02x07 - I'll Find You

[bunniefuu]

[dreamy, ethereal music playing]

[machinery whirring]

[mysterious music building]

[thermometer beeps]

[Gillian] I don't understand.

You're telling me we've got
enough eggs to feed a small continent,

and yet we can't even grow
one single viable culture?

Innovation takes time, Gillian.

I'll be sure to tell that to the Board
when they cut our funding.

[scientist] It'll take months
to sift through just one of those cores.

[Gillian] At this rate,
we won't make clinical trials.

[scientist] I can't...

We haven't even seen
some of this genetic material before.

We cannot rush this kind of research.

- Or...
- [Gillian] Or what?

One... wrong strand of something, anything,

that's all it takes.

If we reproduce that...

all hell could break loose.

[distorted, rhythmic pounding]

[pounding resolves into heartbeat]

[ethereal, wondrous music playing]

[whispers] What the fu...

Is everything okay?

That unfertilized egg.

It has a heartbeat.

[heartbeat pumping over speakers]

What?

I think we just secured our funding.

[excited clamoring]

[upbeat party music playing]

[muffled music, party chatter continuing]

[Birdie] I never got the chance

to tell you my favorite
Grateful Dead story, Richard.

My parents were listening
to Jerry when they conceived me.

There have been studies about the benefits
of music in vitro development.

It sounds ridiculous, I know, but...

I felt responsible for that heartbeat.

[suspenseful music playing]

For better...

or worse.

[somber, introspective music playing]

I never thought that I could be a mother,

but... life has a way of sneaking up on us.

- [door opens]
- This way.

Come on. This is the way.

You need to take Gus now.

But I can't do this.

I... I'm nobody.

They won't come looking for you,
so you can keep Gus safe.

[Gus fussing, crying]

[Birdie] You're gonna be safe.

I don't know anything about babies.

I don't know anything
about saving the world.

[klaxon wailing]

I'll find you. Just go.

Go!

[indistinct chatter]

[soldier speaking indistinctly]

[indistinct chatter]

[music intensifies, subsides]

[gentle, soothing music playing]

[soft sigh]

[Birdie] "I'll find you."

Those were the last three words
I said to you.

But not a day goes by
that they don't play in my head.

Over and over.

Like a heartbeat.

[strong, steady heartbeat]

Whoa, what happened here?

[jarring stinger]

[chilling music playing]

[chilling music intensifies]

[flames roaring]

Ask your mom back there, kid.

It was her idea.

- [brakes screech]
- [kids grunt]

- Whoa!
- [Gus] The road is blocked.

We can't get through.

- What do we do?
- I don't know. Let me think.

- [heavy whirring]
- [kid] What's that?

Big Man?

[treads grinding heavily]

- [kid] Where's that coming from?
- [Aimee] Jepp?

[kid] What is that?

- [Jepp] Everybody down.
- [Aimee] Kids, down!

- Jepperd!
- Go backwards, Big Man!

Get down!
[painful grunting] g*dd*mn it.

[kid] What do we do?

- [Jepp] To the left.
- I can't!

[Jepp] Come on!

[high-pitched engines revving]

[Aimee] Away from the windows, kids!

What is this?

[both] Animal Army.

[anxious vocalizing]

Bear.

We ride or die for this bus!

[Animal Army] Boo-yah!

[t*nk clanking]

- [Aimee] Watch out! Get down!
- [Gus] Get down! Down!

[kid] What are they doing?

[Gus] Hide! Hide behind here!

Look out!

Big Man, the road's clear.

[Wendy] What's happening?

[Gus] Who is it?

[suspenseful music intensifies]

[music halts]

Bobby am back.

Bobby!

[excited clamoring]

[wondrous music playing]

Bobby, get in here.

[Tiger] Go.

We got your back.

Hey.

Go.

[" Ways to Leave Your Lover"
by Paul Simon playing]

Promise me one thing.

What's that?

Promise me you'll finish them.

For good.

We finish the Last Men now!

Animals forever!

[Animal Army] Animals forever!

♪ The problem is all inside your head ♪

♪ She said to me ♪

♪ The answer is easy
If you take it logically ♪

♪ I'd like to help you
In your struggle to be free ♪

♪ There must be
ways to leave your lover ♪

♪ She said, "It's really not
My habit to intrude" ♪

You take care of him.

He's an awesome little dude.

♪ At the risk of being crude ♪

♪ There must be
ways to leave your lover ♪

♪ Just slip out the back, Jack ♪

♪ Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy ♪

Oh Bobby!

