02x02 - Foothold

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Previously on "The Walking
Dead: World Beyond"...

- Omaha and the Campus Colony are gone.
- What?

WILL: I kicked the hornets' nest,
asked too many questions.

All I know is they want me dead.

HUCK: What about the others?
You said you found one.

ELIZABETH: We believe
it's Silas Plaskett.

- What is this place?
- The Perimeter.

This is the head of the council
that runs this place.

Indira.

I was very happy to get your call.

You were right.

I wasn't gonna make it alone.

[CRYING]

[GRUNTS]

That's what you get.

IRIS: [BREATHING HEAVILY]

That's what you get.

[GRUNTS]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING, HEAVY BREATHING]

♪ ♪

- What are you...
- Hey! I picked up your trail.

Are you all right?

You hurt?

He was going to find me.

We gotta get outta here.

Wait. They'll find him like this.

Oh, sh*t. Go. Let's go.

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[LEAVES RUSTLE, TWIGS SNAP]

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

Hear it?

♪ ♪

[CHATTER, WALKERS GROWLING]

They heard us.

We can't let them hit the ground.

♪ ♪

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

Here's my Kn*fe! You gotta do it!

♪ ♪

Do it!

[GROWLING STOPS]

[SIGHS]

MAN: Gamma , Gamma ,
this is base team.

Way is clear to marker .

FELIX: Stay down.

North to northwest, over.

Gamma , copy.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

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Should I even ask her questions, or... ?

Just let her tell me when she's ready?

Who knows what she saw out there,

what she had to do.

And then to find out what
happened to everybody back home,

it's just...

- I can't...
- But

she'll be here.

That's what's important.

♪ ♪

And Iris...

They know where she is, right?

By this time tomorrow,

they'll have her and Felix
back here, too.

Safe.

Just like Hope.

What time is it?

I know.

It's late. I should probably...

It's just, I... I need to get
the other room ready.

It's okay.

I... I do want them to know about this.

Just when the time is something

closer to right.

The time will be
"something close to right" soon.

♪ ♪

What?

I just can't stop thinking if...

I hadn't mentioned her
to Sergeant Mills...

It's not exactly classified information.

Still, I

should've known.

No useful data here goes to waste.

Okay.

Maybe, um...

Maybe we need to be
scientific about this.

[CHUCKLES]

You know, if we allow for

secondary interpretations of data

viewed from a more
holistic vantage point

your indiscretion
saved my daughters' lives.

If they hadn't left home
when they did...

- You're being kind.
- I'm being honest.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Okay.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

LEO: Make a wish.

Here's some protein.

Dad, Dad! I turned .

I didn't become a weightlifter.

Sorry. It's

just, the thought of you being hungry...

I wasn't.

Okay? Felix took really good care of us.

I could go without seeing
another can of beans

for the rest of my life, but...

We were luckier than most.

Did you... [SIGHS]

Were you ever in any kind of danger?

Would it be okay if
we just didn't talk about it?

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

♪ ♪

Honestly?

The hardest thing about being out there

was worrying about you.

♪ ♪

[VOICE BREAKING]
Not knowing if you were hurt.

♪ ♪

But seeing you okay,

it makes it all worth it.

♪ ♪

Just wish I knew if Iris
and Felix were okay, too.

They are.

We toughened up a lot
out there, you know?

You should see Iris.

She's gotten pretty good at k*lling 'em.

Empties, I mean.

♪ ♪

The CR's m*llitary...

They approach everything
with an ice-cold pragmatism

that I was never on board with.

- But I had no idea...
- Dad, Dad...

You don't have to explain.

No.

I do.

See, even though I'd always
been careful not to push you,

so you could choose your own path

there was always a part of me
that hoped someday

you'd choose mine.

♪ ♪

And now here you are, with me,

in the exact same place,

without any choices at all.

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

So we just have to go along with it?

♪ ♪

I don't know.

♪ ♪

What about the one in the jacket?

- Right here?
- Mm-hmm.

It's the right height.

- He's a little thin, but maybe...
- A little?

He's practically dust.

We gotta keep looking.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

I got this.

