07x08 - Padre

[bunniefuu]

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You're not the only one who loves her.

♪ ♪

- She'll find this place.
- [CHUCKLES]

She'll get through to you. Aah!

[SCREAMING]

No, she won't!

What do you want?

Same thing we wanted
when we called before.

A new beginning for my people.

- That's not gonna happen.
- Well, this might change your mind.

We found a warhead out here.

♪ ♪

I brought you here
'cause I need your help.

[CHUCKLES]

Good luck, Alicia.

[TAPPING]

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING SLOWLY]

You... You lock me in here,

I'm not gonna make the world
the way you want it to be!

I know. That's what I'm counting on.

♪ ♪

[LABORED BREATHING]

[STIFLED SOBS]

♪ ♪

Hey. Hey!

You can't leave me down here!

No!

Let me out!

[BEEPING]

[GRUNTING, PANICKED BREATHING]

♪ ♪

Let me out!

♪ ♪

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[SHUDDERS]

[STIFLED SOBS]

♪ ♪

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♪ ♪

[SQUEAK, WATER SPRAYING, GASPS]

♪ ♪

[RODENTS SQUEAKING]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[CREAKING]

[LIGHTS SNAPPING ON]

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING SOFTLY]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[g*n COCKS]

Don't move.

Turn around.

♪ ♪

Do you know what Teddy's doing up there?

Why does he have us down here?

MAN: I found another straggler.

[ALICIA PANTING]

If you ask me what I see
when I look at him,

I will gouge your eyes out.

I don't care what you see.

We need fresh compost for the garden.

[WALKER GROWLING]

No. No!

No! No! No! No!

MAN: Wait!

You Alicia Clark?

Who the hell are you?

My name's Arno.

Teddy didn't have the chance
to tell us that you arrived.

[WALKER GROWLING]

She's the one we've been waiting for.

The one that's gonna lead us
to our new beginning.

I'm not leading you psychos anywhere.

He warned us you might say that but...

He also said you'd come around.

[SCREAMING]

[SQUELCHING]

Teddy's full of sh*t.

Get out of the way.

Now! Move!

Move! Move!

Let her.

Not going anywhere.

- [expl*si*n ECHOING]
- Go, go!

Masks on, now!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Leave it all! Leave everything!

About a hundred walkers over the ridge!

We need to stay ahead of the smoke.

Come on! Move!

Back!

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Who are these people, Alicia?

Where have you been?

It's a long story, Morgan.

And now's not the time to tell it.

- Go!
- Come on!

Let's go!

[WALKERS GROWLING]

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[JINGLING, HORSE NICKERS]

We're all clear, D.

You heard her!

We're clear! Masks off!

Hydrate while you can!

Do we have a head count.

, minus Mickey and the patrol.

Sherry, see if you can find them
before they head back to camp.

Okay.

[SIGHS, CLICKS TONGUE]

How long until you think
it's safe for us to return?

The people who set those expl*sives...

If they were tellin' the truth?

The camp is done, Alicia.

No, that's our food... supplies.

Everything we had was back there.

I know!

No, we don't have any more time.

Tell them to bring the Senator.

I can't stick around out here.

Victor and me... We had a falling out,

and there's some things
that I need to take care of.

Look, he's gonna let you in.

Your people, too.

He wanted me to try
and find you for him.

No. I don't want to see Strand.

He didn't think you would.

Look, he's got Grace and the baby.

He's holding 'em hostage.

Is he gonna hurt them?

I don't think so.

He needs Grace.

He needs her help.

Okay.

Then they can wait.

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

I need your help.

With him.

[WALKER GROWLING]

Who is that?

Dwight and Sherry found him
a few days ago.

I don't understand.

Is he somebody she lost?

She won't tell us.

But it's why all the walkers
have been stripped around here.

The guy who att*cked Strand?

He didn't want her finding that one.

Why not?

You'll have to hear it from her.

Get him ready.

[GRUNTING, CLANGING]

[GRUNTING, CLANGING]

Wait! Don't!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Make one more sound,

and it'll be your last.

That door is rated to withstand

a kiloton nuclear blast, okay?

Y-you are not gonna get out that way.

How the hell do you know that?

Because I lived here before
these assholes found it,

and I've been trying to find
a way out ever since.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

I'm Will.

♪ ♪

Is there another way out of here?

Maybe.

Come on.

♪ ♪

How long have you been down here?

