[narrator] Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond
[Iris] We help you get your truck back, you drive us where we need to go.
Either you joined me back here for my conversational skills,
or you really don't like that kid.
I don't. I don't know why anybody else does.
You conned us.
[Tony] We saved all your asses! My nephew promised you a ride.
I intend to make good on that, but first, I wanna know about that fetching insignia.
If we get into a bind, can it get us out? Tomorrow, we pick up your friend...
I'll spend the next day or two scouting ahead. I'll be back.
[Tony] ...then we ride.
["What's on Your Mind" playing in distortion]
♪ I wanna know ♪
-[indistinct conversations] -[woman speaking indistinctly]
[echoing] ♪ What you're thinking ♪
♪ There are some things you can't hide! ♪
♪ I wanna know ♪
♪ What you're thinking ♪
[in slow motion] ♪ There are some things... ♪
-[music wanes] -[woman in crowd screams]
[people screaming]
-[gunshot] -[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[sighs deeply]
[down-tempo music plays]
[click]
[gun cocks]
[sighs]
[watch ticking]
[walkers growling]
[rattling]
[birds chirping]
[engine revving]
[man whistles]
[engine idling]
[Felix] I know.
You're blown away by my awesome buzz cut. Hmm?
-Did it myself. -[scoffs] Jackass.
[truck approaching]
-[clinking] -Thank you.
[down-tempo music plays]
[Iris] Interesting collection. Very eclectic.
What can I say? Uh... I'm a renaissance man.
[chuckles] Well, if you need someone to read them to, I'm totally here for you.
[chuckles]
Yo!
No way. Thirteen and a half?
Eh, if the shoe fits...
[Elton gasps] Unbelievable.
Really. I mean, you are a wizard. Please, teach me another one.
Master that trick first, and then... and only then...
will I show you more.
I mean, entertainment like this has just not been available. [chuckles]
I got something for you to wash that down with.
Had it chilling out back in the stream.
[plastic bag crinkling]
[chuckles]
Is this legit?
Mountain Dew? [chuckles]
-[click] -Yeah!
Good as new behind some crates in an old gas station.
I will never stop missing these.
I mean, I used to drink this like water back in the day. [gulps]
Whoo! [exhales sharply]
[Huck] Mmm!
-Shit! -Yeah.
What else did you find out there, huh? Besides that bling. [chuckles]
Big cluster moving south.
Lots of blocked roads along the main route.
As long as we keep to the side streets, we should be good.
How about what you found? [exhales]
A couple of conmen and a stolen CRM truck.
They're all right. Plus, we got the truck. It'll get us to New York in days
-instead of weeks. -There's not enough fuel
to get us to New York. You know that, right?
Tony, the older one, he's got a lead on where we can get some more.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you one Civic Republic Military map.
[claps hands] As you can see, there are no landmarks designated,
no points of interest labeled.
To all appearances, this looks to be useless.
However, looks can be deceiving.
When Percy discovered these in the truck, they took me back
to the colored lenses I used in my infamous Prism of Light illusion.
Just set them up at the proper distances,
shine a powerful enough beam of light through them, and...
Presto!
[down-tempo music plays]
See those little oil drops scattered around?
Hidden CRM fuel caches...
-and all the gas we need. -[Felix chuckles]
The ones we've hit so far have mostly been shacks with, uh, landing pads,
all unmanned and unguarded.
Helicopters touch down, they refuel, and they take off again.
I, uh, can't believe it. [chuckles softly]
[both chuckle]
[flashlight clicks]
[footsteps approaching]
You know, grifting's kind of my thing.
[chuckles softly]
[clears throat] Uh, I just needed to borrow them for a minute.
I would've asked, but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
-It's probably nothing. -Yeah. What's probably nothing?
-[clears throat] -How'd you get one of their maps?
I'll explain later.
Hold this.
[Tony] Okay.
Where are we dropping you off?
[Felix] Um...
Honestly, we don't... we don't know yet.
-What do you mean, you don't know yet? -[inhales deeply] Listen.