[GROWLING ECHOES]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[Kn*fe PLUNGES, GROWLING STOPS]

[BODY THUDS]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Hey. You good?

Yeah, I'm fine.

There's a gully a mile north.

Dumdums sometimes build up there.

Yeah, but even if we get lucky,
we'd still have to...

If you've got a better idea,
I'd love to hear it.

[SIGHS] Okay.

You told us coming out here
was dangerous.

I... I get it.

If I were you, I'd be mad, too.

So why did you?

Yeah.

Why did you?

I don't think it was empties.

The CRM, they k*lled Romano.

They tried to k*ll Will.

They were willing to k*ll all of us.

So why not everybody back home?

- Or Omaha?
- Wait.

You think that the CRM
was behind all of this?

Why else would they cover it up?

I don't know.

But we're talking
a hundred thousand people here.

And you're saying, what...

They wanted all of us just dead?

Why?

We weren't a thr*at.

Maybe we had something they wanted.

They wanted Hope.

You saw how far they went to take her.

♪ ♪

I'd be lying if I said
it hadn't crossed my mind, too.

[SIGHS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

Hold up.

I think we got a winner.

[WALKER GROWLING]

Only needs to work from a distance.

You two go grab the soldier.

I'll take him.

We'll meet at the drop-off.

Hey.

It'll work.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Come on.

[THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND'S
"TROUBLE NO MORE" PLAYS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Don't care how long you go ♪

♪ I don't care how long you stay ♪

♪ It's good kind treatment ♪

♪ Bring you home someday ♪

♪ Someday, baby ♪

Tell me your name.

Uh, Silas.

Plaskett.

♪ ♪

What's yours?

♪ Now, you keep on bettin' ♪

♪ That the dice won't pass ♪

Dennis.

They find you alone?

Uh...

Yeah.

♪ ♪

We still in New York?

♪ I'll tell everybody ♪

If you try for the Kn*fe,

I'll stop you, and you'll go to prison.

Probably for a long, long time.

♪ You're a kind little woman ♪

♪ But you don't do me no good ♪

You gonna tell me
where we're going, or... ?

♪ But someday baby,
you ain't gonna trouble ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

[GROWLING STOPS, BODY THUDS]

One less to worry about.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

We're here.

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, baby ♪

♪ ♪

MAN: Lieutenant Colonel.

Dr. Bennett is asking to see you.

Yeah, send him in.

[DRAWER OPENS]

[RADIO CHATTER]

Dr. Bennett, how are you doing?

How's Hope settling in?

Well, she found out

everyone she knew back home was k*lled

after she was tricked
into coming here, so...

With respect, there won't be
any "settling in"

until her sister and Felix
are brought to safety.

Understandably.

It's why bringing them in
is our top priority.

I want to join the team
that's going to get them.

They should be met by a familiar face,

not a bunch of helmets.

[CHUCKLES] Unfortunately,
that's not going to be possible.

The extraction team already left.

I dispatched them as soon as I heard.

I will update you personally,
Dr. Bennett...

Like you've updated me
on my security detail?

Oh.

Um, I'm sorry.

Air reconnaissance showed a large column

passing through their area,
and it delayed their return.

Like the others,
I'm sure they'll get here

safe and sound before you know it.

Your daughters' journey
must have come as a shock.

You've manipulated them into
traveling over a thousand miles,

completely unprotected.

[CHUCKLES] Staff Sergeant Mallick

is more than capable
of dealing with any thr*at.

Oh, right. "Huck".

Your mole.

That's how much my daughters'
safety meant to you.

You sent one soldier.

That, uh...

That one soldier means
more to me than million.

Jennifer Mallick is my daughter.

[SCOFFS]

I want the rest of my family here.

Tonight.

Or I'm done working for you.

You don't work for me, Dr. Bennett.

Your efforts are for the Civic Republic,

as are mine.

We protect the CR,
and we secure resources.

Your daughter is one such resource.

When we opted
to deliver her here, to you,

it was on condition she change.

We knew that you'd discover that,

and we knew that she would, too.

She was raised behind walls.

I needed her to experience
and see the world as it is

in order for her
to understand the stakes

and to see her role,
and we were willing to do that

even if it meant you forgetting yours.

