“Not yet, anyway.” Just then, Jesus showed up with the Saviors who’d surrendered. (Kal, right on cue, up at his guard post: “What the hell?!?”) Still, Maggie allowed the Hilltop’s dethroned leader to come inside. No, no, that’s fake news, insisted Gregory, adding that Kal was delusional. Kal had told her what the weasel was planning to do in order to save his own worthless skin, Maggie said. ‘I’VE BEEN THROUGH HELL!’ | Proving that he has nerve, if not guts, Gregory rolled up to the gates of the Hilltop - in Gabriel’s car, no less! - and tried to paint his cowardice as “heroic” to Maggie, whose inner eye roll had to have been so intense that even the baby felt it. But that doesn’t make me wrong.” Though Tara assured him that was right, Morgan’s mind was made up - he couldn’t “be a part of this.” Once the brawl was over and it was established that Jesus’ hair was still just-stepped-out-of-the-salon perfect, Morgan seemed to emerge, as if from a trance. Carol, Part 2, the men were walloping one another, with Jesus in the role that Morgan had played back in Season 6 and Morgan playing Carol’s part. When Morgan caught up with them, he was ready to execute the lot of ’em on the spot - and would have, had Jesus not intervened. While Dillon encouraged his group to stay put and let the Hilltoppers dispatch the threat, Jared, as you’d expect, attempted to make a getaway with the Saviors to whom he was bound. Out of nowhere, down a hill tumbled a bunch of walkers, who, upon recovering their footing, took one look at the buffet spread out before them - the prisoners tied together for an even more luxurious dining experience! - and began to chow down.
While all this was going on, Jesus was walking back to the Hilltop all of the Saviors who’d surrendered and reiterating to Morgan for what I’m sure will be but the 20th of a hundred times, “No matter what they’ve done, they’re people.” Jared, seemingly determined to prove Jesus wrong, seized every opportunity to bait Morgan, even going so far as to taunt him about wearing Benjamin’s armor.Īlong the way, the group happened upon a rarely-discussed hazard of post-apocalyptic life: the zombie slide. And “you know I’m right.” So they shared a kiss goodbye that was way more poignant than we could have expected it to be, given how infrequently their relationship was a focal point, and off Aaron went… just in time to help bail out Rick and Daryl from an interminable hallway shootout. Eric, however, insisted that his boyfriend was needed back at the courtyard kerfuffle. ‘I CAN BLEED HERE FINE ON MY OWN’ | Outside, Aaron was eager to get Eric to the Kingdom’s Urgent Care. We weren’t even halfway into the hour when Daryl horrified Rick by putting an arrow in Morales’ head, adding that it “don’t matter, not one little bit” who he was. It just makes me luckier.” For a hot second, at least. That doesn’t make me any worse than you, Rick. “The only difference is… I’m the one holding the gun. “We’re two a–holes who’ll do whatever we have to just to keep going,” Morales observed. They’d dusted him off and turned him into the kind of villain who could say with a straight face stuff like “We’re gonna settle your s-, peaches.” And Rick could just drop the superior vibe. But the Saviors had still picked him up, he explained. First, Morales had lost his family then, his mind. Meanwhile, at the Saviors’ compound, Rick and Morales were playing catch-up, as one will in a post-apocalyptic situation, at gunpoint.