07x07 - The Portrait

[bunniefuu]

I'd rather face whatever's out there.

Leaving really isn't an option.

VICTOR: June is here, Wendell,
John Dorie's father.

Morgan?

We've crossed paths.

He, Grace, and that baby
are barely scraping by.

She's hungry.

[BABY CRYING]

MAN: I found something.

I need to show it to Arno.

What is it?

The thing that's going to get us
exactly what we want.

[FRANZ SCHUBERT'S "PIANO TRIO NO. IN E-FLAT
MAJOR, D. : II. ANDANTE CON MOTO" PLAYS]

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STRAND: Oscar Wilde said

that "every portrait
that is painted with feeling

is a portrait of the artist,
not of the sitter".

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I don't want a portrait of you.

I want a portrait of me.

- Can you do that?
- Yes, sir.

I mean not what you see,

but who I am, what I've built.

I want you to paint what I see.

♪ ♪

Yes, sir.

Enough "sir".

It's Victor.

♪ ♪

What is it?

A little early for Scotch.

In , years,

no one will question
what time I drank this.

If anyone's gonna see this
in , years,

we need to populate the tower.

Got an intake at the call box.

[SWALLOWS, SIGHS]

Excuse me, Juliana.

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How did you find this place?

MAN: I followed the big light.

Took me a while, but I finally made it.

My name's Arnold,
but my friends, they, uh...

Well, they... They used to call me Arno.

I'm sure you need
someone like me in there.

I was a carpenter before.

I just admitted someone
with your skill-set.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

There's an intake.

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How have you survived out there?

WOMAN: I picked up some training

from medics in my battalion,

enough to help a few folks
along the way.

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How much longer will this take?

JULIANA: Just a few more sittings.

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Where were you before this?

How have you survived out there?

MAN: I was a lieutenant with
the local fire department.

I'm sorry. You're not
what I'm looking for.

Well, what are y...

We just admitted
someone with your skill-set.

I'm afraid we have to turn you away.

WOMAN: No, no, no, wait, wait...

[RECEIVER CLICKS]

- Victor...
- Don't say it.

You've rejected everyone this week.

Shouldn't you at least
meet them face-to-face?

We can't grant entry

to every Tom, d*ck, and Arno who asks.

Those people had skills we could use.

Is that what you think I do?

Check skills off a list?

When I look at a person,
I can tell you who they are.

I can see what other people don't.

Listening to my instincts
is what's got us this far.

We didn't need them.

♪ ♪

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What?! [SIGHS]

♪ ♪

Call box.

Tell them to come back another day.

Oh, uh, you're gonna want
to see this one for yourself.

♪ ♪

Not the intake I was expecting.

I told you.

To what do we owe the pleasure?

I know what you said before,

and I know what I said,

but, uh, I need your help, Victor.

[CRYING]

It's Mo.

She's, um

something wrong with her,
and we need to see June.

[CRYING]

And why would I let you do that?

MORGAN: Look, we're not asking
to stay. We're not.

And this little girl
doesn't have anything to do

with what's gone on between us.

So... please.

[WALKERS GROWLING IN DISTANCE]

Victor.

- Victor?
- Tell him to take a hike.

You heard him.

[CRYING]

I know.

♪ ♪

It's finished?

Uh, the paint needs to cure.
I'll glaze it when it's done.

But for now.

Let me see.

♪ ♪

Do you like it?

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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I don't understand.

What's wrong?

I can fix whatever it is.

What's going on, boss?

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What are you doing?

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Be glad it wasn't you.

- Victor, what's going on?
- She doesn't see me.

- No one does.
- I'm not sure I understand.

No, you don't, and that's the problem.

Raise Morgan. Send a patrol
to find him if you must.

Tell him he can enter.

- Why?
- You heard me!

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[WALKERS GROWLING]

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[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

STRAND: None of them are ours.

This is your idea?

People have a right to know
who's still out there.

Charlie, Luciana, Jacob,
Wes, and Daniel.

We just found them all.

You know Wendell's here.

June and Dorie.

Not so bad, all things considered.

Alicia?

I don't know.

Man, why'd you let me in here?

You're the second person brave enough

to ask me that question today.

Probably because
it's the obvious question.

