The Lucky Ones

Gov. Pamela Milton travels with Hornsby, Mercer Darryl and an entourage to Alexandria, Hilltop and Oceanside, to confirm the agreement with Alexandria and propose a deal with the other communities. Commonwealth is helping Aaron to rebuild Alexandria and expects to help the other two too. The leader of Oceanside, Rachel, tells Pamela that whatever Maggie agrees, she will concur. Therefore, Pamela talks to Maggie while walking through the woods, trying to convince her. But Maggie declines the offer, and Dianne and other Hilltop's dwellers leave Maggie and travel to live in Commonwealth. Eugene visits Max and tells that he is sorry for his rudeness.

"The Lucky Ones" is another deceptive episode of "The Walking Dead". Hornsby seems to have his personal agenda, but Pamela Milton seems to be a smart woman. The reason why Maggie does not accept her offer seems to be because absolute power corrupts, and she is no exception. Pamela sounds reasonable with her dreams to rebuild America, but Maggie never explains what she wants for her son Herschel. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Sorte" ("Lucky")

Looking a lot more like a soap opera than a sci fi thriller, something about stephanie not being stephanie and her being someone else and that person getting hurt feelings and now it's eugene's fault, I don't really know, and I don't think any of us really care. And the whole "why are we watching this?" angle Just not the sort of thing a well written script has, and not the sort of thing we should be being fed.

Then something convoluted to do with Maggie, and the commonwealth prancing around like they're 19th century British empire explorers in their elegant tents, having girl chats between leaders, then desperately trying to create menace.

Then Ezekiel's tantrum about his health plan. Who cares? Really, is this the best story they can come up with in the run out of this series about a zombie apocalypse??

The inability to tell an interesting straightforward story is the downfall of this show. It just can't figure itself out so how are we supposed to. Of even care.

Kang's webcam explanations are awful too. Her stories are so bad she has to try and explain the and do it via crappy web cam cos she thinks it gives it added authenticity. Couldn't find a spare DSLR and a Lav?

This was a rather calm episode with more politics and negotiations than immediate dangers of zombies attacking or two groups fighting each other, and I quite enjoyed it.

First of all, I really liked all the scenes with Eugene and I think he's grown so much on me as a character since when we first saw his rather pathetic azz in season 5.

I already know some people are gonna say "oh boohoo incel Eugene got rejected again and now we gotta now watch him cry." But those scenes were surprisingly quite emotional for me, because that guy has seriously been through a lot and when he thought he actually find something good, the world kicked him down again and he realized it was all a lie. So I can feel him and I'm really liking the chemistry they're building between him and Max. It might not seem that at first, but I think we're getting there.

Then we have Pamela and Hornsby visiting Hilltop and put on a show so Maggie could accept their offer but Maggie is smarter than that.

So I kinda didn't like Maggie when she first came to Hilltop and was just an azz to Rick and the rest and then she left for like 2 seasons and now that she's back again, I don't really know how to feel about her. I'm neutral about her right now but I liked her in this episode. Obviously, it seems that what she's doing is gonna impact her community negatively, but it's obvious that she made the right choice for the long run.

And Hornsby is definitely a fascinating character that gets more and more interesting each episode, and the actor is doing a really good job. You're never quite sure what his intentions are, or if he's just a good man trying to help people or just a power-hungry politician trying to overthrow the leader. Which the second one is is the most probable and obvious one, but I hope there's more to it than just a guy like the Governor. For now, they're not revealing much about Hornsby and Pamela's intentions, so I hope the writers have some interesting things up their sleeve and they're not just delaying it just to reach the 16 and 24 episodes AMC ordered them to do.

So far it seems like the speculations about the "Six months later" scene were right and Hornsby is gonna attempt a coup against Pamela. Which is nice I guess, and not a bad story line, but I think I need more of a nuanced plot with more surprising twists since they're being shy about revealing what Hornsby really wants and what his secret group is all about.

I think I agree with the other review that said they're dedicating too much screen time to Daryl and Aaron should get some of those instead of him. I think Aaron has been a really underappreciated character in this series and should get more screen time like he did last season. This is The Walking Dead, there are so many characters with potential that are just getting dusted on the shelf. I think they should've somehow made Aaron fill the role of Rick whenever he was gone. Daryl is definitely a great character but he doesn't have to be the main focus every episode. I think since Rick was gone, they decided that Daryl should be the center of the story (which he's really not here in this episode, nor was in the last one, but Aaron should've gotten more screen time this episode) and some times they don't know what to do with him.

All in all, a very interesting episode that builds and sets in motion lots of interesting conflicts and story lines and we have to wait and see the outcome.

This was a very fun episode to watch. Seeing the communities (even Oceanside!) again is great and Pamela and Lance's banter about them is cool to see (including the nice Deana callback that adds to the world-building).

Maggie and Pamela arguing about leadership and how communities should be was such a highlight. The show has become so political that you can pause the episodes and have full-on debates about who is right. This is exactly what a Commonwealth arc should have!

The other plots weren't as strong. Ezekiel refusing to cheat the surgery list is very in character, but I'm glad he's going through with it.

Eugene bailing on Max felt weird and I just don't care too much about their relationship. Still, both actors are putting on great performances and the reunion was sweet.

But all in all, they are setting up for some great stuff. Between Lance's mysterious plan and Mercer's warning to Daryl... I can't wait to see more of the corruption of the Commonwealth.

So this episode is slightly better than the last one, but only slightly. We see less of Eugene this time around which can only be a good thing, but the fake Stephanie storyline is extremely tedious and feels like something you'd expect to see in a soap opera. Otherwise, it's nice to have Maggie back and it seems that these days she and Carol are the only ones who have their brains switched on. Some fun little action moments with imposing characters (or at least characters that the show wants you to believe are imposing) but the rest is padding at best. With only a handful of episodes before the next season break, they really need to be doing more...