No Other Way (The Walking Dead)

"No Other Way" is the ninth episode and second-part premiere of the eleventh season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead.

[1] In the episode, Daryl (Norman Reedus), Maggie (Lauren Cohan), Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) fight against the Reapers for food.

Aaron (Ross Marquand) and the Alexandrians try to survive a storm as the walls cave in and the walkers invade the community.

Maggie hides in a building and meets with Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Elijah (Okea Eme-Akwari), who has been injured by shrapnel.

Back in Alexandria, Rosita (Christian Serratos) and others fight walkers outside Aaron (Ross Marquand) house.

Judith (Cailey Fleming) and Gracie (Anabelle Holloway) try to escape the basement, which is quickly flooding with water.

After hearing Gracie's whistle, Rosita sends Lydia (Cassady McClincy) to investigate while she fights off the walkers surrounding the house.

After Elijah tells her that his people need to be avenged, Maggie kills the remaining Reapers and shoots Leah in the shoulder, letting her escape.

Maggie enters the church; putting down a reanimated Reaper, she discovers that Alden (Callan McAuliffe) was killed by the man during a fight, having his legs broken and his throat slit.

The critical consensus reads: "The Reaper threat is extinguished in "No Other Way," a thrilling return that takes The Walking Dead's final season in a more promising direction.

"[4] Erik Kain for Forbes praised the episode, writing that: "A tense conclusion to the Reapers storyline, a great twist, and one of the best scenes in the entire show’s run all conspire to make this one of The Walking Dead’s best.

"[5] Paul Daily of TV Fanatic gave it a score of 4.5/5 and praised the episode writing: "It was time to weave some of the plots together to truly give the sense that The Walking Dead Season 11 is the final season, and damn, it was a nail-biting premiere that changed the trajectory of the series.