Fear the Walking Dead (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 16 - Sleigh Ride - full transcript

"Sleigh ride"
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strand.

What happened?

This was meant to be
a knife through butter.

- No resistance, you said.
- Mea culpa.

Someone tipped off the dam
you were coming.

It was beyond
my control,

but all is well now.

There are corpses
floating in the water

we're meant
to distribute and drink.

And my men-- casualties?



Dozen brothers dead.

A dozen dead brothers.

The guards
have surrendered. Please.

Your men are
executing the workers.

I told them
to secure the dam,

and that's
what they're doing.

Meanwhile, I need my dressings
changed and a rest, nurse.

I'll have a full accounting
later of the events.

And a grand tour.

Plan to be persuasive.

My mother?

Hidden.

Safe for now.

And Nick?



He came to warn us,
set off this shitstorm.

What are we gonna do now?

Strand:
You're gonna trust me.

I can get us out of this.

If we work together.

So where does it stop?

You should be thanking me
that you're alive
to ask that question.

'Cause I think you might
kill me if you didn't have
a choice.

That's insane.

When I was using,
you never wished
you'd get that call?

"Mrs. Clark,
we have terrible news."

It'd all be over.

I never wished you dead.

What kind of mother
would that make me?

I don't know.

Honest, maybe?

I mean, sometimes
the burden's too much.

I saw it in your eyes
when you went after Troy.

He needed to be put down.

And you get to make that call.

Yeah, I get to make that call--
for your sister, for you.

- Not for me!
- It's the world we live in!

You always lived
in that world.

Now it's okay for you
to be who you really are.

Fuck you.

You're what's dangerous.

One day,
you'll have no choice.

That's the scary part.

One day,
I'll have no choice.

'Cause one day, mom,

you may have
no choice with me.

I would never hurt you.

Unless you had to.
Unless it was necessary.

- Stop it.
- Could you do it?

Stop it!

Mom.

Lola:

You have
a high pain threshold.

Years of living
with a white Buddhist

with a sharp tongue
and a yoga mat.

I hear narcissists
are drawn to buddhism.

The truth of the real self
is a lie,

as it is
in every religion.

And I detest liars.

Above all else.

Strand's an excellent example.

How do you know him?

Hmm?

Alicia.

I've made my living
holding others to the light.

Strand helped my family
escape from Los Angeles.

And you didn't
acknowledge him because
you felt indebted to him?

Yes, we've gotten
to know him.

A lie of omission
is still a lie, Alicia.

I thought my mother
was here.

Her and strand are friends.

What's your mother's name?

Madison.

She is here.

Was.

One of strand's
deal points
for letting us in,

we'd spare a woman
by the name of Madison.

I hope we haven't
killed her yet.

If she is alive and here,
would you spare her?

Your mother was a part
of a larger

negotiation.

And that negotiation
collapsed.

Strand's lies.

I've served you well
in a short time.

I can continue to do so.

You can trust me.

Spare her.

I will...

If you come with me
to tampico.

We'll board my ship
and sail for what's
left of Houston.

Will you do that?

You're testing my loyalty?

I'm testing your wisdom.

Yes, I'll do that.

Good.

Hey. Hey! Wait.

Wait. Hey!
Easy, Madison.

Lola and Daniel took you in.
They gave you sanctuary.

Temporary sanctuary at best.
Proctor John was coming.

I made a deal
for your protection.

You made a deal
to save your own ass.

And I told you to get
Madison out of here!

I told you to leave!

But you had
to be stubborn.

Can you please
remove the gun?

Alicia's here.

She's here
with proctor John.

He brought her here.

That doesn't make
any sense.

He likes his toys.

Maybe he likes her enough
to let you go,

but I wouldn't bet on it.

Put these on.

Why?

It's how I move you
through the dam.

I'll walk you out
right under their noses.

Can you just do it?

Everything's gone to hell.

Just...
Do what I ask of you.

Please.

Your time has come,
hasn't it?

Please, put on
the damn uniforms.

What did you do?

Who was it?

Daniel.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

- I did it for you.
- Don't say that.

- But he was alive
when I left him.
- You shot Daniel?

Strand:
I didn't kill him.

It was the worst thing

that's ever happened to me.

And Lola?

I let her go.

You said
it would be easier.

It wasn't.
I couldn't do it.

Good.
There's hope for you.

Get to the end
of that bridge,

cross that checkpoint,
and blend in
with the locals.

Lose the uniforms,

walk, and keep walking.

Proctor John
wanted me to dispose
of these traitors myself.

How do we find Alicia?

You don't. Take the gun
and hide yourselves in town.

I find Alicia,
get out of here.

We could just find her now
and take her with us.

I thought this out, Nick.
This is the best I can do.

I can't leave her.
I don't have
a good feeling about this.

You don't have a choice.

