On rewatch I realized that it was actually Maggie who first asked, "Are you okay?" (when Carol was cutting Maggie's bonds) and Carol's reply was, "I have to be."

If anyone but Daryl had asked Carol "Are you okay?" would she have given the same answer?

I'd like to thank you both for disagreeing with mutual respect and good insights. Normally any two-poster dialog means a slap-fest, so this was refreshing.

Yes, Tobin has made some small impressions over time. Wasn't he the head of the construction crew that bailed when a young woman (Francine?) fell from her lookout spot in the loader bucket? Abraham not only saved her, he took over and kept everyone working. Tobin had done the routine "cut and bail" thing the…

If the ruse he'd settled on was that the Hilltop party had honored the request to return with Gregory's head, that would mean they'd have to act quickly. There was almost certainly a deadline for the return of the head before the hostage would be killed.

Random media flashbacks …

Thanks for confirming. I was thinking that Michonne was supporting Rick's family from their first encounter. Sure, Rick could say he let her in only because of the formula, and she could say she brought the formula only to gain access, but I think she understood there was a baby who needed it — and that mattered to…

Had Rick and Michonne met or seen each other before she showed up at the prison fence with the infant formula?

Re-watching this now. That scene with Carol and Morgan … "You had a child … " "I should have killed you … " "You can't." I know people criticize the writing, and often rightly so, but there is so much conveyed in that scene without it being said in words. Morgan has realized that Carol is as deeply into PTSD and…

A repeated theme in this episode — Who can be counted on to step up? When can you take a chance?

The resolution to the scene with the Negan group reminded me of the Indiana Jones bit when Jones was confronted by an expert sword wielder.
(And it was good.)

I wanted Sam to be a Newt — to step up to the real monsters Carol said were true, vs. Jessie's attempts to tell him otherwise. I don't blame Carol for their demise. Jessie hadn't dealt well with monsters and she hadn't taught her sons to fight back. She encouraged her sons to live in fantasy worlds.

Why? Does Kilgrave's sense of entitlement and privilege, exaggerated as it is, somehow negate white male privilege in general?

Side note: It doesn't seem likely that Jessica's family had a cook or butler (not to mention, security guard). Kilgrave was meticulous about the physical properties of the place, but he still wants to live in the style to which he has become accustomed, and he never concerned himself with how out of place servants…

Apologies if this has been brought up before. I'm not familiar with the comics and have been catching up on the shows.

Thanks for that link. It's oddly positive, in that it would mean that all of the Doctor's aeons punching at the diamond are still but a fleeting second to the whole of his existence.

So the hybrid is Ashildr?

Agreed on the young actor playing Sam. But I just had a mental image of the Wolf dashing back into the house, surrendering, and locking the cell himself, like in a cartoon.

Agreed. I saw Carol and Sam as a parallel of Ripley and Newt. Carol doesn't lie to Sam; she tells him the monsters are real. He knows it's true so he can deal with that. But Jessie keeps telling him to retreat into a "pretend" world.

Sheets are almost certainly plentiful in this Alexandria. Scissors, too.