11x01 - Acheron: Part I

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Hands in the air. Now!

Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

I got her! Let's go!

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Hey Maggie.

We were gonna lose everything.

Negan's the reason we didn't.

You att*cked our home, k*lled my friends, our family!

Who are you?!

[expl*si*n]

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So this is home sweet home.

Maggie: Yeah... it is.

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[Padlock clicking]

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[Door creaks]

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[Knives plunge]

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[Lid thuds]

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[Grunts]

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[Clicking]

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[g*n clicks]

[Grunts]

[g*nf*re]

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Come on.

[g*nf*re]

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[Grunts]

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[g*nf*re continues]

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[Insects chirping]

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[Metal clanging]

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- Come on, boy!
[Whistles]
- [Dog barks]

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Hershel: Mom! Mom!

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Cole has a surprise!

Cole: Guess who this cat dragged in.

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- Agatha!
- [Chuckles]

Oh!

Can't get rid of us that easy, kid.

Shoulders.

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[Laughs]

I missed you, too, man.

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It's good to see you, Mags.

Good to see you, too, Duncan.

I thought you guys were dead.

Frost: We thought the same about you.

When we got to Meridian, we, uh... well, we figured if you were still alive,

you'd be here.

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That him?

- Man: For my family, man!
- Man # : Hey!

Gabriel: Hey, break it up.

- Come on. That's mine, alright?
- I said break it up.

Come on.

Everyone calm down.

There's enough food for everyone.

One week.

That's it? In that last run, just a week?

We can make it work.

Carol: How?

We just took in two new communities.

We have no crops, no back stock.

We can get there.

Got people out there right now, scavenging houses for materials.

Gabriel: And they're slowing down.

It's a little hard to put up a wall with broken tools and an empty stomach.

Our people are good hungers.

Frost and I could take a group out.

Ground's all spent.

The last big horde scared all the animals away.

We can find new territory.

We don't have time. We need food.

Lots of it. Now.

I know one more place.

The place I lived before this.

Where we lived.

Meridian.

It's got plenty of food, water, crops, and animals.

Yeah, and now it's gone.

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[Sighs]

So, what happened out there?

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We were on a mission.

Leading walkers away.

Duncan, Agatha, and Frost took the last shift at the front of the herd.

Going miles out.

I circled back with Elijah, Cole.

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On the way back home, things kept going sideways

and we got stuck out on the road.

Looking back now, I don't think that was an accident.

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All of a sudden, we heard these screams in the distance.

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We raced back home.

But it was too late.

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Most of our people had been slaughtered.

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And the rest of us barely got away with our lives.

[Sighs]

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The people that att*cked us...

We only knew two things about them.

They come at night, and by the time you see them, you're already dead.

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That was before we caught one.

Daryl was with me.

He came after us alone.

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Why?

Because there aren't that many of them.

They're at Meridian now.

There's plenty of food to feed Alexandria

'til we get this place back up and running again.

That's why they took it.

We just need to take it back.

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So... you're leaving to fight ghosts.

That's the plan?

You have a better one?

Shore up Alexandria, for starters.

The walls are not stable.

Walkers will get inside.

That's not if, it's when.

Alexandria needs us.

This is for Alexandria.

My son is here.

I have skin in the game, too.

Rosita: Yeah, but if they slaughtered everyone once, what the hell makes this situation any different?

Duncan, Agatha, and Frost are Meridian's best fighters, and now I have them.

And hopefully, some of you, too.

Maggie, this sounds like a su1c1de mission.

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Well, if we don't have food, it's not gonna matter, anyway.

I'll go.

Anybody else?

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Alright.

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[Thunder rumbles]

[Wind whistling]

Negan, how much longer 'til we're through the city?!

Well, we got about six hours!

We should hunker down, wait for this to pass!

You don't get a vote, assh*le!

Daryl: Ah, he's right. We need to find some shelter.

No! We don't have time!

We can't stay out in this.

Yeah.

Let's go.

[Thunder rumbles]

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Alright. Which way?

Not to sound like a broken record, but I think we ought to take a breath, hunker down, and wait for this storm to pass.

You don't wanna go in there?

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No, I don't.

I don't give a sh*t.

Which way?

[Thunder rumbles]

Yellow line north.

Switch to blue at Reagan National, then hop the red toward Bethesda.

Daryl: Come on. Let's go.

