Fear the Walking Dead (2015–…): Season 8, Episode 3 - Odessa - full transcript

We need to
hurry.Charlie. She's sick.

He needs surgery.

That's your kid, isn't it?

When Finch wakes up,

we're going to take him
away from this place.

Her name is Shrike.
She works for PADRE.

He wanted her to find a way to
stop the effect of walker bites.

What kind of
treatment? Radiation.

It was worse than
dying from the bites.

I have faith you'll
get it right this time.

I'm going to kill you!



I want to be a part of
the future PADRE's building.

I'm glad to hear that.

Can you pull over?!

Morgan, go!

You're awake.

Good.

Sorry about the sedative,
but it's easier that way.

How long are you
gonna keep me here?

Haven't you taken enough blood?

We've moved beyond
studying your blood.

What does that mean?

It'll be easier for Blue
Jay to explain that.

Naomi?

That was a long time ago.



You two know one another?

Shrike didn't mention that.

PADRE wants me
back at the Island.

Get her ready.

You're part of this, too.

Not by choice.

You the one who had them drawing
my blood all those years?

It wasn't me.

I didn't even know you
were alive, Madison,

until Shrike just
gave me your records.

What happens now?

I've done everything
I can to put her off.

From what? What is
she gonna do to me?

Shrike has ideas on how
to heal Carrion bites.

They're based on
Alicia surviving a bite

as long as she did.

Jesus.

And now she wants to test it.

That's probably why she
was collecting your blood.

She thought maybe it was
something besides the radiation,

something hereditary.

Could she be right?

Anything's possible,
but there's a...

There's a boy who seems to be
responding to the radiation,

but it hasn't even been a week.

If I don't do this, Shrike will,

and your chances of it
working are better with me.

Can I ask you a favor?

Anything.

There's a file
back on the island.

A file?

It's got the names of the kids
I took when I was a Collector.

Not the names PADRE gave
them, but their real names.

And where I took them from.

What do you want
me to do with it?

What I promised Mo I'd do.

Help track down
these kids' parents.

Every good thing I've tried to

since I've been at PADRE
has blown up in my face.

I know the feeling.

It's Shrike. Is she ready?

She's ready.

I left you once at the
stadium, and you saved us all.

I will not leave you now.

I'll be right here
until the end.

Wow.

Cool.

Man.

We shouldn't be in here.

There weren't any
guards outside.

What are you doing
in here?!

We need to get out of here.

"What are
you doing in here?"

Dad. Not funny.

You should have seen your faces.

Yeah, we did, in that.

Which, by the way, is creepy.

It's not so bad.

It lets me keep an eye on
things when I'm in meetings.

Also, you've gotta
get that mic fixed.

Yeah, you're gonna freak
people out with that.

Sergeant Brenner
says it's probably

just a faulty wire.

I'll get it taken care of.

You really have to go today?

I do.

Why?

Come with me.

I want to show you
guys something.

Come on.

A woodpecker?

Krennick: Look closer.

The red marking on its head.

It's a middle-spotted
woodpecker.

So? What's the big deal?

Remember what your mom said
when she gave me these?

"So you'll always
see what's coming."

When I looked through them and
saw that bird this morning,

felt like she was trying
to tell us something.

What?

That we were gonna be okay here.

These birds, they
live in families.

They cooperate to
raise their young.

If they can do it, so can we.

General Krennick,
should we load up, sir?

Give us a minute.

I hate when you
leave the island.

That's the way we're
gonna help people rebuild.

How?

The same way we
built this place.

The shipping containers.

Each one is filled with enough
supplies for folks to rebuild.

It's dangerous out there.

I mean, Atlanta was
bombed. And L.A.

We need to enact our
distribution protocols.

We need to seed new
communities, Ben.

That's the way the
program was designed.

But how do you even know
there's still people out there?

Right. You remember Elias?

Senator Vasquez?

We made contact
with him yesterday.

He and his staff are in a bunker

beneath the Franklin
Hotel in Galveston.

They're safe.

So then, why can't
you do the same thing?

Why can't you stay here on
the island, until it's safer?

Look, we'll never survive here

if it's just us cut
off from the world.

What'll happen when
our supplies run out

if we don't have
trading partners?

Other communities to rely on?

