[Indistinct conversations in distance]
[Footsteps approach]
♪♪
Shit.
[Keys jingle]
[Door opens]
[Door creaks]
♪♪
Well,as I live and breathe.
[Door closes]
I figured you'd be Gabey,
coming downto give me my last rites.
You want forgiveness?
♪♪
I done what I done.
I ain't getting on my kneesabout it.
So what do you want?
A T-bone, beer,
maybe a scoop of rocky road.
Matters to you what I want?
What if you didn't have to die?
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♪♪
Didn't know you had a say
on the kangaroo councildeciding my fate.
I'm not here for the council.
I'm getting that.
What I don't get is coming down here
and dealing with me when, seems to me,
you oughta be lining upthe ol' Skin Queen
in your crosshairs.
♪♪
What do you think this is?
♪♪
Damn.
The stones on you...
So you in or out?
Word has it you area certified bad-ass.
But you missed your shot.
What happens if I muff it, too?
Could make things a helluva lotworse for every man,
woman, and child behind these walls.
And despitewhat people may think of me,
I am absolutely not down with that.
♪♪
I need this done.
And that'll help every man, woman, and child here.
♪♪
And what do I get out of it?
You've been eating
whatever shit we throw your way,
hoping that one day, they'll all forget.
But they won't.
♪♪
Not unless you do something to make them forget.
♪♪
So you bring me Alpha's head,
and that's what the people will remember you for.
I'll make sure of it.
[Sighs]
♪♪
I have your word?
If you do it fast.
[Growling]
♪♪
Negan: Is this what you wanted?
♪♪
[Growling continues]
♪♪
All right.
What do you, uh...
what do you say we get movin'?
♪♪
Alexandria. Our deal.
Let's start spreading the news.
♪♪
What took you so damn long?
What took me so long?
Doing your dirty work?
[Scoffs] I don't know.
I guessI wanted to get out of there
with my head still attached.
Shit like that takes time.
I told you to do it fast.
It's done.
All right? I held up my end.
Now I am asking you to hold up yours.
Just walk me through those gates
so I can open up a new chapterin the Book of Negan.
♪♪
I'm not going back.
Not yet.
I go back there without you,
there is a noose around my neck
the secondI step foot in there.
Then wait.
Wait?
How long are we talking about?
You're free now, Negan.
Do whatever the hellyou want.
Wait, don't wait, it's up to you.
I need to be alone.
Shit like that takes time.
♪♪
Jerry: The kids are good.
All of 'em.
We got lucky.
Yeah, I'll take it.
That doesn't absolve me from failing.
Take it easy on yourself, Boss.
These days, the mistakes seem to stick harder
than the triumphs.
[Baby fussing, door opens]
Hey.
Hi.
♪♪
Oh. [Chuckles]
Oh, no.
Careful.
Hey.
You're alive.
Where -- H-How did you...?
I'm so sorry, Magna.I...
Did you need anything?
Did you -- No, no, no.
I-I'm okay. I'm okay.
[Winces]
[Groans]
Oof.
♪♪
How're you feeling?
Great.
♪♪
I can bring you to see Alex.
When we find Alex.
Mnh-mnh.
Someone else can do that.
You gotta go.
Dammit, Eugene.
Tell them already.
Okay.
Excuse me. Uh...
Uh, excuse me.
Uh...
Can I have your kind attention, please?
Um...
I have some things I -- I need to 'fess and request.
Um...[Sighs]
I've been in radio communicado
with someone outside our orbit.
A new person.
And we set up a time to meet.
Yumiko: What?
Who is it?
Her name is Stephanie and --
Wait.Is this another community?
Jerry: Where is it? What --
What'd you tell her about us?
And now you're going to meet her.
She could be another spyjust like Dante.
♪♪
Uh...
Eugene, how long have you been keeping this from us?
I have some of the same questions.
♪♪
But if Eugene's instincts are that this...
Stephanie...
may be a new ally,
then let's hear him out before we jump to conclusions.
♪♪
We're all on the same side here.
♪♪
Now, some of you are well aware
that I relocated to Hilltop, uh,
in pursuit of a metaphorical fresh start.
♪♪
Uh...
I struggled for awhile.
I buried myself in work and community duties, and...
and that work manifested a voice from the void.
And...
she became a friend.
Some of you might claim that I'm foolish
to believe in future friends and new alliances, but...
after everything we just lost,
I'm willing to be the fool.
I simply askthat you spare me your derision,
as a hopeful expectation of new, good people
is wholly worth the risk.
