06x10 - Handle with Care

[bunniefuu]

You are more than welcome to stay!

I asked you to live before, to just live.

And do it here.

And I wouldn't be here if you hadn't fought the way you did for me.

He wouldn't be here.

"He"?

Dakota, I'm not your sister.

I'm your mother.

[Sobs]

You're the reason.

- No.

Wait!

- [g*nsh*t]

♪♪ [Whimpers]

♪♪ Beach ball.

Elephant.

Grape.

Should I go on?

You asked how I felt when the day began.

I felt... hopeful.

[The Traveling Wilburys' "Handle with Care" plays]

♪♪ ♪ Been b*at up and battered around ♪ ♪ Been sent up, and I've been sh*t down ♪ ♪ You're the best thing that I've ever found ♪ ♪ Handle me with care ♪ ♪ Reputation's changeable ♪ Nice.

♪ Situation's tolerable ♪ ♪ But, baby, you're adorable ♪ ♪ Handle me with care ♪ ♪ I'm so tired of being lonely ♪ ♪ I still have some love to give ♪ ♪ Won't you show me that you really care? ♪ ♪ Everybody's ♪ ♪ Got somebody ♪ ♪ To lean on ♪ ♪ Put your body ♪ ♪ Next to mine ♪ ♪ And dream on ♪ ♪♪ Thanks.

♪♪ Whoa.

That packs a punch.

[Both laugh]

♪♪ Was this the way you imagined it?

Getting there.

I guess I have you to thank for it.

Daniel: If I hadn't kept everyone in the dark about what we were doing...

we wouldn't have all been at that place together.

♪♪ Some lies are worth the cost.

Grace: Morgan...

Hey.

Dwight wants you to come take a look at the pavilion.

You want one for the road?

My wife ate this soup all the time she was pregnant with Ofelia.

I don't have much of an appetite today.

[Lid clangs]

You alright?

Yeah.

I'll be fine.

You sure?

Mm-hmm.

♪♪ I was glad to see everyone together.

♪♪ It felt as if everything I'd done was beginning to pay off.

♪♪ They're here.

Go tell Morgan.

[Horse whinnying]

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

[Vehicle door closes]

Sarah.

Been a while.

[Chuckles]

Still runnin' the MRAP?

Any chance of you sharin' it?

That way, Wendell would be able to join me on the run.

We share with you, we got to share with everybody.

And we're running on fumes.

Yeah.

Greetings.

How's everybody been?

[Cans clattering]

Our foes from t*nk Town persist.

They covered the gates at Paradise Ridge.

They hit up the skate park, too.

Ah.

June and I thought we were the only ones.

This meeting's been long overdue.

Morgan: Yes, it has.

Looking forward to seeing what you've done with the place, Mo-mo.

It's come a long way.

June sends her regrets.

She thought it'd be better this way.

Nice to see you, Victor.

[Chuckles]

Nice to see you, too, and nice to know that we might even be able to lend each other a hand in these troubled times.

Yes, we can.

'Cause we might be facing a thr*at to our existence.

Something that Virginia didn't think she could handle.

So I thought we should try not to face it on our own.

That's why I called you all here.

We should try and work together...

share information...

pool resources...

put our differences aside.

Can we face this thing that threatens all of us?

Only one rule, and it's the same one I made the last time we were gathered here together.

Anybody breaks it...

anybody...

You will not be welcome here again.

Come on in.

We got work to do.

[Horse neighs]

♪♪ Daniel: You can see why I was hopeful.

♪♪ And then everything changed.

♪♪ ♪♪

Grace: Is that a kick?

He is strong.

[Laughs]

Are you sure it wasn't a contraction?

♪♪ Daniel: The last time I felt something like that...

was when my wife was pregnant with Ofelia.

That's the moment when I decided to move to Los Angeles, decided to change everything and give my daughter the kind of life I felt she deserved.

I suppose I wanted this place to be the same.

For Grace's baby.

For everyone.

That's why we didn't take any chances.

Everyone would check their weapons at the door.

For our safety and for theirs.

We logged each w*apon and locked them away.

