The Walking Dead Ep. 713 Bury Me Here
The melon that started a war.
Well that’s not quite how it played out but the melon in question set off a chain of events that will no doubt have explosive results moving forward. Bury Me Here is like a veil being lifted from the eyes of several characters. It further develops the Morgan/Carol dynamic and highlights the horror our choices can unleash. Choice often precedes action and the ability to solve the problems people face. The desire to determine one’s own destiny is a driving factor in human existence but sometimes it ends up with us digging our own graves.
Morgan gets an unexpected visit from Carol who has a few questions she’d like answered. They say the truth well set you free but freedom comes with a price. Choices unfortunately come with the same currency. Bury Me Here was an extended exercise in the domino effect that one choice can unleash. When a supply run between the Kingdommers and the Saviors goes horribly wrong it’s not the outcome that’s most disturbing but the reason why the things went off the rails in the first place. Richard has been itching to upset the status quo and to mobilize a strike against Negan and the Saviors. Possibly the worst pitchman in history he has failed to corral Daryl and Morgan as accomplices. Left with no options, he decides to set his grand plan in motion on his own.
Richard’s ill-conceived plan to kick-start a war costs a member of the Kingdom his life throwing Morgan into a firestorm of hate and anger. Preaching peace and restraint for almost two seasons now, Morgan releases all of the pain he’s been holding in since he lost his family. His turn and the fallout from his actions bring him back to Carol. They share a touching moment near the end of Bury Me Here and come to realize that despite their differences they may be two sides of the same coin. Morgan’s recap of Negan’s laundry list of kills is a stark reminder of just how much havoc he has wrecked. The pain in Carol’s eyes, coupled with the death earlier in the episode is a quiet call to arms not only for the characters but for the audience as well.
So was Richard successful? Considering how things ultimately played out you’d have to argue that he was. Carol’s reintegration into the Kingdom and Morgan’s new outlook on death has all of the necessary players in place to mount an assault on Negan. If the end justifies the means and cost is no object then Richard has proven to be an effective catalyst.
