07x14 - Divine Providence

[bunniefuu]

I thought you said the crater
was filled with walkers.

Somebody let them out.

Ofelia's alive.

You told me she was dead.

I know, because that's what I thought.

Strand has her in the tower.

Do you really care
about protecting Strand?

I care about surviving.

Gotta to get Mo as far
away from here as possible.

Good luck, right?

We gotta move.

Follow me.

♪ Sous le dôme épais ♪

♪ Où le blanc jasmin ♪

♪ À la rose s'assemble ♪

♪ Sur la rive en fleurs ♪

♪ Riant au matin ♪

♪ Viens, descendons ensemble ♪

- ♪ Sous le dôme épais ♪
- [EXHALES SHARPLY]

♪ Où le blanc jasmin ♪

♪ Ah, descendons ♪

S-sir. Alicia's here for you.

Divine providence.

What happened to you?

There are days when one must
swipe the slate clean, Wes.

Today is one of them.

She didn't come alone.

STRAND: The g*ng's all here.

[SIGHS]

To what do we owe the pleasure, Alicia?

ALICIA: I think you know.

Eh, it seems you brought company.

Yet, Morgan isn't amongst it.

Does he plan on making a
grand entrance or something?

He's somewhere safe with the baby.

Somewhere where you won't find him.

Leave it to a coward
to run for the hills.

Auspicious of you showing up like this.

I was going to call you.

What for?

To talk.

So talk.

Not like this.

Come inside.

Have a drink with me.

Is this you waving the white flag?

[SCOFFS]

We'll talk about that on the inside.

One drink.

Just us.

♪

♪

One drink.

♪

What are you doing?

♪

I've got it covered.

♪

Wes, is there something you want to say?

[SIGHS] You drove
Alicia away for a reason.

You let her in here, you could
lose everything you've built.

I won't.

I assure you.

Now, be a gem

and fetch us a bottle
of Luna Fontezula

from cold storage, eh?

♪

Oh.

And when the sun goes down...

be ready.

♪

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

DANIEL: Get off of me!

You'll have to excuse them.

We take security quite
seriously around here.

Daniel... you weren't invited.

RANGER: He pushed through the barrier

and almost broke Stern's neck.

Hmm.

The agreement was for you and you only.

I didn't ask him to come.

I want to see Ofelia.

Ofelia?

He's not well.

Take him to the basement.

Daniel, it's gonna be okay.

If you hurt him...

No. That's what the roof is for.

We're just gonna put
him on a little time-out.

Luciana lied to him and
told him Ofelia was in here.

I know.

WES: I've told him.

You can pretend to be
outraged all you want, Alicia,

but at the end of the day,

you, Morgan, and Luci
are just like Victor.

At least he owns the sh*t he does.

You wouldn't be alive
if it weren't for me.

As I recall...

I saved him, as well.

So which one of you do I owe my life to?

Well... here we are. [CHUCKLES]

Reunited at last.

She shouldn't be here, Victor.

She and her friends left
me to die in that bunker.

Wes.

Why don't I give you the grand tour?

You can see what you've been missing,

and we can have our drinks in
the comfort of my penthouse...

I'm good right here.

To new beginnings.

Something tells me we
have very different ideas

of what that means.

We'll see about that.

You still have it.

♪

I took it off Will's
body when I buried him.

After you k*lled him, of course.

It still means something to you.

Do you remember what you said

when you gave it to me back at Lawton?

You said you needed
to forget who you were.

For you, for me, for all of us.

Was it worth it?

Absolutely.

Although, I'd argue that
I didn't forget who I was.

I embraced it.

I know what you must think of me.

But...

our story isn't over, Alicia.

It is.

And one way or another,

you won't be running
this place after today.

- This isn't about today.
- Then what is it about?

Tomorrow.

Everything that I've done

since that last night at Lawton

I've done with hopes that
it would lead us here.

To what?

Me and an army of people
who you pissed off,

sh*t on, and left to die...

... ready to kick your ass.

- Do it.
- Do what?

You have your army. I have mine.

And cut the phone on the platform.

