1 00:00:01,497 --> 00:00:03,847 The plan doesn't change. We need that food. 2 00:00:03,978 --> 00:00:05,893 We get to a radio tower, find the supply house, 3 00:00:06,024 --> 00:00:07,373 and wait for the others. 4 00:00:07,503 --> 00:00:09,114 Previously on "The Walking Dead"... 5 00:00:09,244 --> 00:00:11,029 Yumiko: I have reason to believe my brother, 6 00:00:11,159 --> 00:00:12,900 a thoracic surgeon, is living at the Commonwealth 7 00:00:13,031 --> 00:00:14,641 and is looking for me. 8 00:00:14,771 --> 00:00:17,165 Which one of you is Eugene? 9 00:00:17,296 --> 00:00:19,820 Hi. I'm Stephanie. 10 00:00:21,169 --> 00:00:22,518 Gabriel: It's a little hard to put up a wall 11 00:00:22,649 --> 00:00:25,826 with broken tools and an empty stomach. 12 00:00:25,956 --> 00:00:28,046 Aaron: Our walls are about to fail. 13 00:00:29,917 --> 00:00:32,311 [Crickets chirping, animals howling] 14 00:00:32,311 --> 00:00:36,010 ♪ 15 00:00:36,010 --> 00:00:37,751 How much farther, Daddy? 16 00:00:37,751 --> 00:00:39,796 Well, we, uh, took a wrong turn 17 00:00:39,796 --> 00:00:41,363 at the fork a ways back. 18 00:00:41,363 --> 00:00:43,713 But, uh, we're heading the right way now. 19 00:00:43,713 --> 00:00:45,106 We're almost home. 20 00:00:45,106 --> 00:00:46,760 I'll be glad when we get there. 21 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,849 Yeah, me, too.[Walker growling] 22 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:50,894 Daddy? It's okay. 23 00:00:50,894 --> 00:00:52,940 [Knife unsheathes] 24 00:00:52,940 --> 00:00:55,682 [Clicks tongue] 25 00:00:55,682 --> 00:00:59,512 ♪ 26 00:00:59,512 --> 00:01:01,340 You lost? 27 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:03,646 ♪ 28 00:01:03,646 --> 00:01:05,344 I'm scared. 29 00:01:05,344 --> 00:01:06,606 It's gonna be okay. 30 00:01:06,606 --> 00:01:08,303 Just stay close. 31 00:01:08,303 --> 00:01:11,480 [Whistling] 32 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:21,142 ♪ 33 00:01:21,142 --> 00:01:23,710 ♪ 34 00:01:23,710 --> 00:01:27,627 [Walkers growling, whistling continues] 35 00:01:27,627 --> 00:01:35,939 ♪ 36 00:01:35,939 --> 00:01:38,159 Gracie? 37 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:39,465 Gracie? 38 00:01:39,465 --> 00:01:41,597 Gracie! 39 00:01:41,597 --> 00:01:43,817 Gracie! 40 00:01:43,817 --> 00:01:45,340 Gracie! 41 00:01:45,340 --> 00:01:47,212 Gracie! 42 00:01:47,212 --> 00:01:50,606 [Overlapping whispers] 43 00:01:50,606 --> 00:01:53,870 [Grunting] 44 00:01:53,870 --> 00:01:55,437 Stop! 45 00:01:55,437 --> 00:01:58,832 [Gasps] 46 00:01:58,832 --> 00:02:02,792 [Panting] 47 00:02:02,792 --> 00:02:06,666 [Birds chirping] 48 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:17,764 [Metal clanking] 49 00:02:17,764 --> 00:02:20,506 [Sighs] 50 00:02:20,506 --> 00:02:23,944 [Snoring] 51 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:35,173 [Toilet lid creaks] 52 00:02:35,173 --> 00:02:37,610 [Zipper unzips] 53 00:02:37,610 --> 00:02:39,525 [Urinating] 54 00:02:39,525 --> 00:02:43,616 [Walker growling in distance] 55 00:02:45,618 --> 00:02:51,276 ♪ 56 00:02:51,276 --> 00:02:52,668 Dudes... 57 00:02:52,668 --> 00:02:55,280 Dudes? Dudes! 58 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,064 Breach! They're inside the wall! 59 00:02:57,064 --> 00:02:58,326 Man: Breach! 60 00:02:58,326 --> 00:03:00,633 Man #2: Grab your weapons! 61 00:03:00,633 --> 00:03:03,462 Daddy?There's a breach! 62 00:03:03,462 --> 00:03:06,682 Hey, Gracie, uh, I need you to head downstairs 63 00:03:06,682 --> 00:03:08,162 into the basement and don't let anyone in, okay? 64 00:03:08,162 --> 00:03:09,772 Just like we practiced, alright? 65 00:03:09,772 --> 00:03:11,818 And you stay there, okay? You have your whistle? 66 00:03:11,818 --> 00:03:13,167 Okay. 67 00:03:13,167 --> 00:03:15,038 Okay, go now. 68 00:03:15,038 --> 00:03:18,738 [Indistinct shouting] 69 00:03:18,738 --> 00:03:22,350 [Walker growling] 70 00:03:22,350 --> 00:03:24,831 ♪ 71 00:03:24,831 --> 00:03:26,224 Get 'em back! 72 00:03:26,224 --> 00:03:28,487 Woman: Use the beams! 73 00:03:28,487 --> 00:03:30,402 [Indistinct shouting] 74 00:03:30,402 --> 00:03:31,838 Fill the hole! 75 00:03:31,838 --> 00:03:35,189 [Growling continues] 76 00:03:36,712 --> 00:03:37,974 Fill the hole! 77 00:03:37,974 --> 00:03:41,239 [Growling continues] 78 00:03:52,119 --> 00:03:55,122 That's it! 79 00:03:55,122 --> 00:03:58,430 [Growling continues] 80 00:04:15,534 --> 00:04:24,717 ♪ 81 00:04:24,717 --> 00:04:28,024 [Walkers growling] 82 00:04:28,024 --> 00:04:37,904 ♪ 83 00:04:37,904 --> 00:04:47,914 ♪ 84 00:04:47,914 --> 00:04:57,924 ♪ 85 00:04:57,924 --> 00:05:07,934 ♪ 86 00:05:07,934 --> 00:05:15,158 ♪ 87 00:05:18,336 --> 00:05:19,989 [Upbeat music plays] 88 00:05:19,989 --> 00:05:22,427 [Laughter] 89 00:05:22,427 --> 00:05:29,999 ♪ 90 00:05:29,999 --> 00:05:31,436 Hello! 91 00:05:31,436 --> 00:05:32,828 I'm Lance Hornsby. 92 00:05:32,828 --> 00:05:34,874 Welcome to the Commonwealth. 93 00:05:34,874 --> 00:05:36,615 ♪ 94 00:05:36,615 --> 00:05:38,573 [Laughter] 95 00:05:38,573 --> 00:05:40,880 If you're watching this video, you've made it through 96 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,665 the rigorous screening process of the Commonwealth community 97 00:05:43,665 --> 00:05:45,972 and have been approved to join us. 98 00:05:45,972 --> 00:05:48,627 [Laughter, cheering] 99 00:05:48,627 --> 00:05:51,064 Under the leadership of Governor Pamela Milton, 100 00:05:51,064 --> 00:05:53,458 we are over 50,000 strong, 101 00:05:53,458 --> 00:05:55,460 with every person specially assigned 102 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:58,898 and curated to the job best suited to their skill set 103 00:05:58,898 --> 00:06:00,943 to keep this community thriving. 104 00:06:00,943 --> 00:06:06,862 ♪ 105 00:06:06,862 --> 00:06:08,908 This orientation will give you a taste 106 00:06:08,908 --> 00:06:11,258 [Distorted] of what we have in store for you. 107 00:06:11,258 --> 00:06:13,782 [Normal voice] The future starts here. 108 00:06:13,782 --> 00:06:15,915 [Laughter, cheering] 109 00:06:15,915 --> 00:06:18,396 ♪ 110 00:06:18,396 --> 00:06:20,485 [Cheers and applause] 111 00:06:20,485 --> 00:06:22,487 Community. 112 00:06:22,487 --> 00:06:26,839 ♪ 113 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,232 Caregiving. 114 00:06:29,232 --> 00:06:31,017 Security. 115 00:06:31,017 --> 00:06:35,238 ♪ 116 00:06:35,238 --> 00:06:37,502 That's "The Commonwealth Way." 117 00:06:37,502 --> 00:06:44,770 ♪ 118 00:06:44,770 --> 00:06:48,121 [Birds chirping] 119 00:06:51,907 --> 00:06:54,693 Pamela Milton? 120 00:06:54,693 --> 00:06:55,955 Wow. 121 00:07:02,918 --> 00:07:04,746 "Eugene Porter. 122 00:07:04,746 --> 00:07:07,357 Work Detail -- high-school teaching pool. 123 00:07:07,357 --> 00:07:10,839 Boarding Detail -- Bungalow 13, Sector 1..." 124 00:07:10,839 --> 00:07:13,015 Yes! Okay. 125 00:07:13,015 --> 00:07:15,757 This is a good sign. 126 00:07:15,757 --> 00:07:18,151 Pardon my gazing of a gift horse in the gullet, 127 00:07:18,151 --> 00:07:20,936 but what in the heck are these details meant to convey? 128 00:07:20,936 --> 00:07:22,503 Job assignments and housing. 129 00:07:22,503 --> 00:07:24,723 Permanent residency here was not our intent. 130 00:07:24,723 --> 00:07:26,115 If you have a problem with it, 131 00:07:26,115 --> 00:07:27,943 take it up with the case supervisor. 132 00:07:27,943 --> 00:07:30,380 Princess: Wait. What jobs did you guys get? 133 00:07:30,380 --> 00:07:32,165 Doesn't matter. We're not here to work. 134 00:07:32,165 --> 00:07:33,862 We're here to get help.Uh, totally. 135 00:07:33,862 --> 00:07:36,604 I-I was just curious 'cause they gave me "retail clerk." 136 00:07:36,604 --> 00:07:37,823 Made me wonder if they have a mall here, 137 00:07:37,823 --> 00:07:39,128 'cause that'd be frickin' amazing. 138 00:07:39,128 --> 00:07:40,565 I used to love working in the mall. 139 00:07:40,565 --> 00:07:42,392 They put me in animal control. 140 00:07:42,392 --> 00:07:45,657 I imagine all of these are based on jobs from before the fall. 141 00:07:45,657 --> 00:07:47,963 Yeah, mine isn't really an assignment. 142 00:07:49,791 --> 00:07:51,532 Looks like an invitation. 143 00:07:51,532 --> 00:07:54,579 Someone wants to meet and talk about, and I quote, 144 00:07:54,579 --> 00:07:56,885 "Opportunities within our great community." 145 00:07:56,885 --> 00:07:59,409 Ooh! Yumiko's fancy! Must be the accent. 146 00:07:59,409 --> 00:08:01,324 Eugene: We need to plot a course correction ASAP 147 00:08:01,324 --> 00:08:03,413 before these entanglements usurp our Plan A. 148 00:08:03,413 --> 00:08:06,025 I think a multi-pronged strategy would be in order. 149 00:08:06,025 --> 00:08:07,374 Agreed. 150 00:08:07,374 --> 00:08:09,376 I'll see what this case supervisor can do. 151 00:08:09,376 --> 00:08:11,247 Um, I'm gonna go with Ezekiel. 