The Walking Dead Season 7: 3 Ups And 4 Downs From 'The Other Side'

3. Characters Being Sidelined

The Walking Dead Jesus Maggie
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While they got some small moments, it's hard not to think this episode was a waste of some of the show's best characters. Hilltop is the main focus, which just so happens to be where Maggie, Daryl, and Jesus - all three are at least fun to watch - and yet the episode doesn't spend a great deal of time with them.

We get a very brief conversation between Maggie and Jesus, a nice but still quite short one between Maggie and Daryl, and then Jesus has an (again quick) chat with Gregory. Outside of that, the three of them don't really get a lot to do, which is a shame and a wasted opportunity given there are large swathes of this episode where very little happens.

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