07x10 - Mourning Cloak

[bunniefuu]

Strand: People have a right
to know who's still out there.

Charlie, Luciana, Jacob,
Wes, and Daniel.

We just
found them all.

[Walkers growling]

I need your help, Victor.

[Crying]
Oh, God.

[Baby cooing]

Bring me the baby.

I didn't know
you liked children.

She's got to get used to
her new father sometime.

We can't stay here.

I'd rather face
whatever's out there.

Leaving really isn't
an option.

We found it.

No, that's not PADRE.

[Classical music plays]

♪

Dorie Sr.:
Careful, kid.

Garcia, give me a second,
hmm?

♪

Victor's particular
about those.

Howard sent for me.Mm.

I ran up here
as fast as I could.

Let me, uh, send these boys out
to meet Victor on his scout,

and, uh, see
if I can find Howard.

Maybe he wants me
to join them.

Not today.

Got something else
in mind.

Have a seat.

♪

You guys go ahead.
I'll catch up.

Ali: What's Victor looking for
out there?

That's between him
and his Rangers.

You'll join them
when you're ready.

And when's that
gonna be?

When Victor says
you are.

I just thought
I'd be closer by now.

♪

How old are you, Ali?

15.

15, huh?

And you really think
you're ready to be a Ranger?

Yes, sir.

I'm ready.

I admire your ambition.

I know Victor does,
too.

But everyone has got
to start somewhere.

♪

To that end.

Another one?

No, this is not just
any butterfly.

This is
the Mourning Cloak.

Extremely rare.

Live for about a year.

And Victor has got the perfect
spot for it on the shelf.

All you've got to do
is find one.

♪

Is there
something wrong?

♪

I just don't know how
collecting these

proves I can be
one of his Rangers.

I hear ya, kid.

I could tell you stories
from when I first got

out of the academy.

What the senior cops
called initiation.

It was no picnic --

Victor asked you
to assist me while he's gone.

Not spook the kid
with your old w*r stories.

Look,
this isn't hazing, Ali.

It's about how
you see the world.

About who you choose
to be in it.

♪

They all began
as caterpillars.

See, they started
as one thing,

and became something else.

Something better.

♪

And that's what
Victor did.

That's how he survived.

Show Victor what
you're capable of,

that you can be
something greater.

Then you'll be ready.

♪

[Birds chirping]

[Horse snorting lightly]

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♪

♪

♪

♪

♪

[Walker growling]

♪

♪

Gotcha.

[Growling stops]

Gotcha.

♪

♪

[Suspenseful music plays]

♪

♪

Hands up!

♪

Turn around.

♪

Who the hell are you?

♪

[Walker growling]

♪

[g*nsh*t]

♪

Take your mask off!

♪

You're just a kid.

Yeah, well,
what does that make you?

What were
you stealing?

I got separated from my group,
alright?

I mean, I just looking
for food, water...

You're lucky
this didn't break.

Man: Over here.
I see him.

[Horse neighs]

♪

♪

Howard: You weren't back
when we said.

John?

Howdy, Charlie.

You two
know each other?

We did for a spell.

She was with us
when we tried to stop Teddy.

Oh.

♪

You're one of
Morgan's.

♪

Wait, John --

It'll be okay, kid.

Just stay calm.

♪

Ali: What's going on?

She's coming with us.

Why?

I told you that you needed
to show Victor

what you're capable of.

You just might
get your sh*t.

♪

[Clicks tongue]

♪

♪

[Walkers growling]

Why were you
stealing from Ali?

Look, I want to talk
to Strand.

'Fraid that's not possible,
kid.

Victor is out ensuring
the safety of this Tower.

He's asked me to do the same
in his absence.

So, I need you to tell me
the truth, Charlie.

It wasn't a coincidence,

you running into Ali
out there, was it?

No.

Did Morgan
put you up to it?

No, he --
he doesn't know I'm here.

Then why are you?

Well, I've been looking
for a way

into this place
for a while now.

I just thought that maybe
one of your people

would have blueprints
or something

I could use
to help me sneak in.