- Why?
- If you didn't think I'd let you in, why'd you come?

Because I didn't have a choice.

It's my baby.

HOWARD: Victor. June's ready.

JUNE: Doing great.
You're so strong. Yeah.

Ooh.

That's right.

Hey, June.

- Morgan.
- [CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]

- You're alright.
- I am.

Look, I heard your message.

But I got to the bunker after Victor.

She would have d*ed
by the time you arrived.

You don't know that.

You're okay?

- Mr. Dorie, he's...
- Yeah, I'm fine.

John's... he's managing.

I think he's trying to ascertain

whether or not you like it here.

It's certainly better than out there.

I have medicine, supplies.

I'm able to help people.

Can I have a word, boss?

What is it?

Dorie's detected some movement
north of the Tower.

Excuse me.

[MO FUSSING]

JUNE: That's a good girl.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

[GASPS] What's that?

Going along with him because of
what you can do here

how's than any different than the offer

that Virginia gave you?

Don't. Morgan.

- You got something better than this?
- Maybe.

What?

I'm working on it.

So am I. In here.

John d*ed 'cause he ran,

'cause he didn't want to play
Virginia's game,

and I'm not gonna make
that same mistake.

John d*ed...

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

[SIGHS]

Is there a diagnosis?

It's a, uh, double ear infection.

Left untreated, it could have
led to hearing loss.

I've already got her on the pain
meds and the Amoxicillin,

but we should keep her here
for observation

until we know
the antibiotics are working.

How long will that take?

, hours.

Mm.

Looks like that baby
just earned you a holiday.

Can I offer you a drink?

What you've built here, Victor...

I'm not gonna lie, it's impressive.

It's more than impressive.

It's a miracle.

An oasis in the middle of the blasts.

Clean air, clean water,

and weather that keeps
the nasty stuff away.

Alright, we should cut the sh*t.

You didn't bring me in here
to rub my face

in all you've achieved, did you?

No.

I was already doing that
while you were out there.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS]

There's something
I need you to do for me.

- Which is what?
- Something I can't.

What, Victor?

I'm not sure if I can
trust you with it yet.

Not yet.

Can't expect me to make a deal
I don't know the terms of.

Well

this isn't a negotiation.

♪ ♪

Doing what I ask

will be the only way you'll see
that little girl again.

♪ ♪

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Shall we drink to our new deal?

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Alright.

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[THUD]

[WALKER GROWLING]

What the hell?

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

What the hell are they doing?

♪ ♪

Get back!

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Get it out of here, Victor!

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[expl*si*n]

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You okay?

You?

Yeah.

Victor!

The stalkers... they're here!

Yeah, we know.

He wants to talk to you.

Who's "he"?

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

He says you've met before.

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I'm listening.

I see we got your attention.

A call would've sufficed.

We tried that. Didn't work.

You really don't recognize my voice?

"Name's Arnold,
but my friends... they...

They used to call me Arno".

I knew it.

I knew my instincts were right.

I turned you away before.

That's not gonna change now.

I don't know about that.

At the very least,
it'll destroy your tower.

♪ ♪

What do you want?

Same thing we wanted
when we called before.

New beginning for my people.

Place to call home.

That's not gonna happen.
Not here, not now.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Well, this might change your mind.

♪ ♪

We found a warhead out here.

Must've been a dud,

but it still k*lled
every person who touched it.

Including those

who stuffed pieces of it
into these dead.

What's he saying?

Were those walkers you launched
contaminated?

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No.

But the next ones will be.

Victor, a dirty b*mb could make
this place uninhabitable.

- He's bluffing.
- Maybe not.

I saw a warhead out there
that hadn't detonated.

I didn't ask your opinion.

♪ ♪

If you want this place,
you won't destroy it.

You have one hour.

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Get Dorie here ASAP.

Have a patrol on the ground
to flank that catapult.

I can stop this before it begins.

- You just have to give me a radio.
- Stand aside.

You think I came here alone?
I got people within range.

The MRAP's out there,

and it still has a little
juice left in her.

We scavenged some a*mo.

You give me a radio,
they can be hit from the side.

How do I know you're not working
with these masked assholes?

Victor, I have Mo with me in here.

