You see that? Respect.
Michonne walks down a street and sees the mattresses the Saviors burned. At first she looks angry then sad. She whistles (The Farmer in the Dell) as she walks down the street. Zombies are attracted by the sound. Two zombies follow her. She continues to walk before she turns around and kills them with her katana. She places her katana on the ground and then grabs one of the zombies by the legs and drags him down the road. She leaves her bag, walkie talkie, and katana on the road. Rick and Aaron wake up in the back of a truck. Rick picks up the walkie talkie but doesn't use it. Aaron says, "I didn't see that last night." He points something out to Rick.
Two Saviors sit in the back of their truck waiting for a heard of zombies to go by before they continue down the road. It is the truck in which Carl and Jesus are hiding. Jesus cuts into one of the boxes. He pours syrup out the truck to leave a trail. He wants to jump out of the truck soon before they get too close to Sanctuary. Carl sounds uncertain and scared. He tells Jesus to go first. Jesus jumps out but Carl doesn't follow him. He just waves at him. They drive by the zombie fence. The truck stops and we hear Negan giving instructions to his men. Carl grabs a gun and shoots at the Saviors when they try to grab the items from the truck. Carl tells them, "I only want Negan, He killed my friends. No one else needs to die." Negan says, "You are adorable. Did you pick that gun 'cause it looks cool? Kid I ain't gonna lie. You scare the shit outta me." Daryl sees this going on from behind the zombie fence. Negan stops Dwight from hurting Carl. "Is that any way to treat our new guest?" he says as he extends a hand to Carl.
Negan offers to show Carl around. Carl just stares. Negan asks how Daryl likes his new job. Carl finally takes Negan's hand. Negan says he's not going to have enough time to screw any of his wives today. Carl wants to know what Negan is going to do with him. Negan replies, "Number one, do not shatter my image of you. You're a badass. . . Don't be scared of me. It's a disappointment. Number two, you really want me to ruin the surprise?" When Negan walks inside all the people of Sanctuary bow down. He gives a speech to the people and turns to Carl and says, "You see that? Respect." Eugene and Rosita walk towards the gate. Eugene talks about finding things for the Saviors and Rosita says she is not getting anything for them. Spencer and Father Gabriel invite them to go along with them. Rosita says no. Spencer says they have to get things for the Saviors and the only reason they are in this position is because of Rick. Rosita retorts, "I bet you already have a whole truck load full of stuff hidden out there for yourself, huh?"
Negan takes Carl into a room filled with women in skimpy black dresses. His wives I assume. He tells Carl he is welcome to look. Negan tells Sherry he needs a word. He asks what happened between Amber and Mark and she says it is none of his business. He needs to know if the rumors about Mark are true. "There are rules for a reason. Nothing matters if you're dead. You, my dear, are here because you get that." She says Amber made a mistake. Negan asks her if he ever hit any of the women. She says no but she knows there are worse things he can do. He laughs and walks back to Carl. He puts a beer in Carl's hand. Then he walks over to a Amber and tells her she can leave and go back to Mark but she can't cheat on him. She says she will stay and apologizes. He says, "You know what that means, right?" She tells him that she loves him. He then walks over to Sherry and kisses her. Daryl is brought in by Dwight. Negan asks Carl to grab the tray Daryl is carrying. Daryl asks "Why do you got him [Carl] here?" Negan says it is none of Daryl's business. He threatens to shove a toothpick through Carl's good eye. Daryl makes eye contact with Sherry and Dwight drags him away. Rick tells Aaron they only have today to bring something back for the Saviors. They climb over a fence with a warning sign that reads "Keep Going. Only thing here 4 you is Trouble."
Spencer and Gabriel drive down the road. Spencer asks, "Hating someone, is that a sin?" Gabriel says it's our actions that matter in the end. Spencer says he hates Rick. Rick shouldn't be in charge. Gabriel says Rick brought the good out in him. He kept everyone alive and brought everyone together. Spencer says his parents died because Rick arrived at Alexandria. He mentions that they shouldn't have attacked the outpost. Spencer says there is no future. The only good thing he can see in the situation is that Rick might not make it back. Gabriel asks him to stop the car. Gabriel turns and says, "What you're saying, it doesn't make you a sinner. But it does is make you a tremendous shit. Just for now, it doesn't have to be terminal." Mic drop. Gabriel gets out of the car and heads back to Alexandria. I'm not sure Spencer gets it. Spencer steps out of the car. He looks at Gabriel walking down the road and then he runs into the woods. He follows the sounds of zombies. He sees a zombie up in a tree.
