You'll have to lie to him about what you know.
You know something, and you're not telling me.
What -- What did -- What did she say?
No, no! Did she do something to Iris and Felix?
No, Dad, can you just trust me?!
If the CRM would've destroyed Omaha,
it would've gone through my mother.
Alright? She would've told me.She's lying to you.
That means the CRM really...
This changes everything.
What about Silas? He's alive.
At a culling and maintenance post not far from here.
If he's where she says he is,
I might know a way to get everybody out.
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
[Grunts, growling stops]
[Body thuds]
[Walkers growling]
[Body thuds]
♪
Uh, so... Hmm?
You really think this is gonna work?
Yes. You?
Yeah.
How's Hope? She okay?
I mean, you never really said anything.
S-- Uh, she -- she's good.
This time tomorrow, you can ask her yourself.
[Growling continues]
Hey.
We gotta be close, right?
Should be just over this ridge.
[Growling continues]
[Rock music playing]
♪
Won't be long before this music fills the whole area with 'em.
[Growling continues]
[Music continues]
Gonna need an exit strategy.
[Growling continues]
♪
I'll stay back, lure 'em into this creek bed,
try and keep things clear.
The rest of you, keep moving.
Look, you need help, alright? Can't be just you.
I'm not leaving you here alone.
You and Will stay back.
Us three will go ahead.
Percy: Yeah, we'll, uh, we'll go in, we'll make contact,
we'll get out.
Things get dicey, we'll split.
Smart and safe. Just like you taught us.
♪
Stay low, keep to the shadows --
And watch for spotters.
We will.
♪
Hey, come on.
Come on.
[Whistles]
[Growling continues]
♪ Lone survivor wins the game♪
♪ Violence and bloodshed rage on the court♪
♪ The crowd in the arena scream♪
♪ The metal sport♪
♪
♪ Metal sport♪
Alright, next time, I'll do it.
Yeah, sure. It's his turn.
♪
Hey, Silas...
So, this one usually gives us trouble, but, um...
into it, should get it done.
[Indistinct conversation]
♪
I'm gonna go cover the north end 'til he's back.
You know how to reach us.
♪
Hey.
Not yet.
Just wait.
♪
[Walkers growling]
♪
♪ Metal sport♪
What're you doing here?
♪
I'm so glad you're okay.
♪
Good to see you, big guy.
♪
So they're all dead.
Everyone?
Yes.
My uncle...
♪
Look, I'm sorry. It's so much.
♪ She walks through the wilderness♪
We left, but...
We never thought it'd be gone.
♪ She sings to the trees♪
And they took Hope?
And Huck's one of 'em.
She was playing us the whole time.
♪ She can't find no bitterness♪
For them. The CRM.
♪ When her song is so free♪
Are you sure we're safe here?
Yeah.
The guy running this place left for the facility,
and the others don't come in here much.
♪ But the city just took her captive♪
♪ And she's wonderin' how can she be♪
Look, they -- they do treat me okay here, so maybe
Hope and your dad are okay, too.
Silas, an entire city's gone.
The University's gone.♪ Of a wilderness no one can see♪
If we're right about this, what they did was genocide.
If you're right?
We don't have proof, but we know they did it.
Iknow.
They're guilty. We're not wrong.
Not this time.
Elton: We have a way in.
And Will knows a way out.
♪
Iris: This area right here,
they call it the Detritus Service Terminal.
That's where all the biohazard waste gets taken out.
Will says the guy who runs this place --
Dennis. Yes. He has access. A key card.
Now, tomorrow, you're gonna take Dennis' card.
You're gonna borrow one of the trucks.
You're gonna book it over there.
You're gonna use the card
to open the door at exactly 2:00 p.m.
We'll time it out so we're on the other side,
ready for you to get us out.
Then we take off and head right for Portland.
Portland?
We can tell them what happened.
They can keep us hidden.
Elton: You'll have a 20-minute window at best.
As soon as you're a mile out,
long-range security will spot you,
and they'll call it in to the gate guards.
If you haven't checked in with official business by then,
they'll come looking.
♪
What if I can't?
They're just starting to trust me here.
You are the only chance we have.
♪
I could tell Dennis...
