The Walking Dead Took a Huge Step Toward All Out War
Benjamin's whole arc was telegraphed from the moment he appeared back in the episode that introduced the Kingdom.
[...] in her fragile, self-flagellating state, his death is going to weigh on her, especially since he died on her kitchen table.
There was exactly one surprise in this episode, and that was Richard's (Karl Makinen) collaboration with Gavin the reasonable, all-business Savior (Jayson Warner Smith) on putting the fear of God into Ezekiel -- which now that I think about it, I'm not sure how that was supposed to work.
Morgan's peacenik philosophy was obviously never going to work in the brutal reality The Walking Dead has established, and now we're going to see exactly how it doesn't work and its effect on Morgan.
Is he going to revert to the feral creature of Season 3's "Clear," or will he take Richard's place in leading the Kingdom's army against the Saviors?
Tyrants, genocide, systems of quiet hate, while others enjoy freedom on the same piece of land.
Morgan came very, very close to the brink in this episode, hallucinating the people he's lost and howling into the void as he killed walkers on the road.
Morgan finally told her what happened to Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), and she didn't retreat back into her cabin to stare into the fire and cry.
The last pieces of the puzzle are Hilltop, which should fall into place pretty easily if they can get Gregory (Xander Berkeley) out of the way, and Oceanside, which will be a little more difficult, and then the army to fight the Saviors will be assembled.