I'll be straight with you.
The girls' father is at a Civic Republic research facility, somewhere in New York.
If the CR knew we were even trying to find one of their facilities,
-we could all be in danger. -If Percy and I were averse to danger,
we wouldn't be driving their truck, but if you don't know where you're going,
how is our arrangement gonna work?
We'll figure it out, make it work with the intel we got.
If that means flying blind until we do, then we fly blind.
[people chanting] Mallick! Mallick! Mallick!
-All right, all right, shut up. -Mallick! Mallick! Mallick!
How about a target and trajectory report from my designated spotter?
Final target's approximately 1.4 meters due south of our current position.
Also, I feel it's my duty to inform you of some change in wind conditions.
Private First Class Owens just ripped a beer fart from the east.
-[woman laughs] -Now.
-[all chanting softly] Mallick. Mallick. -Now.
-Mallick. Mallick. -Fire. Fire.
Fire.
-[click] -[all shout] Yeah!
[cheering]
["What's On Your Mind" playing on jukebox]
♪ I find myself... ♪
♪ Didn't I treat you right, now? ♪
♪ Didn't I? ♪
♪ Didn't I do the best I could? ♪
-[chuckles softly] -[clink]
♪ Didn't I give you everything? ♪
♪ Didn't I? ♪
[giggles]
Ah.
[both chuckle]
That still hurt? [chuckles]
-Only when I laugh. -[chuckles]
That morning... in the Devil's Pass...
-You ever think about that? -You ever stop thinking about it?
♪ Why you wanna leave me, baby? ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Didn't I treat you right? ♪
The only thing you need to remember about that morning...
I had your back and you had mine.
♪ That a woman could... ♪
[woman on TV] This is a WVPQ special report.
[man on TV] This evening, we're following a tense situation
outside Garnet Medical Center,
which is now the sixth local hospital to go into lockdown
and close its doors to new patients in the last 24 hours.
As with the others, we're receiving reports of chaos...
[voice fades]
[Percy] Anything?
-Yeah. -Hey. You see that?
Get Hope.
[down-tempo music plays]
This is the map Lieutenant Colonel Kublek
gave me and Hope before we left the university.
Some of the markings on the overlays didn't form symbols on the other map,
but when we tried it on this one...
And there it is.
It's a double helix. It's a DNA strand.
Wait, wait, wait. Are you saying that you think this is...
-What else could it be? -I think we know where Dad is.
[Felix and Silas chuckle]
[chuckles]
[all chuckle softly]
[Tony] Ithaca.
Ithaca, New York.
-That's your finish line? -Yeah.
[laughing in distance]
[chuckles softly] Hmm. Nice to see Percy spending time with kids his own age.
I bet. I mean, I did see him go upstairs
with a bottle of his booze, so... maybe I should go check on them.
Or you could let them be teenagers. They deserve a little celebration,
and so do you, my friend, after the exciting discovery.
He's right. You do.
Perimeter check. I'll be back.
Hey. You good?
Yeah. I'm just tired, is all.
[soft, tense music plays]
I took out an empty this morning. He was wearing the EGA.
[Felix] Uh-huh.
Brought back some memories. Good and bad.
He was a Marine.
He still is. So am I.
Whoo...
-Whoo-ooh! Oh! -[Felix laughs] Oh!
Why should they be having all the fun, huh?
[softly] All right.
["Mania" playing in distance]
[Felix sighs deeply]
-Elton, try that out. -[Elton clears throat]
-Okay. -[chuckles]
-[Elton] Wait. Just... -Silas.
-I'm good. Thanks. -[Hope] All right.
♪ A feeling I've never felt ♪
-[grunts] -[Percy] Um-hmm.
Interesting. It's like a warm stack of nails are hugging my insides.
[all laugh]
♪ And hear you make a sound ♪
It's not as good as mine, but let's party.
-Cheers, everyone. Salud. -Cheers.
[Elton] Come on.
And over here.
So, uh, what's customary now? Get more seats, or...
-Yes. Let's do that. -[Elton] Okay.