Percy: What?I-I think he'd help us.
No -- That's what he wants you to think.
He's the enemy. He's one of them.
I get it, but he's not like Huck.
Okay, I just -- I don't think he could know
the CRM did something like that and be okay with it.
If I tell him --
You tell him any of this, we're dead.
They're liars.
They're the reason the only family we got is dead.
Iris: I know it's a lot, but time's not on our side.
And we can't do this without you.
Are you in?
♪
[Indistinct conversation in distance]
Roger that.
♪
Dennis: Looks like you could use it.
Dropping off some work orders.
Marjorie still brews the best cup of coffee
outside Trabruzzi's.
Read they started brewing actual coffee.
Thanks for the other night.
Probably should've led with that.
Not just for the truck.
[Sighs]
For trusting me.
We're still married.
♪
[Chuckles]
I used to know exactly what you were thinking.
One look and I knew where things stood.
Now...
Now I just have to "trust you."
♪
It's different now.
♪
Everything.
[Sighs] All of it.
♪
It was always gonna happen.
♪
Civilian oversight after 10 years.
Part of the Founding Compact.
Thing is, no one knew what the hell
"10 years later" would look like.
♪
If you ask me,
after Omaha, we're back at square one.
♪
So why's the civilian government pushing for it so hard?
Don't they trust us?
They should.
I mean, there's always been friction
between the military and the politicians...
But...
we've all bought in to what we're doing.
♪
Yeah...
♪
Elton: It's Silas.
He'll come around.We exiled him.
He exiled himself.
♪
When I heard you turned yourself in,
I didn't know if they were gonna leave you alive or --
I didn't, either.I only let you walk away
because I thought it was what you wanted.
That's not why I'm -- It's just -- It's a lot.
♪
I know.
You -- You're sure it was a CRM?
All of 'em?
Oh, it was them.
We have to get Hope and my dad out.
You, too.
Silas, we need you.
Please say you'll help us.
♪
[Sighs]
Okay.
♪
So you're in?
♪
We were kind of eavesdropping.
2:00 p.m., tomorrow.
Detritus Terminal.
I'll be there.
♪
[Sighs]
[Sniffles]
Thank you.
♪
Now...
if anything happens to us,
if we don't make it there in time for whatever reason...
just go.
You wait for us, you'll get caught.
Don't worry about us,
just take care of yourself.
Okay?
Okay.
You guys should go.
Yeah, thanks, big guy.
We'll see you tomorrow.
♪
Um...
♪
This is just something I drew.
♪
Hope.
Hope, wake up. Mm.
What? What's happening?
A team's heading out to look for Iris and Felix,
and I'm going with them.
They're finally letting me.
No, no, no, Dad, you can't.
You can't -- I should've told you.It's okay.
Raising a little hell, not taking no for an answer,
it finally paid off.
Just like it did with Will and --
[Gasps]
[Breathing heavily]
[Sighs]
♪
Ellis: The potential for growth in this field
is astounding.
Woman: Potential's an understatement.
Lyla: Not potential, then.
Trajectory.
Hope.
Just the young mind we were looking for.
I wanted to talk to my dad, but, you know, I could just go.
Hey, hey... you okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
I'm still trying to find answers about Felix
and your sister, but...
Professor Ellis called early this morning and discovered --
Am I in trouble?
No. No.
Oh. Come in.
Hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty
of doing a little extracurricular noodling,
applying your yeast theory
to your dad's fungal decay research, and...
Would it work...?
Try rephrasing that as a statement.
Hope, this is Dr. Amanda Siegel,
one of the most well-respected mycologists.
Once your dad and Dr. Ellis looped me in,
I asked her to tag along on his fishing expedition
on the chance that something were to bite.
It did.
We've identified three strains of yeast
which we believe,
with some additional augmentation,
could greatly accelerate necrotic decomposition.
There's a lot of work yet to be done,
but it's sparks like this
that'll one day light a path to a new world
where the dead have been neutralized as a threat.
[Chuckles]
You should be proud, Hope.
It's early, but this could be big.
♪
[Gunshots]
Uh, uh -- could you guys excuse us?
I just need to talk to my dad alone.
I know this potential breakthrough is bad timing,
but -- I saw Iris the other night.
