Fear the Walking Dead (2015–…): Season 7, Episode 13 - The Raft - full transcript
Morgan and Alicia plan their next steps. Dwight and Sherry face the prospect of having to choose between their code and their safety.
because we couldn't
face each other if we didn't.
I want us
to have a family.
♪
We want to find Padre.
You're going to help us.
So, where will you go?
The bunker.
There's a working transmitter
down there,
and I need it
to reach people.
You still looking?
For what?
A partner.
- We need to move.
- I'll buy you some time.
Take care of her, Morgan.
I will.
You may have won the battle
today, Morgan,
but the war
is just beginning.
Honey?
Hey, honey,
where the hell are you?
Yeah, what is it, D?
You left
without waking me up.
You needed the sleep.
Okay. Where... Where are you?
I'm on a supply run.
I remember we never hit up
that warehouse
near the train depot.
And?
Nada.
Okay, well,
I got something.
We got an SOS.
On the Dark Horse channel?
Yes, yeah.
Some lady, uh, got herself
turned around
down near the inlet.
I'll meet you at the sub.
No, I-I don't think
she can wait.
Well, you shouldn't go out
on your own, D.
Kind of like you did
this morning.
And I'm... And I'm pretty sure
I can handle it.
It could be another one
of Strand's traps.
Okay,
and what if it's not?
What if...
W-What if it breaks
the... the way Strand's been
talking about it breaking, huh?
Th-Then we need
every soldier we can get.
Can she fight?
Uh, I don't know.
I didn't ask her résumé.
And what is going on
with you?
Nothing.
Just wait for me.
I don't think I can.
And neither can she.
Are you there?
I'm where you said
I should be.
♪
♪
♪
Watch out!
I'm out.
It's radiated.
Don't let him touch you!
♪
Sorry I'm late.
You're just in time.
You okay?
Yeah.
My name's Dwight.
I'm Sherry.
Thank you.
I'm Maya.
Alright.
Well, you're good here,
but you really should wear that
when you're on the move.
And we're gonna need
to get you checked out.
I don't understand.
It's... It's what I was talking
to you about on the walkie.
The air quality and...
and the, uh...
You're not from around here,
are you?
Not exactly.
I came here on a boat,
looking for my kid.
Well, you landed
in the wrong place.
Wh... A boat?
What's it like out there?
How far does
the fallout go?
I have no idea.
I was on the boat
for days.
Alright,
let's find your kid, huh?
When was the last time
that you saw him?
A few months ago.
One night, Marco was in our tent
when we went to sleep.
In the morning,
he was gone.
Are you sure it wasn't
the dead?
If it was, how come
they didn't touch me?
You from the Tower?
Well, how do you know
about the Tower?
I heard the message
inviting people to join.
Maybe that's where
they took Marco.
No, y... trust me, y-you
don't want to go there.
Look, there's bad blood,
okay,
between us
and the man in charge.
But that shouldn't keep you
from going, you know,
especially if you think
your kid's there.
Get your stuff, and I'll point
you in the right direction.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yeah.
What the hell, D?
Hey, honey, honey.
Come on.
Uh, she's better off
with Strand. You know that.
We are about to go to war
with him.
Yeah, I know.
You think
we're gonna lose.
We're outmanned
and outgunned.
It's just us, alright?
We can take that risk.
She's got a kid.
She can't.
Why are you giving me
that look?
I'm not.
I just...
I wish it wasn't like this.
Yeah.
I'm coming in hot.
I'm gonna need a hand-off.
Morgan?
That's Morgan.
I repeat,
I am coming in hot.
Morgan?
Is that you?
Sherry?
We're on it.
Where are you?
I'm on the intercoastal road
up a couple of miles
north of The Pennsylvania.
Copy.
We'll be there in 10.
W-What do you mean
by hand-off?
Do you need us
to take Mo?
No, it's not Mo.
Some of the walkers
from Strand's moat broke off
and started following me.
I need you to dump 'em
someplace for me.
I only have a couple bags left.
♪
Uh, Dwight and I might not have
enough ammo to take them out.
You definitely do not,
because there are
a lot of them.
How many?
♪
It's all of them.
♪
♪
Luci, you there?
Go for Luciana.
Hey, we need a place to dump
some walkers...
a lot of them.
Where's that, uh, crater
Arno... Arno's people found?
Five miles west
of the scrapyard.
You need a hand?
No, we got it.
I'll let you know
if anything changes.
What's going on, D?
Did I mess up
back there?
What are you
talking about?
With our code...
sending Maya to the Tower.
I mean,
it's the exact opposite
of what you wanted me
to do with Mickey.
Yeah, but Mickey could
hold her own out here, right?
You think we're gonna lose
this fight, don't you?
I don't know.
It's just, everything
we talked about at the gym...
everything that you said
you wanted.
I know, but I'm not
the only one who said that.
You... You wanted, it, too!
I know.
To let life happen,
have a family.
But if we don't
take the Tower,
are we gonna be able
to have any of that?
♪
Okay,
we'll take the Tower.
Well, we're not gonna
be able to do anything
unless we get these walkers
off of Morgan's ass.
Yah!
♪
God, I truly hope you do not
remember any of this
when you get older.
Who am I kidding?
I'll be happy enough if you
just get to be older.
Hey.
You got her back.
Mr. Dorie did.
He gave his life so that
she could escape.
Everybody else
is still in there.
How'd you pick up
so many walkers?
Some of them started
following me
just after Mr. Dorie
handed Mo off.
And then,
I just didn't
discourage the others
from joining.
You wanted them
to follow you?
Yeah.
Strand's felt safe
in that tower
because of the walkers
around it.
But until tonight, when he can
try and draw some more in
with that light
of his... We can get in.
Yeah.
You're good.
Well, let's, uh... let's dump
'em all before we say that.
No, it'll work.
There's already walkers
in that crater.
What's a thousand more?
Get Mo back to the sub.
Daniel and Luci,
they'll be ready.
♪
Those are
Strand's rangers.
Are they crazy?
He's desperate.
He knows that the only reason
we didn't make a move
on the Tower
was because of Mo.
Uh, well...
They're gonna
get themselves killed.
Those walkers get dispersed,
it's gonna make it easier
for Strand to draw them
back tonight.
We've gotta
keep them together.
Give me your gun.
What?
What are you talking about?
Yeah, come here
and take her.
You can get her further away
than I can, and faster.
So you get her to the sub,
you lock the hatches.
The one thing
we gotta do...
we gotta keep her away
from Strand.
She should be
with her dad.
She should be with whoever
can keep her safe right now.
♪
This could be
a good thing.
Well, if we can do it
with her,
we can do it
with one of our own.
Yeah, uh, I don't think
they're reading
the same tea leaves
as you.
Come on!
Hyah!
Hey!
Hey, stay on me!
That's right!
Come on!
On me!
♪
Keep coming!
♪
♪
It's all right.
I think we lost 'em.
How is she?
I think she likes it.
D. D.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Alright, I'm, uh...
I'm afraid we're gonna have
to ask you
to get out of our way.
Or what?
You won't kill me.
You got a code.
What do you know
about our code?
♪
A lot.
We'll shoot.
I don't think you will.
But, if you do,
the rest of the rangers
will be on you
like that.
Do you really care about
protecting Strand?
No, I care about
surviving.
And that Tower's the only way
I'll do it.
Well, why don't you
come with us.
You help us
take down the Tower,
we'll pretend like
you never even left.
♪
Give me the kid.
I was
just like you once.
Give...me...the...kid.
Trying to be
someone's right-hand man,
doing what you needed to do
to protect your own.
I get it.
You think I'm doing this
'cause I'm on a power trip?
