Melissa showed tonight why she should always be given more to do, not less. Her recent behavior felt very 1-note, even though we knew enough about her to understand where it was coming from. But it was tough to watch her take--and rudely!--without giving anything, without engaging. But her scenes with first Daryl and then tonight with Morgan made me love her anew, and not just for the decision she reached: she was there, I could see her, if that makes any sense.

The scene where Morgan tells her about Glenn and Abraham is obviously critical, but part of what makes it so--beyond the mere fact of her knowing--is that he asked first: "You still wanna know what happened in Alexandria?" He doesn't walk up and blurt it out in anger, in "See what happens when people like us try to avoid it all?" fashion. He gives her the choice, and you can see her struggle before ultimately giving that ever-so-tiny nod. It tells me that Morgan, for all his grief and rage, is still there, still trying so hard to hold onto some vestige of Eastman.

Just huge character movement for all, including Zeke.

What now? More planning and talking. TF is too scattered now for any real attack. Everybody needs to be reigned in.

I absolutely loved the character transformations in the episode last night, one of the most well-written ones in a while.

I think Carol will definitely be let's say, a more level-headed fighter.  Why I think that is because of her time in her "Fortress of Solitude" for you DC fans, as I call it.  She's had lots of time to reflect on things, and after taking in to account what Richard said and then the info from Morgan, I feel she knows that the approach to fighting the Saviors has to be very carefully considered.

Why I also think she will be is her scene with Ezekiel at the end, when she said "We have to fight." and he said "Yes, but not today." And she immediately went over with him to Ben's brother without a another word to sit.  To me that said it all.  

The fact that she didn't run willy nilly to the Sanctuary (unlike some other people will) like she did at Terminus also demonstrates her levelheadedness.

Morgan...WHAT an amazing performance, first, by Lennie James.  He stole the show, one of the best performances of the season.  I think Morgan has many layers.  What happened with Ben struck a chord that nothing else could up to that point, the murder of an innocent, someone who had become like a son to him, as referenced when he said "Dwayne" instead of "Ben". 

It's no wonder Morgan had flashbacks after that, he had PTSD from the loss of his son and wife and all he'd been through.  But it's like The Rook said on Talking Dead, you can't go around in a world like that and not have to kill someone.  What Carol did though, is she made sure he had time to breathe, to digest it all, just like she did.  She wasn't telling him not to fight, but she wanted to make sure he fought with a "clear" mind.  We saw him sharpening his stick into a spear at the end.  He's still going ahead with his plan, but maybe in a more organized way.

Lennie said in his call-in on Talking Dead last night that he would not call Morgan a "leader" but more an "unwilling fighter" when someone gave him the choices.  I agree with that, Morgan has been "forced" into this by Richard and he knows that, and that makes him even angrier.

I have hearts falling all over the place in this thread....such awesome insights. Now I just want to go home and watch the episode again with "new eyes"

I am totally gonna post about this without reading all the comments so it's fresh.

I have been waiting for this forever. I have LOVED Carol's story. I have LOVED Morgan's story. come on, let's be honest....no one can be a badass killer all the time. We all have consciousnesses and we all have to reel ourselves in and keep ourselves in check. That's what they have both gone though.

And though it might not have made for great TV....I love the realism and am so glad they took us through this journey. They both have kept me mesmerized and now they are BACK.

I AM ECSTATIC!!!!