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#TheWalkingDead Season 10 Episode 2 “We Are The End Of The World” In-Depth Recap

We Are The End Of The World’ was a backstory episode featuring the origins of The Whisperers, how Lydia was brought into the world of the dead, how Alpha became Alpha and how Beta was found and made into Alpha's second in command.

**** WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM SEASON 10 EPISODE 2 OF THE WALKING DEAD. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODE, TURN BACK NOW TO AVOID SPOILERS. ****

The episode began with bold letters across the screen that read ‘7 Years Ago’. It showed a woman passed out in her vehicle that had crashed. Walkers approached from the sound of her horn from her laying on the steering wheel. She woke up but not in enough time. She crawled from the front passenger side of the SUV and kicked walkers away. As she went to crawl under the vehicle, a walker grabbed her and took a chunk of flesh from her calf. The camera panned up and we saw a young Lydia and Alpha among the walkers covered in blood. The walkers began to chomp down and Lydia couldn’t handle it. She screamed. Her and Alpha ran for their lives until they found their way into a building where a strange man was. He let them stay for the night.

The episode came back to Alpha and Beta in the present time. He was shaving her head and discussing one of their own being weak. She essentially dismissed him. She wants Beta and the sisters to go out and collect new “guardians”. While out, one of the sisters acted strangely and the other sister (the one in Enid's flannel) got caught up in the gaze of the sun. The other sister told her to knock it off and they began to move on back toward camp.

In another flashback, Lydia had complained to her mom that the smell had bothered her. She asked if there was water. There was. She bathed the walker funk off of her daughter and out of her hair then went out to see if she could find any food. While doing so, she was humming. He heard it and told her to knock it off. When she went back to Lydia, she made her a bed in a padded room. A short while later, Alpha was headed out to go do something when a walker came. She killed it. When she rounded the corner, there were about five more walkers. She began to kill them but one grabbed her. The man came and killed it and they killed them all. Afterward, they talked. She told him that she liked killing him. That’s when she told him that he would be “Mr. B” and she was “A”.

Back in the present time, Beta and the sisters had returned to camp. He threw her down and was about to have a fellow soldier kill her when Alpha stopped it. Beta, angry, went to her. He told her that she almost got the whole pack killed and she told him that he won’t ever understand her pain. She told him to bring her to their dark zone. The girl was terrified, but instead of Alpha killing her, she showed her the generosity of mercy. She pledged to never sway again. But, while on a herd shift, she spotted a walker with a baby carrier on and freaked out, jumping on Alpha and trying to kill her. Walkers come from the pack and the one who wears Enid's flannel throws the one sister off Alpha and watches as she is devoured by walkers. When Alpha and Beta return, they argue again. Although the issue has been resolved, Beta can’t let it go. Alpha visits the sister that saved her life and gives her appreciation for the sacrifice. Later that night, Alpha anoints her as Gamma, third in command.

The next day, Beta was looking for Alpha. He went to their last campsite and found her holding Lydia’s old rabbit. He asked why she still had that. Alpha asked him if he’s lost his way. It comes back to 7 years ago when Alpha was looking for Lydia. She had run away covered in walker blood. It jumps back and he says that what she’s done was for Lydia. He asks why she lied to him. Then, he tells her that Lydia is gone. “She's my baby,” Alpha says. He offers his hand and she tells him that the others cannot know. He promises that they won’t know. It goes back to the 7 years before where a walker comes into the room and she kills it. B panics. He freaks out and goes to kill Alpha but Lydia stops him. Alpha hugs her and goes to him, saying “The world went dark so that we could follow a new path. C'mon, walk with me in the darkness. Walk with me, my B.” He refuses to leave the body but she says he won’t have to. He begins to cut the top of the skin off of his head. Then, it comes back to the present. He tells her that smoke had been seen by the border. Alpha says that the enemy must be punished and it’s time to return home. During their herd move, Alpha goes to a clearing and sees Carol at the cliff of her canyon.

This episode was INSANE! Tell me what you think in the comment section below! Until next time, have a good one everybody!

The Walking Dead returns next Sunday at 9 p.m. only on AMC.