I don't want anyone warning them.

Warn them about what?

There's a herd of walkers
trapped in a crater

from one of the blasts,

soaking up some nasty stuff for months.

I just told my rangers
to lead them here.

[RUMBLING]

What is that?

- The generator starting.
- Why?

To power the beacon

to draw the dead

to k*ll your army.

[GRUNTS]

♪

You think this is the
way to win me over?

You'll come around eventually.

When I first lit that beacon,
I did it to keep you out.

Now it's to keep you in.

♪

♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪

♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

ALICIA: Fall back! Get out of here!

They can't hear you.

Turn off the light, Strand.

I'm sorry it had to come to this.

You're gonna k*ll them!

They were never part of
my vision for this place.

Once we build this place
into what it can be,

you'll understand.

Take her downstairs
till this is all over.

And Daniel?

Take him to the roof.

♪

Are you sure?

An example must be made.

I'm sorry I ever doubted you.

♪

Okay.

[GRUNTING]

♪

Drop the g*n, Alicia.

Don't.

Turn off the light.

Turn off the light!

STRAND: You do this,

her entire army will wipe us out.

Everything I've built will be gone.

Wes.

[CHUCKLES]

You think... he'll listen to you?

If you won't turn it off, I will.

We're taking a ride up to the roof.

I have rangers between
here and that light,

all ready to do as I say

to protect this place.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Not when I have a g*n to your head.

♪

- You're making a mistake, Alicia...
- Shut up.

You're delaying the inevitable.

You're not calling the sh*ts anymore.

[ELEVATOR POWERS DOWN]

Come on.

- Come on!
- They shut it down.

Emergency protocol.

- Then override it.
- Not a chance.

I'll k*ll you.

You can't stop what's coming.

You'd rather die than
give this place up?

You won't k*ll me.

WES: Strand, we're here.

Strand!

I'm doing this for your own good.

No, you're not. You're
doing this for yourself.

- We got the elevator surrounded.
- You're doing what Teddy did...

locking me up while you
destroy the things I care about.

And I'm gonna tell you
the same thing I told him.

I'm not making the world
the way you want it to be.

[BANGING]

♪

[SIGHS]

I know you feel this way right now...

but we have a long future ahead of us.

No.

- We don't.
- Open the door.

What do you mean?

Do I look like I've
got a lot of time left?

Wes told me about the fevers,
but we have antibiotics,

medicine, a fully-stocked infirmary.

- Yeah, it's not gonna work.
- How do you know?

Because I've tried everything,

and because it's getting worse.

Well, we'll find a way to stop it.

June... she can figure it out.

No, she won't.

No one survives what I've been through.

I'm not afraid to die.

- [BANGING]
- Strand.

But it can't end like this.

Not for them.

Strand!

It can't.

Please.

Turn off the light,

and I'll call off the army.

You have my word.

♪

That's not good enough.

Then what will be enough?

Strand!

Stay...

here...

in the Tower with me.

I told you, I'm running out of time.

Then give me what you have left.

[BANGING CONTINUES]

I want to show you that
you're wrong about me.

- [BANGING]
- Strand!

Do we have a deal?

♪

♪

- [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
- [g*ns COCK]

Stand down. Stand down.

It's okay.

Okay. We'll take her downstairs.

That's not necessary.
We made an agreement.

What the hell are you talking about?

I agreed to turn off the light

in exchange for a cease-fire.

[SCOFFS] She's playing you.

- Can't you see that?
- Uh, no.

They've got us surrounded.

The second you turn that
light off, we're done.

- No, we're not.
- How do you know?

Because she also agreed to
live in the Tower with me.

Have you lost your mind?

After everything you've done,

you think she's just gonna accept that?

- I do.
- Based on what?

- My instincts.
- Come on.

Listening to them is what has
made this place what it is.

I'm not gonna stop
listening to them now.

[CHUCKLES] I can't let you do this.

[g*ns COCK]

She's your blind spot.

Somebody's got to
protect what you've built.

If you won't do it, I will.

You're outnumbered, Wes.

♪

You guys want to go
back to living out there?

