The long, strange trip home turns dangerous for Rick, Glenn, and Michonne’s group.
And that will be one hell of a while to wait to find out definitive proof of Glenns fate.
(I will say Im inclined to agree with him that Glennisstill alive.
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And its a journey full of horrors from minute one.
Rick radios around to alert everyone to the herd.
And the immediate group around Rick is similarly in a panic.
Luckily, Rick doesnt hear any of that dissent before telling the group to head home.
He offers a bit of warning to Glenn and Michonne They arent all going to make it.
He wants the two of them to do what they can, but some of them will fall.
Its paramount at least the two of them make it back, a sentiment Heath overhears.
But already one of their numbers, Barnes, falls thanks to a lone walker.
Its a telling moment for the group.
The more native Alexandrians look on in some horror as Rick picks their fallen comrades body for supplies.
Its a cold, dark world out here, and theyre about to learn what that means.
Theres confusion and concern among them, but Michonne does her best to calm them.
Were going to catch up with a lot of things, and were gonna end them.
Weve got no choice.
And they soon come across a mess of walkers in the forest.
Except for Sturgess, that is.
They find their way to an open road, where David tells Michonne about himself.
The group eventually comes to a cluster of abandoned cars and buildings along the open road.
The spot just so happens to be one of past trauma, too.
This is where Nicholas runner group lost some of its numbers.
But that luckily means he knows the area and how to best make it home.
And their situation doesnt improve when they head back out onto the main road.
Speaking of Glenn, he has a plan to distract the herd by lighting a building on fire.
The plan in place, Glenn takes a moment for himself.
(ASIDE: The scene also offers one of the best foreshadowings indicating Glenns death is genuine.
Theyre slowing him down, but he refuses to leave his people behind.
Sick of his anger, she finally confronts him.
She bats that idea away immediately.
Glenn is risking his life, and Michonne is still there trying to protect their lives.
You havent been through it… Have you ever done things that made you feel afraid of yourself afterward?
They come across a walker pinned down who was a former runner in Nicholas party.
That moment of personal growth is undercut by the gunfire that rings out from Alexandria.
The pet shop group watches from inside as the horde passes by toward the gunfire.
And Michonne stays true to her word about wanting to see them all safely home.
She instead writes him a note back: Youre getting home.
The timing couldnt be worse, as the massive herd heading toward Alexandria is also feet from their door.
So they make a break for it.
At first they consider the feed store, but instead they follow Glenns directive to flee.
NEXT: Double alley deaths
Down another alley, Nicholas and Glenn find themselves stuck with nowhere to go.
The remaining trio runs after a moment of abject horror, watching as he is eaten alive.
Only these concertgoers want to kill and eat their flesh.
And I may just very well be in denial.)
He sees his reflection, a face covered in blood.
Id guess he wouldnt be able to say definitively just whose blood it is.
The long and winding road home is no less bloody for Rick.
Moving forward is for those they care about.
Going back home to them now would be a selfish move, he reasons, unaware of Daryls detour.
But Daryl is brought back from his solo trip when he hears gunfire over Ricks radio.
He shoots through the vans walls, felling all of them.
The tidal wave of straying walkers emerges from the forest and washes over the road where Ricks van rests.
