Lydia is leaving Hilltop to join the Commonwealth, and say goodbye to Elijah and Marco, who are guarding the community. Out of the blue, they see a man riding a horse towards Hilltop. They ask him to stop, but the man is wounded with a shot, falls off the horse and gives a map to Lydia telling her that his people was slaughtered. Maggie, Lydia and Eliajah head to the location and stumble upon three zombie troopers. Then they see Aaron, who tells them what happened one week ago. He and Gabriel were recruited by their boss, Carlson, to go with the young Jess to invite a community to join Commonwealth. Although Aaron and Gabriel refuse to go, Carlson says that there is no deal and they must go. Soon they are invited to meet their leader, Ian, who seems to be a dangerous man and tells them that they should leave, since his group is not interested in joining Commonwealth. Out of the blue, Carlson subdues Ian and kills everyone in the room except Aason, Gabriel and Jess, surprising the survivors.
"Warlords" is a great episode of "The Walking Dead", where "bad apples" from Commonwealth are disclosed. The hidden agenda of Hornsby and Carlson, not telling the truth to Aaron and Gabriel, is disgusting. Their real intention with the community, using Aaron and Gabriel to open their doors, is Machiavellian. Carlson seems to be in the same level of Negan, Maggie, Leah and other cold blood killers that we saw along the series. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Os Senhores da Guerra" ("The Warlords")