Rosita Espinosa

Gender Female Hair Color Dark Brown Eye Color Brown Age Mid 30s ("Rest in Peace") Occupation Pre-Apocalypse Soldier Post-Apocalypse

Former Medical Assistant at the Alexandria Safe Zone Former Soldier for the Militia, the Coalition and the Commonwealth Army Family (Unnamed) - Mother † (Unnamed) - Brother (Unnamed) - Nephew Johnny - Ex-Lover Marcus - Ex-Lover "Chaser" - Ex-Lover Abraham Ford - Ex-Boyfriend † Spencer Monroe - Late Lover † Siddiq - Ex-Lover † Gabriel Stokes - Ex-Boyfriend Socorro Espinosa - Daughter Ethnicity Mexican-American Rosita is a feisty, brave, and extremely capable survivor with a sassy nature. She mostly appears hot-headed and single-minded about the situation she is placed in. She has little room for humor and shows little hesitation in killing a posed threat. Despite her seriousness and rather sharp attitude, Rosita greatly cares for the members of her group, as demonstrated by her actions in helping Abraham and Eugene reconcile. She did not hold anger towards Eugene for lying and, more recently, saved Abraham's life after a messy breakup, showing she is compassionate. Rosita heavily relies on other people, and it is clear that she has little experience being by herself. Perhaps the first time she was ever alone, Rosita reacted with anger, which can also perhaps indicate she is good at dealing with other people's emotional situations (such as Abraham's and Eugene's), but not so much her own. After watching Abraham and Glenn get beaten to death by Negan, Rosita became consumed by vengeance. Even though it could cause more deaths to her community, she refuses to bow down to the Saviors and recklessly attempts to kill Negan, even though the Saviors would immediately slaughter Alexandria if she had succeeded. She also became much more snide and cold to even those that she was close to, shown by how she blew off Sasha and Tara.

However, by the eighth season, Rosita, having been hugely affected by Sasha's sacrifice, becomes a more level-headed survivor, as she states she has learned from her past mistakes of being angry. She even argues with Daryl's plan to attack the Sanctuary, believing it's way too risky and saying that they should follow the original plan, stating that she believes in Rick, as well as that she doesn't want to be a part of Daryl's plan anymore and eventually decides to go back to Alexandria. Later, Rosita tells Daryl, Michonne, and Tara that she didn't stop them from attacking the Sanctuary, because she wanted them to learn from their mistake, just like she had previously learned from hers. Following her integration into the Commonwealth, Rosita is trying her best to return to the life before the outbreak, but she remains curious about the true intentions behind the leaders of the community, while trying to make things work for the people around her. Rosita was born in the late 1980s and raised in the Southern United States by her Mexican mother. She had an older brother and didn't know her father well, thus being raised solely by her mother, who often had various jobs and moved frequently. While difficult, her childhood taught Rosita to become self-sufficient. Her mother died sometime around her early teens, and she was able to survive on her own. As an adult, Rosita had a career in the military. Additionally, her proficient knowledge of engineering suggests she could have been a mechanic or have had some mechanical training. Rosita and her brother later reconnected in life when he had his son, her nephew, who was born six years before the outbreak. At some point during the outbreak, Rosita joined a group of survivors consisting of Josiah, Stephanie, Warren, Rex, Pam, Roger, Dirk, and Josephine. During her time with the group, she was taught the skills essential for her survival as well as her ability to serve as a medic.

While traveling through Houston, Rosita and her group were fighting off a group of walkers until they were rescued by Abraham and Eugene. Impressed by her skills, Abraham requested her aid and informed her of a potential cure, which gave Rosita a sense of purpose. As a result, she and her group joined forces with Abraham to help take Eugene to Washington, D.C. During her travels from Texas to Georgia, her group suffered repeated casualties, leaving Rosita as the sole survivor of her original group. During this time, she developed a closer bond with Abraham and eventually fell in love with him, thus allowing Abraham to move on from the emotional trauma that stemmed from his family's deaths. After Glenn Rhee collapses from fighting off walkers, Tara Chambler smashes the last walker's head in with a rifle buttstock. After she does so, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene pull their truck up to her. After Tara sarcastically thanks them for their help, the trio exits their truck, after which Abraham tells her that she has "quite a damn mouth" and asks about what else she has. As the brawl between Abraham and Glenn begins, Rosita tries to pull Abraham off Glenn. Later, Rosita helps Abraham, Eugene, Glenn, and Tara clear out a group of walkers that Eugene was shooting at with the automatic firearm. Rosita gives Glenn the photo of his wife Maggie Greene that she found, and she soon follows Glenn and Tara, along with Eugene and Abraham, who join shortly afterwards, to look for another vehicle to complete their mission. Rosita walks behind Glenn on the way to Terminus. They then find another Terminus sign with Maggie's writing instructing Glenn to go to Terminus. She is next seen sticking up for Tara, who fell and scraped her knee, and yelling at Glenn, "Wow you're an ass, she will do whatever you say because she thinks she owes you. Man up and stay here for just a few hours". After finding another of Maggie's messages next to a dark tunnel, Rosita, Abraham, and Eugene depart to conti