We wouldn't enter into a plan like this

without running a full
psychological profile

on both you and her.

We knew, however angry you would be

and however betrayed you'd feel,

you would still keep working towards

what was most important...

Building an apparatus of knowledge

and research to save humanity.

♪ ♪

Nothing's more important to me
than my family.

Oh, of course.

So you repeatedly told them

in the transmissions
that we intercepted.

But you left them, didn't you?

You broke our laws, Dr. Bennett.

You put them at risk.

We were the ones who chose to look away.

What was it you said?

It was an error in judgment?

Word of advice...
I wouldn't make any more.

♪ ♪

You're excused.

[PEN SCRATCHING]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Any update on our missing soldier?

Six teams have been scouring
all morning.

Still nothing.

And what about the missing member

of Dr. Bennett's security detail?

Trail's gone cold.

♪ ♪

You think there's a connection?

Ready a transport.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

♪ ♪

Okay, sounds good.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

YOUNG WOMAN: That's her, right?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ ♪
- _

_

♪ ♪

Hope, hi.

Sorry. [CHUCKLES]

I... I saw you sitting there,

and I recognized you from
the photo on your dad's desk.

The one where you're wearing
a satin gown with combat boots?

Oh. Right.

Yeah, winter formal.

Um, I'm Lyla, a colleague of his.

Uh, I know your dad
was supposed to meet you,

but he's waiting
on an update on your sister.

I was thinking I could give you a tour?

♪ ♪

[SCANNER BEEPS]

Or we could do it some
other time if that's better.

♪ ♪

No, no. It's... It's cool.

Show me everything.

[CHUCKLES]

[DOOR CREAKS]

Put this on.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

Keep moving.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

[GROWLING STOPS]

[WHISTLES]

♪ ♪

Webb.

Report.

Reeled in a B-Oh-Four, sir.

Dead battery.

Put him in Two.

Just finishing up the stage-sixers,

then it's clean-up and load-up.

Should be done by .

- Right on schedule.
- Good.

No turned unstoned, yeah?

- Dude...
- What?

- It... It was clever.
- Really wasn't.

Webb, Tiga, Grady, this is Plaskett.

Plaskett is joining us here
in decontamination.

You're all responsible for training him

and setting him up with gear.

[WALKER GROWLING]

k*ll it.

s*ab and twist.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[GROWLING STOPS]

And I want a count
of those damaged killsticks

on my desk before sundown.

Yes, sir.

Back to work.

"No turned unstoned"?

Get outta here with that sh*t.

TCFT... Too clever for Tiga.

[WALKERS GROWLING, SPEARS PLUNGING]

So what was this place before?

Before the world turned?

It was a government-funded
educational research lab.

It housed experiments

in dark matter and neutrino physics.

And before that,
it was an old diamond mine.

The shafts and rock stability
were ideal for experiments

that required shielding
from the sun's cosmic radiation.

- And now
- [SCANNER BEEPS]

we are using the labs
for our own purposes.

Come on. I'll show you.

Down here, we're laying the foundation

to one day find out
why the world turned.

So you're trying to find a cure.

Pinpointing what inside us
makes us turn...

Whether it be fungal, bacterial, viral,

or something else entirely...

Sure, that's one part of it.

But it's also about finding a way

to get rid of the ones
who have already turned.

By investigating
and hopefully discovering

what keeps the dead animated,

what inside them slows
their decomposition rates

and feeds their appetite,

we hope to one day
turn off those triggers,

eliminate the dead as a thr*at,

and eradicate them from the earth.

You think that's possible?

Wouldn't be here if I didn't.

Don't you?

Just sounds a little far-fetched.

It's definitely a big-picture approach.

We teach you everything
you need to know,

and as you research and investigate

you teach, and pass on that knowledge

to the next generation, and so on.

So I just turned ,

and you already have
my whole life planned out?

We also select all your meals

for optimal nutrition as you age

and have tests to help you find
your ideal genetic mate.

♪ ♪

- [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]

Sorry.

I couldn't resist.

Your dad's office is right up there.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Oh, right.

Those were the forms
for the discrepancies.

I'll look them over
first thing in the morning.