Only Morgan and I had the keys.

♪♪ [Whistling]

[g*n thuds]

The Kn*fe.

[Both laugh]

There you go.

Anything else?

[Cat meows]

- Skidmark!

Hey.

- [Meows]

Where did you find him?

Ah, the Lanes.

Virginia sent him there to take care of the rat infestation.

- Did he?

- No.

Apparently, he was sitting around all day just licking his...

unmentionables.

You haven't changed a bit.

Thank you for the peace offering, Victor.

You understand why I couldn't let you in on what I was doing.

We were both playing our own games.

The better man won.

Kudos, by the way.

The forgetful act...

uh, was quite convincing.

And it appears the gambit paid off.

Why did hearing that mean so much to me?

There is a good reason.

But we're not there yet.

You need to understand it like I did.

[Skidmark meows]

I haven't seen Alicia.

She's out on a supply run with Al.

♪♪ Did she know I was coming?

♪♪

- Charlie: Morgan.

- Yeah?

We need you.

It's Grace.

♪♪ Frankie, take him to my tent.

♪♪ [Lock engages]

♪♪ [Air hissing]

[Velcro tears]

I raised June on the long range.

Gonna take her a day at least.

[Exhales sharply]

Says it could be Braxton Hicks, or it could be contractions.

How do we know?

We wait for her to get here.

What about the baby...

How do we know if he's okay?

We need a fetal monitor.

I know where I can find one.

- What?

- Where?

There's a place I had set up for you and the baby

- before I found this place.

- Daniel: Where is it?

- I'll go get it.

- No, no.

It's, uh...

It's a little off the beaten path.

It's not easy to find.

I'll be there and back in a few hours, okay?

Okay.

♪♪ Okay.

♪♪ Daniel: Sherry gave him the keys for the MRAP.

It had gas for the whole journey.

Took the Rabbi just in case.

Morgan asked me to keep the peace until he returned.

To get the conversation started.

What's she doing here?

We are all here to share information.

And no one was closer to Virginia than Dakota.

Which is why whatever information she provides should be taken with a gargantuan grain of salt.

Says the guy who had us lined up like we were in a sh**t' gallery.

I distinctly recall turning the g*ns in Virginia's direction at the opportunity moment.

Ah.

Only 'cause you saw which way the wind was blowin'.

- Okay.

- We are not here to rehash the past.

This is about the future, our future.

Protecting it.

Together.

[Man shouting in distance]

Dakota.

These people.

Virginia ever say anything about them?

The last thing that she said was about them "laying low."

The other stuff was all about the messages on the walls.

Come on, man.

Last time we listened to her, John ended up dead.

Morgan said this place would be different.

- We just need to be a little bit m...

- That's real rich, coming from you.

What the hell's that supposed to mean?

Aren't you the one Ginny thought tried to blow up t*nk Town?

She did.

And she was wrong.

Well, she must have thought it for a reason.

These people blew up t*nk Town from the inside.

They became "one of us" without me even realizing it.

Okay.

So, for all we know,

- they could have turned one of us, too?

- Yeah.

Who?

That's what I've been asking her this whole time.

- Wes: It could be you.

- You guys want me here.

You take away my g*n.

- This one's awful quiet.

- Alright.

I'm just asking a question.

I don't know why

- you have to be so defensive.

- [Indistinct arguing]

Daniel: I didn't want to believe that one of us was a traitor.

But I had lied to everyone about losing my memory.

We had all lied to each other at some point.

And now, when we needed it the most, we couldn't trust each other.

[Distorted arguing]

[expl*si*n]

[Clattering]

♪♪ [All shouting]

[Coughing]

Is everyone okay?

[Coughing continues]

[Indistinct conversations]

We used the dynamite to clear that field next to the gate.

[Coughing continues]

The rock must have fallen and accidentally set it off.

We thought what happened at t*nk Town was an accident at first, too.

I'm not gonna make that mistake again.

Why are you looking at me?

I was sitting at the table when it went off.

- We all were.

- The people at that table

- aren't the only ones in this place.

- Honey, come on.