152 00:08:11,247 --> 00:08:12,771 I wanna see more of this place. 153 00:08:12,771 --> 00:08:14,163 And I'm feeling lucky. 154 00:08:14,163 --> 00:08:15,948 I'm supposed to meet up with Stephanie. 155 00:08:15,948 --> 00:08:17,689 I'll get the lay of the land and the proverbial skinny. 156 00:08:17,689 --> 00:08:19,778 Maybe whoever gave you that can help. 157 00:08:20,735 --> 00:08:24,086 [Paper rustles] 158 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:26,611 [Pen scratching] 159 00:08:26,611 --> 00:08:29,439 [Door opens] 160 00:08:29,439 --> 00:08:31,703 [Door closes][Clears throat] 161 00:08:31,703 --> 00:08:33,269 Excuse me. 162 00:08:33,269 --> 00:08:35,576 Your case supervisor can answer all your questions. 163 00:08:35,576 --> 00:08:37,099 Yeah, I don't seem to have one of those. 164 00:08:37,099 --> 00:08:39,624 Just this letter from the Office of State Affairs. 165 00:08:42,627 --> 00:08:44,019 Yes, ma'am. 166 00:08:44,019 --> 00:08:45,804 How can I help? 167 00:08:45,804 --> 00:08:47,283 Well, during processing, 168 00:08:47,283 --> 00:08:48,850 I was inquiring about a family member living here, 169 00:08:48,850 --> 00:08:51,157 but I haven't heard anything since. 170 00:08:51,157 --> 00:08:53,202 I'd be happy to help you with that. 171 00:08:53,202 --> 00:08:55,727 [Walkers growling, hammers pounding] 172 00:09:08,391 --> 00:09:11,569 The wall's gonna be more fragile since they broke through. 173 00:09:11,569 --> 00:09:13,266 People are getting anxious. 174 00:09:13,266 --> 00:09:14,659 There's dead on the north side. 175 00:09:14,659 --> 00:09:16,312 We're banging the wall to spread them out. 176 00:09:16,312 --> 00:09:19,098 It's working. For now, but they'll be back. 177 00:09:19,098 --> 00:09:21,535 Yeah, we need a long-term fix. 178 00:09:21,535 --> 00:09:23,319 Any update on tools? 179 00:09:23,319 --> 00:09:25,234 Still haven't replaced what the skins destroyed. 180 00:09:25,234 --> 00:09:26,932 And we're back to square one on food. 181 00:09:26,932 --> 00:09:29,064 What's left of the horse has been salted and jerkied. 182 00:09:29,064 --> 00:09:30,805 Stuff's nasty, but it's going fast. 183 00:09:30,805 --> 00:09:33,068 What about Hilltop? 184 00:09:33,068 --> 00:09:35,114 Maybe some of the blacksmithing tools survived the fire. 185 00:09:35,114 --> 00:09:37,943 A few of us can make a run, 186 00:09:37,943 --> 00:09:40,032 maybe see if there's some game nearby while we're at it. 187 00:09:40,032 --> 00:09:42,469 Yeah. And if there's nothing left? 188 00:09:45,341 --> 00:09:46,821 If we can't make Alexandria safe, 189 00:09:46,821 --> 00:09:49,041 we need to start thinking about other options. 190 00:09:49,041 --> 00:09:50,651 Alexandria's our home. 191 00:09:50,651 --> 00:09:52,958 I'm not ready to abandon ship. 192 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:54,524 Not yet. 193 00:09:54,524 --> 00:09:56,701 We gotta fight to save it first. 194 00:09:56,701 --> 00:10:00,008 [Walkers growling] 195 00:10:00,008 --> 00:10:09,757 ♪ 196 00:10:09,757 --> 00:10:11,106 ♪ 197 00:10:12,368 --> 00:10:14,849 [Sighs] We should get moving. 198 00:10:14,849 --> 00:10:17,286 The others could already be at the outpost. 199 00:10:17,286 --> 00:10:19,506 Or it could just be us. 200 00:10:19,506 --> 00:10:21,595 [Sighs] 201 00:10:21,595 --> 00:10:24,554 [Birds chirping] 202 00:10:24,554 --> 00:10:26,078 You know the only way this works 203 00:10:26,078 --> 00:10:28,167 is if we trust each other. 204 00:10:28,167 --> 00:10:29,951 Why would I ever trust you? 205 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:34,956 I don't know, Maggie. 206 00:10:34,956 --> 00:10:37,524 'Cause you want to stay alive, same as me. 207 00:10:40,048 --> 00:10:41,615 If I stay alive, 208 00:10:41,615 --> 00:10:44,618 it'll be in spite of you, not because of you. 209 00:10:44,618 --> 00:10:45,924 Jesus. 210 00:10:45,924 --> 00:10:49,275 You know, if -- if that's how you feel, 211 00:10:49,275 --> 00:10:52,147 I don't understand why you haven't put me down yet. 212 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:55,760 Shit! 213 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:06,553 I ask myself that question every day. 214 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,559 Shit. 215 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,126 ♪ 216 00:11:14,126 --> 00:11:16,215 [Walkers growling] 217 00:11:16,215 --> 00:11:18,173 [Hooves clomping] 218 00:11:18,173 --> 00:11:20,001 [Horse neighs] 219 00:11:20,001 --> 00:11:22,134 Aaron: Whoa. 220 00:11:22,134 --> 00:11:32,144 ♪ 221 00:11:32,144 --> 00:11:42,154 ♪ 222 00:11:42,154 --> 00:11:43,808 ♪ 223 00:11:43,808 --> 00:11:45,157 Jesus. 224 00:11:45,157 --> 00:11:47,333 Look. 225 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:49,204 ♪ 226 00:11:49,204 --> 00:11:51,772 Practically been picked clean. 227 00:11:51,772 --> 00:11:54,383 Might be more than the dead. 228 00:11:54,383 --> 00:11:56,342 Heads up. 229 00:11:56,342 --> 00:12:02,565 ♪ 230 00:12:02,565 --> 00:12:04,524 Those are our people. 231 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:11,400 ♪ 232 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,054 Dude... 233 00:12:13,054 --> 00:12:14,839 [Walker growling] 234 00:12:14,839 --> 00:12:17,015 It's Troy. 235 00:12:17,015 --> 00:12:23,064 ♪ 236 00:12:23,064 --> 00:12:25,023 Let's just get this done. 237 00:12:25,023 --> 00:12:35,033 ♪ 238 00:12:35,033 --> 00:12:43,998 ♪ 239 00:12:43,998 --> 00:12:47,306 [Walkers growling, spears plunging] 240 00:12:47,306 --> 00:12:57,316 ♪ 241 00:12:57,316 --> 00:13:07,195 ♪ 242 00:13:07,195 --> 00:13:16,509 ♪ 243 00:13:16,509 --> 00:13:18,903 Carol: We need to keep moving. 244 00:13:18,903 --> 00:13:20,426 Yeah. 245 00:13:20,426 --> 00:13:21,906 Yeah. 246 00:13:21,906 --> 00:13:23,646 Eyes open. 247 00:13:27,476 --> 00:13:30,915 [Walkers growling] 248 00:13:30,915 --> 00:13:32,742 Judith: Ready? Start! 249 00:13:32,742 --> 00:13:35,441 Good. Again. 250 00:13:35,441 --> 00:13:40,098 [Growling continues] 251 00:13:40,098 --> 00:13:42,143 Center yourself. 252 00:13:42,143 --> 00:13:44,319 Weight on your back foot. 253 00:13:44,319 --> 00:13:48,323 [Birds chirping] 254 00:13:48,323 --> 00:13:50,543 Aim for the head, then stab! 255 00:13:52,675 --> 00:13:54,416 Good. Again. 256 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:56,157 Young man: Look. This is crazy. 257 00:13:56,157 --> 00:13:58,943 God. Oh! 258 00:13:58,943 --> 00:14:00,379 What's wrong? 259 00:14:00,379 --> 00:14:01,902 [Laughter] 260 00:14:01,902 --> 00:14:04,470 Whoa! Oh! 261 00:14:04,470 --> 00:14:05,950 Oh, oh! 262 00:14:05,950 --> 00:14:07,255 Hey! 263 00:14:07,255 --> 00:14:09,083 You shouldn't be doing that! 264 00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:11,129 [Walker growling] 265 00:14:11,129 --> 00:14:13,958 Whoa! 266 00:14:13,958 --> 00:14:16,351 Judith: Get away from there. 267 00:14:16,351 --> 00:14:17,700 Calm down. We're just having fun. 268 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,746 It's dangerous. 269 00:14:19,746 --> 00:14:22,705 If you don't stop, I'm gonna tell Rosita. 270 00:14:22,705 --> 00:14:25,186 Shut up! You talk too much. 271 00:14:25,186 --> 00:14:28,537 No wonder your mom abandoned you. 272 00:14:28,537 --> 00:14:29,843 What did you say? 273 00:14:29,843 --> 00:14:31,410 You're such a baby. 274 00:14:31,410 --> 00:14:33,586 She must've gotten tired of all her whining. 275 00:14:37,503 --> 00:14:39,592 Say it again. 276 00:14:41,202 --> 00:14:43,422 I dare you. 277 00:14:47,382 --> 00:14:49,384 Judith, don't. 278 00:14:55,782 --> 00:14:58,089 Stay away from me, you psycho. 279 00:14:59,177 --> 00:15:02,354 What are you looking at? 280 00:15:02,354 --> 00:15:05,661 [Walkers growling] 281 00:15:05,661 --> 00:15:15,541 ♪ 282 00:15:15,541 --> 00:15:25,551 ♪ 283 00:15:25,551 --> 00:15:35,561 ♪ 284 00:15:35,561 --> 00:15:45,484 ♪ 285 00:15:45,484 --> 00:15:55,494 ♪ 286 00:15:55,494 --> 00:15:59,802 ♪ 287 00:15:59,802 --> 00:16:02,283 [Wood creaks] 288 00:16:06,461 --> 00:16:10,291 Doesn't look like anybody's been here, so... 289 00:16:10,291 --> 00:16:12,250 So we wait. 290 00:16:12,250 --> 00:16:14,078 Yeah. 291 00:16:14,078 --> 00:16:16,080 How long? 292 00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:20,606 How long would you want someone to wait for you? 293 00:16:20,606 --> 00:16:22,347 I just think the longer we stay here, 294 00:16:22,347 --> 00:16:25,480 the more likely it is that these lunatics catch us. 295 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:30,007 Look, how about we take this food back, alright? 296 00:16:30,007 --> 00:16:31,312 I know it's not a lot, 297 00:16:31,312 --> 00:16:32,531 but at least it's something. 298 00:16:32,531 --> 00:16:34,881 It's nothing. 299 00:16:34,881 --> 00:16:38,319 We need to feed a whole community. 