<P> In the season finale, "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life", Tara encourages Daryl to kill Dwight as revenge for Denise's death, but Daryl resists . Later, Tara is shown to be disappointed in Rick and Daryl's decision to trust Dwight . At the battle with Negan the following day, when Rosita is shot, Tara helps her to safety . Tara is later seen at Rosita's bedside while she heals from her injuries . </P> <P> In the episode "The King, the Widow, and Rick", Tara expresses to Daryl her desire to kill Dwight, as revenge for him killing her girlfriend . In the mid-season finale "How It's Gotta Be", Tara and others find Dwight on a road, after a lone Savior gets away amid gunfire . Dwight goes back to Alexandria with her group, spared from death . </P> <P> Masterson was promoted to the main cast for the renewed fifth season . As of the second episode of the seventh season, her name appears in the opening credits . </P> <P> For the episode "Crossed" in the fifth season, Zack Handlen, writing for The A.V. Club commented positively on the character, saying, "Tara is pretty great ." </P>

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