I'm almost positive
it was just a data-entry error,

but I want to double-check
just to make sure.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

Hey, is it cool if I meet you there?

I think I saw a bathroom
with four walls,

and that's a pretty hard
thing to pass up.

Your dad's lab
is right through this door,

to the right, all the way at the end.

[DOOR CLOSES]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

YOUNG MAN: Need some help?

Um, yeah.

Yeah, I'm just looking for the bathroom.

For... Authorized Personnel Only?

Yeah.

Well, everyone knows
that the best bathrooms

are for authorized personnel only.

Right. Yeah.

No, I must've known
and forgot that I knew.

Because that is definitely
not a fake thing

that you are making up right now.

I'm Mason.

You're the new girl, right?

The one who got flown in yesterday?

Yeah. How did you know that?

It's a pretty small place.

Right.

I'm sorry about what happened in Omaha.

That's why we're wearing the armbands.

Hey, if you're really curious
about what's in there,

allow me.

[SIGHS]

This needed a warning sign?

Yeah, they take their sh*t
pretty seriously here.

They don't want people, uh,

helping themselves without permission.

But I'm happy to break the rules for you

if there's something you want.

♪ ♪

I want a mop.

♪ ♪

Mm-hmm.

♪ ♪

Okay, stop.

No, I'm screwing with you.

Wh-Why would I want a mop?

I don't know. [CHUCKLES]

I just wanted to see if you would do it.

Okay. You did it.

♪ ♪

Well, hey, um, uh, I was gonna
meet my study group later,

but I'm happy to show you around.

I'm actually already
in the middle of a tour, so...

Do you mind if I ask your name?

You said it's a pretty small place,

which means you probably
already know that.

♪ ♪

I'll see you around, Hope.

♪ ♪

BRODY: They can't be trusted.

She k*lled a CRM soldier
with one of our weapons.

He's wanted by the CRM.

They've put us all at risk.

We have a plan, and it'll fix that.

We're asking you to give us
a chance to make this right.

They can't stay with us.

It's too dangerous.

Especially since
they haven't been forthcoming.

You went through my stuff?

It's got the location of
CRM supply drops, fuel depots...

- If they find out we have...
- They won't.

If our plan works, it won't just
take some heat off me,

it'll help protect all of you.

We're just asking you to let us stay.

[WIND CHIMES CLANGING]

You have to hide. Now!

sh*t.

They only want me.

Come on.

Oh, wait. My code books!

Go!

♪ ♪

If we don't hand them over,
you know what we could lose.

And that's not what we're about.

Not a word.

♪ ♪

[ENGINES SHUT OFF, DOORS SLAM]

[RADIO CHATTER]

Lieutenant Colonel.

This is a surprise.

Indira, sorry to come unannounced.

Although I'm sure your lookouts
gave you ample warning.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, you're always welcome anytime.

Thanks.

I only wish this was a social visit.

Well, how can we assist you,
Lieutenant Colonel?

I'm here because
we're looking into something.

Is that one of yours?

It is.

Oh, wow.

It's beautiful.

[WIND WHISTLING, PAPERS RUSTLING]

Mm, I still have
the one you did of Jennifer.

♪ ♪

I love it.

How is your daughter?

We haven't seen her in...

I... What's it been?

- Two years?
- Mm.

♪ ♪

Is she still on assignment?

She's just returned home.

- Yeah, it's good to have her back.
- Oh.

♪ ♪

Oh, it's so much responsibility,
isn't it?

Having so many people
entrust their well-being

and their survival with you.

I'm here because of a security issue.

One of my soldiers
went missing last night.

Not far from here.

♪ ♪

Well, you're not thinking
that one of my men...

Oh, no, no, no. Of course not.

I can't imagine anybody here
would endanger our agreement.

No, we think it's someone
at the facility

who's giving us a bit of bother.

♪ ♪

Well, we haven't seen any new faces.

I noticed your wall had some damage.

I think, for your own security,

I should probably have
my soldiers search the village

just to make sure that
no one slipped in unnoticed.

No, no, no, that's not necessary.

The wall's been fixed,
and our lookouts do a fine job.

[CHUCKLES] They do. Of course they do.

You can never be too careful.

