The Walking Dead: Go Getters

I was glad to get away from Alexandria, as the episode entitled “Go Getters” focused on Maggie’s arrival to the Hilltop community along with Sasha. It also marked the return of the characters Jesus, who has a strong resemblance of the deity in Christianity and also has some ninja fighting and tracking skills to boot.

Maggie

The whole Negan debacle started with Rick and company trying to get medical help for a pregnant Maggie and ended in Abraham and Glenn’s death. Well, Maggie finally arrived at the Hilltop and was able to get the medical attention she needed. With the baby doing fine, she and Sasha have to cope with the loss of their respective loved ones. That doesn’t mean that they still can’t crush a horde of zombies in their state of mourning, as highlighted by Maggie running through about a dozen of them with a tractor in the most fun scene of this season so far. Sasha is now her protector and determined to have them be able to stay at Hilltop for the duration of Maggie’s pregnancy.

Jesus

We only briefly got to see Jesus on the screen last season. His initial episode with Rick and Daryl was a bit silly, but it gave a glimpse of the skills he brings to the table. Apparently, the Hilltop community consists of a bunch of cowards since only Jesus, Maggie, and Sasha were out fighting the horde of zombies let into their community courtesy of the Saviors. I enjoyed this zombie crushing scene where a car blasting music was let into the gates with several fires set, attracting the nearby zombies. Although those three characters came off strong, the rest of the community couldn’t appear weaker or more feeble.

Gregory

What’s with this community anyway? I’m not sure how many people live at the Hilltop, but I find it hard to believe that they can’t come up with a better leader than Gregory. He was so utterly clueless and cowardly, yet still manages to have a really high opinion of himself. He tried to sell out Maggie and Sasha to the saviors, and wound up losing a case of Scotch in the process. I’m guessing that Gregory doesn’t survive long in this world.

Carl

I’m not a fan of either Carl or Enid, so their torrid teen romance and roller skating around the apocalypse didn’t do a whole lot for me. Carl is starting to grow up and develop some backbone, but I get the strong feeling that he’s overmatched going after Neegan and will only slow down Jesus as he tries to track Neegan’s location.

We started to see the beginning of a movement to fight back against Negan, although Rick is squarely not in this camp at this point. It’s sort of like the rebel alliance in the original Star Wars movies. Other than Jesus, I’m not seeing anyone at the Hilltop that could come close to doing anything to the Saviors. It will be a long, uphill struggle for them.