The Kingdom comes up short in their bargain with the saviors, Carol learns what really happened to her extended family, and Morgan is pushed to the breaking point sparking The Kingdom’s rebellion. Here are the highlights from episode 13 titled “Bury Me Here.” 

Trouble In Paradise 

The Kingdom’s bargain with the saviors may need some contract negotiation. As their crop fields become infested with weedles, they are forced to burn their crops, and they can only save a few cantaloupes for the Saviors. While on their way to their routine drop off of the goods to The Saviors, members from The Kingdom come across a line of shopping carts directing them to an open grave with a tombstone reading: “Bury Me Here.”

Viewers are aware that the grave and blockade was made by Richard who is a loose canon in The Kingdom’s army with a deep hatred for The Saviors. His plan was to delay the drop off and hide away one cantaloupe that was an offering to The Saviors. He did this in order to sacrifice his life and show King Ezekiel that there is no path to peace and that The Kingdom is expendable without their crops.

However, their plan goes astray when a Savior decides to kill Benjamin, the youngest member of The Kingdom’s army. Benjamin has grown close to Morgan over a short span of time. His death triggers old and buried memories of the darkness in which the apocalyptic world can bring out in Morgan. Morgan flashes back to the death of his son, his walker wife, and his days spent in isolation where he went crazy. He shifts from the pacifist Morgan we have seen now for two seasons to the unstable Morgan from back in Season 3. Viewers can see that Benjamin’s death has pushed Morgan to a breaking point. He is clearly over his “No Kill” policy as he strangles Richard to death with his bare hands after he discovers that The Kingdom solider is responsible for the death of Benjamin by sabotaging the drop off.

Morgan then drags Richard’s dead body to the self dug grave and leaves The Kingdom. Morgan knows that his actions may have caused a rift between King Ezekiel and his people after killing one of their own.

The Rebellion 

After Morgan parts ways with The Kingdom, he goes to seek out Carol. He tells her the truth she sought out at the beginning of the episode revealing to her the brutality in which Negan killed Glenn and Abraham. He goes on to say that Alexandria is under The Savior’s rule and that there were more casualties (Olivia and Spencer). Carol holds back her emotions, and her tears shows the screaming anger that is billowing up inside.

She knows that Daryl lied to her, she knows the truth and she is ready to fight back. Carol marches back to The Kingdom to talk to King Ezekiel. She eludes to the conversation of war against The Saviors, a war that must happen. The Saviors have killed both their people and it will only be a matter of time before more will die.

I worry  about Carol’s foreshadowing conversation with Daryl about losing control if anyone she cares about is hurt. This conversation could play a role in a larger scope when the war takes place. Carol has made it clear that she will die for those she loves. Also, with Morgan, Sasha, and Rosita going rogue, things are about to get real hectic for The Saviors and the communities.

Things To Keep in Mind 

• While Carol paid a visit to The Kingdom that morning she disabled a walker to the ground. She left it alive in the streets, but when she returned the walker was killed. The viewers may be tricked to believe that the walker was killed by Richard as the scene after was of him burying his daughter’s backpack just off the side of the road. However, fans of the comics and myself believe that this could be another villainess character that comes around the time of the war against The Saviors. Is that you Alpha?