Hey, can I talk to you?

Why's that?

You think we're buddies or something?

Come on.

Come on, boy.

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[Water dripping]

[Creaking intensifies]

- Alden: What the hell was that?
- [Dog barks]

[Creaking]

The storm's pushing air through the pipes, making them groan.

It's nothing serious.

We're good.

[Creaking]

[Creaking]

Know what that noise actually is?

That is God, telling us to turn around.

I'm pretty sure He would have ran that by me first.

Yeah?

The Good Lord direct your one eyeball to this?

Water-line mark.

That means this tunnel floods on a regular basis, like when it rains.

[Creaking]

It's bad down here. It's worse up there.

Look, man, all I am saying...

And it ain't working.

You trying to run sh*t.

Keep moving.

Come on. [Whistles]

- Dog!
- [Dog barks]

You're in on it.

[Creaking]

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[Radio chatter]

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[Radio chatter]

[Gasps]

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

[Pencil scratching]

Eugene Porter?

Yes.

That is my given moniker, yes.

There's no need to be nervous, Mr. Porter.

Not if you're honest with us.

Those who know me, know me to be an honorable gent.

If you're inferring something from my manner of speaking, well... that's just how I roll.

Verbally, that is.

We are Auditors for the Commonwealth, and you are under Level One Assessment.

If you pass inspection, you'll move to Level Two.

What if we don't pass inspection?

You will go through re-processing.

[Pencil scratching]

What's re-processing?

We should start the assessment.

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What did your parents do for a living?

My father was a mechanical engineer, and...

My mother taught Sunday school.

You mean deadbeat loser number one or raging prick number two?

What did you do for a living?

I was a zookeeper.

I worked at a music store.

- Lawyer.
- What is your alma mater?

- What's the relevance?
- It's just procedure, ma'am.

I attended Oxford for my bachelor's,

Harvard for Law.

Highest level of schooling?

Three years at the University of North Carolina.

You didn't graduate?

- I had to leave due to a...
- So, no?

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What was your zip code?

How can anyone possibly be expected to remember that?

From to , it was .

From to , it was - .

From latter half of through...

What were the results of your last routine physical?

Uh... I-I don't think I've had one.

Have you ever been vaccinated for measles?

Would you like the dates?

Any history of cancer?

None.

Tell me about the goiter.

It's a benign growth.

I've had it since childhood.

Where did you get the cash we found on you?

[Scoffs] The $ bill?

Tell us exactly where you got it.

Uh, so, when I was , my first job was at Missy Moose's Pizzeria.

- You know, the...
- You can skip to the end.

When I cashed my paycheck at the bank, I asked for a $ bill so I could keep it, because it was the first money I'd ever earned.

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When we're done with these questions, can I get my $ back?

Have you ever been arrested?

- No.
- No.

- Yeah, but it wasn't me. Wasn't me.
- Yes, during a student protest.

- History of drug use?
- Define "drug".

I was a proud founding member of the anti-drug and alcohol coalition at my high school.

How many bowel movements do you have a day?

Excuse me?

- What do you use to wipe?
- Pass.

Why were you at the train station?

I was on the road with my traveling companions, Ezekiel and Yumiko...

...for years, wandering from place to place.

We ran into Princess...

...I helped them out. They loved me.

I decided to stick with 'em.

We were holed up at a place that had a working radio.

Stephanie and I made a connection.

We wanted to meet, but my friends were worried, so I...

...pretended like there were more of us than there really are.

- And that's how we wound up at the rail yard.
- So we wound up at the rail yard.

I would really like to speak with Stephanie.

Do you consider yourself a fundamentally honest person?

- Yes.
- Of course.

- Yes.
- Hell yeah.

Clark: Did your mother work outside the home?

I told you. Grace Baptist Church.

What's the location of your settlement?

You already asked that one.

What was your highest level of education attainment?

- Location of your settlement?
- What settlement?

Have you run into any groups out there?

We've had some negative encounters.

- How lucky are you and why?
- What?

Location of your settlement.

[Laughs]

Do you think this is funny?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

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Are you in charge?

[Chair scrapes]

You've been standing there, not saying a damn word like you're the man in charge.

[Clock ticking]

Yeah.

I'm in charge.

Do you think that I fear you?

You look scared to me.

[Chuckles]

What did you do before the fall?

