The Walking Dead

Previously on AMC's "The Walking Dead..."

You told us to get ready to fight

and I can now.

Maggie said that her people could take care of the Saviors.

Except all they've done is put our community at risk.

I'm asking you to help convince Ezekiel to attack the Saviors

and destroy them.

We'll win,

but we need to wait for the right moment.

We need you.

Just checking.

No! No way in hell.

That was not the deal.

You people swore you could take the Saviors out,

and you failed.

So any arrangement we had is now done --

null and void.

We aren't trade partners, we aren't friends,

and we never met.

Hmm?

We don't know each other.

I owe you nothing.

In fact, you owe me for taking in the refugees,

at great personal risk.

Oh, you were very brave staying in here

while Maggie and Sasha saved this place.

Your courage was inspiring.

Hey, don't you work for me?

Aren't we friends?

Gregory, we already started this.

You started it. We did.

And we're gonna win.

These are killers.

Is this how you want to live?

Under their thumb, killing your people?

S-Sometimes we don't get to choose

what our life looks like.

Sometimes, Ricky,

you have to count the blessings you have.

How many people can we spare?

How many people here can fight?

"We"?

I don't even know how many people we have, Margaret.

And does it even matter?

I mean...

...w-w-what are you gonna do?

Start a platoon of sorghum farmers?

'Cause that's what we got.

They grow things. They're not gonna want to fight.

You're wrong.

When people have the chance to do the right thing,

they usually step up.

I mean, people just -- L-Let me stop you

before you break into song, okay?

And, by the way,

who would train all this cannon fodder?

- I will. - Give me a week.

Rhetorical, okay?

I don't want to know.

I never want to hear another word about any of it, ever.

Would we be better off without the Saviors,

yes or no? Yeah. Sure. Okay.

So, what will you do to fix the problem?

I didn't say we had a problem.

You did.

And what happens outside of my purview

is outside of my purview.

What the hell, man?

You're either with us or you ain't.

You're sitting over there

talking out of both sides of your mouth.

I -- I think I've made my position very clear.

And I want to thank all of you for not being here today

and not having this meeting with me

or -- or being seen on your way out.

In other words, go out the back.

Walking ballsack. Wanna knock that idiot's teeth out.

Yeah, well, we don't need him anyway.

Yeah, that's right.

'Cause we have Maggie and Sasha and Jesus here.

And...

Enid.

Hey, um -- Sasha: What's wrong?

Nothing.

Just...

Come outside.

What's going on?

Hey.

So, if you don't remember, I'm Bertie.

And I owe my life to you all, twice over.

A bunch of us do.

Enid says that you want Gregory

to get us to fight the Saviors with you.

Is that true?

Yes. Do you think we can win,

that we really could beat them?

Us?

I do.

Well, Enid says you could show us the way.

- I'm ready. - Me too.

- Yeah. - Let's do this.

- Let's do it. - I'm in.

- It's a start. - We'll get more.

- It still won't be enough. - No, it won't.

Well, we find the right stuff,

then maybe we don't need the numbers.

Blow 'em up, burn 'em to the ground.

You said there weren't just soldiers with the Saviors,

that there were workers there.

People didn't have a choice.

We gotta win.

We need more hands, another group.

Negan has outposts.

The geography, the distance works against us.

We gotta get back.

If they come looking for Daryl, we need to be there.

You don't have to get back.

Not yet.

It's one of theirs, long range.

We can listen in, keep track of them.

So, if we're not going back, what are we doing, then?

I think it's time we introduced you to Ezekiel.

King Ezekiel.

King?

It's called "the Kingdom"?

Yeah.

I didn't name it.

How much farther?

Well, technically, we're already here.

I mean, we're always here,

but here we are -- at the Kingdom.

Well, its outer edge.

Hey, what the hell we waitin' on?

Waiting for them.

Who dares to trespass

on the sovereign land of the --

Oh, shit.

Jesus, is that you?

Who are all these people, Paul?

Hi, Richard.

Nice to see you.

It's good to see you, too.

Your friends, who are they?

This is Rick Grimes.

He's the leader of a like-minded community.

These are some of his people.

We would like to request an audience with King Ezekiel.

Get out of the car.

You say they're a... like-minded community.

Like-minded how?

We live, we trade, we fight the dead.

Sometimes others.

Line up.

Okay. This is a waste of time.

Come on. Let's go.

Maybe you're right.

The King is a busy man.

And it's a dangerous world.

We don't usually allow a pack of strangers

to waltz through our door.

We want to make the world less dangerous,

and we are all here to show the King

how serious we are about that.

The car stays outside.

You gotta hand over your guns.

We only have two.

Okay.

Follow me.

Before we go in,

you have a brain and a backbone,

so I'm talking to you, not Gregory.

Whatever you're trying to start here,

another protection pact, a trade,

none of it matters if we don't start dealing with the real problem --

the Saviors.

You know, Richard, I've never seen you smile.

I think that's gonna change today.

They have the numbers.

But can they fight?

Oh, they can fight.

Maybe.

Morgan?

Hey.

Hi.

How do you know each other?

We go back to the start.

Well, the King is ready to see you.

Did you find Carol? I did, yeah.

Where is she? Is she okay?

She was here, and then she left.

You know, she wasn't too happy, me following her.

She wanted to get away from us, from everyone.

But when I found her, she was shot.

It was just a graze. I got her back here.

They got doctors. They're good.

Was it them?

It was.

She had crossed with some of them,

and one of them followed her, tried to kill her,

but I stopped him.