Alpha lied to the group about Lydia’s whereaboutsĪlpha demands unquestioning dedication and zero emotion from her pack, but she’s not following her own rules. Alpha was likely eyeing Gamma for something greater so this might have been the ultimate test to deem her worthy of promotion. Or perhaps she allowed the sister to stay alive knowing that she might try something ominous. Alpha may have shown the woman mercy because of her own complicated feelings about Lydia. The walkers killed her and Alpha dubbed her loyal sister Gamma for putting the needs of the pack over flesh and blood.
Surprisingly, Alpha showed mercy after the woman’s emotional breakdown.īut, her rare grace backfired when the woman later attacked her in the middle of a walker herding session.
Her sister warned her that showing emotion and daydreaming would lead to her death but it was to no avail. Connie saved the baby, but the woman never truly moved past sacrificing her daughter. Last season, one of the Whisperers coldly left her baby to die among walkers. This would also explain why he gives Alpha grace when she shows emotions over Lydia. Gross.īeta never outright says who this person is but the scene was juxtaposed with Alpha losing her grip over Lydia, so it was probably Beta’s son. Yes, he’s been wearing this stuff for seven years. So, Beta cut off his face, took his shirt, and moved on with Alpha. The taller person was Beta but there was a guy with long hair and a smiley face shirt.īeta went ballistic after Alpha killed the person’s zombified remains but she convinced him that this person could always be with him. Alpha eventually discovered a picture of two people standing in front of the same building with the faces scratched out. He quickly built a strange connection to Alpha (then A), even though he refused to let her see his face. Beta’s face and shirt came from a loved oneīefore Alpha, Beta (whom she originally called B) was living alone in an abandoned building for addiction treatment. Perhaps there’s another group out there somewhere who lived among the walkers first? But it’s clear that whatever Morgan saw had nothing to do with Alpha’s group. This is interesting considering Morgan’s claim back in season three about people wearing dead people’s faces. This would have been around the time that Rick and the others were rebuilding post All-Out War, which means the apocalypse had already been going on for a few years. This episode reveals that Alpha and Beta’s first encounter was seven years ago.