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#TheWalkingDead Season 10 Episode 1 “Lines We Cross" EARLY PREVIEW Review

Season 10 of The Walking Dead is already vastly different from all of the other nine seasons of the show. From the opening scene of *SPOILER* the meteor that turned out to be a crashed satellite from NASA to the way they broke down each piece of the episode, the tenth season had a major shift of feel, and perhaps for the better.

***WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTENT CONTAINS PHOTOS AND DETAILS FROM 10X01. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODE AND DO NOT WANT TO SPOIL THE UPCOMING EPISODE, STOP NOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…

They began the episode with a glance of a satellite cruising through outer space followed by a bolded screen scene entitled “TRAINING DAY” It showed a pack of trainees being trained by Aaron, Michonne, Judith and multiple other veteran Walker slayers. The King and his loyal sideman Jerry emptied a long-abandoned ship two walkers at a time while the group on the shore practiced maneuvers in a real-time sequence. Around the third bout, they were inundated with walkers as a wall of the ship crumbled and fell to pieces. Panicked, they almost forgot everything. But, they were able to keep their composure and do what needed to be done.

After a successful ‘training day,’ they go back to Oceanside. Judith and her brother RJ and a few other kids show their findings of shells. All of a sudden, Judith panics. A whisperer mask has been discovered…

Michonne and a group of six went out to begin the search for any sign of Alpha and her herd. They haven’t seen it in months and the mask was the first sign of anything. Michonne and Aaron look along a riverbank and hadn’t found anything until a panicked Yumiko called over the walkie that they needed to meet up. When they did, Magna showed Michonne all the evidence that they had found. A campsite, dead bodies, even a drying skin that had been harvested from a victim. They head back to Oceanside to call to Alexandria. Aaron wants things to go on lockdown but Michonne just wants everyone to stay alert. They agree on staying alert.

Back at Alexandria, Rosita is good at two things, combat, and motherhood. She’s training hard and getting back into her groove while smarty man Eugene is making a baby hack diagram for Siddiq and Rosita. He thanks him for the efforts and studies over the last few months but figures he probably will never use it. While doing that, Gabriel conversates with Michonne and Aaron at Oceanside and calls them to a meeting. Lydia and other kids (much younger than her) are fast at learning when they interrupt. They need to have a meeting. Angry, she goes outside to train in the garden where Negan tends to the garden under the watchful eye of his guard (who’s the name I do not know). Lydia confesses the conversation circulating and Negan tells her that she needs to watch her back. Later on, Negan is back in his cell and Father Gabrial visits him. Negan tells him that “its starting” insinuating the war with Alpha has begun again and implies that “shitting pants” should be put back on.

Back at Oceanside, they are at the shore anticipating the arrival of a long-awaited friend; Carol and her shipment of fish. While doing so, Daryl and Connie chat, sort of. She signs to him that he forgot something (meaning Dog) and he jokes that he likes her better. Then, she makes landfall and Carol was met at the dock by her former man Ezekiel along with an awkward exchange of smiles. Then, she went to Daryl and gave him a big hug. After a while and a flirt between Like and an Oceansider, they seem to think all is well and good until that satellite crashes into their neighboring land and starts a roaring fire. They rush to get it dampened down but many are worried they’ll cross Alphas territory. Michonne pushes forward and they put the fire out. It takes all night but they finally accomplish their task. Eugene wants to investigate and Michonne gives in for ten minutes.

In the final bit of the episode, Daryl and Carol found themselves a little hideout and caught up. They talked about running away together to New Mexico. She harassed him about making best friend bracelets and toward the end, went for a ride. He showed her the place that Alpha took him when they were kidnapped and she warned him about her herd. It was an empty gully with no walkers in sight. But, just as she was about to walk away, Carol spotted something; Alpha. Alpha stepped from the bushes and observed her walkers’ holding spot. Then, she glanced up and grimaces at Carol and a staredown began. Then, the episode came to an end.

Episode 10x01 ‘Lines We Cross’ was a fantastic opener for so many reasons. It had a flare that the show hasn’t had in a minute and renewed the feeling of The Walking Dead. What did you think of the episode! Don’t forget to like and comment in the comment section below!

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