♪ ♪

[RADIO CHATTER]

♪ ♪

These are so lovely.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Mm.

This one's new.

Oh, look at the detail.

♪ ♪

[STATIC]

MAN: Lieutenant Colonel, come in.

[RADIO BEEPS]

Go on.

We have eyes on four-nine-six,

grid three, Watkins Glen.

Copy that. I'm en route.

Out.

Looks like we've located
our missing soldier.

I'm so sorry for the intrusion, Indira.

I hope that next time,

I'll have an opportunity to talk more.

I'm sure we will.

[RADIO CHATTER]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Hey.

I was thinking it would be good
if your dad filled you in

on what he's been up to here.

So, where is my dad?

Um, I'm not sure. [CHUCKLES]

But I-I know he really wanted...

I know, he probably really
wanted to be here, yeah.

I... I happen to know
he loves you very much.

It's just, he

he doesn't have a choice
except to work this hard.

He's... He's doing it for...

Yeah, for me, my sister, the future...

I already know.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

I've met,

so many parents who feel helpless now.

They

want to make their own
children's lives better.

They want to do something to fight this.

But they can't.

They don't have the knowledge.

Just the desire.

They're, um

relying on people like your
father to do what they can't.

Can you imagine what being
under that kind of pressure

must feel like?

Hey.

Even though your dad's not here,

he can still fill you in.

Uh, can you hit the lights?

[LIGHTSWITCH CLICKS]

Greetings to our partners
in the Civic Republic.

It's my pleasure to update you

on the progress we've been
making here at the facility.

- [WALKER GROWLING]
- Last spring,

we took the biorecorder
we've been developing

and fused it to the brain stem
of a dead one.

Despite some glitches
we're still working out,

it's given us the ability
to record and transmit

the dead's biological responses
to environmental stimuli

and provided us valuable tracking data

that'll help us approximate
and predict behavior.

We'd tried for years,

but your father
cracked it in two months.

[CHUCKLES]

His mind is truly something else.

The program, while still in its infancy,

has already allowed us to collect

troves of information...

Small variations in brain chemistry,

variations in speed,
implying pursuit behaviors,

the effect of weather
on movement and awareness...

Massive amounts of data

that will open the doors
to further avenues of research.

One of these avenues I've
been exploring personally...

Infecting the dead with strains of fungi

that grow on necrotic flesh.

It's conceivable if we can
modify an existing fungus,

then we can one day accelerate
the dead's rate of decay,

virtually neutralizing them
as an active, mobile thr*at.

And now we'll handle things
over to Dr. Ellis

to talk about the progress
he's been making

in the field of...

Evidence points to a struggle,
which led to this.

You're sure it's them?

We can deploy a recovery team
to examine the...

The bodies look likely to
wash away before they get here.

But we should try.

Let's limit this
to authorized CRM personnel.

Dr. Bennett doesn't need
more bad news tonight.

♪ ♪

- ♪ ♪
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_

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[SNIFFLES]

♪ ♪

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

♪ ♪

Sorry. I've

been meaning to straighten up in here.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Dad, it's okay.

All your stuff everywhere,
it kinda feels like home.

♪ ♪

I've been out trying to get
an update on Iris and Felix,

and, to be honest,

I was trying to clear my head.

♪ ♪

Lyla said she gave you a tour.

- What'd you think?
- H-Honestly?

I... I thought there'd be
a lot more guard towers

and att*ck dogs. [CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

Oh.

Were you asking about your girlfriend?

Uh

uh...

She told you?

She didn't have to.

I saw her stuff in your bathroom,

and she called you "brilliant"
like times.

Yeah, well...

She's all right. And

if your work is important to you,

then it's important to me, too.

[SCOFFS] It is, but...

But what?

♪ ♪

Iris and Felix.

They weren't at the retirement home.

The CRM is searching the area,

but they haven't found them.

You and Huck took the truck,

and you said that
Felix could barely walk, so...

No, i-if they felt like
they should move,

Felix would move.

♪ ♪

You sure there isn't something
you're leaving out?

♪ ♪

Whatever it is, I need you
to be honest with me.

♪ ♪

Hope

what the hell's going on?