300 00:16:38,319 --> 00:16:40,887 Maggie, you need to know when to cut your losses. 301 00:16:46,675 --> 00:16:48,373 Those losses... 302 00:16:50,462 --> 00:16:52,899 ...are my people. 303 00:16:52,899 --> 00:16:54,727 I know. I do. 304 00:16:54,727 --> 00:16:56,120 But you still have people. 305 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,296 You still have Hershel. 306 00:17:01,081 --> 00:17:03,518 Do you think I don't know that? 307 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,087 It's the reason we're doing this. 308 00:17:07,087 --> 00:17:08,871 But "we" can't. 309 00:17:08,871 --> 00:17:10,917 See, that's my point. 310 00:17:10,917 --> 00:17:12,484 Alright, look, I-I know I don't get a vote here, 311 00:17:12,484 --> 00:17:14,312 and that's fine, but here's mine anyway. 312 00:17:14,312 --> 00:17:16,531 We give it 'til sundown. 313 00:17:16,531 --> 00:17:19,708 And if the others don't show by then, 314 00:17:19,708 --> 00:17:21,362 they're not gonna. 315 00:17:25,627 --> 00:17:35,420 ♪ 316 00:17:35,420 --> 00:17:37,422 [Bell jingles] 317 00:17:37,422 --> 00:17:40,947 ♪ 318 00:17:40,947 --> 00:17:42,992 ♪ She's a three-speed girl♪ 319 00:17:42,992 --> 00:17:45,691 Man: Um, I'll be right with you. 320 00:17:45,691 --> 00:17:49,173 ♪ 321 00:17:49,173 --> 00:17:53,960 ♪ Well, lawdy, lawdy♪ 322 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,832 ♪ She's a three-speed girl♪ 323 00:17:56,832 --> 00:17:59,313 ♪ 324 00:17:59,313 --> 00:18:01,315 [Sighs] 325 00:18:01,315 --> 00:18:03,752 [Sighs] 326 00:18:03,752 --> 00:18:06,190 Hi. How you doing? 327 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:08,757 Just got a fresh batch of doughnuts out of the oven. 328 00:18:08,757 --> 00:18:10,585 I-I'm actually looking for someone. 329 00:18:10,585 --> 00:18:12,370 Man: Cake's frosted and ready, boss. 330 00:18:12,370 --> 00:18:15,112 Should I run it over to -- 331 00:18:16,765 --> 00:18:18,985 Hi, Tomi. 332 00:18:23,555 --> 00:18:26,819 Jerry: Not much, but better than nothing. 333 00:18:29,778 --> 00:18:33,173 Everything we have, gone. 334 00:18:33,173 --> 00:18:34,783 Not everything. 335 00:18:34,783 --> 00:18:37,438 A lot of us are still standing. 336 00:18:37,438 --> 00:18:39,440 Remember that. 337 00:18:42,748 --> 00:18:45,446 There's more. 338 00:18:45,446 --> 00:18:48,014 We need to take care of it before we keep searching. 339 00:18:50,234 --> 00:18:53,585 Wait. Look. 340 00:18:53,585 --> 00:18:56,153 ♪ 341 00:18:56,153 --> 00:18:59,460 The way they're moving... 342 00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:01,593 They're being herded. 343 00:19:01,593 --> 00:19:03,595 Whisperers. 344 00:19:03,595 --> 00:19:13,605 ♪ 345 00:19:13,605 --> 00:19:17,478 ♪ 346 00:19:17,478 --> 00:19:18,784 [Grunts] 347 00:19:18,784 --> 00:19:20,873 ♪ 348 00:19:20,873 --> 00:19:22,266 Stop! Don't kill him! 349 00:19:22,266 --> 00:19:23,615 I know him. 350 00:19:23,615 --> 00:19:26,052 What the hell is he doing here? 351 00:19:26,052 --> 00:19:27,836 ♪ 352 00:19:27,836 --> 00:19:30,187 Let's find out. 353 00:19:34,191 --> 00:19:40,675 ♪ 354 00:19:40,675 --> 00:19:42,068 Extra sprinkles, please. 355 00:19:42,068 --> 00:19:44,113 Of course. Oh. 356 00:19:44,113 --> 00:19:45,680 I have the order ready for Ms. Milton. 357 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,900 Just a moment. 358 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:49,684 Here you go. 359 00:19:49,684 --> 00:19:51,860 I included samples of our newest flavor, Praline Dream. 360 00:19:51,860 --> 00:19:53,645 Eugene: Excuse me. 361 00:19:53,645 --> 00:19:56,648 That wouldn't happen to be Rocky Road there, would it? 362 00:19:56,648 --> 00:20:02,523 ♪ 363 00:20:02,523 --> 00:20:04,090 Thank you for your patience. 364 00:20:04,090 --> 00:20:06,092 Yeah, no problem. 365 00:20:06,092 --> 00:20:07,311 And keep the change. 366 00:20:07,311 --> 00:20:09,182 Thanks.Thanks. 367 00:20:09,182 --> 00:20:10,879 [Cash register dings] 368 00:20:10,879 --> 00:20:12,490 Here you go. 369 00:20:12,490 --> 00:20:15,188 It's not black raspberry, but see what you think. 370 00:20:15,188 --> 00:20:22,456 ♪ 371 00:20:22,456 --> 00:20:23,892 Mmm. 372 00:20:23,892 --> 00:20:25,633 [Chuckles] 373 00:20:25,633 --> 00:20:27,374 Hot damn. 374 00:20:27,374 --> 00:20:32,118 ♪ 375 00:20:32,118 --> 00:20:34,555 If you don't mind me saying, 376 00:20:34,555 --> 00:20:36,296 this place has all kinds of creature comforts 377 00:20:36,296 --> 00:20:38,080 I never knew how much I missed. 378 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,560 I'm an interesting creature, 379 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,302 so this is a fine day for me. 380 00:20:42,302 --> 00:20:45,523 Well, it's a very fine day for me, too. 381 00:20:45,523 --> 00:20:47,351 I'm glad you're here. 382 00:20:47,351 --> 00:20:52,921 ♪ 383 00:20:52,921 --> 00:20:55,533 Where are you? You drifted. 384 00:20:55,533 --> 00:20:57,099 ♪ 385 00:20:57,099 --> 00:20:59,145 A lot of people back where I'm from 386 00:20:59,145 --> 00:21:00,886 could use a place like this. 387 00:21:00,886 --> 00:21:02,975 Yeah. 388 00:21:02,975 --> 00:21:05,543 While I'd be content to keep strong with you indefinitely, 389 00:21:05,543 --> 00:21:06,805 I wouldn't be the man I am 390 00:21:06,805 --> 00:21:09,329 if I didn't do what I came here for. 391 00:21:09,329 --> 00:21:11,375 I, uh... 392 00:21:11,375 --> 00:21:13,115 ♪ 393 00:21:13,115 --> 00:21:15,596 We can't stay. 394 00:21:15,596 --> 00:21:16,989 We need to help our friends. 395 00:21:16,989 --> 00:21:18,599 Given the significant amount of red tape 396 00:21:18,599 --> 00:21:19,948 around every nook and cranny here, 397 00:21:19,948 --> 00:21:21,385 I was wondering if I could get some advice 398 00:21:21,385 --> 00:21:24,779 on how to cut through. 399 00:21:24,779 --> 00:21:26,346 I wish I had some, 400 00:21:26,346 --> 00:21:29,958 but everything really moves slowly around here. 401 00:21:29,958 --> 00:21:32,091 Want to sit? 402 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:37,618 ♪ 403 00:21:37,618 --> 00:21:39,925 [Grunts] 404 00:21:39,925 --> 00:21:41,187 ♪ 405 00:21:55,201 --> 00:21:57,377 The town radio is in there. 406 00:21:57,377 --> 00:21:58,944 I bet you'd feel better 407 00:21:58,944 --> 00:22:01,425 if you could talk to your people back home. 408 00:22:01,425 --> 00:22:04,036 But you're afraid to ask. 409 00:22:04,036 --> 00:22:05,646 I'm afraid to involve you in something 410 00:22:05,646 --> 00:22:07,648 that's not your responsibility. 411 00:22:07,648 --> 00:22:10,651 I want to help. 412 00:22:10,651 --> 00:22:12,392 Are you sure? 413 00:22:12,392 --> 00:22:14,263 I work in the Comms Department. 414 00:22:14,263 --> 00:22:16,048 I could get access to the equipment, 415 00:22:16,048 --> 00:22:17,310 but to get official clearance, 416 00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:20,008 it would take a couple weeks, so... 417 00:22:20,008 --> 00:22:22,446 So back to square one. 418 00:22:22,446 --> 00:22:24,404 ♪ 419 00:22:24,404 --> 00:22:26,841 We found the deputy supervisor. 420 00:22:26,841 --> 00:22:29,061 Says it'll be five weeks to see her boss. 421 00:22:29,061 --> 00:22:31,019 Might as well be years. 422 00:22:31,019 --> 00:22:35,067 [Radio chatter in distance] 423 00:22:35,067 --> 00:22:36,851 By any chance, is there an unofficial version 424 00:22:36,851 --> 00:22:38,636 of your offer? 425 00:22:38,636 --> 00:22:48,646 ♪ 426 00:22:48,646 --> 00:22:50,038 ♪ 427 00:22:50,038 --> 00:22:51,431 Oh, wow. 428 00:22:51,431 --> 00:22:56,175 ♪ 429 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:59,526 [Door creaks] 430 00:23:02,877 --> 00:23:04,226 Boy: Mom said we have to stay here. 431 00:23:04,226 --> 00:23:07,055 [Indistinct conversations] 432 00:23:21,548 --> 00:23:23,507 ♪ 433 00:23:23,507 --> 00:23:25,073 Who did this? 434 00:23:25,073 --> 00:23:28,729 Who broke our handprints? 435 00:23:28,729 --> 00:23:31,166 Judith: Was it you?No. 436 00:23:31,166 --> 00:23:33,081 Don't lie. 437 00:23:33,081 --> 00:23:34,518 You gonna pull another knife on me? 438 00:23:34,518 --> 00:23:36,476 I said I didn't do it. 439 00:23:36,476 --> 00:23:38,913 Come on. 440 00:23:40,872 --> 00:23:43,004 [Door opens] 441 00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:44,745 [Door closes] 442 00:23:44,745 --> 00:23:47,748 I can help you put it back together, Judith. 443 00:23:47,748 --> 00:23:49,533 Me, too. 444 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:51,709 We all will. 445 00:23:51,709 --> 00:23:58,759 ♪ 446 00:23:58,759 --> 00:24:02,937 [Footsteps approach] 447 00:24:02,937 --> 00:24:06,550 I remember when you made those. 448 00:24:06,550 --> 00:24:08,552 You were so small. 449 00:24:08,552 --> 00:24:10,118 ♪ 450 00:24:10,118 --> 00:24:13,774 Carl wanted you to have a memory together. 