The World Before (The Walking Dead)

"The World Before" is the eighth episode and first-part finale of the tenth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on November 24, 2019.

In a flashback several months after the blizzard, Alpha chooses and assigns Dante, due to his loyalty and because Lydia doesn't know him, to infiltrate Alexandria as her spy and sabotage the community from the inside for the impending war between them.

It is revealed that Dante is the one who painted the "Silence the Whispers" graffiti, sabotaged the water supply, and suffocated Cheryl to death.

Rosita is distraught over Siddiq's death and releases her anger by killing walkers on the outskirts of the community; she is helped by Eugene.

As night falls, Daryl, Carol, and Aaron set out and meet with Jerry, Magna, Connie, and Kelly to locate the horde.

Michonne agrees to help Virgil find his family in exchange for weapons from the base to destroy Alpha's horde.

The site's critical consensus reads, "A somewhat anticlimatic [sic] and uneven effort, 'The World Before' still manages to leave the door open for a engaging slate of plot threads in the second half of TWD's 10th season.

"[4] Brian Lowry writing for CNN praised the episode and wrote: "Through the first half of the 10th season, the series has regained a degree of momentum, thanks to the way the writers have showcased key characters".