Tales of the Walking Dead (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Davon - full transcript
In a noir-ish fractured-memory thriller, a young stranger suddenly wakes up in a dangerous foreign town with no memory of how he got there; he must piece together fragments of his broken mind to uncover why the townspeople accuse ...
Davon!
Where's the boy?
Je verrai.
Oh, my head.
Help.
Over here.
Murderer!
..citron...
Please. Get help.
Mama! Davon!
Speaking French...
Wait!
Wait! Girl!
I'm not gonna hurt you!
- Murderer!
- Where's he hiding?
- Come on!
- You killed them!
- Come out!
- We know what you've done!
- We will find you!
- Get him!
What's happening?
Murderer.
What?
Run.
You did this to me.
No. I wouldn't.
Then why are they
looking for you?
She's just in your head, Davon.
You're hurt.
It's in your head.
Murderer. Murderer!
Shut up!
If you're gonna talk,
you're gonna walk.
Come on.
Who are you?
8, 9, 7.
What the hell
is going on?
Where are we?
You don't remember.
What? Ah!
Am I going crazy?
8, 9, 7.
Je verrai.
Ca va?
Can you walk?
Bonjour.
How are you?
I know it hurts,
but it's healing well.
My shoe.
Where is my shoe?
Your shoe?
My boot.
Where is it?
Oh, I'm sorry.
It was ruined by...
Amanda, get it.
We saved what we could.
Thank you. Of course.
No.
This is where you killed me.
I wouldn't do that.
Sometimes, murder is mercy.
Murderer!
- No!
- No!
No! No!
You look pink, mon amor.
Did you wear
sunscreen today?
Ma man.
I worry too much.
Ever since...
Moms.
Can I ask what happened?
We went
beyond the wall.
Arnaud's father
didn't come back.
Arnaud almost didn't
come back either.
Scar's worse
than the wound.
Truer words.
I'm sorry about your dad,
though.
You're doing really good
with your leg.
You'll be marching off
in no time.
Maybe.
Hey, don't give up.
Amanda.
I'm sorry.
Do you play?
No.
Come here.
I'll teach you.
Okay.
Repeat after me.
Yeah, you see?
Tone deaf.
Hey. Don't give up.
If you believe you're
bad, you will be.
But if you believe
you're good...
Yeah, that wasn't me.
Yes, it was.
We decide who we are.
It's that easy, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Tu verras.
You will see.
Wow.
Try again.
But they
belonged Martin.
Sad, yes, but they are
the best we have.
Hi.
Here.
Yours were broken.
Oh.
Do you speak French?
No. I knew someone.
Picked up some basics.
Are we in Montreal?
Maine, actually.
Maine?
Madawaska, Maine.
It's Acadian.
We're descendants
of the French.
This was our land until the
British decided that it wasn't.
Yeah, sounds familiar.
Amanda organized us.
We built a gate in the woods
and locked ourselves in.
Sometimes I forget
this is America,
until we are reminded.
Montreal.
Is that where you're headed?
Do you mind if I ask you
what happened to your leg?
I ran into a not
so nice guy in the woods,
and I wouldn't shoot.
He did.
If you'd shot him,
you might have your leg.
Well, murder shouldn't be
the only option.
These days, that's something
special to offer.
Sometimes,
it has to be.
I'm starting to think if you're
gonna choose yourself
over others,
you should make sure
that your
life is worth saving.
But some people
shouldn't be alive
in the first place, no?
With the way things are?
No.
We can still have rules.
I mean, laws work
most of the time.
Usually, it's just the people
who make them that don't.
Hmm. I suppose on this,
we agree.
So, what's in
Montreal that would
make your life
worth saving?
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil,
surplombe tout ♪
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil
♪ Survole nous
Davon.
There you are.
♪ Le soleil me dévore
quand viens I aurore ♪
I haven't
seen you all day.
I've been busy.
You got me strawberries?
You said you wished
you had some,
so I went looking for some.
Here they are.
Even though I know you're gonna
put them in the salad,
which is
straight up crazy.
It's good.
Mm.
The vinegar brings
out the flavor.
If you mean "ruins",
then yeah.
Amanda is starting
dinner soon.
Okay. I'm headed to the school.
You should get some rest
and... and get dry.
Can I take one
for the road?
