The Walking Dead/Lockdown

Lockdown
Season 11, Episode 17
Airdate	October 2, 2022
Written by	Julia Ruchman
Directed by	Greg Nicotero
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The Walking Dead — Season Eleven

Lockdown is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of The Walking Dead, and the one hundred seventieth episode overall.

Starring: Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Lauren Cohan (Maggie Rhee), Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa), Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter) (archive footage), Seth Gilliam (Gabriel Stokes), Ross Marquand (Aaron), Khary Payton (Ezekiel), Cooper Andrews (Jerry), Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko Okumura), Lauren Ridloff (Connie), Cailey Fleming (Judith Grimes), Nadia Hilker (Magna), Cassady McClincy (Lydia) (archive footage), Angel Theory (Kelly), Paola Lázaro (Princess) (archive footage), Michael James Shaw (Mercer), Josh Hamilton (Lance Hornsby), Laila Robins (Pamela Milton)

and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan)

Also Starring: Margot Bingham (Max), Medina Senghore (Annie Smith), Teo Rapp-Olsson (Sebastian Milton), Chelle Ramos (Shira), Michael Tourek (Roman Calhoun)

Co-Starring: Antony Azor (RJ), Anabelle Holloway (Gracie), Preston James Hillier (April's Father), Korbi Dean (April's Mother), Ja'Corey Jones (Security Guard), Freddy Boyd (Government Clerk), Jonathan Horne (Protester), Derek Evans (Radio Trooper)

Uncredited: Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) (archive footage), Peyton Lockridge (Hershel Rhee) (archive footage), Chandler Riggs (Carl Grimes) (archive footage), Danai Gurira (Michonne) (archive footage), Steven Yeun (Glenn Rhee) (archive footage), Michael Cudlitz (Abraham Ford) (archive footage), Sonequa Martin-Green (Sasha Williams) (archive footage), Alanna Masterson (Tara Chambler) (archive footage), Tyler James Williams (Noah) (archive footage), Jon Bernthal (Shane Walsh) (archive footage), David Morrissey (The Governor) (archive footage), Samantha Morton (Alpha) (archive footage), Lynn Collins (Leah Shaw) (archive footage)

Plot Overview

As the Commonwealth is shaken up civil unrest, Daryl, Maggie, and the others try to stay one step ahead of Hornsby.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Connie's story leads to protests demanding justice, some even demanding to have Sebastian brought to them. Pamela gives an order and soon after a herd of walkers is approaching the Commonwealth, forcing lockdown measures to clear out the streets.

• Negan manages to get into the Commonwealth. He apprises Carol of what's been going with Hornsby as she's seen two of his people looking for she and the kids. Jerry hides them and gets word to the others.

• Sebastian is found and brought to Milton. She's upset due to the protests he's caused, but Carol brings up what Hornsby's been doing and suggests framing him for Sebastian's actions.

• Daryl and the others set up a trap in the sewers to attracts the soldiers, leading Daryl to hold Hornsby at knifepoint.

Referbacks

• Negan recalls Carol offering him to stay in Leah's cabin (Here's Negan)

Trivia

The Show

• As of this episode, the title sequence has been expanded with an extension of the main theme. The animation includes footage of the Greene barn, an occupied Hilltop, an overhead shot of the Commonwealth, and the herd standing off against Mercer and more soldiers behind a different backdrop. Ten more names have been added to the main cast, the first addition mid-season in the series.

• This episode begins with a narration by Judith accompanied with material from previous episodes, broadly and briefly recapping the series, from Rick waking up in the hospital, Shane, the Governor, Negan's introduction, the Whisperers, and Leah.

Allusions and References

• The walker Daryl kills in the sewer is made to look like Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series.

Memorable Moments

• In trying the thin the herd, one soldier gets swarmed. Mercer tries to pull him out, only to watch as he's torn in half.

Quotes

• Judith: I've heard a lot of stories about when the world fell. There were more dead than the living and it started to look like the world would go cold. It felt like it was almost there. Almost. Some people survived by connecting with each other. Making found families. Others gave in to the darkness. That was a long time ago. And it's now. Will it be tomorrow?

• Mercer: I can't just let you in. We got rules here.

Negan: Oh, rules? Right. Well, if no one else is playing by those rules, then why are you?

• Negan: (to Carol) Turns out you might've been right. I probably should've stayed in the goddamn cabin.

• Maggie: Daryl, what y-- What you did back there... I know that Leah meant something to you. I'm sorry.

Daryl: Glenn would've wanted me to look after you. You don't have to ever say sorry. Not to me.

• Sebastian: Do you know who I am?

Negan: Do you know who I am?

• Negan: Hey, junior, when you're pissing in jars and everybody wants you dead, call me nuts, but I think maybe it's time to rethink your options. Now, this one here, well, she is a goddamn magician. I have seen her pull little bunnies right out of her ass with my very own two eyes. So if, for whatever reason, she is throwing you a life raft, well, then I recommend you jump in that sucker and save yourself from drowning.