Well... No, I'm doing this because
you all made me believe
in something better.
I killed my brother
because of it.
It turns out you all
don't even believe
in the bullshit
you preach.
I should've just gone along
with Derek when I found him.
At least he was honest
about what he was doing.
You want honesty?
This is
your last warning.
The hell's that
supposed to mean?
♪
Ugh!
♪
If you really thought
building something better
was bullshit,
you would have shot us.
While you're sitting there
by your lonesome,
waiting for your cavalry
to come,
take a minute
and think about what I said.
♪
♪
♪
Morgan!
I'm sorry.
What the...
I'm sorry,
but we gotta get out of here.
Strand's rangers
must be close by.
That was me.
What? Why?
To keep them from
tearing you apart?
No, no, I need them
to keep following me.
Hey!
Hey!
Over here!
That is Strand's moat.
We gotta ditch them someplace
so that he can't use 'em.
Hey! Keep coming!
Over here!
W-Where did
you come from?
When did
you get back?
Sorry.
How you feeling?
I'm still standing.
Find what you were
looking for?
I found the transmitter.
And then I heard
Strand's message,
I came as soon
as I could.
But you didn't see
anybody else out there?
Not yet.
You didn't find that girl,
did you?
What, the one you told me
helped you on the sub?
No, I did not.
I got Mo out, though.
Got these dead to follow me
at the same time.
That's why we're gonna
make our move.
I told you to wait
for me.
We didn't know
where you were.
Well, I need to get back
to the sub.
I need the generators
to power this.
We don't have time
for that.
The Tower's unguarded,
at least until dark.
We only get one shot at this,
and we're not ready.
Luciana brought in
Arno's people.
Yours, the rest of ours,
and them, that's enough.
It's not.
It's not even close.
But we can get more.
Can't keep waiting.
I had to make a call.
You're more that welcome
to join us,
but I understand
if you don't want to.
Hey! That's it!
Keep coming!
You followed
a walker for me.
The least I can do is get
these walkers to follow you.
Thank you.
Keep coming!
♪
Anything from Luci?
Nothing.
You know, Strand's rangers
would have passed us by now
if they were
tracking us.
Well, we don't move until
we make contact with her.
What the hell is that?
Oh, I... Well, I...
I call it an auto-mobile.
Jesus.
What?
She likes it.
I'm trying to keep us
alive here.
And I'm trying to show her
a reason to stay alive.
Wha... What is
going on with you?
Nothing.
Come on.
No, it's not...
it's not important.
Well, every time you say that,
it's really important.
It's just hard for me
to see you with her like this.
Like what?
I don't know, like...
laughing and smiling
and making dad jokes.
Why?
Because, D,
we're not gonna have that.
You don't know that.
Oh, come on.
You were right. I-I know
what we're up against, so...
Okay. Well, you just want to give up?
You gonna throw in
with Strand, or...No, it's not...not
what I'm saying.
I-It's just not easy.
Sherry.
Luci, open the hatch and
prepare to lock down the sub.
We're on our way,
and chances are,
we're not alone.
Negative.
Don't come.
I repeat, don't come to
The Pennsylvania!
Whoa, w-why not?
What's going on?
The engineering compartment
is starting to leak radiation.
We're in the middle
of an evacuation.
Shit!
Alright, look,
we'll... we'll wait here
and we'll wait it out.
No, we can't.
We can't.
I mean, they were probably
just listening,
a-and they know which direction
we're coming from.
They'll find us.
Look, we keep moving.
Alright.
Alright, then,
let's move.
Okay.
Wait.
Look, D, I'll take that.
Give me...
No, I got it.
You get her.
No, give me... No.
It's mine.
Why? Why?
What's in there?
Nothing.
Okay, well,
let me see it!
Wait!
♪
♪
Navigation charts.
What the hell
are these?
♪
Where were you
this morning?
I was getting the,
uh...
♪
...emergency raft from the sub
ready to launch.
Alright, so,
you're just gonna...
you're just gonna leave,
after all this?
No.
D, the raft
wasn't for me.
It was for you.
Yeah, w-w-well...
Okay, uh...
What... W-W-What are you
talking about?
Come on, D.
We know what's coming.
We heard the offer
that Strand made.
Okay, what does that
have to do with me?
I don't want you
to turn into
the person that
you don't want to be.
We've been over this before,
okay?!
It's not gonna happen!
♪
Look, I...
♪
♪
You actually think
I'd throw in with Strand?
Don't you?
Well, it ha...
it happened before.
I just don't want it
to happen again.
That's bullshit.
And you know it.
I'll tell you
what's bullshit...
Thinking you could stay
ahead of us.
And if you're thinking
about runnin',
I've got half-a-dozen
more rangers on their way.
Just hand her over.
What do we get
if we hand her over?
D!
No, if you think this
is how we're gonna end up,
we might as well
get something out of it.
♪
If we hand her over,
can we still
take you up
on Strand's deal?
That's not
my call to make.
But I'm sure
it'll help your case.
Dwight.
What are you doing?
I'm not...I'm not gonna...
I'm not gonna try
and be a better person
if you don't
even think I can.
Pick her up.
♪
Alright.
♪
It's okay.
It's all right.
♪
♪
Honey, go!
Go, go, go!
D!
Honey, go!
Go!
You never did answer me,
really, back there.
Tell me how
you're feeling.
Fever's still
coming back at night,
just like before.
But the dreams
are getting worse.
What do you mean
by "worse"?
I don't know, like they're
getting more and more real.
Like I...can't run
from them anymore.
You know the last time it
was just you and me? Remember?
We were following
one of those things.
You know the Senator.
He's probably in
there somewhere.
Well, if you want to go
find him, you can be my guest.
Where are
you taking them?
Dwight and Sherry said
there's a crater
that's got a bunch of them
already trapped in it, so...
Strand's gonna come
after you hard
for doing this
to the Tower.
Yeah, he already is.
Which is why we gotta move now.
Morgan,
we're not...ready.
We don't have a choice.
Grace recorded some songs
for Mo to listen to
when they escaped,
and she left something for me.
Morgan, listen,
we don't have much time.
If this works,
I need you to take Mo
and get away from here,
as far away from Strand
and this Tower
as humanly possible,
even if it means
leaving without me.
She's right.
It's the only way to make sure
that Mo is safe.
So if we don't get
that Tower tonight...
You're gonna do it.
You're gonna take her
away from here.
If I can even find
a way out of here, yes, I am.
And I don't want
to leave.
Not when we're barely
hanging on.
I left some folks I cared about
once before,
and it has never
sat right with me.
I gotta take care of Mo.
And if you can take
the Tower tonight,
you won't have
to go anywhere?
It's more vulnerable
than it's ever been.
♪
Still, we're not ready.
Why? Why not?
We're outnumbered.
Ill-prepared, tired,
hungry, sick...
And that's never
stopped us before, so...
♪
Why are you stalling?
I'm not stalling.
You've been away
for all this time,
and you got nothing
to show for it?
You're stalling.
Why would I be stalling?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's just,
you keep saying
how little time
you have left.
♪
♪
D? Is that you?
There you are.
Why'd you stop?
♪
Aside from the change?
Where's Wes?
Oh, he's still out there.
I just slowed him down.
We're good for here,
but we can't go any further.
We still have half-a-dozen
rangers riding up behind us.
How's she doing?
She has no idea.
Ah.
It's okay.
Alright.
Mm, okay.
Ready?
It's okay.
♪
I'm sorry for
what I said earlier.
I don't think that
you would take Strand's deal
for yourself.
But you still think
I'd take it? For who?
You?
It's complicated.
Why don't you just tell me
what's going on, huh?
