There is nothing there except a nineteenth century cemetery and a radio tower that fell over sometime around parachute pants.

 

On the surface it may seem like a good place to hide out but due to the live ammo that is still present on the island, and the fact that the island is being inundated by rising sea levels it seems like a very unsafe and unsustainable place to want to keep your family. I think Virgil would be better off taking his family to Oceanside or one of the other communities if he turns out to be on the up and up.

http://www.dcmilitary.com/tester/ne...cle_c28f5618-333a-52a8-a80c-34c03d3a7216.html

https://www.dcmilitary.com/tester/n...cle_65723c1c-854d-5efd-a5a8-ab49b3cf7470.html

 

Did Virgil explain how he got to Oceanside in the first place? It's implied that he used a boat that was probably destroyed, which is why he was looking for a new one. But I don't remember if he actually stated that or not.

 

I think all we know is that he was foraging, not how he got to Oceanside.

 

The way Virgil presented it, he gave the vibe that he was part of a larger group. Maybe there were others that were on the expedition and they were killed. He could've also lied to make it seem like he was part of a larger group so that they'd help him get back. Michonne might find he has very little to offer them.

My feeling at this point is that it's at least a decent sized community. It makes a lot of sense to to have an island as your base of operations. That's what I'd want in that world. It eliminates the threats from hordes of walkers.

 

I feel that's the last Michonne sees of Judith or RJ.

 

It could also be a larger community which uses that island as one of their outposts and Virgil is just one of the satellite members and that outpost job is to supply sushi grade fish to the larger communities lol.

 

It didn't feel like a goodbye scene though with Judith. They didn't work any foreshadowing in and they didn't add too much emotion to her leaving. So I'm going to go with her having at least one more scene with them.

They're using the island to explain away her absence in a number of critical scenes we have coming up. They probably filmed a bunch of stuff with Michonne over a short period of time and will spread that out in different episodes, to show what's going on with Virgil.

I think she'll return toward the end of the Whisperer war, which I bet will wrap up in episode 15. Then we'll have 16 mostly for Michonne's departure.

What if Jadis is on the island with Virgil and tells Michonne Rick survived? And she says the helicopter people took him, but not her. Then after the end of the war Michonne sets out to find him. That's where I think this is leading, her going out to find Rick.

 

Funny because I was telling @zombiemom62 last night that I totally felt that was the last goodbye between Michonne and Judith. Hmmmmm.....

 

I'm curious about the group as well. I honestly felt that it was just Virgil and his family, which could be more than just a wife and child. I just figured if it's a larger group would he even have the authority to promise Michonne all these weapons?

 

In the trailer for 10B there is a shot of a lone RV in middle of a field. I was wondering if that was a shot of the island and the place that Virgil and his family stay. It occurred to me in that moment that maybe if this place is so damn difficult to find that it is just Virgil and his family. Perhaps he was stationed at this base during the outbreak and over the course of these many years he and his family, perhaps a few other survivors, are all that is left on the island. Or if the base was no longer operational maybe he had, in the past, been stationed there prior to its shut down.

Just thinking "out loud"

 

With a high degree of respect and in all friendliness: how the Hell you gonna get an RV to an isolated island?

 

I did not say that Virgil drove the damn thing to the island.
It is an OLD RV. Could have been left there from before the world turning. Maybe it is a construction trailer of some type and was there on base being used as an office. Maybe it was brought over on a ferry before the world went to shite . With a high degree of respect and in all friendliness.....



And for all of the youngsters who have no idea who Judy Tenuta is I give you context for my above gif......

 

Driven there before the bridge was blown up.

Same bridge Rick blew up before his helicopter rescue

 

Friendliest I've ever been bitten.
Virgil said the island was fortified. I envisioned something like Drum Island or Castle Island or a few others. Maybe a volcano shaped like a skull.

 

I think so too. It wasn’t meant to be a goodbye-goodbye but it will have to do as one, because they won’t get a chance for another. The “be good for uncle Daryl” sounded a bit too final...

 

What is a "real goodbye" anyways?

Was Sophia coming out of the barn a real goodbye or was Rick telling her he would come back for her the real real goodbye?