End Times (2023) - full transcript

This is TXO
zero five zero transmitting

in the blind on
all open channels.

Is there anybody
receiving me?

Echo, echo.
Tango one-seven, respond.

Tango one-seven, we're
declaring a Red One situation.

I say again,
this is a Red One situation.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Where are we?

Just a room.

How you feeling, kiddo?

It hurts to talk.



I can't get a whole breath.

I'm hot...

and cold, too.

Cold inside.

I got it, don't I?

Yeah.

Ronnie?

Veronica?

Veronica?

Ronnie...

Ronnie.

It's me.

It's Daddy.

Do you remember?



I tried to get here
as soon as I could.

I'm so...

I knew you'd come here.

Where we had all
the good times.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I tried to get here
as quick as I could.

Honey!

Listen to me.
Listen to my voice.

Ronnie, please!

Ronnie! Ronnie!
Please!

Ronnie, please.
Please.

Ah!

Mmm.
Mmm!

Well, okay.

Come on.

Ah!

Listen. Listen.

Listen to me, you'll all right?

And there's no
negotiating, okay?

All right, if you're
real good, like,

you don't put up too much
of a fuss or anything,

you're gonna be all right,
more or less.

-Okay?
-Okay.

And if not, I'm gonna break
both your fucking legs,

and then I'm gonna gut and
I'm gonna stab you,

and you're gonna
wait around here

for whoever show up presently.

No!

We understand each other?

All right, good.
Now, you take your pants off.

Aah!

Oh, Lordy, would
you look at that.

Quiet!

I do not need to hear
your voice right now.

Ah!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

What do you think you're doing?

You still got my
two boys here to go.

Alexis, too,
if she wants to play.

Me next, Ciro, okay?

Yeah.

Age before beauty, right?

Heads up, people.

How many you got?

-Half a dozen or more.
-They got us fived.

We have no exit to the rear.

I need just a minute.

Getting your dick wet isn't
worth getting killed for.

Agreed.

Okay, everybody fall back?

No, no, just hold them
off for a second.

-Hey!
-Ah!

I say, you do,
you gimp fuck! Get out of here!

Please, please.

Sorry, honey.

You just ain't worth it.

Ah!

I'm sorry.

Did you two want to be alone?

We know what we're
doing, don't we?

You did some fighting
in life, right?

They keep some of the
traits they had before.

Makes them all just
a little different.

And dangerous.

Guess you weren't that good.

My guess is,
somebody's had

a pretty rough couple
of weeks, huh?

Please, don't.

Don't?

Don't hurt me.

Okay, I won't.

It doesn't pay to stay
in one place too long.

You headed somewhere?

It was, uh, I was trying
to get inside, so...

So I could hide until...

Until?

Until this...

whatever this is
is over.

Oh.

Well, you might
have a long wait.

Look...

You can come with me
if you want, for a while.

Why?

You know, on second thought,
forget it.

Look, I have food.

Not a lot, but enough to keep
two people going for a bit.

You look like you could
use a good meal.

Maybe I'm safer on my own.

You're not.

From the looks of it, you look
like you got about another week,

where you get so hungry,
you can't even walk.

When that happens,
they'll sniff you out.

They'll come for you.

There's nothing you can
do to fight them off.

And they'll tear you the pieces.

And they'll eat those pieces.

Chances are, you'll be
alive long enough

to see them start in on you.

Up to you, young lady.

There's a bunch of old
World War II bunkers

down in this area.
You might be safe for a night.

So where are we going?

There might be some fortified
areas downtown.

I'm headed that way.

But in the meantime,
if we hoof it,

we can make one
by nightfall, hopefully.

I ran into some
other people earlier.

And then you.

Everyone else I've seen is...

Dead?

-Yeah.
-Yeah. Same here.

How many?

How many what?
Dead?

No, how many people?
How many are left?

I'm not sure.

Most got evacuated out of
the quarantine zone

when the call went out.

The call?

You didn't hear the call?

It was on television,
radio, internet.

They drove around
with loudspeakers.

No, I...

I was out with friends and...

I don't know.

I woke up one morning
two weeks ago

and everything was like this.

Typical.

-I'm sorry?
-Nothing.

All right, all right, all right.

First thing we got to do is
get you some real damn shoes.

You're never going to
be able to run in those.

And sooner or later,
you're going to want to run.

You need some protection
for your eyes and mouth.