451 00:24:13,774 --> 00:24:17,082 [Voice breaking] Now it's broken, and he's gone. 452 00:24:17,082 --> 00:24:19,084 ♪ 453 00:24:19,084 --> 00:24:21,260 Everybody is. 454 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:31,139 ♪ 455 00:24:31,139 --> 00:24:33,577 I miss them all, too. 456 00:24:33,577 --> 00:24:39,974 ♪ 457 00:24:39,974 --> 00:24:42,020 Does it get easier? 458 00:24:42,020 --> 00:24:44,805 ♪ 459 00:24:44,805 --> 00:24:47,112 I'd be lying if I said it did. 460 00:24:47,112 --> 00:24:48,983 ♪ 461 00:24:48,983 --> 00:24:51,943 I'm worried I'll start to forget about them. 462 00:24:51,943 --> 00:24:54,554 ♪ 463 00:24:54,554 --> 00:24:56,774 Judith. 464 00:24:56,774 --> 00:25:06,784 ♪ 465 00:25:06,784 --> 00:25:08,350 ♪ 466 00:25:08,350 --> 00:25:10,831 You know, I never really knew my dad. 467 00:25:13,399 --> 00:25:16,010 And my mom died when... 468 00:25:16,010 --> 00:25:19,840 I was a little older than you are now. 469 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,408 I still miss her all the time. 470 00:25:24,453 --> 00:25:27,239 For a long time, it was just the two of us. 471 00:25:27,239 --> 00:25:31,460 And we moved a lot, from job to job. 472 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:36,248 But she always managed to keep us going. 473 00:25:36,248 --> 00:25:38,685 I didn't know it then, but... 474 00:25:38,685 --> 00:25:41,906 she was teaching me to survive on my own. 475 00:25:43,647 --> 00:25:46,432 So I'd be okay if she ever wasn't there. 476 00:25:49,696 --> 00:25:53,700 And Carl and your dad did the same thing for you. 477 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:56,442 So you'd always be able to get though the tough times. 478 00:26:01,229 --> 00:26:03,667 Pieces of wood are nice. 479 00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:06,060 ♪ 480 00:26:06,060 --> 00:26:07,671 But you don't need that to remember 481 00:26:07,671 --> 00:26:09,847 how much they loved you. 482 00:26:09,847 --> 00:26:15,069 ♪ 483 00:26:15,069 --> 00:26:17,419 Besides, I'm reallygood at fixing things. 484 00:26:17,419 --> 00:26:19,857 [Both chuckle] 485 00:26:19,857 --> 00:26:25,471 ♪ 486 00:26:25,471 --> 00:26:27,168 Name? 487 00:26:27,168 --> 00:26:30,041 And don't give us any of that Alpha/Beta garbage, either. 488 00:26:30,041 --> 00:26:32,434 Keith. 489 00:26:32,434 --> 00:26:33,958 That's my name. 490 00:26:33,958 --> 00:26:35,263 What are you doing here, Keith? 491 00:26:35,263 --> 00:26:36,525 I'm not hurting anyone. 492 00:26:36,525 --> 00:26:38,440 Just answer the question. 493 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,400 A-After Alpha fell, the herd scattered. 494 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,663 Those who weren't killed or burned are gone. 495 00:26:43,663 --> 00:26:44,925 I'm all that's left. 496 00:26:44,925 --> 00:26:46,144 You haven't seen anyone else? 497 00:26:46,144 --> 00:26:47,493 No. 498 00:26:47,493 --> 00:26:49,234 Then why do you keep the walkers? 499 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:52,019 Protection, comfort. 500 00:26:52,019 --> 00:26:54,065 Old habit. 501 00:26:54,065 --> 00:26:55,806 What do you think? 502 00:26:55,806 --> 00:26:58,939 I think I haven't met a Whisperer who wasn't a liar. 503 00:26:58,939 --> 00:27:00,898 What about Mary? 504 00:27:00,898 --> 00:27:02,943 You believed her. 505 00:27:02,943 --> 00:27:04,205 How do you know he's lying? 506 00:27:04,205 --> 00:27:06,686 What makes you so certain he isn't? 507 00:27:06,686 --> 00:27:08,775 How well do you know him? 508 00:27:08,775 --> 00:27:10,951 He wasn't part of my mother's inner circle. 509 00:27:10,951 --> 00:27:12,387 He was afraid of her. 510 00:27:12,387 --> 00:27:14,259 Well, that proves he's got eyes, not much else. 511 00:27:14,259 --> 00:27:16,174 Keith: Lydia. 512 00:27:16,174 --> 00:27:19,133 I snuck food to you during the long winters 513 00:27:19,133 --> 00:27:21,614 when Alpha wasn't looking. 514 00:27:21,614 --> 00:27:24,312 You remember? Tell them. 515 00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:28,882 I'm not sure. 516 00:27:28,882 --> 00:27:30,536 Guess she doesn't know you that well after all. 517 00:27:30,536 --> 00:27:31,929 It doesn't matter. 518 00:27:31,929 --> 00:27:33,931 My mother's dead. He's not hurting anyone. 519 00:27:33,931 --> 00:27:35,541 No, he's hiding something. 520 00:27:35,541 --> 00:27:36,977 You think it's a trap? 521 00:27:36,977 --> 00:27:40,459 Wouldn't put it past him. 522 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:42,591 Aaron's right. 523 00:27:42,591 --> 00:27:44,681 We need to make sure he's not a threat. 524 00:27:44,681 --> 00:27:46,160 Let's get him into the cellar 525 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,684 until we decide what to do with him. 526 00:27:47,684 --> 00:27:50,338 No. No! 527 00:27:50,338 --> 00:27:52,950 [Door creaks] 528 00:27:52,950 --> 00:28:02,611 ♪ 529 00:28:02,611 --> 00:28:04,788 Dude... Aaron: What is it? 530 00:28:04,788 --> 00:28:06,659 Nothing good. 531 00:28:06,659 --> 00:28:16,060 ♪ 532 00:28:16,060 --> 00:28:17,583 ♪ 533 00:28:17,583 --> 00:28:20,151 He's not alone. 534 00:28:20,151 --> 00:28:23,110 Let's see what else he lied about. 535 00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:26,026 [Wood creaking, items clattering] 536 00:28:29,943 --> 00:28:39,953 ♪ 537 00:28:39,953 --> 00:28:49,963 ♪ 538 00:28:49,963 --> 00:28:52,096 ♪ 539 00:28:52,096 --> 00:28:53,837 How many more? 540 00:28:53,837 --> 00:28:55,186 What? 541 00:28:55,186 --> 00:28:57,797 How many more of you are out there? 542 00:28:57,797 --> 00:28:59,799 This is it, I swear! 543 00:28:59,799 --> 00:29:01,496 You expect me to believe that? 544 00:29:01,496 --> 00:29:02,846 After you just lied to my face? 545 00:29:02,846 --> 00:29:06,545 Aaron, look at them. They're scared. 546 00:29:06,545 --> 00:29:08,068 They're just trying to be people again. 547 00:29:08,068 --> 00:29:10,810 Or they're a threat, hiding in plain sight 548 00:29:10,810 --> 00:29:12,029 before their people come back and ambush us. 549 00:29:12,029 --> 00:29:14,205 We weren't all monsters. 550 00:29:14,205 --> 00:29:18,035 Keith: Please. Please. 551 00:29:18,035 --> 00:29:20,211 ♪ 552 00:29:20,211 --> 00:29:23,083 This is Nabila's. 553 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:26,086 Jerry... No. 554 00:29:26,086 --> 00:29:28,262 They were in Alexandria. 555 00:29:28,262 --> 00:29:31,396 They burnt down our home. 556 00:29:31,396 --> 00:29:32,919 ♪ 557 00:29:32,919 --> 00:29:35,400 What do you wanna do? 558 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:40,666 ♪ 559 00:29:40,666 --> 00:29:43,669 Look out! 560 00:29:43,669 --> 00:29:45,366 [Grunting] 561 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:54,941 ♪ 562 00:29:54,941 --> 00:30:02,949 ♪ 563 00:30:02,949 --> 00:30:04,995 My turn. 564 00:30:08,825 --> 00:30:12,089 [Indistinct conversations] 565 00:30:12,089 --> 00:30:14,700 ♪ 566 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:18,008 [Radio chatter] 567 00:30:18,008 --> 00:30:21,359 [Conversations continue] 568 00:30:21,359 --> 00:30:31,369 ♪ 569 00:30:31,369 --> 00:30:41,379 ♪ 570 00:30:41,379 --> 00:30:51,128 ♪ 571 00:30:51,128 --> 00:31:01,138 ♪ 572 00:31:01,138 --> 00:31:11,148 ♪ 573 00:31:11,148 --> 00:31:21,158 ♪ 574 00:31:21,158 --> 00:31:22,986 ♪ 575 00:31:22,986 --> 00:31:25,814 You're -- You're a swordswoman and an archer? 576 00:31:25,814 --> 00:31:28,382 Yeah, I'm pretty good with a slingshot, too, in a pinch. 577 00:31:28,382 --> 00:31:31,211 Wow. Not bad for a barrister. 578 00:31:32,212 --> 00:31:34,911 Wow. You've changed, Miko. 579 00:31:34,911 --> 00:31:36,608 So have you. 580 00:31:39,045 --> 00:31:43,006 How did you even find this place? 581 00:31:43,006 --> 00:31:47,749 I fled Chicago when things first started going bad. 582 00:31:47,749 --> 00:31:49,926 After I left you that voicemail, 583 00:31:49,926 --> 00:31:52,058 I got in a car and headed east. 584 00:31:52,058 --> 00:31:54,321 Ran out of gas about 20 miles north of here 585 00:31:54,321 --> 00:31:58,108 but got lucky enough to link up with some good people. 586 00:31:58,108 --> 00:32:00,501 We all wound up here pretty early on 587 00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:04,157 when the Miltons made this place a safe haven. 588 00:32:04,157 --> 00:32:06,420 It started with a few secure blocks, 589 00:32:06,420 --> 00:32:08,379 but the community's been expanding 590 00:32:08,379 --> 00:32:11,208 a little at a time ever since. 591 00:32:11,208 --> 00:32:14,080 I, uh -- I almost forget 592 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,953 what's going on outside these walls. 593 00:32:18,955 --> 00:32:23,002 And you've just been here this whole time, 594 00:32:23,002 --> 00:32:25,570 just making cakes? 