Fear the Walking Dead (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 11 - The Holding - full transcript

One of the wells, it blew.

Anyone know who our
resident philosopher is?

Wes didn't do this.

How long you been
with them, Wes?

I don't know who
you're talking about.

Why do you like to paint, Wes?

Where's your brother
now? He's dead.

Was your brother with them?

I don't know who "them" is.

I don't believe you!

I've been thinking about
everything Virginia said



about the people that
painted the messages.

I heard her tell Ranger Hill
that they went underground.

Man: Death. Destruction. Decay.

What is happening to
the world isn't new.

The world's been breaking
down since its inception.

The sun spending
its nuclear fuel.

The planet spinning farther
and farther off its axis.

The continents drifting apart.

Ice sheets receding and melting.

Forests withering and burning.

Everything's winding
down, including us.

Death is inevitable.
It simply is.

But from this death...
comes new life.

Our decaying bodies
feed the soil,



and the soil, in turn,
feeds the plants.

And the plants, in turn, feed us

and all the creatures
that sustain us.

It's the way it's always been.

It's the way it always will be.

People look around
the world up there

and see death
everywhere they gaze.

But that's not
what's really there.

If they looked hard enough,

if they truly looked
with open eyes,

they would see life.

But it's not their fault

they don't know how
to open their eyes.

It's not their fault...

They're seeing the
way they always have.

Even after it all.

Even though now is the "after."

We know the truth.

They don't.

We can see.

They can't.

So, it's incumbent upon us

to help them be unafraid
of what's to come.

Do you know the truth?

Can you see?

Can you help them be unafraid?

Sabrina. Hey. Hurry up.

We have new arrivals.
They're gonna be hungry.

Sorry. I was just trying
to see like Teddy.

And did you?

Death. Destruction. Decay.

Not yet.

What is happening to
the world isn't new.

You will.

The world's been breaking
down since its inception.

The sun spending
its nuclear fuel.

The planet...

Who are the new recruits?

Some survivors the patrol
saved from a herd of 'posters.

Teddy says they're in
really rough shape.

How we looking?

They're on their way down.

And have they been checked?
Mm-hmm.

It's okay.

I know you've been
through a lot,

but you can come out.

We're not gonna hurt you.

Welcome to The Holding.

I think you're
gonna like it here.

Are we sure this is the place
Dakota was talking about?

Oh, yeah.

Why are you recording?

Riley: For Teddy.

Who's Teddy?

He's the reason
that we're all here.

Teddy over PA: Who am
I if not your shepherd?

Is he here now?

His presence is always with us.

He's dead?

Oh.

No. No, he's very much alive.

If you cannot see,
I will guide you.

When you cannot walk,
I will carry you.

You know, you're lucky
we found you when we did.

I'd like my weapons back.

No outsiders are allowed
to carry down here.

We learned that
lesson the hard way.

So, w-what were you
doing on the road?

Um... scavenging.

You know, looking
for something to eat.

Where'd you come from?

A place we're never
going back to.

And why is that?

Does it matter?

Teddy will be interested

in the path that led
you to this place.

I have found you,

and I will help
you see the truth.

People look around
the world up there

and see death
everywhere they gaze,

but that's not
what's really there.

If they truly looked with open
eyes, they would see life.

How many people
live down here?

Are they allowed to leave?

What do you do for food,

water, power?

I was in a place like
this once before.

I don't think you were
ever in a place like this.

How can you be so sure?

Because there is
no place like this.

Because there's never
been a place like this.

How long does it take them
to break down in there?

Just a couple months.

We take the bones out
once the flesh is gone

and we make meal
for the chickens.

And it's safe to eat food
that grows from this?

This is how all living
creatures have been decomposing

from the beginning of time.

This is what would be happening

if those 'posters weren't
wandering around up there.

Sorry. "Posters"?

Dead.

Uh... we can come
back to that one.

Food? Water? Power?
It's impressive.

But it... it also feels like

like you're preparing
for something.

We found you at the right time.

I was gonna let Teddy
tell you when he returned,

so you could figure out if
you wanted to stay or not,

but I don't see any reason
you shouldn't know now.

We're closing up the
doors soon for good.

For good?

