11x19 - Variant

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11x19 - Variant

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What have you done?

Made a deal for us.

Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

What does Pamela get out of this?

Hornsby.

You go after the Miltons,
they'll crush you.

I don't have the words

to describe what this place means to me.

The Commonwealth is built
on buying into bullshit.

It's a friggin' joke.

- Bitch!
- Those people...

[indistinct shouting]

[Grunts]

[Screaming]

Help me!

Eugene: Wait! Wait up!

Judith: Sometimes I wonder
if it takes more courage

- to live or die.
- Stop!

We've all done things
to still be here...

I have a very important mission.

I lied. I'm not a scientist.

People have d*ed trying to get you here.

...things we'd like to forget.



We became whoever we needed to be.

I'm utterly, completely,
stone-cold Negan.

But who we are now,
the choices we make now,

- maybe that's all that matters.
- [People screaming]



[Indistinct shouting]



- Max: Eugene.
- [Glass shatters]

Eugene!

Eugene: Max.

- Man: Get off me!
- Max? Max?

Max? Max.

Max.

- Sorry. I-I thought you was...
- You!

You're the one you
k*lled him! Sebastian!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

- We gotta get you out of here.
- No! I lost Max!

- I'm not gonna leave her!
- We gotta go! Come on!

Go!

[Screaming continues]

















We should...

Pamela: No.



No one touches him.

Not until I say so.

I wasn't blind to who he was.

In spite of what people
thought, I was trying to help.

Maybe I was just too late.

We had our issues, but...

Family's a complicated thing.

But you know that.

Your sister was loyal
to me for over a decade.

I want to think she just lost her way.

That, perhaps, she can be helped...

...before it's too late.

I need an example.

Someone to remind these people
that actions have consequences.

If you find and arrest Eugene Porter,

he could stand as the example to all.

And we could help your sister.



Mercer: A citywide sweep
and capture is now in effect.

Let's go.

The targets are new immigrants
from the Virginia communities

of Riverbend, Hilltop, and Alexandria.

Any known associates of Eugene Porter

are to be brought in for questioning

regarding the Founders Day riot

and the death of Sebastian Milton.



[Laughter]

[Speaks indistinctly]

What do you think? It'll happen?

I won't promise. [Chuckles]

Jerry: Whoa. Dude, come on.

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Herd growling]

What do you think?

Hunker down and make camp, wait it out?

No. No, we'll find a way around.

Off-roading with the wagon,
that seems kind of risky.

Besides, it's a nice day.
We're making good time.

Happy to treat you all to my famous

fettuccine con cannellini
beans à la Jerry.

Just sayin'.

We should keep moving.

What's the rush?

We need to get these
supplies to Oceanside,

make sure they're okay,
then get off to Alexandria.

We just... don't have time to spare.

Cool. Yeah.

Alright.

[Herd growling]



[Ticking loudly]

[Footsteps approaching]

[Door opens]

[Exhales slowly]

Rosita Espinosa.

Miller Street, Sector G .

Currently unemployed.

Unmarried with one
daughter, Socorro Espinosa.

Do you verify the
information to be true?

You seriously doing this?

Do you verify the information?

So you don't know me, I don't know you?

We're just... we're strangers, huh?

Do you verify that this
information is true?

Sure.

Where were you during the riot?

Far east end of the square.

- Who were you with?
- Myself.

You were with Eugene.

Several witnesses saw you together.

We were. About a half-hour
before it happened.

- What'd you talk about?
- Your sister.

Be more specific.

Eugene said she wasn't coming with us,

that she wanted to stay here,

change this place for the better.

- Have you seen him since?
- No.

You sure?

Totally.

That's fine.

Because at the end of the day,

it's obvious where
Eugene is going to be.

- Yeah? Where's that?
- With you.

You're like family.

Well, I'll call you if I see him.

Look, Rosita, I respect you,

even if in this moment
you don't respect me.

But I need you to do something for me...

Tell Eugene to turn himself in.

He comes to me, shows remorse
and wants to cooperate,

it'll go a long way toward
helping everyone involved.