You want to give all
this up because of what?

His... His instincts?

The same ones that lost us the baby?

- Uh-oh.
- The safety of the moat?

That told him to bring
Alicia in here? No.

No, we can't trust
your instincts, Strand,

- not anymore.
- We?

Oh. Oh, wow.

You want to turn that light off...

- Huh.
- ... you got to go through us.

It's over... for the both of you.

♪

STRAND: Hmm.

I should have never let you in here.

Hey. Get him.

♪

[g*nf*re]

♪

[BOTH PANTING]

- We need to warn them.
- They'll be guarding the doors like hawks.

The tunnel, too.

We're not gonna be able to
make it to the roof on our own.

We may have one ally left. Come on.

[CLICKS]

- Yeah?
- WES: k*ll the old man.

What?

- Strand said that...
- Strand's not in charge anymore.

Hey, what the hell's going on up there?

I've got it handled.

We can't take any chances, a'ight?

Take him out.

[GRUNTING]

You know why this is happening to you?

It's never too late to learn new things.

When you handcuff a person,

you put their hands in the back,

not the front.

[BONE SNAPS]

♪

♪

♪

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Daniel, stop, stop. He's here to help.

- [SCOFFS]
- Now, I know how it sounds.

Yeah, like he's lying to us.

The beacon light is drawing a herd here.

If we don't turn it off,
everyone out there is gonna die.

- So, call off your dogs.
- They're no longer my dogs.

We need your help to get
past them to the roof.

I'm not helping anyone
until I see Ofelia.

- [SIGHS]
- She's here.

Where is she?

[BOTH PANTING]

Daniel, you remember
what happened in Mexico?

Strand helped you search for her.

He was gonna reunite you, but...

she got sick.

You didn't get there in time.

♪

Hey. Ofelia was sick, yes.

But Strand never reunited us.

We never found her...

because he kept lying.

Ofelia's alive, and
she is in this Tower.

And you know where she is, Victor.

Where is she?

Do you want to end up
like your friend here?

She's on the top floor.

Ah, the penthouse.

Smart choice.

Strand.

Are you lying to me?

She's there.

We just need you to
help us to get to her.

♪

Okay.

♪

♪

[g*nsh*t]

They surely heard that upstairs.

I'm going to the next level.

We'll hang back,

make sure no one enters from below.

ALICIA: What's the play here, Strand?

June, Grace, Wendell.

After what happened with that baby,

I locked them on the top floor.

What do you think is gonna happen

when he realizes Ofelia's not up there?

By that time, it won't even matter.

We'll free them, get them on our side.

He'll have to relent.

You're lying to him.

I'm finishing what Luciana started.

It will destroy him.

I didn't put that thought into his head.

But if that's what's
keeping this place standing.

Alicia, I know you must
think I'm a monster,

but I'm the same man I've always been.

I've just stopped apologizing for it.

Do you actually believe that?

I do. And so will you.

That's the reason why I'm
willing to turn off that light...

because I want you to see
that everything that I've done

was worth it.

♪

[g*nsh*t]

[BODY THUDS]

Come on!

Okay.

[SIGHS]

♪

Victor, I...

I ca...

- Oh! Hey!
- Victor!

We need to get her to the infirmary.

- We have a deal.
- And I will honor that,

but first, we need to help her!

Come on! Come on, come on, come on.

♪

DANIEL: They found us.

[g*nf*re]

We don't have time for this.

[g*nf*re]

♪

We need to move, Strand.

Ah! Epinephrine.

June had this on hand
when I was poisoned.

This could help.

More will be coming.

We need to get out of here fast.

Okay. Alright.

♪

[SIGHS]

DANIEL: What is this?

It's a record of everyone in the Tower.

♪

Her name is not on here.

Why?

♪

Daniel... she's not on the top floor.

I only told you that because I knew

it was the only way
that you would help me.

[CLIPBOARD CLATTERS]

And now I can help you.

Do you want your daughter?

Well, there she is.

Show me.

♪

That's not my daughter.

Where is she?

Ofelia d*ed in Mexico, Daniel.