♪ Grand cerf volant
♪ Viendra de temps en temps
♪ Me perdre
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil,
surplombe tout ♪
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil
♪ Survole nous
Monster!
- Children!
- How could you?!
How could you?!
I know you.
Nora!
Don't speak to her!
Do you want
to kill me, too?
What?
No.
I'm not a-a-a killer.
I'm not a killer!
No punishment could
equal your crime.
But we are going to give you
a chance to do the right thing.
Tell us before you die!
No. You don't...
You don't understand.
- Murderer!
- Kill him!
He's taken our children!
You killer!
My head... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Something happened
to my head.
I can't remember everything.
But I know I would never
kill someone unless
they made me do it,
if someone was trying
to kill me.
Of course
she attacked you!
After everything
they have done for you.
She saved you,
and you killed her!
You killed my mother!
You murderer!
She took care of us.
She led us.
She helped us
even in our worst moments.
She understood me.
How could you?! She loved me.
She discovered what you are...
- Murderer!
- Killer!
The plague
that stalks our walls.
- They were just children!
- Where are they?!
Who?!
You killed my son!
You killed my son!
- He's lying!
- How dare you use
our heartbreak
to deflect from your guilt.
Where are they?
Murderer!
Where are
the children?
Children?
I only saw the one boy!
Murderer! The one boy!
Where?
What is that?
What's happening?
What... What are you doing?
What is that?
What is that?
What's going on?
What are you doing?
What's happening? Nora?
Nora, what's happening?
What's happening?
Nora. Please don't
give up on me.
Please.
Where is he?
Basement.
- Oui.
- Oui!
- Oui!
- No.
- Oui!
- Oui!
Nora! Nora!
No!
Wait! No!
Murderer!
No!
For the crimes against
our children,
against our community,
we consign you to death.
I didn't kill
any children!
This is crazy!
The way of
a liar is short.
When this is over, there will
be nothing left of you.
This machine will crush
your bones.
Le Mort will eat the rest.
Your blood will be absorbed
by the earth.
You will die alone.
Your name erased.
Your memory lost.
No punishment could equal
this crime,
but this we can do.
Justice!
Wait! Justice for our children.
Wait! Listen!
Listen to yourselves!
I didn't kill your children!
Amanda did, okay?
If you do this,
you are the murderers!
Just stop! Think!
Murderer!
Nora! Don't let them do this!
Don't let them do this to me!
We decide who we are!
You!
You can decide!
Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait!
Kill him!
No, no, no!
This place us not for you.
- Ah!
- No!
There's a boy! He's alive!
Wait!
Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! There's a boy!
There's another boy!
He's alive!
Garen!
Garen!
Stop! Quiet! Quiet!
What did you say?
Garen! He's alive!
My son!
He has my son! Stop!
Stop! Stop!
Turn it off!
Garen? Where is he?
He ran! He got away! Where?!
I don't know, but...
But I will! I will!
Just give me some time!
He's lyig
to save himself!
What if he's not?
What if he can tell us
where Greer is, too?
And... and David?
He's hidden the others
to keep his
power over us!
Nora!
Nora!
Nora!
Kill him! Kill him!
Murderer!
Murderer!
No! Stop this, please!
He's evil!
He has to pay
for what he did to my son!
But the others. Don't let him win!
I want to know! Stop!
Stop!
- No! No!
- Stop!
No! No!
Ah!
It was very, very bad of you
to run away, Garen.
Shh. It's okay.
It's okay.
I know you're sorry.
I'm not angry.
I know how hard it is to be
little, especially now.
You don't know what to be afraid
of when everything is scary.
You know, whenever
I made a mistake...
...or got scared or nervous,
Ma man, she would, um...
She would always make me
feel better with a treat.
These... they give you
good dreams.
Which one do you want?
Holy shit.
Garen?
Hey, it's okay. It's okay.
Hey. It's me, man.
It's Davon.
Let me see.
You're safe.
Don't worry.
I got you.
No, no, no!
No, no, no!
Wait. Wait.
No, no, no, no, no.
This place is not for you.
This... This place
is not for anyone.
Amanda.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
Garen!
Wait.
Speaking French...
Hey!
Garen, stop!
Amanda!
Let me go!
Why are you
doing this?!
You could
never understand.
Aah!
Ah!
Ma man!
Wait.
You...
No!
Wait! No, no, wait!
It's not...
Help.
Help.
Help.
Shh. Garen, it's okay.