Luciana just said it.

They att*ck from the inside...

Okay.

I think we should all take a break.

♪♪ Did I believe it was an accident?

I wanted to believe that.

But I didn't have time to make up my mind.

[Walkers growling]

Explosions musta drawn them.

♪♪ Sherry: Open the lock-up.

♪♪ I want my g*n back.

That's not gonna happen unless it's absolutely necessary.

I'd say this fits the bill.

The weapons we got in there can only k*ll a fraction of the dead out there.

Morgan is gonna be coming back soon.

With your truck.

And its g*ns.

So we wait it out.

The walls will hold.

[Growling continues]

♪♪ I did believe the walls would hold, but when it comes to the dead, it's best to have a contingency.

If they breached, I had to be prepared for how bad the situation would be.

♪♪ Daniel, what are you doing?

♪♪ Morgan said the weapons had to stay locked up.

We got to be prepared in case the gate doesn't hold.

♪♪ When I saw the g*ns were missing, I knew the expl*si*n was no accident.

Someone did it to trap us inside, draw the dead, and leave us defenseless.

♪♪ The only question was who.

[Walkers growling]

[Walkers growling]

♪♪ [Groans]

Daniel, what happened out there?

I tried to raise Morgan.

The dead took out the antenna when they stormed the wall.

So what do we do now?

Do you feel well enough to travel?

What?

[Scoffs]

No.

No, I can't travel.

It's not safe here now.

I'm going to fix that.

But until I do, you're better off somewhere else.

Where?

There's a fishing shack in the woods...

From the time that this whole area was a lake.

I've marked it down on a map.

It's in here, in the bag, along with water, food, and a first aid kit.

Grace, I would not ask you to do this if I didn't think it was absolutely necessary.

[Groans lightly]

Okay.

Alright.

♪♪ The reason Morgan found this place was for Grace's child.

And now this place wasn't even safe for him.

I needed to find those weapons.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

Rollie: Something I can help you with?

No.

Sorry.

Sorry.

I-I...

You what?

- [Footsteps approach]

- Daniel: Charlie?

Did you find the hammer I sent you looking for?

Uh, not yet.

Look, I did not realize that this was your tent.

I thought it was Dwight's.

Anybody here touches my sh*t again, we're gonna have a problem.

Understand?

I had lost Ofelia.

And I wasn't going to lose her, too.

So I sent her away.

I told her to meet up with Grace, where she would be safe.

So I could do what I needed to do to find out who stole the weapons.

[Walkers growling]

♪♪ ♪♪ [Indistinct conversation]

- We got walkers!

- Got three!

- We need some help over here!

- There's too many of them!

[Growling]

How the hell'd they get in here?

- We've got a breach.

- [Grunts]

♪♪ [Growling continues]

♪♪ Take a seat.

♪♪ Stand back!

[Bones crunch]

♪♪ [Grunting]

[g*nsh*t]

[g*nsh*t]

[Breathing heavily]

♪♪ It was you.

What?

How...

How did the dead get in?

- I let them in.

- What the...

Why?

I needed to figure out who stole the weapons from lock-up.

Now I know.

♪♪ Where are they?

Where are the rest of the weapons?

I didn't take them, Daniel.

- You're always lying.

- [Chuckles]

I don't think you can tell the difference anymore.

Ha!

This coming from the man who kept the truth about what he'd been doing from me for months.

I did what was needed to be done in order to free us from Virginia.

And it worked.

What you're doing is tearing us apart.

Why are you doing this?

What did they offer you to betray us?

Lawton?

Be the big sh*t?

"They" didn't offer me anything because I don't know who "they" are.

I'm here for the same reasons...

To find out.

Okay, okay.

I broke a rule.

I brought a w*apon inside the gates.

But if I hadn't, someone out there might be dead right now.

You continue to give me every reason to hurt you.

♪♪ Daniel: It isn't what I wanted.

Morgan was right...

If we do things in here the same way we do things out there...

nothing's gonna change.

[g*n clicks]

Nothing will be different.

Are we here again, Daniel?

