04x12 - Weak

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- She enjoyed a Black Jack.

- Card player?

Taffy.

Licorice.

Sort of an acquired taste, I suppose.

- I never much cared for them before.

- And now?

I don't mind them.

- You think you'll find her?

- I know I will.

I never should have left you at that bus, John.

I saw the tape you made when you first met Al.

She asked if you thought you would find me again.

And you knew.

You believed.

But if she asked me that question.

Right now.

Today.

I don't think I could have answered like you did.

You know me, John.

Or at least I think you do.

When the going gets tough, I run...

Or worse.

Things are pretty tough right now.

How did you know?

How did you believe?

Trying to raise John again?

No diesel.

Start conserving the battery on that thing.

We can't recharge.

- She enjoyed a Black Jack.

- Card player?

Taffy.

Licorice.

We're out of water, Al.

We can't keep going out just far enough to make it back before sundown.

We're gonna have to walk away.

And keep going.

John?

Is that you?

John!

John!

- Hah!

That was a clean hit.

- Clean as a cow's ass.

Yeah, you'd know, bro.

Well, sh*t.

Catching a skin muncher like that?

Hey, you remember when Dad hit that seagull and it got stuck on the hood?

I mean, that's gotta be, what?

One in a million?

- I told you.

- Yeah.

- I still get the point.

- A half.

I heard that.

Come...

There you go.

Anybody copy?

This is Morgan.

Does anybody copy?

If you can hear me, I'm at mile marker 27 on Highway 365, and we're heading west.

Guys, I got help.

Let's go.

Where?

We didn't even hear what that person said.

It's got better range at higher ground.

We find that, we get back on.

See if we get the signal again.

Smart.

Okay.

Did you k*ll the camera?

I k*lled the battery.

Watching that tape?

Watching that tape.

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, I just...

Low blood sugar equals low blood pressure.

- And I'm shaky.

- You go.

I'll stay.

- You got a handful of brow sweat now.

- I've had handfuls of worse.

You're a little warm.

It'd be good for you to get out there.

Get some fresh air.

You should come with me.

I'll make sure the van's safe.

Al, whoever's on the other end of this might have food, water, fuel.

You bring your blood sugar up as soon as we find something.

We come back here, get the van going, and find everyone else.

If we keep stopping like this, we're never gonna get to Virginia.

Well, yeah.

We won't.

We'll definitely get k*lled by something.

Anyway, pass me a beer, Jimbo.

I'm gonna leave this channel open.

And I will be listening.

You really think your people are gonna hear ya?

I gotta try.

Somebody did the same for me once.

For as long as he could.

Did it work?

It didn't work.

It'll work.

I repeat.

Highway 365, mile 27, heading west.

Nothing, huh?

Not yet.

Dizzy?

Your vision okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Been too good at keeping my belly full.

It's been a while since it's been like this.

We might be done walking.

Open it up.

Can anyone hear me?

I repeat.

Can anyone hear me?

So let's find some higher ground.

I'm sorry I used up all the battery on your camera.

Hey, I get it.

Can't talk to him.

It's the next best thing.

You ever have someone?

Been doing what I do since before the world went to sh*t.

When you spend as much time as I did collecting other people's stories, kinda stop having your own.

Can anyone hear me?

I repeat.

Can anyone hear me?

You made them weak, Purvis.

Time to hit the road, Mo-mo.

Please don't call me that.

- I got to keep doing it.

- Really?

Why?

I really like it.

Can anyone...

Me?

Hello?

Hello, is there anybody there?

Can you hear me?

So, there's a change of plans.

I'm gonna take a stroll.

See if I can get a stronger signal.

What are we supposed to do?

Supposed to wait.

This dude...

Well, cr*ck that grisette, Jimbo.

Yeah.

Looks like we're tailgating.

Whoever this is..

I hear you.

You just hold on.

Go again.

I repeat.

Go again.

We should keep driving.

Al.

It might not be my blood sugar.

- Burning up.

