Daryl Dixon's Family

Chapter 63

~~~Third person's view~~~

Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Rick inspects the walls, then with Carl gives Ron handgun lessons. Ron is eager to shoot, but Rick won't let him touch live ammunition. Later, Ron sneaks into the armory and steals cartridges for his pistol.

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Ava, Hunter and Crystal are going fine with the twins, so Carol tell Ava that she will go and find Daryl to give him the news on his newest additions to his family, but leaves a hand gun with them just in case, then goes outside to look for Daryl, but comes across Morgan instead.

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Carol informs on Morgan who admits to Rick and Michonne that he let the Wolves escape who subsequently attacked Rick in the RV. Morgan points out how Rick once spared him, and he saved Daryl and Aaron from a Wolves' trap, which helped lead the Wolves to attack Alexandria. Morgan confesses that he doesn't know what's right anymore and wanted to kill the Wolves for what they'd done but also knows people can change, and wants to uphold his belief that all life is precious.

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Glenn tracks Enid to a family restaurant and refuses to let her go, even when she brandishes a handgun, Enid grudgingly giving in to his determination. On their way back to Alexandria, Enid finds green balloons and decides to use them to distract the walkers. The two arrive at Alexandria, but find it surrounded by walkers.

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Having earlier noticed the bullet hole in the wall with blood spilling out of it, Rick busies himself reinforcing that part of the wall. Tobin joins him and explains that Rick's group brought a lot of changes with them but the Alexandrians are adapting and he shouldn't give up on them. While Rick loudly hammers on the wall, many walkers can be heard gathering on the other side.

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Meanwhile, Spencer decides to escape Alexandria by using a grappling hook to climb to the new church just beyond the wall. The hook breaks, and Spencer slams into the wall before falling to the ground. Tara climbs onto a beam onto the other side of the wall, shooting walkers around Spencer as Rick and Tobin pull him up. Rick scolds Tara for risking her life to save him before yelling at Spencer. Spencer explains he wanted to find a car to draw the walkers away, the same plan Rick had earlier proposed to Michonne but refused to include any Alexandrians.

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Morgan visits Denise and while reluctant to get her involved tells her that someone else has been wounded in secret. Carol sees Morgan and Denise leaving the infirmary and watches them go into his house. She follows them and tries to sneak into the basement apartment, demanding to know who Morgan is keeping inside.

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Ron, carrying a handgun, walks behind Carl, but everyone is distracted by the green balloons in the sky. Maggie realizes it's a signal from Glenn and runs to Rick and Deanna. The burned out tower of the old church which had been shown deteriorating throughout the episode tips and falls onto the wall right where Rick and Tobin had been reinforcing it.

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Daryl, Sasha and Abraham arrive at the 20-mile where Rick believes the walker parade will continue away from Alexandria without further intervention. They turn left on Route 642 to head back home but are soon ambushed by a group of gun-wielding assailants in cars. As they flee, Daryl is separated and crashes his motorcycle. Sasha and Abraham soon crash their car and emerge from the wreckage with guns blazing. They defeat their attackers but Sasha convinces Abraham to flee when they hear reinforcements arriving. Daryl eludes his attackers and quietly walks his motorcycle through a burnt-out path through a forest littered with charred walker bodies. He tries to radio Sasha and Abraham but gets no response. He hides his motorcycle under a pile of branches and finds a pair of sisters, Tina and Honey who make to surrender when Daryl is blindsided by a man referred to only as Dwight.