D...
Look.
The Franklin.
♪
Hey, does anybody know where
that bunker is...
Uh, the one Teddy
locked up Alicia in?
I might be able to answer that.
Alicia, is that you?
Yeah,
I'm here with Morgan.
The bunker is underneath
the Franklin Hotel. Why?
I think
we just found it.
What if we hide
in there?
No. Al-Alicia,
is there another way out?
Just the drainage works
on the north end,
but they're not stable.
Dwight, come on.
♪
Hey, the rangers
might have heard that.
Look, we'd be cornered
if they came in.
We should go through
the crater.
That way, we can stay
ahead of them.
Th-The readings,
they're way too high.
I know.
We... We have our gas masks.
We'll be protected,
and Morgan said
that thing's
lined with lead.
Well, hers might be,
but ours aren't.
Okay, then she'll be
protected. That's all
that matters right now.
It's... It's not.
What are you talking about, huh?
I... I'm just... F-F-First, you think
I-I'm gonna bail,
and... a-and now,
you won't even
do what we need to do
to keep her safe!
Why don't you just
give her to me? I'll go.
Please, D.
Please?
Here, I got her.
D. D!
What?
I think I might be pregnant.
♪
Are you serious?
Uh...
Yeah.
I think so.
Okay.
Hey.
That's a good thing.
It is?
It is.
That's a g... Y-Yeah,
that's a good thing.
♪
Okay, go.
Alright.
Go.
♪
Easy. Easy.
The whole system shorted.
Hmm.
The bench... there.
Alright, okay, I got it.
I got it.
Mo. Okay.
I'm sorry, D.
I should have told you
earlier.
H-How long do you think
it's been?
A couple weeks?
Okay, well, we'll...
we'll find you a test, and...
I already took a test.
And?
I haven't
looked at it yet.
Let me...
Here.
Hey.
That's why I didn't want
you going through my bag.
What do you mean,
you haven't looked at it yet?
Because I know you, D.
If... If this
is positive,
you're gonna want to do
what's best for her,
even if that means
going into Strand's Tower.
You know,
if we do that,
if we go into
that place,
it will destroy all the parts
of you that I love.
You know,
all the... the parts
that are gonna make you
a great father.
And I just... I can't let
that happen to you again.
You know, I want our child
to know you.
Not the person that
Strand would turn you into.
Look, I love you for trying
to protect me, honey.
I-I really do. But I should
be able to protect you too.
Which means you don't get
to do this alone,
especially when
we're in this together.
Yeah?
Let's take a look.
It's the rangers.
Let's move.
♪
I thought you said the crater
was filled with walkers.
Well, that's what
Dwight and Sherry said.
Somebody let 'em out.
Well, if we dump them
in here,
they're just gonna
climb right out.
Yeah.
Dwight, Sherry,
crater's a no-go.
We're looking for
another place to dump 'em.
♪
I repeat... We need to find
another place to dump 'em.
What'd he...
What'd he say?
They're still looking for
a place to dump the walkers.
They don't dump 'em,
we can't move on the Tower.
Let's keep moving.
♪
♪
Can you clear it?
Yeah, I think so.
Hey, D.
How loud do you think
the fire alarm is
in a place like this?
Pretty loud.
Why?
Well, you think they could
hear it from up there?
Uh, I mean,
a-above ground?
Maybe.
If Morgan and Alicia
are heading back...
They'll be walking
right over us.
♪
Get diggin'.
♪
Their horses were
right outside.
They have to be
down here.
What the hell?
Find it.
Turn it off!
♪
♪
What is that?
Do you hear that?
Bunker.
We're on top of it.
Dwight and Sherry must have
tripped the alarms.
♪
The door.
We get 'em in there.
With Dwight and Sherry
down there with Mo?
They'll get her out.
I got a plan.
Trust me.
♪
Hey, it's okay. Hi.
O-Okay.
It's okay.
♪
Son of a bitch.
D?
The walkers
are above us.
Come on,
keep coming.
Keep coming.
Hey, have you made it
to the tunnel yet?
I repeat... Have you
reached the tunnel?
The signal won't reach
down there.
Yeah.
Right.
We get them in,
and then we go
to where
the pipe lets out.
Okay.
Over here!
Let's go!
Come on!
Come on!
Hey,
over here!
Keep coming!
♪
Come on!
Come on, pull the power!
Come on!
Hey! Hey!
♪
♪
Agh!
You okay?
Yeah.
Is she?
Yeah, we're all right.
♪
♪
♪
♪
I think we're,
uh, stuck.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
It's not your fault.
Hey.
I'm sorry too.
We tried everything.
I promise, we did.
Maybe I'm just not,
uh...
♪
Just... Maybe it just
wasn't meant to be.
You know?
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
You really...
You really wanna do that
right now?
Yeah.
I need to.
♪
You were right.
♪
This isn't something
I should have done on my own.
This is something
I should have done with you.
♪
Okay.
♪
Wanna help me?
♪
♪
Come on.
♪
♪
Come on.
Oh.
♪
♪
Okay.
Alright,
it's... it's not g...
it's not gonna end
like this.
We're gonna
get out of here.
How?
♪
The same way as before.
♪
♪
♪
Should they not
be out already?
Give them some time!
Maybe you should go to the sub,
get everybody ready.
Only got a few more hours
of daylight.
You were right.
Right?
Right about what?
I could have
come back sooner.
Then why didn't you?
Because I know what
I might have to do to Strand,
and I'm not sure I can.
You will do the right thing
when the time comes.
How do you know that?
Oh, come on.
You've already done
the impossible.
You're still here.
It's not over for you.
Not by a long shot.
Hear that?
Mo?
Hey, Mo!
♪
She's there.
You okay?
Yeah, she's there.
Here.
♪
- You all right?
- Yeah.
I got it.
Hey, hey, hey.
♪
Okay.
♪
That's right, baby.
I'm right here.
The tunnel,
it collapsed.
How'd you clear it?
I-I didn't.
She did.
♪
Thanks for
the assist.
Come on.
That's it.
There she is.
You should keep it.
♪
Look, if we could get on the sub
and use the transmitter,
there might be a way
we could reach
whoever's left out there
and make a real push
for the Tower.
The sub's a no-go.
It's leaking
radiation.
- You're kidding me.
- No.
That woman...
that mom...
she said she heard
Strand's message all
the way from the water.
Right, and that must have been,
what, 20 miles out?
Which... Yeah, I mean,
which means
Strand's gotta have an antenna
for that type of range.
So the Tower... I could use
the transmitter from there.
Strand's got power,
and it's the highest point
for miles around.
And with
the ULF's range...
One more reason
to take it from him.
It's another reason
for you to take it.
I gotta do it, Alicia...
what Grace asked me to do...
and get Mo as far away
from here as possible.
But where are you gonna
take her?
I mean,
there's no way out.
I know a way.
♪
Grace said the weather patterns
might have been affected...
that the fallout could hug
the coast for hundreds of miles.
But that woman
that we sent to Strand...
she came from
someplace clean.
And what if
I can't find it?
Take her out, drive around
the block a few times.
I can't do this.
I can't walk away just as
you're about to face him.
You have to.
For her.
For Grace.
For yourself.
Look, we're both doing
something we don't want to do.
But you're right,
you know?
I'm gonna be okay.
I can do this.
You're gonna
see me again.
Now go.
Yeah.
♪
I got this.
♪
I should take her.
She's sleeping
like a...
♪
Thanks.
♪
You know, you could get
on there, too.
No.
D, Strand doesn't know.
He can't use this
against us.
But... But we can
use it against him.
Because now, we have
something to fight for.
Okay.
♪
Ohhh, there you go, baby.
