While those two talk through their feelings and search for a way out, Jed and his band of Savior thugs arrive at camp with Alden’s gun and bad intentions. In his mind, if Negan is killed, so is Carl’s vision for a peaceful, united future. You just gotta let him go.” The mere thought of Negan dying nearly brings Rick to tears. And you sure as fuck wouldn’t have found any of us.” (Whoa, buddy! Rick and Negan each drop a “shit” later, and the show seems to have used up a season’s worth of curse words in just one episode.) Then Daryl hits his pal with the real tough stuff, saying Rick is chasing something for Carl “that ain’t meant to be. Daryl kicks off a parade of blue language with this reality check for his pal: “Man, your ass wouldn’t even be alive if it wasn’t for Glenn. Like Negan and Michonne, Rick and Daryl engage in some blunt talk.
Kudos to Andrew Lincoln for fully committing to an unsuccessful attempt to leap up and grab a tree root, which ends in a hard, ugly, unintentionally funny fall. I’d have no problem taking out a few Kardashians, but zombie Paul Rudd? Jennifer Lawrence? Couldn’t do it.) After Rick finally realizes Daryl is on Maggie’s side - where he’s firmly been for a while now - the two come to blows and go tumbling into a massive pit. (We can assume those celebs are long dead, but that makes me wonder: If you lived in Los Angeles during a zombie apocalypse, would you go looking for famous undead just to pass the time? Maybe there’s a point system depending on star power. Red flag there, Rick? Of course, Daryl is in on her scheme, which includes an assist from Rachel, the pissant kid from Oceanside who spits, flips the bird, and enjoys reading celebrity gossip rags. It’s Daryl who is all too eager to give Rick a ride to A-town to intercept Maggie. He tells Carol she gives him hope, says Eugene should be proud of what he’s done, and later, calls Daryl “brother.” Rick has a few moments that feel an awful lot like last words. To wit, the levee broke, putting the bridge project in jeopardy two big-ass herds (Tybalt and Cordelia, named for dead Shakespearean characters because Eugene) are in the area but not threatening to merge (yet) and his workforce is depleting with the Saviors gone and Carol taking her crew back to Hilltop. If Rick is gone and their plan to rebuild civilization crumbles, what’s left to fight for? Can she be content being Judith’s mom? And is she pregnant?Įven before Rick learns that Maggie is en route to A-town with plans to introduce Negan to her crowbar, things are not looking good. Negan also theorizes that her biggest fear is that she’ll end up like him - losing everything she has.
“The warrior in you isn’t meant to be planting kale and kissing boo-boos,” he says. As he tends to do, Negan quickly finds her soft spots (and also as usual, much of what he says is dead-on). Coincidentally, Negan’s on a hunger strike, and what he wants is to own some real estate in Michonne’s head. Maggie is on her way to kill him, and her plan - co-authored by Daryl - sets off a chain reaction of very bad things. Speaking of strong feelings about lumber, Negan makes his most significant appearance of the season. She’s also understandably disturbed by the sight of baseball bats, which happens (almost comically) twice. Imagine Logan falling in love, settling down and reading kiddie books on a rocking chair? For Michonne, that animal instinct - that rage - lingers beneath the surface. It’s a smart development of her character, who’s always been a bit like the Wolverine of the X-Men. Note the sadistic glee on her face as she grabs a walker by the throat, watches it struggle, then smiles before slaying it. We begin with an almost dreamlike montage, as Michonne toggles between her roles as homemaker/mom/healer of the sick/architect/society-builder and her nightly killing sprees.
From the looks of tonight’s closing scene, Rick’s exit ain’t gonna be pretty.
#THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 EPISODE 4 SERIES#
And it all sets up one of the biggest moments in the series next week: Rick Grimes’ final episode. At its core, the episode is about all-consuming obsessions, be they zombie killing, revenge, or honoring lost loved ones. To quote Frank the Tank from Old School, we’re going streaking! That’s two excellent episodes in a row that deliver just about everything you want from The Walking Dead - zombie mayhem, plot twists, really dumb decisions with catastrophic consequences, and not just one but a slew of cliffhangers (plus a truckload of curse words!).
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