Negan takes Carl into his bedroom. Carl asks him if all of those women are his wives. Negan says yes. "Why follow the same rules. Why not make life better." Negan tells Carl to sit. He wants to get to know Carl. He knows Carl is smart. "You go on a mission. You find me. You kill two of my men. You're smart enough to know I'm not gonna let it slide." He wants Carl to take the bandage off his eye. Carl says no. Negan saya, "Do you really wanna piss me off." Carl sighs and then takes off his hat and bandage. Negan says his eye looks disgusting. Carl begins to cry. Negan apologizes for hurting Carl's feelings. One of the Saviors knocks and comes in. Negan left Lucille outside. Negan tells Carl he looks "rad as hell" and tells him he shouldn't cover it up. Negan asks "Fat" Joseph if he treated Lucille gently and like a lady. Then he orders him to leave. He tells Carl that this is just men breaking each other's balls. He asks Carl if he likes music. He wants Carl to sing him a song. Carl can't think of any songs. He points Lucille at Carl and orders him to sing. Carl begins to sing "You are my sunshine." Negan swings Lucille around. He asks if Carl's mother sang that to him. He figures out she died. He asks if Carl saw it happen (aka turning into a zombie). Carl says he shot her before she could turn. "Damn, no wonder you are a serial killer in the making."
Dwight stares at a fire. A man sits on a chair looking nervous. Negan bangs on the railing with Lucille. Everyone kneels including Daryl. He has Carl hold Lucille. Negan says what he is about to do is hard to watch but it is the rules and everyone says, "The rules keep us alive." He says, "We bring civilization back to this world. We are the Saviors. But we can't do that without rules. Rules are what make it all work. . . If you can't do it then it is the iron for you." Dwight half looks up. Negan tells everyone to get on their feet. He puts on a glove and Dwight hands him an old fashioned iron that has been sitting in the fire. He walks over to the man on the chair, Mark, and burns his face with the iron. Carl look over at Daryl but Daryl looks away. Dwight closes his eyes. He's probably reliving the moment it happened to him. Mark wet himself and Negan orders Dwight to clean it up. He tells the group that Mark's face should be a reminder to everyone that the rules matter. Negan whispers to Carl, "You probably think I'm a lunatic." You think? Ya, we all think you are a lunatic. You bash people's heads in with a bat and burn their faces. You crazy.
Spencer goes back to the tree zombie carrying a rope. He attaches the rope to the bottom of the platform and then to another tree. A crossbow falls to the ground and then the zombie falls. He did it just to get the crossbow the zombie had. He rifles through the zombie's pockets and finds a pocket knife and a piece of paper with writing on it. Rosita and Eugene arrive at the munitions factory. Eugene tells Rosita he didn't want to come back to the factory. Rosita reminds him that he agreed to make her a bullet. He doesn't want to stop her just slow her down. She's being stupid. He's analyzed the situation. Abraham was right. The Saviors have the numbers. Somebody has to pay the price. There is no guarantee that she will pay the price (aka Glenn dying for what Daryl did). She says, "You owe me and you owe him. . . You are a coward. And you're weak. The only reason you are alive is because you lied and people feel sorry for you. So, for once do something useful and make me a bullet." Damn, Rosita. That was harsh. Eugene begins to make her a bullet.
Sherry smokes in a stairwell. Dwight joins her. She offers him a cigarette. He tells her not to beat herself up for telling Negan about Mark. She had to do it. He says he doesn't know how she sleeps at night. She asks how he sleeps. He doesn't. He watches TV all night. She tells him the deal they made with Negan was supposed to only affect them. He replies, "No. If you're still standing it's always on somebody else's back." She tells him to go. Carl and Negan sit in Negan's room. Negan won't let Carl wrap up his face because he's not done with him. Carl wants to know why Negan hasn't killed him, Rick, or Daryl. Daryl will make a good soldier for Negan. Rick is getting Negan good stuff. And Carl, "We shall see." He wants to break Carl. He asks Carl what he thinks he should do with him. Carl tells Negan, "I think you should jump out that window to save me the trouble of killing you. . . If you knew us, if you knew anything, you would kill us. But you can't." Negan says maybe Carl is right and tells him their going for a ride. At the gate Negan calls Daryl over and tells him he is taking Carl home. Daryl responds, "If you do anything to him . . ." Negan orders Dwight to put Daryl back in his box. Daryl notices Jesus lies on top of their truck.
