Got in my second watching and, WOW, another great episode. A few thoughts from the last watching ...
- Rick's new plan as laid out in the woods: He heads back to the RV, drives it around the woods on Redding road, intercepts the herd, and leads them back to the pack that are following Daryl, Abe & Sasha. The rest of the group in the woods are to stay ahead of the herd and get back to Alexandria, because they may be needed there. Glen and Michonne are told not to stop along the way, and to kill anything in front of them.
- Cut on Rick's hand: Other than probably being deep, and bleeding a lot, I didn't get the impression that he was too worried about it. Rick waited till he got the RV into position in front of the herd before he pulled out the drive thru napkins.
- I am getting tired of the "female twists her ankle" trope, used to build tension / slow the group down / show we don't leave people behind. Come on enough already. Beth when she was with Daryl. Tara on the way to Terminus. Now Annie on the way back home.
- Glens "death": My first thought was there's no way he survived and I was bummed he was gone. I was both looking forward to and dreading Glens comic arc, and was somewhat disappointed thinking it wasn't going to happen on screen. Plus I really liked Steve Yeun's portrayal of Glen and would miss him on the show. After watching Talking Dead, then watching the scene several times, and now all the social media buzz, I'm pretty sure he survived. That being said, I'm with
Bigdaddy .. "HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE
COCK-A-DOODIE CAR!"
- Glad Daryl circled back around to stick with the plan. The way things are going, that POS car Abe and Sasha are driving is going to stall and they will get over run.
- Ricks final scene in the RV: He just gives his stick to the plan speech, because sticking to the plan is for everyone back home, and heading back to Alexandria would be for them. He is now faced with knowing that the dudes that just tried to kill him, have come from his home and have possibly killed his family. However, it is somewhat convenient that the RV won't start. If it was running, then it would be a true test for Rick to stick to the plan and lead the herd away with the RV, or to gun it back home and go to his kids. Since it's stalled, he really doesn't have a choice but to run back to Alexandria, or button it up and sit tight while the herd passes by.