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* ShoutOut: R.J. is seen reading an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', another creation of ''Walking Dead'' franchise creator Creator/RobertKirkman.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** R.J. is seen reading an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', another creation of ''Walking Dead'' franchise creatorCreator/RobertKirkman.Creator/RobertKirkman.
** The victorious wrestler's character is "Captain Commonwealth", a reference to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
** R.J. is seen reading an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', another creation of ''Walking Dead'' franchise creator
** The victorious wrestler's character is "Captain Commonwealth", a reference to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Max goads Sebastian into ranting about how he really feels about the lower classes of the Commonwealth while a taper recorder is recording nearby. She then hands the tape to Eugene, who plays it for everyone to hear during the Founder's Day celebrations.
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** Eugene who had saved Sebastian from a walker much earlier becomes the one to indirectly kill him by shoving a walker down on him.
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** Eugene Eugene, who had saved Sebastian from a walker much earlier earlier, becomes the one to indirectly kill him by shoving a walker down on him.
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** Eugene who had saved Sebastian from a walker much earlier becomes the one to indirectly kill him by shoving a walker down on him.
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* KarmaHoudini: Max actively defies this, refusing to let Sebastian get away with his crimes nor Pamela for being willing to sweep them under the rug.
* MythologyGag: Judith putting down the walker that kills Sebastian has a ''lot'' of weight to it, given that his comic counterpart shot and killed her father Rick.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for her son's death and Lance, despite being jailed, still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also likely means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for her son's death and Lance, despite being jailed, still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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** Eugene visits Lance in his cell, after Lance had visited him in his cell
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** Eugene visits Lance in his cell, after Lance had visited him in his cella cell in "Promises Broken" and "Rogue Element".
** R.J. is seen reading the same issue of ''Invincible'' that Michonne was seen presenting Carl with in the Season 4 premiere. Given Carl was also seen reading ''Invincible'' in Season 6's "The Next World", it's safe to assume Carl's comics were passed down to his half-brother who was born long after his death.
* EtTuBrute: Sebastian is enraged when he realizes Max set him up, since he had genuinely opened up to her.
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* KarmicDeath: Sebastian is killed by the walker he tries to feed Max to.
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* KarmicDeath: Sebastian Sebastian's death on many levels:
** He is killed by the walker hetries just tried to feed Max to.to.
** The citizens of the Commonwealth he derogatorily referred to as people who will always be stuck in the lower class do absolutely nothing to help him.
** He dies on Founder's Day, a glorification of the corrupt Milton family.
** This particular Founder's Day is supposed to be a PR repair for the Milton family and Pamela wants to show the people that her son is capable of taking over - but he dies proving that he is completely incapable of it, due to his cowardice, malice, and selfishness.
** He is killed by the walker he
** The citizens of the Commonwealth he derogatorily referred to as people who will always be stuck in the lower class do absolutely nothing to help him.
** He dies on Founder's Day, a glorification of the corrupt Milton family.
** This particular Founder's Day is supposed to be a PR repair for the Milton family and Pamela wants to show the people that her son is capable of taking over - but he dies proving that he is completely incapable of it, due to his cowardice, malice, and selfishness.
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* ShoutOut: R.J. is seen reading an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', another creation of ''Walking Dead'' franchise creator Creator/RobertKirkman.
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* BigBadWannabe: Pamela accuses Lance of being this, saying he was never a power on her level. Lance disagrees, but it’s clear the taunting gets to him.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group and Lance’s men.
* BreadAndCircuses: Sebastian thoroughly discussed this, stating that the happy imagery and events are just to distract the poor from the fact that the inequalities of the world world will always remain in place. Founder’s Day even has a wrestling tournament.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group and Lance’s men.
* BreadAndCircuses: Sebastian thoroughly discussed this, stating that the happy imagery and events are just to distract the poor from the fact that the inequalities of the world world will always remain in place. Founder’s Day even has a wrestling tournament.
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* BigBadWannabe: Pamela accuses Lance of being this, saying he was never a power on her level. Lance disagrees, but it’s it's clear the taunting gets to him.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group andLance’s Lance's men.
