Adaptation

"Adaptation" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the ninth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on February 10, 2019. The episode was made available a week earlier on February 3 via AMC Premiere, the network's on-demand service. Plot Daryl, Michonne, and the others manage to ward off the walkers from the cemetery, killing four more disguised humans, and recovering Jesus' corpse and the mask from the human who killed him as they leave. As the group head toward the Hilltop, they spot six more walkers following them and lure the group into a confrontation on a covered bridge. Three of the "walkers" turn out to be more humans in disguise. Daryl and Michonne kill two while the third, a young woman, surrenders and is taken prisoner back to the Hilltop. At Alexandria, Negan finds the streets nearly empty and gathers some supplies, including a compass he takes from Judith's room. As he is about to climb the walls of Alexandria, Judith appears, threatening to shoot him. Negan pleads to let him go, but she warns him there is nothing outside the walls for him. However, Judith does allow him to flee, letting him keep the compass for if he ever loses his way, warning that she will shoot him if she sees him again. Negan retraces his steps back to the Sanctuary, passing the clearing where he had killed Glenn and Abraham, where he gets sick after having drank river water, and stopping by a town where he is briefly attacked by dogs and a walker, before he continues on to the Sanctuary. Eventually, Michonne's group returns to the Hilltop. Before they arrived, Tara, Alden, and others planned out search parties to look for the group, with Alden and Luke heading out on the rescue mission. The new threat of humans disguised as walkers is discussed; the girl is locked up and questioned, but she asserts all the others she knew died at the cemetery and the bridge. Eugene is taken to the infirmary to repair his leg. While helping him, Rosita gets sick and rushes outside, followed by Siddiq. Rosita tells Siddiq that she thinks she is pregnant with his child, which Eugene, who has had romantic attractions to Rosita, overhears.