Okay. One more bite, and you'll
feel better, I promise.
You.
I knew you'd be
a problem.
I told Ma man to make
you go, but Nora...
They're just kids.
Why?
To grow up here,
it makes you twisted.
I'm saving them from the awful
things that they'll do,
the things
that'll turn them.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
Your mother knew.
Don't you talk about her.
She allowed it?
Don't you talk
about my mother.
No.
Not right away.
She tried to
save my first.
Martin.
But then she realized what
would happen if Martin told.
So we left him
in the woods.
She was sick about it,
but what could she do?
I was her son.
She'd almost
lost me once.
She couldn't stand
to lose me again.
To kill me would e
to kill herself.
And, what was it?
"Murder shouldn't be
the only option"?
That's what you said, right?
Well, in this world, you have to
fight for what little you have.
That's your cousin.
Even more reason
to free him.
Amanda would have let you
kill Nora's son?
She would have done
anything for me!
She loved me!
You can't
stop me, either.
You'd have to kill me,
and you don't have it in you.
You're wrong.
But it ain't up to me.
Nora!
Nora!
No! No!
Nora!
Davon, Davon, no, please,
don't do this.
If you do this,
you're as bad as them.
No.
Because I know
who you are!
I'll go. I'll leave.
I swear.
Garen is okay.
N-Nora will be fine.
Just spare me, please!
Garen! Garen!
Davon stopped him.
Arnaud is bad.
No, he's lying!
He's lying!
Aunt Nora, look at him.
He's confused.
Don't come close to us.
You would have killed me.
Do you even care?
Would you have regretted it
when Arnaud killed another
one of your children,
and then you realized
that it wasn't me?!
It wasn't me!
Or would my memory be lost?
My name erased?
We don't have to live like this.
We don't have to be like this.
We decide who we are.
There's still life out there.
There's still hope.
If you let yourselves.
Or it can be mercy.
Now.
Here.
It is mercy!
No!
No! No! It was Davon!
It was Davon!
No! No!
No! Aah!
I think this is the place.
We just need somewhere
to stay, please.
You cannot stay here.
Where are we supposed to go?
Eric.
It's freezing out there.
We will die.
I've been hearing
whispers,
and sometimes I'll see things.
This place is ours now!
Where's the boy?
Je verrai.
Oh, my head.
Help.
Over here.
Murderer!
..citron...
Please. Get help.
Mama! Davon!
Speaking French...
Wait!
Wait! Girl!
I'm not gonna hurt you!
- Murderer!
- Where's he hiding?
- Come on!
- You killed them!
- Come out!
- We know what you've done!
- We will find you!
- Get him!
What's happening?
Murderer.
What?
Run.
You did this to me.
No. I wouldn't.
Then why are they
looking for you?
She's just in your head, Davon.
You're hurt.
It's in your head.
Murderer. Murderer!
Shut up!
If you're gonna talk,
you're gonna walk.
Come on.
Who are you?
8, 9, 7.
What the hell
is going on?
Where are we?
You don't remember.
What? Ah!
Am I going crazy?
8, 9, 7.
Je verrai.
Ca va?
Can you walk?
Bonjour.
How are you?
I know it hurts,
but it's healing well.
My shoe.
Where is my shoe?
Your shoe?
My boot.
Where is it?
Oh, I'm sorry.
It was ruined by...
Amanda, get it.
We saved what we could.
Thank you. Of course.
No.
This is where you killed me.
I wouldn't do that.
Sometimes, murder is mercy.
Murderer!
- No!
- No!
No! No!
You look pink, mon amor.
Did you wear
sunscreen today?
Ma man.
I worry too much.
Ever since...
Moms.
Can I ask what happened?
We went
beyond the wall.
Arnaud's father
didn't come back.
Arnaud almost didn't
come back either.
Scar's worse
than the wound.
Truer words.
I'm sorry about your dad,
though.
You're doing really good
with your leg.
You'll be marching off
in no time.
Maybe.
Hey, don't give up.
Amanda.
I'm sorry.
Do you play?
No.
Come here.
I'll teach you.
Okay.
Repeat after me.
Yeah, you see?
Tone deaf.
Hey. Don't give up.
If you believe you're
bad, you will be.
But if you believe
you're good...
Yeah, that wasn't me.
Yes, it was.
We decide who we are.
It's that easy, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Tu verras.