Luciana lied to you
the same reason I did.

So you had something to fight for.

ALICIA: [WEAKLY] Daniel...

You're always trying to fool people.

I'm trying to save the closest
thing that I have to a daughter.

Surely you can understand that, Daniel.

Ofelia's gone.

But it's not as if
you have nothing left.

Charlie.

She means something to you.

She's sick.

She doesn't have much time left.

She's not my daughter!

♪

I'm finished with you.

No. No, Daniel.

No.

♪

Maybe you can do for her
what you couldn't for Ofelia.

You could be there for her.

♪

CHARLIE: Daniel?

Don't look, Charlie. I
don't want you to look at me.

I don't want this to
be what you remember...

of me.

[VOICE BREAKING] Don't do it, Daniel.

ALICIA: He's right.

Daniel...

♪

... be the man you wanted Ofelia to see.

♪

♪

♪

♪

[GASPS]

STRAND: Easy, now.
That's the adrenaline.

Oh.

How you feelin'?

Oh.

[SIGHS] Thank you.

Mm.

I should be thanking you.

He would have k*lled me

if you hadn't appealed
to his better angels.

What happened to her?

Radiation exposure.

But that doesn't mean that...

It's worse than what
you were exposed to.

We think it was Alpha particles

from the same walkers
that are headed here.

June and Grace...

say she may only have
a couple weeks left.

♪

There's nothing that can be done?

I'm afraid not.

All the more reason
to preserve this place,

so at least those weeks
can be spent in here,

not out there.

♪

Come on.

♪

Daniel... we have to go.

I can't leave her...

not now, not like this.

She needs me.

Can you still go up to the roof?

- Daniel, it's okay. You can go.
- No.

No, no, no.

This is where I want
to be... here, with you.

[SIGHS]

I'm so sorry I'm not her.

Oh, don't be.

Don't be.

You helped me remember
why I wanted to find her...

before she d*ed... Ofelia.

Um, and, you know, being with you,

it's helping me to think more clearly.

♪

[CHUCKLES]

We stashed weapons on every
floor after Arno's att*ck,

so we'd be prepared in case
anybody was planning an encore.

Did you mean it?

Mean what?

What you said to Daniel.

About me being the closest
thing you had to a daughter.

He and I wanted the same thing.

I needed him to know that.

♪

You did make him see it.

It wasn't just me that talked him down.

♪

We used to do this sort
of thing all the time...

saving people.

[SCOFFS]

What, you mean Wes?

It's been a while,
but despite everything,

I still think we make
a pretty good team.

♪

I guess we'll find out.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]

There are way more of them than us.

They're gonna see us coming.

Not necessarily.

♪

♪

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

♪

We're flying blind here, Strand.

Not as blind as they are.
I'll clear the stairwell.

You stay here and
deflect any stragglers.

Are you sure this is gonna work?

This isn't my first time
walking into the unknown.

♪

[g*nf*re]

♪

- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
- [g*nf*re]

♪

Strand?

Strand!

STRAND: Clear! Head to the sixth floor!

♪

WES: Tear gas, Victor?

♪

[SCOFFS] Now, those...

remind me of the day we first met.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, but so much has
changed since then, Victor.

You...

... me...

... her.

Hmm.

I know you want to believe
the best in her, Victor.

I did, too.

But we are who we are.

You've come so far.

Finish what you started, Victor.

You have to protect
what you've built here.

It's honest. It's real.

It... It doesn't try to be
something that's not possible.

Do not throw it all away for her.

♪

I'm not.

♪

[DOOR CLOSES]

Alicia!

Alicia!

ALICIA: Strand.

Strand...

Hey, you alright?

The adrenaline... I...

I think it's starting to wear off.

Okay, alright. I got you. I got you.

Come here. Come on.

I didn't think you'd come back for me.

Of course I would.

Last time I was in a fog
like this, I was with Will.

He could've left me out there.

I gave him plenty of
reasons to, but he didn't.

- Why?
- 'Cause he knew I was trying to find you.

- WES: I can't let you do this!
- Go, go, go!

