02x08 - Returning Point

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

JADIS: You were sloppy with
sensitive research. You lied to us.

We need to pick a side.

I have no choice, but to propose a vote

of no confidence in our chairperson.

- HOPE: Your dad?
- Yeah, he's Major General Beale.

DENNIS: Yeah, they're
gonna wipe out Portland.

Using gas they've been
storing at the RF,

using the empties to cover it up.

♪

This isn't just about saving Portland

and getting out of here.

We have to get the scientists
out and their research.

We take it and... and we keep it going.

[WHIRRING]

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ELIZABETH: Indira.

Hello again.

That's good. You can take a break.

Lieutenant Colonel.

What do you think?

This is exactly the finishing touch

that the facility needed.

We asked you for something
that would be a reminder

of why we're here and what's at stake

that would stand for
generations to come,

and it's... it's magnificent.

Thank you.

I'm glad you like it.

So, what's wrong?

The non-aggression pact we struck

when you first arrived.

I'd like your word

that you will continue to
honor that after I'm gone.

Are you going somewhere?

It's not where.

It's when... It's my kidneys.

I might not have much time left.

My mother d*ed of kidney
failure when I was young.

I've been ignoring the
signs for months, but...

I'm at the point where I can't anymore.

We have plenty of doctors here,

medicine, dialysis equipment.

That's very kind.

But I can't put my personal health

over the interests of my community.

Isn't staying alive...

in the best interest of your community?

I'm not asking for anything in return.

What would you have to gain?

Peace of mind.

Sparing... your family the ordeal

that Jennifer and I went
through with her father.

And you'd be sparing me the uncertainty

of dealing with whoever your
lesser successor would be.

I can't imagine their artistic talents
would hold a candle to yours.

No one need know.

It would be just between
us, no strings attached.

What do you say?

[CHUCKLES]

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[CHIMES CLANG]

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LEO: Our entire purpose now is to
find a way to a healed planet...

not for us but for our children,

maybe our children's children.

We can still give them that life.

We owe it to them,

- but not here.
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Not with the people
responsible for that.

But how?

They won't just let us leave.

No, they won't.

You can be damn sure they never will.

So, you're talking about an escape?

No, I'm past talking about it.

A plan's already in motion,

one that involves help from the outside

and uses the CRM's own security
protocols against them.

But even if we have a place to go,

how can we live in the long term?

I mean, how can we
possibly find facilit...

I realize this is a giant leap
I'm asking you to take.

And I don't have every answer.

But I know we can't stay here.

Dr. Belshaw wasn't k*lled
in a laboratory accident.

They m*rder*d her, like
they m*rder*d Dr. Abbott,

like they m*rder*d my security detail.

But...

They've committed genocide.

They're going to again. We have proof.

If we stay, we become
a party to all they do.

Or they k*ll us.

We're working to stop the monsters...

and to save people from
turning into monsters.

But we need to save ourselves
from that fate first.

And right now, I need to know...

are you in?

♪

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[TEN YEARS AFTER: "I'D LOVE
TO CHANGE THE WORLD"]

DENNIS: Let's hope this does it.

Yeah, let's hope.

I'm supposed to be on patrol.

All this coming and going,

I can't risk another trip out here.

Jadis could trace all of
this back to the outpost.

To you.

Yeah.

And I know what happens
to me if she does.

And if she doesn't.

I guess we'll figure out the "after"...

after.

Dennis, I'm sorry...

We both have things to be sorry for.

But no matter how this turns out...

you're the one part of
all this I don't regret.

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I'm gonna say it again.

I didn't send you to him
because he was my husband.

I sent you to him because he was...

He's a good guy.

I got that.

You can hate me,

but you're gonna have to trust me.

It's the only way this works.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Let's go.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Almost everything's packed.

Good. Cameras in the north stairwell

are still down from the outage.

Percy's taking down the
rest of the go-bags.

Okay. Cool.

What's up?

It just got real, you know?

All of them are putting
their lives in our hands.

I know you think it's smarter

to just go for the gas
and save Portland...

Getting everyone out...

there's a lot that could go wrong.

[INHALES DEEPLY] But we'll make it work.

We do whatever we have to do...

to make sure we win.

♪

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Things roll our way,

it'll be just enough
to pull this thing off.

Get all of you out.

Get you someplace
where they can't get you.

What about you?

If this works, what happens to you?

If I can get back to the CR,

I can let the civilian government know

what the m*llitary's done.

You almost had me fooled yesterday.

[SCOFFS]

What she had me do to Lyla...

Lyla... did it to herself.