- No, I'm good.

It's a bug.

It's fine.

My van.

What the hell?

- We don't even know who took it.

- Doesn't matter.

We're stopping that son of a bitch.

- Al, slow down.

- We've almost got him.

Al!

Al, you are sick.

It could be cholera, dengue fever...

- Are you kidding me?

- Malaria.

I'm getting my van back.

Screw the van, Al!

You need medicine!

Antibiotics.

I have it.

Cipro.

Amoxicillin.

- Where?

- Where do you think?

In the van.

We have to get it back.

It's okay.

What's written there is the truth.

You can take what you need.

Things are tough out here, I know.

That box, what's in there...

You know, it helped me.

It could help you, too.

I don't need any help.

I'm not weak.

No, I didn't say you were.

Hey, I'm just gonna continue on my way.

But like it says there, you take what you need.

You're right.

Things are tough out here.

You should be careful.

Hey, Al, talk to me.

About what?

I just want you to keep talking, okay?

I want you to stay with me.

Okay.

Tell me about the van.

Where'd you get it?

I don't really feel like getting into that right now.

Haven't seen many reporters with hardware like that.

How many reporters did you know?

None.

Look at you.

Turning the questions around on me.

Those are my g*ns.

It's close.

You could go on foot.

This won't take much longer, okay?

- No, the van might not still be there.

- I can't leave you alone.

- Yes.

You can.

- No.

Look, I know it hasn't worked out for you when you leave people behind, but you can do this.

It's the only way I'm gonna get the meds I need.

June?

June.

Come on.

You take the long range.

I don't come back...

You get in touch with those people we heard on there.

You got this.

I'll radio when I'm on my way back.

Drop the g*n.

I said drop it.

I just need some medicine...

Hands behind your head.

Move.

You don't have to do this.

Where's your friend?

You must need the medicine for someone.

Please.

I just need the medicine.

- It's on the van.

- This isn't a conversation.

What you're doing right now...

I've been there.

But someone showed me that I didn't have to live like that.

And neither do you.

- Everybody's gotta live like that.

- No.

We can work together.

We can help each other.

No, we can't.

We're all the same.

Doing things to protect the people we care about.

People we know.

People we love.

That's where it stops, right?

- I can't let my friend die.

- Exactly.

I come with you, I'm just the guy you talked out of sh**ting you.

I'm the first to go when things go south.

Stop!

No!

It d*ed.

Ran out of gas.

I was hoping there would be diesel on the bus.

There's not!

Get up.

- Where is it?

Where's the Cipro?

- I don't know.

I'm not messing around here.

What did you do with it?

I have no idea.

Don't lie to me!

Where's the Cipro?

I didn't take it.

I pulled over to get diesel.

k*lled the dead when they broke out of the bus.

Tell me.

It's not my fault it's not there.

Sometimes you can't help people.

Go.

You know what it's like out there.

You said you'd just be the guy that pulled a g*n on me!

You didn't believe me when I tried to say otherwise!

Yeah...

I didn't.

Go!

Al, where is it?

Where's the medicine?

Al, where is it?

Please answer me.

Where is it?

Al, can't find it.

Al, can you hear me?

You okay?

sh*t.

Please pick up, Al.

Al, do you copy?

- Go for Al.

- I've looked everywhere!

I can't find it.

Where is the medicine?

There isn't any.

I just wanted to get the van back.

Thank you.

You're lucky there was Augmentin on that bus.

Yep.

Well, I've ridden out much worse in places less hospitable than this.

You could have d*ed.

I could have d*ed.

But you didn't.

I didn't.

And that van is what's gonna keep us breathing.

We just have to get to it.

Get diesel.

- You lied, Al.

- I motivated you.

I almost k*lled someone to get medicine that wasn't there!

A someone who stole my van.

- You don't get it.

- No, I get it.

I do.

But you didn't k*ll that guy.

I almost did.

I was trying so hard to not be that person, running from who I was from what I had done...

That I almost became her again.

