[Silas] I don't want to be who everybody thinks I am here.
[screams]
[Huck] Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond
[Iris] Percy?
Tony?
-[Felix] You really don't like Percy. -[Silas] I don't.
[Felix] We can't always control who we like.
[Hope] The Night the Sky Fell...
I killed Elton's mom.
-[crickets chirping] -[swings creaking]
[Iris] We don't know what happened. It had to have been someone else.
Silas isn't a murderer.
[Felix] Iris... -[Iris] It's not possible.
[Huck] We've seen him lose it before. He was drunk. Blacked out.
He woke up covered in blood. Their blood.
[Iris] He could've stumbled on them, just like us.
[Felix] He told us that he doesn't remember.
And I believe him. All right? I do.
But we have to look at the hard facts.
-[breathes heavily] -[Felix] He was angry...
[exhales heavily]
[breathes heavily]
Tony and Percy were grifters. They must've had enemies.
What if someone they ripped off came back for revenge?
We turned this place upside down. There's no evidence anybody else was here.
Strangers would've taken their shit.
He was passed out at the scene, his wrench covered in Tony's blood.
[Hope] I don't wanna believe it, either.
It's the last thing I wanna believe. But Huck said it.
We have seen Silas lose it before.
-Hope, come on. -We've heard the stories about his dad.
You're all acting like we don't know him.
Silas is our friend. He has earned our trust.
There has to be some other explanation. Wild animals, marauders, even... I...
What about Percy? We never found his body. What if he's alive and needs our help?
[Elton] Yes, he could tell us what really happened.
We searched, okay? We did. For hours.
We found a trail of blood that stopped at the river.
Even if he was still alive, there's no way he could fight that current.
But why would Silas attack the people who were trying to help us?
[Felix] I don't know.
I think I know why.
[soft suspenseful music plays]
[gate creaks]
Sorry, kid.
Saw this when we made camp the other night.
[objects rattle]
Come on.
-[Huck] Wasn't my business. -[clattering]
But it is now.
[Elton] So what? They're drawings.
They're mine.
[mysterious music plays]
[crickets chirping]
[breathes deeply]
[exhales]
[fly buzzing]
[mouse squeaking]
[man shouting indistinctly]
[silence]
[man groans softly]
[man coughing]
[soft tense music plays]
[coughing continues]
[breathes shakily, coughs]
Dad?
-[man grunts] -Dad?
[breathing heavily]
You...
[scoffs]
[man] Wipe that stupid look off your face. Do you wanna live in this shit?
Answer me! Are you a pig?
Disrespecting the house that your grandparents left for us?
You're gonna make a mess?
[grunts]
I'll teach you!
I'll teach you to disrespect this house! [grunts]
-[glass shatters] -[man grunts]
[man groans]
[tense music intensifies]
[music wanes]
[breathing heavily]
[coughs]
-[knock on door] -[man gasps]
[crickets chirping]
[Iris] This is so messed up.
It's just a couple of drawings.
Iris, you threw these away.
-He dug through our trash. -[Elton] He was a janitor. It was his job.
Exactly. It doesn't have to mean anything.
It doesn't, but it might. He likes you, Iris.
He was different with you. We all saw that.
Maybe he saw that you were different with Percy.
No, I wasn't. He wasn't...
They were in his bag. We should put them back.
[Hope] Why?
Iris may not have wanted those drawings, but Silas did.
All we have is what we carry on our backs.
Silas thought Iris's work was important enough to bring with him.
We have no right to take that away.
[Huck] Book says we take him to the city. Have the OPD arrest him.
-Have a trial. -Yeah.
I know.
So you're saying we turn around, make the long-ass walk back?
-Maybe it's just you that takes him. Hmm? -[scoffs]
Now they know where their dad is, the girls aren't gonna turn back.
-I... I gotta keep them safe. -The kid's twice my size.
All he has to do is sit down and we ain't going nowhere.
[softly] Yeah...
Then what do we do? Hmm?
Decision falls on us.
[Huck] Do we take him with us or leave him behind?
[soft tense music plays]
[Felix] I do not know.
-[crickets chirping] -[gate creaks]
You shouldn't come in here.
It's not safe.
[Elton] I'm not safe.
[gate creaks]
I disagree with your hypothesis.
[sighs]
The only times I've seen you engage in violence...
were in self-defense,
or the defense of someone else.
I hurt you. Back at the school.
You were defending Iris.
You want me to be scared of you.
But I'm not.
[slow and soft guitar chords]
Because I don't think that you would ever hurt anybody without just cause.
You said it yourself.
You don't remember what happened.
Is it so hard for you to believe that you might be innocent?
["Fairytale" by PLEASE playing on headphones]
[silverware clinking]
So, the guys at the plant are saying that we're gonna relax... [sighs]
...power rationing for the holidays.