What?
Huck took me to see her... and Felix.
And -- And Will is there, too.
And they're not that far.
Hmm?
There's a lot that I haven't told you.
♪
You're going to turn yourselves in?
That's our plan. Me and Felix.
Why not you and Percy?
We're not the CRM's priority.
It's better if we stay on the outside.
Yeah.
Felix: And we'll approach from the south,
so it doesn't look like we crossed through your territory.
Still, a willing surrender may draw suspicion.
What if we turned you in,
made it look like we caught you?
It would look less suspicious.
And it would show the CRM that we're honoring our agreement.
You would do that?Of course.
But my concern is for you.
Escaping will be dangerous.
And from what I gathered,
your sister didn't seem so eager to leave.
That was before she knew the truth.
She's my sister. She'll leave.
Will: Once they're out,
they'll pick up me, Elton, and Percy a mile west from here.
We'll lie low for a while,
maybe at that underground mall near Cornell that you mentioned.
Then, once things blow over,
we all head west.
With the CRM, things don't just "blow over."
If you need help on the inside, you'll be all alone.
Percy: Yeah.
Me and Will -- we found a way
that they can get a message out if the plan changes.
It's a dead drop. How?
You've said your supplies come in from the CRM
late in the day, right?
The first Wednesday of every month?
That's tomorrow.
♪
Elton: If this plan works,
we'll finally be out of your hair.
It hasn't been so bad having you in our hair.
You'll get to see Hope.
Are you sure this is what you want to do?
Knowing what you could lose?
It's their turn to lose.
♪
And I'm gonna make damn sure they do.
♪
All set?Just about.
Uh, when Indira turns us in, they'll take our weapons,
so I wanted you to have this back.
It got me over a thousand miles.
Helped me feel... brave.
Strong.
You already were.
This was just there to be what you needed it to be.
Well, now it can be whatever you need it to be.
♪
Thanks.
♪
Hey.
The one that killed Romano, tried to kill you --
he have a name?
I'm just asking for a friend.
Smart and safe.
Yeah.
You get in there, you get out.
I thought I lost you once before.
You won't. This isn't goodbye.
♪
Are you sure I can't come with you?
[Chuckles] Help you escape from the inside.
I'm good at getting outta places.
Hmm. I-I could say I'm --
I'm somebody from the University.Right.
I could say --But we can't risk it.
Youcan't risk it.
I'll see you on the other side.
♪
It's time to go.
♪
Here.
These are for your wrists.
We'll tie you up and blindfold you when we're close.
♪
Here we go.
[Horse neighs]
♪
So...Yeah.
...you and Iris, huh?
That's cool.
Yeah, you and Asha?
What's going on there?
What. Wait.
You -- You think we're...?
No. No. No. No way.
I mean, we're leaving tomorrow.Mm-hmm.
And she's got a lot going on.
I mean, I can't even...
[Sighs]
Shit's messy.
Yeah.
♪
So much for making our lives count, huh?
♪
I thought that's what we were doing.
♪
Yeah. So did I.
What?
Why do people keep looking at me like that?
[Horse neighs]
Sentries?
Not exactly.
[Sighs]
What he hell are you doing here?
Indira: We are not far from a checkpoint.
A patrol could be here any minute.
You should go.
Now.I-I know, but -- Listen.
I can pickpocket, I can pick locks,
I can help you --No.
If they see you, it could be over.
Is this about helping us or killing Huck?
Look, I -- I want -- I want Huck dead.
♪
Not like before.
Not by putting anybody else at risk.
By what?
By being Elton?
Hmm?
Listen, you say yes, I'll do whatever I got to do.
I'll kill a hundred of those assholes.
I don't care.
Whatever I gotta do to get you out safe.
♪
Then what?
What happens to you?
♪
Then I'll, uh,
well, then, I'll finish what I set out to do.
And, uh, I'll try to make it out.
♪
And I'll find you again.
♪
Look, I'm sorry, okay, but we can't risk this.
It's too late.
They're coming.
You get the rope. I'll get the blindfolds.
♪
Elizabeth: And Indira said she found them yesterday?
Pierce: Her story checks out with theirs.
We separated and questioned them.