You think I'm gonna
launch expl*sives at her?

Come on. You can trust me on this.

No. I can't.

Where's Dorie?

I need an update on those...

Oh! [GASPS]

Oh! [COUGHS]

Victor?

Are you okay?

Victor?

What is... this... [GASPS]

June!

Someone get me June!

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JUNE: Victor?

Victor?

Victor?

Victor?

How long was I out?

Just minutes.

- [SIGHS]
- They're still here.

They haven't fired any more dead.

[PANTING]

How much damage did those expl*sives do?

You need to stay in bed.

Damage was mostly to lower stories.

Windows blown out.
No casualties that we know of.

And the patrols?

Well, we couldn't clear
the tunnels, so we can't leave.

[SIGHS] This isn't a coincidence.

- They did this to me.
- We don't know that.

You could've eaten something,
have a bug...

They poisoned me! I know it!

♪ ♪

I'm getting an IV.

Is Dorie on the roof yet?

Yeah, give me a status on the roof.

WENDELL: What do you see, JD?

I got 'em in my sights, but I fire,

I'm liable to blow up
the whole damn lot.

Unless we want this tower extra crispy,

we need to hold fire.

What are they up to?

♪ ♪

They're locked and loaded.

Coming in hot, Howie.

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I suggest we hold off, boss.

How long do we have?

♪ ♪

minutes.

Tell him to hold off.

But if they launch,

I want him to drop whoever he can

before that walker hits this building.

Yeah, stand by and stay locked.

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MORGAN: I'll take care of this

if you just let me radio Grace.

What's he doing here?

Don't let whatever's
gone down between us

stop you from taking my help
when you need it.

There are lives at stake.

I mean, my daughter's life.

Let me help.

Get him out of here!

Hey, Victor, please.

We can't radio anyone even if we wanted.

There's no radios allowed in the tower.

Everything's hard-wired.

That's why you stripped the comm
from the sub, right?

We don't broadcast everything
like you did, Morgan.

Where are your walkies?

I mean, you must have them
for when you go out.

- In the armory.
- And where's the armory?

I'm sorry, Morgan!

You don't get to ask questions
as if you're in charge here.

I'm not asking because
I want your weapons or anything.

I'm just asking...

Can you relay a message to the armory?

Can you?

[MO COOING]

[PANTING]

Ali, are you there?

I repeat... Ali, are you there?

The expl*si*n must have severed
the line below us.

We'll find another way
to stop these assholes.

Guys... incoming!

[GLASS SHATTERS IN DISTANCE]

Where did it go?

It's got to be the third
or fourth floor.

What the hell? He said an hour.

[MO CRYING]

[RUMBLING]

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[SCREAMING]

JUNE: What was that?

They're early.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[CRYING CONTINUES]

Yeah?

It's Wendell. Arno wants to talk to you.

Tell Wendell to patch him through.

And get these artifacts
away from the windows!

He'll talk to him.

[ALARM BLARING IN DISTANCE]

You said no more surprises for an hour.

Your gunman's scope
was glinting in the sun.

That was a warning

to make sure you're not gonna
try anything funny.

♪ ♪

Were those dead clean?

The next one won't be,

so I suggest you leave the roof now.

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JUNE: I need to get to the lower floors.

There's probably injured there.

No one leaves until we know
what we're dealing with!

We know how to deal with this, Victor.

Uh...

You alright?

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[COUGHING, GAGGING]

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[PANTING]

Victor, you were right.
You were poisoned.

That's Methylene Blue.

Some of the rangers brought it back

when I asked them to find Prussian Blue.

Someone must have put it in your food.

What's it gonna do to me?

Depends on how much you ingested

and when.

[PANTING]

Is it gonna k*ll me?

- I don't know.
- [COUGHS]

♪ ♪

We're gonna have to wait for Victor.

Maybe I can figure out
some kind of deal.

I got a whole lotta experience

talking people down
from doing crazy things.

Oh, yeah? And how'd that
work out with Teddy?

Victor's the only one
who represents this tower.

They got someone in here.

They got someone by me.

I want to know who.

Start questioning everyone who's been

granted residency in the past month.

- I'm not sure this is the time.
- Do it!

