The last episode also analyzed that there are other forces, and as a result, the third episode was "slapped in the face" at the beginning: the walking corpse bit Justin, who had just died, and then he also became a member of the walking corpse. "Ultimatum" on the wall...
This scene is the "symbolic" general outline of the plot of this episode. Justin's death detonated the long-standing contradiction between the alliances. Not only did the Salvation Army and other communities almost have conflicts, but even the allies who once shared the enemy have further expanded their differences. The core question is: should the accounts be settled after the war has subsided? Will it be too late to settle accounts? Is "late justice" justice?
The quality of this episode is quite good. If the next "The Walking Dead" can maintain this level, it is really worth looking forward to.
pacifist
At present, the main policy program of the alliance is "Join Hands to Create the Future" insisted by Rick.
Rick wasn't being hypocritical, he really thought so . After getting up on this day, he strolled in the Alexandria community, feeling the peace of life, and even picked a tomato to pay homage to Carl.
The strength and unity shown by everyone in the last episode made Rick full of confidence. The situation has been good recently. Maggie can help herself manage the construction site today, and Rick decided to take a day off.
Michelle is still worried about the emotions of Maggie and others, but Rick is optimistic: "Even if everyone doesn't fully agree (peaceful coexistence), they will sooner or later."
In view of this, Michelle, the acting leader of Alexandria for more than a month, should not be busy drafting the charter, and it is better to rest with herself.
The most surprising thing is that Rick is going to use another method to "create the future". Judging from his words and deeds, this method is to "create people" ...
Since the outbreak of the apocalyptic crisis, apart from unintended pregnancy, almost no one has thought of taking the initiative to give birth to new life to come to this world- Rick has this idea now, which shows that he believes that now is a new era of "peaceful development".
Next is the happy holiday life of "a family of three", which is also the epitome and model of Rick's ideal future.
It's a pity that he couldn't enjoy this "peace" for even half a day... The tension on the construction site brought him back to reality. After Laura, El, Carol and others failed to persuade each other, Rick barely avoided it. The situation deteriorated further.
Daryl was one of the prime suspects in the killing of Justin. Although the bright and upright "Brother Crossbow" didn't do this, he also felt that getting people who had hatred together would happen sooner or later.
Of course Rick believed in good buddies, and he had this conversation just to make Darryl accept his idea again: everyone is precious, maybe everyone can let go of the past, starting with you and me.
At the end of the eighth season, Darryl spared his enemy Dwight's life; furthermore, the immature "Crossbow" did not kill the man who "leaves your brother on the roof waiting to die."
It's not without reason that Rick is so "optimistic" about Daryl. He firmly believes that Daryl has a magnanimous and tolerant side in his heart.
After starting to clean up the walking dead in pairs, Arat disappeared again. Rick's philosophy is challenged again, whether it's Jerry's question (what to do if he catches someone) or Carol and his confusion (he always wants to kill the Salvation Army), he suffers a lot.
" (Now we should) create life, not take it away. "
Being able to suppress and overcome his anger and impulses, and insist on doing what he thinks is right, Rick is indeed not a mortal in this regard.
Regarding the issue of matching guns for the Salvation Army, Rick has relented at El's repeated requests, but it is still a step too late - the terrified Salvation Army "Thornhead" Jed and DJ took the risk to snatch Rui The guns of Gram and Carol are just for self-preservation.
Given the opportunity and reason to kill Jade, Carol chose to keep him alive. It can be seen that Carol finally agreed with Rick after hesitating.
However, after Justin and Arat were killed one after another (the Salvation Army should not know about Arat 's death, otherwise it would blow up), the Salvation Army was sent back to the Salvation Hall by all members. The best portrayal of K's state at this time: He failed.
"The Virgin" itself is a compliment. Rick is able to press his hatred and look forward. There is no doubt about his nobility and extraordinaryness; but if he ignores the objective reality and just wants to impose this correct concept on everyone, he will be guilty of a crime. The "Notre Dame Sickness" became the "Notre Dame Bitch".