Rosita walks behind Glenn on the way to Terminus. They then find another Terminus sign with Maggie's writing instructing Glenn to go to Terminus. She is next seen sticking up for Tara, who fell and scraped her knee, and yelling at Glenn, "Wow you're an ass, she will do whatever you say because she thinks she owes you. Man up and stay here for just a few hours". After finding another of Maggie's messages next to a dark tunnel, Rosita, Abraham, and Eugene depart to continue their journey to Washington, D.C., whereas Glenn and Tara stay to look for Maggie. Rosita drives the car while Eugene navigates, and they end up at the end of the tunnel, where Glenn and Tara should have ended up. Rosita, Abraham, and Eugene turn to see Maggie, Bob Stookey, and Sasha Williams. Together they all go off to help Glenn and Tara out of the tunnel, where they camp out for the night. She is last seen with everyone else walking along the train tracks and arriving at Terminus, where they are greeted by Mary. Rosita is in the train car at Terminus when Rick Grimes, Carl Grimes, Michonne Hawthorne, and Daryl Dixon enter. Rosita is making a weapon trying to escape the train car, made by removing her earrings and attaching them to a belt. After the attempt to escape fails, she remains trapped in the boxcar. Later in the episode, Sasha asks Eugene about the cure, to which Rosita replies they don't have to know. When Rick, Daryl, Glenn, and Bob come to the rescue, Rosita joins them in their escape and kills walkers. Then she runs to the fence, finding a way to climb over and out of Terminus, therefore saving the group from being trapped inside with the walkers. For the rest of the episode, Rosita is mostly in the background because Abraham, Eugene, and she are still outsiders. When Rick tells the group they need to leave, Abraham tells her they'll let him know about the mission to D.C. later.

Rosita walks with the group before they find Gabriel Stokes. While small groups are out scavenging, Rosita helps Abraham fix the church bus. Later, she eats dinner with the rest of the group. When Sasha accuses Gabriel of being connected with Gareth and his group, she tries to stop her; however, Abraham holds her back from this. When Abraham and Rosita hear that they're being watched, they want to leave the Church and continue their journey to Washington. Rick says they can't take the bus, leading to an argument with Abraham. Abraham gets aggressive, and Rosita tries to stop him. When Tara, Maggie, and Glenn tell them that they're going with them if they just wait 12 hours. Abraham agrees with the plan, and they stay. When Rick and the others are on their way to slaughter the Hunters, Rosita stays at the church, where she's one of the very few that has a weapon. When Gareth and the Hunters get into the church, he mentions Rosita's name, knowing she is there. Right before the Hunters break into the room where they are staying, Rick comes back and saves them. The next day, Rosita, Abraham, Eugene, Maggie, Tara, and Glenn head to Washington, D.C. On the bus, Rosita flirts with Abraham, teasing him about his hair, and she promises to cut it that evening. The bus then crashes and flips over. She leaves the bus with Maggie and begins killing walkers. Abraham orders Rosita to check Eugene, but he insists he's fine. When everyone leaves, she stays behind whilst Eugene spits on the walker. Later that night, Maggie gives Rosita a piece of book thread so she can stitch up Abraham's hand. Rosita stitches his arm and remarks that some former members of their group taught her these medical skills. Whilst Rosita and Abraham are having sex that night, she points out that Eugene is watching them again, and that he's in, of all places, the self-help section. They laugh together - not unkindly - and carry on.

Rosita checks Abe's hand the next day and argues that they should rest for that day. Abraham is not interested and insists they carry on. Rosita's clearly not happy with his response, but is quick to back him up when, a few moments later, Maggie and Glenn enter and make the same suggestion, showing support for him. Rosita points out that the air intake for the fire truck they're trying to get moving is on the roof, and not where Abraham is fiddling with. When walkers attack, she fights some off before Eugene deals with them. Later, when they see the large herd of walkers, she argues with Abraham that they need to go around the herd, disagreeing with him in front of the others for the first time. When things start to get physical, she still argues with him; at one point, Abraham pushes her to the ground as he's frog marching Eugene back to the fire truck, clearly shocking her. When Eugene reveals that he's been lying all along, Rosita is shocked. She insists he is a scientist and angrily points out that many people died trying to get him to DC. When Abraham beats Eugene unconscious, it's Rosita who blocks his way from hurting Eugene more, with her hand on her sidearm. She then tries to wake Eugene up.

Rosita offers Abraham water, which he hits away. She shouts at him, and he stands up, looking threatening. Maggie makes him back away from Rosita. Later on, she, Glenn, and Tara trek to a river to refill their water supplies. They come across a few walkers trapped under a pole, where Tara makes a joke about them not needing to get up, as there is nothing for them in D.C. Rosita does not approve of the joke. At the river, the water is full of mud and dirt, but Rosita knows how to make a water filter because Eugene showed her how. While filtering water, Rosita talks to them about when she first met Abraham. When they discover fish in the water, they head back to the walkers and kill them to take their clothes and make a net. Rosita and Glenn use the net to catch a fish, which Rosita knows how to clean. Glenn tells her that's a useful skill for wherever they end up, telling her that whatever happens with Eugene and Abraham, she's welcome to be a part of their group. They then head back to the fire truck. Rosita is with Abraham, Eugene, Glenn, Tara, and Maggie when they arrive back at Father Gabriel's church in the fire truck. Rosita and the group (along with Michonne, Carl, Judith, and Gabriel) arrive at Grady Memorial Hospital too late as the rescue mission is already over. They witness Daryl carrying out the dead body of Beth Greene. Rosita covers her mouth, clearly upset by Maggie's loss and the loss of the group. Rosita attends Tyreese's funeral. She quietly pays her respects to him. Rosita is with the group on the long trek they are on. She reassures everyone that Abraham is okay with his constant drinking, but doesn't interact with him, choosing to sit with others instead. She helps keep the barn doors closed when a herd attacks.

Rosita goes with Abraham, Michonne, and Glenn to see if they can find Aaron's vehicles. She uses a stick to take out a walker and saves Abraham from one. When they search the RV, Abraham finds some food the group used to eat, and Rosita reminisces on the past with him. She rides the RV on both legs of the journey to Alexandria, sitting in the passenger seat with a map. When they spot DC in the distance, she calls to Abraham and remembers their former goal. She then arrives at Alexandria with the group, being one of the first off the RV. Rosita enters Alexandria with the rest of her group and is interviewed by Deanna Monroe, where she is assigned to work as a medical assistant. She can be seen residing in the house with everyone during the first few nights of their stay in Alexandria. Rosita arrives at Deanna's party with Abraham. They both appear to be uncomfortable, but she relaxes after she mentions there is beer and smiles when Abraham goes off to grab some drinks. Later, she can be seen enjoying herself while chatting with her friends. Rosita is seen sleeping in the background while Abraham washes his face in the bathroom.

