While the group learns what living under Negan's rules really mean, Rick devises a new strategy to deal with the Saviors. But before it can be put in motion, a member of the group disappears after the Saviors collect their payment from Alexandria. Paul takes Rick to call on the help of an exotic man named Ezekiel, leader of a community called the Kingdom based in Washington, D.C., where one of the Saviors independently offers to help them fight Negan.