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* BreatherEpisode: After two episodes featuring consecutive major character deaths and before the advance to the next major story arc, this episode is a quiet, solemn episode featuring the cast grieving their losses and slowly trudging onward.

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The group's spirit is at an all-time low, as they grieve their [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E08Coda recent]] [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E09WhatHappenedAndWhatsGoingOn losses]]. Worse still, they are out of food, water, and fuel, and now forced to walk on foot, they are now fatigued, dehydrated, and more downtrodden than ever. In this drought, Sasha fails to find water, Daryl only finds a worm to eat, and Maggie is near catatonic. Carl gives Maggie a broken music box as a tribute to Beth, and Gabriel tries to console Maggie. The preacher is harshly rejected by Maggie, citing his letting his congregation die to save himself.

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The group's spirit is at an all-time low, as they grieve their [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E08Coda recent]] [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E09WhatHappenedAndWhatsGoingOn losses]]. Worse still, they are out of food, water, and fuel, and now forced to walk on foot, they are now fatigued, dehydrated, and more downtrodden than ever. In this drought, Sasha fails to find water, Daryl only finds a worm to eat, and Maggie is near catatonic. Carl gives Maggie a broken music box as a tribute to Beth, and Gabriel tries to console Maggie. The preacher is harshly rejected by Maggie, citing his him letting his congregation die to save himself.



Daryl breaks off from the group to try to hunt, and comes across an abandoned barn. He starts smoking a cigarette, crying both over Beth's death and his inability to feel anything. When he returns to the group, he finds them spooked, as they've found a bunch of water bottles with a note saying they're "from a friend". After all they've been through, the group refuses to drink the water, presuming it to be a trap, and move on. Miraculously, it begins raining, to the group's joy, and Gabriel apologizes to God for doubting Him. Unfortunately, the rain storm quickly develops into a thunderstorm, and Daryl leads the group into the barn he found.

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Glenn asks Maggie to talk to him, and finally, Maggie opens up to her husband about her trauma: after Hershel died, it broke her so badly that she believed Beth was dead as well. Learning she was alive and then that she wasn't in the same day hurt her, and she admits that she used to think they were living in "the bad part", but now isn't sure if she wants to go on. Glenn assures her that she does, and finally gets her to take a drink.

Daryl breaks off from the group to try to hunt, and comes across an abandoned barn. He starts smoking a cigarette, crying both but when he burns his own hand with it, despairs over Beth's death and his inability to how he can't feel anything.anything -- and finally, after weeks, breaks down and cries it out. When he returns to the group, he finds them spooked, as they've found a bunch of water bottles with a note saying they're "from a friend". After all they've been through, the group refuses to drink the water, presuming it to be a trap, and move on. Miraculously, it begins raining, to the group's joy, and Gabriel apologizes to God for doubting Him. Unfortunately, the rain storm quickly develops into a thunderstorm, and Daryl leads the group into the barn he found.



The next morning, Maggie wakes up to find that Daryl has repaired the music box. They find the aftermath of the storm - revealed to be tornadic in nature - is a great mess of uprooted trees and impaled or killed walkers. Maggie and Sasha go off to watch the sunrise.

Sasha admits to her that she feels like she could be dead soon, and Maggie tries to play the music box to no effect. Suddenly, they are interrupted by the arrival of a man wearing a backpack, who identifies himself as Aaron and asks to speak with Rick. As they draw their guns and look at him in shock, the music box suddenly begins to play...

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The next morning, Maggie wakes up to find that Daryl has repaired the music box. The two reflect on Tyreese, noting that he was tough - and Daryl notes that so was Beth. Maggie wakes up Sasha and asks her to come with her outside. They find the aftermath of the storm - revealed to be tornadic in nature - is a great mess of uprooted trees and impaled or killed walkers. Maggie and Sasha go off to walkers.