Rosita informs Michonne that Sasha hasn't been seen overnight. The two try to track her by themselves. Rosita talks about how she was screwed up after finding Eugene's lie, because she lost something, and she sees Michonne is screwed up, but because she found something. Rosita also mentions how Michonne is not carrying her sword. After seeing many dead walkers, Rosita realizes that it was Sasha who did this, due to her noticing how the walkers have been killed. Later, Michonne and Rosita find Sasha, who is continuously killing as many walkers as she can. They step in to help as a small herd approaches the three. Sasha has a little lash out at Michonne and Rosita, telling them they can be happy in Alexandria, but she can't. Rosita looks visibly shocked at Sasha for this. Rosita is seen at the end of the episode, when she witnesses the fight between Rick and Pete Anderson, and goes to help Jessie after her husband hits her. Rosita is mentioned to have been the one to patch Rick up after his fight with Pete. Rosita appears when Abraham visits the house with flowers for Tara. Rosita lets him in, but he sees Eugene and becomes hesitant to stay. Rosita assures him that Eugene is sleeping, and Abraham quietly sits down beside Tara. Rosita then deliberately crashes kitchenware to the floor to wake Eugene up and force Abraham to resolve his differences with Eugene. During the night gathering, Rosita stays with Tara to watch over her and reads a book. Tara awakens and smiles at Rosita, who smiles back.

In a flashback following the events of Reg's death, Rosita tends to Tara when Glenn and Nicholas come into the infirmary badly injured from their deadly fight in the woods. She quickly begins to patch up Nicholas and Glenn. She asks what happened out there, and Glenn tells them that they were attacked by walkers and he was shot by a bullet that ricocheted off a tree. Rosita later appears in the meeting where Rick describes the plan that they'll use to lure the zombies outside of the safezone. Rick assigns Rosita, alongside Holly and Spencer, to be in the forest for watch duty. She is later seen helping the group build the wall to help with the plan. Rosita is later mentioned by Jessie as she asked if she could help her with learning how to use a gun. Rosita witnesses Holly being stabbed by a member of the Wolves. She and Aaron bring her to the infirmary, where Rosita quickly helps Denise by bringing her medical supplies. Rosita orders Eugene to stay with Denise and Tara while she goes outside to deal with the Wolves. Aaron and Rosita quickly go outside to help against the Wolves' attack. Rosita and Aaron later kill three Wolves who were raiding one of the houses. At the end of the episode, when Rosita and the group check the fence, Spencer asks Rosita how she can still live, and why. Rosita tells him he should have something worth dying for. Rosita listens to Michonne inform Maggie of Glenn's potential death, as he never shot a flare into the sky like he said he would. Maggie begins to cry, and Rosita tries to comfort her. Rosita is seen helping Rick into Alexandria after he nearly dies getting into the safe zone. She is seen listening to Rick's speech to the Alexandrians regarding the mega herd outside the walls. Rosita is later seen at night, standing on the lookout perch overlooking hundreds of walkers outside the walls. She is quietly sobbing when Spencer comes up on the platform, offering to take her position for lookout duty. She accepts, complementing Spencer

Rosita listens to Michonne inform Maggie of Glenn's potential death, as he never shot a flare into the sky like he said he would. Maggie begins to cry, and Rosita tries to comfort her. Rosita is seen helping Rick into Alexandria after he nearly dies getting into the safe zone. She is seen listening to Rick's speech to the Alexandrians regarding the mega herd outside the walls. Rosita is later seen at night, standing on the lookout perch overlooking hundreds of walkers outside the walls. She is quietly sobbing when Spencer comes up on the platform, offering to take her position for lookout duty. She accepts, complementing Spencer killing the Wolf truck driver that could've completely destroyed the walls of Alexandria. Rosita offers machete lessons to a group of Alexandrians. Eugene attends, but recoils at the weapon and admits he's scared of dying. Rosita gruffly tells him that dying is easy — what's hard is letting your friends die because you were too scared to save them. Rosita later appears with Tara as they look in horror when they see the Alexandria bell tower collapse and destroy a part of the wall. Rosita helps drag Tobin to safety when the walls fall and the herd enters Alexandria. She and Tara then rescue Eugene and take refuge in a nearby garage, trapped in there by the walkers. Rosita is beginning to give up hope, but Tara encourages her to keep going, and the trio starts working to escape the garage. Later on, they escape and stumble into the same room where Owen the Alpha Wolf is holding Denise captive, with Carol and Morgan unconscious on the floor. He forces them to surrender their weapons, and Rosita watches as The Wolf leaves the house, taking Denise with him.

Inside the townhouse, Tara insists they rescue Denise from the Alpha Wolf. Rosita points out that they don't have enough guns to fight walkers outside. Carol borrows Rosita's gun to sweep the house. After Carol kills the wolf, she informs Rosita and the others that Denise made it safely to the infirmary, relieving Tara. She joins Carol, Tara, Morgan, and Eugene outside with the other able-bodied Alexandrians killing the walkers that are a part of the herd that invaded Alexandria. After hours of fighting, she is seen with the others standing outside the infirmary. Rosita is seen in bed with Abraham, presumably after sex. Rosita snaps Abraham out of a daydream of Sasha. Abraham apologizes, and the two begin kissing. Rosita stops and leaves to get something. She returns with a necklace she made from the truck light, and says his neck was looking bare. Abraham says he loves her, and she tells him to prove it and goes for a shower.

