I enjoyed the episode. Some tense moments even if we were pretty sure of the outcome for TF. However, no doubt everyone noticed that the only one killed in Maggie’s strike group,was wearing a RED SHIRT!!! When I saw that, I knew he was toast, lol. Leah makes the number one villain’s mistake. Instead of killing Maggie right away, she has to tie her up and engage in dialogue which gives Daryl time to arrive and save Maggie’s arse. He didn’t make Leah’s mistake and finished her off without a word or histrionics. Good for him!

He even gave Lance the cheek wound reminiscent of that scene from 300 where King Leonidas just barely misses Xerxes. I thought of that because it caused Xerxes to lose it and I believe that’s what’s happening at the end when Lance has the remaining Hilltop residents gathered together and flips his coin. I think he’s going to massacre them which would give us a rationale for why in the spin off Maggie would be out traipsing around with Negan, (not to mention she told him she was beginning to trust him), and no longer leading her community. We’ll see.

Back at the CW, I love how our TF still stick with each other even though it’s possible they could have drifted apart in their new community. The brave rebels! They just need some tea for the harbor! Instead they have a news expose. What will Pam and her sociopathic son do, now? Lance is in the field and Mercer is sympathetic to the cause….certainly to his sister.

I’m ready to see how the writers tie all this up. I expect as a faithful viewer, all these years, to have some good endings for TF. I’m not sure how Lance is gonna get it but it better be satisfying as well. I’m going to depend on “aunty Carol” to save the children with Judith as her right hand. I’m sure that little fire cracker hasn’t forgotten her training. I won’t take it well if any of the children are hurt or killed.

So we wait…..

 

Are you sure that was Oceanside? I didn’t think Hill Top was completely emptied. How did the CW get there so fast? Isn’t it a ways away? I can see how Lance would want to kill off the remaining Hill Toppers for revenge on Maggie’s killing some of his men but why round up the women of Oceanside + Luke(?) when they probably have no idea of what transpired. I thought the two new CW banners that went up were on Alexandria and Hill Top. Did I miss the third? I’ve got to watch that ending again.

*I stand corrected! I rewatched and duh….it’s pays to read, lol. There was the Oceanside sign plain and simple. I think I was concentrating so hard on who was in that group they rounded up that I didn’t even notice it. I didn’t even notice the gates!!! Now I’m really confused as to why Lance is going to kill those people and I just feel he is. Maybe he wants to develop a resort area for the wealthy in the CW to come for vacation. Pam said how much she enjoyed being at the Ocean again. It might serve to distract her from censuring him but if there are witnesses and it comes out there was a massacre? Pam’s political career may be over. What a tool. Now you have me wondering where Luke is and some of the others.

 

Wait….Didn’t Lance say, “clear the field”? Wasn’t that code for leave only allies? I think he’s pursuing that agenda. Oceanside specifically said that they wouldn’t join the CW because of Maggie. She wouldn’t so they wouldn’t. What a way to get to Maggie if they kill this community that aligned themselves with her. Like you said, the coin has been tossed.

There’s plenty of “working class” citizens of the CW that might jump at the chance to work at a resort. The ‘resort’ is just an idea that came to me. The CW be in possession of some prime real estate now, LOL. I really don’t know how much Lance shares with Pamela when it comes to his black ops. Probably not much but it’ll be a loud and clear message for Maggie though and the rest of TF that are fighting with her. I didn’t really recognize anyone in the group so that’s why I also thought they might be expendable. I really hope I’m wrong.

*There are some aspects of this story arc that are too closely parallel with the situation in Ukraine. Didn’t Trump say something about Putin gaining some prime real estate when he first invaded? Plus rounding up and shooting civilians. Makes me uncomfortable. Maybe I’m just conflating the two.

 

I liked the episode. It had some suspenseful scenes, even though I knew the spoilers.
It’s obvious that Lance is going to end up dead. He’s worse than the governor from season 3.
I also think Pamela doesn’t know the half of what’s going on.

Look forward to seeing the last set of episodes, as I have a prediction of why Maggie and Negan have a spinoff.


Prediction: we saw in the trailer that Negan is back at Alexandria in the cell, talking to Lance. I think Annie takes Hershel to safety during this time. Once the fight is over, Maggie and Negan have to join forces to find them.


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Here is one 11x17 trailer/promo () , 2 observations:-
1. there appears to be a large herd and people in CW is 'evacuating'. While Lance is away, it is up to the TF to save CW, thus builds up their credibility to step into leadership after Lance/Pamela are gone?
2. Daryl is inspecting a pistol, which looks like the same model of Rick's Python?

There is another sneak peek (), looks like Auntie Carol is going to protect the kids from the 2 CIA's assassins!

Looking forward to these episodes!!

I like this episode. 8.5/10
-I think the matter is getting out of control of Lance. So, he kicks into basic instinct mode of his pre-ZA CIA training, prompting him to massacre the Oceanside and then framing TF of stealing the guns...etc

-I think the massacre is higher than 50/50. Lance flipped the coin. The last time he flipped the coin, he spilt the storm troopers into 2 groups (one group stayed with him and the other went with Daryl/Gabe/Aaron to take them out). So, I think he is now again picking storm troopers to do the bloody work of killing the Oceanside people. I bet, Cyndie will survive and expose Lance

-Where are the guns? This question needs to be answered. So, Leah stole the guns, probably a huge amount. Could Daryl, knowing Leah more than anyone else, find the stash (including that Python pistol?) and thus well equipped to fight against Lance?

 

When is the series returning?

 

I just read that it could be mid September.