Fear the Walking Dead (2015–…): Season 7, Episode 8 - Padre - full transcript
Alicia enlists Morgan's help to search for a new home for her people, but Morgan soon learns the search is more complicated than he imagined.
You're not the only one
who loves her.
♪
She'll find this place.
[Chuckles]
She'll get through
to you.
Aah!
[Screaming]
No, she won't!
What do you want?
Same thing we wanted
when we called before.
A new beginning
for my people.
That's not gonna happen.
Well, this might
change your mind.
We found a warhead out here.
♪
I brought you here
'cause I need your help.
[Chuckles]
Good luck, Alicia.
[Tapping]
[Footsteps
receding slowly]
You -- You lock me in here,
I'm not gonna make the world
the way you want it to be!
I know.
That's what I'm counting on.
♪
[Labored breathing]
[Stifled sobs]
♪
Hey.
Hey!
You can't leave me down here!
No!
Let me out!
[Beeping]
[Grunting, panicked breathing]
♪
Let me out!
♪
♪
[Shudders]
[Stifled sobs]
♪
♪
♪
[Squeak, water spraying,
gasps]
♪
[Rodents squeaking]
♪
♪
[Creaking]
[Lights snapping on]
[Electricity buzzing softly]
♪
♪
♪
[Gun cocks]
Don't move.
Turn around.
♪
Do you know what Teddy's
doing up there?
Why does he have us down here?
Man: I found another straggler.
[Alicia panting]
If you ask me what I see
when I look at him,
I will gouge your eyes out.
I don't care
what you see.
We need fresh compost
for the garden.
[Walker growling]
No.
No!
No! No! No! No!
Man: Wait!
You Alicia Clark?
Who the hell are you?
My name's Arno.
Teddy didn't have the chance
to tell us that you arrived.
[Walker growling]
She's the one
we've been waiting for.
The one that's gonna lead us
to our new beginning.
I'm not leading you psychos
anywhere.
He warned us
you might say that but...
He also said you'd come around.
[Screaming]
[Squelching]
Teddy's full of shit.
Get out of the way.
Now!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Let her.
Not going anywhere.
[Explosion echoing]
Go, go!
Masks on, now!
[Indistinct shouting]
Leave it all!
Leave everything!
About a hundred walkers
over the ridge!
We need to stay ahead
of the smoke.
Come on!
Move!
Back!
[Walkers growling]
Who are these people,
Alicia?
Where have you been?
It's a long story,
Morgan.
And now's not the time
to tell it.
Go!Come on!
Let's go!
[Walkers growling]
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♪
♪
[Jingling, horse nickers]
We're all clear, D.
You heard her!
We're clear!
Masks off!
Hydrate while you can!
Do we have a head count.
28, minus Mickey
and the patrol.
Sherry, see if you can find them
before they head back to camp.
Okay.
[Sighs, clicks tongue]
How long until you think
it's safe for us to return?
The people who set those
explosives --
if they were tellin'
the truth?
The camp is done,
Alicia.
No, that's our food...
supplies.
Everything we had
was back there.
I know!
No, we don't have
any more time.
Tell them to bring the Senator.
I can't stick around out here.
Victor and me --
we had a falling out,
and there's some things
that I need to take care of.
Look, he's gonna
let you in.
Your people, too.
He wanted me to try
and find you for him.
No.
I don't want to see Strand.
He didn't think
you would.
Look, he's got
Grace and the baby.
He's holding 'em
hostage.
Is he gonna
hurt them?
I don't think so.
He needs Grace.
He needs her help.
Okay.
Then they can wait.
There's a reason I asked
Dwight and Sherry to find you.
I need your help.
With him.
[Walker growling]
Who is that?
Dwight and Sherry found him
a few days ago.
I don't understand.
Is he somebody she lost?
She won't tell us.
But it's why all the walkers
have been stripped around here.
The guy who
attacked Strand?
He didn't want her
finding that one.
Why not?
You'll have to
hear it from her.
Get him ready.
[Grunting, clanging]
[Grunting, clanging]
Wait!
Don't!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Make one more sound,
and it'll be your last.
That door is rated
to withstand
a 50 kiloton
nuclear blast, okay?
Y-you are not gonna get out
that way.
How the hell
do you know that?
Because I lived here before
these assholes found it,
and I've been trying to find
a way out ever since.
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♪
I'm Will.
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Is there another way
out of here?
Maybe.
Come on.
♪
How long have you been
down here?
Since Senator Vasquez's
security detail brought us in.
Who's Senator Vasquez?
Junior senator
from Oklahoma?
We came here after
the hospitals
started getting overcrowded
to regroup
with other
government officials.
They never made it.
You've been down here
since the start,
but that was years ago.
It was our protocol to ensure
continuity of government.
[Electricity buzzing softly]
Lock the door until we got word
that it was safe to come out.
Where's everybody else?
Dead. Survivors found
the entrance to the bunker,
said they were starving.
We weren't supposed to
let anybody else in,
but it'd been years since we'd
seen any other living people.
We didn't want to watch them die
through that window,
so the Senator
opened the door.
And they killed him?
[Sighs]
They killed everyone.
Except you.
I was doing maintenance
on the air filters
when the door opened.
I could hear everything from the
upper level when they attacked,
so I hid, and, uh,
that's what I've been doing
ever since.
So, how do I get out of here?
[Sighs]
Those people activated
the timed lock.
There's no way
to open that door.
You said there's
another way out.
I --
There might be another way.
What?
You haven't tried?
Look, I don't --
I haven't been
up there yet, alright?
I-I've been, you know,
working up the courage.
I don't have time
to hand-hold.
Listen, someone up there is
trying to destroy everything.
I've warned someone, but I'm not
sure he's gonna come through.
What do you mean everything?
Man: Alicia!
Alicia!
Where are you?
You don't have to hide!
Go back to them.
Play along with
whatever they want.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna find a way out
for you.
♪
♪
[Growling]
He'll be easier
to see this way.
Alicia.
The hell's going on here?
And what does it
all have to do with me?
Okay.
I need you to help me find
a place called PADRE.
Yeah, I met some folk who
were looking for that place.
What do you know about it?
It's someplace...
safe from all this,
with plans to rebuild,
resources to do it.
Yeah.
You know where?
No, I don't, but...
He does.
[Walker growling]
He does?
Yeah.
What makes you think that?
You wouldn't understand.
Look, no one has, okay?
You're just gonna
have to trust me.
Okay.
[Walkers growling]
Everybody up.
Get up.
Come on.
[Growling]
[Squelching]
They're ours.
It's the patrol.
We got company.
There were Rangers on horseback.
They opened fire on us.
Rangers?
Whose?
Strand's.
Why would he do that?
'Cause y'all are dressed
in the same clothes
as the people
who attacked the Tower.
We need to go now.
Find someplace safe
for everyone else to lay low.
The sub -- there's room
for everybody there.
Then let's go there.
Where's Mickey?
Is she okay?
She's fine, but she heard
the chatter on the walkie
about the Senator.
She doesn't want any part of it.
I'll draw Strand's
people away.
Why don't you get
everyone moving.
This better work.
♪
♪
Do you trust me?
Yes, I do.
♪
[Squelching]
Alicia?
♪
It's so he doesn't follow us.
Oh, I know
what you're doing,
and I've seen people get sick
from a lot less.
[Rapid gunfire
in distance]
♪
You in or not?
♪
[Growling]
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♪
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Alicia: What is this place?
It's your new room.