Don't worry.
You're gonna be safe here.

Remember, if we
communicate by radio,

I want you to use those
code names I gave you.

The bird names? It's
for your safety.

I'm Crane, right?

That's right.

Why do I have to be Shrike?

'Cause a shrike may be small,

but it is brutal
when it needs to be.

Doesn't hesitate to
look after its family.

I'll be right back.

I want you to keep
your brother safe

while I'm gone, you hear me?

Come here.

I'll see you soon.

After everything PADRE
gave you, you betrayed him.

This is how you're
gonna make it up to him.

And you won't be alone.

Nightingale is gonna be
right here next to you.

As soon as we can find him.

Why is PADRE doing this?

The same reason he
does everything.

To ensure what
he's built endures.

Dove: Wren, stop.

Do you realize how far we are
from the rest of the troop?

I need to do this.

Do what?

We need to see what's in there.

Shrike: Years from now, when
people look back and wonder

how PADRE was able
to stop infections

from Carrion bites from killing,

they'll remember
today.

And you'll be a hero.

I think Finch might be inside.

Finch?

He never came back
from his surgery.

Because he's still recovering.

You really believe that?

Why wouldn't I?

After his transport
boat got attacked,

PADRE sent guards after him.

I checked the logs, Dove.

It says they went to
the old railroad museum,

but there was nothing there.

I think someone must've
moved the train car here.

Why would someone do
that? I don't know.

Maybe PADRE isn't
telling us the truth.

What if something bad
happened in there?

What if it's still happening?

June: Shrike, wait.

At least let me sedate her.

No.

She's brought PADRE
plenty of pain.

It's time she felt
a little herself.

No.

No.

What the hell are you doing?

Mo: We have to see
what's going on in there.

What are you doing?

Wren.

Come back here!

No.

Mo: Shrike!

Stop! Let her go!

Get her out of here. Now.

Blue Jay, help me!

Blue Jay!

Thanks. I owed you one.

Madison:

The hell are you doing here?

We just have to get out of
here so we can do what we said.

I'm never gonna be able to get
near the island after this.

We'll find a way.
My dad, he can help.

No, he can't help us right now.

Why not? Doesn't matter.

Until he's back,
we're on our own.

We just have to get
through to the prefects

the way you got through to me.

We do that, the other
kids will follow.

It's not gonna be easy, Mo.

Here, Madison.Thanks.

Shrike, it's Hawk.
We're done for the day,

and we're headed
back to the island.

Shit.

Don't move.

Call the prefects.

Tell them to get more guards.

Don't. She was
going to kill Lark.

She deserved it.

Did Finch?

Don't listen to her.

You killed him, didn't you?

I saved his life.

That is a lie.

Where is he?

Somewhere his parents
can't do him anymore harm.

She's the reason Finch got bit.

Finch got bit?

Shrike, what the hell
is going on here?

I am protecting
what PADRE's built.

I'm ensuring you
kids have a future,

a future... Is that what
this looks like to you?

Dove, what's
your location?

Tell them where we are.
Tell them to get over here.

Don't do it, Dove.

Why not?

PADRE lied about this.

Think about what else
he's lied to you about.

Your parents... They
could still be out there,

and I can help you find them.

I don't want to find my parents.

They abandoned me. They
couldn't take care of me.

That's not true.

How do you know?

Because I'm the one who took
you away from your parents.

W-What were their names?

Where did you take me from?

I don't know, but
I know your face.

She's trying to trick you.

The only one tricking
you is PADRE.

She's right, Dove.

That's why PADRE kept
all of this secret,

so none of you would know.

But we can change that.

How?

I just need to
get to the island.

There's a file there.

It has all the names
of the kids I took

and where I took them from.

That's how I can help you.

That's how I can
help all the kids.

Dove, do you copy?

Where are you?

I'll help you get
back to the island.

Dove...

I don't care about
what's in that file,

but I do care about the truth,

and I want to hear
it from PADRE.

You'll never get
past the guards.

We will if you help us.

Why would I do that?

You kill me,

and PADRE will do way worse

than I planned to
do to Lark today.

And why is that?

Because I'm PADRE's daughter.

We got our work cut out for us.

But we're starting
from a good place.

Let's move it out.

