So Daryl cooks up a scheme to accomplish both: Since no one at the Commonwealth knows Negan, he’ll infiltrate the community and alert the friendlies, while Daryl, Maggie, and company handle Hornsby. Beyond the walls, the Commonwealth has taken over all of the other settlements, leaving the survivors with little choice but to take on the power-trippin’ Hornsby and his army, or as Negan prefers, “shithead and the dickless brigade.” (Not his best line, but Negan’s humor is still welcome comic relief.) There’s much debate over whether to go after Hornsby directly or head back to the Commonwealth and rescue those left behind - particularly the kiddos - before it really hits the fan. If only the rest of the episode were equally tantalizing. Could this be her great-great-granddaughter or some similar descendent? Perhaps this foreshadows a major leap in time for the conclusion as we see the long-away future that’s built on the foundation of whatever becomes of the Commonwealth. Will it be tomorrow?” Whose voice are we hearing and how long ago were these events from her perspective? I activated cheat mode and turned on the closed captions, so beware in case this is either a spoiler or a red herring: The name “Judith” appeared, but it doesn’t sound like our Judith talking. Then comes the twist: “That was a long time ago,” says the speaker. “I’ve heard a lot of stories about when the world fell,” says a youthful narrator as we flashback through the series: Rick and the heroes, Shane and the villains, friends and the fallen. Perhaps the most intriguing moment is the opening sequence, an odd bit of in-story recapping that reminds us (as if you really needed a nudge) that we’re fast approaching the finale of a story that’s spanned so many years, in real and TWD time.
But much like chapter two’s lukewarm cliffhanger, this episode feels like part three’s engine is idling, not revving up. Lance Hornsby is on the warpath, Pam Milton has locked down the Commonwealth, plots are hatched, and counter-plots are hatched in response. When we last saw our ever-harried survivors, things were going sideways both in and outside the Commonwealth, and the action picks up right where it left off. This is how the end begins - not with a bang, but a whimper.
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