There you go.
♪
Thank you.
Oh, hang on.
♪
So it smells good and, well,
it's live entertainment.
♪
Appreciate it.
♪
Both of you.
♪
Alright, so, uh...
♪
Good luck, right?
♪
Okay.
♪
♪
♪
We gotta move!
The sun sets
in a few hours!
♪
Follow me!
♪
♪
♪
She didn't come alone.
The gang's all here.
To new beginnings.
We have very different ideas
of what that means.
She should've been out
by now.
What the hell
is going on up there?
It's over.
No!
♪
♪
Hey, honey,
where the hell are you?
Hey, what is it, D?
We got an SOS.
On the Dark Horse channel?
Yes. Yeah, some lady
got herself turned around
down near the inlet.
I'll meet you at the sub.
We see
the Dark Horses riding again,
and Dwight and Sherry
end up arriving
just in the nick of time,
and they save Maya
from some Walker trouble.
And then we see something kind
of very unexpected from Dwight.
He suggests that Maya goes
to the Tower.
Get your stuff
and I'll point you
in the right direction.
This is something that really
throws Sherry off
because she knows that Dwight,
along with Morgan and everyone
on the submarine, is planning to
launch and attack on the Tower.
So it's just not quite
adding up.
Why are you giving me
that look?
We're also wondering
why Sherry's calling Dwight out
on that because we just saw her
packing up a raft,
and we don't quite know why,
but that's what the episode
is all about unfolding.
What is going on
between the two of them?
I'm coming in hot.
I'm going to need a hand off.
Morgan.
Morgan.
I repeat, I am coming in hot.
The first time we see Morgan,
we want to have a little bit
of fun with that moment.
You know, at the end of the
prior episode, we saw him take
Baby Mo from John Dorie,
and then we saw John Dorie
walk back to the Walkers
to buy Morgan time.
And our hope is that
the audience would be expecting
that Morgan and Baby Mo
escaped fully.
But we built this scene really
to reveal this road behind him
and then slowly lift up
and see that it is just filled
with thousands of walkers.
And then we learn
that he actually drew
the walkers away from the Tower.
And what do you do
when you have thousands
of walkers on your tail?
How do you get rid of them?
Dwight and I might not have
enough ammo to take them out.
You definitely do not because
there are a lot of them.
How many?
It's all of them.
Obviously walker hordes
play a big part in this season,
from the very first episode
when Strand lit the light
on top of the tower
and drew all of the walkers
to form a moat.
We've seen that moat grow
over the past few episodes,
and, you know, here we see it
break off.
It does present a lot of
challenges
in terms of production,
especially when we're producing
these episodes
under COVID protocols.
I mean, in order to keep
everyone safe, we're limited
to the number of walkers
that we can have on set.
So it really ends up becoming
a... the realm of visual effects
where we shoot things with the
small number of walkers we have
and then we shoot them many
times so we can create tiles
and then fill the space
that way.
And then also we have
digital 3D walkers,
where we have
a large number of walkers
who have been scanned
and can be animated,
and we can use those walkers
to really fill out the herd.
♪
Morgan!
I'm sorry.
When we last saw Alicia,
she told Morgan
that she was going out to find
more people to join the cause,
that she essentially wanted
to become Padre herself
and find all the people who were
stuck out in the apocalypse,
tell them that there was a place
that they could live,
but they just needed to help her
take it from Strand.
And when she returns and we see
that she's empty handed,
we see the obvious
frustration there.
But we also see
some more frustration from her
when she learns that Morgan
has essentially set the gears
in motion to attack the Tower,
that the time is now.
There's no waiting.
The tower's unguarded,
at least until dawn.
We only get one shot at this,
and we're not ready.
Ultimately, her arc
in this episode
is getting to the point
where she can actually admit
deep down that she still cares
about Strand,
despite everything
he did to her.
There's still a part of her
that she's worried
won't be able to do
what needs to be done
to take the Tower,
that will be drawn in by Strand.
And I think even beneath
that is just some worry
that she's going to have
to hurt someone
that she once cared
about very deeply.
And that's a very hard thing
for her to
kind of wrap her head around.
Morgan, we're not...
ready.
It's the only way to make sure
that Mo is safe.
Mo very much is all about
the future for these characters,
about the next generation,
and, you know, she really
has been, since the moment
we saw her born
on the show
at the beginning of season six,
she represented the new life
that was to come.
You know, and we saw her father,
Isaac, give his life for her.
We then later saw her mother,
Rachel, give her life for Mo.
And then Morgan took her on
as his own child,
along with Grace,
and the two of them
have been really fighting
to not just keep her alive,
but also to create a world
that she'd want to grow up in.
And, you know,
we saw Strand try to co-opt that
by bringing her to the tower
and using her for leverage,
and then thinking that perhaps
she would be the thing
that would give him the love
he desires,
if he was able to raise her
in the way he wanted.
Beyond a symbolic level,
it really is all
about the future
and these characters thinking
about, you know,
surviving in the apocalypse
isn't enough...
that you have to find
bigger things to fight for.
What the hell is that?
I call it an automobile.
I will take credit
for the automobile joke,
and I'll just say that's
my dad joke cred there.
But really, that moment
was all about
just showing a bit of levity
from Dwight
and the potential for who Dwight
could be as a father
when he's around
someone as innocent as a child.
It's just hard for me to see
with her like this.
We know what's coming.
We heard the offer
that Strand made.
What does that have
to do with me?
I don't want you to turn
into the person
that you don't want to be.
We've been over this before,
okay?!
It's not going to happen.
When Dwight hears
that Sherry's worried
that he might actually
go to Strand,
he is hurt
because in his mind,
he's wondering how
Sherry could think
he would ever put himself
in a position
where he has to answer
to someone like Strand,
where he'd essentially
be reliving
what they went through
at the Sanctuary with Negan.
And Dwight doesn't know
what's really behind that.
So he senses that Sherry
is really struggling
with something,
and I think he's worried
that it has to do with him
and her feelings for him.
But ultimately, you know,
we learn that
there's a very different reason
Sherry's worried.
I think I might be
pregnant.
This is where Sherry actually
explains why she's worried
that Dwight might go to Strand,
because I think
Sherry believes that if
Dwight thinks she's pregnant,
that he will do
what's best for the child
and not what's best for him.
If this is positive,
you're going to want to do
what's best for her,
even if that means
going into Strand's Tower.
Come on. If we do that.
If we go into that place,
it will destroy all
the parts of you that I love.
But ultimately, it's actually
the thing that allows
Sherry and Dwight
to come closer together
because they're now
on the same page.
Dwight now knows what
Sherry's worried about.
And Dwight's able to reassure
her that, you know, in his mind,
he thinks it gives them
more reason to fight Strand.
You don't get
to do this alone.
especially when we're
in this together.
They not be out already?
Give them some time.
Alicia is in a position
where she realizes
she has to be the one to lead.
But ultimately, I think it's
the fact that Morgan tells her
she can do this...
that the one character
who, you know,
in 7A came to her and said,
"I need you to help me lead.
I can't do it all on my own."
He's now essentially
saying to her,
"You can do it on your own.
I believe in you."
I think that's a big part of why
she has the confidence to do it.
And the other part is that she
doesn't really have a choice.
She knows that someone's
got to stand up to Strand,
and if anybody can get
through to him, it's her.
You know, in many ways,
this season has been about
Alicia kind of shedding
the past.
We have seen her
come into her own
and change in a lot of ways.
I mean, obviously,
she lost an arm.
She'd been struggling with
this kind of mysterious illness.
And she's kind of found
this inner strength
that she didn't know she had.
And she's going to carry
that strength forward
as she leads everyone
to face Strand.