Are they gone?

Yeah.

We shouldn't be here.

I just want to make
sure he's safe.

He will be.

Oh, shit.

Dad forgot these.

So?

We have to take them to him.

No, Ben.

Well, how's he supposed to see
what's coming without them?

It's just a superstition.

He's got every other adult
on the island with him.

He'll be fine.

That's what we
thought about Mom.

Stay on the boat.

Get out of my way, Sam.

No.

Get out of my way.

Ben!

Ben.

You're making a big mistake,

Whatever answer
you think you want,

it's not what you think.

Woman: Hands up.

Tell us what we want to
know. Nobody has to get hurt.

Wait, I know you.

I can't place where, but I do.

And you were living
in that auto yard.

You ran out of food and
couldn't feed your baby.

And your son couldn't
shake a cough.

You thought he had pneumonia.

You're all parents, aren't you?

What are you looking at?

Where are our kids?

Where's Adrian?

I don't know any Adrian. I do.

He was here.

Where is he now?

He's dead.

He just wanted to
find his daughter.

He did find her.

She died too. A long time ago.

Because of you.

Because of what you made me do.

Turn around. Now.

Wait. You want to
find your kids?

She can help. She's with PADRE.

Not anymore. She's changed.

You expect us to believe that?

Look, PADRE's lied to all of us.

I mean, this is his daughter.

Maybe we can find out
what else he's lied about.

Together.

We'll let the Commander decide.

Who's the Commander?

Man: Turn around.

Daniel.

Madison?

June?

You're alive.

You know these people?

Give them back their weapons.

It looks like we
all have nine lives.

We're gonna need them.

I often
considered the possibility

of you being alive, Madison,

but not like this.

Yerba mate.

It's good for the mental focus.

You want some?

I'm good.

Mm.

I'm not proud of what I did.

You know, who I became.

I just want a chance
to make it right.

You and me both.

So maybe we can help each other.

What makes you so sure?

We've been looking for
that damn island for years.

If what you're
saying is correct,

you're the best and only
shot these folks have

to get their children
back from PADRE.

They're all parents?

Mm-hmm.

How'd you wind up with them?

Seven years ago,

Morgan told PADRE
we were out there,

and they found us

and brought everyone
to a ship to assess us

before deciding where
we were gonna be sent

according to our
skills and usefulness.

Some people went
to the mainland.

Others went to the island.

Others, I don't know
where they went.

PADRE thought that I was
too old to be of any use,

so they dumped me in the swamp.

Sorry, Daniel.

Eh. He was right
about one thing.

I was old.

But he wrong about
everything else,

because being old doesn't
mean to be useless.

I can take care of myself.

So could everyone in the group.

Except for Charlie.

What happened to Charlie?

Morgan didn't mention it?

He didn't get a
chance to tell me much

before PADRE figured
out what we were up to

and separated us.

She was very sick.

She had become like a
daughter to me by then.

I said that I
would stay with her

till the end, so she
wouldn't have to die alone,

like Ofelia.

And I broke my promise.

I wasn't there for her.

I wasn't there for
Luciana, either.

I'm sorry it happened that way.

I know Morgan would be too.

I had no purpose.

And then I found these folks,

this angry, desperate
group of people

in search of their
kidnapped children.

It motivated me,

gave me a reason
to stick around.

So I organized and trained
them, turned them into an army.

Strong, getting stronger,

because there's more
of them out there.

I lost my family, Madison.

But I'm gonna fight
with everything I got

to help these folks
get back to theirs.

Maybe you haven't lost everyone.

The files.

It's not just the kids in there.

Luciana, Charlie...

You can find out what
happened to them.

Dove: We can use the
prefect transport boat

to get back to the island.

Dove, are you sure you
want to go down this road?

Maybe you should
stop asking questions

and begin answering some.

Like what?

Like who else knows
you're PADRE's daughter?

Not many.

How come your father separates
children from their parents,

but he doesn't do
the same to himself?

You don't get it.

Yeah, sure we do.

He's a hypocrite, like
every other asshole

that runs places like this.

No, he's not.

The way this place is
run, the way we do things,

PADRE believes in it.

Has for a very long time.

What you're saying
doesn't make sense.

She's right. Why is
he sacrificing people

for an experiment that
will never pay off?

