Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Dr. Bennett won't be a problem. His security detail won't be either.
I killed Percy and Tony.
I'm a killer.
Isolating her from the others is critical.
I found Percy, but he's hurt.
Tell me where you are.
No. She's the one that shot me.
Huck has been there for me in ways that you don't understand.
There's something off about her.
Where's my gun?
Leo, Kari, meet your daughter Iris.
Would you like to hold her?
Leo, she's absolutely perfect.
Hello!
Hi!
Who's this little lady?
Hope. They've been looking out for each other since the moment they met.
From the moment we laid eyes on you both,
we just wanted to protect you.
We knew that even if we couldn't, you'd protect each other.
Paging Dr. Bennett.
Scattered Brain Syndrome strikes again, sorry.
I was just thinking about the girls.
Leo, you...
You don't have to apologize for missing your daughters.
I just...
get lost thinking about what they're doing.
You love them so much.
And that is one of the things I love about you.
That and your...
incredibly sexy Scattered Brain Syndrome.
Hey, uh, pretend you're with them now.
What would you be doing on a Tuesday night at 8.30?
Okay.
I'm sure Iris is helping someone,
or working on an assignment from school.
And Hope...
I'm sure she's with friends, getting into some kind of trouble.
Damn thing keeps jamming.
Who the hell are you?
You shouldn't have come.
I followed the smoke, hoping it was you.
How are you? Are you okay?
I brought your bag,
and I found your headphones, and your cassette player, and...
Well, I found something else, too.
Just for the record, I'm doing great.
Alright.
Oh yeah!
It fits like a glove!
I still can't believe they left without saying goodbye.
Sometimes it's easier.
Hope wasn't acting like herself yesterday.
She was so pissed off, trying to pick a fight.
Any idea why?
I told her something she didn't want to hear.
Yeah?
I told her I thought something was off with Huck.
That I didn't trust her.
And why would you say something like that, hm?
Because it's true, I don't.
Huck has her own gun, plenty of bullets – why take yours?
Something is off with her.
Look...
Just because Silas isn't who we thought he was,
doesn't mean Huck isn't Huck.
-I know you don't want to hear this-- -You're acting like she's a stranger.
Maybe she is.
I can't shake the feeling that she's hiding something, that--
That she's what?
There is only one room in this place that we haven't searched.
Huck said it was filled with bodies.
-Tell me who you are! Tell me! -The hell you talking about?
Hope. Come on. Put the pistol away and we'll talk.
I decoded those numbers.
I know you're CRM, I want you to say it!
This is crazy.
What are you, some kind of spy or something?
The story about how they found you on that raft,
all of that, was that just a plan to get into Omaha?
Pretend you were somebody else?
I'm the same person I've always been.
If you'll just put that weapon away, I can explain.
I know you don't want to shoot that.
You don't want to hurt anybody else.
Not like before.
That night with your mom?
Thing is,
you kill me, they'll still come looking for you.
So you admit it. You're one of them!
Yeah.
I am.
You knew that and you still came with me.
I think it's because part of you knows I'm on your side.
Screw you!
I only came with you to keep Felix and Iris safe.
The second you said you'd come with me,
I knew I was the asset, whatever the hell that is,
and that they were expendable.
-The others, what do they know? -Nothing!
So you and the rest of those assholes can leave them the hell alone.
Remember our training?
To survive outside those walls, you got to make big choices quick.
What are you going to do, Hope?
The lentils were overcooked, weren't they?
Not at all.
I had two helpings, and I'm good for at least one more.
Did you ever hear from Dr. Abbott, since he went back to Portland?
Not a word.
We were sad to lose him.
It was just so sudden.
Before he left, he kept talking about how much he loved it here.
The opportunity to mold the best young scientific minds...
I know.
Apparently he got word his sister wasn't well.
Okay, mister, your...
-extra lentils. -Alright.
As requested.
Just, um...
Oh I knew it, they are terrible!
But you're incredible.
Well, I am.
But no more lies, okay?
No more lies.
They were terrible.
Hope. Come on.
You got to let me get my pole.
I'm not going to hurt you, I swear.
Put the pistol down so we can fight these things. Together.
Hope, put it down. The sound's just going to bring more.
Watch your back.
Use your forms, like I showed you.
Work your angles.
Trust yourself.
You got this, girl. You got this.
Holy shit.
Are you sure this is the room Huck--
I'm sure.
We could have used this stuff to fix your ankle.
Or fix the tire.
-Huck didn't want us to. -This doesn't make any sense.
Why would she leave with Hope?
I don't know.
Oh my God.
But when we catch up to them, you can ask her yourself.
She just shot him.
I just ran,
thinking I was next.
Thinking I couldn't yell for help because maybe you were all in on it.
Huck is the one with blood on her hands.
For what she did to my uncle.