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

[GROWLING STOPS]

[WALKER GROWLING]

Thanks.

I, um...

I still... I-I don't understand.

What happens here?

Few times a week,

we lure the dead in
with lights and music,

blow 'em up, then we clean 'em up.

So where... Where do the parts go?

Resort in the Cayman Islands.

[CHUCKLES] Uh, we take them off-site.

We got trucks.

♪ ♪

Plaskett.

Leave that.

Follow me.

♪ ♪

So, when the CRM finds people out there,

do they always send 'em here?

No.

What, so the others,
like Grady and Tiga and...

They signed on.

They want to be a part
of something bigger.

This?

♪ ♪

You know, this place
was the first of its kind?

♪ ♪

Now there are six others
spread across the state,

only bigger.

Stadiums, arenas,

all operated by trained
m*llitary personnel,

all playing a role in
an experiment in mass culling.

♪ ♪

And if the modeling's right

we can clear out the state

while the measures
keep more from coming in,

we can gain a foothold.

We can start to bring back
what this place had in energy,

agriculture, commerce.

This?

♪ ♪

This is a training ground for that.

♪ ♪

That's what we're doing here.

Starting over.

♪ ♪

And is that what you're doing here?

♪ ♪

I'm a mechanic.

Trucks, choppers...

♪ ♪

Train the others, I fix what's broke.

♪ ♪

That trailer on the end, that's yours.

I'll be back in the morning.
Until then, Webb's in charge.

Wait. You're leaving?

Where's he going?

RF.

He's gonna drop off a dead one.

RF?

RF, like... CR's Research Facility.

Yeah.

I'm gonna get there one day,

maybe as a guard.

But that place can change everything.

Yo, man, why you asking?

Know someone there?

Yeah, secret lady friend, perhaps?

TIGA: Maybe him and Dennis
got that in common.

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[KEYS JINGLE]

[ENGINE STARTS]

♪ ♪

You haven't said much
about what happened.

You doing okay?

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

It worked out.

We took some of the heat off of Will,

Indira's letting us stay...

When I was in that room,

I wasn't worried about us getting caught

or about this place getting
torn apart because of us.

I... I was scared

that I wouldn't
get a chance to hit them back.

Hey.

You sure you're ready for this?

Hmm?

k*lling that soldier...

I thought I was numb.

But I wasn't.

I was angry.

This is w*r.

Even if they don't know it yet.

♪ ♪

Yes, it is.

Come on.

And until we can figure out
a way to hit them back

well, at least we can hit something.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

LYLA: Yes, Hope seems
to be coming around.

Which is good, because
we might need her help

to bring her father around.

He will.

He's anxious about his other
daughter, but we'll find her.

I-It's not just that.

The whole, uh

manipulation to get Hope here,

it's eroded some of his

enthusiasm towards the CRM,

towards all the very
promising work he's doing.

I think we'll need her
to keep him motivated.

I thought that was what you were for.

[CHUCKLES]

I'm

doing my best.

I just hope it's good enough.

For his sake.

And yours.

Um, Lieutenant Colonel?

One more thing.

When will I be receiving
the next test subject?

It's been a while
since my last premortem,

and I'm assuming
Major General Beale's plans

are moving ahead as scheduled?

They are, yeah.

♪ ♪

I think you'll have
what you need in time.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

MAN: Let's begin.

♪ ♪

MAN: Your work in Omaha

furthered the priorities of the CRM.

I don't give a damn about
how you justify your lies.

- You find my daughter.
- HOPE: You said it yourself!

If the CRM finds them first,
or if your mom figures out

- what Felix and Iris know.
- HUCK: There's guards, patrols.

It isn't as easy as you think.

Go.

♪ ♪

ELTON: Ow!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

NEGRETE: When we first
see Hope, in Episode ,

she's marveling at the fact
that she has running water.

For her, it's really about
feeling a sense of almost PTSD.

When you're out there in the world,

you're not behind walls,

and there's always a danger that lurks.

It's really about showing
a difference of her condition.

LEO: Make a wish.

Not only does it feel foreign,
based on what she's been through

but also she thought
her dad was in trouble.

For all she knew, maybe
he was behind bars somewhere.