[indistinct chattering]
[Iris laughs]
♪ I'm in Mania ♪
-[Percy sighs] -I'm freezing. Are you?
-[laughs] Oh! You did a lot. -[Percy] Sure did. Here.
Okay.
[exhales deeply]
The game's Truth or Dare.
-[Iris laughs] I'm in. -[Hope] Cool.
I don't know what that is, but yeah, let's play it.
It's simple. All you gotta do is pick one or the other.
Iris. Truth or dare?
[chuckles] Uh, truth.
-[softly] Oh, I'm good. Thank you. -[Percy] Truth.
If you could do whatever you wanted right now, anything at all,
-what would you do? -Easy.
-I'd hit the Louvre... -Mm.
...see some good art. I mean... Oh! Eugène Delacroix's, um...
- Liberty Leading the People. -[snores]
Oh, the brushstrokes.
-[Hope laughs] -The actual canvas!
Oh, I was hoping for an answer with less of a tranquilizing effect.
-[laughter] -[Iris] Bullshit!
It's got the best art in the world. Granted, it's probably not even standing,
and even if it were, I'd doubt I'd ever get to see it.
But... a girl can dream, right?
Fair enough.
Here's to dreaming.
-[Hope] Right. -And, uh... never saying "never."
♪ Never been before ♪
[Tony and Felix laughing]
["Mania" continues playing in distance]
Leo and Will... They sound like good people.
Yes, they are. [exhales]
I mean, the thing is, I don't even know
if what we're doing is gonna wind up helping them or...
-just putting them in more danger. -The one thing I've learned, kiddo,
-is that you can't predict the future. -Mm.
I was a man of many vices... before all this.
[chuckles] Oh, yeah?
Playing chicken with rock bottom.
Didn't even know who Percy was until my sister...
his... his mother... split from her husband...
and the court appointed me as legal guardian.
It was like my prayers had been answered. All that free money from the state?
-I hit pay dirt with that kid. -Hmm.
[scoffs] The thing was...
he wasn't with me more than a day before I knew I'd give my life for his.
Family.
It's a thing. Who knew? [chuckles softly]
[laughter in distance]
Yeah.
Who knew? [chuckles softly]
-Truth! Oh, my God. -[Elton] Right. In that case,
I have a four-part question
-that tiers off... -Whoa... Sorry, Elton.
Gonna have to keep this simple.
What's the worst thing you ever done?
[scoffs] What kind of question is that?
I mean, it's not even your turn.
You afraid to answer the question? Come on.
What's the worst thing you ever done?
Fine. Back at the U, I locked the school faculty bathroom
and spiked the teachers' coffee maker with laxatives.
-[laughter] -[Hope] Precious, precious laxatives.
-[laughs] She did. -[Elton laughs]
-Next. -Ah, come on. [chuckles softly]
-I said the truth. -That is the truth.
[Percy] Ah.
-You think you can con a conman? -[exhales deeply]
You're hiding something. Spill it. What's the worst thing you ever done?
-She told you, it's the laxative thing. -Sorry, I don't think it is.
Stop!
Stop it.
-Leave her alone. -Silas, it's okay.
Percy's right.
There is something else.
The worst thing that I've ever done...
is agree to play this stupid game.
-Hope. -No, no. Allow me. Hope.
[clears throat] Hope.
-I was just playing around. -Yeah. She knows.
Hope. Hope, wait up. Hope...
What? What is it?
Nothing. Everything. Look. Okay, it...
It is a stupid game, all right? And I was just playing 'cause I... I...
[sighs] Just...
Um...
Thanks, Elton. Uh...
I think you're drunk, all right? And I need to be alone.
[taps] Okay.
[insects chirping]
[down-tempo music plays]
[Wilkins] Containing the crisis is the strategy,
separating the well from the sick.
The source and nature of the current crisis cannot be confirmed.
But with reports of widespread rioting and violence, you are being deployed
into the city's service tunnels to locate civilians and escort them to safety.
If you are under threat of any kind, you are to eliminate
any and all hostile targets that you encounter.