For what purpose?

I want to live here.

Why not just use
the call box?

Because she knew
Victor would say no.

Why?

Because they have
a checkered past.

How do you know that?

I know everything about
Victor's former allies.

Especially the ones
he's deemed as threats.

That's why I was gonna
sneak in.

And do what?

Live between the walls?

Or hope that June
or maybe Grace

would help
keep me a secret.

Look, I knew that it was
the only way

that I could be
a part of this.

This?
A chance at a normal life.

Oh.

Yes, well, I can, uh,
certainly understand that.

But why not
come sooner?

On the sub,
the computers --

when the emergency power's on,
you can see what day it is.

So, I looked,
and I'll be 13 this week.

♪

I mean, I was --

I was so young
when everything changed.

And every single day
since then,

it's just been one fight
after another fight

after another fight
after another fight.

I just don't want to fight
anymore.

I just want a normal life,

and I know that this is
where I can do that.

Look, I know that
you don't trust me,

but if you just
give me a chance,

whatever I can do
to prove to you

that I want to be there,
I'll do it.

♪

[Telephone rings]

♪

Yeah?
It's June.

We have a problem
in the infirmary.

[Groans]

Garcia, what happened?
Where's Victor?

He split off
before we got there.

And the other Rangers?

That place was crawling
with dead.

[Groans]
They didn't make it.

Those are
radiation burns.

How do you know that?

We, uh --
We see them a lot out there.

[Groaning]

Garcia, did you find
what we asked for?

There were
too many of them.

I just wanted to
protect the Tower.

I'd do anything
for this place.

♪

Keep moving.

Howard wants you
in the holding room

as soon as possible.

So,
how'd you wind up here?

I'm not telling you
anything.

Why not?

It doesn't sound
like Strand trusts you.

And you just do
whatever he says?

Pretty much.
Why?

'Cause that's how
I'm gonna become a Ranger.

So, you're telling me that

you want to go out there,

when you could just
stay in here?

You wouldn't understand.

[Screams]

What the hell
was that?

[Walkers growling]

Garcia jumped?

Triple Lindy
off the ledge.

I don't see him
down there.

He's part of the wall now,
player.

It's what Victor
would have wanted.

What?
For him to k*ll himself?

Garcia promised he'd do anything
he could to protect this place.

If he couldn't do it
while he was alive, then...

He probably just didn't want
to suffer anymore.

Wait,
what do you mean?

He was sick.
He had radiation poisoning.

I thought
this place was safe.

It is.
Then how did that happen?

It just doesn't --It happened out there.

On a scout.

Well, what was he
scouting for?

Parts.

Our elevators haven't worked
since we were att*cked.

Victor wants them fixed.

I mean, what if I can
get them for you?

Will you let me
live here?

Charlie, no.
It's too dangerous.

Not necessarily.

Are you kidding me? Look what
happened to the other scouts.

None of them have
Charlie's skills.

Well, what skills
would those be?

Ones that allow her to sneak in
and out of places undetected.

You've done it before.
Victor told me.

Hell, you even said you were
gonna do it again, here.

You can't be serious.

She volunteered.

[Scoffs]

♪

You really think
you can do this?

Would I get to live
in the Tower?

Well,
that's Victor's call.

But he listens to me.

You do this,
you're in.

♪

I'll do it.

♪

You'll leave tomorrow.

Ali, you'll go with her.
I will?

Why don't you, uh, catch Charlie
up on what we're looking for

and then get her down
to one of the guest suites.

She should, uh, get some rest
before tomorrow.

Charlie, come on.
I'll go with you.

'Cause I want to hear
play-by-play about my sister.

♪

Ali, can we talk?

♪

This is your chance
to prove yourself.

What? By -- By dying
like Garcia,

over some elevator parts?

It's not about
the elevator.

Then what's it about?

Finding out why
Charlie's really here.

She said
she came on her own.

That she wants
to live here.

And that very well
might be true,

but we need to consider
the possibility it might not be.

♪

She could die.

♪

If she wants to live here
as much as she says,

she'll be careful.

