Hilltop gets its own surprise visit, Maggie and Sasha brace for a backstab, and Jesus knows parkour!
(Though, I still think Abraham deserved more of a to-do.)
Jesus stops by to bring flowers.
Credit: Gene Page/AMC
The green flowers he brought for the dead are meant to nurture a release.
Adding to his neuroses are the graves, since Hilltop burns their dead.
Asserting what little dominance he still has left, Carl stays behind with Michonne.
Rick hands her a radio, telling her to head north if she changes her mind.
He then goes to kiss her on the cheek, but Michonne grabs his face for a lengthy lip-lock.
NEXT: Surprise attack!
With Rick out the door, Carl asks why she didnt join his dad.
Carl still doesnt think they can.
Neither does Michonne, but she admits she doesnt really know, so she must try.
Shes headed to see Maggie despite Carls insistence not to, and she quips she has better aim.
At the Hilltop, Jesus promises Sasha to try and change Gregorys mind.
He merely insists hes not a leader.
A car bursts onto the scene and crashes over the walker.
When he rolls down his window for Enid, he says he just felt like a drive.
As night falls on Hilltop, the terrors bleed forth from the shadows.
Sasha and Maggie awake in the middle of the night to a symphonic fanfare blasting from a parked car.
They peer out the window and see various fires have been lit and the gate has been left open.
She wants to come out and help her, but Sasha tells her to stay inside.
NEXT: Jesus has some moves
Sasha jumps into action as walkers begin pouring through the gate.
Maggie climbs on the roof and calls for Jesus, though her shouts cause the walkers to spot Sasha.
Yeah, shes pregnant, but as Jesus says, Shes got it.
All of this plus the orchestral soundtrack make for a dynamic, though short-lived, battle.
His response of Whos Sasha?
Before we get to that tense moment, Carl and Enid have a lighter one.
They smile, laugh, Carl loses his balance, they hold hands.
Its a serene moment for the two kids, and what may be considered their actual first date.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Gregory welcomes Simon and his group of Saviors into the mansion.
No Negan, thankfully.
He says he assumed they were reminding Hilltop whos boss.
Carl and Enid are watching the Hilltop from the woods.
He says he cant let them get away with this, but Enid wants him to stay.
I dont know about Enid, but that moment marked Carls first kiss.
Though Enid tells him not to go, she knows she cant stop him.
Now knowing the kind of person Gregory truly is, hes lost all his authority over them.
Jesus proclaims the women are staying or hell make their deal with Alexandria public knowledge.
He then promises Gregory will no longer hold his position, but he wont replace him someone new will.
Were all going to be one big, happy, dysfunctional family, he says.
Im pretty sure I shouted Yas, queen!
when she said, Youre going to have to start using my name.
Not Marsha, not Dear, not Honey.
(Note: Thats Glenns last name.)
He apologizes for not speaking up sooner and promises to make it up them.
She wants to keep his mission from Maggie, which doesnt sit well with either of them.
They hug and Maggie says shes not okay, but will be.
At the dinner table, Enid says she heard Maggie ran over a car and walkers with a tractor.
As they hold hands to say grace, they become the quintessential image of the modern American family.
Jesus prances onto the back of a truck as the enemy caravan rolls out.
Carls hat pokes out from the back of the supplies.
