Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode. Spoilers will lurk like groaning cover’budge ers…###This week's episode was largely a meditation on leadership, and different attitudes to maintaining control in an apocalyptic world. Unin/with regard to’concerning’regarding tunately, none of the examples presented led to exactly compelling drama or anything in the way of new material in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . If anything, Guardians felt like the wheels spinning again, letting time pass until enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger events arrive. There is an undertone to be found discussing the security concerns that possess’own’nurse flooded the world in the last couple of decades, but The Walking Dead is rarely the place in/with regard to’concerning’regarding nuanced discussion of such things.###A enormous’vast’massive’tremendous chunk was given over to more of Alpha demonstrating how she maintains her stranglehold on the Whispers by behaving like, well, an alpha. Challenges to her power are met with violence and swift justice, despite’in spite of’albeit you do possess’own’nurse to wonder if her rule would be half as effective without Beta (Ryan Hurst) backing her up. Still, Samantha Morton's quiet power as the propel n alpha makes it work. Just with regards to’concerning’with respect to .###The trouble with this deeper delve into the Whisperers is that it's all coming across just a tick away on the scale from how Negan bepossess’own’nurse d, and the Governor bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e him. There's the dictator and their followers, with just the faces and one or two tactics changing, the same idea in a new skin, which seems fitting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding this group.###Talking of Negan, he got a chance to chat with Michonne, and explained why he came back. He feels he has something to offer as a in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer leader, and can be a "sounding board" in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her, who he claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate s is in peril of losing control at Alexandria. And what do you know? Some of his words actually seem to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure through to her, as she relents on the issue of attending the trade fair with the other communities.###Michonne is indeed having issues with the rest of the Alexandria council, who are chafing against her control. For now, her approve’ consent’endorse’applaud ing to give the council more of a voice has headed off major problems, but expect that to be tested again when the shockwaves of Daryl's setting a herd of cover’budge ers on the Whisperers reaches our heroes. We doubt Alpha will just let that slide…###Another drag of an episode, with just a couple of highlights (and not just Dog reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ing that while he's learning how to collect crossbow bolts in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Daryl, he's still learning), mostly thanks to Morton's work. Henry remains utterly annoying, even while barely saying a word and anyone who didn't see the herd invasion twist coming eliminate’remove ly has never watched TV bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e. Let's hope an upswing is on the way bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e too long, lest we possess’own’nurse to endure another scene of Eugene explaining why Gabriel should stay with Rosita despite her carrying another man's child. We really hope he was working on that chart in his spare time and not, say, when he should've been doing something more useful…###Highlight: Alpha dominates.###Lowlight: Gabriel wavers.###Kill of the week: Sean and his as-yet-unnamed girlfriend meet their end at Alpha's hands.###Quote of the week: "You're so stupid!" – Lydia, to Henry. Welcome the club!###Zombie of the week: A largely generic herd this week, despite’in spite of’albeit the shot of Beta scalping one was suitably gross.###MVP: Alpha###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous question: The Whisperer storyline goes intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully differently in the comics. We can likely expect an earlier clash between Alpha's gang and the communities. But in/with regard to’concerning’regarding all their bravado, are the Whisperers a threat now they've been hurt – and if the communities can work toacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure her?###Read this season's reviews###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 1: *A New Beginning###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 2: *The Bridge###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 3: *Warning Signs###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 4: *The Obliged###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 5: *What Comes After###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 6: *Who Are You Now?###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 7: *Stradivarius###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 8: *Evolution###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 9: *Adaptation###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 10: *Omega###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 11: *Bounty###Read last season's reviews below…###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 1: *Mercy###The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 3: *Monsters###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 9: *Honor###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 10: *The Lost And The Plunderers###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 11: *Dead Or Alive Or###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 12: *The Key###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 13: *Do Not Send Us Astray###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 14: *Still Gotta Mean Something###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 15: *Worth###The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9pm on AMC in the States and Mondays at 9pm on Fox.