No apparent inconsistencies.
Send for Staff Sergeant Mallick.
Yes, ma'am.
[Door opens]
[Door closes]
♪
[Keypad beeping]
[Beeping]
[Keypad beeping]
[Beeping]
♪
[Keypad beeping]
[Chime plays]
♪
Staff Sergeant Mallick?
The Lieutenant Colonel is looking for you.
♪
Hello, Iris.
Officer Carlucci.
And, uh, Elton Ortiz, is it?
♪
Uh, you're the one keeping us here?
Well, I thought it'd be impolite not to stop by.
To say hi? [Chuckles]
You've made quite the journey.
Mm. More than a thousand miles.
Perilous miles.
Only to have the Perimeters apprehend you.
That must've been quite concerning.
They had blades at our necks.
Thought we were screwed
'til we showed 'em the map that you gave the girls,
told 'em we were looking for the CR's research facility, and...
here we are.
Iris: It's been over 10 hours.
Yeah. We could use something to eat.
How's the ankle, Officer?
May I call you Felix?Of course.
It must be quite odd to be on the other end
of the intake questioning.
[Both chuckle]Let's see it.
♪
That's freshly bandaged.
Yeah.
So, did Indira's people help you with that?
Indira?
Their leader.
No.
Uh, right before we found Elton,
we stopped at a retirement home miles back.
Place was fully stocked.
We got lucky.
Mm.
Uh, are we good?
♪
I'd really like to see my dad.
I'm sure you would.
It's a process.
♪
Finally found 'em, huh?
Is this why you wanted to see me?
That place where you left them.
Were there medical supplies?
Yeah, there were.
Why?
You said you didn't consider them to be a threat.
You still believe that?
They won't be happy finding out who I am...
...or that I faked their dad's messages.
But when they realize that Hope's here
and that they don't have a home to go back to...
that'll help keep things in perspective.
Mm.
We'll need to keep a close eye on them.
Their trust will need to be earned.
Trust is everything between people,
wouldn't you agree, Jennifer?
Of course.
Mm.
♪
Corporal Pierce said that she found you in my office.
♪
Was curious if you had lunch plans.
♪
Do I now?
♪
They've taken our home...
taken away all our choices...
I keep picturing us running away,
getting to where Iris and Felix are...
But this place is a prison.
It is.
But...
what if it's also the future?
I don't mean the CRM -- the researchers?
The research?
Look, even if we could run, do you really think --
[Telephone rings]
♪
[Chuckles] Oh.
♪
[Chuckles]
♪
You're here.
Yeah, I'm here.
♪
I'll explain everything.
♪
[Birds chirping]
Yes?
I have a question.
Go ahead.
A bunch of empties found their way into the creek bed.
Yeah. Tiga called that in.
Those empties are pretty screwed up from the fall.
I thought maybe I could clear 'em out.
Is the question coming?
Yeah. Uh...
Would you mind if I borrowed the box truck
to tow 'em to the dumpsite?
♪
You know how to drive?
♪
My uncle taught me.
♪
Oh.
Yeah. [Chuckles]
♪
[Keys jingle]
♪
Swipe this for access and have the truck back by 3:00.
I will.
Oh, and Plaskett?Yeah?
♪
Good work these past couple days.
It's gonna get tougher when the rains come
and the heat of the summer when the new recruits come in,
but by then, this'll be old hat.
♪
Thanks.
♪
I'm glad we're doing this.
Um, I'm going to be leaving again.
Some official business with Major General Beale.
Oh, yeah?
I'm sorry for questioning you before.
About Omaha.
I was just, uh, tired...
exhausted from the weight of everything.
[Sighs]
I guess maybe being under for that long
took more out of me than I thought.
The secrets,
lying to everybody all day, every day.
[Sighs]
I can only imagine.
I know that I tend to favor
the tough side of tough love.
I only hope that when you have your own child someday,
you'll understand what you would do
to protect them in this world.
To make them stronger.
So that they can do the excruciatingly hard things
that need to be done to protect the world from itself.
You -- You remember that summer on, uh, Block Island?
I think you were 4, m-maybe 5...
and we used to go eat at that Italian place on the beach.
You'd always get the Bolognese
and then get it all over yourself.