Why?

So we never have to
go topside again.

This is the new way.
That was the old.

This is where life
will begin again.

How many people live down here?
Are they allowed to leave?

Are we allowed to leave?
They aren't hard questions.

Come on. You gotta
give me something.

You know, I'm more interested
in what you have to say.

There's one question
in particular that, uh,

I'd like to ask.

What is it?

Can you see?

It's the simplest one there is.

When you look at it,

what do you see?

You're joking, right?
No.

Take a good look.

Tell me exactly what you see.

I see a walker that
should be in the ground.

Anything else?

It's... It's okay. Nobody
gets it on their first try.

What's troubling you, Alicia?

Be honest. Teddy will
know if you're not.

Why would he have something
to say about how I feel?

Because he'll look
into your eyes.

And he will see the truth.

He sees it in a way
no one else can.

Not even you.

Alright, your answers...

They'll go a long way toward
earning favor with Teddy.

I don't understand. What
kind of test is this?

We're just trying to gauge how
much you have left to learn.

This feels like a trick.

You're a skeptic.

We like skeptics.

Why's that?

Because when we win you over,

it means that you're
a true believer.

You ask everybody to do this?

You know, you keep answering
my questions with questions.

What kind
of stuff do people say?

What are you looking
for them to say?

No, there's no right
or wrong answer.

Look, I don't know.
I just see an eater.

Look closer.

Who painted these?

Why do you ask?

I used to be a painter.

And what did you paint?

All kinds of things.

I started out
copying my brother.

Oh, you have a brother.

Had.

You were close?

His name was Nick.
Pablo.

My brother was my best friend.

I wanted to be just like him.

Why you asking me
about my family?

As Teddy says, our survival
is dependent on it.

Each generation gives
way to the next.

You're looking at him like he's
reminding you of something.

My mom, she...

She grew crops in the
place where we used to be.

What happened to her?

She gave her life
so we could live.

Her end

was your beginning.

They could not see then,
and they cannot see now.

Anything?

But you can see.

Yeah, they're good
at not saying shit.

We have to get them to trust us.

We need to get
"Teddy" to trust us.

Anyone seen him?
He's "out on a run."

Yeah. I'm sure he's plastering
his reductive bullshit

wherever he can
find blank space.

He's got to come back
at some point. He will.

So, meantime, we do
what we came here for.

Find out everything we can...
what Virginia didn't know,

why she was scared
shitless of them,

and then we get the
hell out of here

before they add us
to the compost heap.

It could take a long
time before we find out.

The others have returned.

It's time for you to meet Teddy.

Come on.

Coming down now.

Here we go.

Did we miss lunch?

I'm starving.

Where'd Teddy?

He sent us ahead.

He'll be back later.

That's not him? No.

That's Derek.

Derek?

Wes?

Wes?

You're alive?

What the hell, man?

Oh, you're alive.

So are you.

Hmm? Hmm?

I think we found our way in.

What? Nothing.

What?

I've spent the past...

I don't even know how long

thinking you'd been
torn to pieces.

You couldn't have just drank

your damn coffee
black that morning?

Are you seriously mad that I
went looking for some creamer?

No.

Yes. I-I don't know.

I'm sorry, Wes.

I really am.

I found the condensed
milk. A whole crate of it.

But when I came out
of the grocery store,

a herd was coming down the road.

I got cornered.

I couldn't get to my bike. I
ran into a shed and collapsed.

The eaters were clawing
at the wood on top of me.

I tried to get out,
but it was too heavy.

I... I don't know...

I guess I just passed out.

I thought that was it.

But when I woke up...

I was here.

They could not see then,
and they cannot see now.

They saved you?

Just like they
saved you topside.

Why didn't you come
looking for me?

I did.

But you were gone.

Light is truth.

So was my bike.

I... Man, I
couldn't stick around.

Uh-huh. And it was my only
chance to drive the damn thing.

She purrs like a kitten, right?

Yeah, not anymore.

Wait. What... What
happened? Where...

You don't want to know.

Damn.

Seems like you're running
with some good people.

Yeah, things have been

a... little bumpy lately,

but we're headed in
the right direction.

Through darkness comes light.

Through destruction...

