"One More" is the nineteenth episode of the tenth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the one-hundred and fiftieth episode of the series overall. It premiered on March 14, 2021. It was written by Jim Barnes & Erik Mountain and directed by Laura Belsey.[1]
Plot[]
With Maggie's map, Gabriel and Aaron search for food and supplies to bring back to Alexandria. Checking out one more location, they chance upon a stash. Faith is broken and optimism is fragmented when they are put to the ultimate test.
Synopsis[]
Aaron and Gabriel slay walkers in a field.
Aaron and Gabriel arrive at a building to search for potential supplies, only to find that the building has burned to the ground. Gabriel consults a map of potential supply sources that Maggie created.
Aaron and Gabriel throw a timer into a field. The timer rings, causing walkers to rise out of the tall grass. Aaron and Gabriel kill the walkers.
Aaron and Gabriel find a caravan of abandoned cars riddled with bullets. Gabriel discovers a stash of canned goods in a car trunk, but bullet holes have caused the contents to leak out. Aaron grows discouraged.
Aaron bangs the boarded-up door of a market to draw out walkers. Gabriel hacks at walkers as they reach through the planks. Aaron kills a walker as it lunges for them. Gabriel climbs onto the roof and finds a walker tied to a post. Three dead bodies lie on a nearby mattress and the message '"SAVE US" is written in big letters across the roof. One man is holding a gun, suggesting that he had committed murder-suicide, possibly after running out of supplies. Gabriel enters the store via a roof hatch. Gabriel kills the walkers inside the store but finds no supplies. He consults Maggie's map and says there is one more location to search. Aaron gives up hope and points out that they've been scavenging for two weeks without any success. Gabriel insists they still check the final location.
Aaron and Gabriel walk down a trail. A walker rises from the mud and grabs at Gabriel. Gabriel falls in the mud, ruining the map. Aaron kills the walker and refuses to proceed without a map. Gabriel insists they just need to look for a water tower that is near the final location, but eventually agrees to return home.
Aaron and Gabriel discover an abandoned warehouse and search inside. Gabriel notices a pile of Bibles with torn pages. Aaron investigates a noise. Gabriel finds something in the drawer of a desk. Aaron approaches a room where the noise is coming from. He opens the door. Gabriel hears Aaron screaming and races over to the room. Aaron stands over the body of a boar that he fought and killed. Gabriel proposes dinner with some whiskey that he found in the desk. Aaron and Gabriel cook the boar in the warehouse. Gabriel pours some whiskey and notes that it's a very expensive brand. Aaron asks for more. Gabriel fills their glasses. Later in the evening, Aaron and Gabriel play a drunken game of poker. Aaron and Gabriel relax after dinner. Gabriel tells a story about a mentor who taught him that good ministers are able to relate to people on their own terms. Aaron wishes they could go back to saving and recruiting residents to Alexandria. Gabriel doubts that life will ever return to normal and declares that evil people are the rule, not the exception. Gabriel and Aaron sleep in the warehouse. Aaron gets up to use the bathroom.
Gabriel wakes up and finds Aaron gone. A man named Mays watches him from across the room and asks for some boar. Gabriel sits across from Mays as he eats boar. Mays tells Gabriel that he lives at the warehouse and that Gabriel and Aaron stole his boar. He reveals that he has Aaron's mace arm, then shoots at a room where he's holding Aaron. Gabriel tries to appeal to the man's faith in God, but Mays says he was merely using the Bibles for toilet paper. Mays drags Aaron out of the room and forces them to play Russian roulette. Gabriel and Aaron take turns shooting at their own heads. The chamber is empty each time. Mays explains that he killed his brother and his brother's family after catching his brother stealing his food. Gabriel invites Mays to join their community. Mays agrees and cuts Aaron loose. Gabriel kills Mays with the mace and tells Aaron that they couldn't take a man who killed his brother's family.
Aaron and Gabriel wonder where Mays had been hiding. They find a room upstairs stocked with supplies. Mays' brother is handcuffed, surrounded by the skeletons of his family. Mays' brother explains that Mays had forced his family to play Russian roulette. Gabriel frees Mays' brother. Mays' brother grabs Gabriel's gun and shoots himself.
Gabriel and Aaron cross a field and spot the water tower. Aaron agrees to look for the final location. They head off towards the water tower.
Other Cast[]
Uncredited[]
- Barbara Hooper as Mays' Sister-in-Law (Photograph/Corpse)
- Unknown as Mays' Niece (Photograph/Corpse)
Deaths[]
- Tommy Franklin (Confirmed Fate)
- Mays
- Mays' Brother
- Mays' Sister-in-Law (Confirmed Fate)
- Mays' Niece (Confirmed Fate)
- 9 unnamed people (Confirmed Fate)
- 1 boar
Trivia[]
- Only appearance of Mays. (Alive)
- The title of the episode, "One More", refers to Aaron's comment to Gabriel when they decide to go look at the water tower, which Aaron states, "one more".
- This episode was made available for streaming to subscribers of AMC Premiere on March 11, 2021.
- This is the 150th episode of AMC's The Walking Dead.
- This is the seventh episode to feature only two main cast members, after "Still", "The Grove", "Slabtown", "The Well", "Bury Me Here" and "Find Me".
- This is the first episode in this season where Daryl Dixon does not appear.
- This is also the first episode he didn't appear in since "The Lost and the Plunderers".
- The "Duane Jones Bourbon" sold for $2000 a bottle, similar to the real Pappy Van Winkle's.
- The name could also be a reference to Duane Jones or the real life actor he was named after.
- Robert Patrick and Barbara Hooper are the second real life couple to portray a couple in the TV Series, in this case Mays' Brother and his wife. The first being Curtis Jackson and Helen Jackson.
- Robert Patrick also portrayed both Mays and his brother and thus the first actor to portray two separate characters on-screen.
- Andrew Lincoln was the first one to do so as he played both Rick Grimes and a Radio Broadcaster in "What Happened and What's Going On" but the latter was only a voice over role.
- Robert Patrick also portrayed both Mays and his brother and thus the first actor to portray two separate characters on-screen.
Episode Highlights[]
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