And if she had to die at
someone else's hands,

I just wished they'd been mine.

No.

You don't.

So how does this play out
without them k*lling you?

The empty Jadis had me use to k*ll Lyla,

I'm pretty sure he was
a soldier tied to Omaha

who'd been trying to talk.

If there's one, there's more.

A resistance that can help me

get to the people I need to talk to.

It won't be easy, but...

I have to try.

And who knows.

Maybe in the end,
it'll be me and Dennis,

trying together.

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Take these.

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Wait for my go.

They all set up for us on the outside?

Dennis and Silas are on their way now

to relay the plan to Indira's people.

Once they radio that they're on board,

we move.

SILAS: So what did you tell them?

Grady and Tiga, what do
they know about this?

Nothing.

Told 'em to stay there,
keep their distance,

keep luring more dead
towards the outpost.

From there, they're reporting
to Cull Station Six

in Binghamton.

Didn't tell them why?

Less they know, the better.

Keeps them safe if they get caught.

You knew what they did to Omaha.

You've known for days.
You didn't say a thing.

Yeah, because you're them.

You and your wife.

She k*lled people and
made me think I did it.

What, she was just doing her job?

The world went to sh*t,

and the CRM was the last,
best hope for bringing it back.

It was a cause worth dying
for, worth k*lling for.

You know, on the inside,
they tell you everything you do

is in service to the greater good,

that what you do today...

can help create the next years.

You go in not knowing
exactly who you are,

you lose perspective.

You lose yourself.

Yeah, there's right and wrong, Dennis.

No.

There isn't.

Not for a long time now.

You were taking me down that path.

No. You were going nowhere.

Just like me.

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[GROWLING]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Get down.

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Could be hundreds.

We wait for them to pass.

SILAS: We don't have time.

We don't have a choice. We wait.

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Jennifer.

I want to see about that briefing

you promised me yesterday.

What's going on?

We were finally able to get

some of the operational
monitoring systems

back online after the power outage.

Diagnostics report from the last hour.

Shows variants in keycard activity.

Water and power usage in the
labs dropped to almost nothing.

Data could be scrambled from the outage.

I'm concerned Dr. Bennett
is not keeping quiet

about what he knows.

Your mother's psychological
profile of him

indicated he would fall in
line to keep his family safe.

I'm starting to wonder
if her report was wrong.

Or if there are other variables at play.

I don't think he'd ever
put his girls in danger.

You want me to sniff around?

Oh, we're way past that.

If I'm right, and I usually am,

this is about stopping
the rot before it spreads.

Showing Dr. Bennett what happens
to one or both of his daughters

if he steps out of line.

Lieutenant.

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My team is ready when yours is.

Let's move.

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[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I didn't want to leave him.

I just...

I knew that if... they
saw us together...

Thing is, they might've.

If they did, Indira, I...

I am so sorry.

Your son is dead because...

He was out there because of me.

No.

No, that's not true.

I was dying.

Lt. Colonel Kublek offered me treatment

so I could live.

I was too selfish, too scared

to let go of my life, my community...

... my children.

Dev d*ed helping me get medicine.

Medicine I was taking so
that I could hold onto things

I had no right to still be holding onto.

I handed the CRM control of my life,

and because of that decision,

they took the life of my boy.

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And now we could lose everything.

Indira...

We have to assume that the
CRM knows my son trespassed.

That our non-aggression
pact with them is nullified.

Things are escalating.

And we all know what they're capable of.

♪

It's not safe for us here.

For any of us.

We have to leave.

ROBIN: We'll gather what we can carry,

head to the way station near Cornell,

go from there.

Let the others know.

And...

tell everyone that as soon
as we get to safety...

... I'll step down as your leader.

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Indira...

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I'm...

I'm sorry for your loss.

I-If there's anything I can do

- for you right now...
- Thanks, but...

I'm not sure you can.

Dev was a lot like you.

Questioning everything.

I think he was still trying
to figure it out, too.

[VOICE BREAKING]
I just wonder, in the end...

... if he ever did.

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Maybe for some people...

it takes facing the end to...

ever really know.

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HUCK: Felix, Hope, Iris.

You read me?

We need to start everything.

Now.

Jadis and some armed
guards are on their way

to your dad's place
to take everybody in.

You need to get the hell out of there,

head to rendezvous one.

We haven't heard from Will or Elton.

Listen to me. There's no time.

We can't wait for them.
We need to start now.

I'll do whatever I can to help,

but if this plan is going to happen,

it needs to happen now.

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Hey, we got this.

Find Felix and Dad. Spread the word.

Get everybody in place,
okay? I'll meet you there.

