11x16 - Acts of God

[bunniefuu]

Those monsters are on the loose,
we need to smoke them out.

We'll start with the Hilltop.

Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

Open up, ain't nobody leavin'
until they look around.

You are gonna get me my cash.

They wanted us to stay quiet
but there are good people here.

They need to know the truth.

You want me to look for secret files?

- Yes, and steal them.
- This involves the Miltons?

The young psychopath, at least.

My name is Lance Hornsby and
I'm here to offer you a job.

[Walkers snarling]

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Come here.

You have everything?

Piggy Pig?

I'm not a baby anymore, Mom.

Right. I forgot.

I don't wanna go.

It's only temporary. Okay?

I promise.

- I wanna help.
- I know you do, Hershel,

but not this time, okay?

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How far do you think?

miles south, give or take.

Should get there before
dark if we move fast.

Then we'll be back before you know it.

Okay?

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I got you.

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Call it.

Tails, I guess.

Over there, please.

Gonna give us the assignment, sir?

You'll know soon enough.

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- Morning.
- Oh, my God.

[Both chuckle]

I thought you were still asleep.

Well, I was. Soundly so.

I thought we had a
lovely night, didn't we?

Yeah, we did.

What are you reading?

Um, just...

stuff on physics.

"An object in motion", you know.

- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

Well...

Just so you know...

you are the most remarkable
human I have ever met

in my heretofore uneventful life.

Okay, let's not get carried away here.

You're beautiful in every way.

Thank you.

I have to get ready for work.

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If you're having hesitation about what

I've asked you to do...

No.

I said I'll do it.

I just, um...

Hey.

You can tell me.

I just can't stop thinking about
what happens after we do this.

This place pushes on people
to keep things the same.

I just worry they'll keep
pushing till we all break.

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Clear.

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This room is clear!

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They're not splitting up.

- Clear!
- Yeah, they will.

- This might be our best sh*t.
- No, it's too risky.

We need to just get through
this and get back home.

There is no "getting
through this," all right?

We are in the sh*t till we
find a way to fight our way out.

Look, we keep heading
north, away from our group.

We find our moment, we take it.

Hey, what's with the chit-chat?

Man, we need a break.

Been doing this for a while now.

And we'll keep doing this for a while,

if that's what it takes.

Hey, you check Charleston yet?

Why? What's in Charleston?

There's a rumor up on the rooftops

they trade for weapons and stuff.

Might be something, might not.

- [Banging, wood cracking]
- Move!

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[Screaming]

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[Grunts]

Man: Romano, what's your ?

[Panting]

miles past the last outpost.

Second location is
cleared, one more to go.

Copy that.

Let's move.

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Hornsby's checking in on us.

We need to watch our backs.

Yeah.

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[Locusts buzzing]

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Sounds like it's getting closer.

Because it is.

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Mom?

I'm okay.

No, you're not.

Hershel...

Everything I've done...

And everything I still do...

is so that we have choices.

The place that we're going
right now, you may not like it.

But I promise you,

it is the right choice.

For now.

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Oh, you made it! This way.

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Exciting.

Don't you think?

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Things are coming together.

You get the scalp of the
woman who k*lled your family,

and I finally get to do my
job without interference.

Everybody wins.

Well...

not everybody.

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[Insects calling]

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I'll need to see.

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When she's dead.

I'll need to see her when she's dead.

You will.

Come on.

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[Tapping code]

Okay, this thing is stuck.

[Grunts]

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Maggie.

Hey, kid.

And you're sure this guy
Hornsby and his men are coming?

Yes, Elijah spotted
a few of them miles

outside our walls last night.

Thoughts?

You helped us,

and I am grateful.

And I got no problem
watching the kid at all.

But, Annie, my wife, is pregnant,

so there is no way I'm gonna sit in some

Whisperer worm hole while you're out...

I don't know... saving
some sh*thole of a home

that's not worth saving.

Negan, don't.