Teddy thought
you might want this.
[Sighs]
What is this?
Something the old tenants
left behind.
We'll clear it out
for you.
[Radio static clicks]
[Sighs]
I'm listening.
Man: Found an intruder
in the service area.
Looks like one of the Senator's
people slipped past us.
Return him to the earth.
One step ahead of you.
♪
[Screaming]
Please! Stop!
Please stop!
You might want to listen to him!
[Growling]
♪
Teddy was right!
I am the person that's gonna
lead you to a new beginning.
And that starts now.
And that means no one
gets returned to the earth.
Let him go.
Let him go!
You heard her.
Let him go.
Leave us.
Leave us!
Now!
Go!
Go, now!
[Growling]
Thank you.
I need that way out.
And here I thought it was
because you were starting
to like me.
Can they remember
anything?
What?
It really is the first time
you've seen one up close.
Yeah, but it's not...
it's not that,
it's...
[Stifled sob]
That's Senator Vasquez.
I'm sorry.
They don't remember
anything.
They're just
walking corpses, okay?
And if you forget that,
that's when things
become dangerous.
Look, there was a binder
in the senator's quarters.
It was marked "PADRE".
It said "Rebuilding
Our Country's Future".
That's where we were
supposed to go
when it was safe
to leave here.
The Senator said it was
stocked full
of everything we needed
to start over.
Where is it?
Padre Island?
No.
That'd be too obvious.
The location was classified.
He's the only one who knew.
He got a message to his family
to go there when it became clear
that they wouldn't be able
to make the trip here.
Did they make it?
We don't know if anyone
made it.
Senator tried to make contact
on a radio in his room,
but he could never
get a clear signal.
Do you think you could find it
if I got us out of here?
I don't --
Your guess
is as good as mine.
But, Alicia, I --
if we find
a way out --
and I have to be clear --
I'm not going
with you, okay?
They will kill you if I leave.
I'm -- I'm not ready
for whatever's out there.
Do you get that?
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay.
♪
This protects people
who wear it.
♪
Thank you.
♪
[Growling]
If you turn it off,
he'll hear it.
And if we follow without this,
we may end up just like him.
Hey, hey, hey.
[Coughing]
You alright?
God, Alicia,
you are sweating.
I haven't had a meal
in a week.
I haven't slept
in twice as long.
My camp just got destroyed
by radiation.
It's about 100 degrees
out here, so...
I think
I'm doing pretty well.
Any idea where we are?
It doesn't matter.
We follow him for as long
as he goes.
[Bullet ricochets, gunfire]
♪
You should show yourself.
If they know you're here,
they won't fire.
I don't wanna see Strand!
And I don't want to get shot!
[Rapid gunfire]
Hey!
Hey!
The people you're
chasing out here --
they are not the people
who attacked the Tower!
We're not here for the people
who attacked the Tower!
We're here for you,
Mr. Jones.
[Gunfire]
Me and Strand
had a deal!
You tried to kill him
in his house!
What?!
It's not what it sounds like.
[Gunfire]
[Growling]
Shit.
Alicia!
[Rapid gunfire,
walkers growling]
They will kill you.
They're gonna kill him.
We will find PADRE another way.
There is no other way.
I'm not gonna let you die
for something that's
already dead.
Morgan --
[Gunfire, walkers growling]
Hey, I can't lose you, alright?!
I need you!
You were fine without me!
I'm not talking about me, I'm
talking about everybody else.
[Gunfire]
Out of the way!
[Gunshots]
Just come on!
We gotta go!
[Gunfire]
Follow me!
Man: Give up!
[indistinct]
Nowhere to run now!
Hold your fire.
You're gonna get us killed.
Hey!
Stop!
Move again and I will shoot you!
What do you think
they're gonna do?
Wait.
Alicia.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were with him.
♪
Don't do it.
♪
Well, I see that you found her.
I did.
And you were right, Victor.
She really didn't want
to see you.
[Gunshot]
What are you looking at?!
Get down there!
Now!
♪
[Walker growling]
What are we even doing here?
I know what I'm doing.
I'm not sure what you are.
Did you really
try to kill him?
Man tried to kill me.
I know --
on the sub.
I'm just trying
to keep you alive.
I didn't ask you to.
Then what am I doing here?
Why'd you send Dwight and Sherry
out looking for me?
What did you mean back there?
When you said you
couldn't do this anymore.
I gotta stop doing
what I've been doing.
Seems like I been wishing
a world into existence
that just doesn't want to be,
and I need your help.
I need -- I need...
I need somebody to step in
and help me.
What makes you think
I can do that?
God, look around.
You think we can do any worse?
I'm sorry, Morgan.
I can't.
Then tell me why.
'Cause all I'm asking is that
you help me make sure
that everybody
ends up someplace safe.
Well, if you want to help,
help me find PADRE.
Help me find a place
everyone can be safe.
We don't even know
if that place really exists.
Yes! I do!
How?! Where is it?
Because all I can see is
this walker who has been dead
for a long time that you
keep risking your life to save.
They're not...
totally gone;
they're there.
There's an echo
of who they once were.
No, there's not.
Yes, there has to be!
No, they don't!
I thought that --
I thought that, and then
my son died because of it.
We need to keep moving before
Strand's rangers turn up.
We need to gut this walker
and cover ourselves so --
Morgan!
Hey! Stop! Stop!
I'm gonna kill this thing
because you're asking me
to risk my life
and watch you risk yours,
and you're not telling me why.
I need him.I am serious!
Unless you tell me why you think
this walker
is our only chance
of finding someplace safe.
Drop your weapons!
[Guns cocking]
♪
[Rodents squeaking]
[Growling, footsteps plodding]
These pipes are part
of the sump system
that keeps the bunker dry.
They gotta drain somewhere
outside this place.
[Growling]
This isn't gonna work.
We can take it from here.
The tunnels branch.
If we don't find how the rats
are getting in and out,
we're not going anywhere.
[Growling]
I need you to pin him
to the ground.
Are you squeamish?
No.
Oh, God!
What the hell are you doing?
[Squelching, Alicia grunting]
We don't have a choice.
Just don't get it in your eyes
or in your mouth.
Why?
What happens?
It could make you
really sick.
You could end up like him.
I'm sorry, Elias.
But I think you'd understand.
This is the only way
we're gonna find PADRE.
That's the only way
we're gonna find your family.
I'm sorry.
You didn't kill him, Alicia.
No, I'm -- I'm sorry...
for not remembering.
You know, you spend so much time
up there, you start
to forget the dead
used to be alive.
Well, maybe that's
why I'm here.
Help you remember
how things used to be.
♪
[Rats squeaking,
walker growling]
♪
I'll go first.
♪
We'll get out.
Okay?
I'll find my people.
We'll stop him.
Then we'll find PADRE,
finish what
your boss started.
Alicia...
What?
♪
You know what, I'll tell you
when we get up there.
♪
♪
Still see him?
Yeah.
He's moving faster
than I thought.
Come on.
♪
[Growling]
♪
[Rumbling]
[Ringing, growling]
[Debris clattering]
Alicia!
Alicia!
Do you hear me?
Alicia!
[Walker growling]
We could've been out of here
by now, Morgan.
They would've caught up
to us anyway.
You wanna tell me why you were
fighting over that skinbag?
[Growling]
Get my friends up.
You didn't have to run.
We gave each other our word,
Victor.
My word may mean something
in a civilized place
such as the Tower, but out here,
words are just words.
