I didn’t feel that suspense at all. We knew the Alexandria kids would all be ok — because we see them in the present. Same with Michonne and Daryl.
It just felt like a contrived situation to justify Michonne locking the Alexandria gates.
And honestly, I thought it was crazy how long she hesitated to kill any of them when 1) she’s pregnant, 2) one of them already slashed her in the stomach, 3) they’re holding Judith and all of the Alexandria kids.
Felt like they were just trying to come up with something that would seem so horrific — the killing of kids — to justify keeping it secret. But then the circumstances they set up made it the only thing she could do to protect Judith and her unborn child — so... ... not that horrific in context. Even Judith gets that!!
Meh.