![]() This is interesting new territory for the show to explore, but there’s most likely a limit on how far audience sympathy can go. The Saviors certainly seem to view them as monsters, and the Ricketeers have given them plenty of reasons to believe so. When the Ricketeers face their reckoning with Negan (who’s obviously still out there, even if you haven’t seen the casting news), it will be tough to say they didn’t bring it upon themselves. Obviously, the show is establishing that Rick and the others are going too far, but in doing so it may be creating a situation that will be difficult to walk back from down the line. And when Rick and the others show up with Primo, he claims to be Negan, so Rick shoots him point-blank in the face. Neither of them seem particularly enthusiastic about the final bit, but they still do it. Once they’re free, Maggie and Carol brutally murder the Saviors (including impaling poor Paula with a zombie who bites her face off), then lure Paula’s backup to their location and burn them alive. We’re getting close to the point (and honestly may have passed it this episode) where it’s difficult to root for the Ricketeers. ![]() Turns out it’s harder to murder someone if you have a long conversation with them first. She even gives Paula the chance to run, but Paula stays to fight. She genuinely doesn’t want to kill the Saviors, and when she and Maggie free themselves, she just wants to leave, but Maggie insists they finish the Saviors off. If Carol was feeling self-doubt about her killing before, this episode looks to give her a full-on complex. When Carol cites the attack as the reason the Ricketeers struck the Saviors, one of the Saviors suggests that their group “probably put on a big show.” They certainly seemed willing to kill Sasha and Abraham, but that might not be the Saviors’ usual modus operandi. '11 Minutes' Is an Agonizing, Aimless Recap of the 2017 Las Vegas ShootingĮven the group that attacked Daryl and the others back in “No Way Out” are reassessed. But it’s still welcome to have antagonists that behave like rational people.įun Netflix Docuseries 'Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga' Will Make You Learn Something If this episode has a downside, it’s that the Saviors line up with Carol and Maggie a little too neatly, and a lot of the points here were made more efficiently last episode. Meanwhile, Maggie is interrogated by a Savior who was also pregnant. She’s reasonable enough to keep Maggie and Carol alive to eventually make a deal for the Savior, Primo, that Rick and the others captured at the end of the last episode. Still, she’s not a two-dimensional monster. ![]() Particular attention is paid to Paula, played by the always welcome Alicia Witt, who is portrayed as a sort of Ghost of Christmas Future for Carol: a woman who kills remorselessly in order to survive and has no qualms about it. While “Not Tomorrow Yet” suggested that the Saviors and the Ricketeers weren’t all that different, “The Same Boat” makes it explicit, as we get to know the group that captured Carol and Maggie. It’s another strong episode after last week’s season high-point, and a sort of thematic two-parter with that episode. LAST WEEK’S EPISODE: ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6 Episode 12, ‘Not Tomorrow Yet’: Storm’s A-Brewin’ Whose Episode Is It?Ĭarol and Maggie are the focus, since the entire episode is about their time as the Saviors’ captives.
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