[g*nf*re]

♪

[GRUNTS] Go.

[BOTH PANTING]

♪

- How much a*mo do you have?
- Not enough.

[g*nf*re]

Aah!

[g*nf*re CONTINUE]

- [BANGING]
- WES: Hey, Vic, you coming out?

Or you gonna make us come in there?

I'm sorry, Alicia.

[PANTING]

Aaaah.

I wanted us to have a clean slate.

I wanted us to rebuild together.

I thought we had more time.

You know, to heal, to mend.

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Last chance, Strand.

Will made me realize something that

I should have told you a long time ago.

That I love you, Alicia.

You're the closest thing
to family that I have left.

That's what this was about.
That's what it was always about.

I just wanted to...
prove something to you.

I hoped that this place
would show you the...

the man that I am.

[SIGHS]

Everything I've done,
everything that it's cost me...

... that it was worth it...

because if it didn't...

then it was for nothing.

♪

WES: Hands up.

[SIGHS]

Please don't do this, Wes.

Those people out there
don't deserve to die.

Neither do the ones in here.

You might want to, but
you can't save everyone.

She says she would call off her army.

All we have to do is
turn off that light.

- You honestly still believe that?
- Yes, I do.

You know, I was thinking
about the day we met.

And I told you that people are people.

I thought you were the
exception to that rule.

But now I know no one is.

And I thought you understood that,

which is why you kept
her far away from here.

- It was a mistake.
- It wasn't.

This place won't be weaker
if we help people out there.

- It will be stronger.
- No, it won't.

I found this in her bag.

[SIGHS]

- What is that?
- A transmitter.

Now, out of all the things

you could have brought
in with you, why that?

♪

I brought it from the bunker.

I wanted to broadcast
a message from the roof.

What message?

There are people out
there that need help.

And they thought they
could find that with Padre.

There is no Padre.

At least, not out there.

So, I thought I could
use the transmitter...

So you could build Padre here.

♪

I told you I'm not afraid to die.

♪

But this place...

will live long after I'm gone.

She's lying to you,

- just like Luciana lied to Daniel.
- No!

That is why she wants to go to the roof,

not because of the light.

She's just telling
you what she needs to,

so she can get what she wants.

- And what is that, Wes?!
- She sends that message,

she draws more people here,
and we don't stand a chance.

I told you,

if you don't protect this place, I will.

No!

♪

I'm sorry, Alicia.

♪

It's fine.

It's fine.

♪

- [g*nshots]
- [GASPS]

[GRUNTS]

Drop it.

♪

Daniel, are you okay?

I'm fine.

You need to warn the others.

June, Grace, and
Wendell... they're locked

in an apartment on the sixth floor.

Free them.

Then go down and tell everyone
to get away from the herd.

Do it... and I'll k*ll her.

Wes... please.

I can't let you do it, Alicia.

♪

I saved your life once. We both did.

You believed in us once before.

And I'm just asking you
to do the same thing...

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHS]

[GROANS]

[GASPS]

♪

Why would you do that?

The same reason I built
the Tower the way I did.

♪

So you wouldn't have to.

♪

He wasn't gonna stand down.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

And we're running out of time.

Let's go turn that light off.

Alright, come on.

♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

She should've been out by now.

We can't wait much longer.

Luci's got a point.

As long as that thing's a-spinnin',

skinbags'll be on us
like flies on a turd.

Wait. Someone's coming.

♪

♪

Wen...

♪

You alright?

I'm better now, sis.

- What the hell is goin' on in there?
- How did you get past the Rangers?

Listen, I don't have time to explain,

but we all need to get back
inside of the Tower now.

- W-where's Morgan?
- He did what you said.

- He took her somewhere safe.
- Where?

- We don't know yet.
- We need to hurry.

The dead in the crater...

the beacon light is drawing them here.

_

_

Well, how far are they?

I'm not sure.

But Alicia and Strand are turning

the light off as we speak.

Vic and AC are on the same team?

What the hell did we miss?

We can talk inside of
the Tower. Let's go.

Come on. Let's go.

You need to let me patch that up, okay?

