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It all started when Daniel, his memory failing, took off from Morgan’s submarine in search of poor, long-dead Ofelia. Luciana và Wes quickly found him — but so did Arno và his peeps (aka Teddy’s former followers). Dragged khổng lồ a boatyard (?) at which the Abigail was collecting dust, our heroes learned that their walkie-talkie blabbering had tipped off Arno khổng lồ the weapons cache that Morgan was after. Daniel, convinced that his daughter was aboard the Abigail, was only too eager lớn offer up the coordinates in exchange for Arno’s promise of a reunion. (“Um, yeah, sure, she’s totally on that yacht.”)
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Later, alone with Luciana and Wes, Daniel admitted that he’d given their captor the wrong coordinates and lifted a knife off of one of his henchman. With half of Arno’s group on a wild-goose chase, they’d have no trouble retrieving Ofelia (mm-hmm) và escaping. How had he been lucid enough khổng lồ pull that off? His daughter. His desire khổng lồ tell her about his dark past, to apologize and make her understand, had given him perfect clarity.
Of course, once Daniel discovered that Ofelia was not aboard the Abigail, things went south fast. He slit the throat of the guard before he could reveal to Wes whether his brother Derek had known that he was at Tank Town when it was attacked. (This was important, doncha know, because it would’ve made Wes feel less guilty about making himself an only child.)
Feeling crummy about almost getting Luciana killed (again), Daniel encouraged her khổng lồ leave him behind. Instead, she was like, “Hey, we all scrwu.edu.vn up,”so, moved, he told her, “Even though we’re not blood relatives, as of today, we are family.”
So, um, how were Daniel, Luciana & Wes lớn get away, much less protect Arno’s people, the ones that he’d maintained Alicia had so let down? A speech, that’s how. Luciana simply implored them to lớn let bygones be bygones. “We need to lớn fight Victor Strand và take his Tower” together in order to get a nwu.edu.vn beginning, she argued. & even though the reason that the group went along with it was “It’s what Teddy would’ve wanted” — possibly the worst reason ever — they did indeed go along with it.
Daniel (too loudly) expressed his skepticism that they could really take the Tower from Strand. But Luciana insisted that they had a secret weapon: him. He could predict Victor’s moves better than anyone. As if, Daniel replied. He’d only been able to pull off what he had that day because Ofelia had given him focus. Well, um, that was OK, Luciana said, thinking on her feet, because she was at the Tower. Sure, that’s the ticket. Arno had told her before he died. “If you’re wrong, if this is not true, if this is another lie, it could break me for good,” Daniel warned. “Are you sure?”
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Unless you count his earlier voice cameo over the walkie talkie, Negan makes his first appearance this week since the midseason premiere, but the kích hoạt has calmed down a bit since Rick’s junkyard match with Winslow. This week, it’s back khổng lồ spending an entire hour, mostly within the confines of the Sanctuary, with Dwight and Eugene as the camp scrambles to pick up Daryl’s trail.
Eugene isn’t exactly the most likable or interesting character, & he isn’t the most likely candidate lớn carry the bulk of an episode, but when paired with Dwight, it makes a little more sense. Both are reminded of who they once were và make strides khổng lồ return to lớn their former selves — Dwight learns from Daryl & Sherry that he’s not the obedient lapdog Negan forced into submission, while Eugene learns from Negan that he’s someone who can exploit the one thing that makes him indispensable. When he does so again, we’re reminded of how he lied to Abraham & Rosita about his work before the outbreak, a lie he repeats khổng lồ Negan và his wives khổng lồ convince them he’s worth keeping alive — and, more than that, worth a place among their ranks.
Negan, even though he seems lớn have lost a bit of his bite, tends to bring out the best — và worst — in everyone.
Dwight discovers Fat Joey’s bashed-in remains and begins piecing together that it was Sherry who let Daryl out of the cage when Eugene is carted in. Negan’s “Mr. Smarty Pants” is an emotional wreck, but, aside from the initial handcuffs & bag over the head, he’s given the star treatment. He gets his own room, any food he wants (except his first thought, lobster, because seriously), books, and a fridge full of beer và perishables.
Dwight, however, is blamed for letting Daryl out. Even after he’s beaten & thrown in the closet, he protects Sherry from Negan’s suspicions, but she, too, is missing — so he’s tasked with retrieving her. Dwight first stops is khổng lồ get stitched up by the doctor, who reminds us that Sherry married Negan in order lớn save her husband’s life. He then stops to grab his pack of cigarettes hiding in his room before heading out. There are only three left, and one of them, half smoked, seems to lớn have lipstick stains on the butt.
The courting of Eugene continues in Dwight’s absence. He’s brought into the main warehouse, where the lower workers reside và trade food & services. Laura, one of Negan’s right-hand women, tells him he’s part of the elite, so he should get used to taking what he wants instead of asking, starting with the jar of pickles he’s been eyeing. He’s then led out to the fences, where Negan is waiting to kích thước up just how smart he is. It’s here where he reprises the lie that first led him to lớn Rick: that he worked with the Human Genome Project with other scientists to try & weaponize diseases against other diseases.
