11x14 - The Rotten

[bunniefuu]

Negan: Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

I sent out a convoy
for that other thing.

It was h*jacked.

Troopers guarding it, all dead.

I need a surgical solution.

There's a group of about people

holed up in an apartment complex.

We want to make first
contact and offer them help.

[g*nsh*t]

What did you do?

My job.

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- Negan?
- Gabe.

Where are my weapons?

I don't know.

[Screaming]

[Insects chirping]

[Walker growling]

- Sir.
- Hmm?

Thank you.

Home Fire , this is
Open Range, do you copy?

Copy, Open Range.

Status?

Location secured, brother.

[Sighs]

Fantastic.

The shipment?

We're searching floor by floor.

The residents haven't been...

very cooperative.

I'm surprised.

These people have regressed
into God knows what.

It's like getting mad at a rat

that can't tell right from wrong.

Yeah, well, the small
taste of some law and order

will help them remember.

It sure will.

Keep me posted.

Copy.

Sir.

What?

We've got two down at the east exit.

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[Screaming in distance]

Man: No! No, no!

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[Screaming continues]

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[g*nf*re]

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[g*nf*re continues]

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- Carol: Daryl.
- Hi.

- Hey.
- Was just looking for you.

Yeah?

Been doing a little more
of the side thing lately.

Anything else about home?

- Not exactly, but...
- Dixon.

You joining us today?

Yeah.

You want to have lunch later?

Yeah. Noon at the diner?

It's a date.

Okay.

[Indistinct conversations]

What?

Just really living
up to that stereotype.

I mean, I liked 'em before.

[Door opens]

No? Mm.

Good morning.

Today's duty assignments
are as follows...

Douglas and Ross, Sector A.

Lim and Baker, you're B.

McHugh and Howell, take C.

And Espinosa and Dixon,
I want you on Sector D.

Any questions?

Alright, let's get to it.

[Radio chatter]

Sebastian: You're just
staring at those teeth.

[Speaks Spanish]

You see, the problem
that most people have

is when they start to panic.

But when I'm around the rotters,

my heart rate actually goes down.

Dixon's seen it.

Seen what?

How I handle myself with the rotters.

Come on.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

It's, uh... It's good stuff.

Hey, Dixon, Espinosa...

What's up?

Swarm's been spotted
near the north perimeter.

We've been assigned to check it out.

Vicker says we only work patrol.

Yeah, and now she wants to see

what you can do outside the walls.

Look, your sector's
covered, so let's go.

Come on!

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[Screaming, g*nf*re in distance]

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Annie: One more step, you die.

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Drop your weapons.

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You first.

Not happening.

We're here to help.

And who the hell are you?

- I'm...
- Negan: Her name is Maggie.

Jesus.

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[Sighs] Everybody.

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Let's put our sh*t back
in our pants and zip up.

Shall we?

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Hey, kiddo.

What are you doing here?

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We live here.

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Okay. So what now?

They have Gabriel.

No, they don't.

Come on.

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Ian... he walled up the
doors to hide the apartment.

There's a couple in the building.

Maggie?

Hey.

I wasn't sure you'd made it.

I almost didn't.

Did your people steal their g*ns?

- Hijack their convoy?
- No.

You sure about that?

I am really sick of them asking me this.

So am I.

You know, why don't you just ball up

and stop tiptoeing around
it and call her a liar.

[Chuckles]

Your boss had skulls on his bookcase,

so, yeah, I'm inclined to call bullshit.

- We didn't do it.
- Yeah? Then who did?

It doesn't matter.

We have to get these people out of here.

We can't leave.

Not with the rest of
my people still hiding.

Okay. What do you want to do?

Split into teams,

sweep each floor for whoever's left,

then find a way out together.

Okay.

Alright, let's go.

You stay here.

They need someone they
trust protecting them.

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She comes with me.

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How much longer?

Oh, not long.

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There it is.

[Walkers growling]

Where's everybody else?

[Laughing] There is no one else.

You want the four of
us to take all that out?

