You do things for the one's you love.
Maggie wakes up. She is at Hilltop. She looks at a vase of blue flowers. The doctor explains her condition. She did not lose the baby. He does an ultrasound and she hears the baby's heartbeat. He tells her she needs to stay there for the duration of her pregnancy. Sasha waits outside for Maggie. Maggie asks her where are Abraham and Glenn. Sasha takes her to their graves. Sasha hands Maggie the pocket watch that was in Glenn's pocket. Maggie places the watch on his grave. Sasha says, "It feels like everything is wrong." Maggie responds, "Not everything." Maggie tells Sasha that she needs to stay. Sasha says if Maggie stays she stays. Jesus brings some flowers for the graves. He brought the blue flowers for Maggie. They represent strength and calm. The green flowers for the graves represent release. Gregory comes up to them and is upset. He tells Maggie that she said that they were supposed to take care of all of the Saviors. Maggie explains that it was just an outpost. Gregory calls Maggie by the wrong name. Then he thinks that Sasha is from Hilltop. Jesus explains his mistake. He gets mad about the graves. At Hilltop they burn their dead. Gregory says if Maggie and Sasha leave they will have plausible deniability with the Saviors. He wants them to leave that moment but Jesus says that it will be dark soon. Gregory agrees to let them stay the night but they have to leave the next morning. Jesus says they will discuss it further tonight. Gregory replies that he has made his decision and Jesus can go to Alexandria with Sasha and Maggie. When Sasha tells Gregory that Maggie is pregnant he replies, "Well, that's her mistake."
Carl and Rick argue about getting supplies for the Saviors. Carl doesn't want to go. Rick gives Michonne a walkie talkie and tells her they are going north if she changes her mind. They kiss. Carl asks Michonne why she didn't go. She replies, "I have to figure some things out. How we can do this. If we can." Carl says that Rick is wrong and she knows it. "Even if I think he is, I don't know." Then she tells him to change his bandage and be nice to Olivia. She leaves. Carl looks out the window at something. Enid is at the wall beginning to climb it. She tells him she is going to Hilltop to see Maggie. She tells him she'll be fine. He tells her, "I'm not saving you anymore." She asks if locking her in the armory was saving her and he says yes. She tells him she is sorry he had to see Glenn and Abraham die. Sasha makes a bed on a couch. Jesus tells her he is glad they're here. He is going to try to change Gregory's mind. She asks why he isn't in charge. He is not a leader. Sasha offers to scavenge in exchange for Maggie staying at Hilltop. She asks him,"What do you want this place to be?" He says, "I just try to help." She tells him, "Maybe you gotta do more." He gives her a chain that belonged to Abraham. He liked Abraham. "He was one of the only people I ever met who could say something that could make you smile and wince at the same time." Maggie comes in. He leaves. Maggie says, "Now what?" Sasha says, "What can Gregory do? He's an idiot." Maggie says that Gregory is a coward which is more dangerous than an idiot. Maggie says they will sleep on it. Enid rides a bike down the road. She stops and stares at a puddle. A zombie comes up from behind and then a car hits it. The zombie gets up and the car backs up over it. Carl is the driver. Enid asks what he is doing there and he says, "Felt like a drive." Late at night in Hilltop loud music plays. Maggie and Sasha look out the window. The gate is open and there are several fires. The music is coming from a car. The door and windows of the trailer have been locked from the outside so Sasha climbs out the top. Zombies come in attracted by the music and light from the fires.
Sasha goes down with a knife in hand. Maggie looks out from the top of the trailer. She calls out to Jesus to help Sasha. He climbs down from the house. Maggie orders two more men to help. They go down as well. Sasha makes it to the car but it is locked. On the lock is a hand giving the middle finger. A gift from the Savors. Jesus comes up behind and tells her they need to close the gates. Out of nowhere a giant tractor makes its way to the car. Maggie is driving it. Jesus and Sasha leave her to take care of the car while they kill the zombies. Maggie runs over the car and the music stops. Enid asks Carl if he watched Abraham and Glenn die. Carl says yes. He did it so if he needed to kill Negan he could. Enid says she would kill Negan too. "You do things for the one's you love." He apologizes for locking her in the armory. She wants to know if Maggie is okay. Jesus and Gregory argue about Maggie and Sasha staying. Gregory says everything could belong to Jesus if he were to stay for more than five minutes. Sasha and Maggie walk in. Sasha says she will go but Maggie will stay. Sasha wants to know what they can do to make this work. He tells her they need to meet one on one (said in a very sleazy way). Maggie tells him to go to hell. They are interrupted when the Saviors arrive. Gregory tells Jesus to hide them in the closet. Several Saviors head towards the house. Carl finds a backpack on the side of the road. There were roller skates inside. They both skate down the road laughing and holding hands. It's a nice moment. A carefree childhood moment for these two children of the apocalypse. Gregory lets the Saviors in the house. Gregory welcomes them to Hilltop. Simon (Negan's right hand man) says they need to talk. He wants to go in the study and see the painting. He tells them that Rick killed a bunch of the Saviors. Gregory pretends he doesn't know about it. Simon insists they need to talk.
