Keep walking.
Deanna puts on one of Aiden's CD mixes on the stereo. The whole family is gathered around to listen. Carol makes a tuna casserole for Deanna. Sam looks into the kitchen. Sasha is on the guard tower struggling to get herself to fire her gun at an approaching zombie. Sasha is losing it. Reg tells Deanna to turn off the music. A knock on Deanna's door. When she opens it she finds Carol's casserole with a note. Deanna grabs the note but leaves the casserole on her doorstep. She burns Carol's note. The zombie bangs against the wall. Sasha finally shoots it in the head.
Daryl shoots a zombie walking across a field. Aaron mentions there are more zombies now then there used to be. Daryl shushes him and points out a light in the distance. Someone else is out there.
We see a video of Nicholas telling Deanna what happened on the raid. Nicholas lies and says that Glenn distracted Aiden. The scene is juxtaposed with Glenn telling the truth to Rick. Nicholas lies and says he was not going to leave anyone. Glenn says all Nicholas had to do was hold the door but Nicholas panicked. Nicholas says that Glenn was trying to kill him. Glenn says he tried and watched Noah die. Glenn is telling Rick the truth. Deanna asks Nicholas why they all came back together. She tells Nicholas he and Glenn are forbidden to carry guns and go outside the wall. Nicholas is mad and says that Rick's group has got to go and that Deanna doesn't see what is going on. She tells him she sees a great deal. Glenn tells Rick he could have left Nicholas out there. He asks Rick if he should have done that. Rick says the people of Alexandria don't understand what it is like out there. Rick says the rules of Alexandria don't apply to them (his group). Glenn says, "We are them. We are now. Noah believed in this place. We have to make this work." Rick doesn't reply. He looks out into the night and sees a red balloon.
Carol looks out at Jessie's house. She tells Rick she left Deanna a casserole. She asks Rick if he has thought about what she said about Pete (that he needs to kill him). She spoke to Sam and he told her that his mom put locks on the inside of his closet and told him to stay there all night. One night in the middle of his parents fighting it got quiet and when he went out he found his mom unconscious and bleeding. He asks her why she cares. She tells him he knows why and she knows why he cares. She has seen how he talks to Jessie. If zombies hadn't killed her husband she wouldn't be standing here now. Rick says yes she would. Rick walks out to the night and looks at a red balloon. He pulls out his secret gun and holds it. Pete comes out and calls to Rick. Rick slowly turns around and tells Pete, "Keep walking." Pete doesn't seem to understand at first but then he sees Rick's expression and walks away. Rick tightens his grip on his gun.
Michonne lies on her bed as the clock changes to 6:30 am. She looks over at her laundry basket and then pulls out a t-shirt. She puts her uniform on her bed and just sits there. Rosita knocks on her door and updates her on Tara's condition. Rosita tells her that she believes Sasha spent the night in the tower and now no one has seen her. They go out to the woods looking for Sasha. They hear a noise and both raise their weapons. It's the first time both of them have been out there since they arrived at Alexandria. Michonne says it already feels different. Rosita says that's good but Michonne is not sure that is a good thing. Rosita tells her she was screwed up after finding out Eugene lied because she lost something. She says Michonne looks screwed up because they found something. Michonne says that Noah is dead and she feels like she was asleep. She doesn't want to forget. Rosita tells her that doesn't mean she has to give up. She notices Michonne didn't bring her sword with her and that's not nothing.
Rick find Deanna standing in Alexandria's graveyard. He tells her he is sorry for her loss and asks how she is holding up. She says she is not holding up. He tells her about the Pete situation but she already knows. She hoped it would get better. Rick is upset that she knew. She says Pete is a surgeon and saves lives. Rick says they have to stop them. They have to separate them. She asks Rick what happens if Pete doesn't want to be separated from his family. Rick says he will kill him. "We kill him." She says they don't kill people because this is civilization. Rick responds, "Warning someone to stop or die, that is civilized nowadays." She says they will exile him. He tries to convince her that letting him go would cause a whole other set of problems but she insists that they will not execute anyone. "People die now, Deanna. They do. It's times like this you can decide who and when. Or it can be decided for you." Her response, "It already was. I wouldn't kill you. I'd just send you away."
Michonne and Rosita find zombies shot in the back of their heads. They follow the trail of bodies to find Sasha. Michonne says Sasha is hunting the zombies. Carl walks through the woods. We hear Enid call him. She knows he is following him. He is very loud. She asks him to go back. He scares her. He tells her she should go back, it's not safe, two people have just died. She says people always die and he knows that. He asks her what she does out there in the woods. She says she does the same thing as him and runs off. He runs after her with a big smile on his face.
