Issue 81

Issue 81 is part 2 of Volume 14: No Way Out.

Plot Synopsis
The issue begins with Rick finally giving in to Jessie's romantic advances after a brief moment of hesitation. Jessie is regretful immediately after, given the circumstances between her, Rick, and Pete. Her feelings of guilt are short lived as Rick reassures her. Afterwards, Rick confronts the phone and admits to himself that Lori's voice isn't real.

Meanwhile, Michonne and Morgan are in bed. Morgan brings up the subject of no longer feeling guilty about being happy, after which Michonne storms out, annoyed with his constant self-absorption.

As Rick begins his patrol, Abraham notifies him that a portion of the wall is beginning to give way to the undead herd due to some supporting posts not having proper foundations. A truck is backed up in front of the loose panel to reinforce it.

Glenn offers to head a group to distract some of the herd and take supplies to Andrea, who has been trapped in the tower for over a day without food. Spencer shows up equally concerned about Andrea, and agrees to join the supply runners. After securing a horizontal line between rooftops, the runners crawl along the rope, which sags underneath the weight of the runners and the supplies. Glenn and Heath make it across safely, but the rope breaks as Spencer crosses, plunging him toward the mass of zombies below. Glenn and Heath struggle to pull Spencer from the grasp of the herd, but Andrea suddenly appears to help pull Spencer to safety.

As Holly and Tobin watch the loose panel, the herd finally pushes their way through. Tobin tries to fight off the zombies while Holly runs and notifies Rick, who heads to the panel and tells her to notify everyone else. Rick runs to the site to find Tobin already torn apart by zombies. Morgan teams up with Rick to fight off the zombies, only to be severely bitten in the biceps. The issue ends with Rick trying to help Morgan up with zombies looming menacingly close.

Credits

 * Rick Grimes
 * Morgan Jones
 * Michonne
 * Andrea
 * Glenn
 * Maggie Greene
 * Sophia
 * Sgt. Abraham Ford
 * Heath
 * Dr. Denise Cloyd
 * Spencer Monroe
 * Jessie Anderson
 * Tobin
 * Holly
 * Olivia

Deaths

 * Tobin

Trivia

 * Morgan is bitten.