But if he or you and your people

make this harder than it has to be,

no one goes anywhere,

and things only get
worse for all of you.



[Chuckles]



[Footsteps depart]

[Blade sharpening on stone]



[Door opens, closes]



[Knock on door]





Rosita: It's me.

How'd it go?

A lot of repeat questions
and intense staring.

- You?
- Same.

- You talk to the others?
- Yeah.

We're gonna leave at
dawn if we can get out.

Alright. Mercer's gonna be watching.

I'm counting on it.

Hey. How you holding up?

Reckon better than I deserve.

I don't suppose you have any
news on Max's whereabouts?

I don't. I'm sorry.

It may seem trivial in light
of all the melee and mayhem,

but I'm the one who
should be truly sorry.

It's my actions that put you both

in extremely compromised situations.

No, don't be. That prick had it coming.

Alright, what we need
to do now is figure out

how to get you out of here.

I know a way. The east gate.

I know when the shifts change.

Might be a window we can slip out.

Alright, good. We can meet up with
the others on the road to Alexandria.

Eugene, what's up?

At the risk of sounding ungrateful

for all your efforts on my behalf,

I cannot leave without my beloved.

I need to go find her.

You got every trooper in
the city looking for you.

You wouldn't make it a block.

Well, be that as it may, I cannot...

I-I will not leave without her.

At the very least, ascertain her safety.

Okay.

You stay here. I will go look for Max.

If I can find her, maybe
we can get both of you out.

Is that a deal?

Deal.

Okay.

- Be safe.
- Yeah.

Pamela: [On P.A.] Attention,
my fellow citizens.

The perpetrators of
these horrific events

cannot be allowed to go unpunished.

Anyone providing information
on the whereabouts

of these individuals will
receive a generous reward,

while any persons found aiding
and abetting these fugitives

will share their fate...

That of swift and final justice.

[Grunting]

[Heavy breathing]

Maybe we leave the wagon behind?

No. We can do this. Come on.

One, two...

[All grunting]

Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa. Whoa.

- [Groaning]
- Are you okay?

Can you walk? Are you okay?

Can you walk?

Yeah. Yeah.

- Aaron: You alright?
- Yeah, yeah.

sh*t.

[Groans] It's my knee.

Wait.

There might be a place over there.

Looks like it has walls.
We gotta go on foot.









Here.





I'm gonna get more kindling.

Okay.





Check it out, bro!

It's big, it's got walls,

there's water nearby.

Tons of land for farming.

Kingdom . , yo.

Uh, hello?

Sir Aaron?

Ah!

What?

Nothing.

It's gonna be dark soon.

I'll take first watch
so you can get some rest.

I'll stay up with you.

- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.

- Alright.
- Alright.





You always complained that
I chose this place over you.

There never really was a choice.

I don't know if I was ever capable

of giving you what you needed...

...of controlling you.

And now...

...after all this struggle...

...after all our sacrifice...

...what are we left with?

[Sobs]

At least we don't have to
disappoint each other anymore.

[Gasps]



[Growling softly]





Take care of that.



You shouldn't still be here.

But I am, 'cause I was ripped
out of my apartment by your guys

and questioned in that
stuffy room for three hours.

- Smells like armpits and ass in there.
- Yeah, sorry.

I can't be seen treating
you any differently.

Oh.

So it's nothing personal?

We got orders.

Milton's son is dead, and
she wants Eugene for it.

- But he's not...
- Hey, I don't have time to argue.

They're gonna k*ll him, right?

If they catch him, he's dead.

How can you be good with that?

I was by myself for
years, losing my mind,

scaring off anyone that came my way.

But Eugene believed in me.

He accepted me for me.

No judgments.

He saved me.

Bad people don't do that.

Good people do.

He didn't know any of
this was gonna happen.

But it did.

You can't change that.

And I gotta look out for my family now.

But not Eugene.

- He'll get a trial.
- A fair one?

What is the point of this place

if a good man is put to death?

- [Knocks]
- Sir, we've got a sighting.

Maxxine Mercer. Sector G .

Let's head out.

I gotta go.

Yeah.

