Now that we ’ve been remind yet againRick is the bad , it ’s time for The Walking Dead to begin moving its game while in provision for Protagonists vs. the Saviors round … oh , let ’s say four . So “ drained or alert or ” is a minute of a check - in , a bit of re - arranging , and even a bit of housecleaning , all splice together by a very special appearance from the Judeo - Christian god .
I ’m kidding … kind of ? The episode trace a clump of stories , as per usual , none of them particularly more productive than the others , but the elemental focus is definitely on the very ill Father Gabriel and the Hilltop doctor / ob - gyn Harlan , who escape from Sanctuary in the first one-half of the season , in hopes in getting the doc back in time to aid Maggie have her babe . It set out with them not only lost , but Gabriel so riddled with whatever computer virus he has that he ’s fall behind his sight , and is unable to guide him to Hilltop .
Gabriel unrelentingly tells the doc that they ’re being pass by God and God is leading their way and all of what they ’re doing and all the obstacles they ’re face are His plan , and what ’s strange is that for most of the episode the show really makes it seem that God is correctly there with the two of them , help them out . God avail Gabriel hear some barely audible Alexander Bell ( it ’s really a clanking signal , but whatever ) and leads them to an empty cabin in the woods that almost - miraculously has antibiotics . Gabriel bulge out getting better , although his center do n’t ( the doc suggests they ’re permanently busted ) , but that ’s just God serve Gabriel unintentionally ping over a piggy bank that — truly miraculously — has car keys and a map in it . Even Harlan come out to believe God is lead them at that point .
unluckily , that ’s when God direct Harlan into a bear trap on his way to the car , and surrounds him with zombies . A few get trance in other trap , but it feels like several dozen fall on the doc , although God does n’t provide him to be burn . In fact , God helps lead the two - third blind Gabriel through the bear traps and find the gun for hire Harlan had dropped and even inject at the fuzz that is the doc twist with the zombie and shoot the latter in the head . The doc , and the daytime , are saved ! They get into the car and get quick to head home .
Unfortunately , that ’s when God leads the Saviors right to Gabriel and Harlan . When they load them into a truck to be taken back to Sanctuary , the doc , emboldened by all the supporter God has make them so far , take hold of one of the Savior ’s guns to shoot his way out — only to be instantly murdered . answer it to say Gabriel start having another crisis of faith . He also starts crying .
I ’m not really test to poke merriment here , but since The Walking Dead makes Gabriel name God head them in about every other prison term , partner off with the sheer number of contrivances they benefit from , the show is putting Gabe ’s belief that there is a sort and benevolent divinity in the TWD universe watching over these characters in the spotlight . Although the “ wah - waaah ” ending was cable to hell and back , it also feel like the show want us to feel like Gabriel is a obtuse - silent for believing God exists at all , or at least for believe His program does n’t involve many , many mass , include unspoiled mass , killed . So make of that what you will .
Meanwhile , in the storylines God is not watching over : Daryl , Rosita , and Tara are leading the Alexandrians to Hilltop while attempt to avoid Savior patrols , with Dwight in tow . It ’s mainly an exculpation for everyone to debate whether Dwight should be shoot down or not yet again , or if they should n’t down him because he still has load of useful information on the Saviors . Tara is the leader of Team Murder Him and Daryl run Team permit Him avail Us shoot down Negan and Then Murder Him . Virtually all of it is treading old ground , which is a turn galling since viewers have already see quite a little of times that Dwight is all - in with the Alexandrians , and the fact that Tara , while intelligibly want payback for Dwight bump off Denise right smart back when , wilfully ignores the aid Dwight has move over makes her character one - dimensional .
So after Dwight advises the Alexandrians to go through a nearby swampland because the Saviors do n’t patrol there , it ’s torturously obvious what ’s get going to happen when Tara advert back after Dwight is also told to advert back while a crew clears a path through the living dead - disperse swamp . But we have to go through that , and we have to go through Tara making him go take out some zombie , but only pay him a tongue while she ’s carrying a gun , then her drawing on him , and , after he explains yet again that he just wants to serve defeat Negan and he knows he ’s give way to be killed after that and is coolheaded with that , Tara shooting at him .
Even the fact that the two of them have to hide when a group of Saviors is about to occur by is n’t really a shocker , but it ’s nice when they hear the patrol talking about investigating the swampland and Dwight springtime out of the bushes , explaining he barely escape a fight with the Alexandrians , and has been assay to get back to Sanctuary the full time , and most importantly since he just came through the swamp , he can assure them that there are zero Alexandrians there . Tara is forced to follow as he make unnecessary the group , even though it mean he has to go back to Sanctuary and pretend to be a Savior again .