I don't know if you
can catch this thing

like you can catch the cold.

Pays to be safe.

You all right?

Did you say something
about food?

Wonderful.

I used to love tenderonis
when I was little.

Well, enjoy, sweetheart.

This is last of
the gourmet stuff.

After this?

It's a steady diet
of kidney beans

and creamed corn until
I find more food somewhere.

So, what happened?

What happened when?

I mean, this.
What happened to the world?

Wow.

You really weren't watching
the news, were you?

I don't really watch the news.
It's too depressing.

Right.
All that useless information.

They first started reporting
cases in rural areas

about two months ago.

Places like
Brownsville, Pennsylvania,

Kankakee, Illinois,
DeQuincy, Louisiana.

High incidences
of violent crimes.

Unexplained attacks.

Curiosity bits
on the local news.

Nothing for Washington
to notice.

Eventually, though, it...

started showing up
in small cities.

Albuquerque, Toledo,
Savannah, Pittsburgh.

They couldn't ignore it.

Something heavy was going down.

Then we started
hearing about Kenya,

and Bangladesh,

and Ecuador, and Hokkaido,
and even Iceland.

It was everywhere.

It was big time.

It was in D.C., New York,

San Francisco, Los Angeles.

Everywhere.

Sounds like you know
all about it.

I used to work for the
government.

People around me were being
kept apprised of the situation.

So what was wrong with them?

Well, for starters,
they're dead.

But...

Really dead.

They're brain dead,
I guess you'd say.

The higher functions atrophied.

What you got left
is the reptile brain.

Instinct, you know.

Hunt. Kill.

Eat.

Probably what our earliest
ancestors were like.

How did they get that way?

There's a lot of theories
lying around on the Internet.

When there was an Internet.

Nobody could figure it out.

Not while it counted.

But you said people
evacuated out of the...

-Quarantine zone.
-Yeah.

They set them up around the most
populated areas that could hit.

You're in the middle of
the Los Angeles one now.

150 miles in diameter,

from Santa Clarita all the
way down to Orange County.

But if we could get out, then...

Wow, that's brilliant.

I hadn't thought of
actually trying

to get out of the death zone.

The perimeters are guarded.

They got orders
to shoot on sight.

They figure if
you're still in here,

you're on your own.

I'll take watch for a bit.

What the fuck
are you doing?

Every flesh-eater in five miles
probably heard you wailing.

God, I woke up and
where the hell were you?

Shh!

Sorry, next time I'll squat down
right next to you.

No, I'm...

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

I just...
I thought that you were...

Explain to me why I would invite
you along and then leave you?

Look, I panicked, okay?

Do we have to dwell on it?

We should be moving.

What?

Nothing.

Just realized I don't even
know what your name is.

You can call me Freddie.

Everybody does.

Everybody did.

Come on.

Everybody's... gone.

Yeah, I guess they figured
no buildings left

and nobody left.

-Shit.
-Go back.

Well, go around, go around.

Well, if it's
just one of them...

It's never just one. Just...

they cluster in packs,
these guys. Just go back.

All right.

Ah!

Ah!

Thanks for the help.

I'm sorry, I...
I couldn't.

Forget it.

Come on, let's go.
Come on, come on.

Can I ask you a question?

Could I stop you?

What about us?

No idea what
you're talking about.

We're not...
You know, like them.

How come?

Did you go on a trip lately,

Caribbean or
somewhere further south?

Yeah, two months ago.

My friends and I,
we went for spring break.

We went to Bali,
stayed in a resort.

Nice little get away.

Did you go to the doctor
first to get immunized?

Yeah, he gave some
pills and some shots, too.

One of the drugs he probably
gave you was doxycycline.

It's used to immunize against
malaria and dysentery.

They usually give it
to Americans traveling

to equatorial climates.

They also give it
to military personnel.

The serum, it works
itself out eventually.

You wouldn't have
gotten it recently,

you would have gone over, too.

So what happens when this
stuff works itself out of us?

I'm so tired.

Hey, watch out.

I could go for a swim.

Yeah.

All that water.

Slow down.

For all that
has come to pass

has been foretold,

and it's not just to the book
of Revelations

to which I refer.

I read from Isaiah chapter 26.

Thy dead men shall live, and
together shall they arise.

Awake and sing ye that
dwell in the dust,

for the earth shall
cast out its dead.

Go my people, enter thou
into thy chambers,

and shut thy doors about thee.