Carl and Enid come to a halt when they see a zombie. Enid pulls out a kitchen timer and throws it near the zombie. The alarm distracts the zombie. She and Carl run away. Nicholas cleans the blood from the back of the van. Glenn walks up to the van and tells him to listen, " Those four people you lost on that run, that's on you. And Noah, that's on you too. . . People like you are supposed to be dead but these walls went up just in time so you're not. You don't go outside those walls anymore, not by yourself or anyone else. . . I'm someone who knows who you are and what you did and it's not going to happen a again." He is not threatening Nicholas, he is saving him. And then he walks away. Yeah, Glenn! That is a real man. Enid tells Carl they are supposed to be out there like this. She doesn't want to forget. Running makes her feel better. He can't forget. He dreams about being in the forest with the zombies. So does she. He says Ron is a good guy. Does Ron know she goes out there? No, he wouldn't understand. He asks why she is scared of him. She doesn't know, he just does. He asks what happened to her before Alexandria. She asks if it matters. He says it does. Something bad happened to him too. A bunch of zombies approach so they hide in the hollow of a tree. She says, "It's their world. We're just living in it." The zombies walk past the tree. Carl touches her hand. She says it's cool that he is afraid of her too. We see one of the zombies has a W carved on its forehead. We see someone digging up a tin with a gun in it. It is Nicholas and that looks like Rick's gun.
Zombie after zombie falls dead as they are shot from behind by Sasha. As another zombie approaches she aims and shoots. Michonne and Rosita approach her and ask what she is doing. She is playing defense. She plans on taking on all of them. As another group of zombies arrives Sasha beings to shoot them. Michonne flashes back on her life killing zombies by herself. She then starts to shoot zombies and Rosita starts to stab the zombies. Together they kill all of the zombies. Sasha gets mad when Michonne shoots a zombie that almost kills her. She doesn't want their help. She yells at Michonne, "You can't do anything. It worked out for you. Don't you see that? You can't help me. Nobody . . . Noah. I told him that he wouldn't make it." Sasha walks away and Rosita follows her.
Aaron and Daryl walk through the woods. They find severed zombie parts. Daryl notices, "Whoever did this took whatever was left with them." They walk carefully with their weapons at the ready following the trail. They find the body of a woman tied to a tree. Zombies fed on her. Daryl says this just happened. Daryl lifts her head and a W is carved on her forehead. She wakes up as a zombie and Daryl stabs her in the head.
Rick finds Jessie in her garage smoking. She tells him Noah was a sweet kid and Tara is in good hands with Pete. He says that Pete is hitting her, hurting, her, and it has to stop. She says it will. He says he doesn't care what has happened in his life before. She says she can fix it. He says she can't but he can. Is he planning on putting him in jail? She says that will make things worse. He tells her that if it's gotten worse then that means Pete has killed her. That is what's next and he won't let that happen. She asks him why he cares and he says he is trying to help. She says she is married. She can take care of herself. They have to take care of themselves. She shuts the garage door on him. Rick walks down the street and sees people in Alexandria going about their lives. He takes a deep breath and sees a child running with a red balloon. He walks determined into Jessie's house. He tells Jessie that Sam asked for a gun to protect her. He says in here it's just the same as out there. "If you don't fight you die. And I don't want you to die." He can keep her and her sons safe. All she has to do is say yes. She asks if he would do this for anyone else. He says no. With each sentence he gets closer to her. She says yes. Pete walks in asks what is Rick doing here in a threatening manner. He tries to kick Rick out but Jessie says no. She tells Pete he needs to leave. He yells at her and walks angrily towards Rick. Pete hits Rick and Rick hits him back. They start to fight. The fight escalates and they go through the window.
Sasha stand in the watch tower with her gun. She sees people running. Rick and Pete are beating each other up. Carl runs up along with everyone else. Jessie tries to pull Pete off and he punches her away. When Rick gets on top Carl tries to pull him off and Rick pushes him away. Rick has Pete in a choke hold and looks over and sees the red balloon. Deanna yells at Rick to stop. Rick pulls out his gun. He yells at her, "You still don't get it. None of you do. We know what needs to be done and we do it. We're the ones who live. You, you just sit and plan and hesitate. You pretend like you know but you don't. Well you want to live? Your way of doing things is done. Starting right now we have to live in the real world. We have to control who lives here." Deanna says that has never been more clear than now. Rick laughs. She means him? He says her way will get people kill, in fact it has already gotten people killed (Noah, Aiden, and the previous four members of the patrol squad). Rick says, "If you don't fight you die. I'm not going to stand by and . . ." Michonne hits Rick over the head.
Final Thoughts
- Rick is losing it. He may be right but his outburst was not helpful. Michonne was very smart to hit him and knock him out. They don't want to get kicked out. Rick needed to play it cool like Carol. He let his feelings for Jessie dictate his actions instead of playing it cool. He probably could have gotten rid of Pete on his own but he made it public.
- I'm not sure what the red balloon signifies. Rick's sanity? His rage?
- I don't know how much longer Sasha is going to be around She is losing it and that is causing her to be reckless.
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