7.16 Finale Synopsis (LONG Read)

Time jumps around in this episode going back to season 6 plus back and forth through season 7 events so it is confusing to read.

Carol doesn't have much interaction with Team Family in the finale.

We open seeing Sasha listening to music, a soft, jazzy type brass song as she wears white earbuds in darkness. Is she in her cell again or somewhere else? She is surrounded by darkness and the screen is focused on her face. Her eyes are wide open but she is focused on something we cannot see yet. She is in the past, reliving what led her to this point in her life:

"Hey darling, she says slowly, "wake up".

The scene changes instantly and Sasha is asleep on a sofa at the ASZ. "Hey darlin, wake up" Abe says softly. Sasha wakes up. "What is it? Do we need to..." she asks Abe.He cuts her off with "No, no, no, we're ok for now", he says to her.

Sasha sits up and kisses Abe passionately, cupping his right ear with her left hand. She kisses him a few more times, soft kisses. They pull apart slowly from the kisses. [They are both dressed like they were in 6.16 before the main group decided to take Maggie to the Hilltop to see Dr Carson and check on the baby.]

"Well good afternoon to you ', Abe says to her, smiling at her. "You're here" she says to him. "Yeah and I'm feeling all kinds of glad to see you right now" Abe replies, as she continues touching him, stroking his face with her left hand and thumb.She keeps her right hand firmly holding his shoulder.

"Are they back?", she asks Abe. "Not yet" he says, continuing. "I know you are pulling late shift and you went out tonight so I didn't want to wake you. Maggie's in trouble."

Sasha is shocked, "What?" Abe tells here "Something with the baby, Rick's taking her to the doctor at Hilltop. He doesn't know it yet but I'm going with him." The camera switches from Abe to Sasha's face as she listens.

"I just- I know we just started this" Abe tells Sasha, "But I wanted you to-" "Don't", Sasha says, "Don't what?" Abe asks her. "Don't go" Sasha implores him.

“Hey darling wake up” Negan opens the cell door and stands in the doorway with a huge domed tray in hand- a silvery dome like those used in restaurants and banquets. “Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life he says to her”

"Negan leans against the wall of the cell talking with Sasha. She refuses to look Negan in the eye or at his face as he speaks. "You are smart, hot as hell, dignified as shite and you don't suffer one goddamned fool. No one is gonna want to watch you die. I don't want to see that. So, you don't have to. But someone does. Maybe a couple of us tops. But not you and not most people. We are gonna help solve some shite Tuck in, Big day," as he lifts the domed cover off the tray showing a plate with reveals pancakes with blueberries arranged as eyes and a smiley face plus a strawberry garnish in the upper right part of the plate. The breakfast also has green melon slices, scrambled eggs and what looks like ham or bacon.

Sasha asks him "what do you need from me?", still refusing to look Negan in the eye.

The scene changes to Maggie and Sasha, dressed in light colored clothing, sitting together side by side. They look as they did in season 5 when they bonded over losing Beth and Tyreese, just before Aaron found introduced himself to them. Maggie's hair is short and current though , not longer as it was in season 5.Brief piano music is heard and then the scene switches to a shot of Daryl.

Daryl and Dwight stare at each other for a long moment. Dwight is still on his knees as Rick hold him at gunpoint while Tara, Rosita, Daryl, Michonne and X watch. They are in a dark room. Dwight says "Look at me" Rick "Why?"

Dwight "'Cause I want him stopped. I want Negan dead." Rick 'So why don't you kill him?" Dwight responds "it can't just be me. They're all Negan."

Tara steps up, bends down close to Dwight's face, her voice full of anger, "That girl you murdered, she had a name. Her name was Denise and she was a doctor and she helped people."

Dwight looks at the floor for a second, then says,"I wasn't aiming for her." Daryl explodes, grabs Dwight and slams him up against the wall. He has a knife ready to plunge into Dwight's eye and skull.

"Do it, do it", Tara urges Daryl.

Dwight chokes out a whispered " (garbled) end it this way. You go ahead. I'm sorry, I am" In a normal voice he goes on "I know you really want to." to Daryl who stll holds the knife right next to his eye. The knife trmebles a bit as Daryl holds himself back from killing Dwight as he is tempted to do

Rick breaks in "He could just be here to see if you were here." to Daryl. "We can't trust him", Michonne says

"He owned me" Dwight says, "But not any more. What I did, (short pause ) I was doing for someone else. She's gone away so now I'm here. (music starts) "So are you, because of her" at Daryl who continues staring into Dwight's eye, knife still in Dwight's face.

