The Walking Dead/Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home
Season 10, Episode 17
Airdate	February 28, 2021
Written by	Kevin Deiboldt & Corey Reed
Directed by	David Boyd
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The Walking Dead — Season Ten

Home Sweet Home is the seventeenth episode of the tenth season of The Walking Dead, and the one hundred forty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Lauren Cohan (Maggie Rhee), 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)

Also Starring: Callan McAuliffe (Alden) (credit only), Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko) (credit only), Cooper Andrews (Jerry) (credit only), Nadia Hilker (Magna) (credit only), Cailey Fleming (Judith Grimes), Cassady McClincy (Lydia), Lauren Ridloff (Connie) (credit only), Angel Theory (Kelly), Nadine Marissa (Nabila), James Devoti (Cole)

Co-Starring: Okea Eme-Akwari (Elijah), Brianna Butler (Maya), Kien Michael Spiller (Hershel Rhee), Mandi Christine Kerr (Barbara), David Atkinson (Gus), Haley Leary (Ainsley), Mike Whinnet (The Attacker)

Plot Overview

Maggie joins Daryl and Kelly to bring the remains of a group she was with into the community, only to learn they've been followed.

Notes

Music

• Anita Lester - "You Want It Darker"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The community is divvying up the denizens in the aftermath of the Whisperer attacks and the loss of Hilltop.

• Connie still hasn't been found.

• Maggie reveals to Daryl that Georgie had the idea to find and help other communities. They then helped a place in Knoxville and stayed behind when Georgie left for the west. Knoxville fell and lost contact with Georgie.

• Maggie doesn't want to discuss what became of the group she was with, but they were attacked by what they call Reapers. At least one has followed them and only manages to claim "Pope marked you" before killing himself.

Characters

• Maggie learns Negan is free and that Carol set him free to help take down the Whisperers.

• It's revealed the masked man who Maggie returned with is named Elijah and has lost his sister.

• Maggie admits that she left to get away from Negan and considered returning after the incident in Knoxville, but couldn't bring herself to bring Hershel back.

• Maggie decides to return to Alexandria.

Referbacks

• Maggie finds the remains of Hilltop and Carol explains Negan's role (Morning Star, Walk With Us)

Trivia

The Show

• Ryan Hurst's name is removed from the main cast as of this episode with Lauren Cohen added back in, having been removed since "What Comes After".

Quotes

• Maggie: Kelly's sister, she still out there?

Daryl: I don't know. I hope so. Thing is, I went looking for her so many times. But people are just gone, you know?

Maggie: Even if you find 'em, doesn't mean you get 'em back.

Daryl: Maybe it's best if she don't know.

Maggie: No, she should. My dad used to say, "A wound can't heal 'til it hits air."

Daryl: You know that ain't true, right? Medicine wise.

Maggie: He always made it sound like it was.