Since Senator Vasquez's
security detail brought us in.

Who's Senator Vasquez?

Junior senator from Oklahoma?

We came here after the hospitals

started getting overcrowded to regroup

with other government officials.

They never made it.

You've been down here since the start,

but that was years ago.

It was our protocol to ensure
continuity of government.

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING SOFTLY]

Lock the door until we got word
that it was safe to come out.

Where's everybody else?

Dead. Survivors found
the entrance to the bunker,

said they were starving.

We weren't supposed to
let anybody else in,

but it'd been years since we'd
seen any other living people.

We didn't want to watch them die
through that window,

so the Senator opened the door.

And they k*lled him?

[SIGHS] They k*lled everyone.

Except you.

I was doing maintenance
on the air filters

when the door opened.

I could hear everything from the
upper level when they att*cked,

so I hid, and, uh,

that's what I've been doing ever since.

So, how do I get out of here?

[SIGHS]

Those people activated the timed lock.

There's no way to open that door.

You said there's another way out.

I... There might be another way.

What? You haven't tried?

Look, I don't...

I haven't been up there yet, alright?

I-I've been, you know,
working up the courage.

I don't have time to hand-hold.

Listen, someone up there is
trying to destroy everything.

I've warned someone, but I'm not
sure he's gonna come through.

What do you mean everything?

MAN: Alicia! Alicia!

Where are you?

You don't have to hide!

Go back to them.

Play along with whatever they want.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna find a way out for you.

♪ ♪

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[GROWLING]

He'll be easier to see this way.

Alicia.

The hell's going on here?

And what does it all have to do with me?

Okay.

I need you to help me find
a place called PADRE.

Yeah, I met some folk who
were looking for that place.

- What do you know about it?
- It's some place

safe from all this,

with plans to rebuild,
resources to do it.

Yeah.

You know where?

No, I don't, but...

He does.

[WALKER GROWLING]

He does?

Yeah.

What makes you think that?

You wouldn't understand.

Look, no one has, okay?

You're just gonna have to trust me.

Okay.

- [WALKERS GROWLING]
- Everybody up.

- Get up.
- Come on.

[GROWLING]

[SQUELCHING]

They're ours.

It's the patrol.

We got company.

There were Rangers on horseback.

They opened fire on us.

Rangers? Whose?

- Strand's.
- Why would he do that?

'Cause y'all are dressed
in the same clothes

as the people who att*cked the Tower.

We need to go now.

Find some place safe
for everyone else to lay low.

The sub... there's room
for everybody there.

Then let's go there.

Where's Mickey? Is she okay?

She's fine, but she heard
the chatter on the walkie

about the Senator.

She doesn't want any part of it.

I'll draw Strand's people away.

Why don't you get everyone moving.

This better work.

♪ ♪

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Do you trust me?

Yes, I do.

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[SQUELCHING]

Alicia?

♪ ♪

It's so he doesn't follow us.

Oh, I know what you're doing,

and I've seen people get sick
from a lot less.

[RAPID g*nf*re IN DISTANCE]

♪ ♪

You in or not?

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

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ALICIA: What is this place?

It's your new room.

Teddy thought you might want this.

[SIGHS]

What is this?

Something the old tenants left behind.

We'll clear it out for you.

[RADIO STATIC CLICKS]

[SIGHS]

I'm listening.

MAN: Found an intruder
in the service area.

Looks like one of the Senator's
people slipped past us.

Return him to the earth.

One step ahead of you.

♪ ♪

[SCREAMING] Please! Stop!

Please stop!

You might want to listen to him!

[GROWLING]

♪ ♪

Teddy was right!

I am the person that's gonna
lead you to a new beginning.

And that starts now.

And that means no one
gets returned to the earth.

Let him go.

Let him go!

You heard her.

Let him go.

Leave us.

Leave us! Now!

Go!

Go, now!

[GROWLING]

Thank you.

I need that way out.

And here I thought it was
because you were starting

to like me.

Can they remember anything?

What?

It really is the first time
you've seen one up close.

Yeah, but it's not

it's not that, it's...

[STIFLED SOB]

That's Senator Vasquez.

I'm sorry.

They don't remember anything.

They're just walking corpses, okay?

And if you forget that,

that's when things become dangerous.

Look, there was a binder
in the senator's quarters.

It was marked "PADRE".

It said "Rebuilding
Our Country's Future".