Rick tasted this bitter fruit because he didn't fully understand the principle of "do not do to others what you would not do to others" .
wallist
Apart from Darryl, the person most suspected of killing Justin is Annie, because she has motives of revenge on the Salvation Army, and because of the position of "Junkyard Jandis", most people in the alliance don't like it very much she.
Gabriel was one of the very few (or only) people who believed and accepted Anne, and he lied to Rick about it.
But when Gabriel came to question Annie, hoping that she would live up to his trust , Annie's hesitant attitude made him feel that the other party was hiding something.
"Realistic circumstances" forced Annie to return to the junkyard, and contacted the outside forces with helicopters again: she did not directly answer "A or B", but first asked "Did you catch the missing Salvation Army?"
Annie's reaction shows that she still thinks about the alliance to a certain extent; but she always keeps this secret and does not disclose it to those close to her, and it also shows that she still has a relatively heavy selfishness and does not want to hang herself on a tree.
Let me help me recall the clues about the junkyard (Jan Dis/Annie) and the "helicopter" force in the eighth season.
In S8E6, Jandis grabbed Rick, who came to seek alliance again, and locked it in the container. Afterwards, she deliberately drew an "A" outside the container, which shows that she thought Rick was an "A" cargo.
In S8E14, Jandis tied up Negan again and waited for the helicopter. I personally think that Negan is likely to be an "A" product (now thinking about it, Annie once sold the boss of the two parties, which is amazing).
However, due to Jandis' own hesitation and Negan's talk , this transaction was later turned yellow. For Jandis, what she missed might not only be the transaction, but also the precious opportunity to leave this area.
Personal preliminary guess is: Now there is a big federation that has initially restored the pre-apocalyptic human society, technology and civilization. They have not stopped the research on the walking dead virus, but the environment is not convenient to carry out various researches, so they hit the idea of not yet. Completely out of the crisis area, they use survival resources to replace people, A refers to the test (or slave), and B is the person who can become a partner- after all, the story of "The Walking Dead" has been performed so far, and the stage has never left Georgia.
The other party reminded Annie that "the transaction is still valid", but Annie replied "none", which shows that she has not made up her mind to leave... But Annie did not explicitly reject the other party's request for A tomorrow.
Just when Annie's heart was fighting, Gabriel, who was following him, appeared. He only wanted an answer. He could hear that the other party was making a deal with people.
Annie really cared about Gabriel, and explained to him seriously, "I do this kind of thing for the sake of supply, and it finally became like this..." After realizing that she couldn't hide it, Annie's balance quickly turned to "deviation from the alliance", anyway. I can't fit in with everyone, so I might as well take this opportunity to take Gabriel along and live a "better" life.
If Annie succeeds in convincing them, they have to go quietly, and Gabriel has to "do something" for her - which of course Gabriel disagrees with and insists on telling Rick.
"I thought you were a 'B'." Annie knocked out Gabriel, who trusted herself, and seemed to be treating him as an "A".
Annie was not accepted, although there are reasons for her past actions, but how much sincerity did she pay after joining the alliance? Indecision is a big no-no many times.
This branch line will also become a huge inflection point and variable for the future direction of "The Walking Dead".
Liquidation faction
On the way to deliver food to the bridge repairing site, Maggie encountered the Salvation Army who was looking for Justin. Jed the "thornhead" arrogantly nibbled the tomatoes when she picked up the tomato, which reminded Maggie of her past wicked enemies.
Maggie's words and deeds when she asked about her name clearly meant "to settle accounts after the autumn". Maggie has always been very dissatisfied with Rick's "too tolerant" policy towards the Salvation Army. She feels that some people do not deserve the opportunity to make up for their faults, and Jade's behavior aggravates her feelings.
But on the other hand, there are indeed many Salvation Army showing sincerity to reform.
For example, Laura, not only did she take the initiative to tell Jade's name, but also expressed her attitude of "we are very cooperative and don't want to cause trouble", and she also kept "extinguishing fire" when there was a conflict within the alliance.