We need to deal with them outside first.

- Let me talk to 'em.
- STRAND: No, no, no.

We need to get down to the armory,

radio Grace for assistance.

You're taking me up on my offer?

I'm doing what's best for the tower.

Let it be known to my critics

I'm not the selfish assh*le
they make me out to be.

DORIE SR.: Then, let's go.

No.

I'm gonna do it myself.

HOWARD: It's six flights.

We don't even know
if the stairwells are intact.

There might be fires, dead.

- You can barely walk across this room.
- No. No.

I'm doing it myself.

[PANTING]

- Victor, come on...
- Hey, hey!

- Hey.
- Stay back.

[SCOFFS]

You think we poisoned you.

Someone in the tower did.

Victor, it's me.

I-I've been with you
since the beginning.

That doesn't mean anything.

I can't trust anyone
until I know who did this to me,

until I figure out
who's working with them.

In case you're forgetting,
those people out there

tried to k*ll me and June, too.

How do I know that's the truth? Huh?

You have access to the medicine.

You won't interrogate anyone.

And you... you're angry
I turned your sister away.

♪ ♪

- You did what?
- [SIGHS]

- MORGAN: She's alright, Wendell.
- Sarah was here?

She was, but she didn't
want you to know.

Why would you do that?

The same reason I turn anyone away.

By trusting myself,

which is exactly what I'm doing now.

You try to go down there by yourself,

you won't make it.

You're right.

I won't.

- You're coming with me.
- What?

You're gonna get me down to the armory.

And you're gonna connect me with Grace.

HOWARD: You said you didn't trust him.

I do.

As long as I have her.

♪ ♪

Hand her over.

Not a chance.

Now.

[g*n COCKS]

[MO CRYING]

♪ ♪

Okay.

[CRYING CONTINUES]

You're doing real good.

It's alright.

♪ ♪

If you hurt her...

I know.

So don't give me a reason to.

HOWARD: We've got minutes.

Let's go.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

MORGAN: You sure there's not
another way down?

Not unless we clear
a stairwell full of rubble

in the next minutes.

Must be trying to take shelter
from the first blast.

♪ ♪

She still asleep?

'Cause June said that medicine
might knock her out.

I've got her.

I don't know what that stuff
is doing to you,

but it's making you see ghosts
where there ain't any.

I threatened to take
this child from you.

If you did that to me,

I would do everything
I can to take you out.

Well, we both know I'm not you.

♪ ♪

I'll go. I'll climb down.

STRAND: Just... Just lower us.

I'm not lowering you or her down there.

You don't lower us down, we all die.

- minutes.
- Let me go.

You stay here with her.

Now, you know I'm not going
any place without her.

[GROANS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

Where's the armory?

[SIGHS]

When you get to the basement,

follow the service corridor
into the mechanical room.

There should be charged walkies inside.

♪ ♪

You take care of her.

'Cause anything happens to her,

I will do worse to you
than they will out there.

Agreed.

♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

[MO COOING]

What are you looking at?

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh.

I'm not your papa. [SIGHS]

I'm Victor Strand.

♪ ♪

I'm what you call a...
your temporary guardian.

[MO CRYING]

Alright, alright, alright.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

The universe gave you to him.

The universe gave me this tower.

♪ ♪

We're both trying to...
save things that we love.

MORGAN: Alright, I'm down.

Looks intact down here
and the rest of the way.

[MO CRYING]

Victor?

Hey, Victor!

Victor?

I'm here.

I'm here.

And you're okay?

[SIGHS]

Fine and dandy.

Alright.

Hey, I need you to lower her down to me.

Something happens to you, if you turn...

Victor.

I don't move from here

until she's down here in my arms.

You don't move, we all die.

I don't think you're gonna
let that happen, so

pass her down.

You're lucky.

No one looks at you the way he does.

My father... he...
He barely looked at me.

[MO CRYING]

Enjoy it now.

I hope you don't end up walking
through this world alone.

You want to save this place or not?

Victor?

I'm doing it.

I'm doing it.

Keep talking to me while you do it.

[CHUCKLES]

What are you, my therapist?

Alright.

Let me just get you
all hooked up to this.

You're just gonna go on a little ride.

Your papa's down there, okay?