That's where we were supposed to go

when it was safe to leave here.

The Senator said it was stocked full

of everything we needed to start over.

Where is it? Padre Island?

No. That'd be too obvious.

The location was classified.
He's the only one who knew.

He got a message to his family
to go there when it became clear

that they wouldn't be able
to make the trip here.

Did they make it?

We don't know if anyone made it.

Senator tried to make contact
on a radio in his room,

but he could never get a clear signal.

Do you think you could find it
if I got us out of here?

I don't...

Your guess is as good as mine.

But, Alicia, I...

If we find a way out...

And I have to be clear...

I'm not going with you, okay?

They will k*ll you if I leave.

I'm... I'm not ready
for whatever's out there.

Do you get that?

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay.

♪ ♪

This protects people who wear it.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

If you turn it off, he'll hear it.

And if we follow without this,
we may end up just like him.

- Hey, hey, hey.
- [COUGHING]

You alright?

God, Alicia, you are sweating.

I haven't had a meal in a week.

I haven't slept in twice as long.

My camp just got destroyed by radiation.

It's about degrees out here, so...

I think I'm doing pretty well.

- Any idea where we are?
- It doesn't matter.

We follow him for as long as he goes.

[b*llet RICOCHETS, g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

You should show yourself.

If they know you're here,
they won't fire.

- I don't wanna see Strand!
- And I don't want to get sh*t!

[RAPID g*nf*re]

Hey!

Hey!

The people you're chasing out here...

They are not the people
who att*cked the Tower!

We're not here for the people
who att*cked the Tower!

We're here for you, Mr. Jones.

[g*nf*re]

Me and Strand had a deal!

You tried to k*ll him in his house!

- What?!
- It's not what it sounds like.

[g*nf*re]

[GROWLING]

sh*t.

Alicia!

[RAPID g*nf*re, WALKERS GROWLING]

- They will k*ll you.
- They're gonna k*ll him.

We will find PADRE another way.

- There is no other way.
- I'm not gonna let you die

for something that's already dead.

Morgan...

[g*nf*re, WALKERS GROWLING]

Hey, I can't lose you, alright?!

- I need you!
- You were fine without me!

I'm not talking about me, I'm
talking about everybody else.

[g*nf*re]

Out of the way!

[g*nshots]

Just come on! We gotta go!

[g*nf*re]

Follow me!

MAN: Give up! [INDISTINCT]

Nowhere to run now!

- Hold your fire.
- You're gonna get us k*lled.

- Hey!
- Stop!

Move again and I will sh**t you!

What do you think they're gonna do?

Wait.

Alicia.

I'm sorry. I didn't know
you were with him.

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Don't do it.

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Well, I see that you found her.

I did.

And you were right, Victor.

She really didn't want to see you.

[g*nsh*t]

What are you looking at?!
Get down there!

Now!

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[WALKER GROWLING]

What are we even doing here?

I know what I'm doing.
I'm not sure what you are.

Did you really try to k*ll him?

Man tried to k*ll me.

I know... on the sub.

I'm just trying to keep you alive.

- I didn't ask you to.
- Then what am I doing here?

Why'd you send Dwight and
Sherry out looking for me?

What did you mean back there?

When you said you
couldn't do this anymore.

I gotta stop doing what I've been doing.

Seems like I been wishing
a world into existence

that just doesn't want to be,
and I need your help.

I need... I need...

I need somebody to step in and help me.

What makes you think I can do that?

God, look around.
You think we can do any worse?

I'm sorry, Morgan. I can't.

Then tell me why.

'Cause all I'm asking is that
you help me make sure

that everybody ends up some place safe.

Well, if you want to help,
help me find PADRE.

Help me find a place
everyone can be safe.

We don't even know
if that place really exists.

- Yes! I do!
- How?! Where is it?

Because all I can see is this
walker who has been dead

for a long time that you
keep risking your life to save.

They're not

totally gone; They're there.

There's an echo of who they once were.

- No, there's not.
- Yes, there has to be!

No, they don't! I thought that...

I thought that, and then
my son d*ed because of it.

We need to keep moving before
Strand's rangers turn up.

We need to gut this walker
and cover ourselves so...

Morgan! Hey! Stop! Stop!

I'm gonna k*ll this thing

because you're asking me to risk my life

and watch you risk yours,
and you're not telling me why.

- I need him.
- I am serious!

Unless you tell me
why you think this walker

is our only chance
of finding some place safe.