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Clear.

SOLDIER: Clear.

SOLDIER # : All clear.

♪

Copy.

As we suspected.

Dr. Bennett's not in his usual class.

Carlucci has abandoned his post.

Initiate standard evacuation
drill protocols

for the Facility's civilian personnel.

You think that'll flush them out?

No.

I think it'll tell me just
how deep the rot's spread.

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ANNOUNCER: This is a
mandatory evacuation drill.

Please proceed to the nearest exit.

This is a mandatory evacuation drill.

Please proceed to the nearest exit.

This is a mandatory evacuation drill.

♪

Go. I'll meet you in there.

♪

Everything good?

The others are already inside.

Hope?

- Is she...
- Not yet. But she'll be here.

Let's go.

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This is a mandatory evacuation drill.

Please proceed to the nearest exit.

- Mason.
- Hey.

Hey, what's going on?

Listen, I need you to get
Ian or someone you trust

to sign you in with the evac guards,

and I need you to come with me.

Uh... [CHUCKLES]

I just need you to trust
me, okay? Please.

Just tell me what's going on.

It's life and death.

♪

We're still awaiting the final
manifest from transport three,

but this is everyone that's
checked in for evacuation.

No sign of the Bennetts.

And none of the civilian research staff,

or their security details.

Must be an error.

That's cute.

Now we know.

This goes far beyond the Bennetts.

Initiate full facility lockdown.

Close off every door,
window, and air vent.

Once the complex is secure,
you're to sweep every inch...

building by building, wing
by wing, room by room...

until you find where they're hiding.

♪

[DOOR OPENS]

♪

Something's wrong.

She should've been here.

[SIGHS]

[ALARM BLARES]

Stay with the others.

- I need to find Hope.
- I'm here!

Hope...

What's going on?

I wish there was another way.

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But our plan doesn't work without you.

Whoa! Hey!

Hey, welcome to the
Bio-Containment Unit.

♪

Hope?

Hope!

[DEVICE BEEPS]

HUCK: Lt. Newton.

No signal down here.

Stokes is requesting an update.

They're inside the Bio-Containment Unit.

They've locked themselves in.

No way in or out.

But we're picking up indistinct
chatter through the walls.

They're in there.

So, why aren't we?

It's reinforced titanium.

Sealed shut as a fail-safe,
triggered by the lockdown.

Blunt force won't do it.

We'll have to wait for
a full system reboot

- to override the locking system.
- Mm.

How long's that gonna take?

- At least two hours.
- [SIGHS]

I'll let her know.

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It's a good thing I told Will I
wouldn't do anything reckless.

LEO: We didn't get a choice here.

I don't know. Don't you
think it's all a choice?

You chose to give me a life, and...

I'm choosing to make it count.

You already have.

You know that.

We're gonna get you back to Will.

And then...

you're finally gonna
start living for yourself.

Yeah, well, that goes for you, too.

[CLANGING IN DISTANCE]

- [GROWLING]
- [SCREAMS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

HOPE: It's one-way glass.

We can see them, but they can't see us.

What is this?

What are those things doing in here?

Hope, just... just tell me
what's going on. Please.

Talk to me!

Mason, the CRM isn't
what you think it is.

Okay? They've done terrible things.

What kind of things?

Whatever it is, it can't be that bad.

My dad would know about it.

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Wait, is that why you took me?

- Because of my dad?
- There was no other way.

Okay? We're gonna leverage who
you are to get what we want,

and then once we do, we'll let you go.

And what do you want?

And if you don't get it, then what?

Huh?

You feed me to them?

[GROWLING]

No one's gonna hurt you.

I promise.

♪

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I understand.

Let me know when you have
an update on the server.

What's going on?

He approached long-range security

and asked to speak with your mother.

If he's to be believed, there's
a lot been going on here

that's off the books.

Oh, yeah?

Like what?

Well, for starters, it seems
your mother's been diverting

CRM medical supplies to the
leader of the Perimeters.

- What?
- More immediately,

they've become a significant
thr*at to this facility's security,

and thus the security
of the Civic Republic.

He's saying that the intruder
we sh*t the other night,

the one we were trying to identify,

was Indira's son.

He's saying that she and her community

have been actively working
with the Bennetts against us,

harboring them,

planting them inside the complex

for what's obviously some
kind of escape attempt.

You, uh... You sure we can trust him?

Sergeant Mills' team is on
its way to deal with them.

And there's not gonna
be an investigation?

An investigation would take time

and cause vulnerabilities. No.

For a security thr*at such as this,

CRM Uniform Regulations mandate

any and all points of contact
must be removed...

immediately.

