As Frost writhes on that tree, Daryl looks just as concerned about her ruthlessness as his pal’s demise. This speech buys Maggie’s crew enough time to flee, but Daryl and Leah’s future isn’t looking rosy. Carter’s antagonism forces Daryl to step up his thespian game: He promises Leah that he’s only here for her and admits that although Pope scares the shit out of him, Daryl will trust him if Leah says to do so. To be fair to Carter, his instincts are rather on point: He’s suspicious of Daryl’s motives (as he should be) and thinks something’s not right inside the house (as proven by the trap door he discovers under a rug). Carter seems to have feelings that run deeper than battlefield bonding, but then again, as Leah notes, he also let her walk into a shack that was about to be set on fire. The two Reapers have a tight bond, having pledged always to have each’s other’s back, as they say. His reward for honesty: Pope eventually kills him and ties his zombified body to a tree.Īlmost as tense as the search of Maggie’s safe house is the constant bickering between Daryl and Carver, Leah’s right-hand hitman. Instead, Frost reveals the actual location of the safe house. His efforts to get Frost to spill is almost laughable: “So just say a location so we can all walk away happy!” Why won’t Frost just make something up? Sure, he might be a dead man later, but at least it could buy him and Daryl some time. But when fingernail torture quickly escalates to severing fingers, Daryl struggles not to break character. Still playing the role of a drifter with no allegiance to Maggie’s group, he’s quick to help Pope interrogate Frost for info on her whereabouts. Let’s briefly examine what’s happening with the Reapers and Daryl’s budding acting career.

But here, it’s long-lost Connie and Virgil who deliver one of the show’s most harrowing, genuinely frightening tales in a long, long time. Pope’s psycho ex-military crew is formidable, but as villainous gangs go, they don’t rank up there with the Saviors or the Whisperers in terms of muscle, mayhem, or a charismatic leader most of the drama in that storyline thus far is carried by Daryl and Leah, as we wonder if she’s too far gone to be redeemed. The spider’s web in the opening scene serves as a fitting metaphor for an episode about captivity - Connie trapped in a house of horrors, and Daryl all tangled up in the schemes of the Reapers. Photo: Josh Stringer/AMC/B) 2021 AMC Film Holdings LLC.

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