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The Saviors spray-paint some guy they’ve been kicking around and wave bye-bye as the RV backs away.įrom there, every road leads to a more ominous Savior trap.
“You want to make today your last day on Earth?” he asks. The talkative lead Savior tells Rick they want all of his stuff Rick says he wants all of theirs, and maybe he won’t kill any more of them. This one sets the tone for the rest of the episode, as Rick, still feeling like he’s in control, talks some smack. Seems simple enough, until they run into the first of many disturbing, elaborate Savior blockades. All they need to do is get Maggie to the doc at Hilltop. Sure, I’m glad Carol’s likely going to survive. Cue that dude who was looking for his horse! He’s got a pal with a steed and a spear, and they offer to get Carol some help, presumably back at Hilltop (unless they’re part of yet another group in the Savior network of oppressed peoples). The Savior makes a move to shoot, and in a rare break from his pacifist philosophy, Morgan empties his pistol. But just as the Savior’s ready to deliver the kill shot, Morgan arrives and tries to talk the guy down. He shoots her in the arm, then in the leg, and Carol is at peace death is what she deserves for what she’s done. That slow-walking Savior who survived Carol’s slaughter finally catches up, too, and he explains his plan: She’s gonna die, slowly. (Note to self: Hair-pulling is not an effective zombie defense maneuver.) This story line gives us a couple of choice zombie moments, with the hangin’, clangin’ walker that Morgan cuts down and the one Carol tussles with when she runs away. All life is precious, so he’s not giving up on her. That, as Morgan well knows, is a recipe for death, madness, or both. Of all people, she reasons, Morgan should understand that she’s lost her killer instinct and just wants to be left alone. He finds that missing horse and then finds her, wounded and not in the mood for a helping hand. What none of the Alexandrians realize is that Negan wants them alive.Īll the lead-up to the Negan showdown makes Morgan’s search for Carol pale in comparison.
The priest seems worthy of Rick’s trust as Alexandria’s defender, but as we learn, the Saviors aren’t looking to overthrow the safe zone and slaughter their people, like the Wolves did. It also leaves A-town in the hands of Enid (who’s doing her best R. That leaves Rick to round up a posse and fire up the RV. The roster of heroes is rather low, though, given Daryl, Michonne, Glenn, Rosita, Carol, and Morgan are all MIA at the moment. With Denise gone, someone must get her to Hilltop. The episode begins with a major crisis: Maggie’s in need of immediate medical attention. (And you thought a couple of weeks of Glenngate was torture? This, friends, is a brand-new hell.) We also don’t know shit: Specifically, who just lost the worst game of eeny, meeny, miny, moe ever? As cliffhangers go, this one is appropriately brutal. Negan’s words were meant to haunt Rick, but they’ll be plaguing us for the next six or seven months as well. Everything he’s said - to Michonne, to Maggie, to Carl, to everyone - about what they’ve built at A-town, about what their lives have become? Scratch all that. There’s Rick on his knees: His world shattered, all strength and confidence stripped away. Black leather jacket, hair slicked back, maniacal grin on his face and barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat on his shoulder - the hype about Negan making the Governor look like a Girl Scout turns out to be true. So says Negan, who finally makes his grand entrance in a most unforgettable bloody fashion. “Sucks, don’t it? The moment you realize you don’t know shit.” Andrew Lincoln as Rick, Chandler Riggs as Carl.