[joyful chatter]

♪ Hop on the bus, Gus ♪

♪ You don't need to discuss much ♪

♪ Just drop off the key, Lee ♪

♪ And get yourself free ♪

♪ Ooh, slip out the back, Jack ♪

♪ Make a new plan, Stan ♪

♪ Don't need to be coy, Roy ♪

[engine revs]

♪ Just listen to me ♪

♪ Hop on the bus, Gus ♪

♪ You don't need to discuss much ♪

♪ Just drop off the key, Lee ♪

♪ And get yourself free ♪

[klaxon wailing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[cell phone ringing]

sh*t. sh*t.

- [line ringing]
- Come on.

[erratic breathing] What?

Did you hear?

- [whispers] Not really a good time, Judy.
- All hell broke loose.

I think that microbe
we were working on got out.

That's why the government moved in.

They're trying to destroy everything.

- What about...
- Gus.

Did you find him?

Yes.

He's okay.

Oh, thank God.

I tried telling those g*ons I don't know
what we're working on half the time.

Gillian always kept
so many secrets anyways.

So what's the contingency plan here?

I have a feeling
there is no contingency plan.

What if this is it? What... What if...

What if this is the end?

Then it's already too late.

[Judy, haltingly]
What do I do now? I mean, what...

Do I come to your house?

Birdie?

Birdie?

[sweeping, dramatic music playing]

Birdie.

Birdie, where are you?

I'm here.

What do I do?

Start packing.

[music intensifies]

[jolting stinger]

Ticktock, Dr. Miller.

[grunting, struggling]

Get off me! Get off of me!

No!

[struggling] No!

[jarring stinger]

[grunting groggily]

[sinister music playing]

[music swells, halts]

Can't believe you joined the Last Men.

As a spy to find you.

All that crap you gave me.

That wasn't the same thing at all.

I'm just glad you're both alive.

I tracked you to the plane.

I saw the blood.

When you saw my body wasn't there,
how long did you look for me?

About as long
as you looked for me, apparently.

You were next on the list after Gus.

- I swear.
- Same. I swear.

Just glad you found us.

So how are you alive anyway?

Well, I wouldn't be
if it wasn't for that lady at the back.

- Who is she?
- She ran the Preserve.

She's their mom.

Gus, I have news.

About Birdie.

What is it?

[gentle, pensive music playing]

- I talked to her.
- Wait.

- What?
- I found a phone in her attic and...

- Where is she?
- I don't know. She wouldn't say.

- Why? Was she okay? What'd she say?
- Well...

- Did she ask about me?
- Yes.

She wanted me to give you something.

[tender music swells]

I told her what an awesome kid you were.

She was so excited to hear about you.

And that you made it
all the way to her house.

I saved that for you too.

What is this?

It's called a cassette tape.

Huh?

It's like a CD.

Or an album.

I think it holds pictures...

You don't know what a cassette is, do you?

It plays music.

You know, that stuff you like to dance to.

No. You need a cassette player.

Um, excuse me, Mr. Big Man,
my mom says to pull over.

[startled, inscrutable music playing]

[muffled shriek]

Oh, Wendy, this is...

I know who you are.

Your name is Bear.

Gus told us all about you.

Hi, Wendy.

Hi, Bear. [chuckles]

Actually, my name's really Becky.

- [Gus] It is?
- Huh?

Nice to meet you, Becky.

It's nice to meet you too.

All right, this is called a pit stop.

Y'all know what a pit stop is?

It's for peeing.

That's it.

You got five minutes.

After that, you better get your butts
or tails or whatever back on this bus,

or I'm leaving you behind.

I'm not playing.

We're not out of the woods yet.

Are you ready?

On the count of three.

- One...
- [excited clamoring]

[Jepp] Hey!

I... I just...

All right, go on now.

[Gus] Whoo!

Hey, I said five minutes.

[joyful, upbeat music playing]

[Aimee] Yes! Yes!

- [radio squawks]
- [Tiger] Anyone have eyes on 'em?

[Rufus] Stay off this channel,
knuckleheads. It ain't clear.

What's the score?

The Animal Army's got the zoo surrounded.

We're good.

I'll feel a hell of a lot better
once they take care of business.

We're not safe out here until they do.

What's her deal?

[poignant music playing]

Long story.

She loves those kids more than anything.

She went through hell to get 'em back.

Trust me, she won't let that one
out of her sight ever again.