Inside their home, Abraham packs his bag and tells Rosita that he's leaving her. Rosita cries, demanding an explanation. "When I met you, I thought you were the last woman on Earth," Abraham says. "You're not." The next day out on the road, Rosita and Carol have a conversation about Morgan. She tells her that she nearly blurted out Morgan's secret about the W Man at the church meeting. "He doesn't want to kill," Carol says. Rosita then begrudgingly agrees not to tell anyone. When it's already nighttime, Rick and his group, including Rosita, silently infiltrate the Savior's outpost, killing some of the Saviors while they’re asleep. When the alarm has been pulled, awaking most of the Saviors, Rosita is seen firing at the enemies. At one point, she saves Aaron by shooting a large Savior in the head. After the aftermath of the battle, Rosita is standing outside the building, bidding goodbye to Tara and Heath for their supply run. Just then, a Savior who managed to survive the battle tries to escape on a motorcycle that belongs to Daryl. Rosita shoots the Savior from the bike as Daryl beats him into submission. Daryl asks where he got the motorcycle from. Just then, a voice from the Savior's walkie-talkie can be heard, telling Rick to lower his gun, and they have Carol and Maggie as hostages. Rosita, as well as the group, is shocked. Rosita is present as Carol and Maggie emerge from the Saviors compound. Rosita and Gabriel go in after them with their weapons ready and begin to look around for any remaining Saviors still alive.

Rosita gets out of bed and begins to get ready for the day. Spencer is seen lying in bed after she gets up. The two are implied to be in a sexual relationship. The next day, Spencer asks Rosita to dinner, and she reluctantly agrees to it. Denise then finds Daryl and Rosita and discusses with them about a local gift shop/pharmacy she found while driving through the nearby area. They disagree with the plan, but she tells them it's a risk they have to take, and if it really is a pharmacy, there could be drugs inside, which could be used to help Alexandria. They relent, but Denise further insists on accompanying them, noting that she knows her way around and, with her newfound experience with dealing with the undead, can prove to be of assistance. Initially skeptical, Rosita agrees, but only if Daryl comes with them. They drive off in a beaten-up truck, and Denise tries to assist Daryl with driving it. Eventually, the trio comes across a downed tree and decides to continue to the apothecary on foot. After coming across a set of railroad tracks, Rosita tries to convince Daryl and Denise to take the railroad, but Daryl wants to take a pathway that is "twice as far" to reach their destination. Denise initially sides with Rosita's idea of following them to their destination, but decides to stick with Daryl when he rejects the suggestion. Rosita takes the railroad tracks. Rosita is seen sitting down along the tracks when Daryl and Denise catch up, proving that the railroad tracks were a quicker way. Denise apologizes to Rosita for leaving her and says she should have followed her and not Daryl. They eventually make it to the gift shop, and Daryl and Rosita begin to salvage abandoned medical supplies from the locked pharmacy. Denise waits outside. The three hear noises coming from one of the back rooms before Denise decides to investigate without telling either of them. Denise runs out of the room, scared of seeing the walker and the bloody sink, to which Daryl and Rosita ask

Rosita is seen sitting down along the tracks when Daryl and Denise catch up, proving that the railroad tracks were a quicker way. Denise apologizes to Rosita for leaving her and says she should have followed her and not Daryl. They eventually make it to the gift shop, and Daryl and Rosita begin to salvage abandoned medical supplies from the locked pharmacy. Denise waits outside. The three hear noises coming from one of the back rooms before Denise decides to investigate without telling either of them. Denise runs out of the room, scared of seeing the walker and the bloody sink, to which Daryl and Rosita ask her what's up, and Denise goes back outside. Denise is seen waiting outside. Once Daryl and Rosita have collected the needed supplies, the three head off towards Alexandria. Following the railroad tracks home, Denise ventures away and inspects a car, finding a walker and a blue cooler inside. She attempts to call this to attention, but Daryl and Rosita brush it off, deciding that the cooler is not worth the risk of retrieving. Denise, regardless of this, still goes to get the blue cooler; she struggles as the walker falls on her and begins to scream. Daryl and Rosita run back to Denise to kill the walker, but Denise says she has it and kills it. When they open the cooler, a six-pack of orange soda comes out, and Denise takes them as a prize.

Daryl and Rosita chastise her for taking an unnecessary risk; Denise counters that she was trying to conquer her fears, and reminds them of their life-risking mission of wiping out the Savior outpost. She goes on to explain her reasons for bringing the two with her on the run - Daryl, because he reminded her of her brother, and that she felt safer with him, and Rosita, to help her cope with the feeling of being alone for possibly the first time in her life. As she lectures that they, too, need to face their worries and issues due to them being more than capable of doing so, she is suddenly (and accidentally) struck through the back of the head and through her right eye by a crossbow bolt; it does not kill her right away, but she eventually collapses on the tracks. Rosita immediately draws her gun towards where the shot was fired from. Her killer, Dwight, then emerges from the trees next to the tracks, alongside Neil and several Saviors. He reveals he has Eugene captive, and Rosita looks shocked. He tells them to lower their guns or he will kill Eugene and then them. Eugene spots Abraham hiding behind some tires and tells Dwight to kill Abraham first, and gives away his location. Dwight sends some Saviors over to check it out when Eugene bites Dwight in his crotch. Dwight screams out, and Abraham, Rosita, and Daryl take this as an advantage and begin to open fire on the Saviors. Eugene gets hit during this. After the gun battle and many of his Saviors dying, including Neil, Dwight commands them to fall back, and Daryl goes to chase after them, but Rosita stops him. Abraham, Rosita, and Daryl bring Eugene and Denise's corpse back to Alexandria. Afterwards, Rosita keeps watch over Eugene in the infirmary. After Eugene wakes, Rosita makes sure he is okay. Towards the end of the episode, Rosita guards the front gate instead of Eugene. Sasha glances at Rosita from her post on the platform as the town's cars are lined up by the front gates.

