So, get this... apparently the most recent episode was also the end of the line for Maggie. I had heard that Lauren Cohan was leaving the show (she has a new show on ABC in which she is starring) but thought they would do something to explain it. Instead, part of the time jump will be that
Maggie is just gone. Are you kidding me?!?!
How difficult would it have been for them to give us a scene of her leaving after confronting Negan? Something where she says to Jesus, "I won't kill him, but I can't live here with him any more." You could have her regret her decision to unilaterally kill Gregory and say Hilltop needs a leader with more moral authority. I dunno...
there are a million ways they could have done it. She's been at the heart of the show since season 2 and now she is just gone with no explanation to viewers. Ugh... really bad move.
-Jason "TWD wants us to hate them, don't they?" Evans