To me.
But...
Why? How?
We don't know.
But we know that it wasn't you.
It wasn't you, Silas.
I didn't do it.
No.
No, you didn't.
You're not a monster, Silas.
You never were.
Not even close.
Where's Iris? Where's Hope? Are...
Are they with Huck?
We have to save them.
Damn, girl.
You learned your shit.
All that training...
Shows what you can do when you apply yourself.
Pistol's gone.
We should keep walking.
I thought you came to me as a friend.
I did.
I care about all of you.
Then why are they expendable?
Look, it was never supposed to be this complicated.
Truth is...
Your dad's not in danger.
Never was.
Those last two messages he sent, saying he was in trouble?
They weren't from him.
They were from me.
What?
I thought it was the easiest way to get you to leave the university.
The CR found out about the messages and intercepted the rest.
So we took advantage of that.
I wanted you to want to go.
To see if you would.
I thought you were strong enough.
I was right.
I figured Iris would try to talk you out of it
so you'd come to me,
and the two of us would go.
Just the two of us.
Why?
You were convinced the world was going to end,
so I taught you how to fight.
I needed you to see what was worth fighting for.
So what's worth fighting for?
Civilization.
A future.
The same future the Civic Republic is fighting for.
Sure, we could have gotten you here easy.
But getting you to see the world right?
That what your father was working for was important?
That was going to take a lot more.
It would have been easier if it was just you and me.
But you came to see it.
Why it's always about the big picture.
The greater good.
The CRM, they take their shit seriously, they have to.
The world's future is at stake.
Having other people trying to find out where they are?
Getting in the way of you seeing what we have to do to save it?
That wasn't going to work.
That's why the others were expendable.
I did everything I could
to split up the group without hurting anybody.
Everything.
Tony and Percy.
Was that you?
Is that how you split us up?
The truck, the maps...
We were two days away from knocking at the CR's door.
The second their location got compromised,
it would have been over for everybody.
It's what I had to do to stop that from happening.
You killed them!
To save everybody else!
There was no other way!
We do what we have to do for the greater good.
So why me?
Why do you people give a shit about me?
Kid... You have no idea who you are.
Cheers. It's a 2004 cabernet from Napa.
One of the few left from before.
I think Hope might want to be a vintner.
-With that mind? -Maybe.
I found a few books on winemaking in her room before I left, which...
come to think of it, could just be her wanting to drink booze.
Did I ever tell you about how I first knew?
She was all of six years old,
and I walk into the study to find
processor chips and circuitry everywhere.
I thought she was being disruptive to try to get my attention.
I was wrong.
She was just... doing what Hope does.
She was being curious.
The next day, I walked in,
she'd put the whole thing back together,
all by herself.
This isn't something normal kids do.
It's not. She's special.
She's extraordinary.
I know. They both are.
She's going to make some amazing wine.
Or maybe she'll save the world.
We have to pick up the pace.
What do they want from me? Where are we going?
Hope, you cracked a CRM cipher.
It takes a special kind of smarts to pull that off.
You're idiots! I am not worth all of this.
It's not just about you.
It's about people like you.
Making sure their gifts aren't being wasted.
It's going to take a lot to bring this world back.
People like you need to be a big part of that.
I radioed the CR this morning after we left.
A chopper's meeting us 15 miles up to take you to your dad.
If things didn't go the way they did, if we had just made it there...?
It would have been easier.
You would have been happy your dad's okay,
they'd have asked you to stay and you'd have stayed.
What if I didn't want to? If I don't?
You do.
You will.
It'll be dark soon.
We need to find shelter.
I wouldn't think about running.
Why? What would they do to me?
To you? Nothing.
But they'll find you.
They always find you.
They have to be a ways ahead of us by now.
A hundred miles ahead and gaining, that's more than a ways.
It's okay. We'll figure it out.
Yeah. We will.
I'm...
sorry about your uncle.
-Thanks. -And...
I'm glad you're okay, and...
I'm sorry about how I was with you.
Let's just focus on catching up to them. Finding Huck.
Cool?
She's going to pay for what she did.
It's going to be me who does it.
That refueling station we raided. It's close by.
They must have been there, seen the smoke.
We need to go. Now.
It's holding.
With any luck, we'll get about 50 miles out of this thing.
If they stick to the planned route, we just need to get 20.
-Cut 'em off at Murray Road. -Hey, hold up.
This thing is stick.
I'm not going to be able to put my foot down on that clutch.
-You're looking at me? -Mm-hm.
I can't drive, I never learned.
You're going to learn now.
-Off the brake. -The left brake?
-There's only one brake. -Okay.
-Yep, there you go. -Okay.
Now ease into the clutch.
-No, no! But we-- -Okay, okay, okay. Just stop.
I don't think I can do this.
You can.