Let me guess. assh*le b*at cop.

That's why this fascist crap comes so easy to you.

Look at you.

All they had to do was give you a pumpkin-colored space suit and you're back to power tripping with your head up your own ass, just like before.

You think I was some "power tripping cop"?

The shoe fits. But honestly, I don't care.

You've been asking us the same damn questions over and over for seven hours straight.

- [Pencil scratching]
- I've been cooperative.

My people have been cooperati...

[Coughs]

[Coughing]

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[Coughing]

Thirsty?

I'm fine.

[Coughs]

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[Coughing]

[Glass clinks]

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You told off their leader?

[Sighs]

I was asserting myself.

Perhaps I could've handled it better, but...

I didn't like the way they talked to me.

[Coughs]

Ezekiel, do they know...

No. They don't know.

Gonna be fine.

They seem obsessed with our medical histories.

They might not let you...

I said don't worry about it.

[Radio chatter]

[Scoffs]

We gotta pull the rip cord on this.

Yumiko: Yes.

Yes. Thank you.

This place is...

I don't even know what this place is.

And does anyone else think the Commonwealth might not be real?

Yes, Yumiko. Thank you.

I assumed you would think otherwise, but...

It doesn't matter. Never mind.
Time to get out. We gotta...

No, no, no, no.

Please, hold... hold onto your horses.

Look, they're asking admittedly strange and intrusive questions, but in a polite manner, and this gruel is not the worst thing I've ever eaten.

Stephanie warned me up front that her people were uber-cautious.

Michonne... our Michonne...

Shut people out from Alexandria for years.

This is a test.

We have to hunker down and level up.

Maybe we should just get honest with the "heat".

- No. No.
- Princess: Oh, you mean the solider-cops?

Yeah, that's funny. No.

You really want these guys rolling up to Hilltop or Alexandria with their machine-g*n swords?

Apologies.

Our people need help, and I-I think these people can give it.

Excuse me?

Uh, sorry to bother, but you mind me asking how long you've been here?

- Four... Four months.
- Nine.

It's been nine, remember?

Right. Yeah. The... The re-processing...

But... But it feels like things are finally...

I'm sorry. What do you mean?

[Gate clanks]

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Wait. Wait!

Wait, no! No!

No!

Stop! Stop!

Wait! Wait!

What did I do?

Where are you taking me?

Re-processing.

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[Gate clanks]

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Okay, we gotta go.

[Creaking]

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Oh.

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[Dog panting]

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Why didn't it make any noise?

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Throat's slashed so deep it almost severed his head.

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The guys we're going after do this?

Maggie: No.

These people were k*lled during the fall.

[Thunder rumbles]

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All of 'em?

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What?

We're walking through a mass grave that could still be in use.

So, I am asking you...

Are you sure all of them were k*lled during the fall?

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Take each one out.

Clear the path.

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- Maggie, hold up...
- We're not stopping.

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[Walkers growling, knives plunging]

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[Walker growling]

Kid!

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[Grunts]

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[Creaking]

Pay attention so we don't miss any more.

Pay attention?

That's it?

That's... That's your new big plan?

Tell me, Maggie, anything in particular we should be paying attention to?

I'm real close to shoving a gag in your mouth.

Well, why don't you get up on your little tippy toes and try?

Daryl: Cut it out. Both of you.

This kid almost d*ed.

You don't give a sh*t about that kid.

No, she doesn't give a sh*t.

She has been playing dictator since we left, not listening to me, not listening to him.

Hell, not even listening to you.

We don't know if this tunnel even has a way out.

[Creaking]

Whoever or whatever k*lled these rot bags could still be down here.

Has that thought crossed anyone's mind?

Exactly. It has.

So, then this is a death march, and you are the g*dd*mn pied piper.

Now, y'all wanna roll with that sh*t, that's fine.

Knock yourselves out.

But not me. Not today.

I am out.

[Creaking]

Me, too.

What?

He... He's a d*ck, but he makes sense.

Yeah, we shouldn't have come down here.

We're not splitting up.

It ain't up to you. "Buddy".

Agatha: Just let him go.

He's supposed to be helping us, but all he's doing is slowing us down.

- We can't.
- Duncan: Why not?

We need him. He knows the city.

Negan: Oh, is that why I'm here?

I-I'm your DC tour guide?