Okay, come on, let's go. Let's go.

You're the last ones, come on.

Move it. Move it.

All the kids are onboard.

We gotta get going.

See if we can
make the cabin before sunrise.

We gotta put as much road
between us and the zoo as we can.

Go ahead.

I'm right behind you.

Look, I know you're mad,
and you'll never forgive me.

But we gotta go.

Abbot's reeling, but he's not finished.

You saved my kids.

I forgive you.

- Listen...
- Please stop.

Look, I'm sorry, but...

Jepperd, don't come any closer.

Wait.

Are you...

[disquieting stinger]

[shakily] How?

I've been asking myself that
since we left the Preserve.

Abbot has a treatment.
We could radio the Animal Army.

I have it.

I grabbed it when I was in there.

They k*lled my boy to make this.
I'm not taking it.

- Aimee...
- I'll never take it.

His name was Roy. He was eight years old.

He loved soccer.

I'm holding onto him.

[sweeping, sorrowful music playing]

What did you tell the kids?

Nothing.

- Yet.
- They should know.

My kids just went through hell, Jepperd.

Let us have
one last road trip together, okay?

They deserve it.

[gently] Tell me what you need.

Just get my kids to that cabin.

I need to spend the time I have left here
making sure they're safe.

Would you help me do that?

Yeah.

[tender country music playing]

["And It's Still Alright"
by Nathaniel Rateliff playing]

♪ It ain't alright
The hardness of my head ♪

♪ Now close your eyes and spin around ♪

♪ Say, hard times, you could find ♪

♪ That it ain't the way that you want ♪

♪ But it's still alright ♪

[Birdie] "I'll find you."

I meant it when I said that.

Even if I didn't know at first,
there's a reason life brought us together.

[heartbeat pounding]

There's a reason
why our stories found each other.

But there's a reason
why my story took a little longer.

[song trails off]

Yellowstone!

[sweeping, spirited music playing]

Welcome home, kid.

[birds tweeting]

[sighs]

This is it. Follow me.

Last one there is a stinky fart.

[adventurous music playing]

[tender, heartfelt music playing]

It's a lot smaller than I remembered.

I love it.

- You do?
- Yes.

You did it, Gus.

You got us here.

We did it together.

[Gus] Check out the garden.

Too bad I set it on fire.

- You did what?
- I was having a bad day.

Yo, please tell me there's real food here.
Earl tried to eat a pine cone.

[Earl] Hmm?

[Bobby grunting]

[grunting continues]

[splutters, spits]

Are those...

Potatoes.

No more kibble.

Mom, do we have any crayons?

I'd love to, but we have
a lot to do before tonight.

[delicate, pensive music playing]

Hey, who wants to play a game?

[excited clamoring]

- [Wendy] Everyone, come on!
- [Becky] Okay.

I want to know

who can gather the most water
from that stream over there

and bring it back.

You ready?

Set...

go!

Did, uh...

Jepp tell you?

You're like a rock star to my kids.

The way you all rode in
on those motorbikes.

They'll do anything you say.

[gentle, soothing music playing]

Do you need to rest?

I'll try to tire them out.

Yes, thank you.

[Becky] Thanks, guys!

[kids laughing]

All right, now who's the strongest?

[excited chatter]

[Becky] I wanna see who can collect
the most wood for our bonfire tonight.

I'm gonna tell Animal Army stories.

Ready...

Set... go!

[sighs]

Good to be home?

Yeah.

Actually, it's better than when I left.

All my friends are here.

And Becky and Aimee.

And you.

What more could I want?

[Jepp sighs]

You can sit in Pubba's chair if you want.

He wouldn't mind.

- [grunts]
- [chair creaking]

[chuckles]

[Jepp] Yeah.

Not bad.

You look worried.

Are we safe?

Let the grownups worry about that stuff.

Jepp, are we safe?

You're safer than you were yesterday.

That was his.

That stuff meant something to him.

Maybe her too.

I don't know.

Maybe I'll never know.

[delicate, curious music playing]

On the other hand...

Maybe you will.

[window opening]

[steady, strong heartbeat]

[heartbeat intensifying]

[heartbeat intensifying]

[Birdie] Hello, Richard.

You remember me?

I believe I owe you an explanation.

The last thing I said to you was,

"I'll find you."

And then, well,

life and the end of the world
had other ideas.

[suspenseful music builds]

Some pandemics start with bats.

This one started with hubris.