Why'd you let me in here
in the first place?

[SIGHS]

It doesn't even matter.

Be careful.

Careful.

I will.

You tried to keep Mo from me to get it.

Don't tell me now it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter

because I'm not gonna
ask you to get it now.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Be careful.

♪ ♪

Careful.

Maybe you should actually
find a way to trust people.

That's how you lose.

You only trust people

if you give yourself a reason to.

[MO CRYING]

I got her.

And I just gave up mine.

♪ ♪

You're not gonna come back
for me, are you?

♪ ♪

This is gonna be over soon.

♪ ♪

Alicia.

♪ ♪

You said you didn't know where she was.

I don't.

I don't even know if she's alive.

But I want you to find her.

Well, why don't you just look for her?

♪ ♪

Because I don't think
she'd want me to find her.

But with you...

I know she would think different.

♪ ♪

We'll be back.

♪ ♪

Promise.

♪ ♪

[g*nf*re, SCREAMING]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

JUNE: Easy there.

- Just try and relax.
- [GROANS]

You're very dehydrated.

[SIGHS]

Did you do it?

Are they gone?

♪ ♪

MORGAN: All I did was get the walkie.

Grace and Sarah did the rest,

and it's them that you have to thank.

I can't stay.

A lot of people got hurt in that blast.

- The poison...
- It wasn't enough.

I think you got most of it
out of your system upstairs.

I'll stay with him.

Bring him up when
he's strong enough to walk.

Thank you.

Don't you ever use
my medical skills again

to help you get what you want.

How's the child?

She's fine.

She's with Mr. Dorie right now.

You brought June here.

You could've just kicked me
over the edge.

Thought did cross my mind.

Why didn't you?

It's what you said.

That you didn't think Alicia
would want you finding her.

She'd want me.

I kick you over the edge,

she's not gonna want
either one of us looking.

I thought she'd try to stop me

from doing what I need to get done.

But even with all this

it wasn't enough.

We'll find Alicia.

But you're gonna have to
make this the kind of place

that she'd want to live.

What does that mean?

There's a lot of people
out there, Victor,

who need a place like this.

There are people you know.

What if we don't find her?

Well, what does your, uh...
Your gut tell you?

That you will.

That we will.

♪ ♪

Better get at it.

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

♪ ♪

It was you.

What are you talking about?

You came here to k*ll me,
you son of a bitch.

Was your baby even sick?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

If I had any idea what
Arno was planning,

I never would have put
everybody's life in danger!

- You weren't working with them?
- I stopped them!

You still tried to k*ll me.

Yeah, you gave me no choice.

We nearly d*ed out there.

[g*n COCKS]

HOWARD: Stand up.

Do it!

Now back away.

♪ ♪

Take him to the roof.

♪ ♪

Howard was right.

I should have never let you in.

It must be done.

[GRUNTS]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Wait.

What do we have here?

Answer it.

Hello?

[SIGHS]

It's Grace.

♪ ♪

You shouldn't watch this.

You need my help.

I already got it.

Some of the walkers...

The ones with the material
from the warhead...

They got loose.

I think they joined the walkers
around the building.

I know what you're doing.
It's not gonna work.

If they go off, you know what happens.

Even if they don't,

they'll be leaking
whatever's inside for months.

♪ ♪

What's your play?

I'll find them.

I'll help you remove them.

♪ ♪

For what?

Morgan's life and my daughter's.

Do you think she's telling the truth?

♪ ♪

I think so.

If you k*ll him, we create a martyr.

A myth that would outlive the man.

- But if you let her in...
- I know, damn it.

♪ ♪

You help me.

But you come in here,

you live under the same rules
as everyone else.

You don't get to leave,
and neither does that baby.

Grace, don't do it!

Shut up.

Do we have a deal?

♪ ♪

Yes.

♪ ♪

It's a deal.

Let me talk to her.

At least let me talk to her.

The deal is struck. Do as you please.

♪ ♪

You didn't have to do that.

♪ ♪

I know.

♪ ♪

I wanted to.

For you.

For me.

For our family.

I am gonna find my way back to you.

I...

No, you won't.

♪ ♪

But you got nothing to worry about.