No more two-bulb nights.
Maybe there'll be Christmas lights this year.
The kids at school would love that.
[man opening the hip flask]
Silas, maybe tomorrow...
I'll take you down to the bazaar and you can pick out a gift for your mom.
[song continues playing indistinctly]
[sighs]
[clatter]
-[knocking on door] -[breathing heavily]
[soft tense music plays]
[clock ticking]
[knocking continues]
[muffled tense music plays]
[rapping on door]
[ticking continues]
[rapping continues]
[rapping on door]
[Elton] Silas?
If you're not going to believe in yourself,
I'll have to do it for you.
[sighs] I will need to find proof that you were not involved.
If I can't...
they're going to leave you.
[melancholic instrumental music plays]
[crickets chirping]
Nope.
Yep.
Felix will shit twice if he realizes you're out here.
[sighs] I was looking for Elton.
If you're going to stand there, might as well be useful.
[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
[door creaks open]
Uh... can I help you?
The walls are very thin, Silas. Do you know what that means?
It means I hear things I'd rather not hear.
Now, I need to speak to your mother.
Uh, everything's fine. You don't need to.
I'm not leaving until I see her.
Preferably away from that piece of human refuse you call a father.
I don't wanna have to go to the authorities again...
Then don't, please. My mom's at work. She'll be back later.
It's just me.
Uh...
My dad doesn't like cops. I don't want him to be mad.
Did he hurt you, Silas?
You can walk out with me, right now.
Wait for your mom at my place.
I know people that can make sure you're both safe.
[dog barking in distance]
It'll be okay.
Um, I think you should leave.
[soft music plays]
If that's what you want.
[sighs]
[tense music plays]
[footsteps approaching]
How you doing?
Yeah, that's a stupid question. I know.
[inhales sharply]
You thirsty?
You need anything from us, you just holler. Okay?
Hey.
Okay?
Is Iris okay?
[exhales]
One of her friends is dead.
What if it wasn't me?
Look... [sighs]
I wanna help you, Silas, but you got to give me something to work with here.
I can't remember.
My dad could never remember anything when he blacked out either.
I read your file, Silas.
You were never convicted.
What happened with your dad was ruled self-defense.
Was it?
You promised me a fresh start.
I got... one,
probably two people, dead.
On top of that, I got people inside that I really care about.
Okay? And I need to keep them safe.
What do I do? Do I trust you to stay in control?
To not put everyone else in danger?
I don't wanna be like this.
Like my dad.
[exhales heavily]
[softly] I know you don't.
[gate creaks open]
[melancholic instrumental music plays]
[soft tense music playing]
[glass shatters]
[melancholic instrumental music plays]
[floorboards creaking]
[loud creaking]
[Hope grunts]
[grunts loudly]
-[Huck] Easy... -[panting] It's stupid.
I barely knew the guy. And he tried to steal all of our stuff.
[exhales sharply]
-Kind of a dick, actually. -[scoffs]
Still...
he was all right.
Yeah.
He was a mixed bag, like everybody.
Even Silas.
-Trying to get me to forgive and forget... -[scoffs] I'm not saying that.
Feel how you wanna feel. Be sad. Be pissed.
Just keep asking yourself...
how to serve the greater good.
That's how you stay focused.
You've got the wrong sister. Iris has always been the good one.
I'm talking the greater good.
Doesn't always have to be about right or wrong.
It's about doing what's best for everyone. Even when you know it's gonna hurt.
You all want to get to the CR's research place?
Help your dad? Every choice has to be about making it there.
[sighs]
Sometimes what's painful in the moment...
is what gets you where you need to go.
[shovel swishes, clatters]
Deep enough.
[door creaks open]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[Hope] Hey.
Any progress?
I thought breaking this code would be a good distraction,
but instead it's just reminding me of how...
nothing makes sense.
[turns off flashlight]
We buried Tony.
And we left markers for him and Percy.
[inhales softly]
Even with everything...
the blackout, the blood, I just...
[exhales softly] I still have this feeling Silas didn't do it.
You never know what someone's capable of.
-You didn't know what I was. -One mistake
-doesn't make you a bad person. -Silas didn't just make one mistake.
How many chances do we get?
-Hope... -We know where Dad is now.
[voice wavers] We are so close.
We can't let anyone stand in the way of that.
[voice breaks] I wanna believe him.
Because if he did it, I should've seen it coming.
-I should've known. -Not if he didn't want you to see.
Maybe he thought he was protecting you.
-No, that would only make it worse. -How?
It'd mean he let me live in a lie.
[soft music plays]
[sniffles]
[glass crunches]
[floorboards creaking]
-[creaking continues] -[gasps]
Dad?
Are you in there?
[doorknob clicks]
[clattering in distance]
[clattering continues]
[muffled clattering]
[objects rattle then clank]
[frantic music plays]
[clattering continues]
Dad?
