Negan and his men escape in their vehicles being bombarded with gunfire. Michonne is the head of security and they are now led by a council. Before they can investigate further, Savior lookouts open fire. Rick assumes his position at the front gate, with Jadis crouching by his feet, hidden from view. As they drive away, the three decide to split up and warn the communities. People began to settle and grow relationships, such as Denise and Tara living together and Rick and Michonne growing closer. Ohio Congresswoman The evacuees used the supplies for their survival, including construction materials from a shopping mall nearby, which were used to build the wall. The attack was repelled when Glenn, Enid, Daryl, Sasha and Abraham returned with a fuel truck, filled the lake with fuel and ignited it. Glenn represents hopes and beliefs in people, he always represented hope. Negan screams to Simon that they need to put Plan B into action. He meets Spencer at the gate, who was preparing to leave the safe zone with Rosita to scavenge for supplies.

Later that day Rick is confronted in his bedroom by a frustrated Michonne, who wants to fight the Saviors. They go back to Alexandria, where Tara tells Rick about In the Alexandria prison cell, Rick and the group interrogate Dwight. He laments that they didn't end the conflict when they attacked the compound, but rather, as Morgan said, they "started something". Reg Monroe was the person behind the engineering of the wall, designing it to be strong enough to withstand the walkers. During the trip, Denise tries to demonstrate her readiness to confront the word, but on the way back, she is shot through the eye with a crossbow bolt, killing her. They eventually find a school once used as a temporary military base, filled with walkers that are still wearing their guns. With Glenn, Daryl, Rosita and Michonne still gone, Rick takes as many as he can with him in the RV including Carl, Sasha, Abraham, Eugene and Aaron to escort Maggie to Hilltop to Dr. Carson, and leaves Gabriel in charge of Alexandria. Laura and Dwight leave the place while Daryl's group follows them. The next day they depart to the Hilltop alongside Tara, Rosita, and Carl and are reunited there with Maggie, Sasha, Daryl, Jesus, and Enid. Rick greets Jadis inside the gate.

Gabriel is optimistic that they will prevail in the end, despite Rick's insistence that there is no way out. Rick sees a deer and attempts to shoot it but falls off the ferris wheel he had climbed. After listening to his plan, Negan confronts him outright, asking why he's not doing it himself. With food low and a new alliance on the table, there are no objections to the plan from the Alexandrians, except Morgan. On his way to Negan he stops by Rosita’s house and reveals that he’s planning to get close to Negan so he can strike against him at some point in the future. A few days later, Negan arrives at Alexandria with over 30 Saviors and a captive Daryl, to pick up half of Alexandria's offerings. Rick leads the Scavengers to the Sanctuary only to discover piles of dead walkers.

Was passiert bei der Verwandlung zum Zombie? He says that they need to be prepared to lose one another in the upcoming war, because their struggle is no longer about themselves, but about building a future worth living. The next morning, Michonne expresses Maggie's concern about an impending attack by the Saviors, but Rick is confident that if any surviving Saviors attack the community, they'll be ready.