Hide thyself for
a little moment,

until his wrath
has passed by.

For behold, the Lord cometh
out of his place

to punish the inhabitants of
the earth for their iniquity.

I'd save the batteries.

Why aren't they doing anything?

Who?

You know, the military
or whoever.

The focus will be
to contain the outbreak,

protect the uninfected
population.

Keep safe the percentage
that can be saved.

And the rest?

Pretty much screwed.

Great.

Don't they know
there's people here?

Shh, no sound, no sound.

Part of the landscape.

I don't know, man.
I still think we got ripped off.

Those two cases of hollow points

are a fair trade for
that sack of crap we had.

Last time I checked,
we can't eat bullets, dude.

We can't eat what we can't kill.

Yeah, let's hope you
don't get killed

before we find some food.

Yeah, let's...
hope you don't get killed.

I don't like this.

I don't like it either.

We need water, though.

Just... stay behind me.

Stop, right there.

Hey, easy.
We're not looking for trouble.

I saw your signs down at
the beach road,

said you had food to trade.

Long as you got
something to trade.

Well, I got some knives,
some paracord,

water sterilization packs.

Yeah, but we got all that, bud.

Ciro!

What?

What's going on?

Oh, well, look at this fella.

Just looking to do
a little trading.

I just need some foodstuffs.

Your sign said you
could help out with that?

Well, I could.

That doesn't mean
I'd be so inclined.

What you got there?

She's with me.

Is she?

It's no good, chief.

Hush!

Can't you see we got company?

You've been around, old man,
haven't you?

You know, my, uh,
my daddy was in the 'Nam.

Saw some hard shit.
Did some, too.

You got eyes like his.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

It's too bad I fucking
hated my daddy.

You want to talk,
or you want to trade?

We got places we gotta be.

Sure, I want to trade.

But the question is, uh, what
are you willing to part with?

You know, we changed our minds.
I think we'll be gone.

Oh, no, you won't.

Hey, sugar, you want to step out
from behind the gentleman

so we can take
a good look at you?

Come on.

Oh, I remember you.

What he did to you...

Now's your chance
to make it right.

Look.
Cock the hammer back like this.

Stop!

What?

What happened to...
Oh, Jesus, really?

No!

You can't. She's a woman
for Christ's sakes.

Yeah, she's a woman who would
have watched them shoot us

without a second thought.

Please.
Please, stop.

Please, no.

What he did to you...
I couldn't have stopped it.

I'm sorry.

Go look at what's in back.

Then talk to me about mercy.

Here, put these on.

That girl, um...

She...

She's gone.

Better get going soon.

Bodies will be attracting them.

Oh.
Hey, here.

Has your name
written all over it.

Ah...

Are you all right?

Agh... I was supposed to get
this tooth fixed last week.

I figure my dentist's probably
not practicing no more.

I know what you're
thinking about.

You did no wrong killing
those two back there.

There's probably
still good people on this earth.

With bad ones like them,
they just need a good killing.

Yeah.

Hard the first time, though.

Was it hard for you?
Your first time?

I don't hardly remember now.

It was a long time ago.

I was younger than you.

There've been plenty more since.

Bad people?

I'm sure some of them were
pretty bad, yeah.

What about your people?

You got parents,
I figure.

I don't know.

Last I talked to them,
they were in Geneva or Bonn...

Maybe it was Istanbul.
I can't remember.

You don't care much about what
might be happening to them?

No.
No, I guess I don't.

Think that makes me
some kind of monster?

-Can I ask?
-Yes, for Christ's sakes.

Just ask, okay?

Why don't we just get a car
and make some time?

Look up.
Tell me what you see.

A few clouds,
a little bit of sun.

What's also up there
that you don't see

are drones, satellites.

They're watching this area.

Who? Government?

I thought you said
that Washington was...

Government has fail safes,
redundancies.

Flock of high powered
individuals that get called up

in the case of emergency
to run things, see.

You know, people you
and I didn't vote for.

That sounds a little
bit like an...

Conspiracy?

That's what you're
gonna say?

Yeah.

I've been on the government
payroll for the last six years,

but you won't find
any record of it.

I've guarded some of these guys.

I've taken care of problems
that jeopardized

the continuation of
this kind of power.

Taken care of.
You get that?

I guess so.

Before that I was
in special ops overseas.

Places you'd never hear
of on the news,

if you watched the news.

