Out of the Ashes

"Out of the Ashes" is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. The 158th episode of the series overall, the episode was directed by executive producer Greg Nicotero and written by LaToya Morgan. "Out of the Ashes" was released on the streaming platform AMC+ on September 12, 2021, before airing on AMC on September 19, 2021. In the episode, Aaron (Ross Marquand), Carol (Melissa McBride), Lydia (Cassady McClincy), and Jerry (Cooper Andrews) interrogate a Whisperer left behind in Hilltop's destruction; Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) wait at the satellite outpost for the others to regroup; Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), Princess (Paola Lázaro), and Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura) are accepted into the Commonwealth, as Yumiko reunites with her brother. The episode received positive reviews from critics. Plot At the Commonwealth, Eugene, Ezekiel, Princess, and Yumiko watch an introductory video on VHS and are given their job assignments and housing information. Eugene worries that the Commonwealth intends for them to live there permanently, while they would like to get back to their own group at Alexandria. Yumiko is overjoyed to be reunited with her brother at a local bakery. After Alexandria's wall is compromised and walkers breach the community before being quickly killed, Aaron, Carol, Lydia, and Jerry leave for the Hilltop, and upon arriving scavenge through the rubble left behind from the Whisperers' attack. Lydia notices walkers in the distance circling the way Whisperers used to herd them. When they investigate, they find one Whisperer still alive, who insists that he's the only one left, but Aaron is unconvinced.