Daryl sits in his cell. We hear someone approach. A note is slipped under the door. It says, "Go Now." The key is attached to the other side. Piles of dead zombies lie on the road as a blockade. A car comes to a stop and a woman gets out with a gun in her hands. Michonne puts her katana to the woman's head. She orders her to drop her weapons. She orders the woman to take her to Negan. They both climb in the car as Michonne points a gun at the woman's head. The woman starts to drive then slams on the breaks and tries to take the gun from Michonne. They fight and Michonne wins. Negan knocks on a door. Olivia opens it. Negan and Carl walk inside. Negan asks where Rick is and Olivia says he is scavenging. Negan will wait. Olivia says he might not be back for a few days. She says they are practically starving. Negan again insinuates that Olivia is fat and she begins to cry. Negan apologizes for being rude. He says if she wants to they can have sex. She slaps him. He responds, "I am about fifty percent more into you now." He then tells Olivia to make some lemonade. He asks Carl to take him on a tour. We see him enjoying the carpet on his bare feet and running water. Carl doesn't want him to go into a room. Negan enters and we see it is Judith's room. He picks Judith up.
Rick and Aaron cautiously walk towards a sign that says the owner is a man names Leslie William Starton and that he is armed. He has guns, ammo, and food. If they got this far without being shot it is because he is dead. Zombies can be heard. The house is surrounded by water filled with zombies. They only have one day to bring back supplies for the Saviors. Rosita looks at the bullet Eugene made. Rosita thanks Eugene and apologizes for her words. He tells her her apology is insincere. She got what she wanted. They arrive at the gate at the same time as Spencer. He brings back cans of food. The note Spencer found was written in Latin. His mom made him take Latin. It was a list of caches from the zombie. He tells Rosita he is going to give it all to the Saviors and more. A man opens the door. Three Savior trucks are there. Negan and Carl sit on the porch. He rocks Judith on his lap. "Oh, I like it here. I might just have to stay here." Then he says he should kill Rick and Carl and settle into the suburbs.
Final Thoughts:
- Why is everyone going to the Sanctuary with these half-assed plans? Michonne going by herself and kidnapping a Savior. Carl goes off my himself on a death mission to kill Negan. Rosita forces Eugene to make one bullet. What is the use of one bullet? Why aren't they planning an information gathering mission? Find out the location of Sanctuary, try to count how many Saviors exist, and try to find out how many weapons they have. We know that a lot of people in Sanctuary live crappy lives doing manual labor for points. Many of those individuals might join in a rebellion led by Rick's gang if it meant a free and better life.
- What are Negan's plans for Carl? He sees something in Carl, much like he sees something in Daryl, that he wants them on his side. Is he grooming Carl to be his future right-hand man or even his successor? He treats Carl like an adult while everyone else is still treating him like a kid.
- Why does Negan apologize for hurting Carl's feelings when he has no problem threatening his life or killing his friends.
- How long can Daryl stay subservient to Negan? Negan humiliated Daryl in front of Carl by making him clean up Mark's mess. This is Negan's world and everyone else is just living in it.
- When will Spencer die? I feel like he will either die soon or cause someone's death. Much like his brother he has no idea what he is doing. Aidan's bad actions led to Noah's death. Will Spencer's douchey stupidity cause Rosita her life?
- I loved Father Gabriel telling Spencer the truth. He is a jerk and needs to know it. His response was perfect. Who knows, maybe Father Gabriel will grow on me.
- Should Daryl trust whomever left him that note? The last time his cell was unlocked it was a trick.
- I find it interesting that Negan won't sleep with a woman without her permission. With all the terrible things he does he won't rape.
- Where do the Saviors get their endless supplies of booze and cigarettes? There can't be that much left in this world.
- Why is Negan's arm bandaged? Is he injured or sick?
- The phrase "Rules keep us alive" used at Sanctuary reminds me of the phrase "Works Makes You Free" used in Nazi concentration camps.
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