You're still painting?

Comes life.

Just trying to help
people see what I see.

And what is that?

We were painting those
messages on tree trunks

stuff like, "If you're reading
this, you're still here."

A-And your novel... that
wasn't gonna change anything.

We meant well, but it
didn't really mean anything.

Teddy... he helped me see that.

But now

what I'm doing here

it means something.

Who am I if not your shepherd?

What exactly are you
doing here, Derek?

Who are you if not my sheep?

You are not lost.

I'm not sure you're
ready for that.

When will I be?

When you see like I do.

I got a shift in the garden.

I'll catch you at dinner.

Come on. Mm!

But I will shear the
matted fur from your brow

and help you to see.

And if you still
won't open your eyes,

I will open them for you.

I will make you see.

I will take your hand and
lead you through the fire,

through the desert, through the
dark tunnel of destruction...

Be careful, Wes.

He's not gonna hurt me.

What about Tank Town?

What they did to everyone.
What they did to you.

He doesn't know about that.

Did you ask him?

There's no way he would
do something like that.

When people are desperate, they
start believing in things...

They start doing things they
never thought they would.

I did.

And demanding the world
look upon me and witness...

But Derek's different.

Binding their eyes,
showing them the light.

They could not see then,
and they cannot see now.

But you can see.

You see me.

Yeah. Um...

And I will help
you see the truth.

Light is truth.

Darkness is false.

So, what did your brother say?

Not much.

He said he wouldn't tell me
until I could "see" like him.

He's probably waiting to
see if he can trust us.

You know, maybe these people

aren't the threat that
we thought they were.

No. Listen to me, alright?

Maybe it wasn't about us.

Maybe it was about Virginia.

Maybe they were trying to take
her out just like we were.

Or maybe Virginia was just
trying to make us paranoid

on her way out.

We've known this is about
more than just Virginia.

Nora's people... What
happened in the tower.

They set that up.

Well, there's one
way to find out.

How's that?

I ask him.

I...

How are you guys settling in?

Good. Good.

It takes a little while
to get used to not knowing

if it's day or night, but,
uh, the food makes up for it?

Mm-hmm. Mm.

You're Alicia, right?

Yeah.

Wes tells me you pulled him

through a rough
patch after I left.

Mm. Oh, I mean...

Yeah, he helped me out, too.

What is it?

Nothing.

Just go to go topside for a bit.

Make sure you try
the rhubarb pie.

When you cannot walk,
I will carry you.

What the hell was that?

You know where Derek's bunk is?

Yeah.

Let's skip dessert tonight.

Anything?

Just the paint.

You hear that?

What the hell?

I don't know, Al.

But c'mon, he could
come back any time.

No, there's gotta be something.

Al.

Where the hell did
they get these?

What are they?

Something they shouldn't have.

Does it mean something to you?

Yeah. Long story.

Wes...

It was about more
than just Ginny.

Your brother... everyone here...

They're trying to do as
much damage as they can.

Oh. We don't know that.

Look.

These coordinates.

That's Tank Town.

T-That doesn't mean anything.

This does.

Logs of when Virginia was
sending people to Tank Town.

They were keeping track.

The other settlements, too.

I'm not saying Derek
knew you were there,

but he knew what
they were doing.

I'm...

I'm sorry.

Derek thinks these
people are helping him

see things more clearly,
but they're not.

I have to make him see
what's really going on.

How are you gonna do that?

We have to get him out of here.

You did it.

Did what?

Those places... you set
up the attacks on them.

How do you know that?

Doesn't matter.

Why did you do it?

You won't understand.

You're not ready. Why not?

I told you. Because
you can't see.

But it's okay.

I couldn't see either...
Not until I met Teddy.

How did he convince you

killing people was
the right thing to do?

We have to start over.

And we can't do that

till everyone and
everything up there is gone.

Does that include me?

What are you talking about?

I was at the oil fields.

I got hit with shrapnel.

I never felt such
pain in my life.

Wes...

I almost died.

I lost friends.
People I cared about.

I didn't know. And if you did?

Would that have
changed anything?

I would have gotten you out.

But you still would've done it.

You would have
killed those people?

It's what Teddy wants.

