everybody profoundly but he is a leader that is almost dragging people with him."

The full interview can be found at EW.