In the case of the Alexandrians captured by the Commonwealth and taken into an interrogation camp, it’s Eugene by default. In the case of the group of Alexandrians tromping through the sewers, it’s Maggie by vote. Rick, Gabriel, or Maggie, the decisions might be made by the group but the buck tends to stop with whoever the figurehead is. Either way, the pressure seems to lie on one person’s head pretty consistently, no matter who was involved in the decision making. Either you’re making the decisions all on your own as a Ricktatorship or you’re making them as part of an inefficient Ricktocracy with a council making decisions. One of the big recurring issues for The Walking Dead across its 11 seasons is that leadership comes with a heavy mantle. Even when Negan points out she’s not exactly leading well because she’s only paying attention to him (and trying to kill him through misadventure), she can’t argue with him except at the very end when it’s too late to listen to reason and try a different tactic. When the rain is too high, when the subway is prone to flooding, when they pass through a mass grave that might still be in use, Negan keeps making great points about the dangers the group faces that Maggie ignores, because she’s in charge. Maggie has a right to be angry, and all of her friends are willing to take her side, but Daryl and the Alexandrians know just how much they owe to Negan, and while he’s a dick, he’s still kind of right, which puts them in a quandary.Ī recurring Twitter meme springs to mind: the Clickhole headline “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point.” Throughout the episode, Negan keeps making great points. It’s not that Maggie is being unreasonable as much as it is Negan is being reasonable, and that creates some issues in the group. ![]() It wasn’t all that long ago that Negan was still a villain, but a great bottle episode and a mission behind enemy lines to save Alexandria is enough to push him well down the road to a redemption arc, even if Maggie seems bound and determined not to fall for it.Īt no point during “Acheron Part 1” is Negan unreasonable if anything, he’s the only reasonable member of the party, and when he speaks up, it’s clear that people are listening to him to Maggie’s consternation and detriment. It’s amazing what Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been able to accomplish with Negan’s redemption arc in a few short episodes of The Walking Dead. ![]() This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers.
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