595 00:32:25,570 --> 00:32:28,486 I like baking. It makes me happy. 596 00:32:28,486 --> 00:32:30,488 Tomi, you were a surgeon.Hey, no. 597 00:32:30,488 --> 00:32:31,837 Please, not now. 598 00:32:31,837 --> 00:32:33,317 But you could save people. 599 00:32:33,317 --> 00:32:35,493 Still trying to run people's lives, Miko? 600 00:32:38,104 --> 00:32:41,586 I'm not trying to start anything. 601 00:32:41,586 --> 00:32:44,241 I just want what's best for you. 602 00:32:44,241 --> 00:32:47,592 When was the last time you saw me happy, Miko? 603 00:32:47,592 --> 00:32:49,768 Truly content? 604 00:32:49,768 --> 00:32:52,249 Can't remember. 605 00:32:52,249 --> 00:32:54,555 Maybe now. 606 00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:58,037 I like my life the way it is. 607 00:32:58,037 --> 00:32:59,778 It's the one gift I got 608 00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:01,780 out of the world falling apart. 609 00:33:03,651 --> 00:33:06,350 Please, don't ruin this for me. 610 00:33:07,742 --> 00:33:09,353 Of course I wouldn't. 611 00:33:11,703 --> 00:33:14,749 Look, just tell me one thing. 612 00:33:14,749 --> 00:33:17,535 Is this place really as good as it seems? 613 00:33:17,535 --> 00:33:20,146 Better. 614 00:33:20,146 --> 00:33:22,148 So if I wanted to get help for people, 615 00:33:22,148 --> 00:33:23,845 I could do that here? 616 00:33:26,022 --> 00:33:27,284 Anything's possible, 617 00:33:27,284 --> 00:33:28,850 as long as you follow the rules. 618 00:33:30,678 --> 00:33:32,289 Want some cake? 619 00:33:32,289 --> 00:33:33,551 Hell yes. 620 00:33:33,551 --> 00:33:40,862 ♪ 621 00:33:40,862 --> 00:33:42,995 Hey! 622 00:33:42,995 --> 00:33:44,910 Fancy meeting you here, Mercer. 623 00:33:44,910 --> 00:33:47,826 Ooh! Oh, they clearly got a gym in this joint. 624 00:33:47,826 --> 00:33:50,263 Your chiseling is perfecto. 625 00:33:50,263 --> 00:33:52,831 Uh, excuse me. Got business inside. 626 00:33:52,831 --> 00:33:54,311 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! 627 00:33:54,311 --> 00:33:59,316 I... I wanted to thank you. 628 00:33:59,316 --> 00:34:00,926 For what? 629 00:34:02,928 --> 00:34:06,410 For making sure this got back to me. 630 00:34:06,410 --> 00:34:08,238 No need. 631 00:34:08,238 --> 00:34:11,589 Just returning your property, "Princess." 632 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:15,854 Was there something else? 633 00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:18,770 Yeah. 634 00:34:18,770 --> 00:34:24,776 You have really beautiful eyelashes. 635 00:34:24,776 --> 00:34:28,475 ♪ 636 00:34:28,475 --> 00:34:32,088 [Growling] 637 00:34:32,088 --> 00:34:33,654 Aaron: Tell me where the others went. 638 00:34:33,654 --> 00:34:34,916 [Keith crying] 639 00:34:34,916 --> 00:34:36,918 Where are they? 640 00:34:36,918 --> 00:34:38,833 How many more? 641 00:34:38,833 --> 00:34:40,139 Huh? 642 00:34:40,139 --> 00:34:42,489 [Crying continues] 643 00:34:42,489 --> 00:34:44,230 Answer me! 644 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:49,017 [Keith screaming] 645 00:34:49,017 --> 00:34:51,759 [Growling] 646 00:34:51,759 --> 00:34:54,980 Lydia, help me! Please! 647 00:34:54,980 --> 00:34:57,025 Where are they?! 648 00:34:57,025 --> 00:34:59,898 [Crying] Alpha was right about you people. 649 00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:02,596 You pretend you're better than the dead. 650 00:35:02,596 --> 00:35:04,598 But dead is honest. 651 00:35:04,598 --> 00:35:06,992 Your friends are better off. 652 00:35:10,474 --> 00:35:14,217 [Growls][Screaming] 653 00:35:14,217 --> 00:35:20,484 ♪ 654 00:35:20,484 --> 00:35:26,838 ♪ 655 00:35:26,838 --> 00:35:30,363 See, the clock's ticking now. 656 00:35:30,363 --> 00:35:32,017 Do you feel better off? 657 00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:36,021 Or I can help you. 658 00:35:36,021 --> 00:35:37,327 I can cut off your hand 659 00:35:37,327 --> 00:35:39,503 before the infection spreads and you turn. 660 00:35:41,331 --> 00:35:43,768 Would you like that? 661 00:35:43,768 --> 00:35:45,291 We don't have much time. 662 00:35:45,291 --> 00:35:47,859 Please...Where are they? 663 00:35:47,859 --> 00:35:50,557 I don't know! I swear! 664 00:35:50,557 --> 00:35:51,863 You have to believe me... 665 00:35:51,863 --> 00:35:54,082 Are the Whisperers still a threat? 666 00:35:54,082 --> 00:35:56,650 No! Stop lying! 667 00:35:56,650 --> 00:35:58,652 Aaron, enough!No, I need answers! 668 00:35:58,652 --> 00:36:00,045 No, you want something else. 669 00:36:00,045 --> 00:36:03,483 I don't have to be here to watch it. 670 00:36:03,483 --> 00:36:05,181 Again. 671 00:36:05,181 --> 00:36:08,575 [Walker growling] 672 00:36:08,575 --> 00:36:10,186 Just tell the truth, man. 673 00:36:11,926 --> 00:36:15,756 What do you want me to say?! 674 00:36:15,756 --> 00:36:17,845 There were more of us! 675 00:36:17,845 --> 00:36:20,892 But they -- they're gone! 676 00:36:20,892 --> 00:36:23,721 I don't know! 677 00:36:26,419 --> 00:36:28,552 What the hell are you doing?! 678 00:36:28,552 --> 00:36:30,118 Stopping you from doing something else 679 00:36:30,118 --> 00:36:31,772 you're gonna regret. 680 00:36:31,772 --> 00:36:34,384 I'm doing what I have to to keep everyone I love safe. 681 00:36:34,384 --> 00:36:36,212 You of all people should understand that. 682 00:36:36,212 --> 00:36:38,692 Not like this. 683 00:36:38,692 --> 00:36:40,390 Look around. 684 00:36:40,390 --> 00:36:42,653 We are standing on the ashes 685 00:36:42,653 --> 00:36:45,264 of what the Whisperers destroyed. 686 00:36:45,264 --> 00:36:48,398 Gracie is going hungry because of them! 687 00:36:52,445 --> 00:36:54,665 The world is full of people who are beyond saving, 688 00:36:54,665 --> 00:36:55,927 and I am not gonna wait for them 689 00:36:55,927 --> 00:36:57,189 to show up at our doorstep. 690 00:36:57,189 --> 00:37:00,758 No. 691 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:03,500 What happened to Henry... 692 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:06,807 and how I felt after... 693 00:37:06,807 --> 00:37:08,331 it controlled me. 694 00:37:08,331 --> 00:37:10,594 I let it take me down a very dark path. 695 00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:14,467 People that I care about were hurt. 696 00:37:14,467 --> 00:37:19,690 Now everything that I do, I carry that. 697 00:37:19,690 --> 00:37:22,867 This is a path you don't want to go down. 698 00:37:22,867 --> 00:37:25,217 Now you let him go. 699 00:37:25,217 --> 00:37:26,697 Let him go. 700 00:37:26,697 --> 00:37:35,836 ♪ 701 00:37:35,836 --> 00:37:37,969 [Groaning] 702 00:37:37,969 --> 00:37:42,147 ♪ 703 00:37:42,147 --> 00:37:46,282 ♪ 704 00:37:46,282 --> 00:37:50,068 [Knife clanks] 705 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:53,463 I can cut your hand off or you can do it yourself. 706 00:37:53,463 --> 00:37:55,073 Choice is yours. 707 00:37:55,073 --> 00:38:01,122 ♪ 708 00:38:06,302 --> 00:38:07,999 Okay. 709 00:38:07,999 --> 00:38:09,609 Ah. 710 00:38:09,609 --> 00:38:12,438 Told you I'd find it. 711 00:38:12,438 --> 00:38:14,484 Right here? 712 00:38:14,484 --> 00:38:16,007 Alexandria. 713 00:38:16,007 --> 00:38:18,183 Alexandria, this is Eugene. Come back. 714 00:38:18,183 --> 00:38:21,186 Eugene! Eugene, are you okay? 715 00:38:21,186 --> 00:38:22,753 Rosita? 716 00:38:22,753 --> 00:38:25,321 Oh, it's dang good to hear your voice. 717 00:38:25,321 --> 00:38:26,931 You too. I got Judith here. 718 00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:29,673 Hi. Are you all safe? 719 00:38:29,673 --> 00:38:31,457 Hello! Hey, Judith. 720 00:38:31,457 --> 00:38:34,068 Yes, we're all safe. We're doing okay. 721 00:38:34,068 --> 00:38:35,679 Uh, how are things there? 722 00:38:37,942 --> 00:38:39,857 Well, the war's over. 723 00:38:39,857 --> 00:38:42,294 Uh, Alpha and Beta are dead. 724 00:38:42,294 --> 00:38:45,384 But... Alexandria's trashed, 725 00:38:45,384 --> 00:38:48,169 and we're running out of food. 726 00:38:48,169 --> 00:38:49,519 I'm sorry. I didn't get -- 727 00:38:49,519 --> 00:38:50,781 [Voice breaking up] 728 00:38:50,781 --> 00:38:54,045 Yeah. Eugene? 729 00:38:54,045 --> 00:38:55,960 Eugene, are you still there? 730 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,222 [Static] 731 00:38:57,222 --> 00:38:59,267 Eugene, where are you? 732 00:38:59,267 --> 00:39:01,008 Is he gone? 733 00:39:01,008 --> 00:39:02,880 Something's haywire. Lost the feed. 734 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,013 Stephanie: Uh, try a higher frequency. 735 00:39:06,013 --> 00:39:07,928 Hands up! Move away from the radio. 736 00:39:07,928 --> 00:39:11,323 No harm's been done, I can assure you. 737 00:39:12,193 --> 00:39:13,760 You're under arrest... 738 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,371 [Groaning] 739 00:39:15,371 --> 00:39:18,069 ...for the unauthorized use of government property. 