* BreadAndCircuses: Sebastian thoroughly discussed this, stating that the happy imagery and events are just to distract the poor from the fact that the inequalities of the worldworld will always remain in place. Founder’s Day even has a wrestling tournament.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group and
* BreadAndCircuses: Sebastian thoroughly discussed this, stating that the happy imagery and events are just to distract the poor from the fact that the inequalities of the world
* KarmicDeath: Sebastian is killed by the walker he tries to feed Max to.
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** Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
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** Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Rick's Python to her, Judith, but she refuses.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for his son's death and Lance, despite being jailed, still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for his her son's death and Lance, despite being jailed, still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for his son's death and Lance still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for his son's death and Lance Lance, despite being jailed, still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is dead, as Pamela will surely demand justice and Lance still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is dead, gone, as Pamela will surely demand justice for his son's death and Lance still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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** Ezekiel recalls when he, Eugene, and Yumiko set out to
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** Ezekiel recalls when he, Eugene, and Yumiko set out to find the Commonwealth in "Look at the Flowers".
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* WhamEpisode: Sebastian gets his due comeuppance for his crimes by suffering a DeathByAdaptation. Not only does this flip the comic storyline completely on its head, it also means the deal Carol made to keep her friends safe is for naught now that Sebastian is dead, as Pamela will surely demand justice and Lance still has a hidden agenda of his own.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lance calls Sebastian a sadistic piece of shit.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In a shocking turn of events, Sebastian is killed by a walker at the end of the episode. In the comics, he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Rick Grimes, and was seen as an old man behind bars during the DistantFinale.
* ADeathInTheLimelight: This episode and the previous one turned out to have been one for Sebastian. More of his family history and backstory is given that explains his motives and shows that even with some humanizing traits, he’s ultimately still a small, weak coward who deserves the fate he gets.
* DirtyCoward: Both Pamela and Sebastian. The former angrily demands Mercer protect her during the chaos of the walker invasion of the square; and the latter is reduced to screaming for help when the walker he tried to use to kill Max is turned onto him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lance calls Sebastian a sadistic piece ofshit.shit despite being a piece of work in his own right.
* ADeathInTheLimelight: This episode and the previous one turned out to have been one for Sebastian. More of his family history and backstory is given that explains his motives and shows that even with some humanizing traits, he’s ultimately still a small, weak coward who deserves the fate he gets.
* DirtyCoward: Both Pamela and Sebastian. The former angrily demands Mercer protect her during the chaos of the walker invasion of the square; and the latter is reduced to screaming for help when the walker he tried to use to kill Max is turned onto him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lance calls Sebastian a sadistic piece of
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-->'''Carol’s deal appears to go through without a hitch, but some remain wary of the fallout.'''
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-->'''Carol’s deal appears to go through without a hitch, but some remain wary of the fallout.Max and Judith are unsatisfied and take matters into their own hands.'''
* BreadAndCircuses: Sebastian thoroughly discussed this, stating that the happy imagery and events are just to distract the poor from the fact that the inequalities of the world world will always remain in place. Founder’s Day even has a wrestling tournament.
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* TheBusCameBack: Downplayed, but this is the first time
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* TheBusCameBack: Downplayed, but this is the first time Cyndie has been mentioned since Season 10, whereas Season 11 has thus far never mentioned her.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode heavily focuses on Max’s scheming to bring down the Milton family.
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** Pamela is adamant that Sebastian should become governor of the Commonwealth after her.
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** Antagonistic example: Pamela is adamant that Sebastian should become governor of the Commonwealth after her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Sebastian chases after Max in a rage when he realizes she was behind the recording.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Despite the deal brokered by Carol, Judith and Max are unsatisfied with it; and Lance’s people also create a group of walkers within the Commonwealth’s walls.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: SpannerInTheWorks:
** Despite the deal brokered by Carol, Judith and Max are unsatisfied with it; and Lance’s people also create a group of walkers within the Commonwealth’swalls.walls.
** Sebastian actually goes off script and makes a heartfelt, sincere speech, surprising Max who didn’t think he had it in him. It doesn’t stop her and Eugene from airing the hot mic remarks he made.
** Despite the deal brokered by Carol, Judith and Max are unsatisfied with it; and Lance’s people also create a group of walkers within the Commonwealth’s
** Sebastian actually goes off script and makes a heartfelt, sincere speech, surprising Max who didn’t think he had it in him. It doesn’t stop her and Eugene from airing the hot mic remarks he made.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Subverted. Max implores Sebastian that he can be more than just a spoiled asshole son everyone knows him as - but she’s leading him into sealing his own demise by recording his angry ranting.
