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* StealthHiBye: Gabriel does this a few times in the episode, showing up suddenly out of nowhere to talk to Negan and Rick. Rick isn't bothered by it while he's search Spencer's house for the missing guns, but it freaks out Negan.

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* StealthHiBye: Gabriel does this a few times in the episode, showing up suddenly out of nowhere to talk to Negan and Rick. Rick isn't bothered by it while he's search searching Spencer's house for the missing guns, but it freaks out Negan.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Olivia has had a checkered history as Alexandria's quartermaster, as Carol, Spencer, and Ron have all been able to steal things from under her watch. It comes back to bite her hard when the Saviors notice two guns are missing, and nearly execute her for both the town's apparent defiance and her own negligence.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Olivia has had a checkered history as Alexandria's quartermaster, as Carol, Spencer, and Ron have all been able to steal things from under her watch. It comes back to bite her hard when the Saviors notice two guns are missing, and nearly execute her for both the town's apparent defiance and her own negligence.negligence.
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* RealityEnsues:
** You would think Michonne should be able to snipe a walker in the head from several yards away by this point in the series, considering Andrea was able to do the same to Daryl from ten times the distance in Season 2, but she misses five or six times probably due to her marksmanship suffering some BadassDecay as a result of some Negan-induced PTSD.
** Olivia has had a checkered history as Alexandria's quartermaster, as Carol, Spencer, and Ron have all been able to steal things from under her watch. It comes back to bite her hard when the Saviors notice two guns are missing, and nearly execute her for both the town's apparent defiance and her own negligence.



* ShellShockedVeteran: You would think Michonne should be able to snipe a walker in the head from several yards away by this point in the series, considering Andrea was able to do the same to Daryl from ten times the distance in Season 2, but she misses five or six times probably due to her marksmanship suffering some BadassDecay as a result of some Negan-induced PTSD.



* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is almost definitely not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.

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* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is almost definitely not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.daughter.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Olivia has had a checkered history as Alexandria's quartermaster, as Carol, Spencer, and Ron have all been able to steal things from under her watch. It comes back to bite her hard when the Saviors notice two guns are missing, and nearly execute her for both the town's apparent defiance and her own negligence.
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* ExactWords: As Negan explains, "half" of Alexandria's stuff is "whatever he says it is". Meaning the Saviors can take whatever they want until Negan says they have enough.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Carl shoots at two Saviors to stop them from taking all of their medicine supplies because the deal was only half. Negan breaks it up by explaining that "half" is whatever he says and then decides to take all the guns that Alexandria has to avoid another incident like this.
** Spencer stealing two guns from inventory almost gets Olivia killed when the Saviors notice they are short. Luckily, Rick finds the guns and saves Olivia before Negan can do anything.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Rick retrieves the stolen guns from Spencer's house, Negan demands to know who had them, to which Rick doesn't reply. If Rick hadn't found the guns, Negan would have killed Olivia, and if he found out Spencer had them, a punishment might have been in store for him. [[spoiler:In "Hearts Still Beating", Negan kills Spencer, and minutes later, Arat kills Olivia.]]
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* BadassDecay:
** Michonne, despite her experience, cannot shoot a Walker with a sniper even as it gets closer due to her still suffering from the trauma that Negan and the Saviors put her and the others through.
** An In-Universe discussed example, Negan is shown the video recording of Rick when he first arrived at Alexandria and mentions how tough and badass he looks, especially with his beard. Negan goes so far as to say "I would not have messed with that guy," before recording Rick as he is now and taunts Ricks, stating that isn't who Rick is anymore.

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Gabriel is tranquil but nothing at all suggests he's furious. His conversation with Rick seems to suggest the opposite, actually.


* TranquilFury:
** Rick is basically running on it the entire episode. When Rick confronts Spencer about hiding the guns and food in his house Spencer shouts at Rick for putting them in such a bad position with the Saviors and mentions Glenn and Abraham. Rick calmly replies that if he ever says anything like that again he'll punch him in the mouth and break his jaw.
** Gabriel is seen with an icy, cold version of his usual pleasant demeanor, taking pleasure in the fact he managed to creep out Negan.

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* TranquilFury:
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TranquilFury: Rick is basically running on it the entire episode. When Rick confronts Spencer about hiding the guns and food in his house Spencer shouts at Rick for putting them in such a bad position with the Saviors and mentions Glenn and Abraham. Rick calmly replies that if he ever says anything like that again he'll punch him in the mouth and break his jaw.
** Gabriel is seen with an icy, cold version of his usual pleasant demeanor, taking pleasure in the fact he managed to creep out Negan.
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Correcting quote. Also, the trope is about visual metaphors, not verbal.


* DirtyOldMan: While Negan isn't exactly ''old'', he is much older than Rosita, and he takes a lot of pleasure in invading her personal space and tells Rick afterwards "there was a lot of tension there. [[SomethingElseAlsoRises More than she knew."]]

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* DirtyOldMan: While Negan isn't exactly ''old'', he is much older than Rosita, and he takes a lot of pleasure in invading her personal space and tells Rick afterwards "there was a lot of tension there. [[SomethingElseAlsoRises More than I don't think she knew."]] knew ''how much''."
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* StealthHiBye: Gabriel does this a few times in the episode, showing up suddenly out of nowhere to talk to Negan and Rick. Rick isn't bothered by it while he's search Spencer's house for the missing guns, but it freaks out Negan.
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* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is not almost definitely not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.

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* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is not almost definitely not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.
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Rick is not a doctor. It's not like they have genetic tests in the post-apocalypse.


Michonne returns to her and Rick's bedroom, now lacking a mattress, since the Saviors took most of the town's mattresses. Rick pleads with Michonne to accept the way things are now, and tells her about Shane -- the entire saga of how he saved Lori and Carl in the early days of the apocalypse, and of his affair with Lori. Rick admits that he knows Judith is not his child, and that he had to come to terms with it - and that Michonne must come to terms with it as well.

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Michonne returns to her and Rick's bedroom, now lacking a mattress, since the Saviors took most of the town's mattresses. Rick pleads with Michonne to accept the way things are now, and tells her about Shane -- the entire saga of how he saved Lori and Carl in the early days of the apocalypse, and of his affair with Lori. Rick admits that he knows Judith is likely not his child, and that he had to come to terms with it - and that Michonne must come to terms with it as well.



* TheReveal: Whether Judith's biological dad was Rick or Shane was left a mystery to fans for years. This episode confirms which of them is her real dad.

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* TheReveal: Whether Judith's biological dad was Rick or Shane was left a mystery to fans for years. This episode confirms which of them is her real dad.dad, or, at least, which of them Rick believes it is.



* WhamLine: Rick confirming that he knows he is not Judith's biological father.

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* WhamLine: Rick confirming that he knows he is likely not Judith's biological father.



* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.

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* WhosYourDaddy: Rick admits that he is not almost definitely not Judith's biological father, but he declares that she is nevertheless his daughter.

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