Rosita guards the gate, glancing up at Sasha at the lookout post. Abraham arrives and takes over Sasha's shift, and Rosita watches them. Despite Rosita's protests, Daryl opens the gate and leaves on his motorcycle. As Glenn and Michonne prepare to go after him, Rosita tells Abraham to cover her shift as she claims to know where Daryl is heading. Rosita, Glenn, and Michonne arrive at the spot where Dwight killed Denise. They find Daryl's motorcycle hidden underneath some branches, confirming Rosita's hunch that Daryl came back to kill Dwight. Rosita points in the direction that Dwight escaped, but wonders if they should let Daryl complete his mission. Rosita, Glenn, and Michonne catch up to Daryl in the woods, and Rosita is nearly struck in the head by Daryl's crossbow. She reprimands him as the others try to stop him from going after Dwight, but he refuses. Rosita decides to join him. In the woods, Rosita and Daryl creep up on the Saviors' camp where Glenn and Michonne are being held. Glenn tries to warn them off, but Dwight and another Savior sneak up from behind and point their guns at Daryl and Rosita. As Daryl turns around, Dwight shoots him and a large amount of blood splatters on screen as Dwight says 'You'll be alright." As the other members of Rick's group are lined up outside the truck Rosita is being held in, Dwight drags an injured Daryl out along with Rosita, Glenn, and Michonne. As they are sitting in line on their knees, Negan begins his monologue and points Lucille towards Rosita and the others during his game of "Eeney, Meeney, Miney, Moe". Rosita watches helplessly as Negan brutally beats Abraham to death. Negan realizes that Abraham was dating Rosita. He starts taunting Rosita with a bloodied Lucille, forcing her to look at it. Daryl suddenly stands up for her and punches Negan for his actions. In retaliation, Negan kills Glenn in the same manner.

Rosita watches on helplessly as Negan returns with Rick, who then threatens her life if Rick does not obey Negan's command to amputate Carl's left arm. After Negan is satisfied, he stops Rick from performing the amputation, believing he has become submissive and thus spares Rosita's life along with the others. When the Saviors leave, Sasha approaches a distraught Rosita, and the two lament over Abraham's corpse along with Eugene, who is also devastated by the loss of Abraham. Rosita and Spencer drive up to the gate, preparing to leave for a supply run as Negan and a large group of Saviors arrive at Alexandria. Dwight confiscates Rosita and Spencer's guns and orders them to find Daryl's motorcycle and bring it back. He takes Rosita's hat and pours her water out before they leave. Out in the woods, Rosita and Spencer find Daryl's motorcycle by the tracks where he had previously hidden it. Spencer begins to question Rick's leadership, unaware that Rosita was heading into the woods as Spencer loads the motorcycle into their van. Rosita hunts down the undead Saviors present during Denise's death and kills them. She takes a gun from Neil's corpse, but it has no bullets. Spencer tracks her down and chastises her. Rosita tells him that she's looking for guns on the assumption that Negan will confiscate all the guns in Alexandria. Rosita and Spencer bring the motorcycle back to Alexandria, and Dwight returns her hat. After Rick chastises Spencer for stealing two guns, Rosita confronts Spencer about them and asks why he didn't mention them. "You saw what I did to get one," she says. Spencer explains that he hid the guns for a while because he didn't trust Rick, and he was worried about Rick being in charge. He muses that Rosita was correct; they don't have to live like they are. When he leaves, Rosita reaches into the wheel well of her car, retrieving the gun she took from Neil in the woods.

Later, Rosita picks up an empty shell casing from the gun Negan shot earlier that day and visits Eugene. "Make me a bullet," she says. Rosita is in the infirmary with Tara as Tara sits on the ground in silence, staring at a bobblehead of a doctor, a gift for Denise. Rosita asks Tara if she came across any sort of guns or ammunition out there, and says she will do whatever she needs to in order to get to it, but Tara states that she saw nothing. Rosita and Eugene are about to leave when Eugene realizes she has no intention of scavenging for Negan. Spencer warns Rosita that they must produce for the Saviors as part of their new "tax." He reminds her it was Rick who got them into this, and she asks if he thinks he can do better, to which he says yes. She chastises him and leaves with a reluctant Eugene. Rosita and Eugene arrive at the factory that he had previously taken Abraham to with the intent to manufacture bullets. She orders him to make her one using the shell casing she found in Alexandria. Eugene hesitates and says that a single bullet won't do it, as the Saviors have the numbers and someone will pay the price for her actions. Rosita calls him a coward and says he is only alive because he lied, and people feel sorry for him. She says she will pay the price and tells him to do something useful for once. Eugene quietly gets to work. As they approach Alexandria, Rosita thanks Eugene for making a bullet and apologizes. He refuses to accept the apology and says that she meant what she said, now she just feels bad. Spencer drives up and reveals a bounty of supplies and weapons. He whistles towards the gate, and a Savior opens it. Rosita realizes that Negan is in Alexandria.

Rosita joins a group of Alexandrians scavenging a military base. After being lowered in, she enters a room full of immobile walkers and steps quietly around them. Rosita loads her backpack full of MREs and attaches it to the pulley to be hoisted up. When the pully snaps, Daryl cuts himself and wakes the walkers. Rosita kills the walkers surrounding her and is hoisted to safety. Back at Alexandria, Rosita joins in on the council meeting and listens to Gabriel preside over the food, which is only enough to last the community a week. When Maggie proposes that they replenish their supplies by taking back her old community, Rosita calls it a 'suicide mission' and agrees with Aaron to remain in Alexandria. Rosita is frustrated with Gabriel when he volunteers to go on the mission. Rosita is keeping herself busy while Gabriel is on a mission and is out picking mushrooms when Carol, Magna, and Kelly stumble upon her. She gladly joins them in their attempt to retrieve Alexandria's missing horses. When they find the herd, they try sneaking up on them but end up failing every time they try to lasso the spooked horses. While chasing after the horses, Rosita confides in Carol that she has been having dreams about Abraham recently. In her dreams, Abraham tries to tell Rosita something important, but just as he's about to, he gets shot in the head. Rosita used to be disturbed by this dream, but now believes it to be a message for them, although she doesn't know what Abraham is trying to say.