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* TheAtoner: Max wants to make amends for being in Pamela’s
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* TheAtoner: Max wants to make amends for being in Pamela’s office but never doing anything about her and Sebastian.
** Gabriel and Rosita have a heart-to-heart in his Commonwealth church, discussing some of the same themes they first discussed back in Season 7’s “Hearts Still Beating”.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Lance calls Sebastian a sadistic piece of shit.
* ParentsAsPeople: Daryl admits that he doesn’t know how to be a parent and tells Judith his first priority is her safety nonetheless.
* PetTheDog: Sebastian sincerely thanks Max for giving him a drink.
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* TheScapegoat: Carol arranges for Lance to take the fall for Sebastian’s crimes.
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* TheScapegoat: Carol arranges for Lance to take the fall for Sebastian’s crimes.crimes.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Despite the deal brokered by Carol, Judith and Max are unsatisfied with it; and Lance’s people also create a group of walkers within the Commonwealth’s walls.
* SpottingTheThread: Lance recognizes that Eugene didn’t come alone and calls out to both him and Max.
* YouCantThwartStageOne: Carol’s deal gives the Coalition everything they need to rebuild, but it’s clear from the outset that with six episodes to go, not everything is fixed.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Despite the deal brokered by Carol, Judith and Max are unsatisfied with it; and Lance’s people also create a group of walkers within the Commonwealth’s walls.
* SpottingTheThread: Lance recognizes that Eugene didn’t come alone and calls out to both him and Max.
* YouCantThwartStageOne: Carol’s deal gives the Coalition everything they need to rebuild, but it’s clear from the outset that with six episodes to go, not everything is fixed.
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-->'''Negan is sent to the Commonwealth to warn the group of Lance’s actions while the Deputy Director hunts Daryl’s group.'''
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* BigBad
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* BigBadTheAtoner: Max wants to make amends for being in Pamela’s
* BigBadWannabe: Pamela accuses Lance of being this, saying he was never a power on her level. Lance disagrees, but it’s clear the taunting gets to him.
* BigBadWannabe: Pamela accuses Lance of being this, saying he was never a power on her level. Lance disagrees, but it’s clear the taunting gets to him.
* TheBusCameBack: Downplayed, but this is the first time
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** Negan and Annie are unsure of Carol’s deal given how Lance wiped out so many of her people during the events of “
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** Negan and Annie are unsure of Carol’s deal given how Lance wiped out so many of her people during the events of ““Warlords” and “The Rotten Core”.
** In “The Lucky Ones”, Pamela denied Maggie’s accusations of her being an autocrat. However, this episode shows that she believes Sebastian is supposed to take over the Commonwealth from her by birthright, flying right in the face of her claims to Maggie.
** Eugene visits Lance in his cell, after Lance had visited him in his cell
** In “The Lucky Ones”, Pamela denied Maggie’s accusations of her being an autocrat. However, this episode shows that she believes Sebastian is supposed to take over the Commonwealth from her by birthright, flying right in the face of her claims to Maggie.
** Eugene visits Lance in his cell, after Lance had visited him in his cell
** Ezekiel recalls when he, Eugene, and Yumiko set out to
** Negan and Annie see a scan of their child in a shot-for-shot recreation of a similar scene in Season 6’s “Knots Untie” - only then, it was Glenn and Maggie seeing the unborn Hershel.
** Daryl puts on his trademark vest with the blue wing Judith designed for him, with some of the same musical score returning from the first time he wore it in Season 10’s “Morning Star”.
** Negan and Annie see a scan of their child in a shot-for-shot recreation of a similar scene in Season 6’s “Knots Untie” - only then, it was Glenn and Maggie seeing the unborn Hershel.
** Daryl puts on his trademark vest with the blue wing Judith designed for him, with some of the same musical score returning from the first time he wore it in Season 10’s “Morning Star”.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Pamela telling Daryl in the ColdOpen that it’s not just about him is big talk coming from someone who has proven to have a nasty self-absorbed streak, especially for someone in power meant to be a public servant to her people.
* PassingTheTorch: Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part 2.
