Unfortunately that realization apparently hasn't dawned on Maggie. Last week, I asked whether or not it seemed like a smart move on her part to be near the front line of the assault on the Saviors. While he's busy convincing himself of his power – as both a Savior and a physically imposing male – Carol has already exhibited more power than he will ever have by making a choice outside the one most believe is all that remains available to them.One great thing about The Walking Dead focusing on Maggie and Carol in tonight's hour is that I get to tailor my reactions to just those characters. What Donnie doesn't realize is that Carol chose not to go for the kill shot. That their wounded associate Donnie ( Banshee's Rus Blackwell) seeks retribution against Carol for shooting him is another example of this being a zero-sum game. These women are still stuck in the same boring, limiting binary of kill or be killed, survive or die and seeing the choices seemingly available to Carol and Maggie (e.g., faith and motherhood) is destabilizing to the personas they have created as a means of survival in Negan's world. There is a weird push-pull going on as Maggie and Carol are Paula's hostages throughout most of the hour, and yet it seems as though Paula and her companions, Michelle (Jeananne Goossen) and Molly (Jill Jane Clements), spend a good amount of time reassuring themselves the balance of power is actually in their favor.
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Although the plan was ultimately unsuccessful – both in terms of what it cost for the people of Alexandria and the fact that it didn't make for very good TV – the series' writers have recognized its storytelling potential and what discoveries might be made about the show's core characters, especially as a threat like Negan looms on the horizon.
The groundwork for this mindset was established in the season 6 premiere, with Rick organizing an ill-fated zombie marathon as a way to not only keep the people of Alexandria safe, but also to reclaim some sense of control over an environment that had grown violent and unruly.
And now that the group has a community worth saving, protecting, and growing, there is an increased incentive to go out looking for potential trouble and to dominate it before it can actually pose a threat. Much of what drives characters in The Walking Dead is fear or the anticipation of fear, and when it's not that, it is the desire to get out ahead of their fear and control it by beating it to the punch. And what was the crime those strangers were accused of committing? Well, it was bad, but, disturbingly, it wasn't anything you couldn't see Rick somehow justifying or convincing others was the right thing, so long as it meant the entire group's continued safety and survival. Last week's episode, ' Not Tomorrow Yet,' was the most potent example of this, with Rick selling the idea of going on the offensive and killing a group of strangers in exchange for food. The frantic mayhem of the midseason premiere aside, the show has in recent episodes found time to look at the Alexandrians and the man who is now their leader, and seen them (though mostly Rick) committed to their survival in a way that doesn't necessarily paint them in a good light.
The second half of The Walking Dead season 6 has been smart in its depiction of Rick and his fellow survivors and what they choose to do with the rare position of power they find themselves in.
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