Actually, he's right.

Maybe Hilltop isn't worth saving.

Those people are.

This fight that I'm in, that I started,

with Hornsby...

It's not gonna end until I end it.

And I got no doubt you will.

But I also got no doubt
that you are firmly

in the crosshairs of
this Lance assh*le, so...

So I'm coming with you.

No. I'll finish it.

- Maggie, we can help fight...
- No, please.

I need you to stay here... with Hershel,

with those others.

Keep them away from Hilltop
and safe until this is over.

He doesn't exactly trust me, you know?

But I'm starting to.

You saved him...

at Riverbend.

Whatever else happens,

and whatever else has happened,

I will never forget that.

Wow.

You have big balls, Maggie Rhee.

I got you.

And I got your boy.

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Annie...

He'll be waiting for
you when this is done.

I promise you that.

Thank you.

[Insects calling]

Oh, sh*t.

If that ain't a sign
from the Man Upstairs.

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You at the second location?

Man: Clearing that now.

Finish.

Then head back.

Copy that, sir. We'll head back.

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One last sweep, then home.

All right, great.

I'll lead.

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Man: Cover left, cover left!

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Aah!

[Grunts]

[Glass breaks, g*nf*re]

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Keep 'em surrounded!

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Flanking left! Cover me!

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Moving up! Cover me, cover me!

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Watch that left! Watch that left!

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[Snarling]

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[Muffled groan]

[Grunts]

[Winces]

Where's Hornsby?

Screw you.

[Walkers snarling]

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It's your choice.

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Maybe...

Maybe miles out.

He said he wanted...

Said he wanted to clear the field.

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[g*nsh*t]

"Clear the field"?

Leave only allies behind.

Maggie.

Romano, you there?

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He ain't here anymore.

Move! Now!

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And when this world fell,

we gathered up the scattered pieces,

and we put them back together again.

It wasn't easy, and
we faltered at times.

But we found a reason to live

when everything outside these walls...

was dead.

Max?

You okay?

You seem...

far away.

No, I'm good.

I'm right here.

Max, if you're having a
bad day, you can tell me.

I do get it, you know?

Always having to be "strong,"
never show any emotion.

But if we can't show that to each other,

who can we show it to?

I appreciate it, Pamela.

You know I do. But...

I am really okay.

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Oh, before I forget.

Accounting sent over
the Founders' Day budget.

There's a $ , surplus.

Well, that's great.

I was gonna suggest something,
if you're open to it?

How about starting a scholarship fund

for our less-fortunate families?

I've put together a
proposal, and we could...

Is that... okay?

Of course! I love your
out-of-the-box thinking.

But any extra funds go
right back into the event.

It's our biggest day of the year.

Sure.

I understand.

You really should get going.

You've got that : dinner.

Yes, thank you.

I don't know what I'd
do without you, Max.

You're leaving soon, too, right?

Right behind you.

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Hey.

I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

No, Sebastian, hi.

Uh, no, you didn't.

Is there something that I can help you?

Yes, uh, is... is...

Uh, is my mom pissed at me?

You know, 'cause I keep
asking for her, and... and...

- nothing, so...
- It's just been

a hectic afternoon, so...

I gotta talk to her,
so could you just...

If you could get her for me, Max.

She's actually at a work dinner,

but I can get word to her for you.

"Get word to her"?

Yeah, yeah, why...

Why don't you go "get
word" to her for me.

Her only child.

That is such bullshit.

I'm really sorry, Sebastian,

but I was actually on my way out, so...

Oh, you never stop!

But, working, working, hey.

You just... Oh, God,

I mean, you even take it home with you?

Oh, no, that's... I-I got it.

It's okay. That's fine.

Always clumsy after one too
many afternoon coffees, you know?

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Yeah, it's, uh...

poor man's drug.

Caffeine.

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[Insects chittering]

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[Snap, expl*si*n]

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No sign of Hornsby.

assh*le always has somebody
else do his dirty work.