A short silent pause broken by Tara "Do it!" Dwight says "There's another choice." Tara, "Daryl you knew her."

Dwight interrupts, speaking despite the knife still being held right at his face: "There is another choice. If we work together we can stop them. You knew me then and you know me now, you know I'm not lying. I'm not."

Tara says "Do it, do it!" but Daryl withdraws the knife from Dwight's face. Rick has moved over to the side of Daryl and Daryl. Dwight breathes heavily in relief as the knife goes down. Rosita speaks from across the room "They have Sasha," as the camera moves over to Rosita, standing next to Tara, "if she's even alive " Rosita says.

"Why didn't you say something, " Jesus asks, 'He could be our only chance to get her back." Rosita answers, "Because I don't trust him. But I trust Daryl."

Dwight continues "Negan's coming soon. Tomorrow. Three trucks probably, 20 Saviours and him. I can slow him down, brings down some trees down in the road. Buy a little time for you guys to get ready", as the camera moves to Rick's face as he and Daryl exchange a look.

Dwight goes on "If you can take them out, that's where we start. You kill them, I 'll radio back to the Sanctuary. Rick interrupts him, 'The Sanctuary?"

"Where Negan lives, " Dwight answers, "That's what they call it."

Dwight "I can radio back to them that everything's ok. You drive the trucks back, I can lead you right inside. And with the right plan, we can wipe out the rest. Check to see if your friend is still alive. (short pause) Then we get the workers on our side, build the numbers up and go outpost to outpost and end this."

(the camera moves from Dwight to Daryl's face as he stares right into Dwight's eyes. Then it pans back to Rosita and Tara, then over to Michonne and Jesus while Rick stands at Daryl's right side,

Rick says,"Keep talking"

The scene switches from the jail cell to outside at the ASZ, where Rick and Daryl stand side by side watching Dwight walk over to his truck to leave. Rick, "We just started it, the whole thing." Daryl responds, "If he's lying, I'm gonna kill him real slow. (the camera moves back to show Tara sitting alone on the steps to Daryl's right, watching them.)

Daryl continues, "When this is done, I don't give a damn if he's sorry. I will kill that son of a bitch."
Rick "If he's lying, this is already over.", as Rick turns and walks away. Daryl looks over to his right and sees Tara staring hard at him before he backs out of the frame and the scene ends.

This post was edited on 3/28/17 at 11:10 pm

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Back to Sasha in the weird darkness wearing the white earbuds and listening to a Donny Hathaway song on her MP3 player. "Someday, we'll all be free, yeah" Hathaway sings. (we will learn later that is it is Donny Hathaway singing) Sasha's eyes are open wide and her lips move a little. "Oh, I gotta go" she says softly.

Suddenly she's back at the ASZ with Abe who says, "I gotta go. Fact is , I figured we'd-" Sasha cuts him off looking confused, "I had a dream. You-" Abe interrupts her smiling, You had a dream about me?" he asks her. "You died" she says, looking confused still.

Scene changes to a shot of Sasha's plate of pancakes with blueberry eyes as Negan says (unseen) "That's the plan. That's what I need from you. (camera moves to Negan speaking with Sasha) "And when you come out, not a peep. They will stand down if they haven't already." Sasha again refuses to look directly at Negan who continues "And then Lucille, she gets her three. And then we move forward with the new understanding. "

Sasha is visibly distressed, her brow furrowed and her expression upset. She shakes her head a little and puts her right hand to her face. Negan says, "Are you shitting me? Is that real? Sasha turns to look at Negan and says " I can do it but no one has to die." "You're wrong, he says, "Punishment, can't do anything without that. Punishment is how we've built everything we have."

Sasha, "You think I'm going to sit here and let you-" "Careful!" Negan barks at her angrily. "You are not letting me do anything. " They stare at each other silently for a second before Sasha says slowly and firmly, "No one has to die."

Negan smiles, tosses his head and says "Ok. How about this, one?" Just one. I mean I was gonna pull three out of the pool but just one and just for you." Sasha still looks distressed and upset, but she looks at Negan and says resolutely "OK, just one person has to die." Her expression clears and she looks less distraught than before. Almost as if she has made a decision of some kind or found peace.

Negan laughs, gets up off the floor of the cell, says "You've got me wrapped around your little finger, you know that, and it's not a man-woman kind of thing. I mean if you had a dick, I would still have these feelings. We roll out in forty-five. " as he leaves her cell. "

Then, another shot of Sasha and Maggie together there is a Maggie scene at the Hilltop where Maggie is deciding whether to follow rick's orders and stay at Hilltop out of the fighting, or take her group into the battle.