Sebastian: You aren't
gonna take them out.

You're gonna go through them.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about my buddy Cooper.

We grew up together.

He lived in a big house...
Right... right down there.

His dad was actually the
president of SDS Bank.

[Growling continues]

Anyway, his dad was also a prepper,

so he turned his office
into a panic room.

It's where he kept all his good sh*t,

like whiskey, weed, E, coke.

He also kept cash in there.

Lots of it.

And that is what I
need you to get for me.

[Growling continues]

This is a joke, right?

[Chuckles] No, sweetie, it isn't.

Alright, look, my bitch mother

has cut off my line of credit,

so I need to come up
with creative ways to...

support my lifestyle.

So have these dickheads do it.

They don't want to because
they can't sh**t down there.

You see, fired rounds are tracked,

so it'd raise questions.

And if these guys
can't sh**t g*ns, well,

they would probably get
dog-piled and suffocate.

But you two?

I know that you can do it.

I... I believe in you.

Now, this is the code

to the office's electric lock.

Now, there's a solar
generator in the garage

- that you can go thro...
- Nah.

No, we ain't doing it.

Yes, you are.

[Growling continues]

- [Growling stops]
- [Grunts]

Now, you're gonna slime
yourself up with guts,

and then you are gonna
walk through that swarm,

and you are gonna get me my cash.

Or what?

Hey, how are your kids doing?

Your little one, he just
jumped two grades, right?

And... And Coco, is she walking yet?

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Hey, hey.

You think your "advanced
m*llitary training's"

gonna help you right now?

Alves: Drop it, or you're both dead!

Not before I take this
assh*le's head off.

Let's get something a little straight.

You thr*aten our kids one more time,

- and I will gut you...
- Hey!

Hey, who said anything
about hurting kids?

I'm just saying that I
can make their life easier.

Or you can make them both orphans.

It's your call.

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We do this, and that's it?

Yeah.

Totally.

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[Kn*fe plunges]

[Walkers growling]

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Hey.

Blood... it's fresh.

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This way.

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Over here.

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You need power for the lock.

- [Walker growling]
- Hey, behind you.

♪

[Grunts]

♪

Can't be more than a few
days since they've turned.

Yeah.

[Pounding on door]

Hello?

Woman: Hey!

Are you with another group?!

We're with The Commonwealth Army.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

The money is in here, but I'm...

I'm the only one who's left.

He's done this before.

Please, please! Please don't leave me!

- Rosita: No, no.
- Don't leave me!

I've been in here so long! Please!

No, no, no. We won't.

We're not with the
people who sent you in.

Did they force you in here?

I was in debt, and then, uh, one day,

a man showed up at my door,

and he said he could
get me get out of it.

I have two kids.

I have two kids.

- It's okay, it's okay. Where...
- Please!

How many of you were sent in?

of us.

But only three of us made it inside.

We got the generators
on, and then... and then,

the two guys that I was with,
they turned on each other.

So I locked them out, and that's...

That's when the power went off,

and I-I haven't been
to get this door open!

You stay with her. I'll
go find the generator.

It's alright. Just hang on, okay?

Okay.

What's your name?

My name's April.

I'm Rosita.

Rosita.

Negan: Listen, I don't
want you to worry.

We're gonna make this work, okay?

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You left without saying a word.

I left because I gave a sh*t.

I left because that's
what everyone needed.

Right?

How'd you find them?

And your... what is she to you?

You're married?

It's crazy, right?

You being here fits.

You have a hand in putting any
of those skulls on Ian's shelf?

Says the guy that rolled
up with the Gestapo.

We didn't know.

The place we're living now is different

from any place we've ever seen.

No, it isn't.

I hoped that they might be, but...

they just want to swallow
up other communities.

They're like the Whisperers.

They just wear different masks.

Annie: Negan, do you copy?

Yeah. Where are you?

Fifth floor.

Listen, the soldiers are spread out,

but our window's closing.

Tell the others to move.

Copy that.

Hey, is Maggie still with you?

She is.

Alright, look. It's just, um...

