[s11e19] Variant 100%

Pamela plans to handle Lance personally, while the citizens of the Commonwealth turn against the leadership.

The core premise of the episode focuses on the confirmation that certain walkers are evolving, displaying behaviors not seen since the earliest days of the apocalypse.

The episode explains that these "variant" walkers are not new, but rather, the intelligent walkers seen in season one were actually variants, a fact that was largely ignored in later seasons. [S11E19] Variant

Aaron, Jerry, and Lydia encounter walkers capable of turning doorknobs, climbing walls, and picking up rocks to use as weapons.

Daryl takes the lead in attempting to get Eugene and Max out of harm's way, but the duo is separated amid the chaos. Pamela plans to handle Lance personally, while the

Following the dramatic events of the previous episode, "Variant" picks up in the middle of a power struggle within the Commonwealth.

that followed (Daryl Dixon, Dead City)

The political structure of the Commonwealth is rapidly deteriorating following the broadcasting of Sebastian's true nature.