-Kill! -Kill!
[slow, tense music plays]
I heard it came back on a rocket, that it started in space.
You know, somebody breathed it in, it turned their stomachs,
-and then they got on a plane... -Shut up, Owens.
-[door opens] -[man] This way. Let's go.
-Multiple targets ahead. -[walkers growling]
[Drake] Hold fire. Hold fire.
-[walkers growling] -[gun cocks]
[gunshots echoing]
[bullets ricocheting]
[bullet casings clattering]
-[growling] -[gunshots]
[bullet casings clattering]
[Simms] What the hell, man? What were those things?
They were people. Sure as hell ain't now.
You see more, go for the heads. That did it.
[screaming in distance]
We got civilian friendlies alive up there.
That's our mission.
-[walker growling nearby] -[screaming in distance]
[rumbling]
-[light clicks] -[Drake] Damn it.
-[click] -[night-vision device whirring]
[Drake] Lance Corporal Mallick, what are you seeing? Talk to me.
[Huck] A lot of activity ahead. Stay close.
-[woman] Oh, my God. -[walkers growling]
-[woman] Come this way! -[child screams]
Lance Corporal Mallick, as your designated spotter,
I strongly suggest we start shooting something.
[Huck] Can't tell the friendlies from the hostiles.
[screaming continues]
-[Drake] Try thermal. -[thermal camera whirring]
[Huck] Hostiles have a lower body temp. Let's move!
[walkers growling]
-[gunshot] -[people screaming]
-[gunshots] -[whirring continues]
[walkers growling]
-[screaming continues] -[Drake] Move it!
-[gunshot] -[man screams] Come on!
[tense and dramatic music plays]
[low, indistinct conversations]
[Huck] It's okay. You're safe.
[thermal camera clicks]
We're getting you out of here.
[door opens]
[door creaks]
[Huck] You shouldn't be up here drunk.
-You shouldn't be up here at all. -What are you doing here?
Never mind me.
You want to tell me what's been eating at you?
Something's been up since The Blaze.
It ain't something small. That's for sure.
Tell me. What's up?
[insects chirping]
[voice breaks] I killed someone.
It was the Night the Sky Fell.
I didn't know who she was.
[inhales] She was scared my mom was gonna take her truck.
She freaked out, and...
[cries]
...she shot my mom.
[sniffles]
She dropped the gun, and I picked it up, and I pointed it at her.
Then it went off.
She was pregnant and I killed her.
She was Elton's mom.
[crying continues, sniffles]
-You were just a kid. -But I did it!
You were a kid and she killed your mom in front of you.
[sniffles] Elton doesn't know.
Iris knows, but not that it's Elton's mom.
And they shouldn't.
We can't change the things we've done.
Just find the strength to carry the truth for everybody else,
-so they don't have to. -But how? [cries]
[scoffs]
Welcome to the party, kid.
[exhales deeply]
Some nights, it's so damn dark.
And then they still manage to get darker. [scoffs]
But the light... will come.
I promise you.
It'll come.
[gentle instrumental music plays]
In there somewhere is a whole stash of refined CRM fuel
just ripe for the taking.
Big place.
We'll split up, start at the bottom, work our way up.
These places are clear of empties, yeah?
As far as we can tell.
CRM keeps their shit locked up pretty tight.
Good thing lock-picking's our thing.
Mine too.
Still, we should stay alert.
Hope, we're heading out. You and me, come on.
-[footsteps echoing] -[water dripping]
[Huck] So... still gonna to talk to him, huh?
I know what you're gonna say, but I finished his mom's book.
She was smart and kind and...
I think she just got scared and did a bad thing.
All right? If I can forgive her,
-then maybe Elton can forgive... -Is this about him or this about you?
Truth's a funny thing.
People say that's what they want, but it isn't.
What? So we're just stuck living a lie?
That's the thing.
If they don't know it's a lie, they get to just live.
We pay the cost, but they get to live because of us.
[water dripping]
Owens? Where the hell are the others?