Stop worrying.

I'll see you soon.

♪

Oh, sh*t.

[Door opens]

♪

Sit and stay!

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Sarge, I found a truck on the perimeter.

Kid hiding inside.

- Crowe: Did you say a kid?
- Affirmative.

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[Indistinct conversation in distance]

Man: We're all clear down
here. Take your gear upstairs.

Ginger?

I'm weeks, give or take.

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And yeah, it's his.

Not that he'd want me telling you.

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Negan: Hey, Annie, do you copy?

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I'm here.

I found someone.

Who?

Maggie's son.

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What?!

Yeah.

Turns out you had stowaway
that you didn't know about.

I'm coming to you.

No. You stay with Annie.

Negan...

He's safe. Alright?

You stay focused.

If anything happens to him...

It'll have to happen to me first.

♪

[g*nf*re]

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He's in good hands.

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He's in the hands of the
man who k*lled his father.

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Man: Five clear.

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I know who he is.

And what he did.

He told me.

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And you're still with him?

None of us have clean hands.

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I've seen what people will
do to each other to survive.

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Sometimes, it was done to me.

Other times, I did it to them.

I'm not proud of it, but it happened.

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All I can do now is try to be better.

Just like him.

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He doesn't get to forget.

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He hasn't.

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Post two out front,
nearest the front gate!

What matters to me is who he is now.

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He's someone who'll do whatever he can

to protect your boy.

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My mom told me to stay away from you.

[Chuckles]

Well, your mom is a very smart lady.

Why doesn't she like you?

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Because of something that
happened a long time ago.

Was it something bad?

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Yeah.

Yeah, it was, uh...
It was something bad.

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Are you a bad man?

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I was.

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Look, kid, I...

[g*n cocks]

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My mom told me a bad man k*lled my dad.

It was you, wasn't it?

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Yeah.

Yeah, it was me.

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Look...

Kid, what I took away
from you and your mom,

there is nothing I can say or do

that is gonna make that better.

And I know you want
to pull that trigger,

and I don't blame you.

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The thing is, if you do,

the bad people are gonna
know where we're hiding.

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Maybe I deserve to die
for what I did to your dad,

to your family...

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...but these people here...

they don't.

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[Whirring]

[Electricity crackles]

[Walker growling]

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[Grunts]

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[Whirring]

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[Beeping]

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April, are you still with me?

April: Yes.

Alright, we're coming in.

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Oh, God.

Thank you! Thank you!

- Okay, okay.
- Thank you!

The safe is right there.

- Can you get into it?
- I don't know.

We'll try.

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Oh!

[Rapid beeping]

What is that?

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Aw, sh*t.

♪

[Alarm blaring]

♪

No! No, no, no!

No, they're drawn inside the house!

- Okay, alright!
- Shut it off!

Yeah, I just have to cut the
power to the circuit board.

Hurry. Hurry!

[Alarm continues]

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[Clanging]

[Groans]

Hurry!

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[Groans]

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[Alarm stops]

[Sighs]

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Come here! Give me a hand!

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Oh, they're coming! Please, hurry!

I know!

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Hurry, please!

Come on.

Move away from the door.

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We go out the same way we came in.

No sudden moves. We walk
right out that door.

- You ready?
- Wait.

She doesn't have enough blood on her.

Oh, God. No.

- Put that on.
- What about you?

I'll be fine.

Thank you.

[g*nshots]

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[Growling stops]

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[Pounding on door]

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You gonna let us in or what?

How'd you know where we were?

You didn't show up for
lunch, so I got Mercer.

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Alves and Castle said

you came here to steal some money.

Nope.

That did not happen.

What, y'all looting
houses now? Is that it?

Sebastian made us come in here.

He threatened our kids.

And who are you?

Some soldiers brought
a group of us here,

and they told us that if we...

We got in, we could
have a cut of the money.

How many were in your group?

. Now it's just me.

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How many more rounds we got?

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Maybe .

Lot more walkers out there than that.

We gut up, and we go.