Which means there's nothing you
can say that can change my mind.
Who's this?
Alicia: No one.
Why's he on a leash?
Why did you save him back there?
Who was he?
Don't. I'm warning you.
He's already dead, Alicia.
Don't make things worse
than they already are.
I know what you've done.
What you've built.
You should know
that it's worked.
It's better than anything
we've ever had.
Yeah, and I know
what it cost you.
I don't think you do.
I thought I could do it alone.
I thought I had to.
And now...
I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.
You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.
You sure about that?
I don't need your tower.
I don't need
what you're offering.
I don't need --
What do you need? PADRE?
I've been to
the bunker, Alicia.
I saw the note
that you left behind.
You should know that
PADRE is a myth.
Many people have ended up
at my doorstep
because they almost died
looking for a place
that someone on the other end
of a radio made up.
Don't make
the same mistake.
I'm not settling
for what you have.
Or how you got it.
Are you sure about that?
Yes.
[Inhales, exhales]
Kill it -- she'll come if she
doesn't have a choice.
No.
Better yet --
kill him,
then kill it.
No!Hey!
No!
Come on, Victor!
No! No!
No! No! No!
Don't do this!
[Biting]
Everyone stand back!
♪
Alicia, your arm.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
You okay?
I'm fine!
I'm sorry.
This isn't the way
I wanted things to go down.
You need to leave.
Alicia, let me help you --
I said leave!
Now!
Go!
♪
♪
[Dramatic music,
walker growling faintly]
[Alicia coughing]
♪
[Weakly]
Will?
Will?
Will?
[Coughs]
♪
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
[Hushed]
Will?!
[Growling]
[Hushed]
Will?!
♪
[Shouting]
Will!
Alicia!
I'm here!
I can hear you!
Hang on!
I-I-I-I-I'm trying
to get you out of here!
I don't think I have time, Will.
The senator is in here.
♪
[Growling]
♪
[Growling]
No, no, no, no, no.
Will?
He turned around.
He's coming back.
[Grunting]
[Growling]
[Groaning]
[Straining]
♪
Hang in there, Alicia!
I'm trying!
[Grunting]
Hurry, Will!
I don't know if this
is gonna hold!
[Grunting]
♪
[Panting]
[Growls, stops]
[Panting]
I think I got it.
I don't think
it can get through.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
I can clear the rest.
It's just, uh -- It's just --
Just hang in there
a little longer.
Thank you.
I wouldn't have been able
to do this without you --
[Rumbling]
No!
No!
Alicia!
[Growling]
No! No!
[Smashes]
[Bite crunching]
[Alicia screams]
♪
Alicia!
[Growling, rumbling]
Alicia?
Alicia, what the hell was that.
Are you okay?
[Softly]
No, no...
Alicia!
Are you okay?
He -- H-he bit me.
What does that mean?
[Sobbing]
It means it's over, Will.
No. No, there's got to be
a way to stop it.
It doesn't matter,
there's nothing up there
to save anyway.
The warheads --
they went off.
You don't know that.
And the people down here --
they need you.
They just think that because
Teddy told them to.
Fine, I need you.
I couldn't --
I couldn't stop Teddy.
I-I didn't help anyone.
You're gonna
get through this.
[Ragged breathing]
No, it's --
it's spreading.
There's got to be a way
to stop it!
No, Will, it's over.
You don't have to rebuild
the world the way
Teddy wanted you to, okay?
You can rebuild it
the way you want to.
And you need to survive.
Because that's -- that's --
that's a world
that I want to be a part of.
Alicia, I-I know --
I know I haven't
known you long, but I --
Don't.
Don't what?
Don't...
say something to me
just because I'm dying.
Fine.
Fine, I won't.
♪
Because you're gonna survive.
♪
♪
[Soft growling]
[Insects chirping,
fire crackling]
So, I'm gonna keep asking
until you let me have a look.
You got bit
and you can't ignore it,
and there still might be
something we can do
about it, so...
Dear God.
I told you, I'm fine.
I'm so sorry.
Don't worry about it.
Are those, um...
Mine?
Yeah.
Yeah.
How did it happen?
Wait, is that -- is that why
you've been following him?
Is...
It's okay.
It's okay.
No.
You can tell me
whenever you're ready.
[Growling]
I still need to gut this walker.
♪
You coming or not?
[Shallow breathing]
♪
Alicia.
Before I do this,
if it's been too long,
you have to promise me
you won't let me hurt
anyone down here.
I don't understand.
If I get a fever...
If it looks like
I'm going to turn...
I need you to kill me first.
Can you promise me that?
That's not gonna happen.
Can you promise me that?!
♪
I promise.
♪
♪
[Exhales]
[Inhales, exhales]
[Screaming]
Alicia?!
Alicia?!
[Growling]
♪
[Soft squelching in background]
[Soft gasp]
Will?
Will?
Will?!
Alicia!
Alicia.
Oh, thank God!
What --
What happened?
The bombs struck nearby.
M--
My friends.
I need to get to them.
Are they okay?
Do you know something?
Arno heard from some of Teddy's
people above ground
before the bombs
detonated.
Your friends --
they tried to stop
that psycho,
but...
What?
Victor --
he got in the way.
[Labored breathing]
Will, how long
have I been out?
A week.
Your fever broke.
You passed out after
you amputated your arm.
You almost bled out
before I got to you.
But I got you back here.
Arno and some of the others --
they helped stop the bleeding.
What do you mean my fever?
You started running a fever.
It got pretty bad.
But...
No.
No, I didn't
get to it in time.
Didn't get to what?
My -- My arm.
No.
The infection.
No.
We don't know that.
We do!
You amputated
your own arm.
In a drain.
Okay?
The infection could be
from anything --
sepsis, tetanus --
Or the bite!
The fever broke.
Okay?
I could've killed
everyone in here.
I was never gonna
let that happen.
You promised.
You said you would kill me.
Alicia --No, like it or not,
these people
are my responsibility now.
I couldn't save anybody
up there.
I'm not gonna make
that same mistake again.
I know. I know.
And I --
And you're here now,
and you still can,
and I can help you.
No, Will, you can't.
♪
♪
[Growling]
You don't have to tell me
what's happening...
Not until you're ready.
[Growling]
We can't let him
out of our sight.
[Growling]
[Gasps]
We found it.
♪
This has to be it.
[Sighs]
It's not.
That's not PADRE.
♪
♪
[Walkers growling]
♪
He's gone.
We're not gonna be
getting him back now.
[Walkers growling]
He was supposed to lead us
to a place
where everyone could be safe.
It's not in there.
Let me take you
back to the sub.
No, I can't.
You can't take me there.
No, it's okay.
You'll be safe there.
Yeah, but you won't.
You wanna tell me what's
really going on here or what?
I didn't amputate my arm
in time.
The infection's
still inside me.
My body's trying to
fight it.
It's only a matter of time
before I lose.
I'll have June
take a look.
Give you some
antibiotics.
You can --No, I tried all that.
♪
Nothing's
stopped it.
That's why I can't
help you, Morgan.
I can't be the person
you need me to be.
♪
I don't know how much longer
I have left.
♪
I thought it was long enough
to find PADRE.
We'll find someplace else.
[Chuckles]
The longer we look,
the more chance I have
of hurting
a lot of people.
That's why I need you.
This is why you been trying
to believe
that there was something
left in that walker.
♪
I'm gonna be one soon.
No.
[Loud snarl]
♪
Stay here.
