The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 22 Review and Recap: Faith
This one gets intense as the groups come together to fight a common enemy — even more so than the previous episode. We also get a classic courtroom scene and one of the most quotable endings in a while. Let’s dive deeper into this episode.
Warning! This article contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 11, Episode 22: Faith.
This episode starts off with those flashbacks that we’ve come to love in this final season, but this time it’s focused on Negan. He sure has come a long way since his days of bashing in brains with a barbed-wire bat. Or has he?
The two main storylines in this episode include Negan’s group in the labor camp eventually regrouping with Carol’s group, and the trial of Eugene. There’s also a budding storyline with Lydia’s group that set off for Oceanside a few episodes back, so we get a touch of how that crew will play a part in these final three episodes. All three storylines are equally exciting and packed with some zingers.
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Negan the Martyr
At the labor camp, Negan, Ezekiel, Annie, Magna, Kelly, and others are planning their get-away by plotting out the guard shift rotation and placement. But Negan can’t seem to keep his mouth shut and gets himself into trouble with the troopers. At first, I thought this was meant as a distraction for what would ultimately be the escape, but it wasn’t. He was just being Negan.
But his stunt did get him some face time with the warden. This allowed Negan to get a better glimpse into what this warden is all about. “I’ve known men like him my whole life,” Negan later tells Annie. “Hell, I used to be him.”
So this allowed Negan to come up with a plan of escape that didn’t use crudely drawn maps and assaulting the guards. He was going to make a deal.
Later, Ezekiel and Negan get into a bit of an argument and Negan is right back in the warden’s office. “So, you got a name for me,” the warden asks Negan. This is made to lead us to the conclusion that Negan is ratting out Ezekiel after their disagreement. But I think we all know better than that.
Negan is brought out to the crowd of prisoners and made to kneel down in front of an obvious execution spot. The troopers line up to fire, but at the last minute, the warden grabs Negan’s wife and throws her next to him.
“No! That wasn’t our deal,” Negan shouts, letting Ezekiel know that Negan tried to save everyone else by becoming a martyr for the group. Ezekiel isn’t going to sit by and watch Negan and Annie get shot, so he steps in front of them to offer himself as well. About a half-dozen others do the same (but not everyone!) and the warden doesn’t bat an eye. “I admire your bravery, prisoners,” he tells them. “Shoot them all.”
From here, we see a promising realization in one trooper who has endured a history of mistreatment from the warden, and finally decides he’s going to aim his gun at his boss instead of the innocent civilians. But the warden grabs Kelly as a hostage and backs away slowly, right into the stabby knife of Daryl. Hey everyone, it’s Daryl, Carol, and Connie!
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