[Sighs]
♪♪
[Indistinct conversation]
♪♪
You can take my horse.
For what?
You should go with them.
You never wanted to be cooped up.
You could get back out on the road,
have an adventure.
Look forward, not back.
I like it here.
♪♪
I think some routinecould be good for me.
Yeah?
[Chuckles]
Okay.
But someone elseshould have the adventure.
Meet the new people.
♪♪
It's okay, Miko.
♪♪
It'd be leaving at the worst time. I...
♪♪
There's nothing for you to fix.
♪♪
Go.
♪♪
[Sighs]
♪♪
Hey, buddy.
♪♪
Hey, play with your sister,okay?
♪♪
Jerry.
♪♪
You're really going?
♪♪
Yeah.
I don't think that's a good idea.
Because I'm sick?
♪♪
Because I'm gonna miss you.
♪♪
But can't stop a manwilling to be foolish, right?
♪♪
Or a fool willing to believe in future friends.
Is that all it is?
It's enough for now.
♪♪
The Kingdom needs you.
Make sure our legacy lives on.
♪♪
You got it, Bo--
♪♪
Ezekiel.
♪♪
[Growling]
♪♪
She was with Negan.
Did he...
♪♪
You...
You are the Alpha now.
[Growling continues]
What did you say?
I...
She can hear you.
[Growling continues]
Take off your mask.
♪♪
Can you hear her?
♪♪
Are you listening?
Yeah.
What is she saying to you?
I don't know. I --
Move closer.
I-I don't know...
Shh. Just listen.
♪♪
What is she saying to you?
[Whimpers] Aah!
♪♪
Shh.
♪♪
Just listen.
[Groans]
I-I-I can hear!
I can hear!
♪♪
[Birds chirping]
[Wood creaking]
Hey, kiddo. Sorry ab--
Shit.
[Grunts] God!
Where's Alpha?!
Look,whatever Lydia told you --
Where is she?!
She is dead. She is dead.
I killed her.
You liar.
I am not lying.
I have somethin' in my pocket.
It's not a weapon.
I am slowly gonna reach for it.
♪♪
Her mask ain't her head.
Oh, I know.I am getting to that.
Well, then, get to it.
The whole reason I threw inwith them...
was so I couldget close enough to Alpha
to slit her throat.
Now, you talk about"silencing the Whisperers."
I silenced the Alpha.
Why the hell else you think
that your girlfriendlet me outta that cell?
♪♪
Woman: Carol.
Caaarol...
[Birds chirping]
Woman: Carol.
♪♪
I'm always watching.
♪♪
[Walkers growling]
[Coughs]
[Growling continues]
♪♪
[Walker growling]
♪♪
[Grunts]
[Screaming]
[Growling continues]
♪♪
[Alpha growling]
[Door closes]
[Clattering]
♪♪
[Shuddered breathing]
♪♪
[Glass shatters]
♪♪
You are lost.
♪♪
So was your boy.
You sent him away.
♪♪
And he never came back.
He died out here, alone and afraid.
Just like Sophia.
♪♪
No taking this head.
Unless you take your own.
♪♪
I respect what you did.
It was Negan drew the blade,
but it was you who ended me.
Like a true alpha.
Stop it.
Oh, I see.
You regret it.
No.
You feel guilt.
People were hurt in the name of vengeance.
And now you can't go back.
They won't accept what you've done.
Maybe they will if you say you're sorry.
♪♪
"I'm sorry you're mad at me.
P-Please don't be mad at me.
I'm sorry!"
Being out on your own --
you've tried it before.
They always pull you back.
Always wanting more.
Love.
Motherhood.
Death.
But they don't knowwhat you truly want.
Admit it.
What do you want?
Say it.
[Walker growling]
♪♪
[Whimpers]
[Sobs]
I want to be alone.
Yeah.
That's not it.
Do you think they'll have candy?
The new community, I mean.
What on earth made you think of that?
I was remembering my mother,
who grew upnear train tracks like this.
My mother was a pistol, as they say,
so I was trying to remembersomething kind about her,
and I settled onthese chocolate bunnies
she used to buy at Easter time.
I was macking on them,and they were delicious,
though eating the headsdid upset me as a child, and...
still, I came toassociate them with...
family.
Eugene, please tell me we aren't really on a journey
to find chocolate bunnies.
Well, of course not.
We're on a journey forthe future hope of mankind.
But candy would be nice.
Ezekiel, are you okay?
Or shall I delve intomy arsenal of impressions?
