Chapter 53

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This chapter is all in Third persons view.

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Rick and the group enter the Alexandria Safe-Zone and are met by Nicholas

Rick and the group enter the Alexandria Safe-Zone and are met by Nicholas

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who asks the group to surrender their weapons. When Rick refuses, Aaron suggests he first meets their leader, Deanna Monroe. Deanna, who first discloses to Rick that she was a former Ohio congressperson, explains that Northern Virginia was effectively evacuated but the Army redirected her to the recently constructed planned community with its own solar grid, water cisterns and eco-based sewage filtration. Her architect husband Reg started building the walls and they've been lucky with very few people around, living or dead. Deanna interviews the group members individually, documenting the conversations on camera. During his interview, Rick warns her not to accept strangers, to which she retorts that he is already protecting the Safe-Zone. While being interviewed,  Carol lies about her past, implying that she has few survival skills and was merely a "den mother" for the group.

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After hesitantly surrendering the weapons, the survivors are given housing, complete with electricity and hot water, and begin meeting the other residents. An elderly couple are enthused about Judith, having not seen a baby for a long time. Rick meets Jessie Anderson,

a former stylist who gives him a haircut, while Carl, Hunter and Crystal meet the local youth, whose latest member is Enid

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a former stylist who gives him a haircut, while Carl, Hunter and Crystal meet the local youth, whose latest member is Enid

a former stylist who gives him a haircut, while Carl, Hunter and Crystal meet the local youth, whose latest member is Enid

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a young survivor recently brought in from the outside. While pleased with their protection, the group is unimpressed with the residents' survival skills, especially Carl, who notes to his father that the comfort in which they live has made them weak.

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Carl notices Enid sneaking out of the Safe-Zone and follows her over the wall but loses track of her in the woods. He instead meets Rick, who is attempting to retrieve the pistol he stashed in a blender, only to find it is missing. Rick and Carl team up to kill a group of walkers that rushes them, and one that may have been left as a trap.

Glenn, Tara and Noah join Nicholas and Deanna's son, Aiden

Glenn, Tara and Noah join Nicholas and Deanna's son, Aiden

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for a training run. Despite Aiden's cocky behavior, his inexperience and recklessness nearly gets Tara killed by a walker which they had tied up as a practice dummy in revenge for it killing half of the last group. Glenn and Tara disagree with Aiden's careless use of a walker; Aiden confronts Glenn about this when they get back, starting a shoving match, then taking a swing at Glenn in front of Rick and Deanna. Glenn ducks the punch and lands one on Aiden, while Nicholas tries to get involved, only to be taken to the ground by Daryl. Ava helps Rick pull Daryl off to keep him from going too far, and Deanna instructs the town's residents to treat Rick's group as equals. Deanna sends everyone off to check in their weapons and offers Rick and Michonne the jobs of town's Constables, which they accept.

Deanna makes a point of thanking Glenn for knocking her son "on his ass."

Later that evening, alone with Carol and Daryl, Rick states that if the residents prove too weak to protect themselves, their group will have to take over the settlement.

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