The Walking Dead, Home Sweet Home: Things To Note
By Liam O'Leary
7) Daryl rushing to help Maggie close the shipping crate door as the walkers inside attempt to push their way out is very reminiscent of Rick’s group (Which included both Daryl and Maggie) coming together to keep a herd from pushing their way into the group’s barn sanctuary on their long march to Virginia in season five’s “Them.”
8) While staying in the shipping crate lot, Maggie tells Daryl that she doesn’t know if Georgie is still alive. She also tells him that every group she and Georgie helped would have things go sideways on them. Did they all run into hostiles, like Hilltop? Did they run afoul of the CRM?
9) Maggie mentions that Georgie, Hilda, and Midge were last heard heading out for a community west of the Knoxville area. How far out west, Maggie doesn’t know. I wonder if they made their Nebraska, Oklahoma, or Texas…I mean, they’re out west, right?
10) Not too surprisingly, this is the first time anyone’s really mentioned Beth since season five, and the first mention of Maggie’s stepbrother Shawn (Who was already a walker by the time we saw him) since Beth discussed him with Daryl during the pair’s time together following the fall of the prison in season four’s “Still.”
11) During her rundown of the events between her departure from the communities and her return, Maggie doesn’t mention Rick. This feels strange, as it seemed like a point of contention between her and Michonne (Maybe even why Michonne had fallen so out of touch with her that she didn’t know about Maggie’s departure until quite a while after).
12) What happened to Elijah’s sister? We hear that he lost her, but no one elaborates whether it was to the Reapers or a walker or something else entirely.
13) During the explanation of the Reapers’ relationship to Maggie’s group, the captions credit Elijah with giving that explanation, even though Cole is the one doing it.
14) When Daryl leaves with Maggie to search for the missing members of her group, there’s a quick cut to Elijah, who watches Daryl as the pair leave. Why?