While Father Gabriel’s vision loss could obviously lead to future repercussions, its purpose in this episode provided the priest a chance to rely on his faith in a higher power over his natural senses.
Along with everything else, this gave viewers Gabriel’s supremely excellent “footprints” joke, which was easily one of the funniest lines in The Walking Dead’s history.
Our introduction to Father Gabriel and Dr. Carson’s medical pilgrimage was notable for a pair of moments.
Two: Gabriel’s rapidly degrading eyesight, which indicated his condition is getting worse, even though he seemed to have more energy than ever later on.