See if we can recover
any of their weapons.

Follow their trail back to their camp,

and then we end this.

On it.

You ready, bud?

As ever.

Let's do it.

[g*nsh*t echoes]

Marco!

Get down!

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No. Marco!

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Go, go.

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[Grunting]

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[g*nsh*t]

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[Insects chittering loudly]

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How many?

Three.

Leah, your ?

Leah, what the hell was that?!

I drew 'em out.

I'm doin' this my way.

Your way got my men k*lled!

Collateral damage.

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I've got others fanned
over a -mile perimeter.

We'll find them.

You goddamned better.

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His troopers are here.

He's gotta be close.

Yeah.

We got walkers, too.

[Walkers snarling]

He set traps for them.

These aren't for them.

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What is it?

Leah.

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I think we should split
up, cover more ground.

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[Growling]

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You sure it was her?

Yes.

Go, please.

I'll lead Leah and the others away.

I am not gonna leave you.

I will not risk losing you two.

We can handle ourselves, Maggie, okay?

We'll draw them away, too,
and then, when everyone's safe,

we'll just go meet up with the others.

I'll find you. Go.

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Tyler Davis is on this list.

And the woman Rosita tried to help out

during the heist is on here, too.

I counted more.

What about these numbers?

They look like... codes?

Maybe coordinates?

So you think this is about
where they're hiding people.

Why don't we write about that?

No, not yet.

I need proof.

Something this big, this expl*sive?

We... We need a key to cr*ck the code.

U-Until we have that,

I'll write about Sebastian's heist...

and hang it around Pamela's neck.

I mean, when everyone finds out
that she's not on their side,

they're gonna question
everything about this place.

Hence the aforementioned uprising.

[Knocking at door]

No, hey, hey, hey! It's... It's okay.

I thought we could use
help, so I told him to come.

Sorry I'm late.

Trying to round up a
few more for the cause.

- Geez.
- I told him

we'd needed more people
to get the article out.

And I got a whole network, ready
and willing to ride at dawn.

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We're doing this?

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Let's ride.

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[Insects in distance, soft footsteps]

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[Walker snarling softly]

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[Snarling]

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[Snarling continues]

[Snarling louder]

[Blade sticks, snarling stops]

[Wind whistling softly]

[Dramatic chord strikes]

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[Dramatic chord, grunt]

[Insects chittering]

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I have waited for this
moment for a long time.

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I know what you want.

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I wanted it myself for a long time.

You can't k*ll me.
That would be too easy.

If that was what you wanted,
you would've done it already.

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You want me to suffer.

Feel everything that you felt.

All the pain.

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'Cause somewhere inside you,

you think that'll take away your pain.

It won't.

You're wrong.

It's not just you.

By the time I'm done...

Everyone you love will be dead.

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[Horse whinnies softly]

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Then I guess that makes us even.

I took your family,

you take mine.

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Nature has a way of
taking care of these things.

It's not nature.

Or fate.

It's us.

I k*lled your people
because it was what I wanted.

If this is what you want, Leah.

Go ahead.

You want it, so do it.

Go on.

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Hyah!

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[g*nsh*t]

[Grunting]

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[g*nsh*t]

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They're in there!

[Indistinct shouts]

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Sir, are you okay?

Let it go! On the other side!

Who's my backup here?

Hold your fire!

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[Wind howling through window]

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Now we take it all.

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Oh, sh*t.

If that ain't a sign
from the Man Upstairs.

The locusts, in some ways
it's an atmospheric element.

It's just part of, like,

the sense of the world itself is hostile.

I think for our heroes,
this overwhelming sound

is part of, like, what
makes things complicated,

because it makes it harder to
hear Leah coming, for example.

But, on the other hand,
they're looking at it

as kind of like this unsettling thing,

which is this a problem for them

in terms of, like,
being, like, a harbinger

of more problems to come.

Seems like it's getting closer.

Because it is.

