The Walking Dead/The Bridge

The Bridge
Season 9, Episode 2
Airdate	October 14, 2018
Written by	David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Directed by	Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
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The Walking Dead — Season Nine

The Bridge is the second episode of the ninth season of The Walking Dead, and the one hundred seventeenth episode overall.

Starring: Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene), Danai Gurira (Michonne), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier), Alanna Masterson (Tara Chambler), Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter), Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa), Seth Gilliam (Gabriel Stokes), Ross Marquand (Aaron), Katelyn Nacon (Enid), Tom Payne (Paul "Jesus" Rovia)

and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan)

Also Starring: Khary Payton (Ezekiel), Pollyanna McIntosh (Anne), Callan McAuliffe (Alden), Avi Nash (Siddiq)

Guest Starring: Cooper Andrews (Jerry), Brett Butler (Tammy Rose), John Finn (Earl), Rhys Coiro (Jed), Sydney Park (Cyndie), Elizabeth Ludlow (Arat), Zach McGowan (Justin), Lindsley Register (Laura), Macsen Lintz (Henry), Kerry Cahill (Dianne), Nicole Barre (Kathy), Traci Dinwiddie (Regina), Nadine Marissa (Nabila)

Co-Starring: Briana Venskus (Beatrice)

Plot Overview

While Maggie wrestles with what to do with Earl, Rick oversees the construction to restore the destroyed bridge and make sure tensions do undo all the work.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Georgie has been sending letters to Maggie, asking her to join her, but Maggie doesn't like her ideas enough to do so.

• Earl has been kept in a makeshift prison before Maggie decides to release him to continue work under supervision.

• Maggie agrees with Michonne to talk about common laws.

• Anne catches sight of the helicopter one night.

• Many of the Saviors have walked off and not been heard from since, some of whom had no reason to leave. One of them, Justin, is leaving the construction site when he runs into someone he seems to be familiar with before being attacked.

Characters

• Anne and Gabriel begins a romantic relationship.

• Carol wants to begin wearing Ezekiel's ring, but still doesn't agree to get married.

• Aaron's arm is amputated.

• Rick has been visiting Negan in his jail cell, reminding him that everyone is better off without him. Negan believes it's only a matter of time before it falls apart.

Referbacks

• The organist Gabriel mentions to Anne was the woman seen zombified in "Strangers".

• Rosita mentions Arat cutting her face from "Hearts Still Beating".

Trivia

The Show

• Maggie's office is decorated with artist renditions of her family by Anne.

Quotes

• Rick: It was a hard day. Hardest we've had in awhile. A man lost his arm. Project's behind schedule. People were at each other's throats. Thing is, though, bad as it was when the day was done they came together. Not all of 'em, but enough. They chose to be together. You see what I'm getting at? No matter what happens, it's human nature to come together. That's just what we do.

Negan: That's a real pretty picture you paint there, Rick. When do I get to see it?

Rick: Never. You're gonna die behind these bars. You know that.

Negan: Well, then, don't I get some kind of final request? Why don't you bring me--

Rick: Don't you ever get tired of acting like you're still in charge?

Negan: Do you? You think just 'cause they had a little weenie roast that you got all this on lock? When it finally goes to shit - and it will - you make sure you come back and you tell me all about that day, too.

Rick: We're thriving without you, building a future, just like I said we would.

Negan: Building it for who? For Carl?

Rick: You don't speak his name.

Negan: Your family's gone, Rick. Same as mine. That bridge - it's not the future. It's a monument to the dead. You're not saving the world, Rick. You're just gettin' it ready for me.