Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode. Spoilers will lurk like groaning cover’budge ers…###The Obliged, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding much of the episode's running time, almost feels like a budacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure -saving exercise, the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue pinching pennies so as to afin/with regard to’concerning’regarding d a blowout next week (more on why in a moment). That said some of the scenes that are simply two individual talking are actually more compelling than enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger action moments, despite’in spite of’albeit there's at least a couple that work. Our initial focus is Michonne, caught between her duties as Alexandria and her propel to go out and keep killing cover’budge ers. Writer Geraldine Inoa and director Rosemary Rodriguez provide Danai Gurira with some well-considered scenes, and of course she crushes them. We'd question some lack of subtlety (the series has rarely been able to put in/with regard to’concerning’regarding eshadowing in without announcing it through a megaphone) with her discovering Lucille out in the woods, pointing to her later verbal sparring with Negan, but it's eased away by the startling image of a black cover’budge er hanged, which gives her pause and sees her sideswiped by a cover’budge er, fighting in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her life.###Her scenes with Negan also work, Jeffrey Dean Morgan allowed to play some truly different sides to the man, even if he is still the slippery snake trying to slide his way past her defences. It was still a refreshing transform’alter to see him transform’alter gears from his usual snarky self, and both actors did fine work in those scenes.###Elsewhere, Maggie and Darryl's Big Plan To Kill Negan has yet to bear fruit, and largely seems to be a spur in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the dramatic finale (again, we'll acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure there). It leads to more tension between Rick and Darryl, and while their fight scene is a little stupid, the result of them falling into a pit (they might want to call Leslie Knope to help with that{:rel=nofollow}) is both a decent stand-off between the two (perhaps the last they'll ever possess’own’nurse ) and a nicely tense scene where it starts raining (well, more of a reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue er) cover’budge ers down upon them, and they possess’own’nurse to team up to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure out. The arguments they put in/with regard to’concerning’regarding th in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Rick's plan in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the future and why it might not work are both actually compelling.###And yes, it all leads to the cliffhanger at the end. Rick, offering to lead a herd of zombies away from the camp, finds himself trapped when the second herd spooks his horse and he's left impaled on some rebar. Zombies to the left of him, cover’budge ers to the right, here he is, run through the middle with a bloody great bar. It's a creepy, tension filled way to wrap things up, despite’in spite of’albeit we possess’own’nurse to question whether this is actually the way Rick Grimes goes out. Tune in next week to see…###But wait! There was more. The Saviors' continued wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile behaviour remains the least compelling element, but their discointensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully of Oceanside's offing of their members and declaration of war does at least ramp things up a little. Mostly, it was a chance in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Jed to once again totally underestimate Carol. Some lessons just don't stick, we suppose. And as in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Anne and Gabriel? Their scenes mostly felt like a way in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the pair to say rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent bye, filler material bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e we eventually’ultimately learn who the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer has been talking to (this year's enormous’vast’massive’tremendous wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile s, no doubt).###This season has so far been a mixed one; while some elements possess’own’nurse been watchable and it's a blessed relief to be away from the driving misery of All Out War, there are still times it feels as despite’in spite of’albeit the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue doesn't quite know how to sustain any plotline. Perhaps next week's entry – not-so-coincidentally Andrew Lincoln's swan song as Rick – will be the kick in the pants it needs as it begins the dive towards the end of this half-season.###Highlight: The pit!###Lowlight: Stand-off at the bridge camp.###Kill of the week: Darryl's two-knife, no-waiting zombie kill.###Quote of the week: "You keep askin' us to possess’own’nurse faith in all these other individual . But the truth is, you don't possess’own’nurse abundant’ample’plentiful faith in us." Darryl, to Rick in the pit.###Zombie of the week: The poor fellow Michonne uses like a piece of fruit, slicing his head in two.###MVP: Michonne, and, to a lesser extent, Negan.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous question: We'll possess’own’nurse to wait to see how the Rick situation (the Rick-uation?) resolves, but hands up who claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate he'll be saved at the last minute, merely’barely to die some other way. Anyone else wondering if he might just forego on eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullyone and strike out on his own? Surely not, given Judith and Michonne in his life? Does the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue really want to just kill off Lincoln, never to return? (Except in potential flashbacks – the actor is, after all, scheduled to be back to direct an episode, so they could always possess’own’nurse something ready in/with regard to’concerning’regarding him).###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###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.