Maggie makes a big karmic choice in The Walking Dead’s return that sets up a time-jump reveal.
We all heardthe f—ed up thingsshe saw while out alone in the zombie wilds with Hershel.
Do anything to protect your own because everyone else are terrible, seems to be her guiding mantra.
Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan on ‘The Walking Dead’.Josh Stringer/AMC (2)
It’s something Negan has openly said he relates to.
Leah’s rain of fire doesn’t wipe out Maggie’s crew.
Instead, they fight their way until only a few remain.
Both sides meet on the open field, each team thinking they have the upper hand.
But then it turns out that Gabriel has killed the sniper and is now the one holding the gun.
It plays to her already ballooning fears that, if given the chance, people will ultimately take advantage.
It’s us or them.
She turns to Negan, who says she knows what he would do in her position.
At first, she lets Leah and her men walk away.
But she changes her mind.
(Also, R.I.P.
Alden, who has turned into a walker by the time Maggie finally goes back for him.)
Daryl’s reaction also foreshadows the reveal in the final moments of this week’s episode.
The Alexandrians are in a position where it would really benefit them from accepting aid.
While Maggie and the others were away, it was a slog trying to protect the community.
Even with the new food supply from Meredian, they were still seen rationing apples.
But not everyone, it seems, took that offer.
He tells Maggie to bring up the gates.
“It doesn’t have to be this way,” she says.
Yeah, it does," he replies.
Now, sometimes these kind of time jumps can be misleading.
When do things go south?Howdo things go south?
