Episode 3 picks up right where episode 2 leaves off. “Hunted” picks up after the Reapers ambush the group and hits Roy with an arrow and slashes Cole. Roy died with the arrow in the face but Cole was able to get away safely. Maggie, Negan, Daryl, and company now have to figure out how to beat the Reapers before they all get killed. Maggie was right by saying, once you see the Reapers, it is too late because you are already dead. It was a great entrance by them and took me completely off guard. The whole episode 3 synopsis is Maggie's mission team gets separated and hunted by the Reapers; Carol, Rosita, Magna and Kelly attempt to catch horses for Alexandria; Judith, RJ, Hershel and Gracie cope with their parents going away.
Like I said above, the Reapers had a great introduction to season 11. We saw them in season “10C” but killing someone right out of the gate gave me Savior vibes from season 7 and 8. I believe that everyone is going to survive the Reapers attack but two people. The Reapers won’t be defeated in episode 3 but there will be a causality. I believe that Cole is going to die from his slash in episode 2. This is why you see Maggie visibly upset and Negan having to carry her away. Cole is from Maggie’s old group when she was away for the 6 + years from the middle of season 9 to season 10’s finale. Maggie has had an attachment to Cole and she will definitely be crushed with his death. Negan will have to step up and do what has to be done, to save Maggie’s life and the better the group. This will make Negan and Maggie’s relationship even stronger. However, another possibility is Cole survives episode 3 but Daryl gets captured by the Reapers. It is already confirmed that Dog and Daryl gets caputred by them by episode 4, “Rendition”, but maybe this will be the final scene of episode 3. Daryl and Dog will meet up with the Reapers at the Meridian and reconnect with Leah, so this is strong possibility of happening too. This could also be a reason why you see Maggie upset with her seeing Daryl getting captured, but Negan knows that Daryl will be fine and Maggie, Negan, and company will go after them. I believe that Cole is going to die in episode 3 (if not now, definitely by the end of episode 8) or Daryl will get captured and see Leah in episode 4. If it is the back half of Daryl getting captured, skip episode 3 and give me episode 4 now because I want to see that Daryl & Leah reunion now, see where that story goes, and how it will connect throughout season 11, and the spinoff show with Carol and Daryl!
With the Commonwealth storyline being in the backseat in episode 3, the other storyline involves Carol, Rosita, Magna, and Kelly to get horses for Alexandra for food. Alexandra is in tough shape because of the resulting effects from the Whisperer war. They took out Alexandra by leaving them with little food, supplies, and making the wall weaker. I think that Aaron is going to advise them to stay because that is what he did when Maggie, Daryl, and company left to get supplies. Aaron wants to fix Alexandra from the inside, starting with the wall, but there is no Alexandra without food and people surviving, so food is their number one priority. I believe that Carol’s group will find the horses or some sort of food and bring it back safe and sound. I think AMC is setting up something greater with Kelly and Magna being out on the run with them. I think Kelly is going to find evidence that her sister, Connie is alive. We all know that Connie is alive because she is shown in the season 11 trailer but we haven’t seen her since season 10 episode 9. I think Kelly is going to find Connie’s note that said, "TRAPPED WITH DEAD. WALKED WITH THEM FOR DAYS. NO LIGHT. NO FOOD. LITTLE WATER”, like it was also shown in the trailer. Connie is already confirmed to be back in at least episode 6 with Virgil, but I think AMC is going to slowly put the building blocks to that story too. A minor storyline with the kids missing their parents will make me believe that Aaron will go somewhere in this episode too, probably for supplies to fix the Alexandra wall. I predict this to be true because Gracie, Aaron’s daughter is also missing him, so why would she miss him, if she was in the Alexandra walls with him.