[suspenseful music intensifies]

- [music trails off]
- [bed frame creaks]

[medical monitor beeping faintly]

Gillian.

What's happened to you?

This is a neat little side effect
of the flu that's going around.

I presume you've heard of it.

Cases will spread faster
than we've ever seen before.

By the end of the week, utter chaos.

Though it's very likely
I won't live to see it.

How do you know that?

I'm patient zero.

You injected yourself?

We could've revolutionized medicine.

They were never going to get
to human trials on their own, and you...

You were obsessed
with your own little discovery.

[breathing shallowly]

Where is he?

He's just a baby.

They didn't take the security cameras,
you see, Dr. Miller.

And you,

you just happened to give away

the most profound discovery
of modern science.

So you tell me where they are
before it's too late.

- I don't know where they went.
- You have an idea.

[Gillian coughing]

Only two eggs
were able to grow viable cultures.

One of them became what is inside me,

and the other became
Genetic Unit Series .

He's not the cure you're looking for.

Well, how will we know unless we try?

And I am... I am running out of time.

You want my help?

Then I need to know everything.

Why Alaska?

Because of him.

Captain James Thacker
was my great-grandfather.

He suffered from
a muscular degenerative disease

that cursed the entire Thacker lineage,

myself included.

He sailed to Alaska in search of
a so-called fountain of youth.

He believed if he found it
he would be cured.

But they never heard
from him or his crew again.

[somber, introspective music playing]

You were looking for him.

Seems that we opened
some kind of Pandora's box.

And it's our responsibility
to close it again.

Mine as well as yours.

That boy may be our only hope.

Listen to me.

You will never have a life with him.

He will be hunted
for as long as he breathes,

and eventually you will lead them to him.

You must tell me where he is.

For his sake.

And for yours.

[delicate, curious music playing]

You're right.

I think I know where they went.

But I'll bring him to you.

You leave Richard out of this.

He has nothing to do with any of it.

You understand?

You're doing the right thing.

For me.

For him.

Perhaps for the whole world.

[heart b*ating]

[Birdie] "I'll find you."

Those were the last three words
I said to you.

But not a day goes by
that they don't play in my head.

Over and over...

[heart b*ating]

like a heartbeat.

[wind whistling]

So, yeah.

I definitely owe you an explanation.

[sweeping, emotional music playing]

Even if you never get it.

The truth is I never went to find you.

Because the reality is,

if I'm in the picture,
you and Gus will never be safe.

Being Gus's mother,

keeping him safe from the world...

It means I can't go looking for him.

[heart b*ating]

[heartbeat faltering]

We all have to make sacrifices.

[monitor flatlining]

- Whether we deserve it or not.
- [heart stops b*ating]

But Gus deserves to have a life.

And so do you.

Even if that means I can't be in it.

I still don't know anything
about saving the world.

But I do know where to look.

[phone beeps]

Alaska.

It's up to me to end all of this.

Have a life with him.

For me.

As normal as life can be, anyway.

Keep him safe.

And be a dad.

I bet you'll be good at it.

If you ever come back
for that second date, I'll be gone.

But I hope this tape
will explain why I didn't find you.

Maybe you'll understand.

You and Gus keep trucking.

[gentle, poignant music playing]

[shuddering breath]

[trees swaying overhead]

[tense music playing]

[Tiger] Cover the north entrance,
and Pony and I will take the south.

Over.

This is Kodiak . Do you copy?

This is Kodiak . Do you copy?

I'm here.

[Becky] What's taking so long?

We got 'em penned in the zoo like weasels.

Just waiting for Abbot to show his face
so we can light his ass up.

Music to my ears.

How's babysitting?

Tiger, I found her.

I found Wendy.

Hold on. What?

[Becky] It's her. Same age and everything.

Are you sh1tting me?

I know. I can't believe it either.

[Tiger] What about her?

I don't know.

- I haven't told her yet.
- [Tiger] What?

What are you waiting for?

It's complicated.

I mean, I'm a stranger to her.

She's got this whole family
that she loves,

and she's got a mom who's...

Let's just say it's not the best time.

She's just a kid,
and she doesn't know me at all, and...

Stop thinking about it and just do it.

How?

I've forgotten what it's like
to have a sister.

Bullshit.

You have me.

After all we've been through,
don't you waste another second.

Okay.

Okay.

[sighs]

She's gonna love you.

And me.

I'm gonna teach her
all the best curse words,

and we'll kick
the Last Men where it hurts.

If there are any left.