Man, I don't give a damn
about what "Teddy" wants.

What the hell do you want, man?!

People died, Derek.

You killed them.

What do you think about that?

Good people... innocent people.

What you did... You did,
Derek... killed them.

Alright, I-I know
you. I know you.

And this, it ain't you.

It ain't you.

Come with us.

Those places up there...

Mm-hmm.

They're about how
we used to live.

This... This is how
I want to live now.

The place I'm from.
It's not about the past.

It's about how things
are going to be.

And Morgan? Yo, he's
not like this Teddy.

He won't make you do
anything you don't want to.

Morgan?

Morgan Jones.

The guy who started it.
I-I think you'd like him.

What about Virginia?

She's dead.

Yeah, Morgan... he
helped us bring her down.

Where is it?

Are you gonna come
or not? Where is it?

Does it matter?

These people aren't
helping you see, Derek.

They're blinding you.

You're lost.

You're so lost, I know you
probably won't come with me.

To do the things that you did...

But I'm your brother.

Alright? You just
gotta trust me, man.

You want a new beginning?

You can have it,
man. We both can.

All you have to do
is come with us.

Right... Right over there.

Oh!

Told you.

If they catch me trying to leave

they'll kill me.

They'll kill all of you.

Then let's not get caught.

We can get out of the
city, travel off the main roads

they won't find
us.

We need weapons, food.

Dwight and I had
an emergency drop

a few miles south of the city

when we were working
for Virginia.

What's in the bag?

Maps. Coordinates.

The places we're...
They'replanning to hit next.

You're bringing them?

So nobody else gets hurt.

Wait, Alicia!

Sorry, Wes. I can't
take the chance.

What are you talking about?

Not after what happened
with Dakota. Let's go.

Wes, let's go.

I'm not leaving him.

We can't trust him.

Just because you got screwed
over by Dakota and Strand

doesn't mean my brother's
gonna do the same.

Alicia, we gotta go.

That's not what's
happening, okay?

It's not the same thing.
We have to be careful.

We can come back for
him, but right now,

we have everything we
need to take them down.

We know where they are
and we know the places

that they're gonna
hit, so let's go.

Okay?

You're not
going anywhere.

Hey! Wait!

Get your hands off of me!

Where's my brother?! What
are you doing to him?!

What the hell is this?

It's embalming equipment.
They hit the funeral home.

You won't decay.

You won't return to the earth.

You won't be part of
our new beginning.

It doesn't have to be like this.

Just tell us where we
can find Morgan Jones.

How do you know Morgan?

Where is he?

Where's the place he set up?

We know it's not out of
Virginia's settlements.

All right, who's first?

Hey! Hey!
No! Hey!

Your brother thought
you'd be more cooperative.

Wes...

Answer him.

He will kill you.

What the hell, Derek?

Alicia was right.
You were playing us.

Only when you said
you were with Morgan.

You were playing us, too.

I was trying to help you.
To get you out of here.

I don't want to leave. But...

I told you... What
I'm doing here...

It means something.

What? What is it?

I'm trying to understand.

This... This is
where you need to be.

Without any idea of what
to do or what it means.

That's when I saw the truth.

I believe you can see it, too.

Let's go find out.

Is inevitable.

It simply is.

Tell me what you see.

Comes new life.

I need to ask one
question first.

And the soil, in turn...

You had people at
the oil fields.

They had to have been
reporting back to you.

That's the only way you
could've pulled that off.

The way it always has been,
the way it always will be.

Did you know I was there?

Everywhere they gaze.

People are people, Wes.

If they looked hard enough,

if they truly looked
with open eyes...

Now tell me what you see.

I see someone who's
just like him.

Someone who's still walking
even though he's dead inside.

That's exactly how I felt.

I wasn't talking about me.

Don't.

Please.

Don't.

Please.

Don't.

Ohh!

When you cannot walk...

Oh, God...

They could not see then,
and they cannot see now.

But you can see.

You see me.

I loved you, man.

And I will help
you see the truth.

The tunnel is long
and dark, my friends.

Many comrades will be
lost along the way.

I loved you.

Through the darkness
comes light.

What the hell?

Do it.

No. No! No! Wait!

Wait! Wait! No!

