Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Two transport trucks.
Biggest ones you got. No tricks.
If it were up to me, I'd put a bullet in your head right now.
If I see you again, I'll kill you.
They're gonna wipe out Portland.
They wouldn't leave without trying to destroy the gas.
We're just giving up?
We can't save anyone until we save ourselves.
I'm here for Dennis.
-He's hurt really bad. -I got orders--
-I'm suiting up. -No, you're staying with me.
Hold fire. Officer Carlucci has a gun on Mason Beale.
Percy!
-No. -Where's Percy?
The gas is probably already on its way to Portland.
I think I found something. Still got that C-4?
Hey, guys.
Hey.
There's that suit again.
-Yeah. It's a Tuff-- -TuffyStitch.
-Kids can, uh… Something, something. -Wear 'em, can't tear 'em.
Yeah.
That is a… big wrench.
Thanks.
I mean, yeah, it's…
So this is how you've been sneaking out all this time?
Uh, yeah.
My parents used to teach here,
and my dad would sneak through here to smoke so Mom wouldn't catch him.
What we're about to do is only slightly more dangerous than that.
So we're really gonna do this, huh?
The four of us going 1,100 miles on foot.
-You, uh, having second thoughts? -No.
Our dad's in trouble, and we need to find him, but…
The second we walk through that door--
There's no going back.
On the topic of uncertainty, there's no way to know
how this is going to end for any of us, so…
-There's that. -Okay.
So how about we make a promise to have each other's backs,
no matter what.
I'm in.
Me too.
Till the end, whatever the end turns out to be for us.
Alright then.
Let's do this.
Alright.
Wait. If, um…
If any of us encounter an empty,
remember Officer Carlucci's first rule of survival.
Engage only as a last resort. Avoidance is key.
And for the record, I'm rethinking whoever's idea it was to go on foot.
A vehicle would have been too easy to spot from the air.
All things considered, this is safer.
Yeah. Real safe.
We made it halfway across the country on foot, alright? We can do this.
You good?
We need to move faster.
Everything is riding on us. All of it.
So, after we blow the gas…
Uh, we meet up with the others,
some of us head for Portland.
You? You'll go?
Something Percy and I talked about.
I'm so sorry.
He was going to kill Huck.
But he let her live.
She risked her life trying to save his,
but she couldn't, none of us could.
I guess I just want it to make… some kind of sense.
He was lost.
I mean, and then he found you.
Maybe that's the part of this that makes sense.
Ma'am, I've received word--
We've resecured access to the helicopters. I've heard.
How long before they're dropping disruption charges?
Within the hour.
Good. That'll free up more teams to hunt down and secure our scientists.
We need them found.
Yes ma'am. Anything else?
I want a dozen vehicles to fan out in an eight-mile radius.
They're to jam all frequencies until sundown.
You think they're still using comms?
That'll interfere with our communications.
It's a calculated risk,
but it's the best way to stop our insurgents in their tracks.
-And our current operation? -Won't be affected.
Choppers will be at the cull facility
in four hours to airlift the gas to Portland.
I intend to have all this wrapped up by then.
Where the hell are they?
The CRM's got to be looking for me.
You need those antibiotics and I need that C-4.
Those kids are swimming upstream through the tail end of a shitstorm.
Give them time.
I've been thinking about this buddy of mine, from the early days.
He'd always talk about his family's cabin down in the Smokies.
On the banks of the Pigeon River, surrounded by huge pine trees.
Sounds nice.
He went out on one of the first resource runs.
Never came back.
I always wondered if he went AWOL…
got back there…
and made his own happily ever after.
Thinking we can do the same?
We can still have a life.
We could.
After we blow this shit up, haul ass to the CR, and…
expose to the government and the press what the military's done.
Details, details.
Even if we make it in,
find a way to get word to the right people…
Who's to say they even believe us?
If anybody can do this,
it's us.
We take what we got, and make it work.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Just the roadside assistance I was looking for.
You good? Everybody safe?
They got there safe in the second truck.
-Hey. -It's just us.
And a decade's worth of research.
Right.
Get back. Stay low, find cover. Go, go, go!
Dr. Bennett?
Why don't you and your friends come on out, hands on heads?
You can't win this.
Hey.
Almost had me worried.
Glad you're okay.
Good to see you, kid.
We tried to radio.
Yeah, me too.
The CRM must be jamming the comms.
Grabbed as many as I could.
Thanks for not listening to me.
It means a lot, what you did.
Good work.
What else can we do?
Head back, meet up with the others.
It's still safest for you on foot.
Minimum safe distance is gonna be about three miles
once this place blows.
What about you?
They know you helped us escape, I…
You could come with us.
The people inside the CR
don't know what the military's been doing outside their walls.
They need to.
