History Recap / TheWalkingDeadS08E04SomeGuy

* RealityEnsues: Ezekiel - who is injured - manages to snatch his sword back from Gunther during a moment's distraction. Though Ezekiel manages to slice his stomach, Gunther remains relatively uninjured and almost instantly smacks him back down and disarms him again.

* BittersweetEnding: Rick and Daryl have succeeded in keeping the guns from reaching the Sanctuary, but Ezekiel has lost both his confidence and many of his people as well as Shiva.

* FailedASpotCheck: Gunther lingered a little too long taunting and threatening Ezekiel with his own sword, he didn't notice a 300 pound man with a giant axe running up from behind.

* PyrrhicVictory: The Militia manages to get the gun caches hidden at Gavin's outpost, but most of the Kingdom's fighters are dead and their leader has been broken by the experience.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: After taking out all but two of the remaining Chemical Plant Saviors Carol notices Ezekiel and Jerry on the over side of a fence surrounded by a zombie horde. She is thus forced to decide between killing the last two Saviors and retrieving the guns before they reach the Sanctuary or saving Ezekiels life. She ultimately goes the latter route though fortunately Rick and Daryl arrive in time to stop the Saviors from getting to Sanctuary anyway.

* TheCavalry: Rick and Daryl show up after the fight at Jared's outpost is done and manage to keep Yago from delivering the guns to the Sanctuary.

* MythologyGag: Gunther, deciding to make his escape easy, prepares to chop off Ezekiel's head and deliver it to Negan on a pike. [[spoiler:This was ultimate fate of Comic!Ezekiel, who was similarly beheaded and had his head left on a pike by Alpha, leader of the Whisperers. Ezekiel ultimately doesn't meet the same fate in the show, though there are several RedHerring nods to the comics to trick viewers into thinking he will.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: The Militia manages to get the gun caches hidden at Jared's outpost, but most of the Kingdom's fighters are dead and their leader has been broken by the experience.

* MythologyGag: Gunther, deciding to make his escape easy, prepares to chop off Ezekiel's head and deliver it to Negan on a pike. [[spoiler:This was ultimate fate of Comic!Ezekiel, who was similarly beheaded and had his head left on a pike by Alpha, leader of the Whisperers. Ezekiel ultimately doesn't meet the same fate in the show, though there are several RedHerring nods to the comics to trick viewers into thinking he's not safe.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ezekiel's bodyguard, Jerry, who has largely been a comic relief character up until now, becomes an absolute wrecking machine while rescuing Ezekiel from Gunther, and subsequently the horde of Walkers.

* MythologyGag: Gunther, deciding to make his escape easy, prepares to chop off Ezekiel's head and deliver it to Negan on a pike. This was the [[spoiler:ultimate fate of Comic! Ezekiel, who was similarly beheaded and had his head left on a pike by Alpha of the Whisperers (and this may or may not be foreshadowing that he will meet the same fate in the show).]]

* RuleOfThree: Ezekiel is saved three times in the episode: bsaved by Alvaro from the walkers, by Jerry from Gunther, and finally by Shiva from another group of walkers.

* BrokenPedestal: Adverted completely with Jerry, who still respects and worships Ezekiel after the latter reveals himself as a fraud. Played straight for the BrokenPedestal Ezekiel [[BreakTheHaughty was]] on for himself.

->''"We face dire challenge and chance. Our lives... our way of life... it hangs in the balance, a fragile glass standing on a wire, high above the asphalt, as we pray for not one drop of rain under an overcast sky. And yet, I smile. We will fight, and we will bleed... and yet I smile. We shall face men, some cornered into their roles by circumstance, some desperate murderers thrilled by blood. We shall end them all. As is our charge this day. As is our sorrow. And yet, I smile. We will leave our loved ones... to traverse a dangerous road. Rushing out of peace into war. And yet, I smile. For we will mine glory from the rock of struggle this day. We will honor and protect this... this bastion of life in a land of the dead, and we will win. You trust the king... we will win. I smile... I laugh... I rejoice this day... for on this day, we are joined in purpose and vision... we are of a singular heart and mind. On this day, we are one!"''
-->-- '''Ezekiel'''

Ezekiel's world falls apart.

* FailedASpotCheck: Gunther lingered a little too long taunting and threatening Ezekiel with his own sword, he didn't notice a 400 pound man with a giant axe running up from behind.

-->'''Ezekiel's world falls apart.'''

!Season 8, Episode 4

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Large portions of the episode are spent with characters either in melee combat with, or limping just a few steps ahead of, an advancing horde of zombies. Yet they always seem to have time for important conversations no matter how many undead are upon them.

* CharacterDeath: Shiva, Daniel, Alvaro, and nearly the entire Kingdom militia save Ezekiel, Carol and Jerry. The Saviors loose only redshirts: Gunther, Yago, Joseph, Rudy and some unnamed men.

* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]: Through superior tactics, trickery, and sheer nerve Carroll once again wipes out a formidable opposing force almost singlehandedly.

* ShootTheHostage: Carol takes the Savior Joseph in an attempt to get Yago and his men to stop attacking at her. Yago orders his men to shoot
Joseph instead.

* PyyrhicVictory: The Militia manages to get the gun caches hidden at Jared's outpost, but most of the Kingdom's fighters are dead and their leader has been broken by the experience.

* CharacterDeath: Shiva, Daniel, Alvaro, Gunther, many Saviors, and the entire Kingdom militia save Ezekiel, Carol and Jerry.

* DespairEventHorizon: This entire episode is about Ezekiel reaching his, and by the end he has.

* MythologyGag: Gunther, deciding to make his escape easy, prepares to chop off Ezekiel's head and deliver it to Negan on a pike. This was the ultimate fate of Comic! Ezekiel, who was similarly beheaded and had his head left on a pike by the Whisperers (and this may or may not be foreshadowing that he will meet the same fate in the show).

* RealityEnsues: Ezekiel - who is injured - manages to snatch his sword back from Gunther during a moment's distraction. The uninjured Gunther instantly smacks him back down and disarms him again.

* BittersweetEnding: Rick and Daryl have succeeded in keeping the guns from reaching the Sanctuary, but Ezekiel has lost both his confidence and many of his men.

* CharacterDeath: Shiva, Daniel, Alvaro, Gunther, many Saviors, and the entire Kingdom company.