The two
watch the sunrise.

sunrise. Sasha admits to her that she feels like she could be dead soon, and but Maggie assures her that they'll make it. Maggie then tries to play the music box to no effect. Suddenly, they are interrupted by the arrival of a man wearing a backpack, clean, well-dressed man, who identifies himself as Aaron and asks to speak with Rick. As they draw their guns and look at him in shock, the music box suddenly begins to play...



* MundaneMadeAwesome: In most other situations, a torrential downpour would be a bad thing. Here, it gives the group some much needed water and refreshment.

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* TheMigration: This episode depicts the group's trek to Washington.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: In most other situations, a torrential downpour would be a bad thing. Here, it gives the group some much needed water and refreshment. Subverted since the storm immediately turns violent, forcing them to flee.


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* ShoutOut: The dehydrated, starving group's slow, desperate march in the heat bears a resemblance to a similar scene in ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' and ''Disney/{{Dinosaur}}''.
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-->'''Maggie, Sasha and Daryl struggle with their recent losses as the demoralized, starving group pushes on across the desert to find sanctuary.'''

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In the forest, Maggie stares off blankly into the distance. A walker approaches her, but gets caught in the tree branches. She slowly turns around and dispatches it before staring out again.

Elsewhere, most of the group has become jaded and disaffected with their limited supplies and [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E09WhatHappenedAndWhatsGoingOn recent losses]]. Daryl digs up a worm before eating it, while Sasha tries and fails to find a viable source of clean water for the others.

At the same time, the group's vehicles run out of fuel, and they are forced to walk on foot. As they march along the road, a group of walkers begins to trail far behind them. Carl gives Maggie a music box to keep her spirits up and remind her of Beth, while Gabriel attempts to console her and is harshly rebuffed.

The group continues walking, and the pack of walkers grows in numbers. Sasha attempts to rally the group to take them on, but Michonne tells her not to act impulsively like Tyreese did [[Recap/TheWalkingDeads04E03Isolation after Karen's death]]. Sasha goes silent again.

When they reach a bridge, the fatigued group uses the steep foothills on either side to lure the walkers in and drop them down so they're no longer a threat. However, as they knock the walkers over the side, Sasha breaks with the plan and begins expending energy using her knife to take them on. Rick and the others are forced to help, and one nearly bites him before Daryl and Carol return from a nearby scouting trip and save him.

They continue on and split off again to find supplies when they come upon a handful of abandoned cars. Maggie discovers a bound female walker in the trunk and asks Glenn to kill it for her, while Daryl finds a mauled deer but leaves it in fear that it was consumed by a walker.

When they all meet up again, Abraham [[DrowningMySorrows begins drinking]] to dull his pain. Rosita responds that it won't make things easier and the situation [[TemptingFate can't get any worse]]. Suddenly, a group of wild dogs appear from the forest and begin to bark and threaten the group. They are suddenly shot down by Sasha. Although Rick is bothered by the waste of ammunition, he sets up a fire so they can cook the animals.

As everyone eats, Noah refuses and thinks about Tyreese's attempts to help him come to terms with the world. Sasha coldly tells him that he won't survive, and walks out. At the same time, a bothered Gabriel rips off his cleric's collar and tosses it into the fire while Maggie looks on in shock.

The group resumes their trek, and Glenn tries to keep everyone's spirits up. Daryl breaks off from the group for a moment and goes to sit under a tree. He sees a cabin in the distance and smokes a cigarette before breaking down over Beth's death.

After he returns, the group finds a cache of water bottles on the road, along with a note that says it's from a "friend". Understandably weary, they assume it's a trap and keep walking. Soon after, it begins to rain and the group drinks the falling water with happiness. Joy turns to worry when they realize the rain is a prelude to a bad thunderstorm, and Daryl leads them to the cabin he found.

They make it inside just as the storm starts and settle in for the night. In an attempt to rationalize their situation, Rick tells them a story about his grandfather, who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and went into combat believing he would die for several years before returning home. Rick rationalizes that the group ''is'' the "[[TitleDrop walking dead]]", as they have to get themselves into that mentality in order to keep fighting.