740 00:39:18,069 --> 00:39:25,642 ♪ 741 00:39:25,642 --> 00:39:33,389 ♪ 742 00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:47,838 What are you doing? 743 00:39:50,580 --> 00:39:52,799 I'm leaving. 744 00:39:52,799 --> 00:39:54,235 Not with those supplies you aren't. 745 00:39:54,235 --> 00:39:56,586 I'm taking them back to Alexandria. 746 00:39:56,586 --> 00:39:59,371 This mission isn't finished. 747 00:39:59,371 --> 00:40:00,677 It is for me. 748 00:40:00,677 --> 00:40:04,637 ♪ 749 00:40:04,637 --> 00:40:05,856 [Grunting] 750 00:40:05,856 --> 00:40:07,205 Stop it! 751 00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:16,823 ♪ 752 00:40:16,823 --> 00:40:22,133 ♪ 753 00:40:22,133 --> 00:40:24,962 [Footsteps approaching] 754 00:40:24,962 --> 00:40:27,704 [Door opens] 755 00:40:27,704 --> 00:40:29,096 Oh, my God. You made it. 756 00:40:29,096 --> 00:40:30,881 Hey. 757 00:40:30,881 --> 00:40:34,145 ♪ 758 00:40:34,145 --> 00:40:35,494 Are you okay? 759 00:40:35,494 --> 00:40:37,714 Been better. Been worse. 760 00:40:37,714 --> 00:40:39,150 Same. 761 00:40:39,150 --> 00:40:40,456 We found each other in the woods. 762 00:40:40,456 --> 00:40:41,848 Made sure no one followed us back here. 763 00:40:41,848 --> 00:40:44,068 Good. Sit down. 764 00:40:44,068 --> 00:40:49,029 We...didn't know if you'd survived. 765 00:40:49,029 --> 00:40:51,162 But if you did, knew you'd be here. 766 00:40:53,338 --> 00:40:56,602 What about the others? 767 00:40:56,602 --> 00:41:00,693 Duncan, Agatha, Cole, they're -- 768 00:41:00,693 --> 00:41:02,478 they're dead. 769 00:41:05,002 --> 00:41:06,394 Alden's hurt. 770 00:41:06,394 --> 00:41:08,658 He's holed up in a church somewhere. 771 00:41:08,658 --> 00:41:10,311 Daryl and Frost, I don't know. 772 00:41:12,662 --> 00:41:15,012 So then... 773 00:41:15,012 --> 00:41:16,361 we wait. 774 00:41:16,361 --> 00:41:21,148 ♪ 775 00:41:21,148 --> 00:41:22,541 We wait. 776 00:41:22,541 --> 00:41:24,935 [Sighs] 777 00:41:24,935 --> 00:41:31,463 ♪ 778 00:41:31,463 --> 00:41:34,074 [Breathing heavily] 779 00:41:34,074 --> 00:41:36,294 Holy shit. 780 00:41:36,294 --> 00:41:37,861 I've ruined everything. 781 00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:42,213 I just... 782 00:41:47,435 --> 00:41:49,176 Where is the young woman that was with me 783 00:41:49,176 --> 00:41:52,397 at the train station? 784 00:41:52,397 --> 00:41:54,530 You are hereby notified that you're being charged 785 00:41:54,530 --> 00:41:58,011 with wanton trespassing, reckless endangerment, 786 00:41:58,011 --> 00:42:00,492 and illegal communication with a foreign entity -- 787 00:42:00,492 --> 00:42:02,755 all violations of Article 4, 788 00:42:02,755 --> 00:42:06,237 Section 2 of the Commonwealth criminal code. 789 00:42:06,237 --> 00:42:07,543 You've been granted a hearing before a judge 790 00:42:07,543 --> 00:42:08,979 within the hour. 791 00:42:08,979 --> 00:42:11,285 If found guilty, you will be dropped off 792 00:42:11,285 --> 00:42:12,896 in a zone far outside our walls 793 00:42:12,896 --> 00:42:15,115 and banished from ever returning. 794 00:42:15,115 --> 00:42:16,552 We did what we did for good reason. 795 00:42:16,552 --> 00:42:18,162 If you'd just let us explain -- 796 00:42:18,162 --> 00:42:20,033 Tell it to the judge, although it won't matter, 797 00:42:20,033 --> 00:42:21,818 especially since you've been here less than a day 798 00:42:21,818 --> 00:42:23,428 and already broken several laws. 799 00:42:23,428 --> 00:42:25,082 We wanna talk to our lawyer. 800 00:42:25,082 --> 00:42:26,387 You have an attorney? 801 00:42:26,387 --> 00:42:29,739 Damn right we do. A fancy one, too. 802 00:42:29,739 --> 00:42:31,479 So if this place likes rules so much, 803 00:42:31,479 --> 00:42:33,481 you have to let us have one. It's our right. 804 00:42:33,481 --> 00:42:34,744 Rights are for citizens. 805 00:42:34,744 --> 00:42:36,659 You're asylum seekers. 806 00:42:36,659 --> 00:42:40,401 Privileges come when you've earned them. 807 00:42:40,401 --> 00:42:43,274 Please, just... 808 00:42:43,274 --> 00:42:44,928 let me talk to Stephanie. 809 00:42:44,928 --> 00:42:46,407 She can vouch for us. 810 00:42:46,407 --> 00:42:48,496 She's being processed and charged separately, 811 00:42:48,496 --> 00:42:49,759 as a citizen. 812 00:42:49,759 --> 00:42:51,282 That's some bullshit. 813 00:42:51,282 --> 00:42:52,849 Hornsby: I'll take it from here, John. 814 00:43:04,295 --> 00:43:05,949 Let them go. 815 00:43:05,949 --> 00:43:08,952 Mr. Hornsby, I can't. They're awaiting trial. 816 00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:13,957 Do not move them. 817 00:43:15,306 --> 00:43:17,700 I'm going to find Mercer. 818 00:43:26,796 --> 00:43:28,667 [Door closes] 819 00:43:28,667 --> 00:43:30,495 Wait. Was that... 820 00:43:30,495 --> 00:43:32,453 Cheesy video guy! 821 00:43:32,453 --> 00:43:34,673 Hornsby is someone that you guys can trust. 822 00:43:34,673 --> 00:43:36,327 Thank you. 823 00:43:36,327 --> 00:43:37,850 Don't thank me so fast. 824 00:43:37,850 --> 00:43:40,331 He might be able to stop you from being banished, 825 00:43:40,331 --> 00:43:42,594 but it won't be scot-free. 826 00:43:42,594 --> 00:43:44,248 You'll have to pay for what you've done. 827 00:43:44,248 --> 00:43:45,858 One way or another. 828 00:43:45,858 --> 00:43:49,383 ♪ 829 00:43:49,383 --> 00:43:50,733 Lydia: I'm sorry about all this. 830 00:43:52,909 --> 00:43:55,302 I understand. 831 00:43:55,302 --> 00:43:59,132 After all his people have lost. 832 00:43:59,132 --> 00:44:02,788 If Alpha were still here, she would've done worse. 833 00:44:05,225 --> 00:44:07,010 For you -- mushrooms. 834 00:44:07,010 --> 00:44:09,752 For you and the others. 835 00:44:09,752 --> 00:44:12,798 Thank you -- for this and for what you said. 836 00:44:12,798 --> 00:44:15,453 We weren't all like her. 837 00:44:15,453 --> 00:44:17,673 Some of us just wanted to survive. 838 00:44:25,289 --> 00:44:26,856 Don't ever look back. 839 00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,693 You don't think we've changed, do you? 840 00:44:39,869 --> 00:44:41,218 It's not for me to say. 841 00:44:41,218 --> 00:44:43,394 I can prove it. 842 00:44:43,394 --> 00:44:46,136 How? We saw one of your people. 843 00:44:46,136 --> 00:44:47,920 The girl who came out of the cave 844 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,487 where Alpha kept the horde. 845 00:44:49,487 --> 00:44:53,404 ♪ 846 00:44:53,404 --> 00:44:54,666 What did you say? 847 00:44:54,666 --> 00:44:56,581 After the collapse. 848 00:44:56,581 --> 00:44:58,496 There were many, 849 00:44:58,496 --> 00:45:01,717 then there were two, and then she was all alone. 850 00:45:01,717 --> 00:45:04,502 Was she all right?She looked hurt but alive. 851 00:45:04,502 --> 00:45:05,982 Where did you last see her? 852 00:45:05,982 --> 00:45:07,374 In the woods. 853 00:45:07,374 --> 00:45:08,724 By the screaming cave. 854 00:45:11,291 --> 00:45:12,597 What do you think? 855 00:45:12,597 --> 00:45:13,816 I'm thinking it's probably a good thing 856 00:45:13,816 --> 00:45:15,295 you didn't kill him. 857 00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:16,601 Do you know where that is he's talking about? 858 00:45:16,601 --> 00:45:18,908 Yeah, yeah, it's near Alexandria. 859 00:45:18,908 --> 00:45:20,387 We gotta go...now.Carol, Carol. 860 00:45:20,387 --> 00:45:22,041 No. Connie's out there alive. 861 00:45:22,041 --> 00:45:23,390 I know. It's getting late. 862 00:45:23,390 --> 00:45:25,044 It'll be dark before we get back. 863 00:45:25,044 --> 00:45:27,177 Start at first light, yeah? 864 00:45:27,177 --> 00:45:30,180 ♪ 865 00:45:30,180 --> 00:45:31,485 [Horse neighs] 866 00:45:31,485 --> 00:45:37,143 ♪ 867 00:45:37,143 --> 00:45:42,758 ♪ 868 00:45:46,022 --> 00:45:47,327 Kelly: I found her camp. 869 00:45:47,458 --> 00:45:48,807 But something's not right. 870 00:45:48,938 --> 00:45:50,896 Magna: She thought they were being followed. 871 00:45:51,027 --> 00:45:54,639 ♪ 872 00:45:54,770 --> 00:45:56,772 I don't understand. What happened? 