Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
You were sloppy with sensitive research. You lied.
We must pick a side.
I have no choice
but to propose a vote of no confidence in our chairperson.
-Your dad? -He's Major General Beale.
-They're gonna wipe out Portland. -Using gas stored at the RF.
Using empties to cover it up.
It's not just saving Portland and getting out of here.
We must get the scientists out, and the research.
We take it, and… and we keep it going.
Indira!
Hello again.
That's good, you can take a break.
Lieutenant Colonel.
What do you think?
This is exactly the finishing touch that the facility needed.
We asked you for something
that would be a reminder of why we're here and what's at stake,
that would stand for generations to come, and it's…
It's magnificent.
Thank you.
I'm glad you like it.
So what's wrong?
The non-aggression pact we struck, when you first arrived?
I'd like your word that you will continue to honor it after I'm gone.
Are you going somewhere?
It's not where.
It's when. It's my kidneys.
I might not have much time left.
My mother died of kidney failure when I was young.
I've been ignoring the signs for months, but…
I'm at the point where I can't anymore.
We have plenty of doctors here.
Medicine, dialysis equipment.
That's very kind.
But I can't put my personal health over the interests of my community.
Isn't staying alive in the best interests of your community?
I'm not asking for anything in return.
What would you have to gain?
Peace of mind.
Sparing your family
the ordeal that Jennifer and I went through with her father.
And you'd be sparing me the uncertainty
of dealing with whoever your lesser successor would be.
I can't imagine their artistic talents would hold a candle to yours.
No one need know.
It would be just between us, no strings attached.
What do you say?
Our entire purpose now is to find a way to a healed planet.
Not for us, but for our children. Maybe our children's children.
We can still give them that life.
We owe it to them, but not here.
Not with those responsible for that.
But how?
They won't just let us leave.
No, they won't. You can be damn sure they never will.
So you're talking about an escape?
No, I'm past talking about it.
A plan's already in motion.
One that involves help from the outside,
and uses the CRM's own security protocols against them.
But even if we have a place to go, how can we live in the long term?
How can we find facilities--
I realize this is a giant leap I'm asking you to take.
And I don't have every answer.
But I know we can't stay here.
Dr. Belshaw wasn't killed in a laboratory accident.
They murdered her,
like they murdered Dr. Abbott,
like they murdered my security detail.
-But-- -They've committed genocide.
They're going to again. We have proof.
If we stay, we become a party to all they do.
Or they kill us.
We're working to stop the monsters,
and to save people from turning into monsters.
But we need to save ourselves from that fate first.
And right now, I need to know, are you in?
Let's hope this does it.
Yeah, let's hope.
I'm supposed to be on patrol.
All this coming and going, I can't risk another trip out here.
Jadis could trace all of this back to the outpost.
To you.
Yeah.
And I know what happens to me if she does.
And if she doesn't?
I guess we'll figure out the after... after.
Dennis, I'm sorry--
We both have things to be sorry for.
But no matter how this turns out,
you're the one part of all this I don't regret.
I'm gonna say it again.
I didn't send you to him because he was my husband.
-I sent you to him because he was-- -He's a good guy.
I got that.
You can hate me, but you're gonna have to trust me.
It's the only way this works.
Let's go.
-Hey. -Hey.
Almost everything's packed.
Good. Cameras in the north stairwell are still down from the outage.
Percy's taking down the rest of the go bags.
Okay.
Cool.
What's up?
It just got real, you know?
All of them are putting their lives in our hands.
I know you think it's smarter to just go for the gas and save Portland--
Getting everyone out…
There's a lot that could go wrong.
But we'll make it work.
We do whatever we have to do
to make sure we win.
Things roll our way, it'll be just enough to pull this thing off.
Get all of you out.
Get you someplace where they can't get you.
What about you?
If this works, what happens to you?
If I can get back to the CR,
I can let the civilian government know what the military's done.
You almost had me fooled yesterday.
-What she had me do to Lyla-- -Lyla…
did it to herself.
If she had to die at someone else's hands…
I just wish they'd been mine.
No. You don't.
So how does this play out without them killing you?
The empty Jadis had me use to kill Lyla?
I'm pretty sure he was a soldier tied to Omaha,
who'd been trying to talk.