Dennis and I are gonna see to it that they do.
Thanks. You should go.
Just get there safe, okay?
You too.
For what it's worth,
I'm proud of you.
You're the future, kid.
Never forget that.
We should go.
Silas?
You coming?
Yeah, no.
I'm gonna go with Huck and Dennis.
-What? -Plaskett.
You need somebody to help get you there,
and you have to get there.
Officer Stokes, I have more news.
The C-4 they used to cave in the tunnels appears to be older M112s.
The kind designated for the culling facilities.
Yes, ma'am.
Ready my helicopter, now.
Ma'am?
Mallick's husband
runs the culling outpost where the gas has been moved.
With respect, we were as discreet as possible with the move.
The gas was made to look like a standard--
I said, ready my helicopter.
You've gotten really good at being a hero.
I'm not.
I'm just helping a friend.
When I was leaving the university, I…
I didn't even have friends to say goodbye to.
I don't think this is goodbye.
Look, we found each other twice before, alright?
We will again.
Yeah. We will.
See ya.
Silas.
Thank you.
For what?
Uh, for coming with me and Hope when you barely knew us.
For saving my life at that school.
For dancing with me when I wanted to dance.
I was just following your lead the whole time.
We all were.
It won't be long before Huck has those charges set.
You should go.
See you around, Silas.
I was headed to the mall with the others.
Doubled back when I heard your distress call.
We can't do this forever.
Split 'em up. It'll be easier to pick 'em off.
I'll circle round as a decoy, cut through the trees.
Newton's an asshole.
He'll take the bait, trust me.
It's a smart play.
Shit.
People like you?
You're worse than the dead.
Because you are helping them win. But not today.
Today, you lose.
Actually,
it's better like this.
You and me.
Let's go.
You said you'd kill me if you ever had the chance.
So come on.
You're got yours, I've got mine.
No other weapons.
I'm offering you a fair fight.
I read your psych report.
You gonna disappoint me, like everyone else in your life?
Like all those people at the Campus Colony
you vowed to protect?
Like your boyfriend, who came here to get away from you.
Hell, your own parents wanted nothing to do with you.
You really want to add me to that list?
Yeah.
Have fun.
What is it?
What's wrong?
The CRM isn't just blocking the comms.
It's affecting the remote detonators too.
We need another way to set off the explosives.
We can rig something up.
The CRM could be here any minute.
How far is that emergency weapons cache you told me about?
Where we were gonna load up?
Three miles.
Not sure if we got any timers stashed, but…
we might.
"Might" is the best we got right now.
I'll go.
I just need to know where it is.
You should go with him.
We can be back in 20.
Okay.
What about you?
I'll stay here, hide out if they come close.
Just be safe, alright?
We got this.
Yeah, we do.
We take what we got, and we make it work.
Now this is a fair fight.
Sweep that warehouse. Secure the containers.
What did you get out of betraying the Republic, Jennifer?
We were supposed to fight for humanity,
but there's nothing humane about what the CRM's done.
So you got nothing.
You didn't live out there.
You didn't lose a community, not one you made.
You can't appreciate what we have, what we can do.
Let's see what you can do.
What you did to Omaha…
We had no choice. Your mother understood that.
My mother lost her way.
But this? This was always who you were.
You traded someone to get into the CR, right?
That was your ticket in?
Somebody's life?
People are a resource.
I had someone special. I had an A.
But I said that he was a B so he wouldn't end up in your mother's lab.
I owed him that much.
So yeah, I traded someone to get into the city,
and then I saw what this world could become,
so I signed up.
And now? Now I'm doing all the things that you couldn't.
Hold up. You should let me look at the wound.
I'm fine.
Got to be a timed detonator in one of these.
Kid.
You're a murderer.
You got the blood of 100,000 people on your hands.
I'm no more a murderer than you.
Your observe-and-report mission in Omaha?
What do you think all the intel was used for?
How do you think we took out an entire city
with just one chemical strike?
You told us exactly where the masses would gather
to commemorate Monument Day.
The plazas. The parks.
One year later, we knew precisely where to hit, all thanks to you.
It didn't have to be this way.
You want me to finish it? You want to die alone?
There's just one thing I want.
I have this gold watch.
It was my pop's.
One of the only things I have to remember him by.
My mom,
she likes to say it's the watch that brought her and me back together,
after things fell apart.
I want you to tell her that this time it won't.
'Cause now?
Now it's going to bring me and my dad back together.
How much time do I have?
They're rigged to blow. We're leaving, now!
We're not far enough away from the outpost yet.
Okay? We need to move faster.
Faster through that?
Get clear!
Get in!
Come on, hurry!
Put these on.
-Hey, move! -Hope!
I-I can just try to stitch you back up.
And then,
maybe if we can just get some more antibiotics…
-She could still be coming. -She's not.
