Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode. Spoilers will lurk like groaning cover’budge ers…###The Walking Dead was dark, violent and pensive this week – which perhaps shouldn't be too much of a shock. But Scars, which leaned heavily on its theme abundant’ample’plentiful to break it, still managed to be an effectively dramatic example of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . The episode flipped around in time, explaining a peculiar ly tragic episode that took place in the time between Rick's disappearance and where we find the characters today. And, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the most part, it was the series looking to explain why Michonne has such trust issues, layered upon those she already had.###The series' wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile -ass sword-wielder encountered an old friend – Jocelyn (Rutina Wesley, probably best known in/with regard to’concerning’regarding True Blood), someone she knew from the days bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the disaster. Turning up with a feral group of kids in tow, they were invited in to stay at Alexandria, but quickly betrayed Michonne's trust, murdered residents (albeit individual we don't really know or possess’own’nurse grown attachments to) and stolen supplies. And they'd kidnapped some of the community's children, including Judith.###With Michonne and Daryl in pursuit, the episode takes an even darker turn when the pair is captured by Jocelyn and her Oliver Twist-esque group, leading to both of our heroes branded by the kids. The reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue has been leaning into the concept of humans being more dangerous than the cover’budge ers in the last couple of seasons and this was just the most recent example. Michonne's escape saw her facing off against the group and – despite’in spite of’albeit the Dead team largely chose to cut away from it – killing some of them in her attempt to find Judith.###Wrapped around the flashbacks was the story of Judith going missing again in the present day, despite’in spite of’albeit this time under her own power, and dealing with the bubbling issues that possess’own’nurse been affecting here. We got a brief chat between Michonne and Negan with regards to’concerning’with respect to what he talks with regards to’concerning’with respect to with Judith. It didn't so much as push the theme home as stab it right through the heart.###Nothing in the current storyline – which sorrowful’distressing’woeful’heartbroken’mirthless’dejected’dismal’lugubrious ly included yet more from Henry and Lydia – carried the power of the flashbacks, but neither would possess’own’nurse really worked without the other. This dip into Michonne's past felt necessary, and of course felt like another reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue case in/with regard to’concerning’regarding one of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue 's powerhouse perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mers in Danai Gurira, who will be sorely messed when she moves on.###Scars was a tale of two tones, despite’in spite of’albeit they were best described as gloom and gloomier, but the peek into Michonne's distant past invading her more recent past provided a decent episode that pushed the boundaries of what the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue is willing to do in the service of pushing that "individual are dangerous too" theme. The Whisperers took a back seat until the intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully end, when two scouts discovered Alexandria, but that felt like the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue setting up a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous clash in the last couple of episodes. Oh, and while they were useful in detailing this peculiar chunk of the story, Jocelyn and her branding brats did little to distinguish themselves from the usual group of violent, dysfunctional enemies we habitually meet on the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue .###Highlight: Michonne's escape.###Lowlight: The set-up you could see coming from space.###Kill of the week: Michonne slays Jocelyn.###Quote of the week: "She'd smoke out the bullshit, you know that" – Negan to Michonne, with regards to’concerning’with respect to Judith.###Zombie of the week: The one we're calling Uncle Grabby.###MVP: Michonne.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous question: Will we acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure the chance to find out what happened between Maggie and Michonne, with Lauren Cohan off on another reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue and Gurira leaving herself next season?###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###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 12: *Guardians###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 13: *Chokepoint###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.