When everyone regroups , Daryl , queerly , is the one who by all odds link up Team Murder Him , yelling that Dwight ’s betrayed them all , while Tara explain that no , in fact , he saved them . But Daryl only really calms down when he realizes he ’s dash the blaze out of a child .
Meanwhile , at Hilltop , Maggie is faced with two dilemma : 1 ) they have no solid food , entail everyone has to fell down to one - third ration just to get through the week , and that ’s if the prisoners get nothing , and 2 ) the captive ( and Gregory ) ask for a picayune time out of their jail , to walk and work out and such , since they ’ve all been on near behavior . Maggie ab initio decides the prisoner can starve and they deserve no forgivingness or circumstance whether or not they appear to have changed their behavior , but by the end of the installment she ’s determine that everyone ’s stimulate quarter - ration , including the prisoners , and that two of them will be let out on occasion , under heavy precaution . But she is very grumpy about it .
finally , the Alexandrians come at Hilltop and Daryl and company are draw to inform everybody that Carl is super - bushed , all done without dialogue ( Carol ’s pretty sway by it , but Enid obviously takes it defective ) . But now just about everyone ’s together in one location — someone even announces Rick and Michonne are at the gate , although we do n’t see them — and Maggie is certain they ca n’t drop off their state of war against the Saviors .
The gentle retort would be “ Now you have even less intellectual nourishment ” but they have a much vainglorious trouble than that . See , while all of this going on , Negan finally puts Eugene in heraldic bearing of that outpost with the workshop where he can make the stake - apocalypse ’s only have a go at it supply of new bullets . He ’s get workers and women ( whom he immediately get going plow ill ) and , most importantly , wine . He even gets a near - blind man to help sort shell casings , when Negan strike down off Father Gabriel , who ’s too stunned at the realization that this is the path God set for him to do anything , really .
And it gets bad because of course it does ! When Negan recite Eugene that he ca n’t wait a few days for his new provision of ammo , Eugene has a brilliant / ugly theme — zombie sling . Since any part of a zombie spirit that break a person ’s skin causes them to become a zombie , launch a big pile of undead heads of limbs has a fair shot of causing a least a little amount of dead body terms , which is enough ( also , as Eugene head out , getting a crew of molder stiff pieces fool at you at mellow velocity would have a demoralizing effect on just about anybody ) .
So Negan stages one of his Saviors company - wide group meeting , where he talks about the unexampled counselling he ’s taking them in : using zombification itself as a weapon system . He illustrate this by rubbing his bat Lucille deep inside a zombi ’s face ( which is impressively gruesome ) , cover the barrel in infected line and gore . Now , even a wampum of Lucille ’s barbed telegram is enough to effectively kill somebody . And Negan promises he ’s going to take aid of everyone who has n’t accede to the Saviors ’ “ protection”—“Dead or alive … or some kind shop in - between . ”
God ’s programme may seem less than benevolent for our Hero , but do n’t reckon Jehovah out just yet . certain , giving the other side zombi catapult is n’t great , but it turns out Siddiq , the cat Carl sacrificed himself to preserve ? He ’s become a bit of “ medical experience ” ! Maggie ’s baby might make it ! And hey , once Gabriel recovers , maybe he ’ll strike he ’s right where he ’s hypothecate to be , in a billet where he can find a way to sabotage all the Saviors ’ new bullet . God may indeed have a plan … it just see like it ’s going to let in a circumstances more people die out first .
Assorted Musings:
• I really thought the Savior Maggie killed and put in that coffin she sent to Negan was the long - haired SOB who killed Henry ’s brother Benjamin inthe notorious cantaloupe installment , but apparently not .
• That ’s because said long - hirsute asshole was still in the Hilltop jail , and Morgan really wanted to tell Henry who killed his brother so the 12 - yr - old could off the jerk and get his vengeance . Even Carol thinks this is a godawful idea , and after the Alexandrians arrive and let everyone know Carl is beat , Morgan tells Henry it was Gavin , the beau Henry murdered in the midseason premiere . So now Henry is mentally and emotionally all right forever .
• Gregory the Weasel makes a welcome appearance to be weaselly and advise to Maggie that everyone should probably empty Hilltop and just move .
• What the hell was with Eugene shitting on Negan - married woman Frankie ( I think it ’s Frankie ) for ? Did the power of running an outpost straight off go to his psyche ? Is he so disgusted with himself that he ’s lashing out at those he feels more sinewy than ? yield his drinking problem , signs point to the latter option , but still , what an dickhead .
• When Dwight joined the group of Saviors and take hold of the gun from one of them , I did actually mean he was going to plough around and gun them all down . But I hypothesise given the selection between drop dead undercover again and continue with the group that ’s constantly about to murder him , start surreptitious is the more sensible choice , since him staying live would be the most conducive to killing Negan .
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