Let her go.

Where's Derek?

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Now, back away.

You're the one who convinced
me people are capable

of doing more than
saving their own skin.

We're not gonna get past them?

We don't have to!

Get it
open!

Open up!

We got a couple minutes tops.

Alicia!

Hey, Al.Get it open! Come on!

Push! Get it open, now!

Shit.

They're all embalmed.

Head over there.

Al: We can do this.

Their jaws are wired shut.
We just have to be fast.

Open the door!

Break it down. Break it down!

Get the door
open. Get it open!

Al.

Go ahead.

Al, don't.

What the hell was that about?

It's opening!
Get in there!

Keep going.
We're almost there.

Keep pushing! Keep going!

Yo, we need a distraction.

We need to take this place down.

Embalming fluid's flammable.
It's in there.

No, no, no. I-It's in here, too.

I have an idea.

We need help with the door!

Here, go. I got this.

Let me do this.

Go. You need to get
those maps to Morgan.

But, Alicia... You
said I made you believe

people could do more. They can.

Let's go!

We can't just leave her.

You can.

Go. I'm right behind you.

How bad was the fire?

Bad... She might
have gotten out.

She might not. We don't know.

The rest of them?

Some of them got away.

How many? It's hard to say.

All we could see was fire.

You said they were
planning something.

Something big.

Big enough to keep them
down there for a long time.

Morgan, they knew who you were.

They were trying to find you.

Any idea why?

I don't.

Whatever they're doing,
it's not gonna happen.

We'll stop them.

First we gotta do what
we can for Alicia.

Hey, do... do we
have any gas left?

No, but the horses
are fed and watered.

I want to help.

No.

I wouldn't be standing here

if Alicia didn't stick
her neck out for me.

I'm the reason you went there.

Just let me finish
what I started.

For Alicia.

For all of you.

Appreciate what you've done,
but we're not there yet.

So, we start with
the parking garage...

We track whoever's
left from there.

Hey.

You all right?

The places they
were targeting...

I don't think they were
after Nora and her people.

These maps have drop
sights all over the region.

If they hit a chopper, they
could take out a lot of people.

Beer lady?

I have to find her, warn her.

Who knows? Maybe
they can help us.

Beats chasing her by walkie.

I actually thought
I lost... beer lady.

Look, I get it.

If... If you don't check in
with me every couple days...

Come looking for you.

I know.

What the hell is this?

Why are you keeping me here?

Our decaying bodies
feed the soil.

The soil, in turn,
feeds the plants.

Out of death springs new life.

For most.

Not for you.

Now, you, we're going to
preserve exactly as you are.

Don't come any closer.

Get her ready.

I have a feeling Teddy will
want to do this himself.

This'll go a lot faster
if you cooperate.

Aah!

No!

Aah!

Ohh!

Would you give us a
moment, please, Riley?

So, you're the...
King of the Crazies.

And you are Alicia.

I never gave you my name.

Your voice.

Oh, I've been listening to you.

Riley made
a... A... a recording

when you first arrived.

Back off.

You know, if I meant you harm,

we would not be having
this conversation.

Now, you, uh... you
gave yourself up

so your friends could
escape... Is that right?

They left you.

I made them.

And they obliged.

Some family.

You know, family
should be sacred.

It is, after all, the beginning
of each and every one of us.

Question... did you
sacrifice yourself

because you are noble,

or because you're punishing
yourself for something?

Or perhaps you're just following

in the footsteps of your mother.

Look, I don't care what
you think or what you say.

Whatever it is,
let's just get to it.

It's all right.

I'm a bit of a
mama's boy myself.

No, I think there's
a lot we could learn

from... from each other.

I'm not buying any of
this shit you're selling!

Okay?

What's next? You
want to kill me?

That's not gonna happen.

Now, you and the folks
you came here with

destroyed everything we
have been working toward.

Years of work.

Sacrifices literal
and figurative.

You destroyed it!

But, uh, someone else in my
position might find that,

um, unforgivable.

But I believe that if
one lives by the sword

well, you know how
the rest of it goes.

For every ending
springs a new beginning.

What do you want?

To save you, Alicia.

I don't need saving.

I know you don't
believe in this,

in us

yet.