Me too.





Sure you don't want to get some rest?

You can do the later shift with Elijah.

No. No, I'm fine.

Everything good with you two?

Something happen?



There was just...

There was a moment.

It brought back memories of Henry.



I, uh...

I-I don't think I can again.

You know?





You know, I, uh...

...used to be married once.

Really?

Well, not legally, but yeah.

I guess I don't really
talk about it much anymore.



Yeah, Eric and I... We met in D.C.,

and there was just
this instant connection,

you know, and he asked
me out that night.

And I said no,

and I kept saying no
for the next six months.

Why?

I'm not sure.

I guess I thought I was too
busy or that I wasn't ready.



Maybe I was just afraid.

But eventually I said yes,

and our time together,
those years in Alexandria...



...it was the happiest
moments of my life.



You know, after he d*ed,

I thought,

you know, I'd give anything

to take back just one of those nos

so that we could have
one more day together.



Lydia, loss is inevitable.

It always has been.



The only thing we can
control is when we say yes.









[Radio chatter]



Trooper: You, stop!

Turn around!

Over your head.



Subject has been apprehended.



Trooper # : Copy that.





"I, Maxxine Mercer, am responsible"...

These aren't my words.

They need to be.

[Sighs]

"I have suffered from bouts
of depression for years

and recently stopped
taking my medication.

In my confusion and paranoia,

I manipulated recordings
to slander the Milton family

and cause unrest.

My actions were
uncharacteristic and immoral.

I hope this community can
find it in their hearts"...

Max! Just stop.

- Sign it.
- And what?

Say Eugene was behind it all?

Take the pardon, Max.

I did this

because I couldn't stand being
a part of something so rotten.

Did you know that Eugene stopped
Sebastian from k*lling me?

You want me to just hang him out to dry?

They're gonna execute you from treason.

I'm trying to save you.

And I'm trying to save this place.

"Speak truth, no matter the cost."

Just like Dad used to say.

Even as a general, he never
forgot his responsibility

as a citizen.



I think he would've liked Eugene.



I think he would have been proud
of what we tried to do here.



And I think he would
have been ashamed of you.





[Door opens]



You trying to get yourself caught?



I was merely peeping at
trooper activity levels

so as to allow my assistance
in Rosita's search for Max.

Tired of standing on
the proverbial sidelines.

You'd be wise to step aside, hoss.

No need for this to get ugly.

Very well.

Go ahead.





You're not trying to stop me.



You ain't going.





Because I'm a coward.



No.

It's because you're smart.

I'm a liability. Always have been.

Relying on others to survive,

counting on their courage
due to a dearth of my own.

Hell, the only way I
bucked natural selection

was my penchant for prevarication.



Means lying.

I figured.

Yeah, well,

I'm ashamed to say it's
my only discernible skill.



Do you think people are born brave,

or do they become it?



Both.





- So they have Eugene?
- Yeah.

Daryl and the others are
working to smuggle him out.

Okay. Okay. That's good.

Then he'll be out in the world,

he'll hide for a bit until
the Commonwealth gets bored.

We'll meet up with
him... You, me, Yumiko.

Like it was.

The four of us on the road again.

Princess, you know I'm not leaving.

Even after what they wanna do to Eugene?

Crazy sh*t is happening, man.

All the more reason to stay.

He and Max started
something, showed the truth.

People want change.

What better time to fight for it

than when the powers that
be are frightened, huh?

Well, maybe I don't feel like fighting.

Maybe this place looks all nice

and wants us to think they're cool,

but really, underneath, it sucks.

Maybe they're not worth holding on to.



You think this Mercer's a good man?



Yeah, but I've known a lot of guys

who I thought were good men

don't always turn out to be that way.

He and I haven't
exactly seen eye-to-eye.

But I'll say this...

Most folks are trying to make the best

of what's in front of them.

Could be he's trying to do the same.

Yeah, well, maybe this time,

I deserve more than just
the best of a bad situation.



Yeah, you do.





And whatever you decide, I'm here...

...if you need me.