You're going to let the car roll forward,
take your foot off the clutch slowly, and listen to the engine.
That's it. You're going to be one with the car.
You did not just say "be one with the car."
Okay.
That's totally something my dad would say.
Who do you think taught me how to drive?
I'm glad you're here, Felix.
Yeah. I'm glad I'm here too.
Now focus, alright?
We got a lot of ground to cover.
Yeah...
Okay, here we go.
-Here we go! -There you go.
Hey!
Head's up.
Found them when I was scouting ahead, after the Mississippi.
I was going to save them for your birthday.
Thought we'd still be on the road then, but...
This mission...
It's about you,
but...
it's about me too.
There's a lot more going on than you know.
Maybe more than I know.
I once told you that it was complicated with dads?
Thing is,
it's complicated with moms too.
Stay back.
Must have seen the light from the road.
You want them to be safe?
They can't know we're here.
This is life and death.
You got to trust me on this.
Another big choice.
Time to make it.
Hope?
Holy shit!
What's going on? Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
The truck! How did you get it going?
We checked the room you tried to hide from us.
What?
The one you told us not to go into because there were bodies.
There weren't any.
You lied. Why?
I'm sorry, kid. Must have been a crossed-wires thing.
-I never said-- -Yes, you did.
Kid...
Iris, she meant the basement.
You must have heard wrong.
You all just left.
Without even saying goodbye.
I'm sorry, we just...
We just thought it would be easier.
For all of us.
-Yeah... -Yeah, but you're here now,
and you fixed the truck. That's...
That's awesome.
You're here, you're safe, and we're all together.
All good things, huh?
Yeah.
All good things.
And we should get some shut-eye, hit the road in the morning.
And you shouldn't be on that leg.
-I'll grab your stuff from the truck. -Ah, no.
Iris here made me a splint.
I can get it.
Felix.
Come on.
When are you going to start letting other people
take care of you for a change?
Yeah...
Old habits.
Got the key?
Yeah.
I'll pull the truck around the corner, out of sight from the road.
Just in case.
Hope, give me a hand.
Not one more step.
Not one more word of bullshit.
You're going to drop that key,
and you're going to tell me what the hell you're doing with Hope.
Leo, there's something that I need to talk to you about.
But before I do, I just want to reiterate
how much I care about you,
and about us,
our future,
and everyone's future.
That's what this is all about - the future.
In 24 hours, you're going to be reunited with Hope.
She's on her way here.
Don't say anything.
Just take a moment to process it, okay?
All those months ago,
when you told me about her gifts, about her genius,
when you haven't even told her...
You trusted me.
But I told them.
I had to.
We need generations of great minds.
You were frustrated with her, she was frustrated with herself.
But she is safe,
and she's seen the world now, and because of that,
she is ready.
To...
bring back the world,
it's going to take the brightest minds,
working together.
She is one of those minds.
Every model shows that if we don't make progress in the next 30 years,
human life will be gone from the planet.
This is bigger than us, so...
You can hate me.
And I'll live with that.
I'll live with that,
so that the world
can live.
Paging Dr. Belshaw.
What's on your mind?
Drop the key.
Felix.
You should grab Iris and go.
Get in the truck and go.
-No. You won't tell me what to do. -It's how you live.
Felix.
Please.
I don't want to hurt you.
Felix, you got to listen to her.
She's CRM.
She wants me!
You can't save me.
Walking away is the only way you'll live.
Hope, what?
Felix, I never wanted to hurt you.
I just wanted you to be happy.
I really did.
Is it true? Is it?
-Are you? -Yeah.
It's true.
And I'm sorry.
No! Felix!
They care this much about somebody starting a fire?
I don't think this is about Silas.
I mean, we had their truck, their maps, we stole their gas...
I radioed Huck on an open channel,
maybe they overheard, put two and two together.
I think I might know a way out. Follow me.
Felix, don't make this worse.
-Felix? -Hope! Iris!
Take the truck and go!
Not without you!
Get out of the house!
Huck, stop!
We need to find that gun.
You got one last chance, Felix. Let us walk, everybody lives.
You're not taking her.
Keep looking. It has to be here.
Felix!
Get out of the house! Just go!
Hope, get out of here!
You're dead.
I got it.
Shit.
You alright?
My wound opened up. It's bleeding, bad.
Just keep going.
Hey.
No.
Come on. We can make it.
You can. I'm slowing you down.
This blood is going to lead them right to you.
I didn't give up on you before, I'm not going to now. Move!
Hey. Silas.
Come on.
Hey.
You saved us.
You get a fresh start.
Twice, now.
You're not a monster, Silas.
You did that, Silas.
Yeah!
That's what matters.
Hey, wait. Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?
Saving you.
So you can save the others.
Huck. Huck, stop!
Hope, do it. Come on, take the shot.
What if I...
It's okay! You don't need me to protect you.
