'The Walking Dead' had an unexpected moment Sunday and a lot of fans are not happy one bit

Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead."

Sunday's "The Walking Dead" saw more of Morales' return after being gone for seven seasons. While we learned what happened to his family since his departure in season one — they didn't make it to Alabama — fans hoping to see a lot more of the character during season eight were in for a huge disappointment.

As Morales had a heart-to-heart about Rick and how he has changed over the course of seven seasons, he was quickly and shockingly killed off when Daryl nonchalantly shot him dead in the neck with an arrow.

Fans were understandably upset, unhappy, and just downright confused as to why the show would bother bringing the character back years later only to kill him off an episode later.

While some were upset with Morales' quick return and exit, part of the fandom couldn't wait to see him gone again.

"Talking Dead" aftershow host Chris Hardwick asked Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, why he didn't hesitate to shoot Morales Sunday night. 

"He's pointing a gun at my friend's head," said Reedus of killing Morales. "They're on a mission. Like I said earlier, anyone in the way just has to go." 

Morales' abrupt return and exit felt a bit cheap for long-term viewers who were shocked and excited by the characters' return only to see it go nowhere a week later. 

When INSIDER spoke with Morales actor Juan Gabriel Pareja last Monday he suggested he was there to hold a mirror up to Rick to show him that they both had to make a lot of tough decisions to get to the points they were at in the apocalypse. Though Morales was a Savior, that didn't mean he was necessarily a bad man. 

"As we learn over the years in the world of 'The Walking Dead' morality isn't so clear cut. It's a lot of gray," Pareja told INSIDER. "It's not as black and white. Often times in the name of doing good, supposedly, a lot of our heroes do some things that are very questionable, and sinister, and not so great. I don't think Morales is any more guilty than Rick has been at different points throughout the seasons."

As he pointed out Sunday night, Rick hasn't been a saint either. Morales actually called him a monster, the name of Sunday's episode, shortly before Daryl ruthlessly took him out. 

"I had some reservations about coming back as a Savior but that really I think was a nice way to humanize, I believe, and I think it added a different dimension of Morales' kind of backstory and showed how he wasn't that different from Rick, ultimately," Pareja said on the series' aftershow "Talking Dead" Sunday night.

You can follow more of our "The Walking Dead" coverage here.

Join the conversation about this story »

NOW WATCH: Meet the three women who married Donald Trump