♪

This feels wrong.

♪

Look, things like this
are never easy.

I get that.

But at the end of the day,

it's what separates
the caterpillars

from the butterflies.

You said you wanted
to be a Ranger.

This is what Rangers do.

♪

Okay.

♪

Charlie: So, why's Strand got
you out collecting butterflies?

What does it matter?

I just think
it's kinda shitty,

trapping them in those jars
for no reason.

They only live for a year,
tops.

And you think that
makes it okay?

Don't you think that
something like that

should get the chance
to live,

even if it's just
for a little while?

Doesn't matter
what I think.

Just as long as I can
prove myself to him.

Man, what did he ever do
for you?

[Indistinct conversations]

Stalkers.

If they see us,

they may try to
use us against Strand.

♪

I know a place
to hole up.

♪

♪

So, why's being a Ranger
so important to you, anyway?

Hold on.

It looks clear.

I have always wanted
to play a game.

Play a game?

What?

You've never
bowled before?

[Indistinct shouting]

Don't move.

♪

Man: Alright, I'll go
check on the other side.

♪

Man: Anybody in there?!

♪

There's only
about three over here.

There's really nothing.

♪

They're gone.

Must have just been
passing through.

♪

How did you know
that g*n was here?

I mean, first the key,
and then that...

I used to live nearby.

Come here
on the weekends.

They had
a couple robberies.

♪

Were you any good?

I don't know.

Will you show me
how to play?

You've really never
bowled before?

It can't be that hard,
right?

[Ball thuds]

You gotta
put some spin on it.

Will you show me?
Please?

We really gotta get going.
[Scoffs] Come on.

It'll only take, like,
five minutes.

I'll show you when we get back
from getting

what Howard wants
for the elevator.

But what if I don't
make it back?

What if you don't?

The other Rangers didn't.

One roll.

♪

Okay.

♪

So, you're gonna want
to bend your knees

and face towards the pins,

and put your fingers inside
the two middle ones,

put your thumb
on the bottom.

♪

Um...and then,
you're gonna wanna --

You see the middle arrow,
right in the center?

Yeah.

That's what you're gonna
want to aim towards.

So, when you're following
through,

just twist your wrist a little
bit to the left, okay?

Ready?
Mm-hmm.

Here we go.

♪

[Ball thuds]

♪

[Pins clatter]

♪

That was good,
right?

♪

We should really
get going.

♪

[Sniffles]

♪

♪

Ali.

♪

Ali, what is it?

Come on.
Let's go.

♪

Supposed to be
just ahead.

Who's Muhammad?

I saw his name under
that photo of you two.

Were you guys teammates?

He was my dad.

Muhammad and Ali?

Yeah.
He, uh -- He loved boxing.

Uh, was he
in the m*llitary?

I saw a rank
by his name.

He was an Imam
in the Army.

What happened to him?

The b*mb went off.

All the bad sh*t that came
with it got into his blood.

He didn't make it.

Were you with him
until the end?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

We're here.

[Horse snorting lightly]

Guess this is it.

Garcia said there was
a lot of dead inside.

Yeah, most of them are
probably at ground level,

so I'll just start higher.

How you gonna do that?

I can handle it.

I've done this before,
remember?

Wait!

I'm coming with you.

Look,
it's better if I go alone.

What's wrong?

You're really doing
all of this

just so you can live
in the Tower?

Yeah, that and I want to
help you become a Ranger.

Why do you
want to help me?

Well, I wouldn't be getting this
chance if it wasn't for you.

Anything happens,
I'll be on channel 4, okay?

A-And be fast.

You don't want to get exposed
to whatever Garcia was.

I know. I know.

♪

♪

♪

♪

Woman: Hands up.

[g*n cocks]

♪

That's all I have.

Clean clothes.

Nice g*n.
A horse.

Must be one of Strand's.

You try anything,
he'll k*ll you.

You want to tell us why he keeps
sending people to the pit?

What's the pit?

Don't play dumb.
I'm not.

I-I don't know
what you're talking about.

