вЂњIt sucks ass.вЂќ When Michonne talks of how evil brings good people together, Negan throws her a curveball: вЂњItвЂ™s just that no one ever thinks that theyвЂ™re the evil one.вЂќ вЂњI know what itвЂ™s like to lose a kingdom and see things fall apart,вЂќ Negan says. One thing he offers Michonne is the perspective of a leader, of which there arenвЂ™t many left.

Michonne visits Negan in the same room where he recovered from RickвЂ™s throat slice, and you can see her beginning to warm up to him. With tears in her eyes, Carol opts to take out a sneaky walker and take Lydia by hand.ДЄs the storm settles down, bonds are forged and broken. The clincher is when Lydia tugs at CarolвЂ™s heartstrings by saying Alpha was right in calling her own daughter weak Carol is 0-4 in the mom game, but she isnвЂ™t giving up. Considering Carol once murdered her own adopted daughter and also set a bunch of people on fire, killing Lydia is not off-brand for her. Why? To set up another attempted suicide, this time with Lydia begging her dead bfвЂ™s mom to do the honors.

But the real drama is with Lydia, who sneaks away and is oddly pursued by Carol, not Daryl. (Unless the Whisperers have also been busy making some necro-puffers and skin-hoodies, they likely arenвЂ™t sitting around in the snow, but hey, canвЂ™t be too careful these days.) The olвЂ™ Hidden Walker trick catches everyone by surprise, as zombies emerge from the deep powder. After a pit stop at the Sanctuary, the Hilltoppers have no choice but to cross through AlphaвЂ™s territory and pray they donвЂ™t attract unwanted attention. The blinding snow works well as we toggle from A-town to the caravan, and no one (including us) can quite tell what the hell is in front of them. LetвЂ™s move on.) Yeah, Negan smashed Glenn and the SargeвЂ™s heads to smithereens, but when he wraps up Judith in his coat and leads her and Dog to safety, itвЂ™s hard not to like the guy heвЂ™s becoming. Perhaps I shouldnвЂ™t have mentioned this at all. (I thought that limp he had, along with the zero visibility, would lead him to being mistaken for a walker. (Even Gabe has to chuckle at his вЂњFather Not The FatherвЂќ line.) Good thing heвЂ™s around, because when Judith runs into the storm to find Dog, heвЂ™s the only one who chases after her. That show of mercy isnвЂ™t enough to keep him from mouthing off, of course. The storm hits A-town first, and Negan gets furloughed so he doesnвЂ™t freeze to death in jail. Daryl also takes an earful from Zeke, who straight-up tells him life at Hilltop would be better for him and Carol if Daryl wasnвЂ™t around. They have a lot in common: outcasts, abuse survivors, no family, not afraid to roll around in the dirt.) Lydia contemplates a most horrible suicide - death by zombie bite - until Carol interrupts. (IвЂ™m liking DarylвЂ™s dad/big brother vibe with Lydia. Making matters worse, everyone is super tense: Alden gets lippy with Lydia - her mom did kill his girlfriend, after all - but Daryl swiftly tells him to shut it. The fact that sheвЂ™s not in a stress-induced coma is a miracle.)ДЄlpha hinted at what the future would bring with her вЂњsweater weatherвЂќ comment at the Faire, but the storm that rolls in turns the otherwise easy trek to Hilltop into a life-or-death adventure. WhatвЂ™s a king without a kingdom? And whatвЂ™s this couple without their son? (To be fair to Carol, sheвЂ™s now lost four kids - Sophia, adopted daughters Mika and psycho Lizzie, and Henry.

No oneвЂ™s taking it harder than Zeke and Carol, of course CarolвЂ™s always been a bit of mope, but poor Zeke is curled up in bed and is resigned to leave his home behind. ItвЂ™s not quite clear how things got so ugly so fast at the Kingdom, but the neighborhood really looks like shit, as Judith would say: Pipes have burst, stone has crumbled, roofs are blackened and tattered.

It all adds up to a very Game of Thrones ending to the season, with the big shocker coming in the penultimate episode rather than the finale, and danger arriving in the form of a crap-ton of white walkers. While the Whisperers are mostly MIA and AlphaвЂ™s massacre casts a long, dark shadow, the survivors simultaneously come together and split apart. Kudos to TWD for not only delivering what we needed, but also for doing so in a way thatвЂ™s unlike anything weвЂ™ve seen on this show - specifically, with a wicked blizzard. Sometimes it feels like The Walking DeadвЂ™s characters and audience could use a reprieve after a particularly brutal, draining episode.

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