♪

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[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I have this dream of my future.

I'm with Felix. We're older.

We got a beautiful family.

It's what I live for.

Everything that I do
is in service of that.

Maybe that makes me selfish.

I don't think it makes me wrong.

What you did to live for
your son, for your family...

I don't think that's wrong, either.

♪

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Indira!

Robin.

[PANTING]

It's Brody.

He split off from the first
caravan that headed east.

He was ranting about... making
things right with the CRM.

♪

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[ENGINES TURN OFF]

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Move! Move!

Over there.

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Keep going.

SOLDIER: Drop your bag.

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Line up with the others.

♪

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We took out a good-sized piece
of your wall on the way in.

But you won't have a
need for it after today.

♪

Ma'am, I received the update
you requested on the server.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Do you realize what you've done?

To your own community?

- You marked them for death.
- No, we were already marked.

Indira made a deal with your
mother to save her own life.

Why shouldn't I do the same?

You know, I could tell them about you.

I should.

You've been playing both
sides the whole time.

Trying to get me k*lled, too? Huh?

All right, permanent residency
inside the Civic Republic.

Promise me that, and I will keep quiet.

I can't.

Oh.

Okay.

Well, then, you have until Warrant
Officer Stokes comes back

to figure out a way that you can.

On your knees!

♪

Please.

Please.

Let me speak to the Lt. Colonel.

♪

So... do we have a deal or not?

Time's almost up.

You don't do this, you're dead.

♪

♪

Stand fast.

What the hell did you do?

He was a rat, playing angles,

saying sh*t about us

being behind what happened in Omaha.

That is we didn't let him into the CR,

he'd go screaming it from the rooftops.

How could he have known?

No clue.

But people like him?
They're the security thr*at.

For all we know, the scumbag
was lying about Indira,

using us to settle some personal grudge.

No.

He was a thr*at.

And so is she.

Sergeant Mills, put me
on with our leader.

I'd like to speak with her.

Please.

Please, whoever you are...

... call your soldiers off.

You can take me...

but let my people live.

Indira...

I'm impressed by the globe sculpture

Lt. Colonel commissioned
from you some years back.

It's beautiful.

Kind of welding is tricky.

I know.

I was like you once.

Leading a community of artists,

but they never really stood a chance,

as yours don't now.

Larger, more powerful communities

overtake smaller ones.

It's become their responsibility to.

They're ascendent
because they've adapted,

equipped themselves for survival,

not just in might,

but in seeing the
world for what it is...

and what it must be.

All of this to say,
your vision is lovely,

but it doesn't portray what is.

You don't see it.

You can't.

And that is why we can't let you live.

I'm sorry.

♪

Hostiles are secured.

Warrant Officer, we are
awaiting your final order.

♪

They provide a valuable service to us.

They're a resource.

♪

Eliminate them all.

Leave no one alive.

♪

Assume f*ring positions.

[WEAPONS COCK]

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[WIND WHISTLES]

It's gonna be okay.

On my mark.

♪

Ready.

[p*stol COCKS]

And...

♪

SOLDIER: Fall back!

SOLDIER # : Force right!

♪

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Squad, Code Five.

Multiple hostiles incoming.
Abandon positions.

Fall back to the mill.

Formation Beta! Now!

INDIRA: Arm yourselves and find cover!

♪

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ROBIN: They're all in front
of the mill. Stay down.

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Robin!

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[PIN CLANGS]

♪

SOLDIER: Grenade!

Get down!

You okay?

- ELTON: How did you know to come?
- SILAS: We didn't.

We came to tell you about the plan.

WILL: What? What plan?

They're escaping.

What? When?

DENNIS: Silas.

Get your friends and the
supplies to the rendezvous.

Be ready.

Ready for what?

What's the plan?

♪

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SILAS: Dennis?

♪

Dennis!

IRIS: So, as long as
we make this left...

We're good, yeah.

minutes till they're in.

I'll get everyone ready.

I'll set the C- .

Easy.

I'm not going anywhere

till you assholes tell me
where you're taking me!

- Percy, don't...
- Wait, let him handle it.

♪

Iris, he didn't do anything.

Neither did we.

There is too much at stake.

We need to get it done.

Let's move!

ANNOUNCER: System reset.

, , ...

JADIS: We'll have to assume
Mills and his team are dead.

And as for our mutinous scientists...

... they were counting on us
initiating lockdown protocols.

♪

They knew sealing that containment door

would buy them enough time

to escape into the old mining tunnels.

♪

And they used the expl*sives to
stop us from following them in.

