Rick and the group will be brought closer to Negan and his killer troop in "The Walking Dead" season 6. Titled "Knots Untie," the installment will see the survivors find ways to sustain their survival and also find a new home.
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The group will realize that there's another community out there and it's directly where Jesus hails – Hilltop Colony.
The gang will be travelling there in hopes of trading goods, which is actually Jesus's idea. After he realized in "The Walking Dead" season 6 episode 10 that Alexandria is short on food supply but big on armory, he suggested they barter.
Upon arriving there, it only took seconds for Rick to hate on the community leader Gregory, who becomes the latest character from the Robert Kirkman comics to get his small screen counterpart in "The Walking Dead."
Gregory is not all that happy having to entertain guests, let alone ones who want to trade. His attitude puts Rick off so much he had Maggie deal with him, but to no avail. At this point of "The Walking Dead" season 6 episode 11, a dreaded name will again be broached.
Rick and the gang learn that Hilltop is already trading with Negan and his group ironically called Saviors. They offer the community so-called protection, which would explain why the community found no need of weapons.
As "The Walking Dead" comics fans would know, Negan is all for violence and the protection he only knows of is that of himself. This means that Hilltop is basically under the control of Negan, who in the upcoming "The Walking Dead" season 6 episode, orders Gregory's murder.
Negan commands someone from Hilltop to kill the leader and the threat to Gregory's life pushed him to accept Maggie's new offer, which is that they get the Saviors off their back in exchange for half of Hilltop's full supply.
It looks like Negan won't be showing up yet but Rick and the group will be dealing with more Saviors. Spoilers hint that Abraham will almost be choked to death while Rick will be able to kill Gregory's attacker Ethan.
Meanwhile, Maggie will also be getting an ultrasound, thanks to the gynecologist they picked up on the way to Hilltop. "The Walking Dead" season 6 episode 11 "Knots Untie" airs Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on AMC. Watch the livestream via AMC.com.
