The Walking Dead season 7 episode 10: Tense new clip shows off the ominous group surrounding Rick's gang

Could they become Rick's allies in the war against The Saviours?

A new clip taken from The Walking Dead seventh season's tenth episode has been released proving just how big of a threat the ominous group who appeared at the climax of midseason premiere, 'Rock in the Road,' are.

If viewers only got a minor sense of how large this group are in the episode's closing moments, this clip hammers home the fact that Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and company are extremely outnumbered as tens of them ____.

The outcome of this encounter was teased in a brand new trailer released earlier this week.

“We own your lives,“ one of the mysterious individuals can be heard saying to Grimes. "Wanna buy them back?”

Rick - as he proved with that climactic smile - uses the opportunity to recruit people into his army against Negan (Jeffery Dean Morgan) and The Saviours.

“The Saviours - they own our lives,” he responds, “...and they will come looking. But there is a way out.”

While we still don't know who this new group is, a minor detail in the opening scene involving Father Gabriel may have provided one big hint.

Elsewhere, the trailer also hints at one big reunion involving Daryl (Norman Reedus) that fans have been anticipating for quite some time now.

The five major talking points of episode nine - which was dedicated to the show's 'unsung hero' - can be found here.

The Walking Dead airs in the UK tonight on FOX at 9pm and continues in the US this coming Sunday (19 February).