You will see.
Wow.
Try again.
But they
belonged Martin.
Sad, yes, but they are
the best we have.
Hi.
Here.
Yours were broken.
Oh.
Do you speak French?
No. I knew someone.
Picked up some basics.
Are we in Montreal?
Maine, actually.
Maine?
Madawaska, Maine.
It's Acadian.
We're descendants
of the French.
This was our land until the
British decided that it wasn't.
Yeah, sounds familiar.
Amanda organized us.
We built a gate in the woods
and locked ourselves in.
Sometimes I forget
this is America,
until we are reminded.
Montreal.
Is that where you're headed?
Do you mind if I ask you
what happened to your leg?
I ran into a not
so nice guy in the woods,
and I wouldn't shoot.
He did.
If you'd shot him,
you might have your leg.
Well, murder shouldn't be
the only option.
These days, that's something
special to offer.
Sometimes,
it has to be.
I'm starting to think if you're
gonna choose yourself
over others,
you should make sure
that your
life is worth saving.
But some people
shouldn't be alive
in the first place, no?
With the way things are?
No.
We can still have rules.
I mean, laws work
most of the time.
Usually, it's just the people
who make them that don't.
Hmm. I suppose on this,
we agree.
So, what's in
Montreal that would
make your life
worth saving?
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Fraise, banane,
citron, peche.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil,
surplombe tout ♪
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil
♪ Survole nous
Davon.
There you are.
♪ Le soleil me dévore
quand viens I aurore ♪
I haven't
seen you all day.
I've been busy.
You got me strawberries?
You said you wished
you had some,
so I went looking for some.
Here they are.
Even though I know you're gonna
put them in the salad,
which is
straight up crazy.
It's good.
Mm.
The vinegar brings
out the flavor.
If you mean "ruins",
then yeah.
Amanda is starting
dinner soon.
Okay. I'm headed to the school.
You should get some rest
and... and get dry.
Can I take one
for the road?
♪ Grand cerf volant
♪ Viendra de temps en temps
♪ Me perdre
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil,
surplombe tout ♪
♪ Le soleil, seul soleil
♪ Survole nous
Monster!
- Children!
- How could you?!
How could you?!
I know you.
Nora!
Don't speak to her!
Do you want
to kill me, too?
What?
No.
I'm not a-a-a killer.
I'm not a killer!
No punishment could
equal your crime.
But we are going to give you
a chance to do the right thing.
Tell us before you die!
No. You don't...
You don't understand.
- Murderer!
- Kill him!
He's taken our children!
You killer!
My head... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Something happened
to my head.
I can't remember everything.
But I know I would never
kill someone unless
they made me do it,
if someone was trying
to kill me.
Of course
she attacked you!
After everything
they have done for you.
She saved you,
and you killed her!
You killed my mother!
You murderer!
She took care of us.
She led us.
She helped us
even in our worst moments.
She understood me.
How could you?! She loved me.
She discovered what you are...
- Murderer!
- Killer!
The plague
that stalks our walls.
- They were just children!
- Where are they?!
Who?!
You killed my son!
You killed my son!
- He's lying!
- How dare you use
our heartbreak
to deflect from your guilt.
Where are they?
Murderer!
Where are
the children?
Children?
I only saw the one boy!
Murderer! The one boy!
Where?
What is that?
What's happening?
What... What are you doing?
What is that?
What is that?
What's going on?
What are you doing?
What's happening? Nora?
Nora, what's happening?
What's happening?
Nora. Please don't
give up on me.
Please.
Where is he?
Basement.
- Oui.
- Oui!
- Oui!
- No.
- Oui!
- Oui!
Nora! Nora!
No!
Wait! No!
Murderer!
No!
For the crimes against
our children,
against our community,
we consign you to death.
I didn't kill
any children!
This is crazy!
The way of
a liar is short.
When this is over, there will
be nothing left of you.
This machine will crush
your bones.
Le Mort will eat the rest.
Your blood will be absorbed
by the earth.
You will die alone.
Your name erased.
Your memory lost.
No punishment could equal
this crime,
but this we can do.
Justice!
Wait! Justice for our children.
Wait! Listen!
Listen to yourselves!
I didn't kill your children!
Amanda did, okay?
If you do this,
you are the murderers!
Just stop! Think!
Murderer!
Nora! Don't let them do this!
Don't let them do this to me!