♪

When did you know?

Facility's central server confirmed it.

All the research has been wiped.

Every drop of data.

Everything.

Every paper, every theory.

They're trying to take it with them.

This isn't just an escape plan.

This is a rebellion.

The Civic Republic stands to lose

every scrap of knowledge and progress

that we've built since...
since the end of everything.

This could be the second end.

♪

So, what's the damn plan, Jadis.

I've ordered Pierce to station
soldiers at every tunnel exit.

When they emerge, we'll be waiting.

Pierce to Warrant Officer Stokes.

Go.

Fireteams are moving into position.

What are the rules of engagement?

Inform your teams I'm rescinding
all arrest protocols.

We're to make an example
of the Bennetts.

If you see them or
any of the scientists,

sh**t to k*ll.

Eliminate some to traumatize the many.

They've been safe for too long.

They've forgotten too much.

This is an opportunity
to make them remember.

♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

They brought us to this.

No goin' back now.

We'll be right behind you. No goodbyes.

WOMAN: Let's see who blinks first.

- [GROWLING]
- Come on!

One-sh*t k*ll!

Hope, don't!

We're prepared to escalate.

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We're working to stop the monsters.

And to save people from
turning into monsters.

But we need to save ourselves
from that fate first.

And right now, I need
to know... are you in?

NEGRETE: One of the things
about the end of season

is that the audience was
aware of a lot more

than our characters were.

And I'll say that in episode
, it's really the first time

I think the characters are
ahead of the audience.

They've concocted this plan,
but we as an audience

don't know exactly what their plan is.

Find Felix and Dad. Spread the word.

Get everybody in place,
okay? I'll meet you there.

We don't know where Hope is going,

and what we find out shortly
that is she's approaching Mason.

I need you to come with me.

Uh... [CHUCKLES]

I just need you to trust me, okay?

As an audience, we know that Mason

is Major General Beale's son.

And that's a huge deal.

Hope, just... just tell me
what's going on, please.

Okay, we're going to leverage
who you are to get what we want,

and then once we do, we'll let you go.

And that's really the tip
off to the audience that,

oh, no, Hope knew what she
was doing this whole time.

She wasn't going rogue.

Getting Mason was part of the plan.

And it's how they're going to use
him as leverage going forward.

That's really the question mark.

What's going on?

He approached long-range security

and asked to speak with your mother.

Ever since Huck came back
to the research facility,

once she was back in active duty,

she's only been between
a rock and a hard place.

You know, here's this guy Brody

who was part of the
perimeter encampment.

He's now betrayed his own people.

He sold all of them out to Jadis.

Indira made a deal with your
mother to save her own life.

Why shouldn't I do the same?

But he's also willing to sell
Huck out to Jadis, as well.

She's scrambling to come up
with some sort of solution.

And literally the only thing
she can do in that moment

to keep him silent to is to k*ll him.

When Jadis comes in, like,
Jadis I think is shocked.

- What the hell did you do?
- He was a rat.

It's really left a question of
what Jadis thinks Huck is up to,

if she believes Huck, is
she suspicious of Huck.

And none of that is
resolved in this episode,

but we'll learn more about that

and how that affects their
relationship going forward.

Sergeant Mills, put me
on with our leader.

I'd like to speak with her.

Here's Jadis, who came from
this community of artists.

Actually, she created this
community of artists.

And I think that she has some guilt
that they all d*ed and she lived.

Let my people live.

She feels like she lived to survive

to shepherd in a future for
an even greater community,

and that community is the CRM.

I was like you once.

Leading a community of artists.

But they never really stood a chance,

as yours don't now.

I really do think in
that talk with Indira,

she's not happy about
what she has to do,

but for her in this moment,

it's really about, it sort of
is the mantra of the CRM,

which is, sometimes you
have to do bad to do good.

JADIS: Eliminate them all.

Leave no one alive.

Here's Elton facing down
the barrel of a CRM r*fle

about to be ex*cuted, and he
finds this moment of peace.

And what he sees is this leaf
wafting through the air.

Elton has gone on a fairly
spiritual journey this season.

You know, he's always
been a man of science.

Dad was a lot like you.
Questioning everything.

Here's Asha.

There's a sense of faith that she has.

For Elton, the first half of the season

was him gripping with a loss of faith.

Maybe for some people,
it takes facing the end to...

ever really know.

This is him planting
in feet again in belief

that humanity is good,
that things can work out,

that maybe instead of questioning
things all the time,

it's about accepting things

and just fighting for
what you believe in.

That's what that leaf and what
that moment really represents

for Elton.

It's gonna be okay.

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