It will pay off.

It already is.

Look at Finch.

Madison: What happened
to your father?

Why'd he build a
place like this?

Hey. Come on. We gotta go.

Where did you come from?
Before you were at PADRE.

I don't know.

Why do you care?

Do you know me?

I've never seen you
before in my life.

Hawk: Move away
from the boat. Now.

Let her go.

You don't understand.

She's PADRE's daughter.

You've been lied to.

PADRE has been ripping
families apart,

and yet, he has
kept his daughter

by his side all this time.

It's true, Hawk.

She told us herself.

Maybe you should focus more
on getting me out of here.

Dove, you and Wren don't have
to go along with this anymore.

We're going to
the island. Why?

So PADRE can give
us some answers.

Who are you to question PADRE?

It's not just her, Hawk.

I've seen some shit today.

At the train.

PADRE has a lot to explain.

You're not thinking straight.

I can say the same for you.

All these people lost
their children to PADRE.

And there are more of them.

Maybe your own parents.

Our parents abandoned us.

Diane: We didn't.

We've been fighting
this whole time.

Daniel: Why don't you join us?

Fight alongside us.

Dove, just... Just
hand her over.

No.

You won't listen to me?

Maybe you'll listen to PADRE.

We can't let you do that.

Whoa, hey, what are you doing?

Madison... This can't
wait any longer.

They'll destroy the files
if they know we're coming.

What files?

The ones that tell us
where she came from.

Who her parents are. Who
all of your parents are.

We'll make sure
you never get it.

You're not getting on that boat.

You'll have to go through us.

What? You don't think
I'd shoot an old man?

You might.

But would you shoot me?

Madison...

we'll hold them off. Go.

No, I'm not leaving Mo.

Get that file.

If you can show her the truth,

the rest of the
kids will follow.

Go.

Dad?

Dad?!

Ben? Ben, where are you?

Ben: Dad?

Ben, I can hear you!

Dad?

Ben?!

Dad?!

Follow my voice!

Ben!

Dad!

Sam!

Aah! Help!

Ben?

Help!

Ben!

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Aah!

Ben!

I think it's
time you told the others

where you've been, Finch.

What do you mean?

You were bit.

And you're still here.

Healthy. Thriving.

Where's Red Kite?

And Starling?

They have been reassigned.

Where?

Somewhere they can't
cause you any more harm.

They saved me.

No.

We did.

PADRE 1, we have a situation.

What kind of situation?

We have questions.

And we have your daughter.

How about telling your
guards to stand aside

so we can come and have
a little chat with you?

Don't do this, Lark.

No more hiding
behind the mirror.

Time to tell the truth.

He doesn't have to
answer for anything.

Oh, yes, he does.

Every kid deserves to know

why you had them ripped
away from their parents,

and you wouldn't do the
same for your own daughter.

Madison, we
got away from them.

Is Dove still with you?

Yes, Daniel. Why?

One of our people thinks
she might be her mother.

I didn't think it was possible,

but a mother knows.

Don't fall for this crap.

Your name is Alex.

A collector took you
from me at a campground

outside Baton Rouge years ago.

I think it was that woman, Lark.

I'm not sure, but I'm
sure about you, Alex.

I have searched so long.

I sang "You Are My Sunshine"
to you as they took you away.

I never stopped looking.

This woman is not your mother.

She's just trying
to get in your head.

Stop lying to her.

I'm not lying.

There's only one
way to find out.

Dove's file.

We want it.

You're making a mistake.

Do it,

or I tell everyone here
who Shrike really is.

Bring her inside.

Give her what she wants.

Copy that.

You're about to get all the
answers you came here for.

Let's go.

Go ahead, Dove.

Wait. No more stalling.

There's something you need to
understand before you read that file.

What's that? We already know
this place is built on a lie.

It's not what you think.

Them what is it?

It's the only way
to protect them.

From what?

From what happened here before.

And what's that, PADRE?

What happened here?

I don't answer to you, Lark.

You always say you
never lost a kid.

I don't know if that's true.

Who'd you lose?

Ben! No, no, no, no!

Krennick: What are
you doing here?

You forgot these.
W-We were worried.

Sam. We gotta get
you out of here.