[inhales] You shouldn't be out there by yourself.
The last thing we need is somebody else getting killed.
-[Hope] Where were you? -Found him out by the river.
Do me a favor. Keep an eye on him.
I followed Percy's trail,
looking for evidence to exonerate Silas.
You find any?
I don't know forensics. And it's dark, so no.
-[sighs deeply] -Why are you fighting so hard
-for a lost cause? -'Cause it isn't.
We don't know what happened. The only fact I know
is that I haven't had a family in a long time.
But I have one now.
Even if Silas is guilty, he deserves our help.
-That's what family does. -So you'd just forgive him?
Let him get away with murder?
I don't think it's something you get away with.
You still have to live with what you've done.
We have to focus on the greater good. What's best for everyone.
What's best is for us to stay together.
Dad?
[frantic music plays]
[stairs creaking]
I didn't mean to hurt you.
I just wanted you to stop.
Please.
[intense instrumental music plays]
[growling]
[gasps]
-[growling continues] -[grunts]
[growls]
[lamp shatters]
[growling continues]
[intense electronic music plays]
[growls, clenches teeth]
-[slam] -[growling]
[pounding on door]
[music softens]
[growling continues]
-[click] -[growling]
[heavy-metal music plays loudly]
[man] Silas.
[Silas] Yeah?
["Lite the Nite" playing on boombox]
Lie down.
What, you don't trust me?
[volume increases]
Close your eyes.
Go on.
♪ You need ♪
Wanna hear what a real concert sounded like
before everything went to shit?
♪ You take ♪
♪ I make ♪
♪ All your living lies ♪
[volume increases]
♪ We want to feel it ♪
[rattling]
♪ Feel it now ♪
[man] You gotta imagine thousands of voices,
shouting the words all around you.
The bass shaking the sky.
When I saw AC/DC in '88,
they practically cracked the arena in half.
[both laugh]
This is what music should be like.
You should feel it in your entire body.
Feel that?
Yeah.
I feel it.
♪ Lite the nite ♪
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hooo!
♪ Lite the nite... ♪
♪ In days long ago ♪
♪ In no too distant times ♪
♪ Men fought for freedom ♪
♪ They paid the price with their lives ♪
♪ They fought the rulers... ♪
[muffled growling]
[no audio]
[muffled thudding]
[growling]
♪ ...of their country ♪
♪ They won the battle ♪
♪ The right to be free ♪
-[click] -[volume decreases]
♪ The king is gone ♪
♪ The rules shall be ♪
♪ Written by our hand ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ To proclaim for all to see ♪
♪ Across this land... ♪
[crickets chirping]
[rustling]
[soft tense music plays]
[walker growling]
[growling continues]
[breathes shakily]
[growling]
[rattling]
[tense music intensifies]
[growling loudly]
[heavy metal music playing]
[whirring]
-[click] -[music stops]
[floorboards creak]
[clattering in distance]
[door opens]
-[door closes] -[woman] Silas?
-[gasps]
[woman screaming]
-Mom! -No!
-[screams] -[growling]
[sinister electronic music plays]
Mom, get out of the house!
[growling]
[fence rattling]
-[screaming] -Mom, get out of the house!
[growling]
[sinister electronic music continues]
[growls]
[growling]
-[Silas grunts] -[growling continues]
[grunts loudly]
[thuds]
[bones crack]
-[thud] -[squelching]
[growling]
-[thud] -[squelching]
[cries]
-[thud] -[squelch]
[Silas sighs]
[music fades]
[woman crying]
[growling continues]
[gasps]
[softly] Stay back.
[crying continues]
[growling]
[softly] Stay back.
[voice breaks] Stay back.
[growling continues]
[soft piano music plays]
[music stops]
[breathes deeply]
What the hell?
You should've yelled. I... I... Why didn't you? I almost...
[breath trembling]
I don't know if you meant to, but I think you probably did it.
[sighs] I'm sorry, but it's just what I think.
Why'd you save me?
[scoffs softly]
Enough people have died.
[slow and soft guitar chords]
[fence rattling]
[crickets chirping]
[footsteps depart]
You asleep?
[Elton sniffles]
I don't think any of us can sleep right now.
Every time I close my eyes...
I keep thinking about something Hope used to say when we were kids.
That the sky is full of stars that have already died.
Empty stars.
Their light carrying on across millions of miles of space after they're gone.
It's a graveyard up there.
Actually...
stars visible to the human eye are mostly a couple of hundred light-years away.
We'd be able to tell if they were in the early stages of death.
So... the stars that you're looking at up there...
they're very much alive.
I hope that makes you feel better.
It does.
[softly] A little.
[Elton exhales sharply]
How are you doing with everything?
Oh.
I've been thinking, too.