I'm gonna give them everything
that you couldn't.

Food, shelter, security.

Show Mr. Jones the exit.

♪ ♪

And, Howard, get someone
to retrieve my painting.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Grace says she can find
the irradiated dead

if you give her access
to a few pieces of equipment.

Do we have what she requires?

Some of it.

Send a patrol to get the rest.

♪ ♪

Is everything okay?

I was wrong.

I didn't see what Morgan was up to.

Well, from everything
you've told me about him,

I don't see how you could have.

♪ ♪

I can have Juliana come
to clean and repair it.

No.

I like it like this.

♪ ♪

This is the way people need to see me.

You sure everything's alright?

♪ ♪

If I was wrong about Morgan,

who else was I wrong about?

♪ ♪

I wouldn't let Morgan Jones
make you second-guess yourself.

♪ ♪

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

Bring me the baby.

Excuse me?

The baby.

I want to spend time with her.

♪ ♪

I didn't know you liked children.

She's got to get used to
her new father some time.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I know you're there.

♪ ♪

Show yourselves.

♪ ♪

I am not in the mood for this.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

♪ ♪

MAN: Ease up.

It's him.

♪ ♪

MORGAN: You're alive?

So are you.

And you're traveling with these folk?

If you are, there's some things
you oughta know about them.

Yeah.

You don't know the half of it.

♪ ♪

[CHATTER]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Looks like the wind's blowing
in the right direction.

Can take your masks off.

How long you been running
with these people?

Only a couple weeks.

It's getting real rough
out there, Morgan.

Oh, I know.

So, what am I doing here?

Their leader wants to talk to you.

Who? Arno?

Hey, hey. What is this?

It's alright, Morgan.

It's alright.

Just show me where he is.

You mean she.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

MORGAN: Hey, I just told your people

I don't want any trouble.

I didn't bring you here
to cause trouble.

♪ ♪

I brought you here
'cause I need your help.

[CHUCKLES]

My God, Alicia.

[LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

You look like sh*t, Morgan.

Well, I'll be honest with you...
I feel like sh*t.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

♪ ♪

I thought we'd lost you.

No, I was... safely underground

while the rest of the world b*rned.

So, I don't get this. What?

Your people... you're the ones
who att*cked the Tower?

No. Those aren't my people.

- Not anymore.
- Then what?

What is this about? What's going on?

These people are tired.

Hungry.

- We're getting desperate.
- So are we.

Look, I'm not sure

there's a lot I'm gonna
be able to give you.

There is.

That's why I asked Dwight
and Sherry to find you.

MAN: All hands!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Walkers!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Looks like you picked up a few strays.

♪ ♪

Everybody else, stay back!

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

- Don't...
- What?

Don't sh**t! Don't!

[g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Everybody run! Now!

♪ ♪

Wait! Don't!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

I'm Will.

ALICIA: What is this?

♪ ♪

Go! Go! Masks on now!

MAN: About walkers over the ridge!

There's a reason I asked
Dwight and Sherry to find you.

- Better work.
- MAN: Now!

[g*nf*re]

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CHAMBLISS: This episode
is called "The Portrait".

The episode is kind of bookended

by Strand getting a portrait
painted of himself

and then him hanging this portrait.

It really speaks to the way.

Strand is starting to view himself

the way he wants other people
to view him.

I want a portrait of me.

Can you do that?

Yes, sir.

I mean, not what you see, but who I am.

Also, it speaks to the way
Strand thinks he is able

to see everyone else
and judge who they are

just by trusting his gut,
and it's something

that's going to bite him
in the ass in this episode.

- [COUGHS]
- Victor?

CHAMBLISS: We said
this was gonna be the season

where Strand was kind of unleashed,

and we'd see Strand at his...
For lack of a better word...

His Strandiest.

Enough "sir".

It's Victor.

♪ ♪

What is it?

Howard has put his full faith in Strand

and believes in everything he's doing,

but, this episode, we start to see

Howard question Strand.

Those people had skills we could use.

Is that what you think I do?

Check skills off a list?

When I look at a person,
I can tell you who they are.

I can see what other people don't.

Listening to my instincts
is what got us this far.

This is where Strand
is starting to really

kind of descend into his own ego.

