I want to say that one reason why I loved the change from direct comic interpretation , is that Maggie didn ' t go to Hilltop with any animosity towards Rick and Co , because in the comic there ' s still a division , slight as it may be . In the show , she deems the death of Glenn her fault and wants to fight . She still sees Rick as family as opposed to a reason Glenn ' s dead . Also , the split up of the RV group and those that follow Daryl is just one extra level of how Daryl winds up blaming himself . <| sep |> I think that ' s why they specifically said fully standalone . I . e . not having to mess around with the portal or anything like that . <| sep |> Douglas I heard some nasty rumors , and I don ' t mean the usual the town mayor ' s mistress is also his sister or it ' s unofficially called Maddentown small town secrets . I mean a guy with a pyramid for a head killed his sister ' s boyfriend because he was drunk driving the train !