And I haven't had a good feeling
about anything since 1997.

Lola, no!

What fresh hell is this,
gentlemen?

What fresh hell?

I am mystified.

I can explain.

I'm sure you can,
but I don't want
to hear it.

I was gonna
kill them myself.

- John.
- Shut up, darling.

Proctor John:
I'm told the woman
I dispatched

was the "water queen,"

whom you were supposed
to kill,

and here she Springs up
like goddamn whack-a-mole.

One wonders,
is her soldado alive

and waiting
to assassinate me?

He's dead, I swear.

Oh!

He's tellin' the truth.

He confessed to me.

And I believe him.

You're Madison.

I am.
I'm Madison Clark.

Go to your mother, dear.

Let's see
a joyful family reunion.

Please.

And what role
do you play in this

internecine family drama?

Madison: He's my son.

This one was
with another white boy
at the bazaar,

asking questions.

Is your friend here, Nick?

No, he's dead.
My mom killed him.

Proctor John: Wow.

Really?

You killed
your son's friend?

He was more threat
than friend.

What a perverse family
you have, Alicia

from Los Angeles.

You've been
a good nurse to me.

But you know
what I have to do now.

- Wait, listen to me.
- Shut up, mother.

I have to kill her
because I'm going
to kill her brother.

I'll never be able
to trust her again
after that.

I'll kill you first,

so you don't have
to witness what follows.

But you, mother-killer,

you bear witness.

say your goodbyes
if you have them.

Safe travels.

Thank you.

Enough.

There's an end game
here, proctor,

one on which
you did not plan.

You really do
talk too much.

Lola and Daniel
didn't have enough guns
to defend the dam,

so they wired it
with explosives.

Bullshit.

Strand:
Top to bottom.

C-4 to build the dam,
c-4 to take it down.

Take his tongue already.

No more lies, proctor.

You got a hole
in your pocket?

Nick: Strand.

Says it's armed.

Nick, don't touch
the other button.

What, the one
that says "detonate"?

"the Christmas spell"
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oh, that smells
so nice.

What's your play, Nick?

Tell him
to put his gun down.

Put your gun down.

My mom and sister
are gonna take a zodiac
across the lake.

Nick, don't do this.

Just go as far upriver
as you can.

- We'll pursue them.
- They'll have a head start.

Nick, just come with us.

Please.

He can't do that, nurse.

The detonator has a range.

If you go with them,
you lose your leverage, right?

Nick:
I'm not negotiating, John.

This is my suicide note.

certainly seems to be.

go.

'Cause you have
no choice.

If you don't go,
we all die,

so just go.

Mom.

Mom, please.

Go.

Victor, get in the boat.

- Nick...
- You wanted mercy.

Here it is.

Just take care of them,
all right?

It's all right.

There'll be time
to find them later.

You don't survive this.

Oh, I wouldn't be
so sure.

Many a slip
between cup and lip.

I'm interested to see how
it all plays out, though.

Not well for you
either way, I'm afraid.

I'm not afraid of dying.

The bravado
of the junkie Christ.

That detonator real?

This asshole's
death warmed over.

Proctor John:
This dam could be the center
of a new civilization,

right here,
a modern euphrates,

but it needs managing,
parceling.

We can't
just give it away, Nick.

You're smart.
You understand.

And you could help.

It's bullshit.
It's just one more thing

that a cruel few
want to control.

- Madison: Hurry, Alicia.
- I'm trying, I'm trying.

I'm trying.

Proctor John:
If you blow the dam,
the river flows.

You think folks won't then
fight over what they bottle?

Come on, Nick.
Civilization's born of violence.

What's so amusing?

I heard
someone else say that.

It's a great truth.

I killed the last man
who spoke that truth.

So you do understand
this world.

Like mother, like son.

Harness the fury
or get stampeded.

I'm lookin'
for a third way.

There isn't one!

War was waiting
to be realized by us.

And here we are.

Proctor John:
A quandary.

If you blow the dam
too soon,

your family
won't make it.

Didn't consider that
quite, did you?

End of the road, Nick.

Give me that device.

Madison: You got it!
Let's go!

Come on. Let's go. Go.

Come on.

Get the detonator.

Walker:
Nice head-shot.

I was goin'
for a heart-lung combo.

Must be the wind.

New wrinkle.

No matter.

It's not a game-changer.

As for you, young Nick...

You're bluffing.

I can see it in your eyes.

You're not a killer.

And your family's
not far enough away yet.

Let's find out,
shall we?

fine. I'm bored.

Kill him.

Proctor John: Go! Go!

Over there,
near the chaparral patch!

My grandmother
could spot it.

Close them goddamn down!

No, Nick.

They're gonna get drawn
into the flood

if they don't step on it.

They're full throttle.

Madison: No!

Crazy dog: North?

North.

Madison: No!

"long way around the sea"
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