During their mission, they discover the mutilated bodies of several horses. When Carol wishes to continue, Rosita protests that they can continue tomorrow, but Carol is adamant. Noticing her distress, Magna comforts Carol with a hug, convincing her to call off the search. On their way back. Rosita hears hoofbeats and realizes they still have a chance to catch the horses. In a clearing, they see five horses galloping. Rosita notes the horses are running towards the dairy farm, which has paddocks where they can lock them in. They then arrive back in Alexandria with the horses in tow. Later that day, Rosita takes Coco to see the horses and sees Carol washing horse blood from her hands. Rosita slaughters walkers during the breach. During an impromptu meeting on how to fix the wall, Rosita suggests leaving Alexandria for somewhere safer as a backup option, much to Aaron's dismay. Later that day, Rosita finds Judith sitting on the porch with the broken keepsake. Judith tears up and says everyone is gone. Rosita comforts Judith and tells her the story of her own upbringing. When Aaron and Carol argue about a strategy for finding Connie, Rosita suggests using both ideas. When Kelly runs off in search of Connie, Rosita, along with Carol and Magna, goes to find her. They follow the clues that Kelly found until they are eventually reunited with Connie. Rosita hides out in Aaron's house as the storm rages in Alexandria, and sees a piece of the perimeter wall blow down the street. When Aaron holds a meeting in the kitchen of his house and reports that the storm blew a panel off the wall and that a fire in the windmill is drawing walkers. He proposes that they split up into teams to fix the wall and stop the fire. Rosita volunteers to stay behind and lead the defense of the house and to protect the children.

Rosita orders her small group to shore up the windows with boards and Aaron's furniture. Walkers continue to surround the house after entering through a second breach, and Rosita leans against the door as walkers pound on the other side. Eventually, it becomes too much, and Rosita decides to buy the group some time by running outside and single-handedly slaughtering all the walkers in the yard as the other residents watch anxiously inside. Later on, Rosita tells everyone to get upstairs when the door is about to break. Rosita and Lydia hold the door until Rosita is convinced by Lydia to tend to her baby while she holds the door. Rosita and Lydia continue protecting the residents of Alexandria from walkers by defending the stairs. Dianne later joins them. They hear Gracie's emergency whistle, revealing that she and Judith aren't far. Rosita instructs Lydia to use the window to get out of the house and down to the cellar, while she and Dianne continue the fight against the incoming walkers. When Maggie's group arrives home, Rosita reunites with Gabriel, asking him if the wagon is full of food. He explains how he had to keep his promise to Alexandria and couldn't come home empty-handed. Rosita attends the Halloween street party at the Commonwealth, dressing Coco up as a flower. She hands her over to Gabriel, as she has to attend training for the Commonwealth military. It is revealed that she and Daryl are currently living in run-down apartments throughout their orientation. Mercer has created a training camp called "The Kill House", in which two teams have one weapon, with their intention of taking out all "The Rotters" inside. Daryl and Rosita are placed on separate teams, but he creates a plea to swap, as he and Rosita work well together. Mercer refuses to listen. Rosita and her partner come out victorious, as they managed to follow Mercer's instructions better than Daryl.

Daryl, Mercer, and Sebastian head out on a separate training session, in which Rosita follows. Mercer states she isn't needed for this, but Rosita continues to volunteer. Later that night, Rosita and Daryl are working security at the masquerade ball. When hell breaks loose, we see them waiting on the sidelines. They give each other concerned looks after a claim is made that there are thousands of citizens wanting to rise against the Commonwealth. Mercer instructs Rosita to confide in Magna, to see if she knows anything. Rosita is now officially part of the Commonwealth Army. She and the rest of the team raid Tyler's house in search of any leads to his previous statement. Rosita discovers a secret passage in his closet, revealing a room filled with anti-Commonwealth propaganda. Rosita is called to perform a wellness check on Stephanie. When no one answers the door, she proceeds to enter, finding no one inside. She tells Eugene to come down to the station, where she will help him fill out a missing person's report. Rosita appears to be on a walk with Coco when she comes across Eugene sitting alone by the lake. She sits down with him, and they begin to talk about their decision to move to the Commonwealth. Rosita explains how she likes that they can all be together again, but she misses the freedom she had in Alexandria. During the conversation, she notices Eugene is not really himself, and continues pushing until he reveals what really happened with Stephanie. She hugs him and tells him that he can do so much better, and he will find his person one day.

While awaiting duties at the Commonwealth station, Rosita teases Daryl about obtaining stereotypes of cops by eating donuts. The pair is assigned to patrol Sector D until two guards send them on an alternate mission. Sebastian wants Daryl and Rosita to cover themselves in walker guts and travel through a herd to find money that an old friend's father had locked away. They both quickly refuse until Sebastian threatens R.J. and Coco. Rosita holds him at gunpoint, while his guards aim at her and Daryl. They assure them that they will fire, to which Rosita responds, "Not before I take this asshole's head off." Rosita agrees to do the mission, as long as it's the last thing Sebastian makes them do. Once in the house, they find the panic room where the money is obtained. Rosita kills two walkers and notices that they recently turned, meaning someone has sent citizens to do this before. Out of nowhere, a woman begins banging from inside the room, alerting the attention of Rosita and Daryl. She states her name is April, and she was part of a previous group that came to complete this mission. In response, Rosita tells her her name and assures her that they're going to get her out of there. Once Daryl starts the generator, Rosita enters the code, unlocking the panic room, where she is embraced in a hug from the woman inside. An alarm system begins to sound, so Rosita attempts to cut the wires to turn it off. Walkers begin to be attracted to the noise, so she goes for the quicker solution of smashing it with her helmet. Rosita and Daryl barricade the door until gunshots can be heard. Carol and Mercer, in which he states that he was told they came to steal money. Rosita assures him that Sebastian put them up to it and threatened their kids.

