The Survivors Arrive at The Commonwealth
Episode 10 will pick up right where episode 9 ended (before the six month time skip with Maggie and Daryl) when Eugene and Lance invites the group back to The Commonwealth. I assume most of the group will go with Eugene but several people will have to stay behind to stay at Alexandra to start to rebuild it. I believe that Aaron and Gabriel will not be going to The Commonwealth. I also believe that Maggie, Diane, and Elijah will stay behind too, to start to fix up Hilltop, since Maggie is shown at the watchtower at Hilltop at the end of the time skip. The synopsis of the episode is “The heroes experience Halloween in the Commonwealth; Daryl and Rosita undergo military training led by Mercer; Carol investigates Ezekiel's medical condition.” If you watched the episode 10 promo trailer, you can actually see the survivors explore inside the walls. Carol is up to her usual sneaky stuff and wants to find out what they are actually like because it is not what it always seems from the inside. If she learned anything from The Kingdom, there is more than meets the eye. I also do not think that we will see a full on interview with everyone, like we saw with Eugene, Yumiko, Princess, and Ezekiel because there is not enough time for that inside an episode if you do everyone. I do think that they will get their jobs by the end of the episode or at least some will by the end. You find out that Daryl and Rosita are going to be Commonwealth soldiers and this will tie into the six month time skip later. Daryl and Rosita will be one of the few characters to actually see what they are actually like. Episode 10 is called, “New Haunts”. I think that this is the case because of the Halloween party that the survivors will go to. I am intrigued to see if it is a full blown Halloween like we know it, with the costumes and the candy. If that is the case, I’m excited to see what everyone dresses up as. I am also excited to see the kids reaction if we get a full blown Halloween party because the kids do not know what a real Halloween is, or even at all since the apocalypse started.
Ezekiel’s Cancer
Another point in the synopsis and a plot point for episode 10 is Carol to check on Ezekiel’s health. Ezekiel has been living with cancer since season 10 and has gotten a lot worse throughout season 11. This will set up the Tomi and Ezekiel storyline that I have been predicting for months now, that Tomi will be the one that saves Ezekiel’s life because he was a surgeon before the apocalypse. This might be the push that Ezekiel might need to go see The Commonwealth’s doctor because Carol will tell him to go see them. Obviously there are feelings for Carol that Ezekiel will never get rid of so maybe this is how the storyline starts. However, I do not believe that they will ever get back together on the show. I believe that they will just stay really good friends, although Ezekiel will always want more; like they had in season 9.
Survivors Jobs
All the survivors that arrive at The Commonwealth will be assigned a job. I think a lot of the characters will be assigned a job by the end of episode 10. Here are what I think various Walking Dead characters Commonwealth jobs are/might be…
Eugene: Science teacher
Ezekiel: Zoo keeper
Princess: Retail worker
Yumiko: Government worker
Daryl: Commonwealth Soldier
Rosita: Commonwealth Soldier
Gabriel: Preacher/priest
Carol: Baker
Magma: Server/bartender
Check out the episode 10 promo trailer below…