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This post contains spoilers for The rhamba eroticismWalking Dead Season 7, episode 8, titled "Hearts Still Beating." To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out our recap of episode 7.

Holy midseason finale.

In this episode, Negan plays house, Daryl escapes from his cell, Spencer continues to be a "tremendous shit" and all the ladies keep taking care of business.

We start out at the Hilltop, where Maggie is still calling Gregory out on his bullshit. This leader clearly hasn't been paying attention to the needs of the people, but Maggie has, even through her pregnancy cravings.

She's been keeping track of what everyone needs and giving lists of supplies to Jesus so he can keep an eye out while he's on runs. As Enid says, "Maggie for President."

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But Sasha is being shady and Enid knows it. When Enid points out that she lied to Maggie about the exact time Jesus left the Hilltop, Sasha insists that keeping her plot to kill Negan a secret would be the best thing for Maggie.

Carol is now back in our lives, reading and eating pomegranates like there's no apocalypse going on around her.

When Morgan visits her like she asked him to, all Carol wants to know is if he's doing alright. Then she wants him to leave. And he would have if the Kingdom Guard, Richard, hadn't chosen that moment to drop in, too.

Richard asks Carol and Morgan to help convince Ezekiel to take a stand against Negan and the Saviors. Carol is having exactly none of this, and insists that everyone should go away and leave her alone.

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Then Richard has a little meltdown in his hideout/van.

Back at the Sanctuary, Daryl is making a run for it. He takes a quick peanut butter break and changes his clothes before making it outside. When he does finally reach his coveted motorcycle, however, "Fat Joey" is the only person in his way.

Despite Joey's begging, Daryl beats him to death with a pipe, looking eerily like Negan wielding Lucille. It seems Negan's wish may have been granted -- his tactics might have finally gotten to our favorite loner. This scares viewers just as much as it seems to scare Jesus, who walked into the scene at the wrong time.

The only thing Daryl has to say for himself is, "It ain't just about getting out of here. It's about getting it all."

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On the road, Michonne is forcing one of the Saviors, Isabelle, to take her to Negan. Isabelle shows her just how many people the Saviors have in their army. She repeats that familiar refrain, "We're all Negan," and Michonne backs down.

Aaron and Rick try to cross a murder lake full of walkers -- on a death boat with bullet holes in it -- in order to get some supplies for the Saviors. This is an ill-conceived idea, but they're gonna go with it anyway.

Aaron refuses to sit on the sidelines for this one, despite Rick's arguing. This is not exactly smart because the extra weight will make their boat sink faster. Of course, Aaron ends up in the water, but is somehow okay. Even though it's pretty unlikely that would work out for him, they both end up fine.

They get some supplies, and find an expletive-laden hate note from the former owner of the haul. As they load up their truck, Aaron explains that as long as the hearts of the people they love are still beating, all of their work and pain is worth it. They just have to survive.

A creepy pair of boots watches them from across the lake, and we all have to wonder who that could be.

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At home in Alexandria, Negan has finally "shaved that shit." The absolute nut job of a villain cooks dinner for Carl, Judith and Olivia while waiting for Rick to get back.

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In the meantime, Rosita has a genuinely touching conversation with the redeemed Father Gabriel. He's keeping up his momentum after his astonishing clap back against Spencer last week by dropping truth bombs.

"Is that for you, or Negan?" he asks Rosita, speaking about the bullet Eugene made for her.

Rosita says that everyone else who was in Negan's lineup that fateful night could have been useful to the group in some way. She feels that her only purpose is to kill Negan, even if she dies doing it.

But Father Gabriel keeps being brilliant and tells her, "It shouldn't have been you. It shouldn't have been anyone." But it doesn't seem to do the trick.

Rick comes home to find the Saviors at his doorstep. They search through everything he and Aaron brought back, and find that not-so-nice note. They think it's a message from Aaron, and give him a pretty harsh beating.

And then there's Spencer, being the worst and attempting to build a rapport with Negan. He expresses his concern about Rick being in charge, and says Negan should give him the power instead. Negan sees right through the bullshit, which is very much like Gregory's, and literally guts him. This plays out -- like most of episode 707 -- exactly like the comics.

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And that's when the episode picks up.

Rosita takes her one shot at Negan. Of course, it doesn't hit its mark. But it does put a dent in Lucille, which Negan is not exactly happy about.

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He charges Rosita and has Arat, one of his most loyal followers, put a knife to Rosita's face to get her to tell him who made the bullet. She says it was her, which Negan doesn't buy.

When Rosita -- ever the badass -- refuses to budge, it unfortunately costs Olivia her life.

Tara offers herself as a sacrificial lamb after this, but Eugene ends up admitting that he's the one who made the bullet.

Then Negan exits, taking Eugene and leaving behind an absolute mess.

Rick and Michonne have a deep talk about what they need to do now. Michonne says that she set out on her own to come to grips with what was going on, but she realized that it wasn't about her– it was about them.

"'We're the ones who get things done.' You said that," she tells him. "We can fight them, Rick...but only if wedo this."

The whole crew goes to Hilltop to rally with Maggie, Sasha and Enid. There, they find Daryl and Jesus, who made their way back together.

Rick and Daryl, naturally, have a big bromance hug.

And now, it's time to fight back.

But, of course, that's not the end. Someone's lurking in the dark, watching Alexandria.

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The episode as a whole was a bit mismanaged. Yes, a lot of things were going on and the end was enjoyable, but the pacing made it feel like nothing happened until the last 20 minutes. This was yet another episode that didn't really need to have a 90-minute slot.

Like the rest of the season, it consisted of a lot of slow moments with a good amount of shocking and interesting twists that were, for the most part, worth the wait.

The theme of the episode seemed to be the emotional and mental coming together of our group, and all of them getting on the same page. This idea was driven home pretty well when most of our core characters completed the episode in the same place after spending a season divided.

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Some of the camera angles were dizzying, but other bits of imagery really worked well. The scene where Aaron is pummeled in tandem with Spencer and Negan's pool game, for example, told the audience that Spencer was shortly going to be on the receiving end of violence himself. Alternatively, we didn't need those lingering shots of each character at the end of the episode.

Carol may be a fan favorite, but her isolationism is getting as annoying as Morgan's refusal to kill anyone last season. She needs to pivot soon, or her character is going to get boring.

And after setting up the Kingdom in the beginning of the season, it was a shame not to see it in the last six episodes. That setting is endlessly fascinating in the comics, and fans of the show deserve to see it. Besides, we need more of that beautiful tiger, Shiva, in our lives.

As for our mystery person in this episode, a fair guess would be that it's Dwight. He has a pretty large role in the comic story line the writers seem to be setting up. But we'll have to wait until February to discover this creeper's true identity.

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.

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