Dwight: The gate won't hold.

Bring everyone inside the wall.

Before more dead get inside, we need those weapons.

♪♪ - Daniel.

- [Door slams]

Daniel!

[Walkers growling]

♪♪ [Walkers growling]

♪♪ They breached the outer gate.

This gate was not built to hold that much weight.

♪♪ Victor was with us during the expl*si*n.

He could not have blown that dynamite on his own.

I wouldn't put anything past him.

Whichever one of you is working with him, I warn you...

...

the betrayal of those closest to you comes with a cost.

It will come back to haunt you.

There will be consequences.

[Walkers growling]

♪♪ Where are the weapons?!

♪♪ Dwight, let's search their tents.

Wait.

H-Hang on a second.

Before you do that, why don't you tell us something...

Where's Grace?

Huh?

Where's Charlie?

They're not a part of this.

You know, Sherry's got a point.

Isn't it Chuckles who was once on the other team?

That was a long time ago.

Yeah, I caught her going through my sh*t just earlier today...

I said Charlie is not a part of this.

Oh.

We're just supposed to take your word on that?

Daniel, you're looking at the wrong people here.

Virginia made the same mistake.

It cost my people's lives.

And it almost cost me mine.

Don't let that happen again.

We need to be looking for the weapons.

Sarah: Hey, guys!

Anyone know where Rachel is with those reinforcements?

You know, D.

might vouch for you...

but I don't know you.

Maybe you're working with them.

Maybe Morgan is.

You know, maybe this whole thing is a scam to keep us in here.

- You don't believe that, do you?

- I don't know, D...

The only thing I know for sure is that we have to look out for ourselves here.

Dan-the-man, look at me...

Hey, maybe if we all work together, we might just stand a chance of reinforcing this thing.

Hey, look, there isn't time, alright?

This gate is not gonna hold.

Luci's right.

We need the weapons.

- We'll get the tools from the shed.

- Yeah.

Hey, Rollie.

Come help me shore this up.

[Walkers growling]

That's not gonna be enough, amigo.

Oh, yes...

yes, it will.

♪♪ Daniel: Morgan left his axe at the gates before entering this place.

I thought I could leave the man I once was outside, too.

But that was not an option.

- [g*nsh*t]

- Ahh!

No more games.

- Where are the weapons?

- I don't know.

I don't need to remind you that you can survive a sh*t in the face.

You've seen it.

What you don't know is what it does to you later...

♪♪ [Flesh squishing]

♪♪ ♪♪ You'll wince every time you take a sip of water.

You will eat soup for the rest of your life.

You will learn to hide the pain when you talk.

You will wheeze at night when you breathe.

But mostly, you will never forget who did all of that to you.

♪♪ Where are the weapons?

Daniel.

Forgive me.

You have to forgive me.

♪♪ Where are the weapons?

Please.

I don't know!

♪♪ [g*nf*re]

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

Morgan?

♪♪ What the hell happened here, Daniel?

♪♪ [Static crackles]

Morgan: Have they found the weapons?

Not yet.

But I got everybody looking for them.

Have you heard from Grace?

I can't raise her on the walkie, but I'm almost at the shack.

Let me know when you hear from her.

I will.

It's just a matter of time before we find the weapons.

Then I'll wait for the apology.

[Chuckles]

Did you mean it?

Mean what?

What you said about your jaw.

The pain I caused you...

[Laughs]

Don't.

What do you want, Daniel?

I want to stop you and whoever you're working with.

Why do you care so much about whether or not this place works?

When I found you, you were happily living alone in a warehouse with a cat.

You didn't even know half these people.

I'm willing to bet that you can't stand the other half.

Yet you almost sh*t me in the face to protect this place.

Why?

Daniel: It was a fair question.

And it still is.

I couldn't answer it then.

But now...

I think I can.

Now I think I know why this place meant so much to me.

When I was cutting hair for Virginia...

Pretending that I didn't remember anything or anybody...

I realized that the situation was not different from when I was running that barber shop in Los Angeles, pretending that the life I had led before arriving there didn't exist.