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[Walkers growling]

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[April groans]

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No! No! No!

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[g*nshots]

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[g*nsh*t]

[g*n clicks]

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[g*nshots]

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Man: No! No, please!

No! No, no! No, no, no, please!

[g*nshots]

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Alright.

These people...

Anyone you find, they refuse
to give you something useful,

you just pop them in
the head and move on.

We find our g*ns in the next hour

or we burn this place to the ground.

♪

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Gabriel, Aaron, you there?

Gabriel: We're here.

- Is Elijah with you?
- He is.

Good. I have a plan.

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Carlson: Anything?

Nothing, sir.

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[Whistles]

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[g*nf*re]

Gabriel: Aaron, up to the roof!

It's that g*dd*mn priest again.

Let's go!

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Stop!

- Drop it!
- [g*ns cock]

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Just enough of this sh*t!

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What are you even thinking?

Huh? Just turning on me?

On The Commonwealth? For what?

Some tenement w*rlord and
all these thieving followers?

I just... I really thought
you were smarter than all that.

♪

All Troopers, up to the roof, now!

Commander needs assistance!

Man: Sir, we have combatants inbound.

[g*nf*re]

Fall back!

[Laughs]

Okay.

Okay.

Ooh.

That's good.

The wisdom to know
the difference, right?

[Chuckles]

Look, things just got
a little out of hand.

We all just need to... Hoo!

Take a breath, right?

♪

Listen.

Listen, we just need to talk things...

[g*nshots]

Aah!

[Walkers growling]

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Oh, God!

Oh, God!

No!

Oh, God, no!

[Screaming]

No! No!

Help! No!

[Screaming]

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Mercer: Could've used
your help back there.

Alves: [Chuckles] Yeah, looks like it.

But we don't answer to you.

That the money?

Carol: How many others did
you send in before them?

I don't know.

What, ? Maybe ?

Hey, at least we're coming home with...

You have to pay him.

- Sebastian.
- What?

- Rosita: No...
- If you don't, he'll come after you,

and that's a fight you ain't gonna win.

I'll carry the bags through the gate.

They won't search me.

Alright.

♪

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

There they are!

So?

Yes!

Well done, ladies and gents!

Well done!

Yes!

Hey, where are...?

Where are Alves and Castle?

They didn't make it.

Huh.

- What's that?
- That is your cut.

I'm of course going to pay you.

Oh, my God... congrats, guys!

We did it!

Hey, I am so glad that
we're friends again.

Hmm.

♪

[Door closes]

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Open Range, do you copy?

[Sighs]

Open Range...

♪

[Sniffles]

[Knock on door]

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey.

It's late.

Where you been?

I was helping some friends out of a jam.

Yeah?

Yeah.

They were on a... a mission
for the Governor's son.

He's been finding desperate people,

sending them through swarms
to get stashes of cash.

[Sighs]

Most of them didn't make it out.

He sent your friends to do this?

Yeah.

They all made it back, though?

Barely.

Good.

And the money?

Did they get it?

Yeah.

Ah. Finally.

[Sighs]

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Why... Why did you
send the other people?

W-What did they do?

[Mug thuds]

They put themselves in bad situations,

either through stupid choices

or an unwillingness
to play by the rules.

I tried to throw them a lifeline.

♪

Look... this place works

because everyone plays their part.

If you can't or won't,

it hurts everyone else.

That's when the system breaks down,

and we can't let that happen.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah.

Yeah, people can either
be part be of the problem

or part of the solution.

I knew you'd get it.

Hmm.

Well...

I'll let you get back to work.

- Carol.
- Yeah.

♪

It's nice to be able to
talk to someone who...

sees the big picture.

- Not many can.
- Mm.

♪

[Door closes]

♪

You and I, we have some
unfinished business, don't we?

I tell you what.

You go back with your mom.

Help her rebuild your home.

And in a few years, when
you've grown up a bit...

...come find me.

And I promise you, we will settle it.

♪

What did he say to you?

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[Sighs]

What are you gonna do?

Can't go back to Commonwealth.