Rosita covers herself in guts, giving her armor to April so she can be protected as they walk back through the herd. The sharp edge of the armor gets caught on a walker, causing April to kill it - attracting attention to the group. Rosita quickly springs into action, killing a walker, while the rest follow. After the altercation, April has been mutilated, causing Rosita to put her down before she can reanimate. They complete the mission successfully, with Mercer telling them to give the money to Sebastian, because if they don't, that's a fight they're not going to win. At the end of the episode, Rosita, Daryl, and Mercer unassumingly sit by, as Sebastian looks through the bag of money, praising them for completing the task. Rosita confides in Eugene about what happened during Sebastian's money heist. Doing so, they arrange a meeting with Connie and Kelly. She explains how Sebastian forced many citizens to complete this mission, in which none have made it out alive, April included. Connie shows her the list of names she received days prior, revealing April to be on there. Rosita claims that there are far more people on the list than Sebastian sent in, so something else must be going on, and the citizens of the Commonwealth deserve to know the truth. Rosita first appears in the crowd, alongside Connie, Kelly, Magna, and Ezekiel, during a protest against Sebastian Milton. She tells the group that they can't decide on what to do until everyone is back. Mercer approaches her and questions why she isn't in uniform. She assures him it's her day off, but he tells her that she's needed to help deal with a swarm outside the walls. Later in the episode, Rosita is geared up and ready to take on the herd. Mercer jokes about her showing up, in which she responds "I heard walkers needed killing, I couldn't resist." The pair drives off, reaching an open field where a horde of walkers is roaming.

Mercer and Rosita have a heart-to-heart, in which he tells her he needs people like her on the force, people he can trust. She assures him that if he needs help outside the walls, taking on walkers, she will, but anything that goes on inside, she doesn't want any part of it, as her daughter and family come first. Mercer says he respects that and assures her that if she ever needs help getting her family out, he will. The other troopers begin rolling out, when one of the vehicles flips, causing Rosita and Mercer to intervene. Rosita stands on the back of the moving truck, gunning down any walkers in their way. While Gabriel is practicing his final speech in his church, Rosita enters holding Coco in her arms. They have a nice conversation as they prepare to leave the Commonwealth, in which Rosita tells Gabriel that what he's given these people will be here long after he's gone. During a brief moment of laughter, they're interrupted by a mysterious noise in a nearby room. They go to investigate, only to find Judith hiding in the church. In the following episode, "Variant", it is revealed that Rosita also spent some time at the Founders Day parade with Eugene. We first see Rosita being escorted from her apartment by three armed soldiers in response to Eugene's actions at the Founders Day parade. She is taken to a small room, where she is interrogated by Mercer. He demands to know where Eugene is, and lays out the trouble she and the rest of the group will be in if he isn't found. Rosita is offended that Mercer is treating her like a stranger, after the conversations they had just a few days prior, and claims she has no idea of Eugene's whereabouts.

As Daryl and Eugene hold up in Gabriel's church, we hear a knock on the door. Daryl pulls his knives out, ready to take on any potential threat, but it's Rosita - revealing she had just lied to Mercer to protect Eugene. They begin preparing to pack their things, working out a plan on how to escape, when Eugene informs them he will not be leaving without Max. Seeing how adamant he is, Rosita makes a deal with Eugene that if she can go find her and bring her back, they might be able to sneak them both out. Eugene agrees. Later in the episode, we see Rosita find Max hiding down a small alley. As Max runs towards her, Rosita notices two guards are nearby, so she quickly ushers her to go back into her hiding spot. Unfortunately, another two guards were approaching from the opposite direction, causing Max to be arrested & taken into police custody. Rosita returns to the church and tells Eugene the news. In his heartbreak, he informs her and Daryl that he has decided to hand himself in. You can clearly see the hurt on Rosita's face, leading Daryl to leave the room, allowing the pair one final conversation. Eugene tells Rosita that there's no life living without Max, and she was the one who told him that his person was out there. In a conversation filled with hugs and tears, Eugene hands Rosita his bolo tie, requesting she give it to Coco when she's older. The episode ends with Rosita in her apartment looking at the bolo tie. She lets out a small smile, but it's clear to see that she is hurting from what has just happened. As a door opens in the background, Rosita grabs her bag, assuming the group has arrived and is ready to leave. She walks into the living room, when all of a sudden she is hit over the head, revealing two men have been sent to her apartment, in an attempt to kidnap her. She fights back, kicking and punching, but is quickly overpowered. A bag is placed over her head, as the episode cuts to black.

In the back of one of the Commonwealth transport trucks, Maggie wakes up and shakes off her hood, finding Gabriel and Rosita with her and their guard asleep. Maggie remembers being forcefully separated from Hershel when the Commonwealth soldiers had abducted them. Maggie manages to break free of her zip ties and quietly wakes up Gabriel. Unscrewing a piece of metal from the wall, Maggie cuts Gabriel loose, who frees Rosita. Rosita and Gabriel jump from the back of the moving truck, but the guard wakes up before Maggie can escape as well, and the two struggle over his gun. The gun goes off in the fight, accidentally killing the truck's driver. Finally, Maggie throws the soldier from the back of the truck just before it crashes into a tree. Climbing out, Maggie finds the passenger dead, having been flung from the truck and into the tree by the impact. Maggie attempts to take the driver's gun, but she is forced to flee into the woods as the rest of the Commonwealth convoy approaches. The next morning, as Gabriel and Rosita lie unconscious in the road, their former guard, now a walker, approaches Rosita, who wakes up just in time. Gabriel draws the walker's attention towards him and yanks his helmet off, giving Rosita the chance to grab the soldier's machete and impale him in the head with it, putting him down. The two quickly begin scavenging the body for his weapons and radio, while Gabriel notices that Rosita was injured in the fall from the truck, although she brushes off his concerns. Over the soldier's radio, a soldier from Outpost 41 reports that there's no sign of the dead soldier or the escapees. Another soldier reports that he has found a set of boot tracks that might be from the dead soldier. Realizing the danger, the two take off down the road before the Commonwealth forces can find them.