Do it, Hope! Just shoot, it's okay.
I'm sorry.
Hope, what are you doing?
Get away from him.
I will do it, I swear to God I'll do it.
Iris, you and Felix take the truck.
Get as far back to the university as you can.
-We're not leaving you. -Nothing will happen to me.
You don't know what'll happen to you.
I do.
They need me to help my dad with his research.
Because of who I am.
What I am.
Huck's mission was to get me there.
I decoded the message.
I'm the asset.
Turns out I'm smarter than I thought.
Don't worry about me.
I'll be okay, no matter what happens.
You don't have to do this.
Silas, no, no.
They don't know you're here. Getting me will slow them down.
Protect Iris.
Keep her safe.
But no matter what Huck did, don't be the monster.
Elton.
You believed in me when I didn't.
You're my best friend.
Thank you.
Now go, before they see you.
No.
Silas!
Come on. Nothing you can do. We got to go.
Hey.
You know, it's not too late.
You can give me that gun right now,
you, me and Iris, we can just leave.
They'd just come after you looking for me.
This is the only way.
I'm doing what I'm doing because I have what I have.
I was never going to leave for Omaha without you.
I know.
I only left last night because I was trying to protect you.
I know.
Because that's what we do. We protect each other.
And we always will.
I love you, Iris.
And I know you're going to be okay.
We all will.
Five miles north, you'll find safety.
She's just a kid.
No. Not anymore.
You are aces.
I want you to know that.
In this life...
sometimes you got to do bad to do good.
So grin, girl.
Come on. What's on your mind?
Leo...
Yeah?
It's...
It's nothing.
Well, I've got something on mine.
Something that's been... eating at me.
Something sensitive.
What is it?
You can tell me anything.
This place is important to you.
It is to me too.
The civilian government is doing great things.
You should know that's not what I'm questioning here.
But I do have my suspicions about your military.
Will's scouting expedition with them was due back a few days ago.
Things happen.
-I mean, I'm sure they're fine, but-- -Dr. Abbott?
How can you be certain he went to visit a sister?
I just...
I think it's possible we're being lied to.
I have an idea though.
How we can know for certain.
But I'll need your help.
We're here.
You can put that away now.
I got to admit,
considering how this all went down,
I was afraid you'd fight this harder.
It's not about the now.
It's about the future.
Greater good.
Thinking about the big picture.
That's what I'm doing.
Good.
Where do you think they took him?
I don't know.
How are we going to find the others?
I-I don't know.
What are we going to do?
I don't know.
But I know we're going to figure it out.
What lies ahead is not going to be easy, but...
we're a part of it now.
I used to think we were the last of the species,
but since then, so much has changed.
I've seen the impossible happen.
That's how I know we're going to find the others, and save them.
Because we can do the impossible.
We're going to make our lives count.
Not because we're the last generation.
Because we're the beginning.
Mothers can be complicated too.
It's good to see you again, Hope.
You've had quite the adventure.
Would you please relieve Miss Bennett of her belongings?
Well done.
Seems we need a bit more work with her,
but she's not fighting it.
She won't. She knows what's at stake.
I assume you were going to tell me about the loose ends?
That truck, the others still out there...
We heard the transmission.
Makes me wonder what they know.
The ones that are still out there, they're not a threat.
I'm taking care of them. We've found one, we'll get the rest.
You should have let me handle this.
I was going to make sure they get back to the Campus Colony.
I didn't want to have to step in,
but that incident back home before you left for Omaha
put your judgement into question, at least in the eyes of others.
I had to see to it that your bringing us the asset
was an unmitigated success, no loose ends, so I did.
I am.
And as far as the Campus Colony...
We'll talk. A lot's happened since you left.
Hope.
I can't tell you how pleased I am to have you at the facility.
You Bennetts are going to accomplish great things together.
Yeah. We are.
Storm's coming in.
We're going to have to find some shelter.
Food.
We'll find some.
Then we'll get them back.
And then we'll kick the Civic Republic's ass.
How?
I love you, Iris.
And I know you're going to be okay.
We all will.
I'm pretty sure this one goes over there.
You're right. Thanks.
Because I'm not the real asset.
We are.
The two of us, together.
We've spent our whole lives making each other better.
Stronger.
Your smarts.
Your instincts.
What if we can't trust her?
Your bravery.
Your fight.
They have no clue what you can do.
That's how we're going to beat them.
They think they need me to save the world, but you,
you are going to save the world from them.
We will. We got this.
So grin, girl.
How?
We just will.
Because we can.
Ah.
This is how we give our lives meaning.
We're the future.
Get behind me.
Will?
Hi. Hi.
I thought you were dead.
I thought you all were.
Why?
Wait, why? Why would you think that?
You don't know?
Know what?
We've got a lot to catch up on. hat?