- Drop your weapons!
- [g*ns COCKING]

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[RODENTS SQUEAKING]

[GROWLING, FOOTSTEPS PLODDING]

These pipes are part of the sump system

that keeps the bunker dry.

They gotta drain somewhere
outside this place.

[GROWLING]

This isn't gonna work.

- We can take it from here.
- The tunnels branch.

If we don't find how the rats
are getting in and out,

we're not going anywhere.

[GROWLING]

I need you to pin him to the ground.

Are you squeamish?

No.

Oh, God! What the hell are you doing?

[SQUELCHING, ALICIA GRUNTING]

We don't have a choice.

Just don't get it in your eyes
or in your mouth.

Why? What happens?

It could make you really sick.

You could end up like him.

I'm sorry, Elias.

But I think you'd understand.

This is the only way
we're gonna find PADRE.

That's the only way
we're gonna find your family.

I'm sorry.

You didn't k*ll him, Alicia.

No, I'm... I'm sorry,

for not remembering.

You know, you spend so much time
up there, you start

to forget the dead used to be alive.

Well, maybe that's why I'm here.

Help you remember how things used to be.

♪ ♪

[RATS SQUEAKING, WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

I'll go first.

♪ ♪

We'll get out.

Okay?

I'll find my people.

We'll stop him.

Then we'll find PADRE,

finish what your boss started.

Alicia...

What?

♪ ♪

You know what, I'll tell you
when we get up there.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Still see him?
- Yeah.

He's moving faster than I thought.

Come on.

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

♪ ♪

[RUMBLING]

[RINGING, GROWLING]

[DEBRIS CLATTERING]

Alicia!

Alicia!

Do you hear me?

Alicia!

[WALKER GROWLING]

We could've been out of here
by now, Morgan.

They would've caught up to us anyway.

You wanna tell me why you were
fighting over that skinbag?

[GROWLING]

Get my friends up.

You didn't have to run.

We gave each other our word, Victor.

My word may mean something
in a civilized place

such as the Tower, but out here,
words are just words.

Which means there's nothing you
can say that can change my mind.

Who's this?

ALICIA: No one.

Why's he on a leash?

Why did you save him back there?

- Who was he?
- Don't. I'm warning you.

He's already dead, Alicia.

Don't make things worse
than they already are.

I know what you've done.

What you've built.

You should know that it's worked.

It's better than anything
we've ever had.

Yeah, and I know what it cost you.

I don't think you do.

I thought I could do it alone.

I thought I had to.

And now...

I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.

You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.

You sure about that?

I don't need your tower.

I don't need what you're offering.

- I don't need...
- What do you need? PADRE?

I've been to the bunker, Alicia.

I saw the note that you left behind.

You should know that PADRE is a myth.

Many people have ended up at my doorstep

because they almost d*ed
looking for a place

that someone on the other end
of a radio made up.

Don't make the same mistake.

I'm not settling for what you have.

Or how you got it.

Are you sure about that?

Yes.

[INHALES, EXHALES]

k*ll it... she'll come if she
doesn't have a choice.

- No.
- Better yet...

k*ll him, then k*ll it.

- No!
- Hey!

No!

Come on, Victor!

No! No!

- No! No! No!
- Don't do this!

[BITING]

Everyone stand back!

♪ ♪

- Alicia, your arm.
- I'm fine.

- I'm fine.
- You okay?

- I'm fine!
- I'm sorry.

This isn't the way
I wanted things to go down.

You need to leave.

Alicia, let me help you...

I said leave!

Now!

Go!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC,
WALKER GROWLING FAINTLY]

[ALICIA COUGHING]

♪ ♪

[WEAKLY] Will?

Will?

Will?

[COUGHS]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

[HUSHED] Will?!

[GROWLING]

[HUSHED] Will?!

♪ ♪

[SHOUTING] Will!

Alicia! I'm here!

I can hear you! Hang on!

I-I-I-I-I'm trying
to get you out of here!

I don't think I have time, Will.

The senator is in here.

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

♪ ♪

- [GROWLING]
- No, no, no, no, no.

Will? He turned around.

He's coming back.

[GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

[GROANING]

[STRAINING]

♪ ♪

Hang in there, Alicia!

I'm trying!

[GRUNTING]

Hurry, Will!

I don't know if this is gonna hold!

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[GROWLS, STOPS]

[PANTING]

I think I got it.