I'm not even a Ranger.
What about your friend?

What friend?

The girl
that went inside.

She doesn't know
anything.

What'd she go
in there for?

Let's go find out.

Hey!
We're going in.

Move.

[Grunts]

♪

I said move.

[g*n cocks]

♪

♪

Please.
Let me put my mask on.

It's not safe in there.

Open the door.

Now.

♪

[Walkers growling]

Get back!
[g*nf*re]

Back up!

[Woman screams]

♪

♪

[Screaming]

♪

♪

[Door closes]

♪

[Walkers growling]

Charlie!

Charlie!

[Walkers growling]

♪

[g*nsh*t]

[Walkers growling]

♪

[g*nsh*t]

♪

[Walkers growling]

♪

♪

[g*n clicking]

[Growling]

[Grunting]

♪

[Panting]

Are you okay?

I was gonna ask you
the same thing.

[Walkers growling in distance]

Where's your mask?

I lost it in the fight.

What fight?

[Growling continues]

You k*lled all these?

Yeah, I locked the rest
in there.

One of them grabbed onto my mask
while I was closing the door,

and I'm not
going in after it.

Plus,
the readings were clean.

You shouldn't have
gotten close to them.

I was careful.

[Pounding on door]

[Walkers growling]

[Grunts]

[Metal creaks]

[Thumps]

[Growling continues]

Just be quick.

Why didn't you
k*ll that walker?

Is it 'cause it reminded you
of your dad?

I thought maybe the uniform--
I had it covered.

I saw
what you did outside.

It was the only way.

[Growling continues]

I feel terrible.

It's fine.

I handled it.

I don't mean that.

I didn't tell you
the truth.

About what?

About why
I came to the Tower.

Morgan sent me.

To do what?

I'm supposed to turn off
the beacon on the roof tonight.

Why?
To clear out the walkers

so they can get Grace
and the baby out.

And then what?
They att*ck?

I don't know.

Howard was right
about you.

You made me believe you.
You made me help you.

When Strand finds out
about this --

He won't.
Of course he will!

Because I'm not gonna
go through with it.

Oh, yeah?
I'm serious. I won't.

I don't want to do it anymore.
Why would I believe you?

Because I didn't lie
about everything.

All of those things
I said I wanted,

a life like
I was supposed to have,

I still want that.

And I thought that I was gonna
find that with Morgan,

but not if I have to put you
in danger to get it.

[Door creaks]

We don't have much time,
okay?

I'm almost done.

Howard:
Ali, do you copy?

Yes, Howard.
I copy. I'm here.

What's taking so long?

We're about to head out.

"We"?
Did you find out what I asked?

[Walkers growling]

What's he talking about?

Ali?

Yes.

I did.

♪

I'm sorry.

Wait, Ali --
Ali, what are you doing?

Protecting the Tower.

♪

Ali?

Ali!

Ali, I'll die
if you leave me here!

You've done this before,
right?

You'll be fine.

Ali!

Ali!

Ali,
please don't do this!

Ali,
please just come back!

Please don't do this to me!

Ali!

Ali! Ali, I-I don't understand
why you're doing this.

Just please come back!
I'm gonna die!

[Walkers growling]

Howard, do you copy?

Ali, please!

Howard: I'm here, Ali.

Is it done?
Ali? Please!

Yeah, I got the board.
Ali, please don't leave me here.

Coming back now.

Ali, please, please!

Just you?

You asked me why
I didn't run away before.

And it's just because that
I didn't want to do it alone.

Just me.

I'm sure you made
the right decision

for the good
of the Tower.

But I don't have to
do it alone anymore.

I don't have to because
we can do it together.

You did what Victor
would've done.

Away from Morgan,
away from Strand.

We -- We don't have to
get stuck in the middle.

♪

Ali, please don't
do this to me!

♪

Ali!

Ali!

♪

[Walkers growling]

♪

♪

[g*nshots]

♪

[Metal creaks]

♪

[Walkers growling]

[g*nshots]

[Growling stops]

I told you I was with my dad
until the end.

