The Walking Dead season 7 episode 15: The 4 major talking points
*Spoilers for The Walking Dead season 7 episode 15 follow*
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Your support makes all the difference.The penultimate episode of The Walking Dead has set things up for what is sure to be a traumatic finale.
This week's outing - titled 'Something They Need' - sees the return of a community introduced earlier this season as well as the outcome of Sasha's mission to assassinate Negan at the Sanctuary.
Below are the episode's four major talking points.
1 - Yet another ally acquired
Having finally revealed the existence of Oceanside to Rick, Tara (Alanna Masterson) leads her group to the community she fell upon back in episode six despite her promises otherwise. Understandably, the faction's leader Natania (Deborah May) is none too pleased to see her - however, after seeing the Alexandrians in action taking out a horde of walkers, a large selection of the community agrees to help them in the war against The Saviours by giving over their stash of guns.
2 - Sasha isn't dead... yet
So you thought you'd seen the last of Sasha who was last week seen running into the heart of the Sanctuary to assassinate Negan? Well, her mission was unsuccessful and she ends up as The Saviours' leader's prisoner. Leading Negan to believe she'll play ball, an emotional Sasha then convinces Eugene to smuggle her poison - she tells him that she would rather die than permit Negan to use her against their friends.
3 - Negan has something awful planned for Alexandria
All Negan wants to know is whether Rick sent Sasha to kill him. Telling him otherwise, Sasha is handed an olive branch by Negan (after he kills one of his men for attempting to rape her); he wants her tp join The Saviours in the same way that Eugene has. Believing her to be on board, he tells her to rest up because the next day, she's going to join him on a visit to Alexandria, something he promises is going to be “a big day.” Considering this will no doubt coincide with next week's finale, we're expecting something just a little less traumatic than that premiere. Gulp.
4 - Dwight's betrayal
Sure enough, the mysterious shadowy figure glimpsed at the climax of last week's episode was indeed Dwight (Austin Amelio) whose betrayal of Negan is in full swing. Rosita brings him back to Alexandria whereupon Rick's return from Oceanside, Dwight tells him he wants to help them in their war against The Saviours. The episode ends as Rick - suspicious as ever - pulls out his gun and orders Dwight to get on his knees.
The Walking Dead airs in the UK tonight (27 March) at 9pm on FOX
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