I'm sorry, Eugene.
I'm not the best audience at the moment.
[Walkers growling in distance, horse neighs]
[Growling continues]
Whoa.
♪♪
Whisperers?
Not their modus operandi.
So we're not alone,
but we don't know who would do this.
Worth taking a few moments to investigate?
In case this is a warning.
[Growling continues]
♪♪
Whoa.
[Walkers growling]
♪♪
[Coughs]
[Grunts]
[Body thuds]
[Grunts]
[Coughs]
[Growling continues]
♪♪
[Groans, coughs]
[Grunts]
♪♪
[Breathing heavily]
Yumiko: All clear!
Ezekiel?
I'm coming!
All clear here.
Negan: This whole"follow the leader" routine,
it's kinda déjà vu for me.
It's the same wayit went down with Alpha.
You know, I get it.
All right, you're pissed
your gal pal didn'tlet you in on the plan.
Nobody asked you.
Look, I'm pissed, too.
Lone wolves, they're notthinking about the pack.
Maybe I'm pissed 'cause of Hilltop.
Whole bunch of children almost died 'cause of you.
Keep walking.
♪♪
[Cheers and applause]
Man: How's everybody feeling tonight?
[Cheers and applause continue]
♪ I'm a miser when I'm rich but a gambler if I'm broke♪
♪ And if we're gonna be laughin'♪
♪ I would want to be in on the joke♪
♪ Sometimes I think you show me scabs♪
♪ Just to tempt me to tear 'em away♪
♪ Makin' me draw blood will never make me want to stay♪
♪♪
Alpha: Is this your plan?
Get back on a boat, take the river out?
♪♪
Ed was right about you.
You're just a brainless clam.
♪♪
There was no peace on the ocean.
You were thinking about me.
Wondering where I went.
Lookin' for a sign.
You even wrote that letterto Maggie about me.
[Grunts]
Give it up, Carol.
If I know the truth,so do you.
♪♪
Do you hear me,you empty-headed slit?!
[Grunts]
♪♪
You stupid cooze.
♪♪
It was right here.
I swear to God,it was on that spike.
Look, we, uh --
We -- We sit here,we can wait for Carol.
Or I can take you to find the --
Oh, come on, man.
We're talking about Lydia here.
Why would I stash her out in banjo country
unless the whole point was to keep her safe?
Unless the whole freakin' point
was just to use her as bait so I could get Alpha alone?
You sure took your sweet-asstime, though, didn't you?
What is with you guys thinking I didn't do it fast enough?
You didn't kill her. I did.
It took a minute. I had to get her to trust me.
Because I wasn't on some half-cocked suicide mission.
No, it's because you liked it.
♪♪
[Gun cocks]
[Thunder rumbles]
♪♪
Alpha's dead.
Because of you.
♪♪
We kneel...
to the new Alpha.
♪♪
[Negan laughs]
♪ 'Cause if I knew they'd lock me up♪
♪ Then I would surely run♪
♪ Killed so many in your name, girl♪
♪ That I'd never see the sun♪
♪ Was invited down to Hell♪
♪ Drank from the glass, it felt just fine♪
♪ I asked him, "Where's that girl of mine?" ♪
♪ The Devil just smiled and left me behind♪
♪ I smiled back and finished my beer and said adiós♪
♪ I didn't shed a tear♪
♪ Joy descended with the flames all around♪
♪ 'Cause the Devil, he sure likes to gamble♪
♪ I tried to stand tall♪
♪ And knock down that big old wall♪
♪ I tried to stand strong♪
♪ But suppose I guessed all wrong♪
Sing it now. ♪ I tried to stand tall♪
♪ And knock down that big old wall♪
♪ I tried to stand strong♪
♪ But suppose I guessed all wrong♪
[Cheers and applause]
Negan: Oh.
Sorry, man.
I am, uh...
just savoring the moment.
Oh.
Taking my sweet-ass time.
♪♪
All right, fellas,first order of business.
[Thunder rumbles]
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
One damn minute.
I'm supposed to be the Alpha, right?
I mean,the only reason I'm asking
is I'ma little bit confused.
If I'm the Alpha,
why is someone who ismost definitely not the Alpha
holding the badass shotgun?
[Thunder rumbles]
♪♪
See, that iswhat I'm talkin' about.
That feels good.
Right?
I mean,I never had a kid of my own,
but if I did, I would imagine
this is what it's likeholding your baby
for the very first time,except for it turns out,
my baby can kill peopleby spitting bullets at 'em.