Simon and Gregory stare at the painting. Gregory says they understood the message from the night before. They know who is the boss. Simon says, "So last night that was us, working our asses off, to provide you an example." The people at Hilltop probably forget what the zombies look like and smell like. He congratulates them for killing the zombies and cleaning up the mess. The Saviors were going to kill the zombies to show them the service they provide to Hilltop but the Hilltopers did it themselves. Gregory tells him he is a team player. Simon says that some Saviors were killed by Rick's group and now Rick's group works for Negan. Rick's group are real go getters. They know Gregory is a team player. Simon asks if there is anything else he should know. Gregory says there is. Then they both walk out the door and Gregory goes to a door and makes eye contact with Jesus who shakes his head no. Gregory opens the door to the closet. Gregory looks surprised. Inside are boxes of scotch. Simon hates scotch but Negan likes it so he is going to take the box and then take the credit for it. Jesus smiles. Simon announces they will search Hilltop and take half of what they have. He also takes the painting. Simon makes Gregory kneel. Enid and Carl make it to hilltop but the Saviors are still there. Enid says that Carl wasn't just taking a drive and coming to get her. He tells her he can't let Negan get away with it. He asks her to go with him to kill Negan. She replies, "You said it. It'd be for us. Not for Abraham, or for Glenn, or for Maggie. You're doing it for you. So if it all goes right, and you do it, how would you get away?" He tells her,"It wouldn't matter," She says,"It would to me." They kiss. She says, "Please don't go." He tells her he is going to go home. She knows he is lying. She tells him, "You shouldn't go, but I can't stop you." Gregory gets mad at Jesus for hiding them in the wrong closet. Jesus declares that Maggie and Sasha are staying. Does he want Jesus to make the deal with Alexandria public therefore losing his plausible deniability and his position? Gregory asks, "So you're gonna be charge now?" Jesus says, "No. It's just that you won't be. Maggie and Sasha are staying. I'm staying. We're all gonna be one big, happy, dysfunctional family." Gregory says, "So it will be. And I'll see us through this. . . We play nice they play nice. (He addresses Maggie) See dear, Saviors can be quite reasonable." Maggie punches him. She grabs Glenn's pocket watch from Gregory's pocket. "This is our home now. So you'll learn to start to call me by my name. . . Maggie Rhee."
Jesus tells Maggie and Sasha that when he arrived at Hilltop Gregory was already in charge. He could not imagine anyone else in charge until now. Maggie asks who and he smiles and says they will talk about it sometime. Maggie leaves. Sasha says that if Jesus wants to make it up to them he can find where Negan lives. He says yes. She wants to keep it between the two of them. Maggie goes to put the watch on the grave and finds Enid there. She has placed three green balloons on a grave. They hug. Enid makes food for Maggie. They discuss the events from the previous night. Maggie tells her that she ran over a boy's car in high school with a tractor. Sasha walks in. Enid tells her that she came by herself. Sasha asks why there are balloons on Abraham's grave. There are no grave markers so Enid didn't know which was Glenn's grave. Maggie was going to use the watch as a grave marker but she is now giving it to Enid. "We don't need anything to remember them by. We have us." They hold hands and Maggie says a prayer. The Saviors finish loading up their trucks. Hilltop locks its gate. Sasha sharpens her knife as she smokes Abraham's cigar. Jesus sits in the back of the Savior's truck. Carl peeks out from behind some boxes and says, "Hey."
Final Thoughts
- Simon does a really good job of delivering threats with a smile.
- Is Gregory having a memory problems when he gets people's names wrong or does he just not care?
- I'm glad that Jesus and Sasha's conversation pushed Jesus into action.
- Those grilled cheese sandwiches sure looked good.
- I like the sisterhood between these three women. So often on TV you see women competing against each other it's nice to see women supporting each other and taking care of things on their own.
- Can the people of Hilltop elect Maggie and Jesus as new leaders? Lets have an election where everyone will like the results.
- The chain Jesus gives Sasha was the necklace that Rosita made for Abraham. I don't know if Sasha knows that Rosita made it. Will Rosita want it back when she sees it?
- Will we get to meet more people from Hilltop? It would be nice to know what they think about Gregory.
- I hope Jesus is able to stop Carl from doing something stupid when they arrive at Sanctuary. They need information before they take out Negan. Thinking before revenge, Carl.
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