The premiere of the zombie drama’s final season reveals that walkers get sleepy sometimes.
Like, they go to bed?
But that’s the point of recaps, isn’t it?
Sleeping walkers on ‘The Walking Dead’.Josh Stringer/AMC
To dissect such matters.
I know, I know.
I should tell myself that it’s a sci-fi comic-book-based show.
Josh McDermitt and Michael James Shaw on ‘The Walking Dead’.Josh Stringer/AMC
Don’t read too much into it.
But I can’t, self!
We’ve never seen them do that before.
If walkers sleep, can they be tired out?
Is there a walker somewhere napping in a field because their feet hurt?
Would the world be different if the CDC learned walkers could take naps?
But I suppose we should turn our attention to more consequential matters.
So, again, the group went to this zombie slumber party because they were desperate for supplies.
Even the food they acquired will likely only last Alexandria a week or so.
And by the way, the town is still being repaired after Beta’s horde.
There aren’t even walls.
Walkers can just stroll in for a snack and a nap if they want to.
Maggie, who reunited with more of her people, said they can go and scavenge Meridian.
Meridian was the place she was living before she regrouped with Daryl, Carol, and the rest.
She and some others were leading walkers away from their community when the Ravagers attacked and slaughtered nearly everyone.
But the place has plenty of food and supplies, she says.
It’s like they too are writing recaps to dissect the silly, inconsequential questions of theWalking Deadlore.
And this is just phase 1 of the evaluations.
The group also meets Mercer, who’s the chief enforcer of the Commonwealth and an imposing force.
The quartet devises a plan to escape, thanks to more of Princess' ramblings.
She’s been listening to all the soldiers and figured out two of them are boning.
So, they jump them when they leave their posts for sexy time, and steal their armor.
Princess finds a Post-it note written by Yumiko’s sister.
So, the gang is staying it looks like.
Team Meridian isn’t having much luck on their end.
Everyone’s being a dick to Negan.
With the torrential rain, they take shelter in the subway system.
She accuses her of wanting to kill him on this seeming suicide mission.
But Negan may have somewhat of a point.
He also claims Maggie doesn’t seem to care about the lives of her group.
She has blinders on.
Negan’s protests strike a chord with some of the group, including the guy he saved.
That’s bad news because soon a herd starts shambling towards them in the tunnel.
They make their way to a crashed subway car and start climbing on top of it.
Dog, however, runs off underneath the train, so Daryl breaks off to retrieve him.
He chooses the latter and walks off.
And, yes, Maggie’s hand slips and she falls.
I don’t think this is a spoiler to say Maggie survives.
Maybe the walkers get tired and take naps, and that’s how she escapes.