I don't think it can get through.

Okay.

Okay. Okay.

I can clear the rest.

It's just, uh... It's just...

Just hang in there a little longer.

Thank you.

I wouldn't have been able
to do this without you...

- [RUMBLING]
- No!

- No!
- Alicia!

[GROWLING]

No! No!

[SMASHES]

[BITE CRUNCHING]

[ALICIA SCREAMS]

♪ ♪

Alicia!

[GROWLING, RUMBLING]

Alicia? Alicia, what the hell was that.

Are you okay?

[SOFTLY] No, no...

Alicia!

- Are you okay?
- He... H-he bit me.

What does that mean?

[SOBBING] It means it's over, Will.

No. No, there's got to be
a way to stop it.

It doesn't matter,
there's nothing up there

to save anyway.

The warheads... they went off.

You don't know that.

And the people down here...
They need you.

They just think that because
Teddy told them to.

Fine, I need you.

I couldn't... I couldn't stop Teddy.

I-I didn't help anyone.

You're gonna get through this.

[RAGGED BREATHING]

No, it's... it's spreading.

There's got to be a way to stop it!

No, Will, it's over.

You don't have to rebuild
the world the way

Teddy wanted you to, okay?

You can rebuild it the way you want to.

And you need to survive.

Because that's... that's...

That's a world that I
want to be a part of.

Alicia, I-I know...

I know I haven't
known you long, but I...

- Don't.
- Don't what?

Don't

say something to me

just because I'm dying.

Fine. Fine, I won't.

♪ ♪

Because you're gonna survive.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[SOFT GROWLING]

[INSECTS CHIRPING, FIRE CRACKLING]

So, I'm gonna keep asking
until you let me have a look.

You got bit and you can't ignore it,

and there still might be

something we can do about it, so...

Dear God.

I told you, I'm fine.

I'm so sorry.

Don't worry about it.

Are those, um...

Mine?

Yeah.

Yeah.

How did it happen?

Wait, is that... is that why
you've been following him?

Is...

It's okay. It's okay.

No.

You can tell me whenever you're ready.

[GROWLING]

I still need to gut this walker.

♪ ♪

You coming or not?

[SHALLOW BREATHING]

♪ ♪

Alicia.

Before I do this, if it's been too long,

you have to promise me

you won't let me hurt anyone down here.

- I don't understand.
- If I get a fever...

If it looks like I'm going to turn...

I need you to k*ll me first.

- Can you promise me that?
- That's not gonna happen.

Can you promise me that?!

♪ ♪

I promise.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[EXHALES]

[INHALES, EXHALES]

[SCREAMING]

Alicia?!

Alicia?!

[GROWLING]

♪ ♪

[SOFT SQUELCHING IN BACKGROUND]

[SOFT GASP]

Will?

Will?

- Will?!
- Alicia!

Alicia.

Oh, thank God!

What... What happened?

The bombs struck nearby.

M... My friends.

I need to get to them.

Are they okay?

Do you know something?

Arno heard from some of Teddy's
people above ground

before the bombs detonated.

Your friends...

They tried to stop that psycho,

but...

What?

Victor... he got in the way.

[LABORED BREATHING]

Will, how long have I been out?

A week.

Your fever broke.

You passed out after
you amputated your arm.

You almost bled out before I got to you.

But I got you back here.

Arno and some of the others...
They helped stop the bleeding.

What do you mean my fever?

You started running a fever.

It got pretty bad.

But...

No.

No, I didn't get to it in time.

- Didn't get to what?
- My... My arm.

- No.
- The infection.

No. We don't know that.

We do!

You amputated your own arm.

In a drain. Okay?

The infection could be from anything...

Sepsis, tetanus...

Or the bite!

The fever broke.

Okay?

I could've k*lled everyone in here.

I was never gonna let that happen.

You promised.

You said you would k*ll me.

- Alicia...
- No, like it or not,

these people are my responsibility now.

I couldn't save anybody up there.

I'm not gonna make
that same mistake again.

I know. I know. And I...

And you're here now,

and you still can, and I can help you.

No, Will, you can't.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

You don't have to tell me
what's happening...

Not until you're ready.

[GROWLING]

We can't let him out of our sight.

[GROWLING]

[GASPS]

We found it.

♪ ♪

This has to be it.

[SIGHS]

It's not.

That's not PADRE.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

♪ ♪

He's gone.

