The Walking Dead/Diverged

Diverged
Season 10, Episode 21
Airdate	March 28, 2021
Written by	Heather Bellson
Directed by	David Boyd
Stream
← 10x20 Splinter	10x22 → Here's Negan
The Walking Dead — Season Ten

Diverged is the twenty-first episode of the tenth season of The Walking Dead, and the one hundred fifty-second episode overall.

Starring: Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Lauren Cohan (Maggie Rhee) (credit only), Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa) (credit only), Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter) (credit only), Seth Gilliam (Gabriel Stokes) (credit only), Ross Marquand (Aaron) (credit only), Khary Payton (Ezekiel) (credit only)

and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan) (credit only)

Also Starring: Callan McAuliffe (Alden) (credit only), Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko (credit only), Cooper Andrews (Jerry), Nadia Hilker (Magna) (credit only), Cailey Fleming (Judith Grimes) (credit only), Cassady McClincy (Lydia) (credit only), Lauren Ridloff (Connie) (credit only)

Plot Overview

While Daryl stays out and runs into motorcycle trouble, Carol returns to Alexandria and tries to make herself feel useful.

Notes

Music

• Amateur Blonde - "No Worries"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Carol tells Daryl she doesn't need an apology for what he said, later stating that it doesn't fix anything.

Referbacks

• This episode appears to pick up shortly after the events of "Find Me".

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• The rat was an idea that was to be attached to different characters in different stories before it was utilised for this episode.

Quotes

• Carol: For the record... I didn't need an apology from him. I know he meant what he said. An apology's just a truce. It doesn't fix anything.

• Carol: What's up?

Jerry: The cover story was gonna be that I was coming by for soup, but I'm not the best poker player.

Carol: Poker?

Jerry: As in, I have... no poker face. So, I'm just gonna fess up. I'm just checkin' on you.

Carol: You think I need checking on?

Jerry: I do. If Ezekiel were here, he'd agree with me.

Carol: Can't argue with that, then.

Jerry: I wish I could check in on him, too.

Carol: Yeah, I'm sure he's on his way back here as fast as he can with the others. You know, probably just so he can check in on people almost as much as you do. You know, it's pathological. Can't you just let people like me suffer in peace?

Jerry: Yeah, caring - it's a real problem.

Carol: Yesterday... it wasn't my best day. It was a bad day.

Jerry: Is that why the wall in there is all busted up?

Carol: Guess so.

Jerry: You know, Ezekiel would have a saying for this kind of thing. He has some good ones filed away.

Carol: I don't know. Maybe I don't need a saying. Maybe I just need to fix what I broke.

Jerry: Here's one... "A friend is someone who thinks you're perfect even if everyone else thinks you're broken."

Carol: I didn't even tell you why I had a bad day yesterday.

Jerry: I just noticed that Daryl didn't come back with you. Two plus two equals eureka, you know?

Carol: What if you really are broken? What if your best friend just realised it a whole lot later than everyone else did?

Jerry: Ezekiel probably has a saying for that, too. I just don't know what it is.

Carol: What would you say?

(Jerry hugs Carol)

• Carol: What the hell happened to you?

Daryl: Was gonna ask you the same thing.

Carol: You know, the usual.

Daryl: Yeah. Same.