The Walking Dead season 7 opening credits easter egg you've probably missed

It looks like we'll see Negan use another one of his weapons later this season

The Walking Dead has been back on screens for three weeks now airing three extremely varying episodes: the first dealing with the deaths of two main characters, the second introducing King Ezekiel and the third catching up with an imprisoned Daryl (Norman Reedus).

Considering you've probably been too busy building yourself up for the ensuing drama, you may not have been paying close attention to the credits which tease one frightening aspect of an already-frightening character.

In last night's episode 'The Cell,' the Saviours' leader Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) recounts a story detailing how Dwight (Austin Amelio) got the burns on his face; he gave him "the iron" after he absconded and eventually returned begging for his leader's mercy. He also married his (now ex-)wife, Sherry (Christine Evangelista).

When Morgan's name arrives on the opening credits (at the 0:17 mark), the corresponding image is of an iron resting by a flaming furnace. It's a sure bet that at some stage, we'll see Negan put the iron to use. Let's just Daryl's as far away from him as possible when that moment does arrive...

You can read our review of the latest episode here, as well as our recap of its five major talking points.

The episode featured the usage a song named "Easy Street" which was incessantly blasted by the Saviours to prevent Daryl from sleeping. Following its airing, we tracked down its writer Jim Bianco to find out how he feels about the song being associated with torture.

The Walking Dead airs in the UK on Mondays at 9pm on FOX