[Becky] Hmm.

Come find us.

Follow the train tracks
north to the old quarry.

Take the river, past the chamomile fields
where we used to look up at the stars.

Up the mountain, find the fence.

We're in there.

I can't wait to meet her.

- [g*n cocks]
- [jarring stinger]

[distressing music playing]

Why, hello there.

[Abbot] Hmm.

Now, what is this I hear
about chamomile fields?

[Abbot] Hmm?

[sinister music swells, fades away]

What are you drawing?

What do you think?

[Becky] Wow.

You're very talented.

Thanks. My mom says so too.

Did you really cut the heart
out of a Last Man to save Gus's life?

He told you that?

That's so cool.

[chuckles]

I hate the Last Men.

Well, that's one thing
we have in common, then.

Know what else we have in common?

[gentle, wondrous music playing]

Well, we're both friends with Gus.

[laughs] We have good taste in friends.

What else?

I'm not sure.

I don't know you well enough yet,

but I'd like to.

Well...

I have something...

something you're never going to believe.

Would you like to hear it?

[Aimee] Pigtail.

I'm sorry. I didn't...

No, no, no, it's fine. We were just...

Hey, baby girl.

You wanna go for a walk
before the sun goes down?

I'll get the others.

No, Pigtail, just...
you and me for now, okay?

I think we need to talk, just us.

[delicate, emotional music playing]

I'm... I'm sorry.

I'll be right back, okay?

I'll be here.

What did she say?

Do you know where Alaska is?

Far away.

Why?

It's where she went.

It's way up north.

How far? How many sleeps?

[wry chuckle]

- What's so funny?
- You are, Sweet Tooth.

World's a bigger place
than you think, little man.

A lot bigger.

You can't walk to Alaska, or take a train.

You're gonna need a plane,
a boat, maybe some huskies.

And a lot of coats.
It's freezing out there.

She did it.

She went there. On her own.

She went so far away from home,

even further than I did.

And what if she's all alone? And cold?

And has no one to help her?

She's a tough woman.

If she went there,
she probably had a good reason.

She went there to save the world.

She went there so I could be safe.

She wouldn't want you worrying about her.

She can take care of herself.

[kid] Ready or not, here I come.

She'd want you to go outside
and play with your friends.

Go on.

Go do your weird deer sh*t.

[kid] Over here, Gus!

All of those kids are gonna need us.

You and me.

I know.

["Wait Up For Me" by Amos Lee playing]

[Aimee] Someday, the world will be safe.

And when it is,

promise me you'll go see it.

Because it belongs to you. Okay?

[Wendy] I promise.

We will.

And if you fight, you have to make up.

Don't let anyone go to sleep
angry with each other, okay?

We won't.

[Aimee] And even if you think you know it,

say "I love you" to each other every day,

multiple times a day.

♪ And you do not feel reborn... ♪

I love you.

I love you.

I really, really, really, really love you.

I love you.

Love you forever, Mom.

♪ So you don't have to be alone... ♪

[full heart b*ating]

[tender folk-pop music continuing]

[Birdie] I'm terrible at goodbyes.

If you're still listening, one more thing.

♪ And you feel you've come undone ♪

If I had the chance
to do it all over again...

Sal's...

the hot chocolate...

Gus...

I would do it all over.

Again...

and again...

and again.

In a heartbeat.

[steady, strong heartbeat]

Where do you want to go?

Alaska.

[song trails off]

[heart b*ating]

[metallic creaking]

[tense, unsettling music playing]

Gus?

Gus?

Gus?

[unsettling music swells]

Gus!

Sweet Tooth!

Sweet Tooth, come back, please!

[panting]

[Gus] I'm here.

Were you worried?

Sorry.

No.

Well, kind of.

I thought you may have
sh*t off without me again.

I wouldn't do that again.

Look up at the sky.

[tender, wondrous music playing]

[Jepp] Oh.

Why does it look like this?

It's the Northern Lights.

We're not supposed
to be able to see it here.

We're too far south.

Where would you normally see it?

Places that are way too cold.

Like Alaska?

[Jepp] Mmm.

[motorbike approaching]

Jepp?

Someone's coming.

[low, distressing music playing]

I heard it too.

Come on.

[rider grunts]

Tiger!

[Tiger grunts]

[dark, threatening music builds]

[struggling] A...

Abbot's coming.

Run!

[helicopter whirring]

Next stop,

Yellowstone!

Let's finish this.

[tense, martial outro music playing]