When the group goes to get some sleep, Daryl peeks outside the barn door and sees a horde of walkers. When they attempt to get in, he braces the door by himself. Seeing this, everyone goes to the door and pushes back against the horde to keep them from entering, while the storm grows louder...

Maggie wakes up the next morning, and Daryl gives her Beth's knife as a gift. He also tells her that he fixed the music box Carl gave her, and they both go outside. They see a startling sight - the storm has destroyed most of the walkers, with the ones left caught under fallen logs. They praise their good fortune, and Maggie and Sasha go off to watch the sunrise.

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In the forest, Maggie stares off blankly into the distance. A walker approaches her, but gets caught in the tree branches. She slowly turns around and dispatches it before staring out again.

Elsewhere, most of the group has become jaded and disaffected with
The group's spirit is at an all-time low, as they grieve their limited supplies and [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E08Coda recent]] [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E09WhatHappenedAndWhatsGoingOn recent losses]]. Daryl digs up a worm before eating it, while Sasha tries and fails to find a viable source of clean water for the others.

At the same time, the group's vehicles run
Worse still, they are out of food, water, and fuel, and they are now forced to walk on foot. As foot, they march along the road, a group of walkers begins are now fatigued, dehydrated, and more downtrodden than ever. In this drought, Sasha fails to trail far behind them. find water, Daryl only finds a worm to eat, and Maggie is near catatonic. Carl gives Maggie a broken music box as a tribute to keep her spirits up and remind her of Beth, while and Gabriel tries to console Maggie. The preacher is harshly rejected by Maggie, citing his letting his congregation die to save himself.

The group slowly trudges forward, tailed by a growing number of walkers. Rick refuses to engage them in their fatigued state, opting to wait until the terrain can be used against the walkers. Sasha is eager to take on the herd, and Michonne's
attempts to console warn her and is harshly rebuffed.

The group continues walking, and the pack of walkers grows in numbers. Sasha attempts
to rally the group to take them on, but Michonne tells her not to act impulsively become impulsive like Tyreese did was [[Recap/TheWalkingDeads04E03Isolation after Karen's death]]. Sasha goes silent again.

When
death]] fall on deaf ears.

Once
they reach a bridge, Rick has a few of the fatigued group uses the steep foothills on either side to lure the walkers in and drop them down so they're no longer a threat. However, as they knock push the walkers over the side, Sasha bridge's steep hill to get rid of them, rather than waste further ammo or energy. Sasha, eager to take out her frustration the walkers, breaks ranks and forces the group to engage the walkers in close-quarters combat. Sasha actually slashes Abraham with the plan and begins expending energy using her knife to take them on. in a frenzy, and Rick and the others are forced to help, and one is nearly bites him bitten before Daryl and Carol return from a nearby scouting trip and save him.

They continue on
him. Michonne scolds Sasha for her rashness, and split off again to find supplies when they come upon a handful of abandoned cars. Maggie discovers a bound female walker in the trunk and asks Glenn to kill it for her, while Daryl finds a mauled deer but leaves it in fear that it was consumed by a walker.

When they all meet up again,
Abraham [[DrowningMySorrows begins drinking]] to dull his pain. Rosita responds later tells Sasha that it won't make she'll only cause more problems if she doesn't get her act together.

Abraham starts drinking some booze, and though it's pointed out he'll only worsen his dehydration and state, Eugene says he has no idea how
things easier and the situation [[TemptingFate can't could get any worse]]. Suddenly, worse. Right on cue, a group pack of wild dogs appear from confronts the forest and begin to bark and threaten startled group, but Sasha quickly guns them down. The group ends up eating the group. They are suddenly shot down by Sasha. Although Rick is bothered by the waste of ammunition, he sets up a fire so they can cook the animals.

As everyone eats,
dogs, though when Noah refuses and thinks about Tyreese's attempts to help him come to terms with the world. eat, Sasha coldly tells him that Noah he won't survive, and walks out. At the same time, a bothered survive. A broken Gabriel rips off tosses his cleric's collar and tosses it into the fire while as Maggie looks on in shock.