[Door clanks open]

[Door clanks shut]

[Footsteps approach]



[Footsteps stop]

[Keys jingling, door unlocks]





Thank you for coming.

I hoped you would.

I have a lot to say.



What matters most is that you're here,

which means you want to
talk about a way forward.

You k*lled my son.



Your people m*rder*d eight workers,

turning them to rotters, and
released them on the public.



Okay, yes. I needed you to understand,

to... to... to get your attention,

but I never intended for him t...



Look, I took a gamble,

and, yes, it didn't
go the way I thought.

Sebastian and I may
have had our differences,

but in the end, I was
always there for him.

When he needed people for
his little side projects,

I helped because he
was your son, Pamela.



[Groans]

[Groans]

This is because of them.

From Hilltop, Alexandria.

It all started with them.
The... The dissent, the chaos.

Unless they're handled
by someone who knows

how to handle them, they won't stop.

They will never stop until
they've taken everything!



Okay.

So, then, what do we do with you?

Do we do it your way?

Take a risk?

Make a gamble?





[Coin clinking]



If you win,

you get to live.

But if you lose...









[Exhales sharply]



Thank you.

Thank you, Pamela.

Thank you.



I promise I'll do better from now on.

No more games, no more secrets.

I am % at the Milton
family's disposal.

I know you are, Lance.

[Growling]

I-I don't... I don't understand.

[Growling]



Well...

[Growling]

Like you said,

you're at the family's disposal.

Thanks to you...

[Growling]

...this is all that's left.



[Continues growling]





Body's still warm.

Feed my son, Lance.



[Door clanks shut]

Can we talk?

Uh... sure.





This is awkward.

I-I-I don't want you to leave.

I kinda have to.

- 'Cause of me?
- Yeah.

No.

Maybe.

Look, you're great.

Really. But...

But what?

I just...

I gotta get out of here.

Eugene's gonna die here.

I'm doing everything in my power

to make sure that doesn't happen.

But not everything.

Right?

It's all such a sh*t show.

I know.

This place ain't perfect.

Neither am I.

But you've been out there.

You... You've seen what's waiting.

- It could be a lot worse.
- Don't...

- Don't say that.
- Well, am I wrong?



I need you to understand.

Nothing's been easy for me.

Even before all of this,

it wasn't easy.

Dad bailed when I was nine.

Mom remarried at nine-and-a-half.

And dad number two brings
an evil stepbrother.

And they both...

...start acting like
they're my dad, you know?

A lot of yelling, a lot of shoving.

And my mom...

just, like, lets it happen.

Just to keep him around.

So I raise hell. I mean, all the time.

Now new dad and new bro

start tying me up,

throwing me in a closet
when I "acted out."

Leave me there for hours.

I'd piss myself sometimes.

So they'd take turns...

b*ating me.

And all I'd hear was,

"Juanita, there's a roof over your head.

Juanita, the bills are paid.

Juanita, it could be worse."



Well, you know what?

f*ck that thinking.



It could better too.

It should be.

Right?

This place...

...is starting to look
a lot like my stepdad.

And if I just sit by and watch,

that makes me my mom.

And I am not my mom.



So...

I gotta go. Mm.

[Sniffling]

Okay.



Because... of what happened to me...

...when I see a man,

I see a monster.

I've been seeing them like that

long before they were dying

and coming back as actual monsters.



But I know that's not you.

I just want you to know that.



[Door closes]



[Wind blowing]

[Metallic creaking in distance]

[Thud in distance]

[Creaking continues]

We triple-checked everything,

locked everything up.

Probably just the wind.

[Thudding and creaking continue]

[Clattering in distance]

That wasn't the wind.

Yeah.

Maybe we should do another sweep.





sh*t!

[Herd growling]



- You good?
- Yeah.





We gotta get to Eli and Jerry now!



Wake up! Trouble!





Go! Go now!

Go! Get inside!

[Growling continues]

There's gotta be at least of them!

How'd they get in the walls?



What the hell?!

Since when do the dead
use frickin' doorknobs?!

Whisperers.



sh*t.

You two, get on the roof. Now!







- How's the leg?
- Good enough.