♪
[Walkers growling]
[Loud snarl]
[Grunts, squelching]
The light's drawing 'em.
Gonna be more if we stay here.
[Jingling, hoofbeats approach]
Alicia.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry.
We'll get you to June.
For once, it wasn't your fault.
What happened to your arm?
It doesn't matter.
Where's the walker?
In your moat.
Must have underestimated you,
Alicia.
That walker...
led you to where
you're supposed to be.
Don't you see?
You belong here.
Bring your people.
Will you take care of them?
Like I invited
them in myself.
You know you
can't trust him.
She wasn't asking you.
What if I'm not here?
But you will be.
Promise me.
Alicia, I don't understand.
Are you still sick?
Promise me.
I promise.
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
I'll take care of it.
No.
[Horse nickers]
[Growling continues]
♪
[Gasping]
Will?
Will? Will?!
Will?
W-Will, I think I know
what we need to do.
♪
Will: I'm sorry I couldn't keep
my promise to you.
♪
I said I'd help you remember
how the world used to work,
but now I wonder if that's
what you really need.
If I stay, I'll just remind you
of a way of life
that no longer exists.
You need to build
something better.
Don't worry about me.
I'll figure it out up there.
And maybe one day, I'll get
to see the world you built.
♪
♪
Did you do this?
Answer me!
Did you know where he came from?
That I knew him?!
Why would you kill him?!
Because I knew that
it would hurt you.
I wanted to keep you away
so that I could build this tower
the way it
needed to be built.
And why would killing him
do that?
Because he told me
that he loved you!
♪
How long can we hold out
on the sub?
With everybody?
A week.
Two tops.
That's enough.
You have taken so much from me.
And now I'm gonna
take something from you.
I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.
It's too late for that!
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
♪
I'll protect it if I must.
♪
Then we're going to war.
♪
You locked me in here!
I'm not gonna make the world the
way you want it to be!
I know.
That's what I'm counting on.
Chambliss: We find Alicia, at
the beginning of this episode,
picking up moments after
we left her in Season 6,
just after Teddy
had locked her behind the doors
of the fallout bunker.
The reason Teddy chose her to be
the person to go in this bunker
to ultimately lead his people,
is the fact that she
wasn't someone who was just
gonna his philosophy
and do what he would've done,
she's someone who, Teddy sees,
has the potential
to be a great leader.
And that's kind of the journey
she's going on
in the flashback.
And it's paired with this
journey
that we see in the present day,
where she is leading
this band of people and we
really don't know a whole lot
about what happened
in that bunker.
But we know one thing,
we know it was serious.
And we know that it changed her
because the light that we,
kind of know from Alicia,
the warmth,
those all seem to be very dim in
the Alicia that Morgan
is meeting in the present.
And it's really all about asking
that question,
"Why? What happened?"
Who are these people,
Alicia?
Where have you been?
It's a long story,
Morgan.
And now's
not the time to tell it.
Morgan is finding himself
in a very interesting place.
It's clear that Alicia doesn't
want to just come out
and tell him what happened, that
what happened is too painful.
And I think Morgan
understands Alicia enough
and has enough trust in her
that even though everything
she's doing seems so out of
character for her,
seems in many ways kind of
crazy,
I mean following a Walker,
thinking it's gonna
lead you somewhere,
isn't something
that most people do in the
apocalypse.
But it really is all about
Morgan's trust and faith
in Alicia that he can see how
important this is to her,
that he is willing to kind of
go along for the ride.
[Gunshots]
Man: Wait.
Alicia.
The moment when Strand sees
Alicia, I think it really
catches him off guard.
I think it's the thing that
proves to him
that he actually is missing
something in that tower.
The suspicions that he had in
episode 707 where he asks Morgan
to find Alicia, are actually
turning out to be true.
Seeing her is essentially him
realizing what he's missing,
realizing the human connection
that he doesn't have.
I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.
You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.
You sure about that?
I don't think Strand would want
to admit that it hurts him,
but he's definitely wounded when
Alicia rejects his offer
to come live in the tower.
Strand knows that Alicia
is his weakness.
He doesn't like
having a weakness.
He tried to get rid of it
by killing Will
at the beginning of the season,
but it didn't work.
And it's, honestly, something
that Strand thinks he's
gonna be able to remedy
by offering Alicia and her
followers
a place in the tower.
You belong here.
Bring your people.
They come pretty close to
making a deal.
But then Strand's past actions
come back to haunt him
once again,
when Alicia actually sees
Will's Walker remains
outside the tower.
She sees that medallion around
his neck.
And she starts to put
two and two together
and realizes that if Will is
dead at the tower
then that probably means Strand
had something to do with it.
Did you do this?
Strand's in a place where he
knows he's not gonna be able to
lie his way out of this one,
so he actually admits
the truth to Alicia.
Why would you kill him?!
Because I knew that
it would hurt you.
That's the thing that Alicia
can't bear.
That Strand would be willing to
do something so dark
just to get to Alicia to protect
that tower that he built.
You have taken so much from me.
And now I'm gonna
take something from you.
I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.
It's too late for that!
When we were thinking of what it
would take to transform
a character like Alicia,
it felt like it needed to be
something pretty big.
And, we landed on the idea of a
Walker bite...
[Groans]...and Alicia
cutting her arm off.
We wanted the impact
of that reveal to be
as powerful as possible.
And we get it,
kind of in two pieces.
We get the flashback
where we see her bit
and then we get the present-day
reveal where we see her
take her sleeve off
and reveal that she's fashioned
a prosthetic from her arm bones.
And it's something that is
definitely making a statement.
You know, we see it
on Morgan's face.
His mind goes to
many different places,
concern, because he's worried
about Alicia.
But then he's also seeing that
she used the bones
to make a prosthetic and that
this must have something
to do with she's been acting so
strangely all episode.
And I think
one of the biggest things
that we'll continue to explore
is what Alicia admits to Morgan
near the end of the episode
where she tells him
that, yes, she amputated the arm
but that she's not sure
if she did it in time.
The infection's
still inside me.
My body's trying to
fight it.
We have seen many characters
bit by Walkers.
We've seen many characters
turn because of Walker bites.
But we haven't actually seen
anyone battle a Walker bite
long-term.
And, Alicia is going to have
a very tumultuous
emotional journey,
in the back half of this season.
And we wanted a physical journey
to go along with that.
The bite, the fevers,
and what Alicia's
going to be going through
with Strand
and some of the other characters
this season
are all really gonna work hand
in hand.
Your friends -- they tried
to stop that psycho,
but...
What?
Victor --
he got in the way.
Strand's need to be
the one to save the day
actually ended up being the
thing that allowed Teddy
to fire the nuclear missiles.
So in Alicia's mind,
she is blaming Strand
as being the impetus
for this entire world
that they're now living in,
and ultimately,
also being the impetus for what
happened to her in the bunker.
If those bombs hadn't gone off,
the tunnels may not have
collapsed,
she may not have been bitten,
she might not have had to
amputate her arm.
And she might not be suffering
like the way she is.
So in her mind, Strand is
at the center of everything
that's gone wrong with them.
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
I'll protect it if I must.
Then we're going to war.
Alicia declaring a war on Strand
really is
Strand's worst nightmare
come true.
The one person who he wanted to
live in that tower with him,
who he wanted to show
that he could build
something like that, too,
was Alicia.
And she is now
standing opposite him saying,
"I'm gonna do everything
in my power
to make sure you don't have
that tower."
And that is really going to
drive the conflict
as we go forward.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
who loves her.
