The Walking Dead Season 7: 8 Big Questions After 'Swear' 

That fake Heath walker, really? 

The Walking Dead Swear Questions
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Another episode of The Walking Dead, another single location instalment, and yet another new community uncovered by the survivors.

Oceanside is the third new community introduced this season, after the Kingdom and Sanctuary, and the fifth now in-play on the show. It's a remarkable turnaround for a show that spent so long showing Rick and his band of not-so-merry men as the only ones left, with typically one other community per season.

Even more surprising is that they're all so close together. You'd think, given the desolate nature of the world, they'd be a little more spread out.

All of these new locales are ostensibly building to something bigger, and there'll be an endpoint to it all. Getting there, however, is a bit of a slog. Swear is another bore, mostly elevated by Tara's comedic sensibilities. And even if she is funny, it's hard to justify a full hour with her.

It's slowly moving to the mid-season finale (when it'll no doubt do something big and shocking to make everyone forget about all the filler). It can't come soon enough really, but there are a few questions to be answered on the way.

8. What's Going On With Rosita's Plan?

The Walking Dead Swear Questions
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Last time we Rosita, she had a secret gun and was trying to coerce Eugene into making a bullet. Why? Although not stated, it seemed she had one clear target in mind: Negan.

The thread is just about picked at again this week, as Rosita asks a lot of questions about Oceanside, though Tara isn't spilling at the minute.

Since she's asking about guns, does this mean Eugene hasn't yet made a bullet, or does she just want more weaponry? Is she planning on a single assassination attempt, or something bigger?

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