See Charlie first.

Charlie?

_

_

_

_

_

[g*nf*re]

Move!

♪

They're on the roof!

[WALKERS GROWLING]

They're trying to box us out!

♪

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

♪

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

♪

Why are they still sh**ting?

The Rangers guarding the
tunnel must have circled around.

They're sitting ducks.

♪

The walkers are almost
here. Turn it off.

I'll give them as much cover as I can.

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

♪

Strand!

What are you doing?

What are you waiting for? Turn it off.

You're never gonna forgive me, are you?

What?

What are you talking about?

Even if I turn it off,

even if I help you save everyone,

the damage is already done.

♪

We don't have time for this.

♪

It was never gonna be enough.

It was never gonna make you love me!

It could've, but you ruined it!

- How?
- By what you did to Wes!

I didn't have a choice!

Of course you did! You always do!

And you always make the wrong one!

I was trying to save your life!

No, you were trying to save yours!

And you didn't care who
you had to k*ll to do it!

That's not true!

♪

Alicia! Don't!

The person you used to be...

the person you said
you wanted to forget...

that was never you!

♪

♪

They're here.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪

[SCREAMS]

♪

♪

♪

What are you doing?

♪

[WHIRS]

It's too late.

There's no way out of here.

♪

There's one.

♪

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

This is Alicia Clark.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

If you're listening to this,

you're not alone.

The place you've been looking for,

the place you've heard about,

PADRE, it's here... the Tower.

Coordinates degrees,
minutes, . seconds north,

degrees, minutes,
. seconds west.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

We're gonna build the new
home you've been looking for.

We can help you.

But, first...

we're gonna need a little help from you.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

♪

Alicia!

It's gonna spread through
the whole building.

No.

Alicia!

Alicia!

♪

♪

♪

♪

I'm here.

[GRUNTS]

♪

ALICIA: Can your friend
really help us find Padre?

LUCIANA: We don't even
know if that place is real.

- [WALKER GROWLING]
- [GROANING]

MORGAN: We might actually
have someplace to go.

[BABY CRIES]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[FLAMES CRACKLING]

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Alicia's here for you.

Divine providence.

GOLDBERG: Strand, he
realizes that Alicia

has showed up with the
army at his front doorstep,

and it feels like all the
cards are aligning for him.

She's right there.

This is exactly according to the plan.

But, as the episode goes on,
we see what Strand viewed as

divine providence might
actually be quite the opposite.

- To new beginnings.
- Something tells me

we have very different
ideas of what that means.

GOLDBERG: He really
wants to give her the tour

and show her around.

Alicia has no interest in that.

She actually looks
pretty disgusted with him.

She just wants to get this over with.

She shouldn't be here, Victor.

She and her friends left
me to die in that bunker.

GOLDBERG: Wes is very much against

Strand allowing Alicia into the tower.

He thinks it's a huge mistake.

Strand sees the Saint Christopher
medallion around Alicia's neck.

He realizes that she must
still have some feeling for him.

That's a shred of hope for him that

"Maybe there's still a
chance for us to reconcile."

I took it off Will's
body when I buried him.

After you k*lled him, of course.

GOLDBERG: Will, who Strand
k*lled specifically to hurt her.

[SCREAMS]

GOLDBERG: Strand is operating

from a pretty desperate place.

Do it.

- Do what?
- You have your army.

I have mine.

GOLDBERG: And, so, in sort of
his twisted view at this point,

if he can get her inside the tower

in a way where she can't
escape, he's literally going to

bring these walkers
to surround the tower

to take out all of her friends.

You're gonna k*ll them.

They were never part of
my vision for this place.

GOLDBERG: He knows that
that will make her hate him,

initially, but in time, she
will grow to understand him.

Take her downstairs
till this is all over.

GOLDBERG: And it's a very
misguided way to look at things,

but it just shows how desperate he is.

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I know you feel this way right now,

but we have a long future ahead of us.

No.

GOLDBERG: When Strand hears
that Alicia is getting worse

and there doesn't seem to be a cure

for what's making her be sick,

that's an earthquake for
him, because the thing

that he thought he had was
the luxury of time with Alicia.