♪
She'll find this place.
[Chuckles]
She'll get through
to you.
Aah!
[Screaming]
No, she won't!
What do you want?
Same thing we wanted
when we called before.
A new beginning
for my people.
That's not gonna happen.
Well, this might
change your mind.
We found a warhead out here.
♪
I brought you here
'cause I need your help.
[Chuckles]
Good luck, Alicia.
[Tapping]
[Footsteps
receding slowly]
You -- You lock me in here,
I'm not gonna make the world
the way you want it to be!
I know.
That's what I'm counting on.
♪
[Labored breathing]
[Stifled sobs]
♪
Hey.
Hey!
You can't leave me down here!
No!
Let me out!
[Beeping]
[Grunting, panicked breathing]
♪
Let me out!
♪
♪
[Shudders]
[Stifled sobs]
♪
♪
♪
[Squeak, water spraying,
gasps]
♪
[Rodents squeaking]
♪
♪
[Creaking]
[Lights snapping on]
[Electricity buzzing softly]
♪
♪
♪
[Gun cocks]
Don't move.
Turn around.
♪
Do you know what Teddy's
doing up there?
Why does he have us down here?
Man: I found another straggler.
[Alicia panting]
If you ask me what I see
when I look at him,
I will gouge your eyes out.
I don't care
what you see.
We need fresh compost
for the garden.
[Walker growling]
No.
No!
No! No! No! No!
Man: Wait!
You Alicia Clark?
Who the hell are you?
My name's Arno.
Teddy didn't have the chance
to tell us that you arrived.
[Walker growling]
She's the one
we've been waiting for.
The one that's gonna lead us
to our new beginning.
I'm not leading you psychos
anywhere.
He warned us
you might say that but...
He also said you'd come around.
[Screaming]
[Squelching]
Teddy's full of shit.
Get out of the way.
Now!
Move!
Move!
Move!
Let her.
Not going anywhere.
[Explosion echoing]
Go, go!
Masks on, now!
[Indistinct shouting]
Leave it all!
Leave everything!
About a hundred walkers
over the ridge!
We need to stay ahead
of the smoke.
Come on!
Move!
Back!
[Walkers growling]
Who are these people,
Alicia?
Where have you been?
It's a long story,
Morgan.
And now's not the time
to tell it.
Go!Come on!
Let's go!
[Walkers growling]
♪
♪
♪
[Jingling, horse nickers]
We're all clear, D.
You heard her!
We're clear!
Masks off!
Hydrate while you can!
Do we have a head count.
28, minus Mickey
and the patrol.
Sherry, see if you can find them
before they head back to camp.
Okay.
[Sighs, clicks tongue]
How long until you think
it's safe for us to return?
The people who set those
explosives --
if they were tellin'
the truth?
The camp is done,
Alicia.
No, that's our food...
supplies.
Everything we had
was back there.
I know!
No, we don't have
any more time.
Tell them to bring the Senator.
I can't stick around out here.
Victor and me --
we had a falling out,
and there's some things
that I need to take care of.
Look, he's gonna
let you in.
Your people, too.
He wanted me to try
and find you for him.
No.
I don't want to see Strand.
He didn't think
you would.
Look, he's got
Grace and the baby.
He's holding 'em
hostage.
Is he gonna
hurt them?
I don't think so.
He needs Grace.
He needs her help.
Okay.
Then they can wait.
There's a reason I asked
Dwight and Sherry to find you.
I need your help.
With him.
[Walker growling]
Who is that?
Dwight and Sherry found him
a few days ago.
I don't understand.
Is he somebody she lost?
She won't tell us.
But it's why all the walkers
have been stripped around here.
The guy who
attacked Strand?
He didn't want her
finding that one.
Why not?
You'll have to
hear it from her.
Get him ready.
[Grunting, clanging]
[Grunting, clanging]
Wait!
Don't!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Make one more sound,
and it'll be your last.
That door is rated
to withstand
a 50 kiloton
nuclear blast, okay?
Y-you are not gonna get out
that way.
How the hell
do you know that?
Because I lived here before
these assholes found it,
and I've been trying to find
a way out ever since.
♪
♪
I'm Will.
♪
Is there another way
out of here?
Maybe.
Come on.
♪
How long have you been
down here?
Since Senator Vasquez's
security detail brought us in.
Who's Senator Vasquez?
Junior senator
from Oklahoma?
We came here after
the hospitals
started getting overcrowded
to regroup
with other
government officials.
They never made it.
You've been down here
since the start,
but that was years ago.
It was our protocol to ensure
continuity of government.
[Electricity buzzing softly]
Lock the door until we got word
that it was safe to come out.
Where's everybody else?
Dead. Survivors found
the entrance to the bunker,
said they were starving.
We weren't supposed to
let anybody else in,
but it'd been years since we'd
seen any other living people.
We didn't want to watch them die
through that window,
so the Senator
opened the door.
And they killed him?
[Sighs]
They killed everyone.
Except you.
I was doing maintenance
on the air filters
when the door opened.
I could hear everything from the
upper level when they attacked,
so I hid, and, uh,
that's what I've been doing
ever since.
So, how do I get out of here?
[Sighs]
Those people activated
the timed lock.
There's no way
to open that door.
You said there's
another way out.
I --
There might be another way.
What?
You haven't tried?
Look, I don't --
I haven't been
up there yet, alright?
I-I've been, you know,
working up the courage.
I don't have time
to hand-hold.
Listen, someone up there is
trying to destroy everything.
I've warned someone, but I'm not
sure he's gonna come through.
What do you mean everything?
Man: Alicia!
Alicia!
Where are you?
You don't have to hide!
Go back to them.
Play along with
whatever they want.
What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna find a way out
for you.
♪
♪
[Growling]
He'll be easier
to see this way.
Alicia.
The hell's going on here?
And what does it
all have to do with me?
Okay.
I need you to help me find
a place called PADRE.
Yeah, I met some folk who
were looking for that place.
What do you know about it?
It's someplace...
safe from all this,
with plans to rebuild,
resources to do it.
Yeah.
You know where?
No, I don't, but...
He does.
[Walker growling]
He does?
Yeah.
What makes you think that?
You wouldn't understand.
Look, no one has, okay?
You're just gonna
have to trust me.
Okay.
[Walkers growling]
Everybody up.
Get up.
Come on.
[Growling]
[Squelching]
They're ours.
It's the patrol.
We got company.
There were Rangers on horseback.
They opened fire on us.
Rangers?
Whose?
Strand's.
Why would he do that?
'Cause y'all are dressed
in the same clothes
as the people
who attacked the Tower.
We need to go now.
Find someplace safe
for everyone else to lay low.
The sub -- there's room
for everybody there.
Then let's go there.
Where's Mickey?
Is she okay?
She's fine, but she heard
the chatter on the walkie
about the Senator.
She doesn't want any part of it.
I'll draw Strand's
people away.
Why don't you get
everyone moving.
This better work.
♪
♪
Do you trust me?
Yes, I do.
♪
[Squelching]
Alicia?
♪
It's so he doesn't follow us.
Oh, I know
what you're doing,
and I've seen people get sick
from a lot less.
[Rapid gunfire
in distance]
♪
You in or not?
♪
[Growling]
♪
♪
♪
Alicia: What is this place?
It's your new room.
Teddy thought
you might want this.
[Sighs]
What is this?
Something the old tenants
left behind.
We'll clear it out
for you.
[Radio static clicks]
[Sighs]
I'm listening.