And then, after dinner, I'd scoop you up
and carry you into the ocean
and wash it off.
[Chuckles] It became our thing.
I don't remember.
♪
I wish you did.
Yeah.
I wish I did, too.
♪
You were so gentle then.
So trusting.
I couldn't bear the thought
of anyone else destroying that in you.
♪
So...
♪
You should put the pasta in before it gets to a hard boil.
♪
Wait. Y-You want us to leave now?
Why today? Why 2:00 p.m.?
The guard shift happens at 2:00.
Will's got this all mapped out.
It's the only way we can get out of here
without anybody noticing.
Yeah, but if they do,
I'm gonna hang back, give you guys cover.
And it's when Silas is meeting us
at the Detritus Service Terminal.
Wait. Hold on. You were with Silas?Yes.
He's coming with us.
It's a long walk to Portland.
Dangerous.
We got here, we'll get there.
They need to know what their "alliance partner" did.
If they catch us, they could kill us.
Kill all of you.
They want you and Hope working towards the future, right?
If we get caught,
why not leverage that for our safety?
♪
This is our best chance -- and right now our onlychance --
to be a family again on our terms.
♪
Is this what you want?
♪
Look, you said it was about making our own choices.
And right now,
this is the only choice we've got.
♪
[Inhales deeply]
I need to say goodbye to Lyla.
Or...
maybe she could come.
Uh...Lyla. Is she --
The only person outside this room we can trust.
I have to talk to her.
[Birds chirping]
Thought you'd be packing up.
There's not much to pack.
My mom's not too thrilled about Percy.
Will's not too thrilled I let him go.
Why did you?
We've all got our choices to make.
And that was his.
And mine was staying back with Will.
And with someone who's only been honest with me.
Someone who's made everything seem like, uh...
a little bit less of a mess, I guess.
[Chuckles] I'm rhyming.
My mom's sick.
Not me.
I lied to you.
What?
Why -- I did it to protect her secret.
Some of the people here have different ideas
about how this place should be run.
If Brody or anyone else found out my mom
had a private agreement with the CRM...
it'd be used against her.
♪
She's the only thing keeping us together.
♪
I'm sorry.
Promise me you won't tell anyone.
♪
Is she gonna be okay?
♪
As long as she keeps getting what she needs from the CRM.
♪
Maybe it's all a mess.
Maybe there's no avoiding it.
Maybe we're idiots to think we can.
Well, if it helps at all...
I've come to realize I'm that kind of idiot all the time.
♪
[Sighs]
I should, uh, probably get going.
Hey.
It was nice meeting you.
♪
It was nice meeting you, too.
♪
[Brakes squeal]
[Gate creaks]
♪
[Sighs]
♪
[Chatter]
♪
Whoa. Terry, I'm sorry.
Everything alright?Yeah. H-Have you seen Dr. Belshaw?
She's not in her office.
I think I saw her in the teaching lab
'bout an hour ago.
It's just down there on the right.
Yeah.
♪
[Sighs]
♪
[Scanner beeps]
We need to talk.
What the hell are you doing here?
Now.
I wouldn't be coming to you if it wasn't life or death.
Please.
♪
[Brakes squeal]
[Gearshift clicks]
♪
You've got less than one minute
to tell me what the hell this is about.
Look, I don't know what Hope's told you
about Omaha and the Campus Colony...
but these are coded CRM transmissions
proving that the military brought in those empties.
What are you talking about?
See these letters and numbers?
They're not part of the CRM code.
It's the coding system for test subjects.
I don't know how all of it fits,
but some of the people killed back home
were being used for research.
Research I think is still being done right here.
I need your help finding out
what the hell's going on and who's involved...
♪
...so we can stop it.
[Sighs]
♪
Stop! Hands high!
One false move, we shoot.
♪
Jennifer.
Warrant Officer Stokes.
I think we've been through too much for you
not to call me by my first name.
I hope we get to catch up a little while I'm here.
There. Security's more lax there.
It's how I get in.
Huck: But whatever great escape you think you figured out,
you haven't.
We're gonna find out what the CRM is up to,
stop them from ever doing it again,
and then we're gonna burn this place to the ground.
They're gonna start a war.
