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* KarmicDeath: Daryl kills Fat Joey (who previously beat him up) by bashing his head with a pipe ala Negan with Lucille.
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* ThisMeansWar: After witnessing Arron getting beaten up for no reason, the deaths of Spencer and Olivia, and Eugene being kidnapped, Rick is finally ready to rebel against Negan and leads his group to Hilltop to make a plan against the Saviors.

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* ThisMeansWar: After witnessing Arron Aaron getting beaten up for no reason, the deaths of Spencer and Olivia, and Eugene being kidnapped, Rick is finally ready to rebel against Negan and leads his group to Hilltop to make a plan against the Saviors.
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:[[HesBack Negan]] '''[[HesBack really]]''' [[HesBack shouldn't have pushed Rick too far.]]]]

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* ThisMeansWar: After witnessing Arron getting beaten up for no reason, the deaths of Spencer and Olivia, and Eugene being kidnapped, Rick is finally ready to rebel against Negan and leads his group to Hilltop to make a plan against the Saviors.
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* TheBusCameBack: Morgan, Carol, and Richard appear for the first time since "The Well", while Maggie, Sasha, Enid, and Gregory turn up after last been seen in "Go-Getters."

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** Someone dies by their head being bashed in (Negan to Glenn, and Daryl to Fat Joey).



** Both of the second deaths are also cases of NiceJobBreakingItHero, with someone attempting to attack Negan and failing, resulting in the second death. In the premiere, Daryl punched Negan after seeing Negan taunt Rosita with Abraham's blood on Lucille. Now, '''Rosita''' is the one to try to kill Negan with a bullet, [[BerserkButton and it fails.]] [[SacrificialLion Horribly.]]
** In both episodes, someone dies by their head being bashed in (Negan to Glenn, and Daryl to Fat Joey).

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** Both of the second deaths are also cases of NiceJobBreakingItHero, with the cause being someone attempting to attack Negan and failing, resulting in the second death.failing. In the premiere, Daryl punched Negan after seeing Negan taunt Rosita with Abraham's blood on Lucille. Now, '''Rosita''' is the one to try '''Rosita''' tries to kill Negan with a bullet, Negan, [[BerserkButton and it fails.]] [[SacrificialLion Horribly.]]
** In both episodes, someone dies by their head being bashed in (Negan to Glenn, and Daryl to Fat Joey).
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** However, instead of Rick's gang being broken over these losses, it strengthens their will to take down the Saviors this time.

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** However, instead of Rick's gang group being emotionally broken over these losses, it strengthens their will to take down the Saviors this time.
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** In both episodes, someone dies by their head being bashed in (Negan to Glenn, and Daryl to Fat Joey).

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* BookEnds: For the first half of Season 7, the [[{{Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E01TheDayWillComeWhenYouWontBe}} premiere]] and this episode has one [[ItWasHisSled comic]] and [[PragmaticAdaptation non-comic]] death each. In the premiere, Abraham (non-comic) and Glenn (comic) died. Now, Spencer (comic) and Olivia (non-comic) are the ones to bite it. Both of the second deaths are also cases of NiceJobBreakingItHero, and both heavily involved Rosita.

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* BookEnds: For the first half of Season 7, the [[{{Recap/TheWalkingDeadS07E01TheDayWillComeWhenYouWontBe}} premiere]] and this episode has have some similarities:
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one [[ItWasHisSled comic]] and [[PragmaticAdaptation non-comic]] death each. In the premiere, Abraham (non-comic) and Glenn (comic) died. Now, Spencer (comic) and Olivia (non-comic) are the ones to bite it.
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Both of the second deaths are also cases of NiceJobBreakingItHero, with someone attempting to attack Negan and both heavily involved Rosita.failing, resulting in the second death. In the premiere, Daryl punched Negan after seeing Negan taunt Rosita with Abraham's blood on Lucille. Now, '''Rosita''' is the one to try to kill Negan with a bullet, [[BerserkButton and it fails.]] [[SacrificialLion Horribly.]]
** An Alexandria member is taken as a hostage by the Saviors, with Daryl in the premiere and Eugene this time.
** However, instead of Rick's gang being broken over these losses, it strengthens their will to take down the Saviors this time.

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\nAt Hilltop, Maggie visits Glenn's grave and takes watch, and ignores Gregory's jealousy at her becoming a popular leader in the community. Later, Sasha lies to Maggie about Jesus' whereabouts, knowing that she wants him to help her take revenge on Negan.

Negan shaves, and prepares spaghetti dinner with a makeshift family consisting of Carl, Olivia, and Judith, and grows impatient as Rick has still not returned from his supply run. Meanwhile, Rick and Aaron scavenge some desperately needed supplies for the tribute from a houseboat, also finding a note from the original owner of the houseboat with a middle finger. They are watched by an unknown survivor.

