Isn’t it funny that every time that the group goes somewhere new, it all turns upside down. No matter where it is too. You can track it back all the way to season 2 with Hershel’s farm up to now with season 11 in The Commonwealth. If something appears to be too good to be true, it usually is. The Commonwealth is hiding something and the group is going to find out. The synopsis for episode “Rogue Element” is Eugene looks for Stephanie after she mysteriously goes missing. Connie investigates a story on Trooper Davis. Carol helps Hornsby with a labor dispute at a drug farm. I think that episode 11 is named “Rogue Element” because either Carol is going to help Lance overthrow the current authority in Pamela or Lance is going to do it himself.
Eugene’s “Stephanie”
Eugene is finally putting the pieces together that the Stephanie that he met already is fake. He even put together his own missing person board to help him find her. We all know that the real Stephanie that he is looking for is Pamela’s assistant. I think after Princess’ time at the party in episode 10, she is going to help him figure out that “Max” is really Pamela and who the “fake Stephanie” really is. I also think that Connie and Kelly is going to help him too. Connie is reporting on Trooper Davis, the one that took “Max” hostage last episode. They are going to find out the truth of the real Commonwealth and how they really operate. I think that Connie is going to find out that a large number of people inside the community feels the exact same way that Davis does. I also believe that this episode is going to end on a cliffhanger of either Eugene finding out where Stephanie really is or Connie/Kelly finding out a huge secret about The Commonwealth.
Pamela vs. Lance
I think that AMC is setting up a power struggle between Pamela and Lance. Pamela is loved by almost all inside the community and is sought to be a hero while Lance is just Pamela’s righthand man. In reality, Lance knows what is happening inside the walls and makes the hard calls when needed. I think that Lance is going to ask Carol to help him overthrow Pamela. I do think that Carol will accept because she is going to get Ezekiel’s surgery in return. The only person I don’t know what side they will on is Mercer. I can see him playing both sides, picking one person, or making his own faction all together. Throughout season 10 and the little bit we got from season 11, Mercer is clearly against getting bossed around by anyone. Mercer is the true wildcard and I have a sneaky suspicion that he is going to try to become the leader of The Commonwealth too, since he will already have most of the soldiers on his side anyways.
Watch the episode 11 trailer below…