My daughter Ofelia spent her entire existence without really knowing who her father was, so our whole relationship was based on a lie.

A deception.

♪♪ And...

♪♪ Morgan's...

Morgan's idea made me believe that I could help create the kind of home I wanted Los Angeles to be for Ofelia and myself, a place where you would not need to pretend to be what you weren't.

I hoped that by doing that, I could redeem myself...

from all the lies I told...

and for Ofelia's death.

♪♪ But it doesn't seem to have worked that way, has it?

- [Static crackles]

- Morgan: Daniel, are you there?

- Do you copy?

- I copy you, Morgan.

I'm at the shack.

But Grace...

she isn't.

♪♪ She should be there.

No, Daniel...

she's not.

So where is she?

Grace?

Are you hearing me?

♪♪ Have everybody fan out.

Yeah.

Are you sure she isn't at the shack?

Didn't look like anybody had been near the place in months.

[Static crackles]

I repeat, Grace...

do you hear me?

She can't be far.

Maybe they had to leave.

- Maybe they heard the g*nf*re.

- Maybe.

- I'll double back.

- Thank you.

[Static crackles]

I repeat, Grace...

do you hear me?

Come on.

Do you copy?

You don't think this was Victor?

I don't know.

[Static crackles]

- Grace: Morgan?

- Grace?

Grace?

Where are you?

♪♪ [Heartbeat]

You doing alright?

Alright, but these contractions...

I think they're getting closer.

Grace, I told you to go to the shack.

What happened?

The shack?

Daniel, what are you talking about?

The shack in the woods.

I marked it on the map I gave you.

No.

No.

You told me to avoid the fishing shack because it wasn't safe.

No.

No, I told you to go to the shack and wait for me there.

What's going on, Daniel?

I know what I told her.

Charlie was there.

You told her to go to the caverns.

You told me the same thing.

No.

Why would I send you to the caverns?

- I mean, we...

we haven't surveyed the caverns.

- No, you did.

Daniel.

You did.

♪♪ Ohh!

- [Exhales sharply]

- We need to get her back, Mo-mo.

I've gotta fix the antenna and radio June the results.

Can you walk?

Charlie.

We go.

We're gonna figure this out later.

- [Static crackles]

- Luciana: Morgan, do you copy?

Go for Morgan.

We found the weapons.

♪♪ Tell me where.

I think you're going to want to see this for yourself.

♪♪ On our way.

♪♪ Luciana: We found this in Daniel's shed.

How'd these g*ns end up in your shed, Daniel?

[Chuckles]

I don't know.

I put them in the lock-up, like I told you.

- Are these everything?

- Yes.

Everybody's weapons have been accounted for?

Everything matches what we have in the log book.

Somebody moved them there.

Was it you, Luciana?

Did you do it?

I had to break the lock to get in.

Yeah.

I-I can vouch for that.

I was standing right here.

Then it was Strand...

and the rangers.

Or whoever is working with Victor...

Daniel, what is going on?

Somebody's trying to make me look bad.

They're trying to make us go against each other.

Okay.

It's just, with Grace and Charlie at the shack.

And now this.

Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?

This isn't the kind of thing people make mistakes about.

I know, but whatever's going on, we just need you to help us understand.

What is there to understand, man?

[Chuckles]

I know what I said.

I know what I did.

I'm just asking.

Are you sure?

Daniel.

Daniel, look at me.

You okay?

I mean, are...

are you feeling alright?

I'm not sure.

♪♪ It's confusing.

It's okay.

Maybe you should talk to somebody, huh?

Yeah.

Okay.

♪♪ Now I'm talking to you.

I s...

I...

I moved weapons without remembering.

I sent Grace to a place that was dangerous.

Why?

It's okay, Daniel.

We're going to get to the bottom of whatever's going on, okay?

I promise you that.

♪♪ [Pencil scratching]

Can you tell me the three words I asked you to remember at the beginning of our conversation?

Beach ball, elephant, grape.

June...

what does this have to do with anything?

These tests...

and what you told me about yesterday...

Tell me a lot.

For instance, it's not neurological.