Man: Found an intruder
in the service area.
Looks like one of the Senator's
people slipped past us.
Return him to the earth.
One step ahead of you.
♪
[Screaming]
Please! Stop!
Please stop!
You might want to listen to him!
[Growling]
♪
Teddy was right!
I am the person that's gonna
lead you to a new beginning.
And that starts now.
And that means no one
gets returned to the earth.
Let him go.
Let him go!
You heard her.
Let him go.
Leave us.
Leave us!
Now!
Go!
Go, now!
[Growling]
Thank you.
I need that way out.
And here I thought it was
because you were starting
to like me.
Can they remember
anything?
What?
It really is the first time
you've seen one up close.
Yeah, but it's not...
it's not that,
it's...
[Stifled sob]
That's Senator Vasquez.
I'm sorry.
They don't remember
anything.
They're just
walking corpses, okay?
And if you forget that,
that's when things
become dangerous.
Look, there was a binder
in the senator's quarters.
It was marked "PADRE".
It said "Rebuilding
Our Country's Future".
That's where we were
supposed to go
when it was safe
to leave here.
The Senator said it was
stocked full
of everything we needed
to start over.
Where is it?
Padre Island?
No.
That'd be too obvious.
The location was classified.
He's the only one who knew.
He got a message to his family
to go there when it became clear
that they wouldn't be able
to make the trip here.
Did they make it?
We don't know if anyone
made it.
Senator tried to make contact
on a radio in his room,
but he could never
get a clear signal.
Do you think you could find it
if I got us out of here?
I don't --
Your guess
is as good as mine.
But, Alicia, I --
if we find
a way out --
and I have to be clear --
I'm not going
with you, okay?
They will kill you if I leave.
I'm -- I'm not ready
for whatever's out there.
Do you get that?
Okay, okay, okay.
Okay.
♪
This protects people
who wear it.
♪
Thank you.
♪
[Growling]
If you turn it off,
he'll hear it.
And if we follow without this,
we may end up just like him.
Hey, hey, hey.
[Coughing]
You alright?
God, Alicia,
you are sweating.
I haven't had a meal
in a week.
I haven't slept
in twice as long.
My camp just got destroyed
by radiation.
It's about 100 degrees
out here, so...
I think
I'm doing pretty well.
Any idea where we are?
It doesn't matter.
We follow him for as long
as he goes.
[Bullet ricochets, gunfire]
♪
You should show yourself.
If they know you're here,
they won't fire.
I don't wanna see Strand!
And I don't want to get shot!
[Rapid gunfire]
Hey!
Hey!
The people you're
chasing out here --
they are not the people
who attacked the Tower!
We're not here for the people
who attacked the Tower!
We're here for you,
Mr. Jones.
[Gunfire]
Me and Strand
had a deal!
You tried to kill him
in his house!
What?!
It's not what it sounds like.
[Gunfire]
[Growling]
Shit.
Alicia!
[Rapid gunfire,
walkers growling]
They will kill you.
They're gonna kill him.
We will find PADRE another way.
There is no other way.
I'm not gonna let you die
for something that's
already dead.
Morgan --
[Gunfire, walkers growling]
Hey, I can't lose you, alright?!
I need you!
You were fine without me!
I'm not talking about me, I'm
talking about everybody else.
[Gunfire]
Out of the way!
[Gunshots]
Just come on!
We gotta go!
[Gunfire]
Follow me!
Man: Give up!
[indistinct]
Nowhere to run now!
Hold your fire.
You're gonna get us killed.
Hey!
Stop!
Move again and I will shoot you!
What do you think
they're gonna do?
Wait.
Alicia.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were with him.
♪
Don't do it.
♪
Well, I see that you found her.
I did.
And you were right, Victor.
She really didn't want
to see you.
[Gunshot]
What are you looking at?!
Get down there!
Now!
♪
[Walker growling]
What are we even doing here?
I know what I'm doing.
I'm not sure what you are.
Did you really
try to kill him?
Man tried to kill me.
I know --
on the sub.
I'm just trying
to keep you alive.
I didn't ask you to.
Then what am I doing here?
Why'd you send Dwight and Sherry
out looking for me?
What did you mean back there?
When you said you
couldn't do this anymore.
I gotta stop doing
what I've been doing.
Seems like I been wishing
a world into existence
that just doesn't want to be,
and I need your help.
I need -- I need...
I need somebody to step in
and help me.
What makes you think
I can do that?
God, look around.
You think we can do any worse?
I'm sorry, Morgan.
I can't.
Then tell me why.
'Cause all I'm asking is that
you help me make sure
that everybody
ends up someplace safe.
Well, if you want to help,
help me find PADRE.
Help me find a place
everyone can be safe.
We don't even know
if that place really exists.
Yes! I do!
How?! Where is it?
Because all I can see is
this walker who has been dead
for a long time that you
keep risking your life to save.
They're not...
totally gone;
they're there.
There's an echo
of who they once were.
No, there's not.
Yes, there has to be!
No, they don't!
I thought that --
I thought that, and then
my son died because of it.
We need to keep moving before
Strand's rangers turn up.
We need to gut this walker
and cover ourselves so --
Morgan!
Hey! Stop! Stop!
I'm gonna kill this thing
because you're asking me
to risk my life
and watch you risk yours,
and you're not telling me why.
I need him.I am serious!
Unless you tell me why you think
this walker
is our only chance
of finding someplace safe.
Drop your weapons!
[Guns cocking]
♪
[Rodents squeaking]
[Growling, footsteps plodding]
These pipes are part
of the sump system
that keeps the bunker dry.
They gotta drain somewhere
outside this place.
[Growling]
This isn't gonna work.
We can take it from here.
The tunnels branch.
If we don't find how the rats
are getting in and out,
we're not going anywhere.
[Growling]
I need you to pin him
to the ground.
Are you squeamish?
No.
Oh, God!
What the hell are you doing?
[Squelching, Alicia grunting]
We don't have a choice.
Just don't get it in your eyes
or in your mouth.
Why?
What happens?
It could make you
really sick.
You could end up like him.
I'm sorry, Elias.
But I think you'd understand.
This is the only way
we're gonna find PADRE.
That's the only way
we're gonna find your family.
I'm sorry.
You didn't kill him, Alicia.
No, I'm -- I'm sorry...
for not remembering.
You know, you spend so much time
up there, you start
to forget the dead
used to be alive.
Well, maybe that's
why I'm here.
Help you remember
how things used to be.
♪
[Rats squeaking,
walker growling]
♪
I'll go first.
♪
We'll get out.
Okay?
I'll find my people.
We'll stop him.
Then we'll find PADRE,
finish what
your boss started.
Alicia...
What?
♪
You know what, I'll tell you
when we get up there.
♪
♪
Still see him?
Yeah.
He's moving faster
than I thought.
Come on.
♪
[Growling]
♪
[Rumbling]
[Ringing, growling]
[Debris clattering]
Alicia!
Alicia!
Do you hear me?
Alicia!
[Walker growling]
We could've been out of here
by now, Morgan.
They would've caught up
to us anyway.
You wanna tell me why you were
fighting over that skinbag?
[Growling]
Get my friends up.
You didn't have to run.
We gave each other our word,
Victor.
My word may mean something
in a civilized place
such as the Tower, but out here,
words are just words.
Which means there's nothing you
can say that can change my mind.
Who's this?
Alicia: No one.
Why's he on a leash?
Why did you save him back there?
Who was he?
Don't. I'm warning you.
