The Walking Dead/The Lost and the Plunderers

The Lost and the Plunderers
Season 8, Episode 10
Airdate	March 4, 2018
Written by	Angela Kang & Channing Powell & Corey Reed
Directed by	David Boyd
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The Walking Dead — Season Eight

The Lost and the Plunderers is the tenth episode of the eighth season of The Walking Dead, and the one hundred ninth episode overall.

Starring: Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) (credit only), Lauren Cohan (Maggie Greene) (credit only), Danai Gurira (Michonne) (credit only), Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) (credit only), Lennie James (Morgan Jones) (credit only), Alanna Masterson (Tara Chambler) (credit only), Josh McDermitt (Eugene Porter) (credit only), Christian Serratos (Rosita Espinosa) (credit only), Seth Gilliam (Gabriel Stokes) (credit only), Ross Marquand (Aaron)

and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan)

Also Starring: Austin Amelio (Dwight) (credit only), Tom Payne (Paul "Jesus" Rovia) (credit only), Xander Berkeley (Gregory) (credit only), Khary Payton (Ezekiel) (credit only), Steven Ogg (Simon), Katelyn Nacon (Enid), Pollyanna McIntosh (Jadis)

Guest Starring: Sydney Park (Cyndie), Thomas Francis Murphy (Brion), Sabrina Gennarino (Tamiel)

Co-Starring: Briana Venskus (Beatrice), Nicole Barre (Kathy), Mimi Kirkland (Rachel), Mike Seal (Gary), Adam Fristoe (Dean), Aaron Farb (Norris), Matt Mangum (DJ)

Plot Overview

Following Carl's death, Rick and Michonne head for the Scavengers. Negan sends Simon to secure the Scavengers' deal with the Saviors. Aaron and Enid await their fate at Oceanside.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The Scavengers, save for Jadis, are wiped out.

Characters

• When angry at Simon, Jadis drops her broken speech patterns. After she's found to be the sole survivor, she is heard speaking normally.

• Simon disobeys the order not to kill the Scavengers and is intent on not telling Negan.

Referbacks

• Negan receives a casket from the Hilltop that has the Savior Maggie shot in "How It's Gotta Be".

Trivia

The Show

• Rather than cutting back between the intertwined stories in the episode, each act is spent on one part with each act introduced with the name of the selected character. In order, they are:

Michonne, Negan, Enid, Simon, Jadis, and Rick.

• For the first time since the beginning of the series, Chandler Riggs's name is no longer listed.

• The episode's title is a reference to the sign outside of Alexandria that reads "Mercy for the lost. Vengeance for the plunderers".

Allusions and References

• The cross on Carl's grave is an homage to Shane's grave in Issue 7 of the graphic novels.

Memorable Moments

• Jadis herds the now dead Scavengers into a grinder where they are churned out into mushed meat.

Quotes

• Negan: Ricky. Look at you, callin' me up. You wanna tell me where you are so we can do this face-to-face?

Rick: Carl's dead. He wrote letters. He wrote one to you. He asked you to stop. He asked me to stop. He asked us for peace. But it's too late for that. Even if we wanted a deal now, it doesn't matter. I'm gonna kill you.

Negan: How did it happen?

Rick: What?

Negan: How did he die? Was it us? Was it the grenades? The fire?

Rick: It wasn't you. Carl went out to help someone... and he got bit.

Negan: God damn it. Shit. I, um, I am sorry. You know, I wanted him to be part of things. I had plans. He - That kid.... That kid was the future.

Rick: The only future is one where you're dead.

Negan: What the hell are you doing, Rick? Why are you fighting? Why are you making this so hard? Carl is dead because of you. Because you couldn't leave shit well enough alone. I mean, hell, maybe he woulda died some other way. Any one of us can get our ticket punched at any second, but in this case - in this case he is dead because of you. Because you weren't there to stop him from doing something stupid. You set this course, Rick. Who's next?

Rick: You are!

Negan: No. But someone is. You see, I stop people from dying. I am the answer. Now, it may have taken a hard lesson for you to hear it, but you should hear it now. It's time. Do not let any more of your shit decisions cost you to lose anyone else you love. That garbage, that sticks with you. Forever. Just like Carl will. Hell, I'm feeling it. And I'm gonna be feeling it for a while. You could have just let me save all of you. I mean, that's why I killed your friends in the first place. So, you can sit there and you can say that you're gonna kill me, but you won't. You failed. You failed as a leader, and most of all, Rick, you failed as a father. Just give up. Give up, because you have already lost.