The group resumes their trek, and Glenn tries to keep everyone's spirits up.
on.

Daryl breaks off from the group for a moment to try to hunt, and goes to sit under a tree. comes across an abandoned barn. He sees starts smoking a cabin in the distance and smokes a cigarette before breaking down cigarette, crying both over Beth's death.

After
death and his inability to feel anything. When he returns, returns to the group group, he finds them spooked, as they've found a cache bunch of water bottles on the road, along with a note that says it's from saying they're "from a "friend". Understandably weary, they assume it's friend". After all they've been through, the group refuses to drink the water, presuming it to be a trap trap, and keep walking. Soon after, move on. Miraculously, it begins raining, to rain the group's joy, and the group drinks the falling water with happiness. Joy turns Gabriel apologizes to worry when they realize God for doubting Him. Unfortunately, the rain is storm quickly develops into a prelude to a bad thunderstorm, and Daryl leads them to the cabin group into the barn he found.

They make it inside just as the storm starts and settle After settling in for the night. In an attempt to rationalize their situation, night, Rick tells them a story about of his grandfather, who fought in a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran who told himself every morning he was already dead, and went into combat believing eventually, this mentality paid off, and he would die for several years before returning home. made it home safe and sound. Rick rationalizes that tells the group ''is'' the "[[TitleDrop walking dead]]", as that they have to get do the same if they want to live, and tell themselves into that mentality in order to keep fighting.

When
they are [[TitleDrop the group goes to get walking dead]]. The speech works in a different way for Daryl, who refuses the notion that they're dead, and restores some sleep, of the fight in him.

Not long after,
Daryl peeks looks outside the barn door into the stormy night to see a large herd of walkers heading their way. Daryl desperately tries to hold the door, and is joined by Sasha and Maggie. The rest of the group sees a horde of walkers. When they attempt to get in, he braces the door by himself. Seeing this, everyone goes to the door this scene, and pushes back every member, great and small, throws their weight against the horde to keep them from entering, while door together as the storm grows louder...

intensifies and the walkers push harder...

The next morning,
Maggie wakes up the next morning, and to find that Daryl gives her Beth's knife as a gift. He also tells her that he fixed has repaired the music box Carl gave her, and they both go outside. box. They see a startling sight - find the aftermath of the storm has destroyed most - revealed to be tornadic in nature - is a great mess of the walkers, with the ones left caught under fallen logs. They praise their good fortune, uprooted trees and impaled or killed walkers. Maggie and Sasha go off to watch the sunrise.



* KickTheDog: Brutally honest as he is, Abraham was genuinely trying to comfort Sasha by reminder he she's among friends. Sasha snaps that he's not ''her'' friend.

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* KickTheDog: Brutally honest as he is, Abraham was genuinely trying to comfort Sasha by reminder he reminding her she's among friends. Sasha snaps that he's not ''her'' friend.

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Maggie and Sasha question whether they're able to go on when the group's food and water supplies are at an all-time low.
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* TheAloner: Daryl is slipping back into this, much like after Sophia's death and the fall of the prison.

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'''Season 5, Episode 10'''
!Them

In the forest, Maggie stares off blankly into the distance. A walker approaches her, but gets caught in the tree branches. She slowly turns around and dispatches it before staring out again.

Elsewhere, most of the group has become jaded and disaffected with their limited supplies and [[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS05E09WhatHappenedAndWhatsGoingOn recent losses]]. Daryl digs up a worm before eating it, while Sasha tries and fails to find a viable source of clean water for the others.

At the same time, the group's vehicles run out of fuel, and they are forced to walk on foot. As they march along the road, a group of walkers begins to trail far behind them. Carl gives Maggie a music box to keep her spirits up and remind her of Beth, while Gabriel attempts to console her and is harshly rebuffed.

