If you start seeing everyone as an enemy,
that is all you are going to find.
Coast line. A girl and a young woman are talking. A walker growls on the sand. The girl stabs it in the head. She notices another zombie. The girl runs over to it and is about to stab it in the head when the young woman yells at her to wait. It's not a zombie, it's Tara. The girl still wants to stab her in the head. The young woman tells her they don't have to kill her, but the girl insists that they are supposed to. She wants to kill Tara. The young woman insists that they won't kill Tara. The young girl promises not to tell but she won't help her save Tara. The young woman pulls Tara out of the water.
Heath sits in n an RV eating. He complains that they've only found a few rusty cans of okra and a bottle of aspirin. Tara tells him, "There's nothing left in this world that isn't hidden." That was the first rule of scavenging explained to her by Glenn. He tells her they went too far. They've been gone for two weeks and can't waste the gas. She says they have people back home counting on them. They need ammo and medicine. He is still upset about killing the Saviors. Tara said she had to do it too. He said they did it for some milk and some corn. He talks about how the people in Alexandria didn't really know anything about this new world. He tells her, "If it's you or someone else you choose you. You take what you can. You take out who you have to, and you get to keep going. Nobody's in this together. Not anymore. . . That's me, that's you, and that's everybody that wants to stay alive. That's the truth. " He says they can go towards the shore that day but then they go back. Tara picks up a gun with Lucille drawn on it.
The young woman from the beginning of the episode lies on a bed looking at a map. She looks up at a clock. We see notches tattooed on Tara's arm. The young woman points a machine gun at her and then changes her mind. She pulls out a couple of bottles of water and something that is wrapped and places them next to Tara who is still unconscious. She also leaves a spear for Tara. Tara opens her eyes when she is sure the young woman is gone and grabs one of the bottles of water. She drinks and keeps an eye on the young woman who is several feet away. She cautiously grabs the wrapped package. When she opens it she finds a fish. The young woman leaves and Tara follows her through the woods with the spear in hand. She finds some cabins. Two women enter one cabin and several children exit another cabin. She sees someone in a lookout spot up in the trees. Several women and children work at the community. That includes the woman that helped her. Two women open a shed filled with weapons. There don't appear to be any men. A clicking sound is heard. Women take the children inside and several women run to the shed to get guns. Someone shoots at Tara. She runs as others begin to shoot at her. One of the women catches up with Tara but Tara disarms her and knocks her out. She runs into the little girl (Rachel) from the beginning of the episode aiming a gun at her. The young woman (Cyndie) from the beginning of the episode stops her. Tara says, "Hi. I didn't mean to. I'm cool. I didn't mean to hurt anyone." An older woman comes and orders the other woman away from her. Tara apologizes for entering their camp. She says she can just go.
Heath and Tara cautiously exit the RV. They climb a makeshift wall blocking a bridge. Several abandoned cars are on the bridge. Heath throws a bottle to see if any zombies come out. No movement. They walk past a kiddie pool that was used to grow plants. The campsite has been abandoned. At the end of the bridge are two dump trucks with a wall of sand in between. Tara finds a backpack. As she pulls it Heath finds bullet casings. When Tara removes the backpack the sand comes down and several zombies pop up out of the sand. She and Heath shoot at the zombies. Heath gets away but Tara is surrounded. Heath abandons her.
Tara sits in a cabin. Women can be heard arguing. Natania, Kathy, and Beatrice are the three women that come in. They use bells to keep zombie away from their camp. Natania wants to know where Tara is from. She says Atlanta. She and her friend have been traveling alone for two years. They used to work on a fishing boat. Natania wants to know what Tara is doing there. She tells them she found the settlement on the bridge. She got knocked off the bridge and fell in the water. She tells them that Cyndie left her food she followed her. She wanted to see their camp and see if it was safe. She wants to get back to the bridge. Natania says they shoot strangers on site if they enter the camp. But she since didn't kill Beatrice they spared her life. Now they don't know what to do with Tara. The women leave and lock the door. That night Tara is taken from one cabin and taken to another cabin where a table is set for dinner. Natania asks if Tara likes fish. Cyndie is there. Tara thanks her for saving her life. Cyndie is Natania's granddaughter. Cyndie was teaching Rachel the way they do things (aka shoot strangers). Cyndie is a really good shot.