That wasn't true.

When he got sick,
I-I left him.

Why?

'Cause I couldn't
handle it.

I couldn't see him
like that.

♪

I was a coward.

Why are you
telling me this?

Because when I thought
about becoming a Ranger,

I thought it would make
everything, you know, okay.

But I was just being
a coward again,

and I'm not gonna make
that same mistake twice.

♪

You said you didn't want
to run away alone.

You don't have to.

♪

What about Strand?
And Howard?

I'm not afraid of them.

Are you?

♪

All those things that
you never got to do --

we can still do them.

Or some of them,
at least.

What about you?

There's still a lot of things
I haven't done, either.

Like what?

♪

♪

♪

Well,
that was a first.

And?

So much better
than bowling.

♪

Alright, well,
let's get out of here.

I found some places
on my patrols

where we can
hole up for a bit,

till we find
something better.

♪

[Thud]

♪

Charlie?

Charlie?

Hey.
It's okay.

It's okay.
I got you.

♪

[Beeps]

Mr. Dorie,
do you copy?

Stay with me!
Please!

♪

It's a good thing you called me
when you did.

This is where
she needs to be.

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

How is she?

Stable.

What's wrong
with her?

She was exposed
to radiation...

just like the Rangers.

No.
That's not possible.

It must've happened
when she was in that building.

We should probably
check you, too.

No. Okay, she told me
she was careful.

Sometimes,
that's not enough.

There are other ways.

Things we can't see.

But you can treat it,
right?

June?

♪

June,
how bad is it?

♪

Given the amount of exposure
she's had,

she should make the most
of every day.

♪

I'm so sorry, Ali.

♪

Hell of a day, Ali.

What are those?

Some of the scouts
just came back with them.

Yeah.

They sort of look like the ones
we saw in that building.

I'll be sure to
mention it to Victor.

Where is he?

He decided to wait till tomorrow
to make the journey back.

Given the state
of the state.

[Pen cap clicks]

Now, tell me,

why is Charlie here?

What did Morgan
send her here to do?

Morgan didn't send her.

She was telling us
the truth.

Okay.

I'll see to it she's escorted
out in the morning.

You can't kick her out.

She's sick.

Because of you, because
of what you made her do.

She's sick because that's what
the world out there

has to offer.

Which is why
we have to do everything

to protect
what we've built here

and not let our personal
feelings cloud our judgment.

What are you
talking about?

Why did you
bring her back here?

After what we discussed?

Can I trust you, Ali?

Yes.

Good.

And, uh, nice work,

all things considered.

We'll have to wait for Victor
to get back to sign off,

but, uh, I think
you can safely assume

that tomorrow will be your first
official day as Ranger.

Congratulations.

♪

♪

[Door opens]

♪

[Door closes]

♪

How are you feeling?

I don't really know.

♪

♪

♪

I'm scared, Ali.

I'm really scared.

♪

Will you come with me?

I don't know.

June said I'm supposed
to rest, so...

I know.

But there's something
I really want you to see.

♪

Keep your eyes closed.
Okay.

No peeking.

♪

Okay.

Open them.

♪

Happy birthday,
Charlie.

♪

It's -- It's beautiful.

♪ You ask me
how are the days I spend ♪

♪ With my only true love

♪

♪ And I tell you,
she shows me the summer ♪

But Strand --
when he finds out, he's --

I don't care.
♪ With snow clouds above

Okay, you were right.

Something this beautiful
deserves to live,

no matter
how long that is.

♪ You ask me
how are the days now ♪

♪ That my baby is gone

I wasn't there for someone
when they needed me before.

♪ I'm troubled, my friend

This time, I will be.

♪ I know what is right,
but I do what is wrong ♪

I'm gonna be there
this time.

♪ But I drink and I dream
of her still by the vision ♪

♪ It only breaks me

♪ And I try to hold onto her

♪ But she slipped through
my fingers like rain ♪

♪

♪ Yeah, she slipped through
my fingers like rain ♪

♪ Now it ain't the same

I'm gonna be right here next
to you every second of the way.

♪

♪

What's wrong?

Morgan.

I'm supposed to turn off
that light.

I need to find a way to tell him
what's going on.

Hey.
I'll do it.

Okay, don't worry.

I'll take care
of everything.

♪

[Door opens, closes]

[Metal creaking]

♪

♪

♪

So, this is why
he sent her?

♪

♪

To disarm the light,
and then what?

And then what?I don't know!

Okay, they want this place
to change,

and that can't happen
with Strand!

Well, that's where you're wrong,
Ali.

It's the only way.

♪

[Grunts]

[g*ns cock]

No!

No!

♪

[Both grunting]

♪

[Grunting]

♪

Please --
Please, Howard!

Don't do it, please!

[Choking]

I'm sorry.

It's what Victor would do.

♪

[Screams]

[Thud]

[Walkers growling in distance]

No. No.

June: If he says no,
we just stay with him.

[Crying]

[Door closes]

Charlie, what's wrong?

It's -- It's Ali.
He --

He what?
He just --

What is it?

He...

[Elevator bell dings]

♪

You --

You k*lled him!

You k*lled him!
You k*lled him!
Charlie, no.

I suggest you back off,
unless you want to join him.

Oh, my God.
You're a monster.

No!

He att*cked me!

He left me no choice.

I'm just trying to
protect this place

from those who are trying
to undermine it,

and if you want
this Tower to last,

I suggest
you do the same.

He's right, June.

♪

Whose side are you on here,
John?

I lost everything to that
inhospitable world out there.

You mean your son?

♪

Because he would be ashamed
if he saw this.

If today proved
anything,

it's that we need
to protect this place.

Look what happened
to her out there.

Howard: He's right.

Ali paid the price
for what he did.

And now
it's your turn.

You lay one hand on her,
I will k*ll you myself.

Anything happens to me,

you're gonna have to
answer to Victor.

♪

No, I won't.

Because he knows
the same thing that I do.

And what's that?

He needs me.

More than
he needs you.

If anyone in this Tower
gets sick,

anyone gets injured,

he'll have no one
to help them,

and this place will fall.

Charlie stays with me,
under my care.

That's the deal.

♪

Fine.

♪

But I suggest
you tread carefully.

♪

What the hell
was that about?

I had to say it,
June.

Because you believe it?

Because I need him
to believe I do.

Why?

There's only one way things
are gonna change,

and that's if I can
get in Strand's ear.

Anyone can listen
to reason.

They just need the right voice
telling it to 'em.

I thought
it could be Howard.

But now,
it's gotta be me.

I thought I had
Virginia's ear, too.

This won't work, John.

It has to.

♪

♪

This is my fault,
Charlie.

I never should've let you
go to that building

in the first place.

Then why did you?

♪

Ever since I got here,
I've been hiding.

Why?

I've been scared,

and until today,
it hasn't hurt anyone but me.

♪

I don't expect you
to forgive me.

I don't deserve it.

But I promise you this --

no matter how much time
you have left,

you will live to see
Strand go down.

I will do everything I can
to make sure that happens.

♪

Thank you.

♪

♪

Take your masks off.
[g*nsh*t]

What exactly are we up against
out there?

D said a hundred dead
outside.

[Walkers growling]

♪

- Run.
- No.

Boo.

This could make
all the difference.

Yeah, it's a start.

What's scary is what
I'm gonna have to do to them.

[Laughs]

♪

[Screaming]

♪

♪

Mourning Cloak
is the type of butterfly

that Ali is
tasked with collecting.

Careful, kid. Victor's
particular about those.
Howard sent for me.

Strand, while he's
a presence in this episode,

he's not physically
at the tower.

So Howard is kind of the de
facto number two left in charge,

and it was bringing up
all these questions

of what happens
when Strand's away.

This is not just
any butterfly.

This is
the Mourning Cloak.

Extremely rare,
live for about a year.

And Victor has got the perfect
spot for it on the shelf.

Show Victor
what you're capable of,

that you can be something.
[Walker snarling]

Ali's a young man who clearly
wants to do right

by Strand, who's ambitious,

who is very loyal to the tower.

So Howard wants to
reward him for that.
Gotcha!

[Grunts]

There's a layer to that
for Howard

that we'll start to unpack

about Howard's relationship
to his own family.

We've heard him mention it
briefly at the end of Season 6.

You a religious man?

No.
My wife was.

Said
it would protect me.

So much for that.
There's more that we'll learn
about Howard

and what happened
with his own family

that I think we'll understand

why he has such
a unique relationship with Ali.

Hell of a day, Ali.
And so, you know,
there's a unique opportunity

there for Howard to kind of
get him to do his bidding,

which is to find out why
Charlie's really in the tower.

She said
she came on her own.

She wants to live here.

That very well
might be true,

but we need to consider
the possibility it might not be.

It's this
terrible combination

of a really brilliant,
savvy move from Howard

and also a bit cruel

to put a young kid
through something like this.

♪

Charlie and Ali connect right
away for one simple reason --

they're both young people
in the apocalypse.

I have always wanted
to play a game.

You've never
bowled before?

They had to grow up
way too fast.

Neither of them have been able
to have this kind of connection,

you know,
that sort of first love,

first, you know, butterflies
in the stomach kind of feeling.

And Ali helping her learn
how to bowl is huge for her

because it makes
her feel like a kid,

it makes her feel alive.

It's not just surviving.

She's actually living.

That was good, right?

♪

We should...
really get going.

I think Ali recognizes as well

that even though Charlie
came to the tower

with some negative intentions
from his perspective,

ultimately,
it was all because

she wants to have
this normal life.

And that's
why Ali turns around,

because he understands Charlie
in a new way.

Why's Strand got you out
collecting butterflies?

They only live
for a year tops.

And you think
that makes it okay?

Don't you think
that something like that

should get the chance
to live...

even if it's
just for a little while?

I think that's front and center
at Ali's mind,

'cause he's realized Charlie's
a bit like that butterfly now.

She is someone to him
that is beautiful

and is going to have
a very short life

because of her
radiation exposure.

So I think him freeing
the butterflies...

Happy birthday, Charlie.

...is an act of wanting to show
her how much he cares about her,

but also because it really
is a metaphor for Charlie.

It's beautiful.

♪

[Men grunting]

Aah! Aah!

[Coughs]

[Crying]
Don't do it! Please!

I'm sorry.

It's what Victor would do.
[Gasping]

In June's mind, Howard
has crossed a huge line.

You're a monster.
No!

He att*cked me!
He left me no choice.

Howard's giving
into his worst instinct.

He's in a position
where he wants to

punish June and Charlie.

Lay one hand on her,
I will k*ll you myself.

Anything happens to me, you're
gonna have to answer to Victor.

He needs me.

More than he needs you.

This is a conflict
that is gonna start to brew.

We know that there's one coming
from outside the tower,

but now there's one inside.

I'm just trying
to protect this place

from those who are
trying to undermine it.

He's right.
If today proved anything,

it's that we need
to protect this place.

I suggest
you tread carefully.

♪

And ultimately we kind of
get inside Dorie Sr.'s head.

What the hell
was that about?

There's only one way
things are gonna change,

and that's if I can
get in Strand's ear.

Anyone
can listen to reason.

They just need the right voice
telling it to them.

I thought it could be Howard,
but now it's got to be me.

It's a tightrope
that he's walking

because Howard
is Strand's ultimate loyalist,

but Dorie Sr.
has his own perspective

and he wants to see things
change for the tower

and the better
before they go down a bad path

that there's
no coming back from.

This won't work, John.It has to.

♪

No matter how much time
you have left,

you will live
to see Strand go down.

I will do everything I can
to make sure that happens.

Charlie seeing the Mourning
Cloak is very bittersweet.

It's a symbol of Ali.

It's a symbol
of her feelings for Ali.

She has felt this connection

with someone who was
cut tragically short.

But like Ali said,
something that beautiful

should get the chance to live,
even if just for a little while.

♪

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