The letter 'A' made another appearance in this episode on Daryl's pj's (?). Throwback to Terminus and the train cart? A nod to Sam's Alexandria 'A' ink stamp? Basically if you see the letter 'A' on this show, make like Dr Sattler in Jurassic Park and 'RUNNNN!'

 

I may be looking into this a little too in depth but could the letter 'A' represent change somehow?


Going back to Terminus and the train cart marked with an 'A' - Gareth said that before they were held captive and locked in the train cart they were good people. But when they finally escaped, after everything that had happened to them, they decided never to let anything like this happen again and they became 'the butchers'.


Rick and the group went through a similar transformation after being locked in the very same train cart. And when they escaped, they too had changed. They killed the Termites without remorse because they 'had no choice'. It was 'Us or them'.


When the surviving Termites painted the 'A' on the side of Father Gabriel's church, they further influenced the change in Rick and the group and were themselves butchered - in a house of worship no less.


Not sure about Sam's 'A' stamp in Alexandria? Possibly signifying a change in the Alexandrian's - into the fighters they needed to become to survive in this new world? Or maybe a further change in Rick and the group having finally found a place to call home? A change for the better?


The letter 'A' is also seen stamped on a porch stairway in Alexandria after the Wolves attack. This is when Carol starts to question her place in the world and the person she has become. Perhaps she see's herself becoming like the Wolves and the 'A' reminds her who she used to be? The letter 'A' could represent a change for the better not only for the worse.


So given all that, could the 'A' printed on Daryl's sweater represent a further change in Daryl? Will he be broken by Negan and the Saviors and become 'the butcher'? Or will his transformation be a positive one?

Or maybe it's just an 'A' and the 'B' and 'C' sweaters were in the wash or something

 

Mine too - such an awesome episode. The scene where the Claimers catch up with Rick/Carl/Michonne was so tense. I remember wondering how the hell they would get out of this one and then Rick does what he does. So satisying. I felt the same way watching the Negan scene in 701 but sadly their luck had run out and there was no escaping that one. Such a great show.