Episode 10x11 "Morning Star" Q & A

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1. Has Negan completely converted to the Whisperers? What do we see that shows what side he is really on?

Yes. He and Alpha do the whipping of the arms, and he gets a mask. The only thing that could maybe allude to his allegiance is that he tells Alpha that instead of destroying Alexandria and Hilltop, "we can get them to join us".

2. How does everyone react to the cave-in situation?

There's not much of a reaction really. There's no scene of a specific announcement, just Kelly and Aaron talking to Yumiko and Luke about getting ready to go back out to look for them, but this is interrupted by Daryl and Lydia's arrival with Lydia telling them that they can't go out because "my mother is coming". Opening credits roll right after this line.

3. Does the Eugene & Rosita "kiss" happen in this episode?

-> Yes and no. This is a "dare" given to Eugene by Rosita to prove that he's actually that much into Stephanie. He ends up not kissing her after all and tells her that it's a special kind of peculiar to want to kiss someone he's never even met instead. She gives him a pep talk about the upcoming fight with the horde, tells him to get off his ass and get her, and he kisses her on the cheek afterwards.

4. What’s going on with Eugene’s latest conversation with Stephanie?

They talk about counting the shooting stars they have seen, and the falling satellite comes up. They realize that they must be close since they've both seen it at the same time. He tells her that he's in Virginia and offers to meet. She's reluctant because "her people is super cautious". They agree that she'll talk to her people about it first, and he won't say anything to anyone until then.

Later on, when Eugene seems to be away, Rosita comes in the radio room, hears Stephanie talking on the radio and answers, asking her who she is. Eugene comes back, he's furious at Rosita, tells her that he made him broke his promises on keeping the conversations a secret and asks her to leave before he says something he'll regret. They patch things up later on during the "non-kiss" scene.

5. Does Judith repair Daryl's vest by replacing the missing wing? Do they talk about it?

Yes, but we don't see her actually doing it, we only see her giving it to Daryl "for luck". He's really happy about it. We even get a little laugh out of him. Well, maybe more of a chuckle.

6. Where's Dog?

We don't see him unfortunately.

7. What's the Ezekiel and Daryl scene about?

Ezekiel apparently decides it's no longer worth it to wear the scarf over his tumor. Daryl comes downstairs, asks him if he's okay, he says "no, I got cancer, but it's okay, you know what I mean?" Daryl tells him that he's sorry, and that even though the two of them never really had much to say to one another, he knows what he's been through, that he's stronger than most, and that there are many people who appreciate that, himself included. Then they make a deal: if one of them falls, the other will get the children out. They shake hands on it.

8. Does anyone continue the search for Magna and Connie?

No. Because Alpha and the horde are coming, they decide to take out the children first, but once they go outside, they find out that all roads have been blocked. Daryl says that Negan did this and that "he's with her now".

9. We see the battle begin at the front lines of Hilltop, does anyone die?

We only see someone burned alive, but we don't see who.

10. Does Negan help in the attack? Does he see Judith is there?

Yes to the first part. The group of Whisperers are far behind the horde, and they launch some tree saps that Beta was seen harvesting in the opening scene of the episode, which is apparently flammable. When Alpha sets an arrow on fire for Negan to shoot, he tells her that he thought they were going to join them. Alpha responds "they will, as a part of my horde". Since they are located away from Hilltop's entrance, Negan has no actual way of knowing who's there and who's not.

11. What types of attacks do the Whisperers use?

The horde comes first, then they shoot the flammable tree sap, then the fire arrows to ignite them.

12. What kind of defenses do our people have?

First, there's an electrocuted metal wire that Eugene set up which unfortunately doesn't do much. Then, there's a thick line of barbed wire that stops the horde for a bit while they pick them off one by one, one group in the front using melee weapons, another in the back using arrows.

13. Do we see RJ?

Yes, when they are putting the kids in a carriage to try and get them out. We see Judith, RJ, Gracie and others.

14. What do Carol and Ezekiel talk about?

Carol sees his tumor, and they have sex. Afterwards, Ezekiel asks if it would have happened on any other night, if they didn't know that they were going to die that night. Carol says "wait, we're gonna die tonight?" They share a laugh.

15. Is there any news about Michonne?

No, just a short shot of Judith trying to reach her over the radio. She calls out for "Daito", and although I don't actually remember this being pointed out as Michonne's call sign, the sword reference made me think it is.

16. Do Daryl and Carol talk? Does he forgive her for what happened at the cave?

Briefly.

Carol: Please don't hate me.

Daryl: I'm never going to hate you.

That's it.

17. How does the episode end?

During the fight, the Whisperers shoot the flammable tree saps. The horde starts to breach the fence with the barbed wire, and Daryl and Aaron order everyone to retreat. When they all turn around to go back inside, the Whisperers shoot a bunch of flame arrows that sets the way back ablaze. This means everyone is stuck between the horde behind and the fire in front. The final shot is from behind Daryl, we see the back of his vest, one old wing and one new, with the roaring flames in front of him, on both sides of the wings.

18. Anything else interesting?

- While talking to Stephanie, Eugene is seen looking for an LP because apparently there's a song he wants to play for her. When he can't find it, she tells him to sing it, he says he can't, not without string accompaniment. After the faux-pas with Rosita, Stephanie stops responding to his calls. Later on, as they are about to go out to fight, Eugene ends up singing the said song to her over the radio, it's When The Wild Wind Blows by Iron Maiden. He sings some of it, and Stephanie comes on, singing the rest. Then, she asks him to meet her at a rail yard in a week.

- Earl and Alden find out about Mary being Adam's aunt. Aaron asks them to allow her to see him, there are a couple of scenes where they argue over this.

- Yumiko makes a comment on how they don't know if Connie and Magna are still alive. They have a bit of an argument with Kelly where Kelly asks Yumiko why she's going with them if she thinks they are dead. Yumiko later apologizes to her for being an asshole.

- Rosita tells Eugene that she's spoken to Gabriel but hasn't told him about the horde.

- Lydia and Carol have a heart-to-heart on how Carol hates the world because she lost her kid and how Lydia's mother is a monster.

- Judith tells Daryl that she wants to fight. Daryl tells her that at some point during the fight, if Ezekiel comes looking for them, she should go with him even if she doesn't know where Daryl is. He makes her promise, and they hug.


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