Last week onThe Walking Dead, some had the hindsight to see the whole Lydia fiasco as a distraction.
This week, more distractions take root.
Even Negan wishes he had Lucille in hand to bash in his skull.
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Perhaps a rock will suffice.
He goes to drink but doesnt, a detail that will become relevant later on.
Negan wants to be a good man, but this Brandon fellow keeps pushing him towards his old ways.
Brandon presents his hoped-for mentor with Lucille and the old leather jacket.
Does pig s stink?
Ezekiel is also fighting to ignore what will inevitably come.
Some succeed more than others.
Negan and Brandon come across a woman and her son being attacked by walkers on a bus.
Negan rushes in to save them and hears their story.
Brandon, still gung-ho on this Negan lifestyle, wants to go kill them and take their supplies.
Negan stops him and instead casts him out.
Negan beats Brandon to death with a rock and leaves his body to fester alongside the woman and boy.
He, in turn, grabs Lucille and his jacket and goes off to find the Whisperers.
Connie, Daryl, and Magna eventually find Kelly passed out and dehydrated, leaning up against a tree.
Magna is, in fact, the one whos been stealing supplies from Hilltop.
Its something shes done at previous communities when she feared things could go south.
They unveil the stash and use it to help get Kelly strong enough for travel.
This strikes a wedge between Magna and Yumiko, and the two spend the night in separate rooms.
This all pales in comparison to the real threat thats coming for them.
The rumors are true.
A scene at Alphas camp confirms it to be true.
Its just one of many moves theyre taking to chip away at their fortitude.
The first was claiming their hunting land for the Whisperers.
The next was the tree.
Aaron spies Gamma doing this and, on her next outing, tries to confront her.
Gamma had been reliving the death of her sister and her ascension through the ranks.
The memories weighed on her, prompting her to inadvertently cut her hand open.
Aaron gives her bandages and hopes to make a connection.
She uses the bandages but informs Alpha of Aarons actions.
Whether this new mask holds depends on whether the colonies recognize the true enemy when they come knocking.