Tara guzzles down the stew. Natania asks her if Tara could get used living there. She is a skilled fighter. That way they keep their village a secret and she gets a place to live. They would also offer Heath a place to stay. Tara asks where all the men are. Natania says they got into a skirmish with another group and they didn't make it. Cyndie lost her mother and brother. That is when they decided that they would kill whomever they met on site. They would stay hidden in their new home and they would stay alive. She says that Tara had the opportunity to hurt them but didn't. Natania was honest with her and now she wants Tara to be honest with them. Tara admits to lying. She tells them about Alexandria. She mentions Denise (she left before Denise died). She tells them they have done things too and then tells them about killing the Saviors at the outpost. They killed the Saviors so they could stay alive. Tara wants them to start working with Alexandria. "If you keep seeing everyone as an enemy, then enemies are all you're going to find. Soon enough you will need a friend." Natania says they will send a guide with Tara, find Heath, and follow Tara to Alexandria to see what it is like. Cyndie volunteers to go but Natania says no. Cyndie didn't follow the rules.
The next morning Tara and Natania talk while Tara waits for her guide. Beatrice and Kathy accompany her. Rachel spits at Tara and Tara gives her the finger. They walk past a large bell in the woods. Tara apologizes to Beatrice for hitting her. They hear something in the woods. It is a zombie. Tara gets up and goes to stab it but runs instead. Beatrice and lady shoot at her as they chase her. Tara stumbles and hides. She holds her knife and cautiously looks up to see Beatrice. She comes up behind her and they fight. They both stand up and Beatrice points her gun at Tara. Tara begs for Beatrice to let her go. Beatrice tells her that her people are dead. The Saviors can't be stopped. That was just an outpost. There are more Saviors and more outposts. It's too late for the people of Alexandria. Tara figures out that the Saviors killed all the men. Beatrice says they lined up all males over age ten and shot them. They were supposed to keep working for them but they ran away one night. Cyndie comes up behind Beatrice and knocks her to ground and tells Tara to run. Tara runs through the woods. Cyndie yells at her to wait. Tara stops and Cyndie points a gun at her. Cyndie asks Tara to swear she won't tell anyone about their village including her people. Tara says she won't. Cyndie says they didn't have to kill the Saviors. They just did. "Nobody's evil. They just decide to forget who they are." Tara tells her that some people are evil. Cyndie tells her, "You have to swear." Tara swears she won't say anything. Cyndie offers her a bag with food and water and a spear. Cyndie then takes her to the bridge.
Tara and Cyndie look out at the walkers on the bridge. Tara says she will run. Cyndie wants to help Tara. Cyndie offers to shoot the walkers so Tara can cross the bridge safely. Kathy and Beatrice are coming. Tara asks why Cyndie is different from the others. She replies, "Why aren't you?" They fist bump, climb down, and carefully make their way down the bridge. They kill two zombies but twenty more appear. They climb on the cars and make their way across the bridge. Tara gets down and kills zombies as she makes her way down. Cyndie helps her by shooting zombies. Cyndie's gun gets stuck but Tara makes it across safely. Tara makes it to the spot where she was knocked down. We flashback and we see Heath shot a zombie to help her. Tara tries to go back for him but gets knocked back into the water. Last we saw of Heath he was surrounded by zombies. Tara makes her way toward a zombie that looks like Heath but it turns out to be a female zombie. Tara looks back and sees Cyndie being dragged back by Kathy and Beatrice. Tara sees Heath's glasses on the ground and notices fresh tire tracks. She finds a key card with "PPP" written on it. She hopes it is a message from Heath.
Tara walks across a field. She rummages through an abandoned boat in the middle of the road. She finds a shop and hides inside away from several zombies. She looks at a bobble head of a doctor. She stays the night and eats the fish Cyndie packed for her. Inside the bad she finds a shell bracelet. Eugene stands guard at the gate to Alexandria. The gate opens and Tara walks in smiling. She stops when she sees Eugene. He is crying. She sits in the infirmary holding the bobble head. Rosita tells her she is sorry. Rosita asks if she has any leads on guns and ammunition. Tara looks down at the shell bracelet on her wrist. She tells her she didn't see anything out there.
Final Thoughts
- How far is Oceanside from Alexandria? I lived in Alexandria in Virginia and I know that the beach is at least two hours away. How far does Negan's power extend? Was it a wise decision for Heath and Tara to travel that far alone?
- I kind of want to refer to Oceanside as Amazonia.
- Rachel is kind of psychotic. She reminds me of Lizzie. Why are all teen girls in the apocalypse cray cray?
- I hope we get to see more of Cyndie. She knows that sometimes rules need to be broken in order to do the right thing.She could be an asset in the future when it becomes time to destroy Negan.
- I'm glad that Tara didn't tell Rosita about Oceanside. Anything to keep people safe from the Saviors, especially children, is the right thing to do. You never know, they could become allies in the future.
- What does PPP mean? I can only assume it is from the comic but I haven't read past Glenn's death.
- Where is Heath?
- Did Kingdom or Hilltop have any knowledge of Oceanside's former group?
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