But to see that he's been living

in these fairly swanky conditions,

that's part of the shock
that she's feeling.

The hardest part about being out there

was worrying about you.

Whereas, with Iris,
she's out in the world.

Yeah.

Her and Felix are k*lling Empties.

And she has just k*lled a soldier.

It's really about kind of
processing what she's done,

but not being upset about it.

We're seeing a different side of Iris,

who's not afraid to fight,
who actually is craving a fight.

It's really her call to action

and the thing that kind
of keeps her going...

Hyah!

The fact that she's not afraid
to do this again if she has to.

What's she's realized in Episode is

that she has no regrets.

This is w*r

even if they don't know it yet.

I think, when Felix sees
what Iris has done

at the beginning of the episode,
I think he's pretty stunned.

We sort of hinted this...

We don't quite come out and say this,

but Felix himself,
as this group's protector,

has never k*lled a human being.

So it's, in a way, shifted
the balance between them

a little bit.

Like, he's someone
that wants to offer advice

and give guidance,
and this is the one area

of the apocalypse
that he can't do that for her.

So it's really put them

on different footing with each other.

[GASPS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

One of the things that was
really important for us

in Season was to start
pulling back more of the curtain

and revealing more about who the CRM is,

what the CRM wants.

At the end of Episode ,

Hope is really ready
to hate on this place.

What ends up happening

throughout the course of this episode

is that she starts to see the world

a little bit like her dad did

at the beginning of this alliance,

which is, there are possibilities

and things that can happen

with scientific minds coming together.

She's seeing that as bad as CRM is,

as horrible as things that they've done,

at least the people here...
Some of these people,

some of these civilians,
some of these scientists,

and some of the work
they're doing is good.

And so she's starting to see

that maybe things aren't
quite as black-and-white

as she initially thought they'd be.

♪ ♪

Dennis starts off as
a very mysterious figure,

and he doesn't screw around.

[GROWLS]

One less to worry about.

He's up-front about that
from the get-go.

He obviously is
in a position of authority.

We know he's tangentially
part of the CRM,

but he's not wearing a CRM uniform.

He seems to have a lot
going on in his head.

When Silas asks Dennis
about what this place means

and what it's for,

he gives this very heartfelt,
emotional answer.

If the modeling is right,
we can clear out the state

while the measures
keep more from coming in,

we can gain a foothold.

That's what we're doing here.

Starting over.

It obviously means a lot to Dennis.

So we get the sense that this place

is about starting over,
but more than that,

it provides others
an opportunity to start over.

So it sort of begs the question,
"For Dennis,

why does he feel the need to start over,

and what was his life before?"

Those are things that we'll be exploring

in the episodes to come.

This is the first episode,

but we really have gotten
an extended look at Elizabeth

behind the scenes, as it were.

We've seen scenes of her
in her apartment last season.

We've seen her
surveying the b*ttlefield.

But in terms of
how she operates this place,

that's really the thing
that we're exploring.

Dr. Bennett, how are you doing?

She always knew this plan of Huck's.

Eventually, Hope would
find out the truth,

which means her father
would find out the truth,

and there'd be a lot of anger
toward the CRM.

That's how much my daughter's
safety meant to you.

You sent one soldier.

Elizabeth knew
that when it comes to Leo,

his priority is always
going to be for the future

and working for the future,
so, to that end...

You're excused.

... be angry, have your tantrum,

but we know you're still gonna
remain loyal to the CRM.

♪ ♪

Elizabeth goes to the perimeter

to poke around, to ask some questions.

Lieutenant Colonel. This is a surprise.

Indira, sorry to come unannounced,

although I'm sure your lookouts
gave you ample warning.

And we learn that Elizabeth and Indira

have a history together.

These are two strong female leaders...

You can never be too careful.

but at the same time, make no mistake

that Elizabeth is in charge,
and you don't want to cross her.

And kind of flexes that muscle
and makes it very clear to her

that, "I hope you didn't betray us.

I hope you're not harboring
any fugitives.

'Cause if you're lying to me in any way,

there will be hell to pay".

Oh, it's so much
responsibility, isn't it,

having so many people
entrust their well-being

and their survival with you?

♪ ♪

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