Author: Josh Wigler / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
[This story contains spoilers through season eight, episode 12 of AMC’s The Walking Dead, as well as the latest issue of the comic books on which the show is based.]
“My name is Georgie. These are my friends, Hilda and Midge. And you are?”
Suspicious, is the answer — a group better known by their individual names: Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Michonne (Danai Gurira), Enid (Katelyn Nacon) and Rosita (Christian Serratos).
The four women encountered three new mysterious entities in the latest episode of the AMC zombie drama: the aforementioned Georgie, played by House of Cards and 24 alum Jayne Atkinson, as well as two bodyguards with a curious vocabulary. (Imagine Pee-Wee Herman going wild at the suggested secret words of the week: “clumph” and “moisture.”)
Georgie and friends arrived on The Walking Dead at a compelling moment in the show’s narrative, right in the thick of “All-Out War.” Their offer: knowledge for food and music. It takes some time before Maggie and her companions feel comfortable accepting the offer, but eventually, a deal is struck. Georgie provides the Hilltop with a binder filled with information about how to build a sustainable future — a future much like the one outlined by Carl (Chandler Riggs) in his dying moments.
“Communities like yours? Not many at all,” Georgie says in her first scene, answering a question about how many communities she and her allies have encountered in their travels. “And not one for a very long time. What you have is special… unusual. The dead have brought out our best and worst, and the worst has outpaced our best lately. But that won’t last forever.
”Before she leaves,…
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