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They don't use guns, don't try to kill everyone, don't wipe them from the face of the planet. Instead they go in and do.exactly what Negan wanted them to do. It's really strange, actually, because he was basically telling everyone to throw out the plan where they just turn people with zombified weapons. Side-note: Simon didn't actually go against Negan's plan for Hilltop last week at all. Does this mean Dwight's toast? Simon almost certainly is. This would explain his order at the gates to keep his arrival a secret. Two of his top lieutenants betrayed him and there will be hell to pay. If this is the case it would mean that Negan now knows that Dwight is working for the enemy and that Simon disobeyed his orders with the Trash People. It could also be Gregory, which might even make more sense given he would have just escaped and likely also looks like hell. Somehow she's managed to survive though she apparently looks like hell. The Savior who discovered Dwight (Austin Amelio) was a traitor but who hasn't reported back yet. Who could it be? I'm trying to come up with some theories, but there just aren't that many people who would be out wandering around. The other big mystery of the night is the mysterious passenger that Negan picks up on the way back to the Sanctuary. Hopefully we find out more by the end of Season 8 as I'm genuinely curious what's going on.
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It's almost certainly the same group that flew a chopper over Rick earlier this season. So what's with the chopper? What's with Jadis's incredible little room, so neat and tidy with clean white sheets? What's the story here? She must be part of a larger group, maybe the leader of some outpost that's part of yet another large community, fully decked out with helicopters. So the chopper shows up and apparently doesn't see her despite it being broad daylight and then flies off again. Somehow Negan got hold of her flare and a gun and she got it away from him so he wouldn't use it to burn her photographs. Most intriguing of all was the helicopter showing up and Jadis ready with flares. I like that they're fleshing out Negan's character a bit, though I think it's still going to be pretty much impossible to reconcile him with Maggie after he bashed Glenn's head in that way. We get to see just why he's so attached to his stupid bat. He was less obnoxious and more relatable, especially telling the story of his wife, Lucille. Speaking of Negan, I enjoyed his scenes with Jadis as well. Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier, Lennie James as Morgan Jones Credit: AMC In some ways, Rick has become one of the worst characters on this show, a remorseless killer and a man who's word, we discover, means nothing at all. My immediate thought was that if this had been Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tied up by Rick's people and they let him go, he wouldn't have turned on them like that. Truly, this is how sociopaths and killers operate, not heroes. I also thought it was incredibly vile of him to kill the men who had just saved his lifeĀ before turning to Morgan andĀ asking him why he saved his life years earlier, the irony of what he'd just done apparently not registering. I was surprised that Rick lied, though maybe I shouldn't have been. I also thought the bit where the Saviors let Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Morgan (Lennie James) go was interesting. I think we'd have a much stronger, more interesting character on our hands. I wish they would find some way to have him drop the act once and for all. She had a nice moment with Ezekiel (Khary Payton) though I still feel like any conversation with the king is undermined by his Shakespearean affectations at this point. She went from her typical fatalist self around kids, to discovering that hopes aren't always dashed. I enjoyed Carol (Melissa McBride) this episode.