Tara stumbles into an all-female community – and everything is pretty okay
I genuinely forgot all about Tara.
Not even the characters themselves care to mention her much, mainly because they have bigger problems.
We first find her passed out on an unknown shore as the soft waves lazily drift by.
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She walks over to Tara, thinking shes another one, but the woman shouts Shes not a bobber.
When the flashback breaks, we get a glimpse inside yet another new community.
She looks up at the clock on the wall before going back to the shore to tend to Tara.
Theres a gathering over picnic tables situated near a garden.
A clicking sound signals danger and snaps the women into action.
Many hurry the children inside as more still head to the armory to grab guns.
Another flashback reveals Tara and Heath discovered a bridge.
They explore the area, but the dead plants suggest nobody has been there for quite some time.
In any case, it all turns out to be a trap.
She pulls the bag loose, which causes the sand to shift and release the snarling walkers underneath.
The women are clearly skeptical, especially when Tara says she worked on a larder boat.
As she explains, their communitys survival is partly ensured by their secrecy.
But because Tara spared Beatrices life in the skirmish, shes willing to talk things through.
Its a plausible solution to their fears of letting a stranger leave the community knowing its location.
Tara then proposes their two communities work together, but Natania is initially opposed to any mingling.
Cyndie wants to go, but her grandmother refuses.
Her questions turn out to be ploys to judge when she should escape.
She finds her moment when she sees a walker entangled in branches and offers to go strike it down.
Instead, she bolts and the women respond with bullets and give chase.
In her scurry, Tara rolls down a drop in the land and hides there as Kathy passes by.
Seeing Beatrice, Tara climbs out and tackles her.
Tara asks why they cant just let her go, and Beatrice reveals the full story behind the community.
When they tried to fight back, some of the women (including Cyndies mother) were killed.
Beatrice prepares to fire, saying she cant risk Tara somehow exposing their location to the Saviors…
But Cyndie explodes from the trees, knocks her down, and shouts for Tara to run.
Nobodys evil, she says.
They just decide to forget who they are.
Tara says Some people are evil, which is the reason she needs to return home.
Cyndie leads Tara back to the bridge and promises to stay with her until shes safely across.
Now jumping from car to car, Cyndie lays down cover fire while Tara slashes her way to safety.
Like Cyndie, he tried covering Tara with gunfire, but shouted for her to leave him.
Walkers pushed her over the side of the bridge into the waters below, leaving Heaths fate unclear.
In the present, Tara looks back and sees Kathy and Beatrice have come to retrieve Cindy.
(Seriously, Id be happy with a spinoff featuring Jesus fighting walkers as a wandering ronin.)
Otherwise, it could leave the impression of wasted space.