Rosita and Gabriel reach the road, and Rosita begins following the tracks of the Commonwealth convoy. Gabriel calls for her to hold up and asks what their plan is. Rosita intends to follow the convoy wherever it goes, but Gabriel points out the foolishness of that plan, as there are only two of them. However, Gabriel doesn't have a better idea, and Rosita suggests splitting up in order to cover more ground, but Gabriel refuses to leave her. Two walkers emerge from the woods, and Gabriel quickly puts one down, but Rosita suddenly collapses in pain when the other walker attacks her. Gabriel saves her, and Rosita reveals that her arm is dislocated and that she needs Gabriel's help to pop it back into place. Gabriel fixes Rosita's arm, but she insists on pressing on rather than resting, blaming herself for Coco being taken. Gabriel tells Rosita not to torture herself and reminds Rosita of her own words when Gabriel beats himself up: "quit bitching and move forward." As Rosita finally calms down, the two are surprised to hear a train whistle in the distance, as there are no trains anymore. At Junction 7, Rosita and Gabriel join Maggie and Carol, explaining that they'd heard a train and followed it. Inside, Daryl lowers Nelson to the ground against a wall and checks his wound. Recognizing that it's mortal, Daryl tells Nelson that he's running out of time, and he asks the other man to do something good with the time that he has left, and tell him where the train is going and what Designation 2 means, as one of Daryl's friends was put on it with that designation. Coughing up blood and in pain, Nelson doesn't respond to Daryl's questions. Daryl tells Nelson that he was like him once: he joined the force because his family needed money, which Daryl guesses is Nelson's motivation as well. Turning violent when Nelson continues to remain silent, Daryl yells that the Commonwealth has taken his kids from him and he wants them back, going so far as to kick the dying man. Entering,

At Junction 7, Rosita and Gabriel join Maggie and Carol, explaining that they'd heard a train and followed it. Inside, Daryl lowers Nelson to the ground against a wall and checks his wound. Recognizing that it's mortal, Daryl tells Nelson that he's running out of time, and he asks the other man to do something good with the time that he has left, and tell him where the train is going and what Designation 2 means, as one of Daryl's friends was put on it with that designation. Coughing up blood and in pain, Nelson doesn't respond to Daryl's questions. Daryl tells Nelson that he was like him once: he joined the force because his family needed money, which Daryl guesses is Nelson's motivation as well. Turning violent when Nelson continues to remain silent, Daryl yells that the Commonwealth has taken his kids from him and he wants them back, going so far as to kick the dying man. Entering, Carol tells Daryl that the train is going to be here soon, and Daryl suggests that they can hurry, drawing his knife, and he offers Nelson the choice of dying quickly or screaming.

Gabriel recognizes Nelson as a man from his church who was there every Sunday at the back pew closest to the door. Nelson would always come a little late and leave a little early, and it seemed like Nelson had wanted to talk about something. Nelson asks if God forgives people like him, but Gabriel doesn't know, although he wishes that he did. Nelson admits that he's torn up all the time with guilt and shame. Gabriel states that it's because Nelson's a coward, but that's alright, as he's trying not to be. Gabriel knows that fear can drive people to do things that bring shame, but it can also push them into the light. Nelson is trying to do the right thing now, which God sees and so does everyone else. Nelson tearfully wishes that he'd talked to Gabriel sooner, which Gabriel wishes too. Nelson coughs up blood, and Daryl nods to Gabriel, who tells Nelson that "people remember the last thing that you do. The end of each story is very important. How do you want yours to end?" Nelson finally reveals that the Commonwealth punishes exiles by making them do hard labor, and their friends are on railway duty. However, Nelson doesn't know where, as he was only called out when they escaped, and they have to follow the train to find their friends. Addressing Daryl, Nelson states that he's only heard rumors about Designation 2, with the rumors stating that the Designation 2s are taken far away and they are never seen again. Daryl leaves, and Gabriel agrees to pray with Nelson while he goes. Carol leaves at Gabriel's request, and he sits down and prays with the dying man.

A few minutes later, Gabriel emerges carrying a bloody knife, having stabbed Nelson in the head to keep him from reanimating after he died. Daryl tells his friends that Connie's gone if the train pulls in, but Rosita worries that if the train sees them coming, they're going to radio ahead, and the best way for them to get the kids is for the Commonwealth to not know they're coming. Daryl refuses to just leave Connie on the train, and Carol tells him that she has an idea about how to do both. The train arrives at the junction where Trooper 192 emerges and puts down a walker before trying to move the junction switch, which is stuck. Wilson attempts to let Outpost 22 know that they have a stuck junction switch and that it will take a few minutes to dislodge it, but he receives no response as Trooper 192 puts down another walker that emerges from the woods. Entering the cab, Maggie orders Wilson to put down the radio at gunpoint. Daryl and Carol sneak along the side of the train, putting down an approaching walker before ducking as an annoyed Jones asks his fellow soldier how hard it can be, and Trooper 192 challenges him to come over so he can show Jones. Spotting a herd emerging from the woods and coming down the tracks, Jones orders Trooper 301 and Trooper 263 to cover the woods and the flank respectively. Daryl and Carol crawl under the train as Jones jumps off the side, puts down a walker, and goes to join Trooper 192 at the junction switch. In the woods, Trooper 301 finishes clearing the woods of walkers and calls in that the woods are cleared and she's heading back. Rosita and Gabriel ambush the soldier, disarming and killing her quietly so as not to draw notice from the other soldiers. Jones attempts to move the junction switch without success and takes a closer look, realizing that someone had purposefully jammed it.