We're not gonna be getting him back now.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

He was supposed to lead us to a place

where everyone could be safe.

It's not in there.

Let me take you back to the sub.

No, I can't.

You can't take me there.

No, it's okay. You'll be safe there.

Yeah, but you won't.

You wanna tell me what's
really going on here or what?

I didn't amputate my arm in time.

The infection's still inside me.

My body's trying to fight it.

It's only a matter of time
before I lose.

I'll have June take a look.

Give you some antibiotics.

- You can...
- No, I tried all that.

♪ ♪

Nothing's stopped it.

That's why I can't help you, Morgan.

I can't be the person you need me to be.

♪ ♪

I don't know how much longer
I have left.

♪ ♪

I thought it was long enough
to find PADRE.

We'll find some place else. [CHUCKLES]

The longer we look,
the more chance I have

of hurting a lot of people.

That's why I need you.

This is why you been trying to believe

that there was something
left in that walker.

♪ ♪

I'm gonna be one soon.

No.

[LOUD SNARL]

♪ ♪

Stay here.

♪ ♪

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[LOUD SNARL]

[GRUNTS, SQUELCHING]

The light's drawing 'em.

Gonna be more if we stay here.

[JINGLING, HOOFBEATS APPROACH]

Alicia.

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry.

We'll get you to June.

For once, it wasn't your fault.

What happened to your arm?

It doesn't matter.

Where's the walker?

In your moat.

Must have underestimated you, Alicia.

That walker

led you to where you're supposed to be.

Don't you see?

You belong here.

Bring your people.

Will you take care of them?

Like I invited them in myself.

You know you can't trust him.

She wasn't asking you.

What if I'm not here?

- But you will be.
- Promise me.

Alicia, I don't understand.
Are you still sick?

Promise me.

I promise.

♪ ♪

[WALKER GROWLING]

♪ ♪

I'll take care of it.

No.

[HORSE NICKERS]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

♪ ♪

[GASPING]

Will?

Will? Will?!

Will?

W-Will, I think I know
what we need to do.

♪ ♪

WILL: I'm sorry I couldn't keep
my promise to you.

♪ ♪

I said I'd help you remember
how the world used to work,

but now I wonder if that's
what you really need.

If I stay, I'll just remind you
of a way of life

that no longer exists.

You need to build something better.

Don't worry about me.

I'll figure it out up there.

And maybe one day, I'll get
to see the world you built.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Did you do this?

Answer me! Did you know
where he came from?

That I knew him?!

Why would you k*ll him?!

Because I knew that it would hurt you.

I wanted to keep you away
so that I could build this tower

the way it needed to be built.

And why would k*lling him do that?

Because he told me that he loved you!

♪ ♪

How long can we hold out on the sub?

With everybody? A week.

Two tops.

That's enough.

You have taken so much from me.

And now I'm gonna
take something from you.

I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.

It's too late for that!

I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.

I am taking that tower.

♪ ♪

I'll protect it if I must.

♪ ♪

Then we're going to w*r.

♪ ♪

You locked me in here!

I'm not gonna make the world the
way you want it to be!

I know. That's what I'm counting on.

CHAMBLISS: We find Alicia, at
the beginning of this episode,

picking up moments after
we left her in Season ,

just after Teddy had
locked her behind the doors

of the fallout bunker.

The reason Teddy chose her to be
the person to go in this bunker

to ultimately lead his people,
is the fact that she

wasn't someone who was just
gonna his philosophy

and do what he would've done,
she's someone who, Teddy sees,

has the potential to be a great leader.

And that's kind of the journey

she's going on in the flashback.

And it's paired with this journey

that we see in the present day,
where she is leading

this band of people and we
really don't know a whole lot

about what happened in that bunker.

But we know one thing,
we know it was serious.

And we know that it changed her
because the light that we,

kind of know from Alicia, the warmth,

those all seem to be very dim in
the Alicia that Morgan

is meeting in the present.

And it's really all about asking
that question,

"Why? What happened?"

Who are these people, Alicia?

Where have you been?

It's a long story, Morgan.

And now's not the time to tell it.

Morgan is finding himself
in a very interesting place.

It's clear that Alicia doesn't
want to just come out

and tell him what happened, that
what happened is too painful.

And I think Morgan
understands Alicia enough

and has enough trust in her
that even though everything

she's doing seems so out of
character for her,

seems in many ways kind of crazy,

I mean following a Walker,
thinking it's gonna

lead you somewhere, isn't something

that most people do in the apocalypse.