No, we kinda have to.

Lance is gonna want to
know what happened here.

Gabriel: Well, the more immediate problem

is these people.

It's only a matter of time
before Hornsby comes for them.

♪

Then we have to do something.

All of this over some g*ns.

Yeah, but if Ian didn't
steal the weapons, who did?

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[Groaning]

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No, no! Please, please, please, please!

No!

Please, no, no, no, please!

No, please, no, no!

♪

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Hornsby: It doesn't
make a whole lot of sense

for a bunch of strangers to
just keep the two of you alive.

Unless they weren't strangers.

Are you calling us liars?

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Kelly: Whatever this is,

if the Miltons are involved,

they'll keep it locked up.

You could change this place.

You could be so much more.

You expect me to trust him?

I'm asking you to trust me.

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Sit and stay!

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Sarge, I found a truck on the perimeter.

Kid hiding inside.

- Man: Did you say a kid?
- Affirmative.

Kang: This story with
Negan and Hershel is just...

It's really important to the
story of Negan and Maggie.

We've always shown
and we've always known

that Negan has, like, a
fondness and a sense of care

for children.

My mom told me to stay away from you.

[Chuckles]

Well, your mom is a very smart lady.

He actually is often able to
speak to them and reach them

in a way that perhaps their
parental figures can't.

Look, kid, I...

[g*n cocks]

My mom told me a bad man k*lled my dad.

It was you, wasn't it?

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He has no animosity towards Hershel,

but he can certainly
feel that that animosity

is coming the opposite direction.

But this is complicated
'cause it's Maggie's child

and he knows that
there is so much, like,

weight behind anything related to it.

And Maggie, for her part, of course,

does not trust him with her child.

If anything happens to him...

It'll have to happen to me first.

Even if that wasn't a
child related to Maggie,

like, I do think he
would protect the child.

He absolutely would, but on top of that,

I think he's trying to
relay to Maggie, like,

"I'm not exactly the same person

that I was or that you think I am."

Like, I think he's
trying to tell her, like,

"You can trust me You
don't have to like me,

we don't have to be
friends, but the thing is,

like, when it comes to this stuff,

I'm gonna live up to my word."

Rosita: You want the four
of us to take all that out?

Sebastian: You aren't
gonna take them out.

You're gonna go through them.

[Walkers growling]

Daryl: What are you talking about?

Kang: The idea of money in this world

is so arbitrary.

You know, it feels so stupid
to both Daryl and Rosita.

The fact that they're going
out and risking their lives

and that other people
have risked their lives

over something that ultimately,

like, we assign the value to...

You might as well just
not have anything at all

and people take what they need.

Hey, how are your kids doing?

Your little one, he just
jumped two grades, right?

And... And Coco, is she walking yet?

♪

Hey, hey.

They get to a point in this scene

where he's said this
thing about their kids,

and they're not dumb people...

They know that he has the
power to cause them trouble

or the power to, like,
make their stay pleasant.

They're not happy about it.

They're... They feel like
they've been compromised,

but they might as well
just get it over with

'cause they're gonna have to
pay this bill one way or another.

Can't go back to Commonwealth.

No, we kinda have to.

Lance is gonna want to
know what happened here.

Gabriel: Well, the more immediate problem

is these people.

It's only a matter of time
before Hornsby comes for them.

♪

Then we have to do something.

All of this over some g*ns.

Yeah, but if Ian didn't
steal the weapons, who did?

We were always planning
to bring Leah back,

so we'd always, like,
intended for it to be, like,

this story of... here's
somebody who had good qualities

and yet things went
pretty dark with them.

Leah: Bad idea.

♪

You gonna k*ll me?

Should I?

Daryl... he's a complicated character

and he has different relationships

with every single character
that he encounters.

And so we just... we kind of thought,

from Leah's side of the story,

I do think she actually really,
really cared about Daryl.

You ain't gonna talk to me?

But at the end of the
day, she's going to choose

her team first, and
that makes, like, for

a difficult situation for our heroes

when she comes back.

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