You know how sometimes The Walking Dead episodes end and you're sitting there thinking "WTF?!?" Well, tonight is one of those nights. In this hour we find out that the post-apocalypse barter system is not as easy as Rick thought it would be, and while love is in the air for some, love has been completely sucked out of the air for others. We also get a look at our heroes struggling with how things are vs. how they want things to be and/or who they are vs. who they want to be. Here's how those battles played out in "Not Tomorrow Yet."
I Wanna Hide The Truth
The episode opens with Carol (I've missed you so!) prepping to make another epic batch of cookies. The scenes cut back and forth between Carol in the kitchen looking thoughtful and Carol in the woods collecting acorns...and killing Walkers. All in a day's work. Carol is struggling a bit between the badass she turned into after Sophia died and the community mom she became after arriving in Alexandria. Sure it was a ruse for a while because she wanted to fly under the radar, but the truth is Carol is just as much of a happy homemaker as she is a fierce bitch. Turns out she's been keeping a diary of the humans she has killed - 18 so far including the most recent group of Wolves she disposed of. This is starting to trouble her.
When her cookie batch is complete, Carol is nice enough to use exponentially more tupperware containers than this community should possibly have to deliver individual packs of goodies to the fine people of Alexandria. Where did all of these air tight boxes come from? The same CVS that developed the one-eyed Carl and Judith on the porch photo? Anyway, one of the lucky recipients of said cookies is Tobin, who I barely remembered until he opened his front door. Could they be flirting? I need Daryl. STAT!
Well wouldn't you know it? The Jesusmobile returns home just in time! Seems the Grimes group decided to come back to Alexandria to recruit assassins before embarking on the "let's kill Negan and errrrybody in his settlement" plan. Rick holds a town meeting in Gabriel's church to let everyone know about The Saviors and try to sell his Hilltop trade plan. Morgan in particular is not buying and instead encourages Rick to reason with Negan's group before turning to violence. "Where there's life, there's possibility." Rick would prefer the element of surprise and everyone is in agreement with him. The Alexandrians are not interested in another attack on their town and they view The Saviors just as they did the Wolves.
Don't Get Too Close
On the eve of the Grimes gang invasion, Maggie reasons with Glenn that she should be part of the trip. She was the one who made the deal with Deanna Gregory after all, and she'll be safe if she's just keeping watch. Totally. I can't imagine any safer place for a pregnant woman to be than on the outskirts of a killing mission. Would Rick have allowed pregnant Lori to participate in this shit? Probably not, but at the same time, pregnant Lori was as useless as not pregnant Lori....and ghost Lori. Really pregnant Maggie is much more reliable than all versions of Lori. So okay, I'm on board with this.
Meanwhile Carol is roaming through the dark streets of Alexandria smoking a cigarette. She hears someone say "those things will kill ya," which is what she had said to one of her neighbors juuuust before one of the Wolves took a machete to that neighbor's head. Interesting. Tobin is sitting on his porch steps ready for some more flirting. They share a smoke and Tobin tells Carol he's worried about her going on this trip. He talks about her motherly qualities and compliments her strength. Tobin says Carol is a mom to almost everyone in Alexandria, but not him. "You're something else to me." Then he kisses her. Then she kissed him back. Then I'm flipping out.
Also sharing a sweet moment? Doctor Denise and Tara. Denise is on edge thinking about Tara not coming back from Negan-land and Tara tells Denise she loves her. Awwww. Denise says she'll say it back when Tara returns home safely. More smooching.
Not everyone is using the evening to have heart to hearts (or lips to lips) with their significant others though. Smokin' Hot Rosita is confused when she finds Abraham packing up and leaving their love nest. He gives her some bullshit reasons until she really lays into him. "When we first met I thought you were the last woman on earth. You're not." Asshole. He leaves, she cries, Eugene stands in the doorway wearing a "Virginia Is For Lovers" t-shirt, and she slams the door on him as he begins to talk about how awesome Carol's cookies are. Heh. I seriously love that guy.
Where My Demons Hide
The Jesusmobile hits the road again with a caravan of volunteer killers. Gabriel is one of them. He's still wearing his priest garb but he he's toting a gun now and wants to contribute. See Morgan? Even HE gets it. Rick announces they will attack just before dawn and people are starting to look a little uneasy, Carol especially. She tells Rick she is going to stay with Maggie who was apparently going to protect the perimeter all by herself. Carol makes it known that she doesn't think Maggie should be there to begin with. Look on the bright side Carol - at least Carl's not there too.
Glenn and Heath are tasked with finding a Walker who looks like Deanna Gregory so they can pretend Negan's demand had been met. They discuss that neither of them have had to kill a person before and they're both incredibly nervous. They return to the group with a few viable Gregory head options to trade for kidnapped Craig. After punching one in the face and breaking the nose to make it seem Gregory-esque, Rick thinks their plan is full proof.
The Hilltop dude who survived the last unsuccessful trade with Negan approaches the front of the compound with the Walker head. The guards fall for it and return Craig...and the attack commences immediately. The Grimes group assumes The Saviors are all sleeping and they make their way through the building, silently killing everyone in their beds. Glenn cries when he kills his first victim and he kills for Heath as well so his buddy won't have that on his conscience. Whatta guy. Everything is going really well until Abraham and Sasha encounter a guy in one of the hallways. For whatever reason Sasha stabs him, doesn't quite finish him off, and he pulls the fire alarm. Shit. They have to shoot their way out now and they do so successfully. Tara and Gabriel take care of the Saviors running out of the building and strangely enough, Gabriel handles his kills easier than Glenn does.
Carol and Maggie hear the alarm sounding from the road and Carol starts toward the compound. Maggie follows her and Carol gives her hell. When Maggie asks "What am I supposed to do?" Carol replies, "You're supposed to be someone else! You're staying here." Oh my. Happy homemaker Carol is looking for strong-willed Maggie to embrace her role as soccer mom. Can't she be both? Is that Carol's issue? She wants to become a full time baker?
The Mess You Made
Daylight comes and our heroes have seemingly done away everyone on the compound. They are hugging each other, doing the "good job" arm jabs, and so on. Not Michonne though...she's still uneasy. As she wonders which dead dude might be Negan, we see one more Savior try to escape, and on Daryl's motorcycle no less! Smokin' Hot Rosita shoots him and Daryl is quick to grab the guy and beat the shit out of him. Rick stands by with his gun...and then we hear an unfamiliar voice on walkie talkie telling them to lower their weapons. Whoever this is, they have Maggie and Carol!
Damn it! And I can't even blame Carl for this debacle! Aggghhh! Well, so much for the quick "kill Negan, get food, go home" plan. The pregnant woman who should have stayed home has been taken captive along with the badass who might not want to be so bad anymore. Super. Given what we already know about Negan, and given the number of Saviors Rick's group just murdered in their sleep, this is not going to end well.
Will Negan actually show his face next week? Will Carol and Maggie be rescued unscathed? Will Jesus be able to negotiate some sort of truce (it is almost Easter after all) before more violence ensues? What is this failed attempt to kill Negan going to cost the Grimes gang and the Alexandria community? Regardless... WTF?!?
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