There's just a lot running
through their heads

as they're seeing, like, nature
just act up and be their enemy.

Maggie.

I think, like, a lot of things

started to shift in that relationship,

'cause there's a couple of things

that I think are really key.

Go.

Negan put the call out to help to Maggie.

So, when they were in a jam,

that's the person that
he sent a letter to,

and he sent that rider
to Hilltop to call for help.

And the thing is, Maggie came.

And I think for Maggie's side,

she saw that Negan vowed to make
sure that Hershel stayed okay,

and that was the end result.

He doesn't exactly trust me, you know?

But I'm starting to.

She has not forgiven him,

and I don't think she's ever
going to forget.

But there is something
different about the idea

of saying, like, "But I can
trust you as an ally."

I got you.

And I got your boy.

She knows she has to trust
somebody with Hershel

because something is coming
that she's going to have to face.

I'll finish it.

- Maggie, we can help fight...
- No, please.

I need you to stay here... with Hershel,

with those others.

Maggie also trusts Annie.

I think she gets the vibe
that Annie is a good person.

I think she thinks that
Annie grounds Negan

in some kind of way that's interesting.

Like, she's, like, reading
all those dynamics.

She's feeling like the person
that he wound up with

is somebody that is as good
a person as, like, any of us.

And I think she's right.

I don't want to go.

It's only temporary, okay?

I promise.

She's really realizing,
like, maybe she's holding

onto something that's the wrong version

of what she wants to hold onto.

And I think what she wants to hold onto

is a sense of community,

the memory of the people that she lost.

You know, Glenn is buried at the Hilltop.

But does the Barrington
house itself matter?

And I think, like, that's
something that she's kind of

taking from the conversation.

She's come to the conclusion

that people are the most important,

but that does mean that we
have to make a stand here.

Follow their trail back to their camp,

and then we end this.

She really is like a good w*r leader,

and she's a good strategist.

I think the thing that she did
not see coming was Leah.

That is a fight of pure hatred.

They cannot stand each other.

When you get caught
in a cycle of v*olence,

and, like, revenge,
where is the end point

when it's one retaliation after another,

because Maggie feels like
Leah was the aggressor.

"Her and her people
came and k*lled my people."

And Leah feels like, "But we
made a deal with you

in good faith, and then you sh*t
my people in the back,

and you tried to k*ll me."

I have waited for this
moment for a long time.

I know what you want.

I wanted it myself for a long time.

They cannot see eye-to-eye

because they're both
people who are leaders

that feel like the other person
was responsible for the m*rder

of everybody that they loved.

Yah!

For Leah, she also wants to see
Maggie suffer the way she did.

And so, in some ways,
that might have been her mistake

as a villain, rather than just
taking a sh*t when she could.

For Daryl, Maggie's like his sister,

and Daryl always feels like
he owes a debt to Maggie.

So, there's not even,
like, a moment of like,

"What do I choose?"

There's nothing to choose.

The only choice he could make is Maggie.

Sir, are you okay?

For Hornsby, this is a no-good,
very bad, horrible day.

Part of what's still driving Hornsby

is he doesn't want this
to get back to Pamela.

And the bigger this mess becomes,

the harder it's gonna be to cover it up.

Now it's just become, like,
"I need to wipe out the thr*at."

Everybody who is out here,

like, they've got a target
on their back now.

Call it.

Tails, I guess.

We've been talking a lot about luck

in this block of episodes.

We want to believe

that everything is within our control.

But is it truly all within our control?

I think that's something
that all of our characters

in varying ways are grappling with.

And we've got a lot of
characters in this episode

that are feeling like,

"I want to, like, snatch
fate into my hands

so that it's not just
a flip of the coin."

It's not just what somebody tells you

is gonna happen to you.

I think that's really, like,
where a lot of our characters

are feeling at sea when they
reach this block of episodes,

and that's gonna, like, inform
where they want to, like,

continue going as we get
into the final block

of the series.

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