So, what is it?

I...

I think it's psychological.

What does that mean?

It means symptomatically, you're experiencing memory loss, dissociative thinking...

but there doesn't appear to be any underlying physical cause.

Which is good.

It means we can treat this.

W-Why is this happening to me now?

Because you finally slowed down?

'Cause you have something to lose?

Were you worried about that?

About something happening here?

We all were.

Could that be why you moved the weapons?

Did you think they were in danger where they were?

I don't know.

You know, you spend your whole life giving people a reason not to trust you...

and then one day, you cannot even trust yourself.

I deserve this.

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

This kind of thing is pretty far from my area of expertise.

So I need to educate myself.

Let me read what I can.

I'll come back.

Okay.

[Door creaks]

It's good you could be here for him.

I came as soon as I could.

I'll go check on Grace...

make sure they're still just Braxton Hicks.

Then I'll be going out the same way I came.

Hey.

- Is there any chance he's...

- Faking it?

Yeah.

I don't think so.

We'd get people like that in the ER from time to time.

They were just as confused as he was, so...

It's hard to fake, Morgan.

♪♪ Anything you need, Daniel?

♪♪ ♪♪

[Door closes]

I hope you'll understand if we take our leave until you have things under control.

Rollie: Just because Daniel was wrong about this doesn't mean we don't have to worry about whoever's out there.

If today's any indication, I ain't too sure I like our chances here.

I saw graffiti at the water tower.

I meant to say when I got back.

- How far away was that again?

- It's miles.

And if they've been there, the likelihood is that they know we're here.

- Especially after that expl*si*n.

- All the more reason to leave.

If they know about us, they're gonna know about Lawton.

Then we better get back to mind the store.

And we're gonna make the same call, Morgan.

Sherry, um...

Come on.

We've...

We've been over this...

- No, I know.

- I-I'm not staying.

It's...

It's not about that.

I...

I just wanted to say, uh... be safe.

Thank you.

Dakota: I think I can help.

I've been thinking about everything Virginia said about the people that painted the messages.

I heard her tell Ranger Hill that they went underground.

And I...

And I thought maybe she was thinking that they were just laying low...

But, you know, what if she thought it for real?

Like what?

What are we talking?

Like, in a basement or storm tunnel or something?

The last place that she had them scouting for them...

It was two days south of t*nk Town.

That's Dallas.

That's where she had me and Al snooping around when we found the graffiti in Nora's building.

Maybe we start there.

Al and Alicia must be halfway there.

Wes and I could meet up with them...

Go the rest of the way together.

Okay.

- Out and back.

Quiet and safe.

- Okay.

And then we should all come back together and decide all this between us.

Alright.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

Charlie: Daniel.

♪♪ You're leaving?

I have to go.

I can't stay.

It's not safe for me to be here.

Morgan: Nobody's gonna do anything to you about today.

I'm not worried about me.

I'm worried about you.

I let the dead in.

I would've sh*t Strand if you hadn't returned.

I put Grace in danger, her baby, you.

[Voice breaking]

The last time these things happened in my mind...

...

I set a whole place on fire.

I can't risk that happening now.

♪♪ Where are you gonna go?

♪♪ The warehouse.

If it's still there.

And if not?

I'll find a place.

♪♪ Come to Lawton.

♪♪ And why would I go there?

Staying at Lawton offers a better chance of survival than you wandering around alone out here.

We can keep you safe.

And everyone around you.

♪♪ I'm not doing this for you.

I'm doing this for Ofelia.

So you can live an honest life.

♪♪ Settled.

Shall we?

♪♪ Hey, Victor.

♪♪ You really gonna help him?

What do you all think of me?

That man just put a g*n in your face.

I have a right to ask.

♪♪ He'll be better off with me than here with you...

or wherever else he was headed.

I'm gonna hold you to this.

You don't have to hold me to anything.

I said what I said.

♪♪ - This is for the best.

I promise.

- Daniel.

♪♪ You take care of yourself.

I'm sorry.

♪♪ There's no need.

♪♪ I'll get better.

♪♪ Don't worry.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