We decide who we are!
You!
You can decide!
Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! Wait!
Kill him!
No, no, no!
This place us not for you.
- Ah!
- No!
There's a boy! He's alive!
Wait!
Wait!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
Wait! There's a boy!
There's another boy!
He's alive!
Garen!
Garen!
Stop! Quiet! Quiet!
What did you say?
Garen! He's alive!
My son!
He has my son! Stop!
Stop! Stop!
Turn it off!
Garen? Where is he?
He ran! He got away! Where?!
I don't know, but...
But I will! I will!
Just give me some time!
He's lyig
to save himself!
What if he's not?
What if he can tell us
where Greer is, too?
And... and David?
He's hidden the others
to keep his
power over us!
Nora!
Nora!
Nora!
Kill him! Kill him!
Murderer!
Murderer!
No! Stop this, please!
He's evil!
He has to pay
for what he did to my son!
But the others. Don't let him win!
I want to know! Stop!
Stop!
- No! No!
- Stop!
No! No!
Ah!
It was very, very bad of you
to run away, Garen.
Shh. It's okay.
It's okay.
I know you're sorry.
I'm not angry.
I know how hard it is to be
little, especially now.
You don't know what to be afraid
of when everything is scary.
You know, whenever
I made a mistake...
...or got scared or nervous,
Ma man, she would, um...
She would always make me
feel better with a treat.
These... they give you
good dreams.
Which one do you want?
Holy shit.
Garen?
Hey, it's okay. It's okay.
Hey. It's me, man.
It's Davon.
Let me see.
You're safe.
Don't worry.
I got you.
No, no, no!
No, no, no!
Wait. Wait.
No, no, no, no, no.
This place is not for you.
This... This place
is not for anyone.
Amanda.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
Garen!
Wait.
Speaking French...
Hey!
Garen, stop!
Amanda!
Let me go!
Why are you
doing this?!
You could
never understand.
Aah!
Ah!
Ma man!
Wait.
You...
No!
Wait! No, no, wait!
It's not...
Help.
Help.
Help.
Shh. Garen, it's okay.
Okay. One more bite, and you'll
feel better, I promise.
You.
I knew you'd be
a problem.
I told Ma man to make
you go, but Nora...
They're just kids.
Why?
To grow up here,
it makes you twisted.
I'm saving them from the awful
things that they'll do,
the things
that'll turn them.
Sometimes,
murder is mercy.
Your mother knew.
Don't you talk about her.
She allowed it?
Don't you talk
about my mother.
No.
Not right away.
She tried to
save my first.
Martin.
But then she realized what
would happen if Martin told.
So we left him
in the woods.
She was sick about it,
but what could she do?
I was her son.
She'd almost
lost me once.
She couldn't stand
to lose me again.
To kill me would e
to kill herself.
And, what was it?
"Murder shouldn't be
the only option"?
That's what you said, right?
Well, in this world, you have to
fight for what little you have.
That's your cousin.
Even more reason
to free him.
Amanda would have let you
kill Nora's son?
She would have done
anything for me!
She loved me!
You can't
stop me, either.
You'd have to kill me,
and you don't have it in you.
You're wrong.
But it ain't up to me.
Nora!
Nora!
No! No!
Nora!
Davon, Davon, no, please,
don't do this.
If you do this,
you're as bad as them.
No.
Because I know
who you are!
I'll go. I'll leave.
I swear.
Garen is okay.
N-Nora will be fine.
Just spare me, please!
Garen! Garen!
Davon stopped him.
Arnaud is bad.
No, he's lying!
He's lying!
Aunt Nora, look at him.
He's confused.
Don't come close to us.
You would have killed me.
Do you even care?
Would you have regretted it
when Arnaud killed another
one of your children,
and then you realized
that it wasn't me?!
It wasn't me!
Or would my memory be lost?
My name erased?
We don't have to live like this.
We don't have to be like this.
We decide who we are.
There's still life out there.
There's still hope.
If you let yourselves.
Or it can be mercy.
Now.
Here.
It is mercy!
No!
No! No! It was Davon!
It was Davon!
No! No!
No! Aah!
I think this is the place.
We just need somewhere
to stay, please.
You cannot stay here.
Where are we supposed to go?
Eric.
It's freezing out there.
We will die.
I've been hearing
whispers,
and sometimes I'll see things.
This place is ours now!