But it can't end like this.

GOLDBERG: He thought, "There
will be time to mend the rift

and we'll be together
and she'll understand me

and she'll come to forgive me."

Please.

GOLDBERG: When he
realizes there is no time,

that whole plan sort
of goes out the window.

Everything that he'd been
planning, his divine providence,

her showing up at the door,
and him sort of forcing her

to be in this tower with him,
suddenly, it all falls apart,

and he realizes that's not gonna work

and it radically changes
how he looks at Alicia

and what he has to do now in order to

mend the relationship with her.

I should have never let you in here.

Hey. Get him.

GOLDBERG: We've done a
story set in a tower before,

in Season , with Dwight and Al
forcing their way to the roof.

And the thing, I think,
that interested us

the most was seeing
Strand now suddenly being

the odd man out in his own house...

Do not throw it all away for her.

GOLDBERG: ... and he
has to get to the roof

to save all of Alicia's friends...

I'm not.

GOLDBERG: ... and that the
people who are preventing him

from doing that are the very ones

that he brought in the
tower in the first place.

Take him out.

GOLDBERG: Daniel believes
that Ofelia is alive

and in this tower, so when he
realizes that's not the case...

Her name is not on here.

GOLDBERG: ... initially, Strand,

in order to to save his own life,

he knows that Charlie is
someone Daniel's very close to.

So he tries to play it
off like, "There's Ofelia."

And, of course, Daniel
doesn't fall for that.

She's not my daughter!

But, ultimately, it
proves to be the thing

that snaps Daniel out of his fog.

He realizes that if he kills Strand,

that's the exact opposite
of what he would have

wanted to do if he'd found Ofelia.

And he sort of sees
this opportunity where

he can do with Charlie what
he hoped to do with Ofelia...

sort of let her in and
see who he really is

and to help her in a way that

he couldn't help his own daughter.

Alicia! Alicia!

GOLDBERG: The scene where Strand
wades into the tear-gas fog

is very much designed
to be a parallel to

Strand in the fog in the
premiere episode of this season.

Both times he waded into the
fog, it was all about Alicia.

In , it was about wanting
to make sure that she was alive

and that she was okay.

And in this case, it's about
wanting to clear the walkers,

clear the path... not only
so that Alicia will be okay,

but so that he can do right
by her and redeem himself

by getting to that roof
and turning off that beacon

to save everyone else.

[WALKERS GROWLING, g*nf*re]

You believed in us once before,

and I'm just asking you
to do the same thing.

GOLDBERG: I think what's
so tragic about that moment

is that Alicia did feel like
she was getting through to Wes

and that she was starting to appeal

to his Better Angels again.

And if she just had a little more time,

maybe she would have
been able to do that.

Strand saw it completely differently.

Strand looked at Wes and saw someone

who was never going to stand down

and that they were going to
have to k*ll to get to the roof.

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Let's go turn that light off.

GOLDBERG: He felt he was
doing something good for her.

For Alicia, that was proof
that Strand hasn't changed,

and it's exactly the reason
she doesn't trust him.

So it's this terrible tragic moment of

conflicting motivations and
understandings of each other

that ultimately leads
to the confrontation

we see up on the roof.

What are you doing?

Strand, what are you waiting for?

Turn it off.

You're never gonna forgive me, are you?

GOLDBERG: He ultimately
realizes, "If I can't get her

to love me, then I'm
not even gonna try,"

and he's going to double
down on his worst instinct,

which had at the
beginning of the episode,

was to keep drawing those
radioactive walkers here.

The beacon breaking is a
metaphor for Strand himself.

He is broken by
everything that's happened,

by Alicia's lack of faith in him.

They are at their worst point yet,

and they've already been
at pretty low points.

The radioactive walkers have arrived,

putting everyone else in peril.

The tower is on fire.

I think Strand feels
this is the end for him.

There's nothing left he
can do, and he will die

having done the worst
possible thing he could

and just become the
worst version of himself.

- He's as broken as that beacon.
- Alicia!

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