We got to move!
Sun sets in a few hours.
Follow me.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
face each other if we didn't.
I want us
to have a family.
♪
We want to find Padre.
You're going to help us.
So, where will you go?
The bunker.
There's a working transmitter
down there,
and I need it
to reach people.
You still looking?
For what?
A partner.
- We need to move.
- I'll buy you some time.
Take care of her, Morgan.
I will.
You may have won the battle
today, Morgan,
but the war
is just beginning.
Honey?
Hey, honey,
where the hell are you?
Yeah, what is it, D?
You left
without waking me up.
You needed the sleep.
Okay. Where... Where are you?
I'm on a supply run.
I remember we never hit up
that warehouse
near the train depot.
And?
Nada.
Okay, well,
I got something.
We got an SOS.
On the Dark Horse channel?
Yes, yeah.
Some lady, uh, got herself
turned around
down near the inlet.
I'll meet you at the sub.
No, I-I don't think
she can wait.
Well, you shouldn't go out
on your own, D.
Kind of like you did
this morning.
And I'm... And I'm pretty sure
I can handle it.
It could be another one
of Strand's traps.
Okay,
and what if it's not?
What if...
W-What if it breaks
the... the way Strand's been
talking about it breaking, huh?
Th-Then we need
every soldier we can get.
Can she fight?
Uh, I don't know.
I didn't ask her résumé.
And what is going on
with you?
Nothing.
Just wait for me.
I don't think I can.
And neither can she.
Are you there?
I'm where you said
I should be.
♪
♪
♪
Watch out!
I'm out.
It's radiated.
Don't let him touch you!
♪
Sorry I'm late.
You're just in time.
You okay?
Yeah.
My name's Dwight.
I'm Sherry.
Thank you.
I'm Maya.
Alright.
Well, you're good here,
but you really should wear that
when you're on the move.
And we're gonna need
to get you checked out.
I don't understand.
It's... It's what I was talking
to you about on the walkie.
The air quality and...
and the, uh...
You're not from around here,
are you?
Not exactly.
I came here on a boat,
looking for my kid.
Well, you landed
in the wrong place.
Wh... A boat?
What's it like out there?
How far does
the fallout go?
I have no idea.
I was on the boat
for days.
Alright,
let's find your kid, huh?
When was the last time
that you saw him?
A few months ago.
One night, Marco was in our tent
when we went to sleep.
In the morning,
he was gone.
Are you sure it wasn't
the dead?
If it was, how come
they didn't touch me?
You from the Tower?
Well, how do you know
about the Tower?
I heard the message
inviting people to join.
Maybe that's where
they took Marco.
No, y... trust me, y-you
don't want to go there.
Look, there's bad blood,
okay,
between us
and the man in charge.
But that shouldn't keep you
from going, you know,
especially if you think
your kid's there.
Get your stuff, and I'll point
you in the right direction.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yeah.
What the hell, D?
Hey, honey, honey.
Come on.
Uh, she's better off
with Strand. You know that.
We are about to go to war
with him.
Yeah, I know.
You think
we're gonna lose.
We're outmanned
and outgunned.
It's just us, alright?
We can take that risk.
She's got a kid.
She can't.
Why are you giving me
that look?
I'm not.
I just...
I wish it wasn't like this.
Yeah.
I'm coming in hot.
I'm gonna need a hand-off.
Morgan?
That's Morgan.
I repeat,
I am coming in hot.
Morgan?
Is that you?
Sherry?
We're on it.
Where are you?
I'm on the intercoastal road
up a couple of miles
north of The Pennsylvania.
Copy.
We'll be there in 10.
W-What do you mean
by hand-off?
Do you need us
to take Mo?
No, it's not Mo.
Some of the walkers
from Strand's moat broke off
and started following me.
I need you to dump 'em
someplace for me.
I only have a couple bags left.
♪
Uh, Dwight and I might not have
enough ammo to take them out.
You definitely do not,
because there are
a lot of them.
How many?
♪
It's all of them.
♪
♪
Luci, you there?
Go for Luciana.
Hey, we need a place to dump
some walkers...
a lot of them.
Where's that, uh, crater
Arno... Arno's people found?
Five miles west
of the scrapyard.
You need a hand?
No, we got it.
I'll let you know
if anything changes.
What's going on, D?
Did I mess up
back there?
What are you
talking about?
With our code...
sending Maya to the Tower.
I mean,
it's the exact opposite
of what you wanted me
to do with Mickey.
Yeah, but Mickey could
hold her own out here, right?
You think we're gonna lose
this fight, don't you?
I don't know.
It's just, everything
we talked about at the gym...
everything that you said
you wanted.
I know, but I'm not
the only one who said that.
You... You wanted, it, too!
I know.
To let life happen,
have a family.
But if we don't
take the Tower,
are we gonna be able
to have any of that?
♪
Okay,
we'll take the Tower.
Well, we're not gonna
be able to do anything
unless we get these walkers
off of Morgan's ass.
Yah!
♪
God, I truly hope you do not
remember any of this
when you get older.
Who am I kidding?
I'll be happy enough if you
just get to be older.
Hey.
You got her back.
Mr. Dorie did.
He gave his life so that
she could escape.
Everybody else
is still in there.
How'd you pick up
so many walkers?
Some of them started
following me
just after Mr. Dorie
handed Mo off.
And then,
I just didn't
discourage the others
from joining.
You wanted them
to follow you?
Yeah.
Strand's felt safe
in that tower
because of the walkers
around it.
But until tonight, when he can
try and draw some more in
with that light
of his... We can get in.
Yeah.
You're good.
Well, let's, uh... let's dump
'em all before we say that.
No, it'll work.
There's already walkers
in that crater.
What's a thousand more?
Get Mo back to the sub.
Daniel and Luci,
they'll be ready.
♪
Those are
Strand's rangers.
Are they crazy?
He's desperate.
He knows that the only reason
we didn't make a move
on the Tower
was because of Mo.
Uh, well...
They're gonna
get themselves killed.
Those walkers get dispersed,
it's gonna make it easier
for Strand to draw them
back tonight.
We've gotta
keep them together.
Give me your gun.
What?
What are you talking about?
Yeah, come here
and take her.
You can get her further away
than I can, and faster.
So you get her to the sub,
you lock the hatches.
The one thing
we gotta do...
we gotta keep her away
from Strand.
She should be
with her dad.
She should be with whoever
can keep her safe right now.
♪
This could be
a good thing.
Well, if we can do it
with her,
we can do it
with one of our own.
Yeah, uh, I don't think
they're reading
the same tea leaves
as you.
Come on!
Hyah!
Hey!
Hey, stay on me!
That's right!
Come on!
On me!
♪
Keep coming!
♪
♪
It's all right.
I think we lost 'em.
How is she?
I think she likes it.
D. D.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Alright, I'm, uh...
I'm afraid we're gonna have
to ask you
to get out of our way.
Or what?
You won't kill me.
You got a code.
What do you know
about our code?
♪
A lot.
We'll shoot.
I don't think you will.
But, if you do,
the rest of the rangers
will be on you
like that.
Do you really care about
protecting Strand?
No, I care about
surviving.
And that Tower's the only way
I'll do it.
Well, why don't you
come with us.
You help us
take down the Tower,
we'll pretend like
you never even left.
♪
Give me the kid.
I was
just like you once.
Give...me...the...kid.
Trying to be
someone's right-hand man,
doing what you needed to do
to protect your own.
I get it.
You think I'm doing this
'cause I'm on a power trip?
Well... No, I'm doing this because
you all made me believe
in something better.
I killed my brother
because of it.