He's already dead, Alicia.
Don't make things worse
than they already are.
I know what you've done.
What you've built.
You should know
that it's worked.
It's better than anything
we've ever had.
Yeah, and I know
what it cost you.
I don't think you do.
I thought I could do it alone.
I thought I had to.
And now...
I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.
You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.
You sure about that?
I don't need your tower.
I don't need
what you're offering.
I don't need --
What do you need? PADRE?
I've been to
the bunker, Alicia.
I saw the note
that you left behind.
You should know that
PADRE is a myth.
Many people have ended up
at my doorstep
because they almost died
looking for a place
that someone on the other end
of a radio made up.
Don't make
the same mistake.
I'm not settling
for what you have.
Or how you got it.
Are you sure about that?
Yes.
[Inhales, exhales]
Kill it -- she'll come if she
doesn't have a choice.
No.
Better yet --
kill him,
then kill it.
No!Hey!
No!
Come on, Victor!
No! No!
No! No! No!
Don't do this!
[Biting]
Everyone stand back!
♪
Alicia, your arm.
I'm fine.
I'm fine.
You okay?
I'm fine!
I'm sorry.
This isn't the way
I wanted things to go down.
You need to leave.
Alicia, let me help you --
I said leave!
Now!
Go!
♪
♪
[Dramatic music,
walker growling faintly]
[Alicia coughing]
♪
[Weakly]
Will?
Will?
Will?
[Coughs]
♪
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
[Hushed]
Will?!
[Growling]
[Hushed]
Will?!
♪
[Shouting]
Will!
Alicia!
I'm here!
I can hear you!
Hang on!
I-I-I-I-I'm trying
to get you out of here!
I don't think I have time, Will.
The senator is in here.
♪
[Growling]
♪
[Growling]
No, no, no, no, no.
Will?
He turned around.
He's coming back.
[Grunting]
[Growling]
[Groaning]
[Straining]
♪
Hang in there, Alicia!
I'm trying!
[Grunting]
Hurry, Will!
I don't know if this
is gonna hold!
[Grunting]
♪
[Panting]
[Growls, stops]
[Panting]
I think I got it.
I don't think
it can get through.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
I can clear the rest.
It's just, uh -- It's just --
Just hang in there
a little longer.
Thank you.
I wouldn't have been able
to do this without you --
[Rumbling]
No!
No!
Alicia!
[Growling]
No! No!
[Smashes]
[Bite crunching]
[Alicia screams]
♪
Alicia!
[Growling, rumbling]
Alicia?
Alicia, what the hell was that.
Are you okay?
[Softly]
No, no...
Alicia!
Are you okay?
He -- H-he bit me.
What does that mean?
[Sobbing]
It means it's over, Will.
No. No, there's got to be
a way to stop it.
It doesn't matter,
there's nothing up there
to save anyway.
The warheads --
they went off.
You don't know that.
And the people down here --
they need you.
They just think that because
Teddy told them to.
Fine, I need you.
I couldn't --
I couldn't stop Teddy.
I-I didn't help anyone.
You're gonna
get through this.
[Ragged breathing]
No, it's --
it's spreading.
There's got to be a way
to stop it!
No, Will, it's over.
You don't have to rebuild
the world the way
Teddy wanted you to, okay?
You can rebuild it
the way you want to.
And you need to survive.
Because that's -- that's --
that's a world
that I want to be a part of.
Alicia, I-I know --
I know I haven't
known you long, but I --
Don't.
Don't what?
Don't...
say something to me
just because I'm dying.
Fine.
Fine, I won't.
♪
Because you're gonna survive.
♪
♪
[Soft growling]
[Insects chirping,
fire crackling]
So, I'm gonna keep asking
until you let me have a look.
You got bit
and you can't ignore it,
and there still might be
something we can do
about it, so...
Dear God.
I told you, I'm fine.
I'm so sorry.
Don't worry about it.
Are those, um...
Mine?
Yeah.
Yeah.
How did it happen?
Wait, is that -- is that why
you've been following him?
Is...
It's okay.
It's okay.
No.
You can tell me
whenever you're ready.
[Growling]
I still need to gut this walker.
♪
You coming or not?
[Shallow breathing]
♪
Alicia.
Before I do this,
if it's been too long,
you have to promise me
you won't let me hurt
anyone down here.
I don't understand.
If I get a fever...
If it looks like
I'm going to turn...
I need you to kill me first.
Can you promise me that?
That's not gonna happen.
Can you promise me that?!
♪
I promise.
♪
♪
[Exhales]
[Inhales, exhales]
[Screaming]
Alicia?!
Alicia?!
[Growling]
♪
[Soft squelching in background]
[Soft gasp]
Will?
Will?
Will?!
Alicia!
Alicia.
Oh, thank God!
What --
What happened?
The bombs struck nearby.
M--
My friends.
I need to get to them.
Are they okay?
Do you know something?
Arno heard from some of Teddy's
people above ground
before the bombs
detonated.
Your friends --
they tried to stop
that psycho,
but...
What?
Victor --
he got in the way.
[Labored breathing]
Will, how long
have I been out?
A week.
Your fever broke.
You passed out after
you amputated your arm.
You almost bled out
before I got to you.
But I got you back here.
Arno and some of the others --
they helped stop the bleeding.
What do you mean my fever?
You started running a fever.
It got pretty bad.
But...
No.
No, I didn't
get to it in time.
Didn't get to what?
My -- My arm.
No.
The infection.
No.
We don't know that.
We do!
You amputated
your own arm.
In a drain.
Okay?
The infection could be
from anything --
sepsis, tetanus --
Or the bite!
The fever broke.
Okay?
I could've killed
everyone in here.
I was never gonna
let that happen.
You promised.
You said you would kill me.
Alicia --No, like it or not,
these people
are my responsibility now.
I couldn't save anybody
up there.
I'm not gonna make
that same mistake again.
I know. I know.
And I --
And you're here now,
and you still can,
and I can help you.
No, Will, you can't.
♪
♪
[Growling]
You don't have to tell me
what's happening...
Not until you're ready.
[Growling]
We can't let him
out of our sight.
[Growling]
[Gasps]
We found it.
♪
This has to be it.
[Sighs]
It's not.
That's not PADRE.
♪
♪
[Walkers growling]
♪
He's gone.
We're not gonna be
getting him back now.
[Walkers growling]
He was supposed to lead us
to a place
where everyone could be safe.
It's not in there.
Let me take you
back to the sub.
No, I can't.
You can't take me there.
No, it's okay.
You'll be safe there.
Yeah, but you won't.
You wanna tell me what's
really going on here or what?
I didn't amputate my arm
in time.
The infection's
still inside me.
My body's trying to
fight it.
It's only a matter of time
before I lose.
I'll have June
take a look.
Give you some
antibiotics.
You can --No, I tried all that.
♪
Nothing's
stopped it.
That's why I can't
help you, Morgan.
I can't be the person
you need me to be.
♪
I don't know how much longer
I have left.
♪
I thought it was long enough
to find PADRE.
We'll find someplace else.
[Chuckles]
The longer we look,
the more chance I have
of hurting
a lot of people.
That's why I need you.
This is why you been trying
to believe
that there was something
left in that walker.
♪
I'm gonna be one soon.
No.
[Loud snarl]
♪
Stay here.
♪
[Walkers growling]
[Loud snarl]
[Grunts, squelching]
The light's drawing 'em.
Gonna be more if we stay here.