Cleaning up messes these
bastards needed cleaning up.

And this relates to
the car discussion, how?

If they're watching,
and they are...

They're looking for
home grown insurgencies.

Weapon stockpiling like our
friends were doing back there.

Things that if and when this
whole business ends,

they're going to have
to deal with.

Best we stay off their radar.

Inconspicuous.

Because I think getting a
car would be a great idea.

Fine.

You go and find yourself a car.

You hotwire it and you drive
right up to the QZ line.

I'm sure if you ask nicely, they
won't shoot you on first sight.

Meanwhile, I'll just
be here walking.

You don't have to be a dick.

Sometimes being a dick is
exactly what's called for.

You need to learn that.

When are you going to show me
how to use this thing?

Right now.
Come on.

Wha... You mean?

I mean, come at me.
Come on, take a swing.

I'm sorry.
Do you need help lifting it?

Ah!

First lesson,
don't attack when angry.

Ah!

Pick up your weapon.

Pick up your weapon.

Pick it up.

All right.
Come on again.

Ah!

These people are strong.

I don't think they feel much
pain, but they're still people.

No matter how strong you are,
your arm doesn't bend this way.

You've got to get them
under control.

Then you can dispatch
them from safety.

End of first lesson.

They know we're here.

You could have taken them.

Best way to win a fight
is not to fight at all.

Come on.
Let's backtrack.

Can't have a fire?

Not tonight.

Not here.

We're too exposed.

No animals.

What?

I can't hear any animals.

No crickets, no owls.

Shouldn't we be able
to hear something?

Yeah, we should.

What the hell was that?

Weren't no animal.

Was it one of them?

I don't think so.

There's two of them.

They've been following
us for a spell now.

Human?

Well, if they're not dead,
then what are they?

I think they're hungry.

What the hell are you doing?

Final lesson.

You've got to be shitting me.

Hey, you're gonna have to
fight off

these crazy bastards
sooner or later.

You might as well get
some practice in.

Remember what I told you.

Stay calm and remove your
emotions from the situation.

Remember, they won't
all be on chains.

Do you mind?

Excellent.

Excellent. Excellent.

You did everything right.

You're a goddamn son of a bitch!

He totally could
have gotten to me.

I could have died.

Hey!

Time for you to wake up and
look around yourself, Claire.

You know, you could die out
here any moment of any day.

We're in the middle of the
most hostile environment

any human has ever experienced.

The chances are,
any person that you meet

in this environment
is going to be trying

to kill you one way
or the other.

And I'm going to
make damn sure

you can take care of yourself.

In case...

In case what?

In case I can't.

Seriously?

Yeah.

That little sucker punch of
yours was the last straw.

Don't get this tooth out soon,
I'm gonna get mean.

You don't want to
see me get mean.

I'd do it myself,
but I ain't got no mirror.

It's one halfway back there.
See it?

Oh, yeah. I can see it.
You don't have to tell me.

Okay.
We're going to go on three.

All right?
All right.

All right?

One...

Ah!

Ew...

Oh!
Jesus fucking Christ!

That's my girl.

Give me.

Shit.

Jesus.

Let's go.
Keep your eyes open.

Where'd they all go?

Oh.

Well, obviously
the good news is

we didn't have any trouble
crossing the perimeter.

And the bad?

Bad is there is
no safe place anymore.

It's everywhere.

Maybe they just retreated back.

They got overrun because
they were too spread out.

There weren't enough men to keep
a perimeter that large secure.

They would never be able to
hold an even larger one.

He which hath no stomach
to this fight, let him depart.

His passport shall be made.

That was really close.

Put the fire out now.

It's no good.
They can smell it.

Leave everything
but your weapon.

Go, now!

You done much climbing?

I climbed the plastic rock wall
at FlyZone once.

Yeah, I'm not counting that.

That's a steep ascent...

not a lot of handholds...
lotta loose talus.

And we have
no climbing gear.

And we haven't
eaten for a day.

So we go through.

Yeah.

Jesus. H...

Fuck.

Piece of shit.

Here.

Looks like turning
back ain't no option now.

What's keeping them
from following us?

No idea.

It's bad enough
to scare those fellas.

Yeah.

Oh...

I guess we'll see if all
your FlyZone training

pays off after all.

You sense that?

Yeah.

Good.
You're getting better.

Do we go back?

Nah. It's got us now.

What the?

Oh my God, it's a girl.

Thank you, I noticed.

