Daryl and Dog get captured by the Reapers. They are then taken to the Meridian and reconnect with a familiar figure from their past.
Aaron, Carol, Lydia and Jerry go to the Hilltop ruins for blacksmith tools and nearby game, Eugene's group goes through orientation at the Commonwealth, Maggie and Negan trudge through the woods, and Judith and the kids clash with teenagers.
Escaping from walkers, Connie and Virgil hide in a house occupied by mysterious creatures. Pope tests Daryl's loyalty to the Reapers with a conflicting mission, and Kelly leaves Alexandria in search of Connie.
Maggie and Elijah learn a new survival tactic from Negan, while Eugene's group clears walkers to pay their fines. Yumiko interviews for an upper-class job, Daryl learns more about Leah and the Reapers and Gabriel encounters a man of God.
The Reapers defend Meridian from an incoming herd; Pope suspects Maggie is behind the attack, while Daryl treads carefully; Alexandrians scramble to protect themselves when a violent storm leaves them vulnerable to walkers.
Daryl, Maggie, Gabriel, Negan, and Elijah battle the Reapers for food; Aaron and the Alexandrians must survive a storm.
The heroes experience Halloween in the Commonwealth; Daryl and Rosita undergo military training led by Mercer; Carol investigates Ezekiel's medical condition.
Eugene looks for Stephanie after she mysteriously goes missing; Connie investigates a story on Trooper Davis; Carol helps Hornsby with a labour dispute at a drug farm.
Aaron and Maggie meet Governor Pamela Milton as she tours Alexandria, Oceanside, and Hilltop; Ezekiel finds himself lucky during a routine check up; Eugene processes Max's story.
Maggie, Lydia and Elijah help a stranger from another community called Riverbend; they run into Aaron, who tells them about a mission he embarked on with Gabriel as emissaries for the Commonwealth.
Maggie, Lydia and Elijah help Aaron and Gabriel on a rescue mission; in the chaos, Negan finds himself watching over Hershel; Sebastian coerces Daryl and Rosita into pulling a heist.
Hornsby marches Daryl and troops to confront Maggie at Hilltop; after a harrowing heist, Rosita gets Connie, Kelly, Eugene, and Max to investigate the Miltons; Ezekiel helps hospital patients in need.
Maggie prepares to defend Hilltop and the people of Riverbend against Hornsby, but Hornsby hires Leah to kill her.
Daryl and Negan rush to the Commonwealth to stop Hornsby from going after their families; Pamela deals with protestors demanding justice for Sebastian's crimes; Mercer needs Rosita's help to fight a swarm.
Carol makes a deal with Pamela to wipe the slate clean on behalf of her friends; Aaron, Jerry, Lydia and Elijah get on the road to Oceanside to fill them in on a plan; the Commonwealth celebrates Founders Day.
Eugene goes on the run after the Founders Day incident; Pamela tasks Mercer to investigate his whereabouts, to Max and Princess' dismay; Aaron, Jerry, Lydia, and Elijah encounter an unusual complication at an abandoned Renaissance Faire.
Daryl and Carol investigate the whereabouts of their friends after Pamela disappears them from the Commonwealth; Pamela asks Yumiko to prosecute Eugene on behalf of the Commonwealth.
A military convoy travelling to a mysterious location is tracked by Gabriel, Maggie and Rosita; Negan, Ezekiel, Annie and Kelly are at a labour camp; Daryl is haunted by Connie's capture and tracks a train that she might be in with the help of Carol.
Ezekiel and Negan team up to lead a clandestine labor revolt against the warden; Aaron, Jerry, Lydia and Elijah catch up with Luke and Jules fleeing Oceanside; Eugene stands trial with Yumiko as his defense attorney.
The Alexandrians and the prisoners head back to the Commonwealth to confront Pamela Milton; a swarm approaches the city.
Daryl and Carol rush Judith to the hospital; Rosita, Eugene and Gabriel search for Coco; Maggie and Negan take arms against Pamela; as the citizens of the Commonwealth deal with the herd, the heroes assemble for one last stand to save their future.