[Thunder rumbles]
Daryl, kneel to the Alpha.
♪♪
[Chuckles]
♪♪
Damn.
It is starting to get real now,ain't it?
Daryl, you were right
when you said that I liked it.
[Sighs]
The fact is...
I like it a lot.
You should probably shoot me.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
♪♪
Shit.
♪♪
[Grunts]
♪♪
[Thunder rumbles]
Untie me, asshole.
[Chuckles]
[Horse neighing]
[Distressed horse whinny]
[Thud]
What's wrong? What's going on? Hey.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa.
Lookit, hey, hey. It's all right.
It's okay.
Hey, hey. What's going on?
[Sighs]
♪♪
Oh, no, no, no.
Shh.
It's okay.
♪♪
Nothing's got to hurt anymore.
♪♪
[Sighs]
[Inhales deeply]
♪♪
It's okay.
Shh.
♪♪
You're all right.
♪♪
I'm sorry.
Ezekiel.
♪♪
I'm so sorry.
I shouldn't have come.Why?
This was just an accident.
♪♪
If I fall in there...
promise meyou'll leave me behind.
No.
He wasn't strong enoughto make the journey.
Maybe I'm not, either.
I'm okay with that.
But I'm not okaywith putting you at risk.
So you want to turn back?
Because of what might happen?
♪♪
It's for the best.Hey.
You don't know what lies ahead for us.
No one does.
I had all these plans for my life,
and I clung to them so hard.
And f-f-for what?
No one cares what I have in mindfor the future.
I'm here to find out what's possible --
what none of us could predict
or imagine.
♪♪
And you know who we need with us?
That man that built a Kingdom in the apocalypse.
♪♪
[Walker growling]
♪♪
Alpha: My mom used to say,
everything works outthe way it's supposed to.
Oh, just shut up already.
[Growling continues]
It's finally time.
♪♪
This way, friend!
We're ready for ya.
You always knew how this would end.
No one's coming to save you.
Not Ezekiel.
And certainly not Daryl. [Grunts]
Not after what you didto Connie.
[Growling continues]
[Grunts]
Stop fighting.
♪♪
No matter what you do,you lose people.
Sophia, Lizzie, Mika,
Henry, Ezekiel...
And if you go back,
Daryl could be next.
I could never let that happen.
Your track recorddoes not inspire confidence.
♪♪
You know what you gotta do.
I could've been anyone,
but you chose mebecause I get the job done.
I don't want this.
♪♪
[Grunting]
Just look at the flowerslike you're supposed to.
One...
two...
three.
♪♪
[Screams]
♪♪
[Screams]
♪♪
[Panting]
[Groans]
♪♪
It's never too late.
♪♪
Whoa.
♪♪
[Sighs]
Not to spin a broken record,
but I don't think she's comin' back.
You know, I'm --I'm not bullshitting you.
I know.
When I said that I liked it...
that wasn't part of the act.
Yeah. I know.
You know, when your people locked me up,
I lost everything.
You know, seven years spent
staring outthat little window...
man, it sucked.
It got so bad
that even my memorieshad bars painted on 'em.
So when Alpha took me in...
I admit it, I -- I liked it.
It was...
[Sighs]
It was nice feeling like I mattered again,
like I was respected.
But she took it too far.
You don't kill peoplethat don't deserve it.
And you never kill kids.
Is that supposed to make me like you?
No.
Good.
But what aboutmy winning personality?
[Sighs]
What about Carol?
[Groans]
♪♪
[Gate creaking]
♪♪
[Gate creaking]
♪♪
Yumiko: What are the chancesof a city like this being empty?
More improbable than a baby bornwith a full set of teeth.
Hellllooo?
[Walker growling]
[Walker growling in distance]
[Walker growling]
[Laughing]
[Laughing continues]
[Sighs]
[Laughing continues]
[Footsteps approach]
Oh, my God, hi!
♪♪
♪ Just stickin' to a path♪
♪ You're like a monkey in the trees♪
Two eyes, one truth.
♪ I love the way you move♪
♪ You love the way I rock n' roll♪
♪ But if our worlds collide, it's bound to take its toll♪
♪ Oh, oh, it's sad but true♪
♪ Love is never enough♪
♪ And after just a few months, we're not immune♪
♪ Oh, we used to stay up late♪
♪ Starin' in each other's eyes♪
Thank you.
♪♪
I see now.
♪♪
Thank you.
♪♪
[Gasps, breathing heavily]
♪♪
[Walkers growling, glass squeaking]
♪♪