To save my people, Ive had to risk others.
It hasnt been easy, but its what I had to do.
On AMC, Jocelyn is an old friend of Michonnes.
Credit: Gene Page/AMC
At night, the children prove themselves to be experienced hunters by bringing in game to cook.
They play games as Jocelyn tells Michonne all the adults in their group are now gone.
So now she takes care of them.
In the present, Judith sits by the water wheels with Daryl.
But the memories of Jocelyn compel her to remain steadfast in her ways.
Hes honest with her, even with his own ugliness.
So both Michonnes set out into the wild to find their daughters.
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They get knocked out and awake bound, gagged, and strung up from the ceiling.
She intends to make Judith and the kids of Alexandria strong, too.
Michonne fights off the children with a pipe and retrieves her sword, but shes under the clock.
The others are preparing to flee with Judith.
A boy slashes his blade across Michonnes stomach, but she still fights forward.
The image of Michonne unimpeded in the face of danger is significant on its own.
Shes not treated like a damsel to be tucked away and protected.
Michonne may need Daryl to complete this rescue mission, but Daryl needs her, too.
In Whisperer speak, shes the Alpha, hes the Beta.
When Michonne bursts through the backdoor, Jocelyn surprises and beats her to the ground with a log.
In the flashback, only Winnie is left of Jocelyns kids and she chooses to flee.
She recalls how Jocelyns kids made it all seem like a game so she went with them.
Judith never said anything to Michonne because it always made her mom sad.
Its because of Judith that Michonne now has a change of heart.
It reminds Michonne that its about family.
Jocelyn was supposed to be a real friend and she betrayed her.
Judith is her adopted daughter you chose me because you love me and I love you, Judith says.
Carol, Daryl, Ezekiel, and the others are her adopted family, the family she chose.
Two scouts from the Whisperers made their way to the Kingdom and are watching carriages roll through the gates.
They must tell Alpha.
They hide it like theyre wearing a mask or something.
The Whisperers are just a more literal interpretation of these musings.