What, nobody here know how to read a g*dd*mn map?

I'll tell you why I'm here, man-tits.

She brought me here to die.

If we get through this, I'm not coming back.

She'll find a way, she'll find a reason, she'll do it herself.

Away from the prying eyes of Alexandria.

Here in the jungle.

[Creaking]

Man, I really thought you were in on it.

I did.

But see, I can tell from that glazed look in your eyes, you didn't have a clue.

None of you did.

You're paranoid.

But I'm right.

Look, you all want to put your lives in her hands?

Her head isn't even in the game because I'm in her head, living rent-free.

So, Maggie, me dying on your terms, it ain't happening.

So, what do you say?

Let's just get her done.

Right here and right now.

Because I am not gonna let you drag me through the mud, filth, and slime to put me down like a dog.

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Like Glenn was.

[Groans]

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We're down here because up top is death.

We're moving fast because our kids are starving.

And I'm calling the sh*ts because that's how everyone voted.

As for me k*lling you...

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It's always on my mind.

I'm not gonna tell you that you're wrong about me, because you aren't.

The woman who left six years ago is not the one standing over you now.

There's a little bit of her left in me, and that little bit is the only thing keeping you breathing.

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But I don't know how long that's gonna last.

So keep pushing me, Negan.

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Please.

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[Indistinct conversation]

What do you think, Princess?

Princess.

Princess.

I'm sorry, what?

Ideas? How to get past the guards.

Oh, yeah. Not yet.

What? What are you looking at?

Livits and Zell are at it again.

- What and who-who?
- You know, the two that are always flirting with each other.

The big guy... Livits.

The skinny one... Zell.

You know their names?

- Yeah.
- You can tell them apart?

- You can't?
- Okay, we're wasting time.

Hold on. Princess, how can you tell them apart, and... and why do you believe that those two are flirting?

Oh, I dunno.

I overheard stuff when were on the wagon, and I remember things about people, you know?

Like, Zell is from Cleveland.

Livits hurt his leg, so he favors the left one.

Sorsensen smokes. He doesn't like Garcia.

That's the guy with the bladder problems.

I always used to ask him if I needed a pee break when we were driving here.

Oh, and [Chuckles] Livits and Zell are having sex, but they don't want anyone to know.

They're not looking at each other.

Yeah, but it's obvious from the way they're not looking at each other that they're jonesing for it.

They, uh, change shifts every six hours.

Whenever they're on break, one of them takes off, and then three minutes later, the other one disappears, too.

Gone for about an hour, mas o menos.

Probably most of the time is spent taking off their armor.

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Oh.

Uh-huh.

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Clark: What was the result of your last routine physical?

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Man: I don't understand these questions!

What are you talking about?

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[Door closes]

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- [Door opens]
- Woman: Hey!

Where are you taking those two?

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Yeah, that's what I'd like to know!

This is bullshit! We have rights!

Yumiko: Re-processing.

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Move along.

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[Door closes]

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Ezekiel: A wall of the lost.

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We have a straight sh*t to the back gate, but we gotta go now.

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Princess: Yumiko!

- Let's go, let's go!
- No.

Mira.

Isn't that you?

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Yumiko!

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I...

I have to stay.

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sh*t.

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Alden: Need a battery swap.

Gage?

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Gage? Roy?

Has anyone seen them?

Gabriel: They took our supplies.

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a*mo clips, rations...

Frost: Oh, great. That's just great.

It's this assh*le's fault. He scared them off.

Shh!

Listen.

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[Walkers growling]

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[Growling intensifies]

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Alright. Cut them off.

- We'll clear the rest.
- Agatha!

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- Blocked.
- Alden: Here, too.

Hold this. Let me try.

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[Growling continues]

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Fall back! Now!

Go! Go!

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- Go!
- Maggie: Can we get around it?

It's a choke point.

We don't know what's on the other side.

Up top.

Go, all the way up.

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Go, man. Up top. On top of the platform.

Go. Hurry.

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Come on, man, get up.

All the way up to the top. Go!

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Come here, boy.

- [Dog barks]
- Dog! No! Come here! Dog!

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Go. Let's go. Let's go.

Meet me at the next platform.

- Daryl, wait.
- I'll be fine. Go.

- Daryl, wait!
- Dog!

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Dog! Dog!

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[Growling continues]

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[Grunts]

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Negan!

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