873 00:45:56,902 --> 00:46:02,995 ♪ 874 00:46:03,126 --> 00:46:05,432 You're either with us, or you're not. 875 00:46:05,563 --> 00:46:09,132 ♪ 876 00:46:09,262 --> 00:46:10,176 [Gasps] 877 00:46:10,307 --> 00:46:14,659 ♪ 878 00:46:15,791 --> 00:46:21,709 ♪ 879 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:23,929 Kang: This episode is starting with this dream, 880 00:46:24,060 --> 00:46:26,410 and all of those past foes 881 00:46:26,540 --> 00:46:29,630 are just a representation of the different traumas 882 00:46:29,761 --> 00:46:31,458 that our people have been through 883 00:46:31,589 --> 00:46:33,852 and everything that is swirling through his mind 884 00:46:33,983 --> 00:46:36,289 as he's thinking about how to create 885 00:46:36,420 --> 00:46:39,118 a better future for his daughter, Gracie, 886 00:46:39,249 --> 00:46:41,381 who, herself, came out of trauma, 887 00:46:41,512 --> 00:46:44,167 was the daughter of Saviors that were killed 888 00:46:44,297 --> 00:46:47,213 during the attack that our people were involved in. 889 00:46:47,344 --> 00:46:50,086 You know, I think that really tells us a lot 890 00:46:50,216 --> 00:46:51,827 about his mindset 891 00:46:51,957 --> 00:46:54,481 going into all of the action of this episode, 892 00:46:54,612 --> 00:46:55,961 because he's just thinking, 893 00:46:56,092 --> 00:46:58,050 who were all these people that we've had to fight, 894 00:46:58,181 --> 00:47:00,574 all the times that we just barely made it through, 895 00:47:00,705 --> 00:47:03,751 all the times that Alexandria almost fell. 896 00:47:03,882 --> 00:47:06,885 And is this gonna be the thing that finally breaks us? 897 00:47:07,016 --> 00:47:08,931 And I think Aaron really is determined 898 00:47:09,061 --> 00:47:10,541 to make sure that doesn't happen. 899 00:47:10,671 --> 00:47:11,977 Mercy! 900 00:47:12,108 --> 00:47:14,719 ♪ 901 00:47:14,850 --> 00:47:17,722 Kang: Aaron's always been sort of our humanitarian. 902 00:47:17,853 --> 00:47:20,072 He's the guy that brings people in, 903 00:47:20,203 --> 00:47:21,334 that evaluates people 904 00:47:21,465 --> 00:47:23,946 and decides whether to trust them. 905 00:47:24,076 --> 00:47:27,166 And I think that Aaron is in a really different headspace. 906 00:47:27,297 --> 00:47:30,909 He is seeing the world as being much darker 907 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:32,606 than he wants to think of it as being. 908 00:47:32,737 --> 00:47:34,695 If the fans will remember, 909 00:47:34,826 --> 00:47:38,177 he went out with Gabriel shortly before this 910 00:47:38,308 --> 00:47:40,745 and ran into this man out in the world, 911 00:47:40,876 --> 00:47:43,139 played by the wonderful Robert Patrick, 912 00:47:43,269 --> 00:47:46,446 who was this survivor who had just had 913 00:47:46,577 --> 00:47:48,187 such a dark view of humanity. 914 00:47:48,318 --> 00:47:49,406 But, you know, their lives 915 00:47:49,536 --> 00:47:51,103 were really, truly in danger there. 916 00:47:51,234 --> 00:47:52,713 They could have both died. 917 00:47:52,844 --> 00:47:55,368 And I think Aaron has all of that 918 00:47:55,499 --> 00:47:57,240 kind of spinning through his head. 919 00:47:57,370 --> 00:47:59,590 He's thinking about all of the damage 920 00:47:59,720 --> 00:48:01,157 that the Whisperers have done, 921 00:48:01,287 --> 00:48:03,768 just destroying their communities 922 00:48:03,899 --> 00:48:05,857 and not only running the herd through there. 923 00:48:05,988 --> 00:48:08,816 Some people, like, went back and just trashed the place 924 00:48:08,947 --> 00:48:11,732 and burned their crops just really to make it 925 00:48:11,863 --> 00:48:14,300 so that they could never go back to Alexandria 926 00:48:14,431 --> 00:48:15,780 and have a safe home. 927 00:48:15,911 --> 00:48:18,609 And so I think, for Aaron, 928 00:48:18,739 --> 00:48:20,219 this is enemy number one. 929 00:48:20,350 --> 00:48:22,047 Whisperers. 930 00:48:22,178 --> 00:48:25,790 [Walkers growling] 931 00:48:25,921 --> 00:48:27,444 He doesn't trust them. 932 00:48:27,574 --> 00:48:31,578 He has a sense that this guy is being cagey and shady, 933 00:48:31,709 --> 00:48:33,058 which he is. 934 00:48:33,189 --> 00:48:35,321 He's right that the guy is lying to him. 935 00:48:35,452 --> 00:48:37,019 And so he thinks like, 936 00:48:37,149 --> 00:48:39,108 why wouldn't he be lying about everything else? 937 00:48:39,238 --> 00:48:40,848 Like, everything we know about the Whisperers 938 00:48:40,979 --> 00:48:43,286 is that the vast majority of them 939 00:48:43,416 --> 00:48:45,941 are willing to do whatever Alpha said, 940 00:48:46,071 --> 00:48:47,855 and they lived under that for years. 941 00:48:47,986 --> 00:48:51,642 So I think that he's kind of in that dark headspace. 942 00:48:51,772 --> 00:48:53,513 When Jerry discovers that they were 943 00:48:53,644 --> 00:48:56,342 definitely at Alexandria and probably helped trash it 944 00:48:56,473 --> 00:48:57,822 that tells him something, 945 00:48:57,953 --> 00:49:00,607 and he's getting very emotional. 946 00:49:00,738 --> 00:49:02,827 We felt that Carol was the right person 947 00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:04,481 to pull him back from the brink, 948 00:49:04,611 --> 00:49:07,963 because I think the journey that we've shown Carol on 949 00:49:08,093 --> 00:49:11,227 is that she felt like she went a little too far 950 00:49:11,357 --> 00:49:13,838 in her revenge mission against Alpha. 951 00:49:13,969 --> 00:49:15,971 She is not insensitive 952 00:49:16,101 --> 00:49:18,364 to the fact that there's been fallout from that. 953 00:49:18,495 --> 00:49:20,062 There is true suffering. 954 00:49:20,192 --> 00:49:25,197 So she sees Aaron going into that same kind of dark headspace 955 00:49:25,328 --> 00:49:26,807 that she was in. 956 00:49:26,938 --> 00:49:30,942 And right or wrong, whatever he feels, 957 00:49:31,073 --> 00:49:32,813 whatever he thinks needs to be done, 958 00:49:32,944 --> 00:49:35,338 what she sees is this guy who's there 959 00:49:35,468 --> 00:49:37,253 that he's torturing. 960 00:49:37,383 --> 00:49:40,386 And that could be the start of a much more slippery slope. 961 00:49:40,517 --> 00:49:41,997 And I think she just doesn't want 962 00:49:42,127 --> 00:49:44,390 to see that happen to Aaron. 963 00:49:44,521 --> 00:49:47,480 ♪ 964 00:49:47,611 --> 00:49:50,266 This is a path you don't want to go down. 965 00:49:50,396 --> 00:49:52,094 Now, you let him go. 966 00:49:52,224 --> 00:49:53,878 They just get to try to hash it out. 967 00:49:54,009 --> 00:49:56,228 And in some ways, the universe rewards them 968 00:49:56,359 --> 00:49:57,577 for that decision, 969 00:49:57,708 --> 00:49:58,796 because if that guy had died, 970 00:49:58,926 --> 00:50:00,406 they would have never gotten that clue 971 00:50:00,537 --> 00:50:01,886 that Connie is out there. 972 00:50:02,017 --> 00:50:03,757 We saw one of your people, 973 00:50:03,888 --> 00:50:07,805 the girl came out of the cave where Alpha kept the horde. 974 00:50:07,935 --> 00:50:08,980 What do you think? 975 00:50:09,111 --> 00:50:10,460 Thinking it's probably a good thing 976 00:50:10,590 --> 00:50:12,505 you didn't kill him. 977 00:50:12,636 --> 00:50:15,030 Kang: What's really interesting about the Commonwealth 978 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,380 is that they have attempted 979 00:50:17,510 --> 00:50:20,644 to put the world back the way it was before, 980 00:50:20,774 --> 00:50:23,168 or at least based on a memory of what it was before. 981 00:50:23,299 --> 00:50:25,692 But, you know, I think the complicated thing is, 982 00:50:25,823 --> 00:50:27,955 was there ever really a perfect time? 983 00:50:28,086 --> 00:50:30,915 And do you want to replicate something that might have been 984 00:50:31,046 --> 00:50:33,439 a little bit broken to begin with? 985 00:50:33,570 --> 00:50:36,921 In some ways, the Commonwealth works exceptionally well 986 00:50:37,052 --> 00:50:38,401 and people have been very, very safe. 987 00:50:38,531 --> 00:50:42,013 But to do that, they really, like, have kind of embraced 988 00:50:42,144 --> 00:50:44,581 this caste system that they all live under 989 00:50:44,711 --> 00:50:46,800 and this sort of the authoritarian bend 990 00:50:46,931 --> 00:50:49,325 to some of the ways that the community works. 991 00:50:49,455 --> 00:50:52,502 So given that this really is an American story, 992 00:50:52,632 --> 00:50:56,288 we wanted to draw upon kind of American source material 993 00:50:56,419 --> 00:50:58,334 for what the propaganda would look like. 994 00:50:58,464 --> 00:51:00,031 The writing department, 995 00:51:00,162 --> 00:51:03,643 we basically furnished a bunch of these slogans 996 00:51:03,774 --> 00:51:06,429 just to kind of give a feel for the types of things 997 00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:09,127 that the Commonwealth might be asking people to do 998 00:51:09,258 --> 00:51:11,695 to try to make this a nice place to live. 999 00:51:11,825 --> 00:51:12,913 Hey! 1000 00:51:13,044 --> 00:51:15,525 Fancy meeting you here, Mercer. 1001 00:51:15,655 --> 00:51:17,788 Ooh! Well, they clearly got a gym in this joint. 1002 00:51:17,918 --> 00:51:20,791 Your chiseling is perfecto. 1003 00:51:20,921 --> 00:51:22,749 We really love writing for Princess, 1004 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:24,490 as well as our new character, Mercer. 1005 00:51:24,621 --> 00:51:26,144 There's such depths there 1006 00:51:26,275 --> 00:51:29,452 that we just kind of get to unpeel slowly. 