She sent us here so we wouldn't be there.
We can still go.
We should. I can get you to the CR.
Kid, I'm not gonna make it.
Look at me. I never was.
-But you-- -She knew it too.
It was just easier to pretend.
Take the truck. Find your friends.
No. You said this was about second chances, okay?
This is our chance.
I'm not just gonna give up.
They must have spotted the truck.
We can take 'em on.
No, we can't.
I'm not gonna make it out of this.
Maybe there's a way you still can.
Hand me your gun.
Why?
They know I'm a traitor.
I'm dead one way or another, but if it looks like you ended me,
it could convince them you weren't part of this,
that you were just a hostage who got the upper hand on his captor.
Making them see you as a hero.
It's how you live.
No.
-No. -God.
You wanted a second chance? This is it.
What are you saying? Shut up!
Damn it, Plaskett! It's the only way.
I'm not gonna let you.
Then it has to be you.
What Jennifer did to you, you didn't deserve that.
And you sure as hell don't deserve this,
but Silas, you deserve to have a life.
They come in here and find us alive, they'll kill us both.
They need to see you as one of them.
It's why it has to go this way.
What makes you think they'd believe me?
Kid, you got to make them believe you.
If you don't at least try, you're dead.
You got to do it. You got to do it right now, kid.
Okay? We don't have time.
I'm gonna get in.
I'm gonna find the right people,
and everyone will find out what the CRM did.
Step out of the house, hands on head.
Just do it.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Don't carry this.
And remember, no matter what they tell you,
you're not one of them.
Do it.
Do it!
How's he doing?
His breathing's shallow.
He lost a lot of blood.
Maybe too much.
We should secure him.
Just in case.
He saved my life.
Indira.
These were in his bag.
What is it?
It's what I need to live.
Hey.
What's that?
It's Elton's.
Did you know he started writing a book?
I was talking with some of Indira's people.
A bunch of them want to help.
They're talking about heading to Portland, to warn them.
In a few days, once it's safe.
You want us to go with them?
W-Wait. W-We can't leave Elton.
I'm not saying we should.
I know this place isn't permanent,
but it seems safe.
Cornell is close by, there must be lab equipment.
If you stay, you could work on this place,
keep working on the science, for years.
So, you want to go with them?
It's what I'm supposed to do.
I might not be making any sense right now, but--
You are.
It's not about us.
It's about the future. Not the CRM's, everybody's.
It's how I feel, and I,
I think it's how Elton feels too.
Iris.
You know I love you,
but I can't just let you go--
I'd come back.
With reinforcements, from Portland.
It's not forever.
Nothing's forever.
Maybe Felix and I go with her.
There's too much at stake here.
Too much that needs to be protected.
She's right.
The CRM's close, and,
scientists aren't fighters.
Iris is.
Appreciate you coming in, Silas.
I bet you're wondering why I asked you here.
-You heard about what I did. -Damn right I did.
Shooting Mallick's treasonous husband in the face.
That must have been quite the ordeal.
He was forcing me into something I didn't want to be a part of.
He got what he deserved.
Your friends, they were part of the mutiny too. Did you know that?
They banished me from their group, going cross-country.
They were never my friends.
It's a convincing story, Silas.
But Dennis put you up to it, didn't he? To try and save you?
What? No. No. He didn't.
He did.
It's okay.
What matters is that you actually went through with it.
After killing your own father,
your own mother abandoning you for it…
That takes strength.
Strength we could use.
I asked you here 'cause I heard you're interested in our military.
Is that a lie too?
No.
I think I'd make a good soldier.
Personally, I think you'd make a great one.
I'll start you off in basic training immediately.
Take you on as my own special project. Would you like that, Silas?
Yeah, I would.
But you're wrong about me.
I believe in the CRM.
You don't have to convince me.
I see you.
For who you are.
For who you really are.
Even if you don't yet.
But you will.
And I can't wait for you to see who you're gonna become.
Elizabeth.
Sorry for your loss.
I've just got back to the city. It's been days of debriefing.
I instructed my team to bring her to justice, alive and unharmed.
But she--
She didn't give them a choice. I read the report.
We haven't found our scientists yet, but we will.
The scientists know that we need them,
and now they know what we've been doing.
I came to see myself as an ancestor
to a future world that would be indebted to my sacrifices.
So I did things.
I did monstrous things.
So that civilization could reign again.
So that the others, the humane, could ascend.
But what if after all that…
it just isn't possible.
Hm?
What if it never was, Jadis?
Survivors,
whether individuals,
or entire civilizations,
find opportunity in calamity.
They don't break.
They don't let the weak become strong.
They wait for the strong to become weak.
I'm sitting here now
because I took the moment.
I saw the strongest person I've ever met become entirely vulnerable.