If there's one, there's more.
A resistance that can help me get to the people I need to talk to.
It won't be easy, but…
I have to try.
And who knows?
Maybe in the end, it'll be me and Dennis,
trying together.
Take these.
Wait for my go.
They all set up for us, on the outside?
Dennis and Silas are on their way now,
to relay the plan to Indira's people.
Once they radio they're on board,
we move.
What did you tell them?
Grady and Tiga, what do they know about this?
Nothing.
I told them to stay there, keep their distance,
keep luring more dead towards the outpost.
From there, they're reporting to Cull Station Six in Binghamton.
You didn't tell them why?
Less they know, the better. Keeps them safe if they get caught.
You've known what they did to Omaha for days, and you didn't say a thing.
Yeah, because you're them.
You and your wife.
She killed people and made me think I did it.
What, she was just doing her job?
The world went to shit,
and the CRM was the last best hope of bringing it back.
It was a cause worth dying for, worth killing for.
On the inside, they tell you everything you do
is in service to the greater good, that what you do today…
can help create the next 500 years.
You go in not knowing exactly who you are,
you lose perspective.
You lose yourself.
Yeah, there's right and wrong, Dennis.
No.
There isn't.
Not for a long time now.
You were taking me down that path.
No.
You were going nowhere.
Just like me.
Get down.
Could be hundreds.
We wait for them to pass.
We don't have time.
We don't have a choice. We wait.
Jennifer.
I want to see about that briefing you promised me yesterday.
What's going on?
We finally got some of the operational monitoring systems
back online after the power outage.
Diagnostics report from the last hour.
Shows variants in keycard activity.
Water and power usage in the labs dropped to almost nothing.
Data could be scrambled from the outage.
I'm concerned Dr. Bennett isn't keeping quiet about what he knows.
Your mother's psychological profile of him
indicated he would fall in line, to keep his family safe.
I'm starting to wonder if her report was wrong,
or if there are other variables at play.
I don't think he'd ever put his girls in danger.
You want me to sniff around?
Oh, we're way past that.
If I'm right, and I usually am,
this is about stopping the rot from spreading.
Showing Dr. Bennett what happens to one or both of his daughters,
if he steps out of line.
Lieutenant!
My team's ready when yours is.
Let's move.
I didn't want to leave him.
I just…
I knew that if they saw us together…
The thing is, they might have.
If they did, Indira, I…
I am so sorry.
Your son is dead because…
-I… -He was out there because of me.
No. No, that's not true.
I was dying.
Lieutenant Colonel Kublek offered me treatment,
so I could live.
I was too selfish, too…
scared to…
let go of…
my life, my community.
My children.
Dev died helping me get medicine.
Medicine I was taking so that…
I could hold on to things I had no right to still be holding on to.
I handed the CRM control of my life.
And because of that decision,
they took the life of my boy.
And now we could lose everything.
Indira…
We have to assume that the CRM knows my son trespassed.
That our non-aggression pact with them is nullified.
Things are escalating,
and we all know what they're capable of.
It's not safe for us here.
For any of us.
We have to leave.
We'll gather what we can carry.
Head to the way station near Cornell, go from there.
Let the others know.
And…
Tell everyone that as soon as we get to safety…
I'll step down as your leader.
Indira…
I…
I'm sorry for your loss.
-If there's anything I can do for-- -Thanks, but…
I'm not sure you can.
Dev was a lot like you.
Questioning everything.
He was still trying to figure it out, too.
I just wonder, in the end…
if he ever did.
Maybe for some people,
it takes facing the end to…
ever really know.
Felix. Hope.
Iris. You read me?
We need to start everything.
Now.
Jadis and some armed guards are on their way to your dad's place
to take everybody in.
You need to get out of there.
Head to rendezvous one.
We haven't heard from Will or Elton.
Listen to me. There's no time.
We can't wait for them. We need to start now.
I'll do whatever I can to help, but if this plan's going to happen…
it needs to happen now.
Hey. We got this.
Find Felix and Dad, spread the word, get everybody in place.
I'll meet you there.
Clear.
All clear.
Copy.
As we suspected.
Dr. Bennett's not in his usual class. Carlucci has abandoned his post.
