The Walking Dead: Every Season 9 Episode Ranked Worst To Best

After Lydia is taken back to her mother and Henry tries to rescue her, Daryl and Connie mount a mission to save them both. Meanwhile, Guardians also uses its runtime to properly introduce the Whisperers and the way they work.

Introducing the mountainous terror Beta, the episode is a thrilling examination of a community we've never seen before, who live amongst the dead, wearing masks made of the deceased's faces, and are governed by a strict and violent code.

Soaring with its performances (particularly those of Samantha Morton and Ryan Hurst), Guardians is endlessly creepy and rife with tension, setting up more major confrontations whilst making sure to hammer home just how unpredictable and far gone the Whisperers really are. The results are horrifying.