I used it.
That's what I'm doing now.
And what is it that you're doing?
You are hereby remanded to the Health and Welfare Complex
until which time you'll be tried for Article 94
of the Uniform Code of Civic Republic Military Justice.
What the hell for?
For treason.
You see, people are looking for someone to blame.
-This happened on your watch. -Your daughter was a traitor.
Don't!
If anyone should have seen it, it should have been you.
She made you!
The Bennetts,
well, they were a threat, and what did you do?
You brought them in.
You let the Perimeters live.
Everything that happened, happened because of you.
And when things went wrong, you did nothing to stop it.
I did not do nothing to stop it.
I believed!
And I brought you in for a security audit.
You brought me in to a world of shit.
Oh, boohoo.
And you left as things got out of control.
I suspect you brought me in to take the fall.
Maybe that's your own version of survival?
Either way, the worse you look, the better I do.
And there it is.
But I can help usher in the new world better than you can.
I don't have friends, I don't have a child.
I have my ambition, and I have the Republic.
Do you honestly believe that people won't see through what you're doing?
Ho!
Beale's gonna have your head for this.
Who do you think signed your arrest warrant?
You will not win.
I have won, Elizabeth.
I had to.
We are the last light of the world.
I love you.
I love you too, Dad.
My people - she's in good hands with them.
And they're in good hands with her.
Hm.
My route to Portland, in case you need to find me for any reason.
Just take care of yourself.
-Okay? -Take care of each other.
I keep thinking back to
how I said the two of us would save the world together.
I still think we could.
Even if we're not together.
All this…
It didn't change us.
It just showed us that who we are is who we were.
Come here!
I love you so much.
I know.
I love you, too.
Hey, Iris?
Grin, girl.
Hey, what is it?
It's Elton.
He's awake.
There was a time I thought that I was gonna die.
That we were all gonna die.
Because I believed we were the last generation.
The endlings.
And then, for a while, I thought we were the beginning,
but that ignores everything that came before.
Everyone who came before.
I know for sure that there's a lot that's tough about the world.
A lot that's harder than I ever thought it could be.
Those things have left their mark on us.
Plaskett! Report to the helipad.
On all of us, in ways I-I never could have expected.
I also know there's a lot that's good, that's beautiful.
A lot that brings me hope.
But maybe there is no beginning. Maybe there's no end.
Maybe there just is.
And "is" is whatever we make it.
Three centimeters of tissue.
This rate of yeast-based decay is extraordinary.
'Cause really, we don't get to know.
There's no perfect modeling,
no way to predict if today is the last day,
if the world lasts a year or two, or forever.
Maybe all we get to know is now.
And whether we make a small mark on this world…
or we change it entirely…
it's really about those little pieces of now that get us there.
Those small steps that move us forward,
keep us growing, and evolving.
'Cause all of those moments put together, that's a life.
And that's everything.
So, let's see who we really are, shall we?
COPYING
COPY COMPLETE
Uh, the problem, as I see it,
is that the samples we have simply aren't fresh.
There's just too many variables involved
in how the clock affects them,
and even after a few minutes,
we can't get an accurate picture of the biology involved.
At least from the start. We obviously…
have seen the end.
Again and again.
Still, we will have fresh samples soon.
That's a certainty.
Well, in brighter news, I've reviewed the latest data on your side,
and the use of cardiac plaques as a host medium for steroidal therapies
to jumpstart the circulatory system
in the hopes of short-circuiting the brain,
or perhaps regaining function to cause nerve confusion
is a fascinating approach.
We are all anxiously awaiting any feedback from your first trial.
We all have to work together here.
Are you one of the doctors?
Yes.
You've been running, hiding, all this time?
Yes.
Are you a member of the Primrose Team?
No. Violet.
Where is the Primrose Team? Where did they go?
They weren't here when it happened.
When you all did what you did.
They were at the conference, in Toledo.
Spain?
Ohio. America.
I hoped against hope that they were here.
That somehow they came back.
And that they were still working. And that they were close.
Why would you come back?
I was tired of running.
And I had that hope against hope.
And I had to try.
If they were to return here, to their work,
they might end all this.
Even after all this time.
THE DEAD WERE BORN HERE
They should be dead.
If they aren't, and they somehow come back, like you,
we won't jail them like the others.
We'll kill them.
End this?
You started this. All the teams.
Then you made it worse.
I want to know more about these variant cohorts you referred to
in our last communication.
We haven't seen anything like that here at all, nothing close.
I hope this finds you as well as you can be.
I hope you don't lose faith.
The day will come when we are going to beat this thing.
At least, that's what the other Dr. Jenner keeps on telling me,
and as you know, she's smarter than me.
Solidarité. À bientôt.
BIOMEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES ps on telling me,