Initiate standard evacuation drill protocols
for the facility's civilian personnel.
You think that'll flush them out?
No.
I think it'll tell me just how deep the rot has spread.
This is a mandatory evacuation drill. Please proceed to the nearest exit.
This is a mandatory evacuation drill…
Go. I'll meet you in there.
Everything good?
The others are inside.
Hope?
-Is she-- -Not yet, but she'll be here.
Let's go.
This is a mandatory evacuation drill. Please proceed to the nearest exit.
Mason.
Hey!
Hey. What's going on?
I need you to get Ian or someone you trust
to sign you in with the evac cards and I need you to come with me.
Uh…
I just need you to trust me, okay?
Please.
Just tell me what's going on.
It's life and death.
We're still awaiting the final manifest from transport three,
but this is everyone that's checked in for evacuation.
No sign of the Bennetts.
And none of the civilian research staff, or their security details.
Must be an error.
That's cute.
Now we know. This goes far beyond the Bennetts.
Initiate full facility lockdown.
Close off every door, window and air vent.
Once the complex is secure, you're to sweep every inch,
building by building, wing by wing, room by room,
until you find where they're hiding.
Something's wrong.
She should have been here.
Stay with the others.
I need to find Hope.
I'm here!
Hope.
What's going on?
I wish there was another way.
-Our plan doesn't work without you. -Whoa! Hey!
Welcome to the biocontainment unit.
Hope?
Hope!
Lieutenant Newton.
No signal down here.
Stokes is requesting an update.
They're inside the biocontainment unit.
They've locked themselves in. No way in or out.
But we're picking up indistinct chatter through the walls.
They're in there.
So why aren't we?
It's reinforced titanium,
sealed shut as a fail-safe, triggered by the lockdown.
Blunt force won't do it.
We have to wait for a system reboot to override the locking system.
Hm. How long is that gonna take?
At least two hours.
I'll let her know.
It's a good thing I told Will I wouldn't do anything reckless.
We didn't get a choice here.
I don't know. Don't you think it's all a choice?
You chose to give me a life, and…
I'm choosing to make it count.
You already have. You know that.
We're gonna get you back to Will,
and then, you're finally gonna start living for yourself.
Yeah, well, that goes for you too.
It's one-way glass.
We can see them, but they can't see us.
What is this?
What are those things doing in here?
Hope, just, just tell me what's going on, please.
Talk to me.
Mason, the CRM isn't what you think it is.
Okay? They've done horrible things.
What kind of things?
Whatever it is, it can't be that bad.
My dad would know about it.
Wait, is that why you took me?
-Because of my dad?! -There was no other way.
We'll leverage who you are to get what we want,
and then once we do, we'll let you go.
What do you want?
And if you don't get it, then what?
Huh?
You feed me to them?
No one's gonna hurt you.
I promise.
I understand.
Let me know when you have an update on the server.
What's going on?
He approached security, and asked to speak with your mother.
If he's to be believed, there's a lot going on here off the books.
Oh yeah?
Like what?
For starters, it seems your mother's been diverting CRM medical supplies
to the Perimeters' leader.
What?
More immediately, they've become a threat to this facility's security,
and thus the security of the Civic Republic.
He's saying that the intruder we shot the other night,
the one we were trying to identify,
was Indira's son.
He's saying she and her community
have been working with the Bennetts against us.
Harboring them,
planting them inside the complex,
for what's obviously some kind of escape attempt.
You, uh…
You sure we can trust him?
Sergeant Mills' team is on its way to deal with them.
And there's not gonna be an investigation?
An investigation would take time, and cause vulnerabilities. No.
For a security threat such as this, CRM Uniform Regulations mandate
any and all points of contact must be removed.
Immediately.
I have this dream of my future.
I'm with Felix.
We're older.
We've got a beautiful family.
It's what I live for.
Everything that I do is in service of that.
Maybe that makes me selfish.
I don't think it makes me wrong.
What you did to live for your son,
for your family…
I don't think that's wrong either.
Indira!
Robin.
It's Brody.
He left the first caravan and headed east.
He was ranting about making things right with the CRM.
Move, move.
Over there.
Keep going.
Drop your bag.
Line up with the others.