* PassingTheTorch: Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part 2.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** Pamela telling Daryl in the ColdOpen that it’s not just about him is big talk coming from someone who has proven to have a nasty self-absorbed streak, especially for someone in power meant to be a public servant to her people.
** Pamela insists that Sebastian leading the Commonwealth one day as his birthright flies right in the face of everything her father ostensibly stood for as a president who obeyed the peaceful transition of power.
*PassingTheTorch: IChooseToStay: Ezekiel says he will stay in the Commonwealth even with the Coalition pulling their people out, enjoying the work he does that makes people happy too much.
* PassingTheTorch:
** Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
** Pamela is adamant that Sebastian should become governor of the Commonwealth after her.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part2.2.
* TheScapegoat: Carol arranges for Lance to take the fall for Sebastian’s crimes.
** Pamela telling Daryl in the ColdOpen that it’s not just about him is big talk coming from someone who has proven to have a nasty self-absorbed streak, especially for someone in power meant to be a public servant to her people.
** Pamela insists that Sebastian leading the Commonwealth one day as his birthright flies right in the face of everything her father ostensibly stood for as a president who obeyed the peaceful transition of power.
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* PassingTheTorch:
** Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
** Pamela is adamant that Sebastian should become governor of the Commonwealth after her.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part
* TheScapegoat: Carol arranges for Lance to take the fall for Sebastian’s crimes.
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-->'''Negan is sent to the Commonwealth to warn the group of Lance’s actions while the Deputy Director hunts Daryl’s group.'''
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* BigBad
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group and Lance’s men.
* BreakTheHaughty: Lance’s smile in the ColdOpen finally vanishes when Daryl violently stabs his hand.
* CallBack:
** Negan and Annie are unsure of Carol’s deal given how Lance wiped out so many of her people during the events of “
* ContinuityNod:
** Lydia apologizes to Carol for getting together with Elijah, due to her relationship with Henry back in Season 9.
** Daryl thanks Lydia for saving Carol at the climax of Season 10’s “A Certain Doom”; and Lydia thanks him for saving her from the Whisperer camp back in Season 9’s “Guardians”.
** Judith reflects on her mother’s desire to hang up her katana when there was no further need of it, which she tried back in Season 6.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Lance claims that if he suffers consequences for his actions, certain alliances the Commonwealth has will be in danger of collapsing.
* ExactWords: Daryl lets Lance live, but not before stabbing his hand out of pure spite. He shrugs that he’ll live, after all.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Pamela telling Daryl in the ColdOpen that it’s not just about him is big talk coming from someone who has proven to have a nasty self-absorbed streak, especially for someone in power meant to be a public servant to her people.
* PassingTheTorch: Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part 2.
-->'''Negan is sent to the Commonwealth to warn the group of Lance’s actions while the Deputy Director hunts Daryl’s group.'''
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* BigBad
* BigDamnHeroes: Mercer, Carol, and Pamela’s party arrives to defuse the standoff between Daryl and Maggie’s group and Lance’s men.
* BreakTheHaughty: Lance’s smile in the ColdOpen finally vanishes when Daryl violently stabs his hand.
* CallBack:
** Negan and Annie are unsure of Carol’s deal given how Lance wiped out so many of her people during the events of “
* ContinuityNod:
** Lydia apologizes to Carol for getting together with Elijah, due to her relationship with Henry back in Season 9.
** Daryl thanks Lydia for saving Carol at the climax of Season 10’s “A Certain Doom”; and Lydia thanks him for saving her from the Whisperer camp back in Season 9’s “Guardians”.
** Judith reflects on her mother’s desire to hang up her katana when there was no further need of it, which she tried back in Season 6.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Lance claims that if he suffers consequences for his actions, certain alliances the Commonwealth has will be in danger of collapsing.
* ExactWords: Daryl lets Lance live, but not before stabbing his hand out of pure spite. He shrugs that he’ll live, after all.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Pamela telling Daryl in the ColdOpen that it’s not just about him is big talk coming from someone who has proven to have a nasty self-absorbed streak, especially for someone in power meant to be a public servant to her people.
* PassingTheTorch: Defied. Daryl tries to pass Rick’s Python to her, but she refuses.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Elijah and Lydia have gotten together after the former had been seen pining for her during Part 2.