I've been operating under a false assumption.
I mean, there are no laws out here.
And as such,
nothing specifically empowers the adults to decide Silas's fate.
[Iris exhales]
I mean, you're the closest thing to a leader we have.
You should have equal say in what happens to Silas.
And so should I.
And... And Hope.
[breathes deeply] Elton...
This isn't just some problem to solve.
If you refuse to exile Silas,
then all we'd need is one more vote in our favor.
Then we'd have the majority, and Silas can stay.
Hope won't.
You think Huck is...
Not Huck.
[Iris sighs deeply]
He doesn't want to leave anybody.
If we present a united front, I... I think he'll back us.
[speaking indistinctly]
It's up to you.
[gate latch clinks]
[birds chirping]
Why'd you keep them?
They were too beautiful to throw away.
Tell me you didn't kill anyone.
If you say it, I'll believe you.
[voice breaks] I told you once, we wouldn't leave you.
Help me keep my promise, Silas.
[Hope] Iris?
Wait.
I got free last night.
I wanted to talk to you.
I didn't want you to see me like this.
Silas...
I wish I could tell you what you need to hear.
I don't remember much.
Just being angry.
[melancholic piano music plays]
It's happened before.
I think there's something wrong with me.
[voice breaks] No, Silas...
Thank you for believing in me.
Wanting me to be a hero.
I wanted that, too.
I killed my dad.
I killed Percy and Tony. I'm a killer.
[sniffs]
I don't want to cause you any more problems, so I won't.
I'm sorry you met me.
But I'm glad I got to know you, Iris.
[slow, melancholic piano music plays]
I'll never forget you.
[Felix and Huck speaking indistinctly]
What happened?
He's gone.
[melancholic guitar chords]
Think he'll change his mind?
-Come back for us? -[softly] No.
I don't.
No, all he wanted was a fresh start.
Maybe now he'll finally get one.
Yeah.
[footsteps approaching]
[Hope] Are we leaving already?
I have come to a very difficult decision.
I'm leaving to join Silas.
His odds of survival increase dramatically with supplies
-and somebody watching his back. -You can't. That's crazy.
If I don't go after him, Silas will spend the rest of his life thinking that...
nobody believes in him.
He'll spend the rest of his life believing a lie. I just...
I can't let that happen.
You'll give my best to the others? It's gonna be too hard to say goodbye, so,
I... I'd rather not.
You're serious.
You're really leaving.
We could never see you again. What about our family?
Silas is family, too.
Everything happens the way it's supposed to.
And I think I'm supposed to find him.
And then I think I'm supposed to find my mother and my sister, too.
-Elton... -Look, I...
I thought it was crazy, but you were right.
They may be out there. Like my father's triceratops horn.
-If I could... -What if they're not?
Not what?
[sniffles]
I lied to you, Elton. I thought I was protecting you from the truth,
-but I made it worse. -I don't understand.
You can't keep looking for someone that's not there.
[voice breaks] I can't let you do that.
I'm so sorry.
[sniffles]
You forgave Silas.
Maybe one day, you'll forgive me, too.
[soft, melancholic piano music plays]
The Night the Sky Fell, I was with my mom.
There was a woman with a gun.
[sniffles] I didn't know it until I saw the picture in the book, but...
it was your mom.
And she was scared.
My mom tried to calm her down,
and I jumped between them and the gun went off and my mom...
She died.
I don't know if your mom meant to do it,
but she dropped the gun, and I picked it up.
I didn't know what to do, so I pointed it at her and it went off...
[clatter]
[low growling]
[breath trembling]
[growling continues]
[click]
[soulful music plays]
[birds chirping]
[sniffles]
[walker growling]
-[thud] -[squelching]
[wood clatters]
[soulful music continues]
[growling]
[music fades]
[watch ticking]
[man 1 on walkie-talkie] Lieutenant Colonel, we have eyes.
-[walkie-talkie clicks] -Good. Bring her in.
[man 2] She's late, but she made it.
She did. [exhales]
-This far, at least. -[man 2] It'll only get harder
-on this side of the Mississippi River. -She's aware. So am I.
With respect, I just wonder if there isn't an easier way to...
There isn't.
We know there isn't
because she's the one who was on the ground, watching,
and listening, and doing the very hard thing
of becoming someone else to find out there isn't.
She knows it's dangerous, she could die. They both could.
She's out here risking everything
because there's no easier way.
[door creaks open]
[footsteps approaching]
[sighs]
[door opens and closes]
I was only able to get away
for about 48 hours. I'm not back soon, they'll come looking.
What about the asset?
The asset's safe.
And you?
I'm fine, yeah.
Good. Clean up.
We'll debrief. And take this.
[watch ticking]
Is this... Dad's?
So next time you won't be late.
[sighs softly]
[theme music plays]
[music ends] plays]