my prediction for this new development: after everyone gets acclimated to the community, someone from the group is going to be exiled which will force the remainder of the group to decide if they're going to stay or leave with their "family."
It's possible. The thing is that I realize Deanna KNOWS that her little community is not going to survive. She's very aware of the dangers of Rick's group, but she sees them as a necessary infusion so that the current population will survive. She even hands them a lot of authority. She's expecting issues and yet hands them power. So I'm not sure what would have to happen for one person to be driven out.
The second half of Season 5 has been aimed more at framing the journey and "group" identity, it seems, than past seasons.
What I find interesting about the current arc is:
- We finally get a pretty clear litmus test of where the Rickites are in terms of competency, since often they've been fighting people closer to level. The Alexandrites are pretty laughable (clearly unable to handle themselves in the wild), and we see even in a non-shooting match that they don't even break a sweat with these jokers. It's like when you're a tenth-level whatever in an RPG and fighting tooth and nail against other tenth-level monsters, then you run across a band of level 1 and 2 adventurers and just mop the floor.
- Repeatedly the Rickites have found a community and then discovered that the community is made of monsters -- wolves dressed as sheep. In this situation, has the situation been reversed? So afraid to go inside, and now perhaps they are the wolves dressed as sheep, running free among the sheep? It's an interesting twist... as much as comparing the living humans to the walking dead themselves.
Glenn's come such a long way. I remember when he was the "rabbit" (in S1E2) who always ran, never fought. And then in Season 2, where the group lowered him into the well as the bait to lure a walker and almost got him killed. This episode frames even more how he has changed.
I also really laughed a lot at Carol's interview. Yeah, don't put all your cards on the table; it's best to keep some secrets.
Speculation:
EDIT:
Interesting interview with Nicotero:
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/the-walking-dead-postmortem-producer-greg-112476375890.html