What the hell is
she doing up here?

Hey there.

You scared her.

I didn't mean to.

Yeah, you're scary.

Whatever.

Hey.
Hey, little girl.

Hey, wait up.
It's okay.

Hey.

Jeez, she's fast.

She's got to be going somewhere.

What the fuck?

Hey, it's okay.
We're not going to hurt you.

No.

No! Wait!

It's okay.
I'll see you soon.

For your sake,
I better see her soon.

Whoo!

I think you missed a spot.

You let me know if
you find anything

unusual down there,
won't you?

You okay?

What?

I have never seen your
face clean before.

Yeah, well, don't
get too used to it.

Let's go.

Come with me.

What is this place?

I don't know.

I think we're going
to find out pretty soon.

This way.

Yeah.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Welcome, welcome.

I'm so glad you both
could make it here.

Welcome.

Where exactly is here?

We call it The Garden.

It's safe here.

The tunnel is guarded.

We're very careful
who we allow through.

We're even more
selective about

who we let be part
of our family.

All right, ladies. Let's not
overwhelm our new guests.

Let's actually get them set up
with a couple tents, okay?

Thank you.

I'm sorry, will you be
sharing a tent together?

Yes.

Um, no, actually,
um, separate is fine.

Wonderful.
Well, my name is Hayden,

and if you need anything or
anything troubles you at all,

I want you both to feel
free to come to me about it.

Again, welcome.

Hey, that's funny, because

we didn't feel too welcome
when we got here.

And for that,
I sincerely apologize.

But we must be constantly
vigilant in our efforts

to keep the sickness out
of our sanctuary.

That makes sense.

Thank you for
understanding, Claire.

Again, I'm very happy
that you both are here.

Her tent is ready.

The gentleman's gonna
take a little more time.

As it does. Excellent.

Well, Claire, why don't
you join Deirdre

and rest up a bit?

Dinner's gonna
be served shortly.

Okay, thank you.

So you're
the head honcho here, huh?

I'm sorry?

Leader?
In-charge person?

We stay clear of titles
here at The Garden.

Titles tend to
empower a few

while disenfranchising
the group.

But people answer
to what you say.

I have a greater
responsibility than most, yes,

but we're not like
the military, Freddie.

Everyone's here because
they want to be.

No one is here against
their own will.

They can leave
anytime they choose.

That's good to hear.

I sincerely hope you and
Claire decide to stay.

But if you choose to go,
that is your choice.

But first, my tired friend,

let's get some good food in
you and a proper night's rest.

Come.

I know it may seem strange,

but we do like to show our
affection in little ways.

It does help to protect us
from the despair

that surrounds all of us.

No, it's nice.

Here's your tent.

Thanks.
It's nice.

Hayden insisted on nothing
but the best for our guests.

You and Hayden are together?

Monogamy is
the old society's way

of limiting a
woman's sexual power.

We take a much more open
approach to sexuality here.

Thank you.
You guys are all very sweet.

You're very pretty.

I hope you decide to stay.

We can become very good friends.

Come in, Freddie.

Okay, so what's the plan?

The plan for what?

For getting out of here.

Figure we eat dinner,
wait for night,

and bug out when most
of them are sleeping.

I don't understand.

What part?

All of it.
Why are we leaving?

Seriously?

You don't see it?

See what?

Claire, these people,
they're bad news.

They look good.
They smell good.

They talk nice.

But?

Nothing's this perfect.

No group lives like
this without a control,

some kind of fear factor.

Believe me, there's something
dark behind all this.

Trust me.

You're being paranoid.

And cynical.

You haven't even given
these people a chance

to prove that they're all right.

I don't need to.
I have instincts,

and I trust my instincts,

and all my instincts
are screaming at me

to get as far away from
these folks as I can.

Freddie, do you think
that maybe...

I mean, we've been on
the road for a long time.

Do you think that maybe...

What?

Maybe it's taken its toll.

What we've seen,
maybe it's hurt us,

impaired our judgment.

You mean my judgment?

I'm not trying to be mean.

The thing is,
is that I like it here.

I like these people.

I like smelling nice,

and I like the fact that I can
sleep in this tent tonight

for the first time
in a long time

I don't have anything
to worry about.

It's easy for you to say,
your tent's bigger than mine.

Stay here with me,
just for tonight, okay?

We can eat and sleep,
and then in the morning,

if you still want to leave,
then we can talk about it.