But it really is all about
Morgan's trust and faith

in Alicia that he can see how
important this is to her,

that he is willing to kind of
go along for the ride.

[g*nshots]

MAN: Wait.

Alicia.

CHAMBLISS: The moment when
Strand sees Alicia, I think it really

catches him off guard.

I think it's the thing that
proves to him

that he actually is missing
something in that tower.

The suspicions that he had in
episode where he asks Morgan

to find Alicia, are actually
turning out to be true.

Seeing her is essentially him
realizing what he's missing,

realizing the human connection
that he doesn't have.

I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.

You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.

You sure about that?

I don't think Strand would want
to admit that it hurts him,

but he's definitely wounded when
Alicia rejects his offer

to come live in the tower.

Strand knows that Alicia
is his weakness.

He doesn't like having a weakness.

He tried to get rid of it
by k*lling Will

at the beginning of the season,
but it didn't work.

And it's, honestly, something
that Strand thinks he's

gonna be able to remedy by
offering Alicia and her followers

a place in the tower.

You belong here.

Bring your people.

They come pretty close to making a deal.

But then Strand's past actions
come back to haunt him

once again, when Alicia actually sees.

Will's Walker remains outside the tower.

She sees that medallion around his neck.

And she starts to put
two and two together

and realizes that if Will is
dead at the tower

then that probably means Strand
had something to do with it.

Did you do this?

Strand's in a place where he
knows he's not gonna be able to

lie his way out of this one,
so he actually admits

the truth to Alicia.

Why would you k*ll him?!

Because I knew that it would hurt you.

That's the thing that Alicia can't bear.

That Strand would be willing to
do something so dark

just to get to Alicia to protect
that tower that he built.

You have taken so much from me.

And now I'm gonna
take something from you.

I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.

It's too late for that!

When we were thinking of what it
would take to transform

a character like Alicia,
it felt like it needed to be

something pretty big.

And, we landed on the
idea of a Walker bite,

- [GROANS]
- and Alicia cutting her arm off.

We wanted the impact
of that reveal to be

as powerful as possible.

And we get it, kind of in two pieces.

We get the flashback
where we see her bit

and then we get the present-day
reveal where we see her

take her sleeve off and
reveal that she's fashioned

a prosthetic from her arm bones.

And it's something that is
definitely making a statement.

You know, we see it on Morgan's face.

His mind goes to many different places,

concern, because he's
worried about Alicia.

But then he's also seeing that
she used the bones

to make a prosthetic and that
this must have something

to do with she's been acting
so strangely all episode.

And I think one of the biggest things

that we'll continue to explore
is what Alicia admits to Morgan

near the end of the episode
where she tells him

that, yes, she amputated the arm
but that she's not sure

if she did it in time.

The infection's still inside me.

My body's trying to fight it.

We have seen many characters
bit by Walkers.

We've seen many characters
turn because of Walker bites.

But we haven't actually seen
anyone battle a Walker bite

long-term.

And, Alicia is going to have
a very tumultuous

emotional journey,
in the back half of this season.

And we wanted a physical journey
to go along with that.

The bite, the fevers, and what Alicia's

going to be going through with Strand

and some of the other
characters this season

are all really gonna work hand in hand.

Your friends... they tried
to stop that psycho,

- but...
- What?

Victor... he got in the way.

Strand's need to be
the one to save the day

actually ended up being the
thing that allowed Teddy

to fire the nuclear missiles.

So in Alicia's mind,
she is blaming Strand

as being the impetus
for this entire world

that they're now living in,
and ultimately,

also being the impetus for what
happened to her in the bunker.

If those bombs hadn't gone off,

the tunnels may not have collapsed,

she may not have been bitten,

she might not have had to
amputate her arm.

And she might not be suffering
like the way she is.

So in her mind, Strand is
at the center of everything

that's gone wrong with them.

I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.

I am taking that tower.

I'll protect it if I must.

Then we're going to w*r.

Alicia declaring a w*r
on Strand really is.

Strand's worst nightmare come true.

The one person who he wanted to
live in that tower with him,

who he wanted to show
that he could build

something like that, too, was Alicia.

And she is now standing
opposite him saying,

"I'm gonna do everything in my power

to make sure you don't have that tower".

And that is really going
to drive the conflict

as we go forward.

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