On the way to Arat in the "team of two", Maggie and Darryl talked about their positions and political opinions. Although they were both dissatisfied with Rick's overly lenient policy, Maggie still agreed with Rick in the general direction. grams concept.
At least, in the current development situation, such a relaxed environment is beneficial to the child Herschel.
When the two followed the clues to find the former location of the "Seaside Hotel", they found that Cindy and others were about to lynch Alat. Their first reaction was to stop it, although Cindy kept saying "this is the last one", but everyone Understand that the retribution of grievances will only continue to spread, and there will be no end.
In order to demonstrate the rationality of her lynching, Cindy explained their hatred with the Salvation Army. Arat not only killed Cindy's younger brother, but also killed Beatrice's husband, which can be described as "heinous" .
By the way, to help everyone recall, in S7E8, after Rosita failed to assassinate Negan, under Negan 's order, it was Arat (before the hair change) who "randomly" shot Olivia.
It can be said that Arat was once the executioner of the Salvation Army. If there is a "trial" after the war, she is definitely one of the people who will be liquidated and executed.
However, there was no liquidation after the war, and the "guilty and innocent" Salvation Army survived. Some people sincerely decided to compromise and live a new peaceful life - Arat happened to be one of them . The direct evidence is that when the alliance wants to When conflict arises, she is the first Salvation Army to persuade with practical actions.
I agree with Arat being "guilty", but I also believe she's rehabilitated now - but for those who harbor hatred, they often only remember the face of the enemy when they did evil.
Cindy and others originally had no objection to Rick's actions because they thought they had no choice, but Maggie's behavior made them understand that "Rick's rules are not the only rules" ...
In the end, after a heart-to-heart comparison, Maggie and Daryl acquiesced to Cindy and the others to execute Arat , who "has become a member of the alliance".
This incident touched Maggie very much. The Seaside Hotel did what she had always wanted to do but was not determined to do. Cindy also showed herself a "bright way": she felt it was time to implement "late justice" "Well, make up all the accounts that should be counted but not counted.
Darryl's point of view is no worse than Maggie's. In theory, he can fall to any side, but in the end, the idea of "for the deceased" prevailed and made him stand on Maggie's side. The play will be interesting.
In fact, the best way is to start the trial and liquidation of the Salvation Army immediately after the war, so as not to leave too many sequelae and hidden dangers (for an inappropriate but instructive example, see the German-Japanese Axis after World War II) Different degrees of judgment and disposal of the heart country) ... and wait until now people have made up their minds to "make up for the knife", especially when some war criminals have changed their minds, and then settle the old accounts, the price is too great.
little question
It stands to reason that the seaside hotel has admitted the "crime", the missing ethanol fuel has also been found, and the witnesses and materials are all there, and the "Salvation Army disappearance case" can be closed ... But I always feel that it is not that simple.
Maggie and Cindy's team were nearly killed when the Alliance was cleaning up the walking dead, mainly because of Cindy's accident. Beatrice and Arat's team had an accident when the others came to support - the seaside hotel's team People "doing things" are very "clean", and also left Arat's knife and walkie-talkie.
If they want to conceal this matter, they should take everything away, creating a sign that "Arat is missing for some reason", so they make a suspicion... Now it's better, it 's just to tell everyone that someone has captured Arat.
In the next process of searching for Arat, Darryl used the bow and arrow that Beatrice left on the walking corpse, and easily deduced who killed Justin, and at the same time understood that the other party also arrested someone.
What I want to say is that these women are not intended for "assassination" at all. They leave too many flaws, and they can't hide it for long: after killing Justin, they just walked away, without the awareness of hiding the body. This led to the civil unrest in the alliance - the work is so "rough", the Salvation Army who disappeared before should have nothing to do with them.
Cindy confessed that Maggie's hanging of Gregory made them rekindle the flame of revenge. If they had been assassinating the Salvation Army, they should have been discovered...
Therefore, the "The Salvation Army Disappearance Case" may not be filled yet, and Cindy and others may have accidentally carried half of the blame. Of course, this may also be my overthinking, but the possibility still exists.
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