Okay?

Okay.

Hello.

Welcome to The Garden.

Skip it, sweetheart.

It's all vegetable?

Meat can harbor
the flesh eating sickness,

so we think it's safer
to stick with plants.

My brothers, my sisters,
my friends...

we're gathered here today
to welcome two weary travelers

that have made the long,
hard walk to be here.

Let's drink to them.

It's hard times we find
ourselves in without doubt.

Without doubt.

But we do not fear. Why?

Because the bonds
that unite us as a family

are made strong
by these troubles.

Strong.

So I'm going to make a
bold statement

with all of you today
here as my witness.

We will not be torn apart
by the conflagration

that has befallen us.

We will not revert
to eating one another's flesh

like so many of my brothers
and sisters have.

And we will not kill
each other out of spite,

but we will protect our
little promontory of safety

and everyone within it.

Until the sun once again
shines on a peaceful planet.

Shines.

At one point, you know, after
I'd killed like five of them...

-Wow, five?
-Yeah, it was insane.

Yeah, I was so mad at
him for disappearing.

Ah!

Ow, let me go! God!

Hey, that was pretty good.

So, you ready to go now?
After that?

After what?

And no.
No, I'm not, Freddie.

I'm not going anywhere.
I'm staying right here.

-It's him, isn't it?
-Who?

What's his name?
Goldilocks?

Viking Jesus guy with his

brotherly, sisterly
love bullshit?

Hayden.

God, don't be ridiculous.

Couldn't figure it
out at first.

You're too smart to fall
for this place.

You're oversimplifying.

And you're being a brat.

I am not being a brat, okay?
I'm making a choice.

And I've decided that
I'm going to stay here.

You know what your
problem is, Freddie?

You like it.

You like the running
and the killing

and the living life
on the edge.

That's what makes you happy.

You don't want to live
someplace peaceful.

Come on, Ronnie.

Ronnie?
Who's Ronnie?

Oh, what? Is that somebody
else that you killed?

Claire, I'm... I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to...

Yes, yes, you did.

Yes, you did.

Because this,
this is who you are.

You're just a thug who
thinks he can solve

every problem with
violence.

You haven't complained very
much when I save your ass.

Fine. Fine.

Go on then.

Go on walking forever and ever.

And starving and
sleeping two hours a night

and fighting for
your life all the time.

I don't care what you do.

And I don't care about you.

So you feel like
you're fitting in?

Yeah.
Yeah, I do.

I'm still having
nightmares, though.

I... I don't know.

I guess I feel like I'm still on
the road sometimes, you know?

It'll pass.

I got through it.

You haven't always been here?

No.

Just give it time.

Well, hopefully I can
get one of these soon.

You will.

Hayden says that you're
assimilating marvelously.

Did he really?

Just be patient with us.

Be patient with yourself.

Be careful.

You wouldn't believe how
happy I am to see you.

Ah!

Ah!

Wow, what's all this?

This is our
communication center.

We're isolated up here, so back
in the day it was worthwhile

to have some form
of communication with the people

down in the valley in case of
an emergency or something.

These days,
it just pays to listen.

We were actually
picking up

the military's bandwidth
for a while.

Lots of confusion.

Lots of screaming.

And recently?

Nothing.

Well, every now and then
we'll get some poor fella

in a fallout shelter with a
ham radio set up calling out,

but for the most part,
it's just silent.

Me and these people,
we created The Garden

so that we would have a place
of peace

away from the rest of
the world with all its

corruption, violence,
and tyranny.

That world, your world...

It's gone now.

It's not coming back.

This place was a refuge before,

and it's even more so now.

We could live up here the rest
of our lives, safely, together,

as one family the way
it was meant to be

back in the old days.

Claire, I want you to feel
like you're part of my family,

so that we can all be one,

and share our love freely
with each other.

I think I'd like that.

Good.

Claire, what?

What?

I'm sorry, I've just had
a really tough time.

I know we've all had
a tough time,

but you know what
the secret is?

You have to learn to
trust people again.

Ah!

No. No, no.
No, I can't.

No, I want to. I do.

I think that you're...

I just need some time, okay?

Of course.
I am sorry.

The last thing I want to do
is cause you any pain, Claire.

Thank you.

Thank you for
understanding me.

We're not going anywhere.

-Hey.
-Hey.

You look upset.

Come, have some tea.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, I was just...

I was in the
trailer with Hayden.