It turns out you all
don't even believe
in the bullshit
you preach.
I should've just gone along
with Derek when I found him.
At least he was honest
about what he was doing.
You want honesty?
This is
your last warning.
The hell's that
supposed to mean?
♪
Ugh!
♪
If you really thought
building something better
was bullshit,
you would have shot us.
While you're sitting there
by your lonesome,
waiting for your cavalry
to come,
take a minute
and think about what I said.
♪
♪
♪
Morgan!
I'm sorry.
What the...
I'm sorry,
but we gotta get out of here.
Strand's rangers
must be close by.
That was me.
What? Why?
To keep them from
tearing you apart?
No, no, I need them
to keep following me.
Hey!
Hey!
Over here!
That is Strand's moat.
We gotta ditch them someplace
so that he can't use 'em.
Hey! Keep coming!
Over here!
W-Where did
you come from?
When did
you get back?
Sorry.
How you feeling?
I'm still standing.
Find what you were
looking for?
I found the transmitter.
And then I heard
Strand's message,
I came as soon
as I could.
But you didn't see
anybody else out there?
Not yet.
You didn't find that girl,
did you?
What, the one you told me
helped you on the sub?
No, I did not.
I got Mo out, though.
Got these dead to follow me
at the same time.
That's why we're gonna
make our move.
I told you to wait
for me.
We didn't know
where you were.
Well, I need to get back
to the sub.
I need the generators
to power this.
We don't have time
for that.
The Tower's unguarded,
at least until dark.
We only get one shot at this,
and we're not ready.
Luciana brought in
Arno's people.
Yours, the rest of ours,
and them, that's enough.
It's not.
It's not even close.
But we can get more.
Can't keep waiting.
I had to make a call.
You're more that welcome
to join us,
but I understand
if you don't want to.
Hey! That's it!
Keep coming!
You followed
a walker for me.
The least I can do is get
these walkers to follow you.
Thank you.
Keep coming!
♪
Anything from Luci?
Nothing.
You know, Strand's rangers
would have passed us by now
if they were
tracking us.
Well, we don't move until
we make contact with her.
What the hell is that?
Oh, I... Well, I...
I call it an auto-mobile.
Jesus.
What?
She likes it.
I'm trying to keep us
alive here.
And I'm trying to show her
a reason to stay alive.
Wha... What is
going on with you?
Nothing.
Come on.
No, it's not...
it's not important.
Well, every time you say that,
it's really important.
It's just hard for me
to see you with her like this.
Like what?
I don't know, like...
laughing and smiling
and making dad jokes.
Why?
Because, D,
we're not gonna have that.
You don't know that.
Oh, come on.
You were right. I-I know
what we're up against, so...
Okay. Well, you just want to give up?
You gonna throw in
with Strand, or...No, it's not...not
what I'm saying.
I-It's just not easy.
Sherry.
Luci, open the hatch and
prepare to lock down the sub.
We're on our way,
and chances are,
we're not alone.
Negative.
Don't come.
I repeat, don't come to
The Pennsylvania!
Whoa, w-why not?
What's going on?
The engineering compartment
is starting to leak radiation.
We're in the middle
of an evacuation.
Shit!
Alright, look,
we'll... we'll wait here
and we'll wait it out.
No, we can't.
We can't.
I mean, they were probably
just listening,
a-and they know which direction
we're coming from.
They'll find us.
Look, we keep moving.
Alright.
Alright, then,
let's move.
Okay.
Wait.
Look, D, I'll take that.
Give me...
No, I got it.
You get her.
No, give me... No.
It's mine.
Why? Why?
What's in there?
Nothing.
Okay, well,
let me see it!
Wait!
♪
♪
Navigation charts.
What the hell
are these?
♪
Where were you
this morning?
I was getting the,
uh...
♪
...emergency raft from the sub
ready to launch.
Alright, so,
you're just gonna...
you're just gonna leave,
after all this?
No.
D, the raft
wasn't for me.
It was for you.
Yeah, w-w-well...
Okay, uh...
What... W-W-What are you
talking about?
Come on, D.
We know what's coming.
We heard the offer
that Strand made.
Okay, what does that
have to do with me?
I don't want you
to turn into
the person that
you don't want to be.
We've been over this before,
okay?!
It's not gonna happen!
♪
Look, I...
♪
♪
You actually think
I'd throw in with Strand?
Don't you?
Well, it ha...
it happened before.
I just don't want it
to happen again.
That's bullshit.
And you know it.
I'll tell you
what's bullshit...
Thinking you could stay
ahead of us.
And if you're thinking
about runnin',
I've got half-a-dozen
more rangers on their way.
Just hand her over.
What do we get
if we hand her over?
D!
No, if you think this
is how we're gonna end up,
we might as well
get something out of it.
♪
If we hand her over,
can we still
take you up
on Strand's deal?
That's not
my call to make.
But I'm sure
it'll help your case.
Dwight.
What are you doing?
I'm not...I'm not gonna...
I'm not gonna try
and be a better person
if you don't
even think I can.
Pick her up.
♪
Alright.
♪
It's okay.
It's all right.
♪
♪
Honey, go!
Go, go, go!
D!
Honey, go!
Go!
You never did answer me,
really, back there.
Tell me how
you're feeling.
Fever's still
coming back at night,
just like before.
But the dreams
are getting worse.
What do you mean
by "worse"?
I don't know, like they're
getting more and more real.
Like I...can't run
from them anymore.
You know the last time it
was just you and me? Remember?
We were following
one of those things.
You know the Senator.
He's probably in
there somewhere.
Well, if you want to go
find him, you can be my guest.
Where are
you taking them?
Dwight and Sherry said
there's a crater
that's got a bunch of them
already trapped in it, so...
Strand's gonna come
after you hard
for doing this
to the Tower.
Yeah, he already is.
Which is why we gotta move now.
Morgan,
we're not...ready.
We don't have a choice.
Grace recorded some songs
for Mo to listen to
when they escaped,
and she left something for me.
Morgan, listen,
we don't have much time.
If this works,
I need you to take Mo
and get away from here,
as far away from Strand
and this Tower
as humanly possible,
even if it means
leaving without me.
She's right.
It's the only way to make sure
that Mo is safe.
So if we don't get
that Tower tonight...
You're gonna do it.
You're gonna take her
away from here.
If I can even find
a way out of here, yes, I am.
And I don't want
to leave.
Not when we're barely
hanging on.
I left some folks I cared about
once before,
and it has never
sat right with me.
I gotta take care of Mo.
And if you can take
the Tower tonight,
you won't have
to go anywhere?
It's more vulnerable
than it's ever been.
♪
Still, we're not ready.
Why? Why not?
We're outnumbered.
Ill-prepared, tired,
hungry, sick...
And that's never
stopped us before, so...
♪
Why are you stalling?
I'm not stalling.
You've been away
for all this time,
and you got nothing
to show for it?
You're stalling.
Why would I be stalling?
I don't know.
I don't know.
It's just,
you keep saying
how little time
you have left.
♪
♪
D? Is that you?
There you are.
Why'd you stop?
♪
Aside from the change?
Where's Wes?
Oh, he's still out there.
I just slowed him down.
We're good for here,
but we can't go any further.
We still have half-a-dozen
rangers riding up behind us.
How's she doing?
She has no idea.
Ah.
It's okay.
Alright.
Mm, okay.
Ready?
It's okay.
♪
I'm sorry for
what I said earlier.
I don't think that
you would take Strand's deal
for yourself.
But you still think
I'd take it? For who?
You?
It's complicated.
Why don't you just tell me
what's going on, huh?
D...
Look.
The Franklin.
♪
Hey, does anybody know where
that bunker is...
