Michonne shoots back that she's helping rebuild civilization. In Alexandria, Negan tells Michonne he's not meant to be in the cell just as she's not meant to be doing random chores and looking after kids. Rick says he never asked anyone to follow him, and Daryl says, 'Maybe you should have'. Daryl tells Rick he'd die for him and he would have for Carl too, but he has to let him go. Rick says if they martyr Negan then everyone who died during the war, including Carl, will have died for nothing. Daryl reminds Rick how Negan turned him into a slave and how no one's on board with him sticking around. In the pit, Rick and Daryl argue over the merits of keeping Negan alive. Rick tries to use his radio, but Daryl knocks it out of his hand and the two wrestle until they roll into a giant pit.Д«ack in Alexandria, Michonne brings Negan a meal and he says he'll only eat if she stays to talk to him.

Rick asks what is he doing and Daryl reveals he messed with the relay so Maggie will be allowed into Alexandria to kill Negan. On the road, Daryl rides past the turn and Rick angrily tells him to pull over. Daryl overhears Rick and tells him he'll take him to Alexandria himself.ДЄt Alexandria, Nora advises Michonne that Negan has been refusing to eat and she promises to handle it. He immediately radios Rachel to warn his people not to let Maggie into the community, but Rachel picks up a magazine and ignores the request. Jerry arrives to warn Rick about Maggie's march to Alexandria. He tearfully accepts her decision and looks down with sadness. Inside the main tent, Carol tells Rick she's taking her people back to the Kingdom while the Sanctuary figures out who they want to be. He apologizes for the bad news but Rick reminds him how valuable he is to them, making him smile. Jesus tries to convince her not to go but she instructs him to look after the Hilltop while she is gone.ДЄt the camp, Eugene updates Rick on the status of the rising river in relation to their bridge construction.

Later, she grabs a backpack and sneaks a crowbar into it, planning to head to Alexandria to take care of Negan. She looks at the bloody bat in horror, remembering Negan and his actions.ДЄt Hilltop, Maggie looks from her balcony with Hershel and then passes him to the babysitter. She tears up and gets attacked by another walker, but kills it with a baseball bat. One night, she finds a walker hanged on a tree, shocking her. In Alexandria, Michonne spends her days doing various errands around the community before going out in the nights to kill walkers in the woods. Rick's vision of a civilized future is threatened by a sudden reckoning with past sins that remain unavenged and unforgiven.

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