We took out a good-sized piece of your wall on the way in.
But you won't have a need for it after today.
Ma'am. I received the update you requested on the server.
Do you realize what you've done? To your own community?
-You marked them for dead. -No, we were already marked.
Indira made a deal to save her own life.
Why shouldn't I do the same?
I could tell them about you.
I should.
You've played both sides the whole time.
Trying to get me killed too?
Huh?
Right, permanent residency inside the Civic Republic.
Promise me that and I'll keep quiet.
I can't.
Oh, okay.
Well then, you have until Warrant Officer Stokes comes back
to figure out a way that you can.
On your knees.
Please.
Let me speak to the Lieutenant Colonel.
So?
Do we have a deal, or not?
Time's almost up.
You don't do this, you're dead.
Stand fast.
What the hell did you do?
He was a rat, playing angles.
Saying shit about us being behind what happened in Omaha.
That if we didn't let him into the CR,
he'd go screaming it from the rooftops.
How could he have known?
No clue. But people like him?
They're the security threat.
For all we know, the scumbag was lying about Indira,
using us to settle some personal grudge.
No.
He was a threat, and so is she.
Sergeant Mills, put me on with their leader. I'd like to speak with her.
Please.
Please, whoever you are…
Call your soldiers off.
You can take me,
but let my people live.
Indira.
I'm impressed by the globe sculpture
Lieutenant Colonel commissioned from you some years back. It's beautiful.
That kind of welding is tricky.
I know.
I was like you once,
leading a community of artists, but they never really stood a chance,
as yours don't now.
Larger, more powerful communities overtake smaller ones.
It's become their responsibility to.
They're ascendant
because they've adapted,
equipped themselves for survival,
not just in might,
but in seeing the world
for what it is, and what it must be.
All of this to say your vision is lovely,
but it doesn't portray what is.
You don't see it.
You can't.
And that is why we can't let you live.
I'm sorry.
Hostiles are secured.
Warrant Officer, we are awaiting your final order.
They provide a valuable service to us.
They're a resource.
Eliminate them all.
Leave no one alive.
Assume firing positions.
It's gonna be okay.
On my mark!
Ready!
And…
Fall back!
Force right.
Squad, code five. Multiple hostiles incoming.
Abandon positions. Fall back to the mill.
Formation beta, now!
Arm yourselves and find cover.
Cover and fire!
They're all in front of the mill. Stay down.
Robin!
Grenade!
Get down!
How did you know to come?
We didn't. We came to tell you about the plan.
What? What plan?
They're escaping.
What? When?
Silas.
Get your friends and the supplies to the rendezvous.
Be ready.
Ready for what?
What's the plan?
Dennis?
Dennis!
So as long as we make this left…
We're good, yeah?
Twelve minutes till they're in. I'll get everyone ready.
I'll set the C-4.
Alright, easy.
I'm not going anywhere
until you assholes tell me where you're taking me.
-Percy, don't-- -Wait, let him handle it.
-Iris, he didn't do anything. -Neither did we.
There is too much at stake.
We need to get it done.
Let's move!
System reset.
Five, four, three…
We'll have to assume Mills and his team are dead.
And as for our mutinous scientists…
They were counting on us initiating lockdown protocols.
They knew sealing that containment door
would buy them enough time to escape into the old mining tunnels.
And they used the explosives to stop us from following them in.
When did you know?
The facility's central server confirmed it.
All the research has been wiped.
Every drop of data.
Everything.
Every paper, every theory. They're trying to take it with them.
This isn't just an escape plan.
This is a rebellion.
The Civic Republic stands to lose
every scrap of knowledge, of progress,
that we've built since…
since the end of everything.
This could be the second end.
So what's the damn plan, Jadis?
I've ordered Pierce to station soldiers at every tunnel exit.
When they emerge, we'll be waiting.
Pierce to Warrant Officer Stokes.
Go.
Fire teams are moving into position.
What are the rules of engagement?
Inform your teams I'm rescinding all arrest protocols.
We're to make an example of the Bennetts.
If you see them, or any of the scientists, shoot to kill.
Eliminate some to traumatize the many.
They've been safe for too long. They've forgotten too much.
This is an opportunity to make them remember. ten too much.