The shipyard's full of the dead.

Where's Goddard and the others?

Let's go.

Answer me.

What happened here?

We got to get back to the boat.

Alright, alright, look...

You're never gonna get my
father to admit to anything.

Why is that?

Sam.

Sam, climb up. Come on.

Let's hear it.

Ben, climb, climb.

Why won't he answer us?

Dad! Give me your hand.

Ben.

Don't let this die.

It's too important.

I love you both.

Shrike: My father
can't answer you.

'Cause my father is dead.

My brother and I lost
him a long time ago.

You wanted to ask
PADRE for the truth.

Go ahead.

Ask us.

We are PADRE.

How did it go
from what your dad was doing at that shipyard

to what you're doing here?

We didn't know how to go on.

Sam.

I found it in the container.

What did we even
have to go on for?

PADRE 1, do you copy?

But then the universe answered.

It was one of the
kids from the island.

He wanted to know what
happened to his parents.

They all did.

And what did you tell them?

We knew what it would do to them

if they knew their
parents had died.

How it would break them.

So you lied?

We told them their
parents abandoned them.

That they knew they couldn't
take care of them, so they fled.

And they believed you?

Well, their parents left
and never came back.

What else were they
supposed to think?

We told them we'll face
this new world together,

without our parents... Yeah.

That we'll be better for it.

And the shipyard?

Those containers?

Our father died protecting
what was inside.

We made sure it stayed that way.

How? That doesn't concern you.

How did you recruit adults?
You were just a bunch of kids.

It was easy.

We made them believe
he was still here.

And they kept on believing.

Why did you lie?

To protect you.

From what?

Open it.

Go on. It's what you wanted.

Go on.

Tell Dove who she is.

Her name was Odessa.

She cried when you pulled
her from me on the beach.

No. What's wrong?

Go on, Lark.

She deserves the truth.

Your name is Odessa.

My name?

My parents?

I knew your mother.

Her name was Ava.

What happened to Ava, Lark?

She died.

How?

She was trying to take
you back from PADRE.

And who made her believe
that was possible?

We can help you and your baby.

How?

My mother is dead
because of you?

My mother is dead
because of you?!

Dove, no.

You made me believe
in something more.

Let go.Dove.

Let her go, Dove.

She needs to pay for this.

She will.

But not this way.

Guards.

Stand down, Dove.

Stand down.

What are you gonna do now?

We're going to continue what
we started at the train.

Like hell you are.

You don't have a
choice, Blue Jay.

You...

are a monster.

No.

My brother and I are
protecting these kids

from the worst pain of all.

The pain of losing a parent.

What does that have
to do with the train?

The experiments?

As long as the world
is the way it is,

children will continue to
experience unimaginable loss.

But if there's a cure, that
would change everything.

We could go back to family.

Right.

To connection.

But in the meantime, we're
going to protect these kids

the way we always have.

You want to tell the kids
you rescued the truth?

Go ahead.

Let the whole island hear.

That's what I thought.

What were they
like? Nick, Alicia.

After the stadium, when
they thought I was dead.

I don't think you
would've recognized them.

Alright.

Let's go.

We got to stop
meeting like this.

Let our people go,
and we will walk away.

No one has to get hurt.

I got another 12 soldiers
deep in the woods.

And we got your prefects.

You wouldn't.

You want to take that chance?

Alex.

That isn't my name.

And you are not my mother.

My mother's dead.

Because of her.

You can still
have a family, Dove.

Even if it's not
the one you thought.

You said Madison made you
believe in something more.

That's still there.

Come with us.

Looks like she made her choice.

And every other
kid on that island

is gonna make that same one.

Remember that.

No, they won't.

You'll see.

I'm sorry, Daniel.

This was a mistake.
She can't help us.

Yes, she can. She's right.

Those kids are never
gonna follow me,

not after everything I've done.

Not just them.

Yeah, I'm not the
leader you need.

But I think I know who might be.

Who's that?

Your father.

Crane, do you copy?

Crane, do you copy?

Yeah, I copy.

Where are you? I
told you to meet me.

Being out in the open
didn't seem like a good idea

after what happened today.

We've got a bigger problem.

The parents know
where the island is,

which means it's only a matter
of time until they get there.

