Daddy’s home and he’s cleaning house.
Its time for action.
I hope Im wrong.
Credit: Gene Page/AMC
Last week left us with a few lingering questions, and now we have some answers.
What did Carl write to Rick?
Okay,nowRick finally read his sons letter.
You have to give them a way out, Carl writes.
But this isnt the same Rick and this isnt the same villain.
The events of these past episodes have been teeing this up.
So, sorry, Carl.
Your vision of an apocalyptic utopia will probably have to wait.
Where did Gregory go after escaping Hilltop?
This man is a cockroach.
So Simon knocks him down a peg (literally) and condemns him to coffee duty…for now.
But Gregory wasnt Negans mysterious passenger.
Is Aaron still alive?
Yes, and hes still trying to enlist the aid of Oceanside.
Aaron has been living in the woods outside of the colony because hes still not welcome.
Can we blame the Oceansiders?
They find him later, collapsed in the mud during a torrential downpour after surviving a walker attack.
The camera darts around to try and spot his attackers, coming from any given direction.
I wish it had been scarier, but it was still effective.
More scenes like this, just.
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Do Rosita and Daryl take out Eugene?
As expected, they seem to make matters worse.
Eugene has fully embraced his corruption of power.
He physically cowers like a hunchback as they kill his guards and cart him off.
Ultimately, they lose him.
(Her face at the moment of impact was priceless.)
He hobbles off while dodging her gunfire, and hides in an ash pile of burned bodies.
Eugene makes it back to his outpost with a reignited determination to kill all of his former friends.
How does Negan reprimand Simon?
Oh, Simons dead.
Yeah, theres no getting himself out of this one.
That would be too quick and easy.
Negan likes to play with his food.
So, he lets Simon go to Dwight and formulate a plan to kill Negan.
Negan brings up the Scavengers and how Simon disobeyed his orders by killing all of them.
Still, Negan being Negan, hes going to give Simon one shot to take over.
The Sanctuarys residents gather in the warehouse in silence to watch Negan fight Simon.
Whoever wins will be the new leader.
Simon, obviously, doesnt win.
Negan strangles him until his throat snaps.
Now, Simon exists as a walker chained to the gates surrounding The Sanctuary.
Who was Negans mystery passenger?
It was Laura, which means bad things for Dwight.
So Negan has one more surprise for Dwight.
The goal was to keep them contained and perhaps starve them until they submitted.
Dwight copied the map and the locations and wrote a note to Rick.
As Simon was being murdered, he slipped away and had Gregory deliver the instructions to Rick at Hilltop.
After the business with Simon, Negan walks Dwight back to his room, declaring him his new No.
But Laura is waiting for them when he opens the door.
Dwight isnt dead yet, though.
Oh, Dwighty boy.
I have plans for you, Negan teases.
What did Carl write to Negan?
Rick gave a brief synopsis of the letter over the walkie in a past episode.
Carl wonders if this, everything thats happened so far, is what Negan truly wanted for himself.
The way out is working together, its forgiveness, he writes.
Negan, however, decides theres no getting out of this now.
Before destroying the walkie entirely, he states, No more talk.
Of course, there are a few more questions going into the finale.
Will we find out who the heck Georgie is?
(Probably not.)
Will we learn what that mysterious helicopter now spotted twice is all about?
(Definitely not.)
Will the finale actually fulfill what has been strung out for the past couple seasons now?
The jury is still out.