The group continues walking, and the pack of walkers grows in numbers. Sasha attempts to rally the group to take them on, but Michonne tells her not to act impulsively like Tyreese did [[Recap/TheWalkingDeads04E03Isolation after Karen's death]]. Sasha goes silent again.

When they reach a bridge, the fatigued group uses the steep foothills on either side to lure the walkers in and drop them down so they're no longer a threat. However, as they knock the walkers over the side, Sasha breaks with the plan and begins expending energy using her knife to take them on. Rick and the others are forced to help, and one nearly bites him before Daryl and Carol return from a nearby scouting trip and save him.

They continue on and split off again to find supplies when they come upon a handful of abandoned cars. Maggie discovers a bound female walker in the trunk and asks Glenn to kill it for her, while Daryl finds a mauled deer but leaves it in fear that it was consumed by a walker.

When they all meet up again, Abraham [[DrowningMySorrows begins drinking]] to dull his pain. Rosita responds that it won't make things easier and the situation [[TemptingFate can't get any worse]]. Suddenly, a group of wild dogs appear from the forest and begin to bark and threaten the group. They are suddenly shot down by Sasha. Although Rick is bothered by the waste of ammunition, he sets up a fire so they can cook the animals.

As everyone eats, Noah refuses and thinks about Tyreese's attempts to help him come to terms with the world. Sasha coldly tells him that he won't survive, and walks out. At the same time, a bothered Gabriel rips off his cleric's collar and tosses it into the fire while Maggie looks on in shock.

The group resumes their trek, and Glenn tries to keep everyone's spirits up. Daryl breaks off from the group for a moment and goes to sit under a tree. He sees a cabin in the distance and smokes a cigarette before breaking down over Beth's death.

After he returns, the group finds a cache of water bottles on the road, along with a note that says it's from a "friend". Understandably weary, they assume it's a trap and keep walking. Soon after, it begins to rain and the group drinks the falling water with happiness. Joy turns to worry when they realize the rain is a prelude to a bad thunderstorm, and Daryl leads them to the cabin he found.

They make it inside just as the storm starts and settle in for the night. In an attempt to rationalize their situation, Rick tells them a story about his grandfather, who fought in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and went into combat believing he would die for several years before returning home. Rick rationalizes that the group ''is'' the "[[TitleDrop walking dead]]", as they have to get themselves into that mentality in order to keep fighting.

When the group goes to get some sleep, Daryl peeks outside the barn door and sees a horde of walkers. When they attempt to get in, he braces the door by himself. Seeing this, everyone goes to the door and pushes back against the horde to keep them from entering, while the storm grows louder...

Maggie wakes up the next morning, and Daryl gives her Beth's knife as a gift. He also tells her that he fixed the music box Carl gave her, and they both go outside. They see a startling sight - the storm has destroyed most of the walkers, with the ones left caught under fallen logs. They praise their good fortune, and
Maggie and Sasha question whether they're able go off to go on when watch the group's food sunrise.

Sasha admits to her that she feels like she could be dead soon,
and water supplies Maggie tries to play the music box to no effect. Suddenly, they are interrupted by the arrival of a man wearing a backpack, who identifies himself as Aaron and asks to speak with Rick. As they draw their guns and look at an all-time low.
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* TheAloner: Daryl is slipping slips back into this, much like after Sophia's death and the fall of the prison.



* YankTheDogsChain: Maggie makes it perfectly clear how badly she's been hurt by learning Beth was alive then losing her in the same day.

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* YankTheDogsChain: Maggie makes it perfectly clear how badly she's been hurt by learning Beth was alive then losing her in the same day.day.
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* TheHeart: Glenn is able to get through to his broken, grieving wife.
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* TrueCompanions: The group joining together to keep the barn doors shut during the storm shows just how much they have become this.
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* TemptingFate: "He's a grown man, and I do not know if things could possibly get worse." "They can." Cue wild dogs.
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* TitleDrop: Rick finally says it. Daryl in turn counter with the episode title.

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* TitleDrop: Rick finally says it. the series name, Daryl in turn counter counters with the episode title.

