She hanged him to show she isn't Ricks puppet and she decides what is what as she is the boss of the Hilltop.

 

Impressive leadership that she separated Ken's parents from the crowd and made them watch the hanging close up so they would get the message that no matter how grieved you are, you don't try to kill the leader. Earl was manipulated into drinking, so I give him a pass for being Gregory's patsy. Plus, as a blacksmith, he is too valuable to be relocated to another community. Lucky for him.

I hope Maggie makes a second overture of peace with them to finish defusing the rebellion, even though they were purely angry the first time she approached them.

 

Did she mean that she's going to start being the following type, or that Rick is going to be following her lead from now on, or what?

 

She said Rick had once said one day he would follow her. I think she expects at least to be acknowledged as his equal, and to stand alone in making decisions for Hilltop.

 

I agree, OP.

I felt sad for Ken's mom though when they were standing there watching the hanging. She goes to bed grieving and drunk only to wake up and find out that her husband tried murdering their leader and Gregory is being hung because of it.

 

Yeah Tammy hasn't been that bad so far. Not like her comic counterpart. She just lost her son. If anything I think she's taking it pretty stably so far. To be fair, if I lost a son in that situation, and a good portion of the supplies we were gathering were going to a group who not that long ago has the goal of killing us, I can't say I'd feel much differently than her. Sure, they are all part of the same network of communities now, and the saviors aren't stationed in a place that grows things very well, but the reason they are stationed that way is because taking advantage of, and terrorizing, other communities is what enabled them to do so. If they hadn't been doing that, they would have had to relocate long ago and they'd be more self sufficient.

I agree they should all work together now, but if I was Rick/Maggie/Zeke i'd be talking to the saviors about relocation to a more self sufficient area because keeping this up longterm is a drain on the other communities. Maybe keep the Sanctuary as an outpost where they can continue with metalworking and motorcycle conversion, and have the majority of them living in a more self sustaining area where they can grow lots of crops.

 

It's been a while since I've read that part of the comics, but I do remember disliking comic Tammy more than show Tammy. I think most of what she said on the show came from a place of despair like you said. At least up until this point, I'm not sure what they'll do with her moving forward.

That's a good idea to relocate them, or even just some of them...

 

I didn't even think about that!

 

I still don't see Brett Butler in there anywhere. LOL

 

I'm not sure i would have recognized her either, but I read in some article somewhere that she'd be on the show!

 

Speaking of Maggie being a boss:

 

I could tell right away just because here voice gave it away but then I fond myself staring harder each time she was on to see if she was really in there?

Sort of like Kathleen Turner in Body Heat and then now but not exactly like that either.

 

I need to see her on TD to confirm this. LOL

 

God I wish Lauren Cohan weren't leaving. Her exit right now might bother me more than Rick, because she was by a mile the stand out with the most interesting storyline in the premiere.

I'd happily follow Maggie for the whole season if this is where things go.

 

So why exactly aren't they relocating now? The corn? I just don't get it... Why take stuff from another community when they're well enough to build something of their own and let the Hilltop thrive...

Anyway, back to the subject. Always disliked Maggie, and she just hung a man in front of children to prove she was her own boss. She's a moron who grew up on a farm. How exactly do we know her parents weren't sibblings?

 

Yikes...

 

Amen to this!

 

My feeling exactly

(I don't like her)