Why is that van so important to you?

I told you.

It's what's gonna keep us alive.

It's...

You say the truth matters.

- It does.

- Are you telling me the truth?

The whole thing?

The...

The tapes, the stories I have locked in my van, that is all that's left of pretty much all the people I've ever interviewed.

People you barely knew?

Not all of them.

But you saw...

You saw what just one of those stories did for Alicia.

Right.

But you can't help people if you're dead.

It isn't just other people's stories on the tapes.

It's my story.

It's the...

It's the people I knew.

People I loved.

And I'm not gonna leave them behind.

If you're out there and if you can still hear me, I am at mile marker 27.

But I don't think I can stick around much longer.

Mile marker 27.

Hello?

We're packing up to leave.

But I just wanted to say it once more...

Still out here looking for you.

Mile marker 27 on Highway 365 westbound.

- But I'm gonna have to move on.

- It's Morgan.

Morgan, it's June.

I'm with Al.

Morgan?

Morgan?

Morgan?

- Here, give it here.

- What happened?

Battery's dead.

He's 50 miles away.

We have enough gas.

We can make it.

- We just have to hurry.

- We can't just abandon the van.

We need it.

If we don't leave now, we will miss him.

- We'll catch up.

- You don't know that.

We have to leave now.

If you wanna go, go.

Morgan's out there.

Which means John and the others might be, too.

Al, we're here.

We're alive.

What's on those tapes might be all that's left of some people, but it doesn't have to be that way for you.

Would have walkied, but the battery...

Let's go.

Hey, man.

I don't think they comin'.

Doesn't look that way.

Hey, you know what we say?

Or what the man we stole the truck from said, "When the road get to buckin', keep on truckin'." I know the look of a man who needs a drink.

We got a bogie at the back door.

Morgan.

- My walkie d*ed.

- You're here now.

That's what matters.

John?

Everyone else?

Still looking.

New people?

You know I like new people.

Yeah, this is, um, Wendell, Sarah, and that's Jim.

- Al.

- June.

Could we maybe get them some food, please?

- Thank you.

- Yes.

Thank you.

These boxes, were you the ones?

No, somebody left them.

Person who owns this truck.

Trying to take it back to him.

And we're making some drops along the way.

You're helping people.

That's the idea.

Can I borrow your walkie?

Yeah.

I don't know your name.

I don't even know if you're listening.

But you were the last time I did this.

So...

If you can hear me, I'm sorry about what I did.

I'm sorry I made you walk away.

But I want to show you that you're wrong.

Sometimes we don't just watch out for the people we know.

Mile marker 27 on 365.

I'm with a group of people.

We've got food.

Water.

Supplies.

Everything you need to get back on your feet.

Is that you, Cipro?

Yeah, that's me.

Managed to find some diesel.

Came back.

Your friend really shouldn't leave her ride sitting around.

We're gonna go look for some people.

You want to come along?

You won't be that guy that pointed a g*n at me.

You'd just be someone who's going with us to help some people.

You won't be who you were.

Quinn.

The name's Quinn.

June.

Mine's June.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

Yeah, something hit me hard back there.

Got pretty sick.

Looks like you found a new ride to Alexandria.

You know, you're still welcome to join.

Just so you know, when I stay with people, I stay.

But I don't plan on staying, once I get this story.

What do you know about the guy this truck belonged to?

Not much.

He left some journals in the glove box.

Him and some other people.

They kept the roads clear.

Had power.

Had water.

I really wish I had my camera.

You messing with me, Cipro?

What are you talking about?

You said mile marker 27?

I'm at mile marker 27.

Could've swore I just passed 20, though.

Check again.

I'm looking at it right now.

I'm telling you.

Mile marker 27.

Quinn?

Are you there?

Do you copy?

Are you there?

Quinn, do you copy?

I have to let you go now, Purvis.

You did what you were supposed to do.

Now...

I'm gonna set you free to keep on doing it.

You aren't going to be weak any more.