Uh, the one Teddy
locked up Alicia in?
I might be able to answer that.
Alicia, is that you?
Yeah,
I'm here with Morgan.
The bunker is underneath
the Franklin Hotel. Why?
I think
we just found it.
What if we hide
in there?
No. Al-Alicia,
is there another way out?
Just the drainage works
on the north end,
but they're not stable.
Dwight, come on.
♪
Hey, the rangers
might have heard that.
Look, we'd be cornered
if they came in.
We should go through
the crater.
That way, we can stay
ahead of them.
Th-The readings,
they're way too high.
I know.
We... We have our gas masks.
We'll be protected,
and Morgan said
that thing's
lined with lead.
Well, hers might be,
but ours aren't.
Okay, then she'll be
protected. That's all
that matters right now.
It's... It's not.
What are you talking about, huh?
I... I'm just... F-F-First, you think
I-I'm gonna bail,
and... a-and now,
you won't even
do what we need to do
to keep her safe!
Why don't you just
give her to me? I'll go.
Please, D.
Please?
Here, I got her.
D. D!
What?
I think I might be pregnant.
♪
Are you serious?
Uh...
Yeah.
I think so.
Okay.
Hey.
That's a good thing.
It is?
It is.
That's a g... Y-Yeah,
that's a good thing.
♪
Okay, go.
Alright.
Go.
♪
Easy. Easy.
The whole system shorted.
Hmm.
The bench... there.
Alright, okay, I got it.
I got it.
Mo. Okay.
I'm sorry, D.
I should have told you
earlier.
H-How long do you think
it's been?
A couple weeks?
Okay, well, we'll...
we'll find you a test, and...
I already took a test.
And?
I haven't
looked at it yet.
Let me...
Here.
Hey.
That's why I didn't want
you going through my bag.
What do you mean,
you haven't looked at it yet?
Because I know you, D.
If... If this
is positive,
you're gonna want to do
what's best for her,
even if that means
going into Strand's Tower.
You know,
if we do that,
if we go into
that place,
it will destroy all the parts
of you that I love.
You know,
all the... the parts
that are gonna make you
a great father.
And I just... I can't let
that happen to you again.
You know, I want our child
to know you.
Not the person that
Strand would turn you into.
Look, I love you for trying
to protect me, honey.
I-I really do. But I should
be able to protect you too.
Which means you don't get
to do this alone,
especially when
we're in this together.
Yeah?
Let's take a look.
It's the rangers.
Let's move.
♪
I thought you said the crater
was filled with walkers.
Well, that's what
Dwight and Sherry said.
Somebody let 'em out.
Well, if we dump them
in here,
they're just gonna
climb right out.
Yeah.
Dwight, Sherry,
crater's a no-go.
We're looking for
another place to dump 'em.
♪
I repeat... We need to find
another place to dump 'em.
What'd he...
What'd he say?
They're still looking for
a place to dump the walkers.
They don't dump 'em,
we can't move on the Tower.
Let's keep moving.
♪
♪
Can you clear it?
Yeah, I think so.
Hey, D.
How loud do you think
the fire alarm is
in a place like this?
Pretty loud.
Why?
Well, you think they could
hear it from up there?
Uh, I mean,
a-above ground?
Maybe.
If Morgan and Alicia
are heading back...
They'll be walking
right over us.
♪
Get diggin'.
♪
Their horses were
right outside.
They have to be
down here.
What the hell?
Find it.
Turn it off!
♪
♪
What is that?
Do you hear that?
Bunker.
We're on top of it.
Dwight and Sherry must have
tripped the alarms.
♪
The door.
We get 'em in there.
With Dwight and Sherry
down there with Mo?
They'll get her out.
I got a plan.
Trust me.
♪
Hey, it's okay. Hi.
O-Okay.
It's okay.
♪
Son of a bitch.
D?
The walkers
are above us.
Come on,
keep coming.
Keep coming.
Hey, have you made it
to the tunnel yet?
I repeat... Have you
reached the tunnel?
The signal won't reach
down there.
Yeah.
Right.
We get them in,
and then we go
to where
the pipe lets out.
Okay.
Over here!
Let's go!
Come on!
Come on!
Hey,
over here!
Keep coming!
♪
Come on!
Come on, pull the power!
Come on!
Hey! Hey!
♪
♪
Agh!
You okay?
Yeah.
Is she?
Yeah, we're all right.
♪
♪
♪
♪
I think we're,
uh, stuck.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
It's not your fault.
Hey.
I'm sorry too.
We tried everything.
I promise, we did.
Maybe I'm just not,
uh...
♪
Just... Maybe it just
wasn't meant to be.
You know?
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
You really...
You really wanna do that
right now?
Yeah.
I need to.
♪
You were right.
♪
This isn't something
I should have done on my own.
This is something
I should have done with you.
♪
Okay.
♪
Wanna help me?
♪
♪
Come on.
♪
♪
Come on.
Oh.
♪
♪
Okay.
Alright,
it's... it's not g...
it's not gonna end
like this.
We're gonna
get out of here.
How?
♪
The same way as before.
♪
♪
♪
Should they not
be out already?
Give them some time!
Maybe you should go to the sub,
get everybody ready.
Only got a few more hours
of daylight.
You were right.
Right?
Right about what?
I could have
come back sooner.
Then why didn't you?
Because I know what
I might have to do to Strand,
and I'm not sure I can.
You will do the right thing
when the time comes.
How do you know that?
Oh, come on.
You've already done
the impossible.
You're still here.
It's not over for you.
Not by a long shot.
Hear that?
Mo?
Hey, Mo!
♪
She's there.
You okay?
Yeah, she's there.
Here.
♪
- You all right?
- Yeah.
I got it.
Hey, hey, hey.
♪
Okay.
♪
That's right, baby.
I'm right here.
The tunnel,
it collapsed.
How'd you clear it?
I-I didn't.
She did.
♪
Thanks for
the assist.
Come on.
That's it.
There she is.
You should keep it.
♪
Look, if we could get on the sub
and use the transmitter,
there might be a way
we could reach
whoever's left out there
and make a real push
for the Tower.
The sub's a no-go.
It's leaking
radiation.
- You're kidding me.
- No.
That woman...
that mom...
she said she heard
Strand's message all
the way from the water.
Right, and that must have been,
what, 20 miles out?
Which... Yeah, I mean,
which means
Strand's gotta have an antenna
for that type of range.
So the Tower... I could use
the transmitter from there.
Strand's got power,
and it's the highest point
for miles around.
And with
the ULF's range...
One more reason
to take it from him.
It's another reason
for you to take it.
I gotta do it, Alicia...
what Grace asked me to do...
and get Mo as far away
from here as possible.
But where are you gonna
take her?
I mean,
there's no way out.
I know a way.
♪
Grace said the weather patterns
might have been affected...
that the fallout could hug
the coast for hundreds of miles.
But that woman
that we sent to Strand...
she came from
someplace clean.
And what if
I can't find it?
Take her out, drive around
the block a few times.
I can't do this.
I can't walk away just as
you're about to face him.
You have to.
For her.
For Grace.
For yourself.
Look, we're both doing
something we don't want to do.
But you're right,
you know?
I'm gonna be okay.
I can do this.
You're gonna
see me again.
Now go.
Yeah.
♪
I got this.
♪
I should take her.
She's sleeping
like a...
♪
Thanks.
♪
You know, you could get
on there, too.
No.
D, Strand doesn't know.
He can't use this
against us.
But... But we can
use it against him.
Because now, we have
something to fight for.
Okay.
♪
Ohhh, there you go, baby.
There you go.
♪
Thank you.
Oh, hang on.
