After the election results, movies and TV became much-needed distractions from fear, anger, and despair.
Did the episode need to be extended?
(I didnt fully register the fact we had a chunk of additional time this week.)
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But it demonstrated where each member of the once-thriving Ricktatorship now stands in the age of Negan.
When something eventually does arrive, its a walker.
Her confidence is shaken.
It could be seen as hope, and Negan has killed theirs.
Rosita: Still angry over the death of Abraham, shes now ped.
Here, hes banging Lucille against the gate and shouting, Little pig, little pig.
Staring down Rosita, she also complies, leaving Negan to giggle that they almost had a situation.
Rosita is again bullied by Dwight, when he tasks her and Spencer with retrieving Daryls motorcycle.
He remembers it from their stand-off at the train tracks and knows she knows where it is.
Daryl: The archer is broken.
Negan), but he remains silent.
Negan had mentioned the sick girl (meaning Maggie).
Rick: Rick is a hard one to fully crack.
As another power move, Negan forces him to hold Lucille during his entire visit.
He also gives Negan some lip in the armory when asked if hes cooperating: Whats it look like?
But he keeps suppressing it.
NEXT: Whos baby Judiths father?
This is our life now.
Spencer confronts him with his frustration, saying how he led them all to this promised land.
Sasha, Tara, Maggie: None of these women are present during the raid of Alexandria.
With the scene between Negan and Rick in the armory, their similarities came into focus.
As he remarked after seeing the camcorder, I wouldnt want to mess with that guy.
It looks like their survival may lie with the women this season.
Rosita, too, is ready to fight and proves theres still hope for them yet.
But first, she needs Eugene to make her a bullet from Negans stray casing.
Looks like he left them more than he thought.
I love her, shes my daughter, but she isnt mine.
I had to accept that.
I did so I could keep her alive.