They'll destroy
everything we've built.

Not if we're not here.

What are you talking about?

It doesn't matter if
they know who we are.

What matters is that what
we've built survives.

How are we gonna do that?

By expanding.

We're gonna do what Dad said.

There are thousands of
Carrion in that shipyard,

Carrion we put there to
protect what's inside.

We taught the kids how
to fight for a reason.

It's time they showed
us what they've learned.

PADRE thinks you came
out here for a reason.

Nowhere to go, Morgan.

What is it?

They're trying to
burn us out. Ready?

PADRE's got your son.

You know what we have to do.

Mo: Dad! Help me!

I waited too long.

Listen, baby, I'm
coming for you.

They will kill you

if you don't tell
them what happened.

What are you doing
in here?

"What are
you doing in here?"

Dad. Not funny.

The third episode really kind
of lifts the veil on PADRE.

They were kind of trying
to rewrite the way we live.

Come with me.

I want to show you
guys something.

A woodpecker?

So? What's the big deal?

These birds, they
live in families.

They cooperate to
raise their young.

If they can do it, so can we.

Chambliss: It was all
rooted in connection,

the very thing that PADRE
now is trying to eradicate.

I want you to use those
code names I gave you.

Why do I have to be Shrike?

'Cause a shrike may be small,

but it is brutal
when it needs to be.

It doesn't hesitate to
look after its family.

And what this episode
does is kind of unpack

how something with such kind
of benevolent beginnings

could be perverted in such a way

that it could be kind of
this unrecognizable force

that we know in the present day.

After everything PADRE gave you,

you betrayed him.

This is how you're
gonna make it up to him.

Goldberg: Mo is
on this path of...

Of trying to bring PADRE down.

And more specifically,

she believes that she's
gonna do it with Madison.

I need to do this.

Dove: Do what?

We need to see what's in there.

Maybe PADRE isn't
telling us the truth.

Goldberg: And then Shrike,
one of PADRE's emissaries,

is here doing these
weird experiments.

Shrike, what the hell
is going on here?

I am protecting
what PADRE's built.

I'm ensuring you
kids have a future,

a future... Is that what
this looks like to you?

Suddenly, that... that doesn't
ring very good for Dove,

because that's not
keeping people safe.

Tell them to get over here.

Madison: Don't do it, Dove.

Why not?

PADRE lied about this.

Think about what else
he's lied to you about.

Your parents, they could
still be out there,

and I can help you find them.

It really sets Dove
on this trajectory of,

"Have I been lied to?"

What's PADRE actually
doing behind the scenes?

Woman: Hands up!

Tell us what we want to
know. Nobody has to get hurt.

Daniel.

Goldberg: Daniel's
fate has been unknown.

We haven't seen where he's
been the past seven years.

PADRE thought that I was
too old to be of any use,

so they dumped me in the swamp.

We see that Daniel is... Is
using sort of all of these

different aspects of his
past, his skills, for good.

I lost my family, Madison.

But I'm gonna fight
with everything I got

to help these folks
get back to theirs.

We can use the
prefect transport boat

to get back to the island.

Go ahead, Dove.

Wait. No more stalling.

There's something you
need to understand

before you read that file.

And what's that, PADRE?

What happened here?

I don't
answer to you, Lark.

Madison's actions of
smashing that mirror

are all about kind of unmasking
the truth behind PADRE.

Why did you lie?

To protect you. From what?

The expectation is that it will
kind of deflate the message

that PADRE's tried to create.

But what we actually
learn, you know,

by the end of this episode

is that it doesn't actually
kind of destroy PADRE's message.

In fact, it... it reinforces it.

Go on. Tell Dove who she is.

She deserves the truth.

My parents?

I knew your mother.

Her name was Ava.

She died.

Shrike: How?

She was trying to take
you back from PADRE.

And who made her believe
that was possible?

We can help you and your baby.

My mother is dead...
because of you?

My mother is dead?!

Let her go, Dove.

She needs to pay for this.

She will. But not this way.

PADRE is an idea,

and, you know, an
idea can oftentimes be

more powerful than one person.

You want to tell the kids
you rescued the truth?

You...

are a monster.

No.

My brother and I are
protecting these kids

from the worst pain of all...

The pain of losing a parent.