But you will.

Oh, I've been looking

for someone like you
for a long, long time.

Welcome to the Holding.

I think you're
gonna like it here.

This episode
is called "The Holding."

The title comes from the fact
that this is what the community

in this underground parking
structure is called.

What we're gonna see
in this episode is

this entire ecosystem
that exists underground

with a group of people
that have loomed large

and who we've gotten little
glimpses of here and there,

as their presence and their
threat level has escalated,

and now we're gonna really peel
back the curtain on them...

See where they live,
see who their leader is,

and see what they're
really all about.

We have new arrivals.
They're gonna be hungry.

Sorry, I was just trying
to see like Teddy.

And did you?

Not yet.

You will.

Teddy has a very unique
philosophy on the world,

which is that from
death springs new life,

and there's a kind of
circularity to that,

and in his mind, a beauty to it.

When he has people that come to
the Holding for the first time,

when he wants to bring
them into the fold,

through himself or
through his emissaries,

sort of the litmus test is

showing them this Walker
that's tied to a tree.

What do you see?

And ultimately, it's
like with any cult,

an indoctrination
method from Teddy

to get people to see
his point of view...

What are you looking
for me to see?

There's no right
or wrong answer.

To make sure that they're on
board with what he believes in

and what he wants to do.

The mural represents
a couple of things...

This saying of "The
end is the beginning"

is something we've
seen spray-painted

and we know that it is
connected to this group

that Virginia was
concerned about,

that attacked Tank Town.

Anyone know who
our resident philosopher is?

That wasn't
there this morning!

It's this group that
has just loomed large

for Morgan and the
rest of our characters

ever since the
beginning of the season.

You said they were
planning something.

Something big.

Big enough to keep them
down there for a long time.

I think seeing that
connection here, they realize,

"Oh, these are the people that
we've been worried about,"

and there's just this
interesting contrast to,

essentially, we're in the belly
of the beast with terrorists.

Did we miss lunch? I'm starving.

Art is the way that we met Wes.

He was a painter.

He inspired Alicia
to do the same.

It was also, as we
learn in this episode,

his connection with
his brother Derek.

Derek?

Wes?

Wes?

You're alive?

Art, in the
context of this episode,

when you look at
it on the one hand,

it seems beautiful,
but on the other,

it's actually speaking to
something much more destructive,

and Derek, who is
this brilliant painter

who used to paint
to inspire people,

is now using that same
skill for Teddy's purposes,

which are far darker.

Those places... You set
up the attacks on them.

I think the group
wants to trust Derek,

because any one of them
would give anything

to have their
brother still alive,

so there is a compassion there,

but he has joined ranks with
this very dangerous group.

Be careful, Wes.

He's not gonna hurt me.

Luciana was part of a cult
before, and as we see,

her warning turns out
to be true about Derek

as the episode goes on.

But I'm your brother.

Alright?

You just gotta trust me, man.

You want a new beginning?

You can have it,
man. We both can.

All you have to do
is come with us.

If they catch me
trying to leave,

they'll kill me.

They'll kill all of you.

It's absolutely
symbolic that Derek,

who used to be an artist and
someone who viewed the world

in a hopeful, constructive way

has joined up with
this destructive cult

and the very thing that he...

You know, whether you
say he worshipped it

or he just really
believed in it,

it is the same thing
that ends his life.

Please...

Gah!

Ahh!

Yeah, there is sort of a
tragic inevitability to that.

So you're the king
of the crazies.

And you are Alicia.

I never gave you my name.

Your voice!

Oh, I've been listening to you.

Alicia thinks Teddy
is crazy and a lunatic

and she wants nothing
to do with him,

and she does not buy into
anything that he's saying

and she wants him dead.

So they're at very different
ends of the spectrum.

You know, family
should be sacred.

It is, after all, the beginning
of each and every one of us.

Question...

Did you sacrifice yourself
because you are noble?

Or because you are punishing
yourself for something

or perhaps you're just

following in the
footsteps of your mother.

Teddy has a very unique role
in mind for Alicia to play.

We will find out what that
role is as the season goes on,

but this is just him recognizing
the initial spark in her

of something he's been
looking for for a long time.