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* MassOhCrap: The group's reaction when they realize the rain they're so happy about is just the forefront of a brutal thunderstorm.



* MassOhCrap: The group's reaction when they realize the rain they're so happy about is just the forefront of a brutal thunderstorm.

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* GrayRainOfDepression[=/=]HappyRain: It managed to be both. It's happy because the rain quenched the group's thirst and game them refreshment. The depression comes from the fact on how desperate the situation is.

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* GrayRainOfDepression[=/=]HappyRain: It managed to be both. It's happy because the rain quenched the group's thirst and game them refreshment. The depression comes from the fact on how desperate the situation is.is, and the fact it's heralding a brutal thunderstorm.


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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Twice in the episode, the group is saved by natural causes -- when they're out of water and don't trust the care package in the road, it starts raining. The horde of Walkers that has them under siege is wiped out by a thunderstorm -- while leaving the barn the group is in untouched. In the former case, Father Gabriel explicitly apologizes to God for doubting, in the latter case, Sasha and Maggie note they should have been crushed by the storm. Then, right after Aaron arrives, the music box that hadn't worked a few moments ago spontaneously starts up. It's left to the viewer to decide whether this is all happy coincidence, or something else.
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** Seth Gilliam's WordOfGod is that Gabriel tearing off his priest collar as they eat the dogs represents his losing faith in an outside force looking out for him.

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** WordOfGod from Seth Gilliam is that Gabriel tearing off his priest collar as they eat the dogs represents his losing faith in an outside force looking out for him.

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* KickTheDog: Brutally honest as he is, Abraham was genuinely trying to comfort Sasha by reminder he she's among friends. Sasha snaps that he's not ''her'' friend.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Maggie blasts Gabriel for his cowardice that got his people killed, refusing to accept his offer of religious comfort.


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* AntagonistTitle: It refers to the titular walkers after Daryl countered Rick's series TitleDrop below by this episode's TitleDrop.

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* AntagonistTitle: It refers to the titular walkers after Daryl countered Rick's series TitleDrop below by {{Title Drop}}ping this episode's TitleDrop.episode.



* RuleOfSymbolism: The music box begins to play just as Aaron arrives and promises good news.

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The music box begins to play just as Aaron arrives and promises good news.



-->'''Daryl''': We ain't them. We ain't them!

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-->'''Daryl''': We ain't them. We ain't them!'''them'''!
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Rick's speech to the group at the barn.
-->'''Rick''': When I was a kid, I asked my grandpa once if he ever killed any Germans in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the war]]. He wouldn't answer. He said that was grown up stuff, so… so I asked if the Germans ever tried to kill him, but he got real quiet. He said he was dead the minute he steeped into enemy territory. Every day he woke up he told himself, ‘[[WarIsHell rest in peace—now get up and go to war]].’ And then after a few years of pretending he was dead, he made it out alive. And that’s the trick of it, I think. We do what we need to do, and then we get to live. But no matter what we find in DC I know we’ll be okay, because this is how we survive. We tell ourselves that we are '''[[TitleDrop the walking dead]]'''
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Several. The group is starving? Here's some random feral dogs to eat. Group is near dying of thirst? Here's some rain. Massive Walker horde has them trapped in a barn? Here's a tornado.

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* AntagonistTitle: It refers to both the titular walkers and the wolves after Daryl countered Rick's TitleDrop below.

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* AntagonistTitle: It refers to both the titular walkers and the wolves after Daryl countered Rick's series TitleDrop below.below by this episode's TitleDrop.



* TitleDrop: Rick finally says it.

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-->'''Daryl''': We ain't them. We ain't them!
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** When the herd is first seen at the barn, it's Daryl, Maggie, and Sasha- the three dealing with the most pain over lost group members- who hold the doors shut. They are quickly joined by everyone else, showing that no matter what they have to endure, they'll endure it all together.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: A non-romantic example. Maggie and Sasha bond due to their loses.