1007 00:51:29,582 --> 00:51:32,150 And for Princess, we had this moment 1008 00:51:32,281 --> 00:51:33,760 where they're being questioned 1009 00:51:33,891 --> 00:51:36,981 and they they question her about this $2 bill, 1010 00:51:37,112 --> 00:51:39,070 and she starts to tell this story. 1011 00:51:39,201 --> 00:51:41,377 Essentially, like, it means something personal to her. 1012 00:51:41,507 --> 00:51:43,466 And at one point in the interview, 1013 00:51:43,596 --> 00:51:45,294 she turns to Mercer and, like, looks 1014 00:51:45,424 --> 00:51:46,556 at him standing there and says.. 1015 00:51:46,686 --> 00:51:48,471 When we're done with these questions, 1016 00:51:48,601 --> 00:51:49,820 can I get my $2 back? 1017 00:51:49,950 --> 00:51:51,430 When she gets it back, 1018 00:51:51,561 --> 00:51:53,911 she just knows in her gut that it was him, 1019 00:51:54,041 --> 00:51:56,566 because they saw that bin of money that was 1020 00:51:56,696 --> 00:51:59,177 all marked for confiscation on the way out. 1021 00:51:59,308 --> 00:52:01,005 They know that that has to be, 1022 00:52:01,136 --> 00:52:02,833 like, the way that they deal with money. 1023 00:52:02,963 --> 00:52:07,664 So she's thinking, like, maybe he's not as scary of a guy 1024 00:52:07,794 --> 00:52:11,581 as he seems when he's just, you know, doing his job. 1025 00:52:11,711 --> 00:52:12,973 And I think from Mercer's side, 1026 00:52:13,104 --> 00:52:14,888 he sees something about her, 1027 00:52:15,019 --> 00:52:17,326 that there's a sweetness there. 1028 00:52:17,456 --> 00:52:21,547 And he sees that she sees him in some ways. 1029 00:52:21,678 --> 00:52:23,941 And I think that she sees 1030 00:52:24,071 --> 00:52:26,073 that he sees something more in her. 1031 00:52:26,204 --> 00:52:29,120 And so in that moment with the $2 bill, like, 1032 00:52:29,251 --> 00:52:32,036 we wanted this chance to just 1033 00:52:32,167 --> 00:52:35,344 start to break the ice more between them. 1034 00:52:35,474 --> 00:52:37,041 You have... 1035 00:52:37,172 --> 00:52:38,782 really... 1036 00:52:38,912 --> 00:52:41,306 beautiful eyelashes. 1037 00:52:41,437 --> 00:52:43,961 So Maggie and Negan -- 1038 00:52:44,091 --> 00:52:46,529 they're the last two standing of this group. 1039 00:52:46,659 --> 00:52:49,445 So, they're just in this really uncomfortable position 1040 00:52:49,575 --> 00:52:52,796 where neither trusts the other person, 1041 00:52:52,926 --> 00:52:54,624 neither really even likes the other person, 1042 00:52:54,754 --> 00:52:56,495 although I would say that Negan 1043 00:52:56,626 --> 00:52:59,063 has this kind of a respect for Maggie. 1044 00:52:59,194 --> 00:53:01,326 He doesn't trust her, 1045 00:53:01,457 --> 00:53:02,806 but he does, like, respect 1046 00:53:02,936 --> 00:53:04,416 the type of a leader that she is. 1047 00:53:04,547 --> 00:53:08,203 But at the same time, Maggie just very grudgingly 1048 00:53:08,333 --> 00:53:09,987 accepts that she needs him, 1049 00:53:10,117 --> 00:53:11,858 but it's always uneasy between them. 1050 00:53:11,989 --> 00:53:13,730 They can't even decide on whether to stay 1051 00:53:13,860 --> 00:53:15,732 or go from this house. 1052 00:53:15,862 --> 00:53:17,429 It works out the way Maggie wants, 1053 00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:19,039 but it doesn't mean that Negan's wrong 1054 00:53:19,170 --> 00:53:21,303 about everything he's saying to her either. 1055 00:53:21,433 --> 00:53:23,914 Maggie: Oh, my God. You made it. 1056 00:53:24,044 --> 00:53:26,438 Our people -- they're such a family, 1057 00:53:26,569 --> 00:53:28,266 and so there are moments 1058 00:53:28,397 --> 00:53:33,445 when they decide strategically, we have to keep moving. 1059 00:53:33,576 --> 00:53:36,013 But those are not decisions that are made lightly. 1060 00:53:36,143 --> 00:53:38,668 And I think in this case, Gabriel feels like, 1061 00:53:38,798 --> 00:53:40,974 well, we've gotten to the safe house. 1062 00:53:41,105 --> 00:53:43,150 We've only just barely gotten here. 1063 00:53:43,281 --> 00:53:45,283 Of course we wait, because that was the plan. 1064 00:53:45,414 --> 00:53:46,893 And so if that was not the plan, 1065 00:53:47,024 --> 00:53:49,635 he probably also would have been like, we have to move on. 1066 00:53:49,766 --> 00:53:52,551 But Negan is very pragmatic in his own way, 1067 00:53:52,682 --> 00:53:54,205 but he's also kind of selfish. 1068 00:53:54,336 --> 00:53:56,381 And I think that that's kind of the fun of Negan. 1069 00:53:56,512 --> 00:53:58,340 There's a lot of times where Negan, 1070 00:53:58,470 --> 00:54:00,298 if you're really talking about self-preservation, 1071 00:54:00,429 --> 00:54:02,518 his point of view makes a lot of sense, you know, 1072 00:54:02,648 --> 00:54:05,608 and it's not like entirelyselfish. 1073 00:54:05,738 --> 00:54:07,087 Like, he is saying, 1074 00:54:07,218 --> 00:54:09,133 let's be really, really, like, practical 1075 00:54:09,264 --> 00:54:12,223 about what we can realistically get done. 1076 00:54:12,354 --> 00:54:14,138 Is this just a suicide mission we're on? 1077 00:54:14,269 --> 00:54:16,227 He has no desire to die. 1078 00:54:16,358 --> 00:54:20,275 ♪ 1079 00:54:20,405 --> 00:54:23,060 I think with Judith, we really wanted to deal 1080 00:54:23,190 --> 00:54:25,105 with the fact that she's growing up, 1081 00:54:25,236 --> 00:54:27,325 and she's growing up with both of her parents 1082 00:54:27,456 --> 00:54:28,805 just out in the wind, 1083 00:54:28,935 --> 00:54:33,810 and she's in this really odd position of, at times, 1084 00:54:33,940 --> 00:54:36,639 having to be more grown up than she really should be. 1085 00:54:36,769 --> 00:54:39,163 She's had to be a fighter from the beginning, 1086 00:54:39,294 --> 00:54:42,471 and that's been important to survive. 1087 00:54:42,601 --> 00:54:44,995 But at the same time, there's just ways in which 1088 00:54:45,125 --> 00:54:46,605 she's still very much a child, 1089 00:54:46,736 --> 00:54:49,739 and if a bully is saying terrible things to her... 1090 00:54:49,869 --> 00:54:51,001 You talk too much. 1091 00:54:51,131 --> 00:54:53,133 No wonder your mom abandoned you. 1092 00:54:53,264 --> 00:54:55,005 ...she's a little lost and just reacts 1093 00:54:55,135 --> 00:54:56,876 in the way that she knows how, 1094 00:54:57,007 --> 00:55:00,358 and I think that she's also pulled back from that, though, 1095 00:55:00,489 --> 00:55:02,752 realizing, like, "I think I might have reacted 1096 00:55:02,882 --> 00:55:05,885 a little too strongly," but she's so upset. 1097 00:55:06,016 --> 00:55:10,107 And so how do kids deal with things that are just beyond 1098 00:55:10,237 --> 00:55:12,414 what they should really have to grapple with? 1099 00:55:12,544 --> 00:55:16,200 And how does that take an apocalyptic flavor. 1100 00:55:16,331 --> 00:55:17,462 In this episode, 1101 00:55:17,593 --> 00:55:20,030 which was directed by Gregory Nicotero, 1102 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:22,989 I do think he might have purposely kind of used 1103 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:25,818 some of that feel from the earlier season 1104 00:55:25,949 --> 00:55:28,734 where Rick and Carl were kind of talking about 1105 00:55:28,865 --> 00:55:32,347 what it's like to lose people and just no more kid stuff. 1106 00:55:32,477 --> 00:55:34,653 Rosita is there with Judith, 1107 00:55:34,784 --> 00:55:36,829 and I think we wanted to tell a story 1108 00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:38,483 that it has taken the village 1109 00:55:38,614 --> 00:55:41,486 to raise all the children of the apocalypse. 1110 00:55:41,617 --> 00:55:46,448 Rosita is one of Judith's many, many aunts 1111 00:55:46,578 --> 00:55:49,799 that just adores her and would do anything for her. 1112 00:55:49,929 --> 00:55:52,497 And I think that it's important for Judith to feel that. 1113 00:55:52,628 --> 00:55:54,804 And I think, you know, Christian did a great job 1114 00:55:54,934 --> 00:55:57,676 kind of, like, telling this story that is comforting, 1115 00:55:57,807 --> 00:55:59,939 but at the same time, like, it's just kind of 1116 00:56:00,070 --> 00:56:02,855 like I'm gonna tell you that it's going to keep on hurting. 1117 00:56:02,986 --> 00:56:06,163 She's very real about the nature of grief with this child. 1118 00:56:06,293 --> 00:56:07,730 And it still makes Judith feel better 1119 00:56:07,860 --> 00:56:10,428 because it's like she'd rather know the truth. 1120 00:56:10,559 --> 00:56:12,909 Pieces of wood are nice... 1121 00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:17,087 ...but you don't need that to remember 1122 00:56:17,217 --> 00:56:18,610 how much they loved you. 1123 00:56:18,741 --> 00:56:23,702 ♪ 1124 00:56:26,226 --> 00:56:31,275 ♪ 1125 00:56:31,275 --> 00:56:41,024 ♪ 1126 00:56:41,024 --> 00:56:50,816 ♪ 1127 00:56:50,816 --> 00:57:00,565 ♪