As the Reapers ambush the scavenging team in the woods, Cole is cornered and killed by a Reaper after getting his throat slit, while Duncan,
Gabriel, and
Negan are wounded in the process; the group scatters. The following day,
Maggie continues to be hunted by two Reapers, but later joins up with Negan and
Alden in an abandoned
department store. There, Maggie and Negan fend off Reapers, killing one together and begin escorting a badly injured Alden to safety. The trio continues on and reunites with Duncan and Agatha as the former is dying from his wounds; Duncan implores Maggie to get Agatha home safe before dying and being put down by Maggie. Meanwhile, outside of Alexandria,
Carol,
Rosita,
Magna, and Kelly retrieve some of the community's escaped
horses. Though many of the horses have been killed by walkers, the group finds four surviving horses and secure them at an abandoned farm. By evening, Gabriel has recovered from an injury inflicted during the attack and finds a mortally wounded Reaper. The man (
Hans Christopher) asks Gabriel to pray with him, insisting that he should pray for his enemies, saying that he thought Gabriel "was a man of God," but Gabriel says "God isn't here anymore" and executes him. Across the forest, Negan's group then continues into the woods, only for Agatha to be bitten by a walker. As she is quickly overwhelmed and devoured, Agatha orders Maggie to move on without her; Maggie is dragged away by Negan when she refuses to leave. Carol and her group bring the four horses back to Alexandria; the retrieval of the animals brings a sense of hope to the community. However, Carol is forced to slaughter one of them to provide food for the starving people. Tension also continues to grow between Carol and Magna, and Magna believes that they should tell Kelly that Connie is dead, despite neither knowing if she's alive or not. Taking shelter in a church with Negan and Alden, Maggie remains determined to retrieve supplies from the
supply depot in Arbor Hills. Alden insists he is too injured to continue and requests to be left behind; Negan implores Maggie to make the call, but she defiantly blames him for
the fall of the Hilltop. However, Negan is undeterred and insists Maggie needs to decide what to do nonetheless. She ultimately agrees to obey Alden's wishes; she continues on with Negan, though she quickly becomes uncomfortable when Negan kills a walker with a
crowbar in a similar fashion to how he
killed Glenn. == Reception ==