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** Carol kisses Daryl's head, like she did at the start of their friendship in season 2.
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* DividedWeFall: After an episode of bickering, moping, and struggling, the entire group, from MemeticBadass' like Carol and Daryl to NonActionGuy's like Gabriel and Eugene, manages to survive the barn attack by all slamming themselves against the door '''together'''.
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* {{undanger}}: The threat that spooks the group the most in this episode isn't a group of walkers or people, it's a small pack of feral dogs.

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* Mundanger: The threat that spooks the group the most in this episode isn't a group of walkers or people, it's a small pack of feral dogs.

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* AnywhereButTheirLips: Carol kisses Daryl's forehead (for the second time) after their talk in the woods.
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** Maggie and Sasha's hostile reaction to the well-dressed, friendly Aaron likely has just a little bit to do with the memory Terminus and the last time they were welcomed by such a man.

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** Maggie and Sasha's hostile reaction to the well-dressed, friendly Aaron likely has just a little bit to do with the memory of Terminus and the last time they were welcomed by such a man.

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* AntagonistTitle: It refers to both the titular walkers and the wolves after Daryl countered Rick's TitleDrop below.



* BirdsOfAFeather: A non-romantic example. Maggie and Sasha bond due to their loses.



* ContinuityNod: Maggie mentions the loss of her father.

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Maggie mentions the loss of her father.


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* DarkestHour: The group is not only void of resources, but they just lost three consecutive members of their group. This is specifically the case for both Maggie and Sasha more so, as said lost members were related to them.


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* GrayRainOfDepression[=/=]HappyRain: It managed to be both. It's happy because the rain quenched the group's thirst and game them refreshment. The depression comes from the fact on how desperate the situation is.
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-->'''Rick''': This is how we survive. We tell ourselves that we are '''the walking dead'''.

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-->'''Rick''': This is how we survive. We tell ourselves that we are '''the walking dead'''.dead'''.
* YankTheDogsChain: Maggie makes it perfectly clear how badly she's been hurt by learning Beth was alive then losing her in the same day.
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Maggie and Sasha question whether they're able to go on when the group's food and water supplies are at an all-time low.
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* TheAloner: Daryl is slipping back into this, much like after Sophia's death and the fall of the prison.
* BeingWatched: The group has been watched by Aaron for clearly some time, as he knows Rick's name and leaves them a bunch of water.
* BrokenBird: Maggie after losing her father and Beth, and Sasha from losing Bob and Tyreese.
* BrutalHonesty: Abraham flatly tells Sasha that her recklessness will only cause more and more problems.
* CombatPragmatist: Low on energy from starvation and thirst, the group elects to simply lure a herd of walkers close to a bridge, then trick them over the ledge.
* ContinuityNod: Maggie mentions the loss of her father.
** Maggie and Sasha's hostile reaction to the well-dressed, friendly Aaron likely has just a little bit to do with the memory Terminus and the last time they were welcomed by such a man.
* DeathGlare: Sasha gives one to Noah, likely blaming him for her brother's death. Abraham also has a steely one for Eugene when he tries to test the mysterious cache of water left for them.
* DrowningMySorrows: Abraham drinks from the bottle of booze to satisfy his thirst, but it's plainly clear he's using it for comfort as well.
* ManlyTears: Daryl when smoking by a barn.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: In most other situations, a torrential downpour would be a bad thing. Here, it gives the group some much needed water and refreshment.
* ProperlyParanoid: The group's reaction to a load of water being delivered "from a friend" and then to Aaron appearing out of nowhere is wholly justified given what they've gone through with Terminus, among other people.
* RuleOfSymbolism: The music box begins to play just as Aaron arrives and promises good news.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Like Abraham, Eugene and Rosita a year prior, Aaron makes his debut in the second episode of the second half of the season.
* ShootTheDog: Sasha literally does this to a pack of wild dogs that were menacing the group, but it does give them their first solid meal in who knows how long.
* TitleDrop: Rick finally says it.
-->'''Rick''': This is how we survive. We tell ourselves that we are '''the walking dead'''.

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