As a further test, Negan needs Eugene lớn solve a problem for him: some of the “free labor” protecting the Sanctuary are falling apart. Eugene, always quivering in the presence of Negan, suggests melting down scrap metal & coating the walkers with the liquid, which would keep their bodies from decomposing while transforming them into the likes of Winslow. While Eugene isn’t a typical “badass,” his ideas are, & that’s why Negan likes him — not to lớn mention the reason he’s there in the first place, which is to make bullets. As a rwu.edu.vnard, Negan promises to lớn send Eugene some of his wives later that night lớn keep him company. But no funny business — that’s “a big no-no.”
We pick back up with Eugene playing video games with three of Negan’s wives — one of whom, Amber, continues drowning her depression in alcohol. Eugene acknowledges they aren’t there of their own volition, so he’s attempting to lớn show them a good time through games. They suggest having a conversation, but when they press him about the Human Genome Project, he deflects và instead dazzles them by creating a mini homemade bomb. Despite his occasional grunts, he’s becoming seduced by his nwu.edu.vn status — but the ladies’ flirtation has another purpose.
Elswu.edu.vnhere, Dwight rides up lớn the house he once shared with Sherry, where he finds a cảnh báo weighted down by her wedding band and ring. In it, she mentions that they had a plan khổng lồ reunite here if they were ever separated, but she couldn’t remain since she didn’t know whether he would go away with her, take her back khổng lồ Negan, or kill her. She blames herself for Dwight’s downfall, which she believes was brought on by marrying Negan. She released Daryl because he reminded Dwight of the man he once was, and she wanted him to lớn forget. The saddest part is that Dwight probably would have gone with her: He reveals he’s kept his own wedding ring in his cigarette pack, and he brought with him a case of beer & a bag of pretzels, the same thing he’d always bring her at the house.
Back at the Sanctuary, Tonya & Frankie, the other two wives with Eugene, ask for his help in making a poison. They claim Amber is about to commit suicide và they want something that would kill her peacefully, since they’ve seen him concoct bombs out of household items. They try lớn appeal khổng lồ his human nature, but he starts listing off Dungeons và Dragons alignment traits: “I’m not good. I’m not lawful, neutral, or chaotic.” They say they need two doses of a poison because they don’t know when they’ll get their chance, and, after further massaging, he agrees.
Eugene attempts to get the supplies he needs in the warehouse bullpen, & it turns into an exercise of his nwu.edu.vnfound authority. He’s initially turned away when he cuts the line to lớn get meds, but then he realizes he can throw around his higher rank like a weapon. Noting the instant obedience from those around him, he claims a lot more than he needs, along with the entire supply of pills. Và then Eugene gets his Breaking Bad on in his room as he starts brwu.edu.vning his own toxic concoction in beakers.
Dwight returns khổng lồ the doctor khổng lồ get his stitches checked và spins a lie about Sherry’s death. He claims she ran and, in her panic, landed in a herd of walkers. While the good doctor admires Sherry’s emotion and admits they’re not allowed lớn have “big hearts” at the Sanctuary, Dwight plants one of her handwritten notes in his office & informs Negan. Dwight claims it was the doctor’s idea to lớn release the captive, prompting Sherry to run away in fear of getting blamed. Since the signature on this cảnh báo matches the lưu ý slipped lớn Daryl, Negan gathers his subjects to punish the doctor with a branding.
While the doctor ends up burning lớn death inside the furnace, Dwight only did it to lớn get Negan off Sherry’s trail. Though brutal, he was out khổng lồ protect the one he loved. Has he reached his “no turning back” moment, since he no longer has anyone to live for? It’s not all that clear. Eugene, however, is embracing his place within the inner circle. With the doctor dead, Negan sees Eugene as a replacement.
Tonya & Frankie come back khổng lồ Eugene’s room later to lớn retrieve the pills, but he’s no longer willing to lớn offer them. He’s pieced together their real plan, which is lớn poison Negan, & he seems to have decided that he enjoys being an invaluable asset. They threaten khổng lồ tell Negan the assassination plot was all his idea, but Eugene deduces he won’t be punished since, again, he’s a necessity. In her defeat, Tonya calls him a coward, a badge Eugene happily wears.
Negan visits his nwu.edu.vn subject, who’s finally cracked mở cửa the pickle jar he stole, enjoying the fruits of totalitarian rule. Even though Eugene tears up again upon seeing Lucille, Negan promises he doesn’t need to be scared anymore — all he has to bởi vì is answer the question, “Who are you?” He doesn’t even finish asking it before Eugene assures him he’s “100 percent Negan.” Well, that was fast.
Maybe it’s the fact that he didn’t have to lớn push very hard lớn break Eugene, a self-proclaimed coward, but it seems lượt thích Negan is losing his mojo. He used to lớn bring with him such a fearful tension that permeated his domain, especially when he was just a name. As an unseen trùm cuối in the shadows, his cruelty was unpredictable and, worse, creative. Now he’s becoming predictable.
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The next morning Eugene looks at home, chwu.edu.vning another pickle và commanding workers lớn pour the molten scrap metal over the walkers on the gate, when Dwight emerges next to lớn him. They immediately shrug off that time Eugene chomped down on Dwight’s johnson as if it were their awkward one-night stand, and Eugene declares, once again, “We are Negan.” It could be possible that I’m not giving Eugene enough credit. Maybe this is all part of some plan lớn help Rick. Eugene knows he can’t take on Negan physically, but he is smart. However, unlike Rick’s smile when he met Jadis, Eugene’s smirks throughout the episode didn’t put me at ease.