The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (The Walking Dead)

"The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"
The Walking Dead episode
The scene is a callback to the season 5 episode "Them": Maggie and Sasha watch the sunrise. The episode details flashbacks of Sasha to show her decision to sacrifice herself for the group.
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 16
Directed by	Greg Nicotero
Written by	Scott M. Gimple Angela Kang Matthew Negrete
Featured music	"Someday We'll All Be Free" by Donny Hathaway
Original air date	April 2, 2017
Running time	60 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Khary Payton as King Ezekiel Katelyn Nacon as Enid Steven Ogg as Simon Pollyanna McIntosh as Jadis Thomas Francis Murphy as Brion Jason Douglas as Tobin Kenric Green as Scott Michael Cudlitz as Abraham Ford Jordan Woods-Robinson as Eric Raleigh Cooper Andrews as Jerry Carlos Navarro as Alvaro Kerry Cahill as Dianne Daniel Newman as Daniel Elizabeth Ludlow as Arat Mike Seal as Gary Brian Stapf as Roy Sabrina Gennarino as Tamiel Dahlia Legault as Francine Peter Zimmerman as Eduardo Karen Ceesay as Bertie Anja Akstin as Farron
Episode chronology
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"The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" is the sixteenth and final episode of the seventh season, and 99th episode overall of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on April 2, 2017. The episode was written by Scott M. Gimple, Angela Kang and Matthew Negrete, and directed by Greg Nicotero.

The episode focuses on the start of the build-up to the "all-out war" arc with the various aligning survivor communities facing off against Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and the Saviors. This episode also features the sacrifice and death of Sasha Williams, portrayed by Sonequa Martin-Green.

This episode was dedicated in memory of American comic artist Bernie Wrightson, who died on March 18, 2017.

In a dark, secluded and enclosed space, Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green), wearing earbuds, listens to a song on an iPod, while struggling to maintain consciousness. During the music (and interspersed throughout the episode), Sasha has flashbacks about separate past events with Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan).