07x13 - The Raft

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07x13 - The Raft

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... Because we couldn't
face each other if we didn't.

I want us to have a family.



We want to find Padre.

You're going to help us.

- So, where will you go?
- The bunker.

There's a working
transmitter down there,

and I need it to reach people.

- You still looking?
- For what?

A partner.

- We need to move.
- I'll buy you some time.

- Take care of her, Morgan.
- I will.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

You may have won the
battle today, Morgan,

but the w*r is just beginning.

[SAND RUSTLING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

[SIGHS]

[METER CLICKING]

[EXHALES]

[CLANG, AIR HISSING]

DWIGHT: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE] Honey?

Hey, honey, where the hell are you?

Yeah, what is it, D?

You left without waking me up.

You needed the sleep.

[SCOFFS, STAMMERS] Okay.
Where... where are you?

I'm on a supply run.

I remember we never hit up that
warehouse near the train depot.

And?

Nada.

Okay, well, I got something.

We got an SOS.

- On the Dark Horse channel?
- Yes, yeah.

Some lady, uh, got herself
turned around down near the inlet.

I'll meet you at the sub.

No, I-I don't think she can wait.

Well, you shouldn't
go out on your own, D.

Kind of like you did this morning.

And I'm... and I'm pretty
sure I can handle it.

It could be another
one of Strand's traps.

Okay, and what if it's not?

What if... w-what if it breaks

the... the way Strand's been
talking about it breaking, huh?

Th-then we need every
soldier we can get.

Can she fight?

Uh, I don't know. I
didn't ask her résumé.

And what is going on with you?

Nothing.

Just wait for me.

I don't think I can.

And neither can she.

[WOMAN PANTING]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Are you there?

I'm where you said I should be.

[GRUNTS]



[PANTING, WHIMPERING]



[WALKERS GROWLING]



[g*nsh*t]

- Watch out!
- [g*nsh*t]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[g*nshots]

[PANTING]

- [WALKER GROWLS]
- [HORSE WHINNIES]

- [g*n CLICKS]
- I'm out.

It's radiated. Don't let him touch you!

[GASPING]

[WALKER SNARLS]

[g*nsh*t]



SHERRY: Sorry I'm late.

DWIGHT: You're just in time.

[PANTING]

You okay?

Yeah.

My name's Dwight.

I'm Sherry.

Thank you.

I'm Maya.

[METER CLICKS]

Alright.

Well, you're good here,

but you really should wear
that when you're on the move.

And we're gonna need
to get you checked out.

I don't understand.

It's... It's what I was talking
to you about on the walkie.

The air quality and... and the, uh...

You're not from around here, are you?

Not exactly.

I came here on a boat,
looking for my kid.

Well, you landed in the wrong place.

Wh... A boat? What's it like out there?

How far does the fallout go?

I have no idea.

I was on the boat for days.

Alright, let's find your kid, huh?

When was the last time that you saw him?

A few months ago.

One night, Marco was in our
tent when we went to sleep.

[SIGHS] In the morning, he was gone.

Are you sure it wasn't the dead?

If it was, how come
they didn't touch me?

You from the Tower?

Well, how do you know about the Tower?

I heard the message
inviting people to join.

Maybe that's where they took Marco.

No, y... trust me, y-you
don't want to go there.

Look, there's bad blood, okay,

between us and the man in charge.

But that shouldn't keep
you from going, you know,

especially if you
think your kid's there.

Get your stuff, and I'll point
you in the right direction.

Okay.

Thank you.

Yeah.

What the hell, D?

Hey, honey, honey. Come on.

Uh, she's better off with
Strand. You know that.

We are about to go to w*r with him.

Yeah, I know.

[SIGHS]

You think we're gonna lose.

We're outmanned and outgunned.

It's just us, alright?
We can take that risk.

She's got a kid. She can't.

Why are you giving me that look?

I'm not.

I just... I wish it wasn't like this.

Yeah.

MORGAN: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]
I'm coming in hot.

I'm gonna need a hand-off.

- Morgan?
- That's Morgan.

I repeat, I am coming in hot.

Morgan? Is that you?

- Sherry?
- We're on it. Where are you?

I'm on the intercoastal
road up a couple of miles

north of The Pennsylvania.

Copy. We'll be there in .

W... what do you mean by hand-off?

Do you need us to take Mo?

No, it's not Mo.

Some of the walkers from
Strand's moat broke off

and started following me.

I need you to dump 'em someplace for me.

[GRUNTS] I only have a couple bags left.



Uh, Dwight and I might not have
enough a*mo to take them out.

You definitely do not, because
there are a lot of them.

How many?



It's all of them.

[WALKERS GROWLING]





DWIGHT: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]
Luci, you there?

Go for Luciana.

Hey, we need a place to dump
some walkers... a lot of them.

Where's that, uh, crater
Arno... Arno's people found?

Five miles west of the scrapyard.

- You need a hand?
- No, we got it.

I'll let you know if anything changes.

What's going on, D?

Did I mess up back there?

What are you talking about?

With our code... sending
Maya to the Tower.

I mean, it's the exact opposite

of what you wanted me to do with Mickey.

Yeah, but Mickey could hold
her own out here, right?

You think we're gonna
lose this fight, don't you?

I don't know.

It's just, everything we
talked about at the gym...

everything that you said you wanted.

I know, but I'm not the
only one who said that.

- You... You wanted, it, too!
- I know.

To let life happen, have a family.

But if we don't take the Tower,

are we gonna be able
to have any of that?



Okay, we'll take the Tower.

Well, we're not gonna
be able to do anything

unless we get these
walkers off of Morgan's ass.

- [REINS SLAP]
- Yah!

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[WALKERS GROWLING]



[MO WHINES]

God, I truly hope you do
not remember any of this

when you get older.

Who am I kidding?

I'll be happy enough if
you just get to be older.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

Hey.

You got her back.

Mr. Dorie did.

He gave his life so
that she could escape.

[MO WHINES]

Everybody else is still in there.

How'd you pick up so many walkers?

Some of them started following me

just after Mr. Dorie handed Mo off.

And then, I just didn't

discourage the others from joining.

You wanted them to follow you?

Yeah.

Strand's felt safe in that tower

because of the walkers around it.

But until tonight, when he
can try and draw some more in

- with that light of his...
- We can get in.

- Yeah.
- You're good.

Well, let's, uh... let's dump
'em all before we say that.

No, it'll work.

There's already walkers in that
crater. What's a thousand more?

Get Mo back to the sub.

Daniel and Luci, they'll be ready.

[g*nf*re]

[HORSES WHINNY]



[WALKER SNARLING, MO CRYING]

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

Those are Strand's rangers.

- Are they crazy?
- He's desperate.

He knows that the only
reason we didn't make a move

on the Tower was because of Mo.

Uh, well...

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

They're gonna get themselves k*lled.

Those walkers get dispersed,
it's gonna make it easier

for Strand to draw them back tonight.

We've gotta keep them together.

Give me your g*n.

What? What are you talking about?

Yeah, come here and take her.

[MO CRYING]

You can get her further
away than I can, and faster.

So you get her to the
sub, you lock the hatches.

The one thing we gotta do... we
gotta keep her away from Strand.

She should be with her dad.

She should be with whoever
can keep her safe right now.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]



DWIGHT: This could be a good thing.

Well, if we can do it with her,
we can do it with one of our own.

[g*nf*re]

Yeah, uh, I don't think they're
reading the same tea leaves as you.

Come on!

[g*nf*re CONTINUES]

[MAN SCREAMING]

[HORSES WHINNY]

Hyah!

Hey!

Hey, stay on me!

[g*nsh*t]

That's right! Come on!

- On me!
- [g*nsh*t]

[WALKERS GROWLING]



Keep coming!





DWIGHT: It's all right.
I think we lost 'em.

[MO BABBLING]

How is she?

I think she likes it.

- D. D.
- [g*n CLICKS]

Whoa.

- Whoa.
- Whoa, whoa.

Alright, I'm, uh... I'm
afraid we're gonna have

to ask you to get out of our way.

Or what? You won't k*ll me.

You got a code.

[g*n CLICKS]

What do you know about our code?



A lot.

We'll sh**t. I don't think you will.

But, if you do, the rest of the rangers

will be on you like that.

Do you really care
about protecting Strand?

No, I care about surviving.

And that Tower's the
only way I'll do it.

Well, why don't you come with us.

You help us take down the Tower,

we'll pretend like you never even left.



Give me the kid.

[CHUCKLES]

I was just like you once.

Give... me... the... kid.

Trying to be someone's right-hand man,

doing what you needed to
do to protect your own.

I get it.

You think I'm doing this
'cause I'm on a power trip?

- Well...
- No, I'm doing this because

you all made me believe
in something better.

I k*lled my brother because of it.

It turns out you all don't even
believe in the bullshit you preach.

I should've just gone along
with Derek when I found him.

At least he was honest
about what he was doing.

You want honesty?

This is your last warning.

The hell's that supposed to mean?

- [g*nsh*t]
- [HORSE WHINNIES]



Ugh!

[GRUNTING, PANTING]



If you really thought building
something better was bullshit,

you would have sh*t us.

While you're sitting
there by your lonesome,

waiting for your cavalry to come,

take a minute and
think about what I said.



[GROANS]

[WIND HOWLING, WALKERS
GROWLING IN DISTANCE]

[expl*si*n]



[WALKERS GROWLING]



Morgan!

I'm sorry.

- What the...
- I'm sorry, but we gotta get out of here.

Strand's rangers must be close by.

That was me.

What? Why?

To keep them from tearing you apart?

No, no, I need them
to keep following me.

Hey!

- [g*nshots]
- Hey!

Over here!

That is Strand's moat.

We gotta ditch them someplace
so that he can't use 'em.

Hey! Keep coming!

Over here!

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

W-Where did you come from?

When did you get back?

Sorry.

How you feeling?

[SCOFFS]

I'm still standing.

Find what you were looking for?

I found the transmitter.

And then I heard Strand's
message, I came as soon as I could.

But you didn't see
anybody else out there?

Not yet.

You didn't find that girl, did you?

What, the one you told
me helped you on the sub?

No, I did not.

I got Mo out, though.

Got these dead to follow
me at the same time.

That's why we're gonna make our move.

I told you to wait for me.

We didn't know where you were.

Well, I need to get back to the sub.

- I need the generators to power this.
- We don't have time for that.

The Tower's unguarded,
at least until dark.

We only get one sh*t at
this, and we're not ready.

Luciana brought in Arno's people.

Yours, the rest of ours,
and them, that's enough.

It's not. It's not even close.

But we can get more.

Can't keep waiting.
I had to make a call.

You're more that welcome to join us,

but I understand if you don't want to.

Hey! That's it!

- [g*nsh*t]
- Keep coming!

[WALKERS GROWLING]

You followed a walker for me.

The least I can do is get
these walkers to follow you.

Thank you.

Keep coming!

[g*nsh*t]



[MO BABBLING]

DWIGHT: Anything from Luci?

Nothing.

You know, Strand's rangers
would have passed us by now

if they were tracking us.

Well, we don't move until
we make contact with her.

[COOING]

[WIRE CLICKING]

What the hell is that?

Oh, I... Well, I... I
call it an auto-mobile.

[COOING]

- Jesus.
- What? She likes it.

I'm trying to keep us alive here.

And I'm trying to show
her a reason to stay alive.

- Wha... What is going on with you?
- Nothing.

- Come on.
- No, it's not... it's not important.

Well, every time you say
that, it's really important.

It's just hard for me to
see you with her like this.

- Like what?
- I don't know, like...

laughing and smiling
and making dad jokes.

Why?

Because, D, we're not gonna have that.

- You don't know that.
- Oh, come on.

You were right. I-I know
what we're up against, so...

Okay. Well, you just want to give
up? You gonna throw in with Strand...

No, it's not... not what I'm
saying. I-It's just not easy.

LUCIANA: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE] Sherry.

Luci, open the hatch and
prepare to lock down the sub.

We're on our way, and
chances are, we're not alone.

Negative. Don't come.

I repeat, don't come
to The Pennsylvania!

Whoa, w-why not? What's going on?

The engineering compartment
is starting to leak radiation.

We're in the middle of an evacuation.

sh*t!

Alright, look, we'll... we'll wait here

- and we'll wait it out.
- No, we can't. We can't.

I mean, they were
probably just listening,

a-and they know which
direction we're coming from.

They'll find us.

- Look, we keep moving.
- Alright.

- Alright, then, let's move.
- Okay.

Wait. Look, D, I'll take that.

- Give me that. No, give me... No.
- No, I got it.

- Give... No. It's mine.
- You get her. Why? Why?

- What's in there?
- Nothing.

- Okay, well, let me see it!
- Wait!

[SIGHS]



[BAG THUDS]



Navigation charts.

What the hell are these?



Where were you this morning?

I was getting the, uh...



... emergency raft from
the sub ready to launch.

Alright, so, you're just gonna...

- you're just gonna leave, after all this?
- No.

D, the raft wasn't for me.

It was for you.

Yeah, w-w-well...

Okay, uh...

- What... w-w-what are you talking about?
- Come on, D.

We know what's coming.

We heard the offer that Strand made.

Okay, what does that have to do with me?

I don't want you to turn into the
person that you don't want to be.

We've been over this before, okay?!

- [SIGHS]
- It's not gonna happen!

[MO BABBLING]



Look, I...

[CHARTS THUD]





You actually think I'd
throw in with Strand?

- Don't you?
- Well, it ha... it happened before.

I just don't want it to happen again.

That's bullshit. And you know it.

I'll tell you what's bullshit...

Thinking you could stay ahead of us.

And if you're thinking about runnin',

I've got half-a-dozen
more rangers on their way.

- Just hand her over.
- [MO BABBLING]

What do we get if we hand her over?

D! No, if you think this
is how we're gonna end up,

we might as well get
something out of it.



If we hand her over, can we still
take you up on Strand's deal?

That's not my call to make.

But I'm sure it'll help your case.

- Dwight. What are you doing?
- I'm not... I'm not gonna...

I'm not gonna try and be a better
person if you don't even think I can.

Pick her up.

[BABBLING CONTINUES]



Alright.



SHERRY: It's okay. It's all right.





[WES GRUNTS]

[g*nf*re, GRUNTING]

[MO CRYING]

Honey, go!

Go, go, go!

[WES AND DWIGHT GRUNTING]

D!

Honey, go!

Go!

[DWIGHT GRUNTING]

[WIND HOWLING, WALKERS GROWLING]

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

You never did answer
me, really, back there.

Tell me how you're feeling.

Fever's still coming back
at night, just like before.

But the dreams are getting worse.

What do you mean by "worse"?

I don't know, like they're
getting more and more real.

Like I... can't run from them anymore.

You know the last time it
was just you and me? Remember?

We were following one of those things.

You know the Senator. He's
probably in there somewhere.

Well, if you want to go find
him, you can be my guest.

Where are you taking them?

Dwight and Sherry said there's a crater

that's got a bunch of them
already trapped in it, so...

Strand's gonna come after you hard

for doing this to the Tower.

Yeah, he already is. Which
is why we gotta move now.

Morgan, we're not... ready.

We don't have a choice.

Grace recorded some
songs for Mo to listen to

when they escaped, and
she left something for me.

GRACE: [OVER TAPE] Morgan,
listen, we don't have much time.

If this works, I need you to take Mo

and get away from here,
as far away from Strand

and this Tower as humanly possible,

even if it means leaving without me.

[TAPE PLAYER CLICKS]

She's right.

It's the only way to
make sure that Mo is safe.

- So if we don't get that Tower tonight...
- You're gonna do it.

You're gonna take her away from here.

If I can even find a way
out of here, yes, I am.

And I don't want to leave.

Not when we're barely hanging on.

I left some folks I
cared about once before,

and it has never sat right with me.

I gotta take care of Mo.

And if you can take the Tower
tonight, you won't have to go anywhere?

It's more vulnerable
than it's ever been.



- Still, we're not ready.
- Why? Why not?

We're outnumbered.

Ill-prepared, tired, hungry, sick...

And that's never
stopped us before, so...



Why are you stalling?

I'm not stalling.

You've been away for all this time,
and you got nothing to show for it?

- You're stalling.
- Why would I be stalling?

I don't know. I don't know.

It's just, you keep saying
how little time you have left.



[BABBLING]



[ROCK CLATTERS]

D? Is that you?

There you are.

Why'd you stop?



Aside from the change?

Where's Wes?

Oh, he's still out there.
I just slowed him down.

We're good for here, but
we can't go any further.

[ZIPPING]

We still have half-a-dozen
rangers riding up behind us.

[MO FUSSING]

How's she doing?

- She has no idea.
- Ah.

It's okay.

Alright.

[FUSSING CONTINUES]

Mm, okay. Ready?

It's okay.



I'm sorry for what I said earlier.

I don't think that you would
take Strand's deal for yourself.

But you still think I'd
take it? For who? You?

It's complicated.

Why don't you just tell
me what's going on, huh?

D...

Look.

The Franklin.



Hey, does anybody know
where that bunker is...

Uh, the one Teddy locked up Alicia in?

ALICIA: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]
I might be able to answer that.

Alicia, is that you?

Yeah, I'm here with Morgan.

The bunker is underneath
the Franklin Hotel. Why?

I think we just found it.

What if we hide in there?

No. Al... Alicia, is
there another way out?

Just the drainage
works on the north end,

but they're not stable.

Dwight, come on.



Hey, the rangers might have heard that.

Look, we'd be cornered if they came in.

We should go through the crater.

That way, we can stay ahead of them.

Th... the readings,
they're way too high.

I know. We... We have our gas masks.

We'll be protected, and Morgan
said that thing's lined with lead.

Well, hers might be, but ours aren't.

Okay, then she'll be protected.
That's all that matters right now.

- It's... It's not.
- What are you talking about, huh?

- I... I'm just...
- F-F-First, you think

I... I'm gonna bail, and... a-and now,

you won't even do what we
need to do to keep her safe!

Why don't you just
give her to me? I'll go.

- Please, D. D!
- Please? Here, I got her. What?

I think I might be pregnant.



Are you serious?

Uh...

Yeah. I think so.

Okay.

Hey. [CHUCKLES]

That's a good thing.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

- It is?
- It is.

That's a g... Y-Yeah,
that's a good thing.



[HORSE WHINNIES]

- Okay, go.
- Alright.

Go.



[DOOR SLAMS]

[MO CRYING]

Easy. Easy. The whole system shorted.

Hmm.

The bench... there.

Alright, okay, I got it. I got it.

- Mo.
- Okay.

[CRYING CONTINUES]

I'm sorry, D.

I should have told you earlier.

H-how long do you think it's been?

A couple weeks?

Okay, well, we'll... we'll
find you a test, and...

I already took a test.

And?

I haven't looked at it yet.

Let me...

Here.

[MO CRYING LOUDLY]

Hey.

That's why I didn't want
you going through my bag.

What do you mean, you
haven't looked at it yet?

Because I know you, D.

If... If this is positive,

you're gonna want to
do what's best for her,

even if that means going
into Strand's Tower.

You know, if we do that,

if we go into that place,

it will destroy all the
parts of you that I love.

You know, all the... the parts that
are gonna make you a great father.

And I just... I can't let
that happen to you again.

[CRYING CONTINUES]

You know, I want our child to know you.

Not the person that
Strand would turn you into.

Look, I love you for
trying to protect me, honey.

I-I really do. But I should
be able to protect you too.

Which means you don't
get to do this alone,

especially when we're in this together.

- Yeah?
- [SIGHS]

Let's take a look.

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

[BANGING IN DISTANCE]

- [SIGHS]
- It's the rangers.

Let's move.



I thought you said the crater
was filled with walkers.

Well, that's what
Dwight and Sherry said.

[WIND HOWLING]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Somebody let 'em out.

Well, if we dump them in here,
they're just gonna climb right out.

Yeah.

Dwight, Sherry, crater's a no-go.

MORGAN: [OVER WALKIE-TALKIE]
We're looking for another place

to dump 'em.



I repeat... We need to find
another place to dump 'em.

What'd he... What'd he say?

They're still looking for
a place to dump the walkers.

They don't dump 'em, we
can't move on the Tower.

Let's keep moving.



[WALKERS GROWLING]



SHERRY: Can you clear it?

Yeah, I think so.

[ROCKS CLATTERING]

Hey, D.

How loud do you think the fire
alarm is in a place like this?

Pretty loud. Why?

Well, you think they could
hear it from up there?

Uh, I mean, a-above ground?

Maybe.

If Morgan and Alicia are heading back...

They'll be walking right over us.

[MATCH CRACKLES]



Get diggin'.



Their horses were right outside.

They have to be down here.

[FIRE ALARM BLARING]

What the hell?

Find it.

Turn it off!



[MUFFLED FIRE ALARM BLARING]



What is that? Do you hear that?

Bunker.

We're on top of it.

Dwight and Sherry must
have tripped the alarms.



The door. We get 'em in there.

With Dwight and Sherry
down there with Mo?

They'll get her out. I got a plan.

Trust me.

[WALKERS GROWLING]



[FIRE ALARM CONTINUES]

[SHERRY PANTING]

[MO CRYING]

Hey, it's okay. Hi.

O-Okay. It's okay.


[RUMBLING]

[FIRE ALARM CONTINUES]



[SAND FALLING]

Son of a bitch.

D?

The walkers are above us.

[RUMBLING CONTINUES]

Come on, keep coming.

Keep coming.

Hey, have you made it to the tunnel yet?

I repeat... Have you reached the tunnel?

The signal won't reach down there.

[MUFFLED FIRE ALARM CONTINUES]

Yeah.

Right.

We get them in, and then we
go to where the pipe lets out.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Okay.

Over here! Let's go!

Come on! Come on!

Hey, over here!

Keep coming!

[WALKERS GROWLING]



[PADLOCK CLANKS]

Come on! Come on, pull the power!

Come on!

[FIRE ALARM CONTINUES]

Hey! Hey!

[g*nf*re]

[WALKERS GROWLING]

[SCREAMS]

[BLOOD SPLATTERS]



[MO CRYING]



[RUMBLING]

SHERRY: [GROANS] Agh!

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Is she?

Yeah, we're all right.

[RUMBLING CONTINUES]



[FIRE ALARM BLARING, g*nshots]

[WALKERS GROWLING, RANGERS SCREAMING]

[SCREAMS]

[FLESH RIPPING]

- [WALKER SNARLING]
- [GRUNTS]



[GROWLING, SCREAMING CONTINUE]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re]



[RATTLING]

[GRUNTS]



[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

I think we're, uh, stuck.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FIRE ALARM CONTINUES]

[BOTH SIGH]

[MO CRYING]

[SNIFFLES]

[SIGHS]

I'm sorry.

I really am.

It's not your fault.

Hey.

[MO BABBLING]

I'm sorry too.

We tried everything.

I promise, we did.

Maybe I'm just not, uh...



Just... Maybe it just
wasn't meant to be.

You know?



[SIGHS]



[SIGHS]



[SNIFFLES]

[CLEARS THROAT]





You really...

- You really wanna do that right now?
- Yeah.

I need to.



- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
- You were right.



This isn't something I
should have done on my own.

[SIGHS]

This is something I
should have done with you.



[SNIFFLES] Okay.



[GRUNTS] Wanna help me?



[SIGHS]



Come on. [CHUCKLES]



[CHUCKLES]



- Come on.
- Oh.



[CRYING]



Okay.

Alright, it's... it's not g...

it's not gonna end like this.

[PANTING]

We're gonna get out of here.

How?



The same way as before.







- [CLANK]
- [GRUNTS]

[WALKER GROWLING]

[THUD]

Should they not be out already?

Give them some time!

Maybe you should go to the
sub, get everybody ready.

Only got a few more hours of daylight.

You were right.

Right? Right about what?

I could have come back sooner.

Then why didn't you?

Because I know what I
might have to do to Strand,

and I'm not sure I can.

You will do the right
thing when the time comes.

- How do you know that?
- Oh, come on.

You've already done the
impossible. You're still here.

It's not over for you.

Not by a long sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

[MO CRYING IN DISTANCE]

Hear that?

Mo?

Hey, Mo!



- She's there.
- You okay?

- Yeah, she's there.
- Here.



- ALICIA: You all right?
- SHERRY: Yeah.

I got it. [GRUNTS]

Hey, hey, hey.



- [MO CRYING]
- Okay.



That's right, baby. I'm right here.

The tunnel, it collapsed.

How'd you clear it?

I-I didn't.

She did.

[EXHALES]



Thanks for the assist.

Come on.

That's it.

There she is.

You should keep it.



Look, if we could get on the
sub and use the transmitter,

there might be a way we could reach

whoever's left out there
and make a real push

- for the Tower.
- The sub's a no-go.

It's leaking radiation.

- You're kidding me.
- No.

That woman... that mom...

she said she heard Strand's
message all the way from the water.

Right, and that must have
been, what, miles out?

Which... Yeah, I mean, which means

Strand's gotta have an
antenna for that type of range.

So the Tower... I could use
the transmitter from there.

Strand's got power, and it's the
highest point for miles around.

And with the ULF's range...

One more reason to take it from him.

It's another reason for you to take it.

I gotta do it, Alicia...
what Grace asked me to do...

and get Mo as far away
from here as possible.

But where are you gonna take her?

I mean, there's no way out.

I know a way.



Grace said the weather patterns
might have been affected...

that the fallout could hug the
coast for hundreds of miles.

But that woman that we sent to Strand...

she came from someplace clean.

And what if I can't find it?

Take her out, drive around
the block a few times.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I can't do this.

I can't walk away just as
you're about to face him.

You have to.

[CRYING] For her. For Grace.

For yourself.

Look, we're both doing
something we don't want to do.

But you're right, you know?

I'm gonna be okay.

I can do this.

You're gonna see me again.

Now go.

Yeah.



I got this.



I should take her.

She's sleeping like a...



MORGAN: Thanks.



You know, you could get on there, too.

No.

D, Strand doesn't know.

He can't use this against us.

But... But we can use it against him.

Because now, we have
something to fight for.

Okay.



Ohhh, there you go, baby.

There you go.



Thank you.

DWIGHT: Oh, hang on.



So it smells good and, well,
it's live entertainment.



Appreciate it.



Both of you.



[MO FUSSING]

Alright, so, uh...



Good luck, right?



Okay.



[WATER SPLASHES]





We gotta move!

The sun sets in a few hours!



Follow me!







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WES: She didn't come alone.

STRAND: The g*ng's all here.

To new beginnings.

We have very different
ideas of what that means.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

She should've been out by now.

[g*nshots]

[GRUNTING]

What the hell is going on up there?

[WALKERS GROWLING]

It's over.

STRAND: No!





DWIGHT: Hey, honey,
where the hell are you?

Hey, what is it, D?

We got an SOS.

On the Dark Horse channel?

Yes. Yeah, some lady
got herself turned around

down near the inlet.

I'll meet you at the sub.

CHAMBLISS: We see the
Dark Horses riding again,

and Dwight and Sherry end up arriving

just in the nick of
time, and they save Maya

from some Walker trouble.

[g*nsh*t, WALKERS GROWLING]

And then we see something kind
of very unexpected from Dwight.

He suggests that Maya goes to the Tower.

Get your stuff and I'll point
you in the right direction.

This is something that
really throws Sherry off

because she knows that Dwight,
along with Morgan and everyone

on the submarine, is planning to
launch and att*ck on the Tower.

So it's just not quite adding up.

Why are you giving me that look?

We're also wondering why
Sherry's calling Dwight out

on that because we just
saw her packing up a raft,

and we don't quite know why,

but that's what the episode
is all about unfolding.

What is going on
between the two of them?

MORGAN: I'm coming in hot.
I'm going to need a hand off.

- Morgan.
- Morgan.

I repeat, I am coming in hot.

The first time we see Morgan,
we want to have a little bit

of fun with that moment.

You know, at the end of the
prior episode, we saw him take

Baby Mo from John Dorie,
and then we saw John Dorie

walk back to the Walkers
to buy Morgan time.

And our hope is that the
audience would be expecting

that Morgan and Baby Mo escaped fully.

But we built this scene really
to reveal this road behind him

and then slowly lift up

and see that it is just filled
with thousands of walkers.

And then we learn that he actually drew

the walkers away from the
Tower. And what do you do

when you have thousands
of walkers on your tail?

How do you get rid of them?

Dwight and I might not have
enough a*mo to take them out.

You definitely do not because
there are a lot of them.

How many?

It's all of them.

Obviously walker hordes play
a big part in this season,

from the very first episode

when Strand lit the
light on top of the tower

and drew all of the
walkers to form a moat.

We've seen that moat grow
over the past few episodes,

and, you know, here we see it break off.

It does present a lot of challenges

in terms of production,
especially when we're producing

these episodes under COVID protocols.

I mean, in order to keep
everyone safe, we're limited

to the number of walkers
that we can have on set.

So it really ends up becoming
a... the realm of visual effects

where we sh**t things with the
small number of walkers we have

and then we sh**t them many
times so we can create tiles

and then fill the space that way.

And then also we have
digital D walkers,

where we have a large number of walkers

who have been scanned
and can be animated,

and we can use those walkers
to really fill out the herd.

[WALKERS GROWLING]



Morgan!

I'm sorry.

When we last saw Alicia, she told Morgan

that she was going out to find
more people to join the cause,

that she essentially wanted
to become Padre herself

and find all the people who
were stuck out in the apocalypse,

tell them that there was a
place that they could live,

but they just needed to
help her take it from Strand.

And when she returns and we
see that she's empty handed,

we see the obvious frustration there.

But we also see some
more frustration from her

when she learns that Morgan
has essentially set the gears

in motion to att*ck the
Tower, that the time is now.

There's no waiting.

The tower's unguarded,
at least until dawn.

We only get one sh*t at
this, and we're not ready.

Ultimately, her arc in this episode

is getting to the point
where she can actually admit

deep down that she
still cares about Strand,

despite everything he did to her.

There's still a part of
her that she's worried

won't be able to do
what needs to be done

to take the Tower, that
will be drawn in by Strand.

And I think even beneath
that is just some worry

that she's going to have to hurt someone

that she once cared about very deeply.

And that's a very hard thing for her to

kind of wrap her head around.

Morgan, we're not... ready.

It's the only way to
make sure that Mo is safe.

Mo very much is all about the
future for these characters,

about the next generation,
and, you know, she really

has been, since the
moment we saw her born

on the show at the
beginning of season six,

she represented the new
life that was to come.

You know, and we saw her father,
Isaac, give his life for her.

We then later saw her mother,
Rachel, give her life for Mo.

And then Morgan took
her on as his own child,

along with Grace, and the two of them

have been really fighting
to not just keep her alive,

but also to create a world
that she'd want to grow up in.

And, you know, we saw
Strand try to co-opt that

by bringing her to the tower
and using her for leverage,

and then thinking that
perhaps she would be the thing

that would give him the love he desires,

if he was able to raise
her in the way he wanted.

Beyond a symbolic level,

it really is all about the future

and these characters
thinking about, you know,

surviving in the
apocalypse isn't enough...

that you have to find
bigger things to fight for.

What the hell is that?

I call it an automobile.

I will take credit for
the automobile joke,

and I'll just say that's
my dad joke cred there.

But really, that moment was all about

just showing a bit of levity from Dwight

and the potential for who
Dwight could be as a father

when he's around someone
as innocent as a child.

It's just hard for me to
see with her like this.

We know what's coming.

We heard the offer that Strand made.

What does that have to do with me?

I don't want you to turn into the person

that you don't want to be.

We've been over this before, okay?!

- [SIGHS]
- It's not going to happen.

When Dwight hears that Sherry's worried

that he might actually go to Strand,

he is hurt because in his mind,

he's wondering how Sherry could think

he would ever put himself in a position

where he has to answer
to someone like Strand,

where he'd essentially be reliving

what they went through at
the Sanctuary with Negan.

And Dwight doesn't know
what's really behind that.

So he senses that Sherry
is really struggling

with something, and I think he's worried

that it has to do with him
and her feelings for him.

But ultimately, you know, we learn that

there's a very different
reason Sherry's worried.

I think I might be pregnant.

This is where Sherry actually
explains why she's worried

that Dwight might go to
Strand, because I think

Sherry believes that if
Dwight thinks she's pregnant,

that he will do what's
best for the child

and not what's best for him.

If this is positive,

you're going to want to
do what's best for her,

even if that means going
into Strand's Tower.

Come on. If we do that.
If we go into that place,

it will destroy all the
parts of you that I love.

But ultimately, it's
actually the thing that allows

Sherry and Dwight to
come closer together

because they're now on the same page.

Dwight now knows what
Sherry's worried about.

And Dwight's able to reassure
her that, you know, in his mind,

he thinks it gives them
more reason to fight Strand.

You don't get to do this alone.

especially when we're in this together.

They not be out already?

Give them some time.

Alicia is in a position
where she realizes

she has to be the one to lead.

But ultimately, I think it's
the fact that Morgan tells her

she can do this...
that the one character

who, you know, in A
came to her and said,

"I need you to help me lead.
I can't do it all on my own."

He's now essentially saying to her,

"You can do it on your
own. I believe in you."

I think that's a big part of why
she has the confidence to do it.

And the other part is that she
doesn't really have a choice.

She knows that someone's
got to stand up to Strand,

and if anybody can get
through to him, it's her.

You know, in many ways,
this season has been about

Alicia kind of shedding the past.

We have seen her come into her own

and change in a lot of ways.

I mean, obviously, she lost an arm.

She'd been struggling with
this kind of mysterious illness.

And she's kind of found
this inner strength

that she didn't know she had.

And she's going to carry
that strength forward

as she leads everyone to face Strand.

We got to move!

Sun sets in a few hours.

Follow me.

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