The Walking Dead has spent the second half of Season 7 setting up a war between Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and the Saviors and the communities under Negan's thumb, and in the finale, they're finally going to ship out. [...] Ezekiel knows how valuable Morgan is, and he's giving him a motivational speech to persuade him to ride with the Kingdom. "Join us on this journey to create an alliance," Ezekiel says.