-[fence rattling] -[indistinct conversations]
[Wilkins] Listen up.
[indistinct radio transmission]
We received orders, per Central Command.
Sunset Protocols are in effect. Pending final authorization,
all units in the hot zone will be directed to kill all targets in their grid.
With respect, sir, what the hell are you talking about?
That means you put down anything still walking. Friendly or unfriendly.
Civilian or hostile. Living or dead.
[tense music plays]
-[metal clangs, clatters] -Hope?
Hope?
Talk to me.
[water dripping]
[whir]
[gun rattles]
[suspenseful music plays]
Drop the gun.
Do it, now.
[cries, whimpers]
Easy, man. Easy.
-Not one more step! -[crying continues]
So, when you get us to where we're going, what's next for you?
-More of the same, I suppose. -What's that?
Just keep on movin'?
Keep conning?
-Keep surviving. That's what we do. -[chuckles] I hear that.
Percy had to grow up fast, he doesn't know any other way.
[Felix] He reminds me of me when I was his age.
Living on the streets.
Survival was everything.
I met the girls' dad, Leo, and then he showed me...
showed me there was more. [sighs]
Showed me I could be more.
That was another time.
Things are different now.
Maybe it doesn't have to be.
You smell that?
They took the time to stash this supply good.
[slow, piano nocturne]
[metal squeaking]
[sniffs]
-Jackpot. -[chuckles]
-[Felix] Cabinet looks new. -Oh.
-I said, stay the hell back! -[crying]
I'm a statue.
You good, pal?
What happened to your leg?
No. I'm gonna ask the questions, okay?
You're them... with the helicopters.
How many more?
Just me and the girl.
We're not them.
Just scavenging. Got lucky...
You're lying. You both got the symbol on your jacket.
What happened? One of the dead take a bite out of you?
-Shut the hell up! -[gasps, cries]
[breathing heavily] You are them.
This place... This place is ours. You just came in and took it.
-We took it back. -We didn't take anything.
I'm not them.
You don't look too good.
Come on. Let's talk about it.
I don't know. [breathes heavily]
I... I just woke up, and my brother, he'd...
He'd turned. I stabbed him.
He's dead in the next room.
Well, you ain't gonna last much longer with that leg.
You know that, right?
-Stop! I will shoot her! I swear to God! -[cries]
Her name's Hope. They call me Huck.
We're just passing through.
What's your name?
[breathes heavily]
Walter.
Listen, Walter.
I can help you, but first, you got to let my friend go.
[Walter] No.
You didn't let me finish.
Then, you train your sights on me.
-Huck, no. -Walter?
She's just a kid. Harmless.
Focus on me, all right?
[groans, cries]
Okay. Now let's talk about how we're gonna save you.
That's impossible.
We can do it. Trust me.
[indistinct radio transmission]
Standby.
-[baby crying] -[Huck] We can't do this.
An order from Central Command is like an order from God! We have to!
What if those people are infected, huh?
What if shooting them is the only way to stop this from spreading?
We're gonna have to take that leg before it spreads further.
No way. It's been too long.
You shouldn't be here.
Maybe none of us should be.
-I'm sorry. It's not personal. I just... -You shoot me,
you take your life with that bullet, too.
You can help me?
I've seen people survive amputations hours after infection.
You're lying.
-I'm not. -[Wilkins] Listen up.
I just received final authentication of Sunset Protocols.
You all know me.
I don't like this any more than you do.
We are being trusted with these orders because they are absolutely necessary.
Any Marine, including myself, who fails to follow these orders
will be taken into custody, and brought up on charges.
-[baby crying nearby] -Jennifer...
we don't have a choice.
[soft tense music plays]
[Huck] Gun's getting heavy, huh?
It's all good.
Nobody would blame you for dropping it.
I... I just... It wasn't supposed to go this way.
[Walter grunts, sobs]
[whispers] It's okay. It's okay.
-Shh. -[Walter sniffles]
You can save me?
-[sobbing continues] -Yeah.
-I can save you. -[breathes heavily]
-Marines! -[people shouting]
On my command!