[Jingling, hoofbeats approach]
Alicia.
Oh, my God.
I'm sorry.
We'll get you to June.
For once, it wasn't your fault.
What happened to your arm?
It doesn't matter.
Where's the walker?
In your moat.
Must have underestimated you,
Alicia.
That walker...
led you to where
you're supposed to be.
Don't you see?
You belong here.
Bring your people.
Will you take care of them?
Like I invited
them in myself.
You know you
can't trust him.
She wasn't asking you.
What if I'm not here?
But you will be.
Promise me.
Alicia, I don't understand.
Are you still sick?
Promise me.
I promise.
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
I'll take care of it.
No.
[Horse nickers]
[Growling continues]
♪
[Gasping]
Will?
Will? Will?!
Will?
W-Will, I think I know
what we need to do.
♪
Will: I'm sorry I couldn't keep
my promise to you.
♪
I said I'd help you remember
how the world used to work,
but now I wonder if that's
what you really need.
If I stay, I'll just remind you
of a way of life
that no longer exists.
You need to build
something better.
Don't worry about me.
I'll figure it out up there.
And maybe one day, I'll get
to see the world you built.
♪
♪
Did you do this?
Answer me!
Did you know where he came from?
That I knew him?!
Why would you kill him?!
Because I knew that
it would hurt you.
I wanted to keep you away
so that I could build this tower
the way it
needed to be built.
And why would killing him
do that?
Because he told me
that he loved you!
♪
How long can we hold out
on the sub?
With everybody?
A week.
Two tops.
That's enough.
You have taken so much from me.
And now I'm gonna
take something from you.
I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.
It's too late for that!
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
♪
I'll protect it if I must.
♪
Then we're going to war.
♪
You locked me in here!
I'm not gonna make the world the
way you want it to be!
I know.
That's what I'm counting on.
Chambliss: We find Alicia, at
the beginning of this episode,
picking up moments after
we left her in Season 6,
just after Teddy
had locked her behind the doors
of the fallout bunker.
The reason Teddy chose her to be
the person to go in this bunker
to ultimately lead his people,
is the fact that she
wasn't someone who was just
gonna his philosophy
and do what he would've done,
she's someone who, Teddy sees,
has the potential
to be a great leader.
And that's kind of the journey
she's going on
in the flashback.
And it's paired with this
journey
that we see in the present day,
where she is leading
this band of people and we
really don't know a whole lot
about what happened
in that bunker.
But we know one thing,
we know it was serious.
And we know that it changed her
because the light that we,
kind of know from Alicia,
the warmth,
those all seem to be very dim in
the Alicia that Morgan
is meeting in the present.
And it's really all about asking
that question,
"Why? What happened?"
Who are these people,
Alicia?
Where have you been?
It's a long story,
Morgan.
And now's
not the time to tell it.
Morgan is finding himself
in a very interesting place.
It's clear that Alicia doesn't
want to just come out
and tell him what happened, that
what happened is too painful.
And I think Morgan
understands Alicia enough
and has enough trust in her
that even though everything
she's doing seems so out of
character for her,
seems in many ways kind of
crazy,
I mean following a Walker,
thinking it's gonna
lead you somewhere,
isn't something
that most people do in the
apocalypse.
But it really is all about
Morgan's trust and faith
in Alicia that he can see how
important this is to her,
that he is willing to kind of
go along for the ride.
[Gunshots]
Man: Wait.
Alicia.
The moment when Strand sees
Alicia, I think it really
catches him off guard.
I think it's the thing that
proves to him
that he actually is missing
something in that tower.
The suspicions that he had in
episode 707 where he asks Morgan
to find Alicia, are actually
turning out to be true.
Seeing her is essentially him
realizing what he's missing,
realizing the human connection
that he doesn't have.
I'm starting to realize
that I need someone.
You're the only person left
I can trust, Alicia.
You sure about that?
I don't think Strand would want
to admit that it hurts him,
but he's definitely wounded when
Alicia rejects his offer
to come live in the tower.
Strand knows that Alicia
is his weakness.
He doesn't like
having a weakness.
He tried to get rid of it
by killing Will
at the beginning of the season,
but it didn't work.
And it's, honestly, something
that Strand thinks he's
gonna be able to remedy
by offering Alicia and her
followers
a place in the tower.
You belong here.
Bring your people.
They come pretty close to
making a deal.
But then Strand's past actions
come back to haunt him
once again,
when Alicia actually sees
Will's Walker remains
outside the tower.
She sees that medallion around
his neck.
And she starts to put
two and two together
and realizes that if Will is
dead at the tower
then that probably means Strand
had something to do with it.
Did you do this?
Strand's in a place where he
knows he's not gonna be able to
lie his way out of this one,
so he actually admits
the truth to Alicia.
Why would you kill him?!
Because I knew that
it would hurt you.
That's the thing that Alicia
can't bear.
That Strand would be willing to
do something so dark
just to get to Alicia to protect
that tower that he built.
You have taken so much from me.
And now I'm gonna
take something from you.
I don't want to do this
with you, Alicia.
It's too late for that!
When we were thinking of what it
would take to transform
a character like Alicia,
it felt like it needed to be
something pretty big.
And, we landed on the idea of a
Walker bite...
[Groans]...and Alicia
cutting her arm off.
We wanted the impact
of that reveal to be
as powerful as possible.
And we get it,
kind of in two pieces.
We get the flashback
where we see her bit
and then we get the present-day
reveal where we see her
take her sleeve off
and reveal that she's fashioned
a prosthetic from her arm bones.
And it's something that is
definitely making a statement.
You know, we see it
on Morgan's face.
His mind goes to
many different places,
concern, because he's worried
about Alicia.
But then he's also seeing that
she used the bones
to make a prosthetic and that
this must have something
to do with she's been acting so
strangely all episode.
And I think
one of the biggest things
that we'll continue to explore
is what Alicia admits to Morgan
near the end of the episode
where she tells him
that, yes, she amputated the arm
but that she's not sure
if she did it in time.
The infection's
still inside me.
My body's trying to
fight it.
We have seen many characters
bit by Walkers.
We've seen many characters
turn because of Walker bites.
But we haven't actually seen
anyone battle a Walker bite
long-term.
And, Alicia is going to have
a very tumultuous
emotional journey,
in the back half of this season.
And we wanted a physical journey
to go along with that.
The bite, the fevers,
and what Alicia's
going to be going through
with Strand
and some of the other characters
this season
are all really gonna work hand
in hand.
Your friends -- they tried
to stop that psycho,
but...
What?
Victor --
he got in the way.
Strand's need to be
the one to save the day
actually ended up being the
thing that allowed Teddy
to fire the nuclear missiles.
So in Alicia's mind,
she is blaming Strand
as being the impetus
for this entire world
that they're now living in,
and ultimately,
also being the impetus for what
happened to her in the bunker.
If those bombs hadn't gone off,
the tunnels may not have
collapsed,
she may not have been bitten,
she might not have had to
amputate her arm.
And she might not be suffering
like the way she is.
So in her mind, Strand is
at the center of everything
that's gone wrong with them.
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
I'll protect it if I must.
Then we're going to war.
Alicia declaring a war on Strand
really is
Strand's worst nightmare
come true.
The one person who he wanted to
live in that tower with him,
who he wanted to show
that he could build
something like that, too,
was Alicia.
And she is now
standing opposite him saying,
"I'm gonna do everything
in my power
to make sure you don't have
that tower."
And that is really going to
drive the conflict
as we go forward.
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