Warning! SPOILERS for The Walking Dead season 10, episode 10 ahead.
dark midseason premiere, The Walking Dead season 10 is kicking the Whisperer War into the next gear with a devastating attack on Alexandria.
Already, the survivors begin The Walking Dead season 10 in a tricky situation, with several Carol triggering a collapse by detonating dynamite in a last ditch attempt to destroy the horde, Connie and Magna are trapped inside. Their fates still remain unknown, but before the others even reach Alexandria to share the news and possibly get volunteers for a rescue, the community is attacked in the dead of night. Beta is prowling the streets of Alexandria, and no one is safe.
In The Walking Dead season 10 episode 2, "Stalker," Beta secretly invades Alexandria, traveling through a system of tunnels and rising undetected from Night of the Living Dead. More importantly, though, its placement in this episode only highlights why it's Beta and not Alpha who is the real Whisperer threat in season 10.
In contrast to Beta's murderous rampage, Alpha spends this week's episode locked in a grudge match with Daryl. After the collapse of the cave that traps Connie and Magna, Lydia arrives not long after, and upon seeing her daughter, Alpha asks Lydia to kill her and lead the Whisperers herself. Lydia refuses and instead helps Daryl to escape, but the very fact that Alpha is seemingly ready give up doesn't suggest she has the conviction to carry on as the Whisperers' leader.
Beta, on the other hand, is extremely committed to the Beta becoming the new Whisperer leader.
In Alpha is still very much alive on AMC's The Walking Dead, but there are several characters who want her dead, and it may not be long before one of them can do the deed. If so, Beta would clearly assume leadership just like he does in the comics, and given the devastation he's able to accomplish in this season 10 episode, that would be very bad news for the survivors in Alexandria.
The Walking Dead season 10 continues next Sunday, March 8th with "Morningstar" at 9pm/8c on AMC.