I'll hold the door.

Be careful.

[Grunting]



[Groaning]

[Gasping]



- Holy sh*t.
- Hey, it's clear over here.

We could make a jump for it.

Maybe.

Yeah. No problem.

No, we can't risk it.

Alright, but if you
two can make the jump,

flank the walkers on this side.

I'll go back down.

We can work together,
separate the Whisperers

from the rest of the group.

- Yeah?
- Alright.

Okay. Alright.



[Groaning]

[Growling]

Alright.



Dude.

Dude?

Dude? Dude!



- [Growling]
- [Grunting]



God... damn... Whisperers!

Oh!

[Growling]



How the hell did a walker do that?







So, what do you think it was?

Like an aberration or something?

Well, there's roamers and lurkers.

I mean, we've all seen some

that come back to the
places that they remember.

I've heard stories
about walkers like this

that can climb walls and open doors.

I was never sure if
they were just stories.

Maybe there's other kinds too.

I hope not.

You sure you're okay to travel?

Thanks to you.

Come on, man. That was my fault.

Today's a new day.





I'm gonna grab the rest of the stuff.

Hey.







So, what was that you
were saying yesterday?

Something about a Kingdom . ?

[Laughs] You see it now, right?

Ezekiel could be king again.

I don't know.

Feels more like this place
was built for... King Jerry.

And Queen Nabila?

[Laughs]

King Jerry and Queen Nabila.

I like the sound of that.

Me too.





Max?

[Sighs]

She's not coming.

You found her?

I did, but it was too late.

She's already in police
custody. I'm sorry, Eugene.

Shift's about to happen.

We should get going.



Then it's time I bid you adieu.



I'll check on the others.

Meet you back at your place.





My path leads elsewhere.

There's no other path, Eugene.

There is.

I understand.

You're upset. I get it.

But there's nothing
you can do for Max now.

Maybe not.

But what kind of man
would I be if I didn't try?

One that's alive. If you
stay here, they will k*ll you!

I know it's not logical,

but matters of the heart rarely are.

I also know if I leave now,

there won't be any kind
of life worth living.

Being with Maxxine has made me better,

better than I ever thought I could be.

And as such, I just don't
see a path without her.

I go where she is, or
I just end up who I was.

Eugene.



When I was at my lowest...

...feeling like the
posterior of some cosmic joke,

you told me that my person was out there

and that I'd find her.

And though I didn't believe,

I trusted you because I always do.

You were right.

Well, now I need you to trust me.

Hey, it's gonna be okay.

It's not.

You have to let me go.



Id like for you to give
something to Coco for me.



[Sniffles, clears throat]

I do believe that one day

she'll have the style to pull this off.

- Maybe like after age .
- [Chuckles]







[Indistinct conversations]

On the ground! Now!



My name is Eugene Porter,
and I'm here to confess.

I surreptitiously made a
recording of Sebastian Milton

and played it at the
Founders Day celebration.

Furthermore, I confess to causing

the unintentional death of Mr. Milton

in the melee that followed.

Anything else?

Yes.

I acted alone.

Maxxine Mercer may have been present,

but had nothing to do with any of it.



Take him.













[Birds chirping]

[Sighs]

[Door opens]

Is everyone ready?

[Door closes]

[Grunting]



Pamela: Your friends have been
removed from the Commonwealth.

Consider how your actions
might affect your brother.



- They took the kids.
- They took everyone.

Tomi: Give Pamela what she wants.

Yumiko: That means sacrificing Eugene.

Tell us where our friends
are or you're dead.

Hornsby: I'll show you.

Eugene: No matter how bleak things look,

this is not the end.





[Exhales slowly]

Rosita Espinosa. Miller Street.

Do you verify the
information to be true?

So you don't know me, I don't know you?

We're just... we're strangers, huh?

For Rosita, when she's just dragged in

for questioning by Mercer

and he's acting like
she's any old suspect,

it's offensive to her,

because I think for Rosita, she's like,

"I thought we had gotten
somewhere with each other."

And I think she also knows that Mercer

is not necessarily a bad guy at heart.