♪
So it smells good and, well,
it's live entertainment.
♪
Appreciate it.
♪
Both of you.
♪
Alright, so, uh...
♪
Good luck, right?
♪
Okay.
♪
♪
♪
We gotta move!
The sun sets
in a few hours!
♪
Follow me!
♪
♪
♪
She didn't come alone.
The gang's all here.
To new beginnings.
We have very different ideas
of what that means.
She should've been out
by now.
What the hell
is going on up there?
It's over.
No!
♪
♪
Hey, honey,
where the hell are you?
Hey, what is it, D?
We got an SOS.
On the Dark Horse channel?
Yes. Yeah, some lady
got herself turned around
down near the inlet.
I'll meet you at the sub.
We see
the Dark Horses riding again,
and Dwight and Sherry
end up arriving
just in the nick of time,
and they save Maya
from some Walker trouble.
And then we see something kind
of very unexpected from Dwight.
He suggests that Maya goes
to the Tower.
Get your stuff
and I'll point you
in the right direction.
This is something that really
throws Sherry off
because she knows that Dwight,
along with Morgan and everyone
on the submarine, is planning to
launch and attack on the Tower.
So it's just not quite
adding up.
Why are you giving me
that look?
We're also wondering
why Sherry's calling Dwight out
on that because we just saw her
packing up a raft,
and we don't quite know why,
but that's what the episode
is all about unfolding.
What is going on
between the two of them?
I'm coming in hot.
I'm going to need a hand off.
Morgan.
Morgan.
I repeat, I am coming in hot.
The first time we see Morgan,
we want to have a little bit
of fun with that moment.
You know, at the end of the
prior episode, we saw him take
Baby Mo from John Dorie,
and then we saw John Dorie
walk back to the Walkers
to buy Morgan time.
And our hope is that
the audience would be expecting
that Morgan and Baby Mo
escaped fully.
But we built this scene really
to reveal this road behind him
and then slowly lift up
and see that it is just filled
with thousands of walkers.
And then we learn
that he actually drew
the walkers away from the Tower.
And what do you do
when you have thousands
of walkers on your tail?
How do you get rid of them?
Dwight and I might not have
enough ammo to take them out.
You definitely do not because
there are a lot of them.
How many?
It's all of them.
Obviously walker hordes
play a big part in this season,
from the very first episode
when Strand lit the light
on top of the tower
and drew all of the walkers
to form a moat.
We've seen that moat grow
over the past few episodes,
and, you know, here we see it
break off.
It does present a lot of
challenges
in terms of production,
especially when we're producing
these episodes
under COVID protocols.
I mean, in order to keep
everyone safe, we're limited
to the number of walkers
that we can have on set.
So it really ends up becoming
a... the realm of visual effects
where we shoot things with the
small number of walkers we have
and then we shoot them many
times so we can create tiles
and then fill the space
that way.
And then also we have
digital 3D walkers,
where we have
a large number of walkers
who have been scanned
and can be animated,
and we can use those walkers
to really fill out the herd.
♪
Morgan!
I'm sorry.
When we last saw Alicia,
she told Morgan
that she was going out to find
more people to join the cause,
that she essentially wanted
to become Padre herself
and find all the people who were
stuck out in the apocalypse,
tell them that there was a place
that they could live,
but they just needed to help her
take it from Strand.
And when she returns and we see
that she's empty handed,
we see the obvious
frustration there.
But we also see
some more frustration from her
when she learns that Morgan
has essentially set the gears
in motion to attack the Tower,
that the time is now.
There's no waiting.
The tower's unguarded,
at least until dawn.
We only get one shot at this,
and we're not ready.
Ultimately, her arc
in this episode
is getting to the point
where she can actually admit
deep down that she still cares
about Strand,
despite everything
he did to her.
There's still a part of her
that she's worried
won't be able to do
what needs to be done
to take the Tower,
that will be drawn in by Strand.
And I think even beneath
that is just some worry
that she's going to have
to hurt someone
that she once cared
about very deeply.
And that's a very hard thing
for her to
kind of wrap her head around.
Morgan, we're not...
ready.
It's the only way to make sure
that Mo is safe.
Mo very much is all about
the future for these characters,
about the next generation,
and, you know, she really
has been, since the moment
we saw her born
on the show
at the beginning of season six,
she represented the new life
that was to come.
You know, and we saw her father,
Isaac, give his life for her.
We then later saw her mother,
Rachel, give her life for Mo.
And then Morgan took her on
as his own child,
along with Grace,
and the two of them
have been really fighting
to not just keep her alive,
but also to create a world
that she'd want to grow up in.
And, you know,
we saw Strand try to co-opt that
by bringing her to the tower
and using her for leverage,
and then thinking that perhaps
she would be the thing
that would give him the love
he desires,
if he was able to raise her
in the way he wanted.
Beyond a symbolic level,
it really is all
about the future
and these characters thinking
about, you know,
surviving in the apocalypse
isn't enough...
that you have to find
bigger things to fight for.
What the hell is that?
I call it an automobile.
I will take credit
for the automobile joke,
and I'll just say that's
my dad joke cred there.
But really, that moment
was all about
just showing a bit of levity
from Dwight
and the potential for who Dwight
could be as a father
when he's around
someone as innocent as a child.
It's just hard for me to see
with her like this.
We know what's coming.
We heard the offer
that Strand made.
What does that have
to do with me?
I don't want you to turn
into the person
that you don't want to be.
We've been over this before,
okay?!
It's not going to happen.
When Dwight hears
that Sherry's worried
that he might actually
go to Strand,
he is hurt
because in his mind,
he's wondering how
Sherry could think
he would ever put himself
in a position
where he has to answer
to someone like Strand,
where he'd essentially
be reliving
what they went through
at the Sanctuary with Negan.
And Dwight doesn't know
what's really behind that.
So he senses that Sherry
is really struggling
with something,
and I think he's worried
that it has to do with him
and her feelings for him.
But ultimately, you know,
we learn that
there's a very different reason
Sherry's worried.
I think I might be
pregnant.
This is where Sherry actually
explains why she's worried
that Dwight might go to Strand,
because I think
Sherry believes that if
Dwight thinks she's pregnant,
that he will do
what's best for the child
and not what's best for him.
If this is positive,
you're going to want to do
what's best for her,
even if that means
going into Strand's Tower.
Come on. If we do that.
If we go into that place,
it will destroy all
the parts of you that I love.
But ultimately, it's actually
the thing that allows
Sherry and Dwight
to come closer together
because they're now
on the same page.
Dwight now knows what
Sherry's worried about.
And Dwight's able to reassure
her that, you know, in his mind,
he thinks it gives them
more reason to fight Strand.
You don't get
to do this alone.
especially when we're
in this together.
They not be out already?
Give them some time.
Alicia is in a position
where she realizes
she has to be the one to lead.
But ultimately, I think it's
the fact that Morgan tells her
she can do this...
that the one character
who, you know,
in 7A came to her and said,
"I need you to help me lead.
I can't do it all on my own."
He's now essentially
saying to her,
"You can do it on your own.
I believe in you."
I think that's a big part of why
she has the confidence to do it.
And the other part is that she
doesn't really have a choice.
She knows that someone's
got to stand up to Strand,
and if anybody can get
through to him, it's her.
You know, in many ways,
this season has been about
Alicia kind of shedding
the past.
We have seen her
come into her own
and change in a lot of ways.
I mean, obviously,
she lost an arm.
She'd been struggling with
this kind of mysterious illness.
And she's kind of found
this inner strength
that she didn't know she had.
And she's going to carry
that strength forward
as she leads everyone
to face Strand.
We got to move!
Sun sets in a few hours.
Follow me.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