[Walker growling]
I just got word.
The new TS has arrived?
As you requested.
Came in from the Civic Republic.
[Growling continues]
Male.
Age 24.
Healthy.
♪
He's a soldier...
♪
Keep him sedated while we establish baseline vitals.
♪
I realize this is my last chance to get this right.
♪
Please assure Lieutenant Colonel Kublek
that I will.
The Lieutenant Colonel's been called
to the Civic Republic indefinitely.
Until further notice...
you'll be answering to me.
♪
You said it was about making our own choices.
And right now, this is the only choice we've got.
Action.
And halt.
Negrete: This episode was directed by Heather Cappiello.
She brought a lot of just visual,
like, panache to the episode.
There is a great shot that I love
of Elton and Asha framed in the doorway holding hands.
It was nice meeting you.
It was nice meeting you, too.
And it's such a sweet, tender moment.
And, you know, she really understood
the emotion behind the scenes,
in addition to just, like, bringing forth these great visuals.
I just think she really knocked it out of the park.
We got to be close, right?
Should be just over this ridge.
Negrete: This group is on a mission,
and it's a serious mission.
And the stakes really couldn't be higher.
And, you know, we see them all killing.
And this was by intention.
The characters went through a big chunk of last season
with the mantra that avoidance was key.
Now our characters have really progressed, and they've changed,
and they're willing to face these dangers.
We see Elton with this saw-blade ax,
and this is a new weapon for him.
The reunion with Silas is a big deal
for a few of the characters.
For Elton, he just feels like he owes Silas his -- his life.
What are you doing here?
I'm so glad you're okay.
For Iris, this is such a loaded moment.
When we last saw Silas, like,
he was in a place where he felt that he was a murderer.
He felt like there was the potential
for him to be a danger from the group.
And so Iris, I think, feels a lot of guilt for that.
When I heard you turned yourself in...
I didn't know if they were gonna leave you alive or --
Me neither.She's approaching him
not knowing where she stands with him.
Silas, we need you.
Especially considering that she's actually coming to him
not just to check up on him, but to ask for help.
Dennis: Looks like you could use it.
When we first see Huck in this episode,
she is trying to figure out what she's missed
in the two years she's been gone.
And so we find her in this library of sorts,
and she's going through newspapers.
[Beeping]
♪
She's become more suspicious
about what the CRM may have done without her knowing.
And she's trying to find clues
that may help her kind of piece some things together.
Trust is everything between people.
Wouldn't you agree, Jennifer?
Of course.
When Elizabeth mentions the idea of trust to Huck,
yeah, it's in reference to Iris and Felix,
but really she's talking about the two of them.
Maybe being under for that long
took more out of me than I thought.
Elizabeth, more than anything, wants to trust her daughter,
but she's not sure.
I know that I tend to favor the tough side of tough love.
It's really a chance for Huck and the audience
to see her not necessarily just as a military leader,
but as a mother.
And we get to explore exactly what kind of mother
Elizabeth is and has been to -- to Huck.
I only hope that when you have your own child someday,
you'll understand what you would do to protect them in this world
so that they can do the excruciatingly hard things
that need to be done to protect the world from itself.
Huck ends the scene realizing that,
"I think my mother is the type of person
who could potentially do something
as horrible as what the CRM has probably done and not tell me."
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The reunion of all the Bennetts together,
along with Felix, it's a huge moment,
and this is a moment that we've been promising
since the very beginning of the series.
You're here.
Yeah, I'm here.
It really is just about just pure emotion,
I think, at this point.
We need to talk.
What the hell are you doing here? Now.
I wouldn't be coming to you if it wasn't life or death.
Here's Leo about to maybe spill the beans about the escape plan.
And inadvertently, there's Huck showing up.
What she's found, as we find out, are these plans
that seem to indicate some research has been going on
that has to do with the destruction of the campus colony
and the destruction of Omaha.
I need your help finding out what the hell's going on
and who's involved.
And so the question is, like,
she's trying to find out what the CRM's up to.
But does that mean that she's willing to give up everything
that she's fought for ever since the fall of the world?
I do think Huck wants answers.
But what side will she ultimately fall on?
And that's -- remains to be seen.
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