-[women screaming] -[baby crying]
[suspenseful and dramatic music plays]
-[click] -[night-vision device whirring]
-[gunshots echoing] -[Wilkins grunts]
[Drake] Jennifer! Jennifer, stop!
-Jennifer, stop! -[bullet casings clattering]
[Huck] Put it down.
[Drake] No. I'm a Marine. I don't know what the hell you are.
[baby crying]
-[gun cocks] -[gunshot echoes]
[brooding piano music plays]
[Hope] You said you could save him.
[Huck] Time to forgive yourself, kid.
You got a future. You got to see that now.
[Iris panting] What the hell happened?
Are you okay?
Hu... Huck saved me.
-Jesus, Huck. -It's okay. We're okay.
-[Felix panting] -This guy had walkies, supplies...
We found the fuel.
-Let's get the hell out of here. -[Felix] We found something else, too.
Locked in the cabinet.
What are those?
Potentially... something to work with.
[birds chirping]
You think these are encrypted CRM lunch orders?
[chuckles]
If we could just crack this, it could tell us more about them.
Help our chances of saving Dad when we get to him.
-Maybe. -Yeah.
Maybe.
Hope, it feels like we're changing.
It feels like it's just the start.
Hey, Silas. Hold on.
Tony has something he wants to say.
[Tony] Okay.
So, after talking it over with Felix,
Percy and I have decided to...
extend the terms of our agreement with you.
Yeah, instead of dropping you guys off, we wanna stick around.
Do what we can to help you find your dad.
[Tony] After that, who knows? Let the chips fall where they may.
[Felix] Okay. Let's get some sleep. We're hitting the road at first light.
[Tony] Sounds good. I'll go charge up the walkies and top off the tank.
Hey.
So, uh...
would you maybe want to see me by the truck in an hour?
-Why? What's at the truck? -Just me.
Just, uh... need to get my gloves back.
Oh, I can give them to you now.
Uh, no, no. Uh...
My hands... aren't cold now, uh...
but they will be in about an hour?
-An hour. Okay. -Yeah.
[chuckles]
Um, hey.
Um, I... I didn't get a chance to tell you this earlier, but I'm...
I'm sorry for what happened to you.
-[door opens and closes] -It means everything to me
-that you're still alive and here with us. -Thanks, but...
I mean... [clears throat] I wouldn't want to lose you like the, um…
[chuckles]
...queen of hearts. [chuckles]
[gentle piano music plays]
I know it's just a stupid trick, but...
show somebody the impossible, and suddenly everything seems possible
I just wanted to thank you...
for sharing this with me.
Your mother seems like she was an amazing woman.
She was.
And hey, maybe she still is.
I mean, who knows, right?
Everything is possible.
Yeah. Everything is possible
[soft instrumental music echoing]
[footsteps approaching]
[Hope] You were right.
Telling Elton... [breathes deeply]
I'd just be doing it for me, not for him.
The truth would just crush him.
You're a good person, Hope.
[gentle piano music plays]
I took this from Elton's mom...
after I...
I stole it.
Still think I'm a good person?
I know you are. The necklace proves it.
[clink]
[Huck] You took it as a reminder...
Something you wear every day to remember the bad you've done.
A reminder... to keep living to do good.
Because that's the only way to make the bad mean something.
You're gonna be okay, Hope.
[gentle piano music plays]
[insects chirping]
Percy?
[soft instrumental music plays]
[chuckles softly]
[insects chirping]
[glass shatters in distance]
[footsteps receding]
[exhales deeply]
Percy?
[door clangs open]
Percy?
Tony?
[suspenseful music plays]
Hope? Felix? Somebody, help!
-Percy. -[Felix] Iris?
[pants]
Holy shit.
[Iris] That's Silas's.
What the hell?
[Huck] Oh, my God.
Cover me.
[Elton] Who's in there? Who did this?
[intense music plays]
Huck...
[door creaks open]
[Felix] Silas?
Silas.
[theme music plays]
[music ends] plays]