Look, Rosita, I respect you.

But I need you to do something for me...

Tell Eugene to turn himself in.

Mercer is on an interesting journey.

You never completely
know where he stands.

But if he or you and your people

make this harder than it has to be,

no one goes anywhere,

and things only get
worse for all of you.



I think for Aaron, he
sees these young people

that clearly care about each other,

have fun together, are
attracted to each other,

but he knows that Lydia

has been through so
much in her young life,

and he can see that she is hesitating.

I'm gonna get more kindling.

Okay.

Lydia doesn't have that adult

that she feels like she can go to

to ask, like, "What do I do
about this boy that I like?"

And I think he feels like he
can shed a little light for her.

You know, I, uh...

...used to be married once.

Really?

Well, not legally, but yeah.

Aaron... similarly to Maggie,
he had kind of one true love.

And he hasn't moved on from Eric.

You know, after he d*ed,

I thought, you know, I'd give anything

so that we could have
one more day together.

And I think in his own way,

he gets to remember
this person that he loved

and to share that with somebody.

Loss is inevitable.

It always has been.

The only thing we can
control is when we say yes.



You trying to get yourself caught?



Tired of standing on
the proverbial sidelines.



You'd be wise to step aside, hoss.

No need for this to get ugly.

Eugene was a liar,

and he went to the wrong
side of the equation

when he fell in with Negan.

But I think that Daryl can see

that Eugene has worked
really, really hard

to get to where he is.

Daryl himself had a brother
that he was ashamed of

and a family he was ashamed of

and did things himself

that I think Daryl right now
would be a little ashamed of.

Do you think people are born brave,

or do they become it?

Both.

So what if Eugene used
to be a coward and a liar?

What matters the most is who he is now.

But I think that Daryl knows

that most heroes are made, not born,

and it's a matter of the
choices you make over time.

I understand.

You're upset. I get it.

But there's nothing
you can do for Max now.

Maybe not.

But what kind of man
would I be if I didn't try?

One that's alive. If you
stay here, they will k*ll you!

I know it's not logical,

but matters of the heart rarely are.

This is absolutely the most selfless

and brave thing Eugene has done.

He knows that what he's walking into

is likely a situation that
there might not be any exit to,

other than a harsh punishment for him.

On the ground! Now!



My name is Eugene Porter,
and I'm here to confess.

I surreptitiously made a
recording of Sebastian Milton

and played it at the
Founders Day celebration.

Furthermore, I confess to causing

the unintentional death of Mr. Milton

in the melee that followed.

He thinks that Max is a
better person than he is

and that she deserves to live,

even if he has to go down for it.

Anything else?

I acted alone.

Maxxine Mercer may have been present,

but had nothing to do with any of it.

I think he does have something to prove

about his own bravery.

Take him.



Princess, you know I'm not leaving.

Even after what they wanna do to Eugene?

We really liked the vibe

that Ezekiel and Princess have together.

I think that there is something
about Ezekiel towards Princess

that is almost parental.

You think this Mercer's a good man?



Yeah, but I've known a lot of guys

who I thought were good men

don't always turn out to be that way.

A lot of the themes around
some of these episodes

is, like, if you deserve better,
shouldn't you fight for that?

Maybe this time, I deserve more

than just the best of a bad situation.

Yeah, you do.



- [Gasps]
- [Grunts]

Producing the scene, it
took a lot of planning.

This was a long night sh**t.

- [Blade slices]
- [Grunting]

And we wanted it to be
terrifying, you know,

and we wanted even just
one walker climbing up

to feel really, really scary for them.

[Herd growling]

I think it really for our characters

is an unsettling idea,

because for so many years,

they're like, "Well,
zombies are always dangerous,

but we kind of know how to handle them.

And when suddenly,
that's no longer the case,

it's disturbing to them,

because it means that all
their assumptions are wrong.

Anytime they're out there in
the wild now with a zombie,

they're gonna wonder,

"Is this zombie gonna
come climbing after me

if I hop a fence?"

There's so much that they don't know,

and that does make things
more dangerous for them.



How the hell did a walker do that?
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