Oh, no.

Oh, God, Deirdre...
I'm sorry.

I thought that,
you know, all this talk

about being free and...

No, it's fine.
I'm fine.

No, you're upset, I can tell.

Look, nothing happened, I swear.

Right?

It's just, I've had a
really tough time

and realized that I'm not,
you know...

I can't. With anyone.

Like I said, it's fine.

You just drink your tea.

Thank you.

Thank you for understanding me.

You're so very welcome.

See you later.

Okay.

Hayden?

Hayden, I'm sorry,
can we just talk tomorrow?

They're coming for you.

Who?

Shh, you have to leave. Now.

Shh.

Freddie?
Is that you?

This is why I tell
Hayden we should shoot

anyone who comes
through that tunnel.

Look what you
brought into our perfect world.

Disharmony and disease.

Deirdre, please.

I'm not interested in Hayden.

He's all yours.

I need your help.

You think that this is personal?

I'm just doing what I can
to protect my people

from the plague that your
species has brought upon us.

You won't be the first.

And you probably
won't be the last.

Little Aggie?

So sad, someone so young,
full of that spark of life.

What did you
psychos do to her?

She's with her daddy now.

At peace.

We had to, uh... burn
the sickness out of her.

No.

No!

No!

It's a shame.

I really liked you.

We could have been close.

I want to talk to Hayden.

Hayden has a lot
of responsibilities.

He doesn't have time
to bother with you.

Hayden, I, um...

It's fine.
Carson told me.

Be careful.

Claire, not going to hurt
anyone, are you, Claire?

Hayden, I'm not sick.
I swear, I'm not sick.

This won't hurt.

I'm sorry, Claire. It looks
like it's the fire for you.

What I need
you to see, Claire,

is that fear and
the disease are very simple.

They both can destroy
everything you've worked

very hard to build.

Now, the only way to stop
this from happening

is for your actions
to be swift, decisive,

and without any
margin for doubt.

Fuckin' hippies.

You guys are so fucked.

They took my little girl.

They burned her alive.

You folks want to let that
girl down right this second?

Thanks.

Yeah, no problem.

I got it, don't I?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

I'm...

It's not your fault.

I don't know.

How long before...

24 hours.

Maybe less.

My dad...

He never read me
bedtime stories.

Too busy, I guess.

I only know the tragedies.

"No matter where of comfort,
let no man speak.

"Let's talk of graves
and worms and epitaphs,

"make dust our paper
with rainy eyes

"write sorrow on
the bosom of the earth.

"Yet, not so.
But what can we bequeath

"save our disposed bodies
to the ground?

"Our land, our lives and
all our Bolingbroke's

"and nothing can we
call our own

"except that small model
of the barren earth

"which serves as cover
and paste to our bones.

"For God's sakes let us
sit upon the ground

"and tell sad stories of
death the kings.

How some have been disposed,
some were slain in war."

Just... no sound.

Looks like we got
a little problem.

And more than one
for the looks of it, huh?

Untie me.

What?

I can help you get away

if you cut me free.

You know I can't do that.

I'd like to, but I can't.

Please.

Why can't you?

Because of that.

Because of that.

Can you feel them?

They're calling to me.

Not with words.

The flesh is calling.

The flesh.

Flesh. And dirt.

And rot.
And worm.

Sweet decay.

Cold deep down
and sleep forever.

What's it like?

Like...

A door.

The wrong side of the door.

I can see what's inside.

Where I can't go anymore.

I need you.

You need me?

I need you to save me.

I... I can't.
Claire, I can't.

I can't save you.

Yes, you can.

Don't.

Do you love me?

I...

I...

Do you love me?

Yes.

Then love me enough to save me
from what I'm becoming.

I can smell you.

Not surprising.

Not just your sweat.

I can smell the blood
pumping through you.

And I can smell your fear.

I'm not afraid.

Yes, you are.

You're afraid you may not be
able to do what you have to do.

I can do it.

Claire, trust me.

I can do it.

But not just yet.

Not...

for a while.

While?

Not while you're still you.

Deal?

Deal.

Don't go far.

You need to hurry.

I can feel it behind my eyes.

It burns.

It's angry.

It wants to devour
the whole world.

Starting... with you.

No.

Feels good.

What's funny?

It took end of the world...

to bring out
the good man in you.

I need you...

to put
him away for me.

For just one more moment.

Not good enough.

Oh, God.