I feel very bad for the portrait artist

because no matter who he got
to paint that portrait,

I don't think he would've liked it.

ARTIST: I don't understand.
What's wrong?

It's actually the thing that sets him

on the path in this episode,

'cause immediately after
throwing the portrait off,

he tells Howard...

Raise Morgan. Send a patrol
to find him if you must.

Tell him he can enter.

- Why?
- You heard me!

Howard's a bit confused.

He doesn't understand why Strand
would bring Morgan into tower.

It is, in fact, because he's lonely,

because he needs an equal in here,

but that equal isn't Morgan.

That equal is, in fact, Alicia.

Man, why'd you let me in here?

And the only reason he wanted
Morgan to come in here

is because he thinks Morgan's the person

who can go out into the world,
find Alicia,

- and convince Alicia to come back.
- Alicia?

Strand, even when he's embraced
who he is completely,

he still needs what everyone else needs,

and that's companionship,
that's... that's love.

Colman really got to embrace

everything he has brought
to the character.

- Hey, June.
- On the other hand, we have Lennie,

who is playing Morgan
in a very desperate place.

JUNE: I've already got her on
the pain meds and the Amoxicillin,

but we should keep her here
for observation

until we know
the antibiotics are working.

How long will that take?

, hours.

CHAMBLISS: But as long as he
is centered and in his right mind,

he really does adhere
to moral principles.

But this episode sees him
take a big step,

because he tries to take Strand's life

when one could argue
there are other ways

to navigate that situation.

- [THUD]
- [WALKER GROWLING]

What the hell?

Catapulting walkers
filled with expl*sives

was actually an idea that
we had back in Season .

Get back!

♪ ♪

We were looking for a way
that Arno could att*ck the tower

that could circumvent the moat

that Strand has built with walkers,

and then we were trying to find a way

that Arno could do more damage

than just getting walkers inside.

We found a warhead out here.

The other thing we were looking for

was a way to pay off the warhead

that the Stalkers found
a couple episodes ago.

If they pack these walkers

with radioactive material
from the bombs,

they could, in fact, render the tower

just as dangerous as the land out there.

You have one hour.

♪ ♪

[RUMBLING, SCREAMING]

[COUGHING, GAGGING]

Victor, you were right.
You were poisoned.

Strand getting poisoned kind of
at the worst possible time,

it really is about what can happen

when you're trying to do
everything on your own,

and it's really putting Strand
in this position

where his paranoia is allowed to grow.

You think we poisoned you?

Someone in the tower did.

Victor, it's me.

I-I've been with you
since the beginning.

Ironically, Strand's mind doesn't go

to one of the most obvious places.

If it's not the Stalkers,
maybe it's Morgan.

Better get at it.

The fact that Strand
isn't able to see this

- is the thing that's so unnerving to Strand...
- It was you.

because he has built this tower

entirely on his instincts.

If I was wrong about Morgan,

who else was I wrong about?

He essentially says, "If I feel like

I can't trust the people around me,

then I'm only gonna trust me",

and it really is going to become
the beginning

of Strand becoming a bit more ruthless

than we've seen him be.

♪ ♪

Take him to the roof.

Strand is fully embracing his dark side.

He's not gonna be fooled again.

- It must be done.
- [GRUNTS]

CHAMBLISS: He has been walked all over,

and he's come out of it
stronger on the other side.

Show Mr. Jones the exit.

♪ ♪

MORGAN: I just told your people

I don't want any trouble.

I didn't bring you here
to cause trouble.

When Morgan meets Alicia,
I think there are

a lot of questions hanging over that.

Where has she been,
why isn't she in the bunker,

what happened in the bunker,

and who are all these people she's with?

MAN: All hands!

CHAMBLISS: And those are all
some pretty big questions,

but Morgan doesn't get
a chance to answer any of them

because, before he can,

some of those walkers
who we were warned about

who had escaped from the tower

who were packed with nuclear material,

they show up at the encampment,

and they end up exploding
before Morgan can get

a single answer to any of the questions.

Don't sh**t! Don't!

[g*nf*re]

Everybody, run!

And what that really means
is that Morgan and everyone else

is just gonna have to wait until
the next episode to find out.

♪ ♪

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