Summary:
The Well airs tonight at 9pm EST.
No matter what, this is too soon.
The Well kicks off with Carol & Morgan on the road with the horse hockey team. There is a brief scene of the undead attacking and then Morgan & Carol are recovering in “The Kingdom”.
We meet King Ezekiel and Shiva his tiger. They seem friendly. I cannot tell if Carol is truly happy to meet the King or if she is doing her “friendly” routine. She cleared it up for me a moment later. She thinks King Ezekiel is playing make believe.
After Carol promises to run as soon as Morgan looks away we cut to a scene of the King and his men feeding the pigs a few juicy undead. The truck full of pigs goes off in one direction while Morgan & the King head back to the Kingdom. Is Ezekiel feeding Negan?
The King is curious as to how Morgan became so good with the staff – and asks Morgan to train one of his men, Benjamin, in its use because Benjamin has been unable to learn the blade of the gun. Ezekiel is pleased with Morgan finally agrees to train Benjamin.
While Morgan trains Benjamin Carol pretends to be amazed at the breakfast so she can steal some clothing.
We then see the “dark secret” of the Kingdom. They are paying their price to Negan so he leaves their community alone. This leads to Ezekiel’s man Richard responding to a taunt – which leads to a fist fight which almost leads to a gunfight.
As Negan’s men leave they tell Ezekiel that if they don’t produce next week that Richard will be the first to die.
Come nightfall Carol is caught as she is about to gather supplies to make a run for it. Ezekiel tells her he’s seen through her – but she calls him on it right back. He tells her that people want someone to follow – that it makes them less dangerous – and more productive. Ezekiel tells her his people needed him to be their king. He faked it until he made it. He was a zoo keeper in the before. Shiva was the last thing that Ezekiel had of the old world. The last thing he loved.
Ezekiel does his best to keep Carol in the Kingdom, because it makes him feel good. He tells her she can go – and not go. I need some of what he’s on.
We then see Morgan escorting Carol just outside of town where she clears a small house and makes it her own.
The last thing we see is Ezekiel showing up on Carol’s door with Shiva – offering her a pomegranate.
Things I loved about this episode…
- Carol & Morgan are alive.
- King Ezekiel and his tiger.
- Carol’s face when she meets the King and Shiva his tiger.
- Ezekiel telling Carol not to bullshit a bullshitter. He tells her the “sweet & innocent” act worked on him at first – until he saw through it.
- Ezekiel telling Carol how he saved Shiva.
Things that I didn’t like about this episode…
- The Kingdom Choir. Who has time to sing in the ZA?
- Richard fighting with Negan’s man. Wouldn’t Richard already know the lesson of fighting with Negan’s people?
Firsts…
- The first time we see King Ezekiel and his awesome tiger.
- We find out that feral pigs will eat the undead.
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