The Kingdom

"This is the scene in the sneak peek:

Location: Travelling outside The Kingdom and find a row of shopping carts set up the way Richard had them in New Best Friends.

Carol is in full on badass mode. She’s surrounded by 7-9 Kingdom soldiers: Daniel, the hot red-headed one, Dianne, sweet Jerry, and 3 or 4 others, including at least one on a horse who’s holding a flag. Carol’s clearly the one in charge. She’s like a Four-star General in King Ezekiel’s army. As they approach the shopping carts blocking their path, she tells them, “Guns up now!”

They all listen, guns at the ready. Did I mention Carol’s dressed in armor like the rest of the soldiers and she looks hot as hell? Well, now I did and she does.

One of the soldiers says, “What the hell. He’s dead.” He’s talking about Richard.

Carol asks, “What is it?”

Diane to Carol: “We’ve seen this before.”

Morgan suddenly appears from behind a light-colored car. He’s also dressed in Kingdom armor and carrying his sharpened stick. The others hear him before they see him, and point their guns in his direction before quickly lowering them. They clearly are surprised to see him.

It’s obvious Morgan heard their conversation because he responds, “The same ones.” He talking about the shopping carts.

Jerry asks him, “Are you okay?”

Carol makes her way over to Morgan. “Are you going to ambush them on your own?”

He tells her, “Yeah.”

Carol is not happy and looks at him with concern. “Going alone doesn’t work for this.”

Morgan’s face says it all. He doesn’t give a damn and tells her, “Works for me.”

Morgan and Carol are standing less than a foot apart but he seems uncomfortable under her gaze. He doesn’t look directly at her until she asks, “Did you kill any of them? Because if you have and they found out and they think it was the Kingdom then we lose our advantage.” She’s direct and looks him in the eyes when she speaks, but her voice is soft here.

Morgan points his stick in the direction of the shopping carts and says, “From walkers.”

Daniel walks up and asks, “Can we move them aside?’ At the same time King Ezekiel appears. Daniel, and a brown hair soldier start moving the carts. King Ezekiel approaches Morgan. This is the first time we see him in the shot. Carol steps back and walks away.

Shiva growls. We hear her but can’t see her.

King Ezekiel to Morgan, “Do you seek to extinguish everything of who you were?”

Morgan body language is turned away from the King, just like it was with Carol. He’s uncomfortable and having trouble meeting the King’s eyes when he admits, “I don’t seek it, but I’m stuck.”

King Ezekiel: “You want the Saviors dead? Morgan!”

For the first time Morgan looks directly at the King. He’s angry when he answers, “Yes, I do.” Morgan once again looks away, and keeps looking off into the distance.

King Ezekiel: “Cease this folly. Accompany my regiment. The Saviors are a dragon with many heads and numbers legion. We must seek allies in this endeavor.”

King Ezekiel looks at what Morgan’s wearing: “That’s Benjamin’s armor.”

Hearing Benjamin’s name gets a reaction out of Morgan. He turns his head to look at the Ezekiel before quickly looking away again.

Knowing he struck a chord, Ezekiel asks, “Do you wear it to serve you or do you wear it in his honor?”

Morgan is looking down and does not answer, but does look back up when he hears his name.

King Ezekiel: “Morgan, you are not stuck. Join us on this journey to create an alliance. Fight with us and we shall defeat them so that no one will suffer under their capricious malevolence ever again.”

Morgan shakes his head and then nods

King Ezekiel calls out to the rest of the group before turning and walking towards them: “And we start out once more for the fallen, for the Kingdom, and the glory of victory. As King moves to take Shiva’s chain from Diane, we see Carol watching Morgan.

The groups starts to move forward – the shopping carts no longer in their way. Carol and King Ezekiel walk together with Shiva between them. She’s not afraid of Shiva. No one in the group is. Carol gives King Ezekiel a look as if to say good job for convincing Morgan to join them.

Morgan follows behind.

The Scavengers ride in on bicycles and garbage trucks. Jadis looks around and turns to Rick and says "what you fight for?" Rick says "not the place, the people (he looks at Michonne). Each other. You're part of that now." Jadis looks at Michonne, gestures to Rick and says "yours"? Michonne says "We're together." Jadis says - I listened more than once -" I lay with the leader, you care?" Michonne says "We should get back to work. Rick looks creeped out."

Then a brief scene in which the Saviours find the blocked road and speculate that Rick and group had downed the trees. Eugene comes up with a plan to clear the road.

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