At Carol's house, Morgan ends up paying an unintended visit when she catches him leaving her food from the Kingdom garden, though Carol is well-stocked from Ezekiel's frequent visits. Carol coldly tells Morgan she doesn't want him coming around or for anybody they know to know of her whereabouts. Richard arrives, and asks the two of them to convince Ezekiel to attack the Saviors, knowing that eventually, the Saviors will decide to renege on their peace at a whim and that the Kingdom won't survive a direct assault. However, Carol refuses on the ground she wishes to be left alone, and Morgan is still shaken from having to kill the Savior Roman. A distraught Richard leaves to mourn his late family in the woods, and Carol again tells Morgan to stay away. An annoyed Morgan snaps back that he didn't mean for her to see him on the way out.

Daryl escapes from his cell in the Sanctuary and tries to once again take a bike, only to encounter Fat Joey. Though the Savior is submissive and tries to help Daryl escape in exchange for his life, Daryl brutally beats his head to a pulp with a pipe. Jesus arrives, and the two escape after Daryl takes Rick's Colt Python from Fat Joey's corpse. Meanwhile, Michonne has Isabelle drive her to the Sanctuary, and is aghast when she sees hundreds of assembled Saviors. Isabelle tells Michonne to kill her, as she will be punished for giving away Negan's location. Michonne complies and buries her body in the woods.

Rick and Aaron return to Alexandria and are surprised by the Saviors, who rant at Rick for keeping Negan waiting. Though they are pacified when they see the plentiful supplies the pair brought back, they find the crude note from the houseboat and assume Aaron planted it. When Aaron tries to protest, the Saviors gleefully beat Aaron while Rick is held at gunpoint and forced to watch. Once the Saviors quit, Aaron shrugs off his torture, glad that no one was killed.

Spencer approaches Negan, and has a drink with the Savior leader. Spencer proposes that Negan kill Rick and appoint him as the new leader of Alexandria, saying that while Rick's ego is out of control, he will be a loyal enforcer of Negan's will and a worthy successor to his late mother. Negan is annoyed, and points out that while Rick is swallowing his hate and pride to provide the tribute to keep his community safe, Spencer is trying to have someone else do his dirty work for him. Realizing his mistake too late, Spencer panics, and Negan stabs him in the stomach, spilling his intestines and killing him. An enraged Rosita fires her one bullet at Negan, only to hit Lucille. Negan is furious, and demands to know how Rosita got the bullet. When no one speaks up, Negan has Arat kill Olivia and nearly kill Eric before Eugene confesses. Rick arrives on the scene, and Negan tells him of Carl's actions at the Sanctuary, and of Spencer's attempted coup. Rick asks Negan to leave, and Negan complies, but takes Eugene hostage, having been impressed with his abilities.

That night, Michonne tells Rick of the army of Saviors she saw, but motivates him that they still must fight back. The next morning, Rick goes to Hilltop with Michonne, Carl, Rosita, and Tara, and reunites with Maggie, learning her baby is still alive and healthy. Daryl appears, and everyone has a big reunion. Daryl gives Rick his Python back, and the reunited, hopeful group heads for Barrington House to plot their next move.

In TheStinger, Gabriel is keeping watch of Alexandria in the middle of the night. Unbeknownst to him, the unknown survivor who watched Rick and Aaron at the pond is watching ''him'', and begins moving towards Alexandria...
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* TitleDrop: Done courtesy of Aaron.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Zigzagged. Rosita attempts this to spare Eugene, and then Tara does the same to spare Rosita. It's subverted when Negan and Arat don't buy it, and the latter almost goes to kill Eric before Eugene ultimately plays the trope straight by confessing.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Zigzagged. Rosita attempts this to spare Eugene, and then Tara does the same to spare Rosita. It's subverted when Negan and Arat don't buy it, and the latter almost goes to kill Eric before Eugene ultimately plays the trope straight by confessing. Fortunately, he's only taken prisoner instead of killed.



* IAmSpartacus: Both Rosita and Tara claimed as the maker of the improvised bullet before Eugene finally turns himself over.
* KarmicDeath: Daryl kills the Savior who constantly mocks him next to Dwight by bashing his head with a pipe ala Negan with Lucille.

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* IAmSpartacus: Both Rosita and Tara claimed as claim to be the maker of the improvised bullet before Eugene finally turns himself over.
* KarmicDeath: Daryl kills the Savior who constantly mocks Fat Joey (who previously beat him next to Dwight up) by bashing his head with a pipe ala Negan with Lucille.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rosita's failed attempt to kill Negan leads to Olivia's death and Eugene being taken hostage.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rosita's Much like in the premiere, a failed attempt to kill attack Negan leads to Olivia's (this time, by Rosita) results in a second death (Olivia) and Eugene someone (Eugene) being taken hostage.

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