The Walking Dead (2010–…): Season 11, Episode 22 - Episode #11.22 - full transcript
I am gonna
get us out of here.
We have got to put our shit
aside and work together.
For everyone.
By announcing my intent
to defend Eugene Porter,
who has been wrongly
and unjustly accused
by Pamela Milton and
the Commonwealth.
We are gonna get our
kids, take back our home,
and make it right.
And Pamela is never
gonna see it coming.
The world is dark
and broken, but we're not.
Not yet.
We stare into the face
of death every day...
until, one day, that
face is our own.
How do you come back from that?
Keep it. It'll help
you find your way.
My dad wanted mercy
to prevail over wrath.
If we lose that,
we lose everything.
Let's go, let's go!
Move! Now!
Hey. It's that guy.
Tyler Davis. From
the rail yard.
The one who took Max hostage?
I didn't say I liked
him. But he's got balls.
Might be useful.
Two on the
perimeter and four inside.
Okay.
Negan.
The map.
Move!
Negan. Give me the map.
Hey.
What's a person gotta do to
get a little break around here?
What'd you say
to me? Prisoner?
No, man, I'm not
talking about me.
My wife.
I'll pick up a couple extra
shifts so maybe she can,
you know, have her
workload loosened.
The Commonwealth
doesn't make deals.
No, I am not talking about
the Commonwealth, man.
I am talking about you.
Got a problem over here, 197?
No, just a prisoner
mouthing off.
Then maybe we need to
remind him of his place.
That's not neces... Unh!
- Hey!
- Get off of him!
Back down!
Know your place, prisoner!
Negan!
Get off of me!
Negan!
I got it.
No, wait... stop!
Why'd you run at it? It
could've been a climber.
Could tell it wasn't.But
it could've been.
Okay, next time you both
get to kill a walker.
Hey, everybody
needs to stay alert.
We don't know if that was
a one-time thing or not.
Might be more of
those things out here.
Come on, come on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Those were human. Not walker.
Are we sure?
Stay here.
Protect the wagon.
Come out.
Now.
- Aaron?
- Holy shit.
- Luke?
- Look.
- Oh, my God.
- Jules!
- Oh, God.
- Hi!
- What a pleasant surprise.
- I can't believe it.
Hey.
Oh!
- Hey.
- Hi, buddy.
You remember
Lydia, of course.
And this is Elijah.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- Jules.
- Elijah.
- Hi.
- We're actually, uh,
headed back to Oceanside,
if you wanna join us.
It's gone, man.
What do you mean gone?
It ain't ours anymore.
These guys in white gear,
they showed up and...
Said they were from
the Commonwealth?
And they just, took over.
But we made
a deal with them.
Well, I don't know what
kind of deal you made,
but something must've changed
because they're
tracking us right now.
Yeah, and if they
find us, we're dead.
I suggest we get as far the
hell away from Oceanside
as humanly possible.Yeah.
It was the
worst day of my life.
My trusted colleague,
General Michael Mercer,
was with me.
He took me into the morgue
where Sebastian was.
All I
wanted was to hold my son.
Keep him safe.
But he was gone, and there
was nothing I could do.
You took him from me.
You killed my boy!
Objection, Your Honor.
This murderer needs to pay!
Objection!
My son's life cannot be in vain.
Your Honor, motion to
strike these comments
from the court records.
Denied.
Anything else for your witness?
No, Your Honor.
Your turn, Counselor.
This judge is a proverbial, and
perhaps literal, brick wall.
I fear nothing is
getting through.
But it's not herwe have
to get through to, Eugene.
It's them.
Tell me about the
lottery, Governor.
What does it mean to you?
The lottery is
about opportunity.
And hope for a better future.
Or is it a lie?
Just
like your son said.
- Objection!
- Sustained.
It's a simple yes or
no question, Governor.
Is it a lie or not?
Counselor,
that's enough.
There is a recording,
Your Honor.
We all heard it that day.
Answer the question, Governor.
That wasn't my son.
- What?
- What?
Excuse me? Onlooker:
We all heard it!
I know my son's voice,
and that wasn't him.
The tape was altered.
You actually expect
us to believe
that someone altered
your son's voice...
Not someone, Counselor.
Your client.
This enemy of the state.
He admitted he played the tape.
He admitted he caused
chaos that day, did he not?
That was not my son.
Free Eugene!
No, it's really bad.
I don't think any of
them are gonna make it.
But you saw everyone.
The adults.
Coco,
Hershel, the kids?
No.
But they have to be there.
Right?
Okay, we need to go in now.
We can't. There's
too many guards.
We'll never make it.
So, she turned our
home into a prison...
after promising to give it back.
She never planned
to give it back.
Wait. We can go in the sewers.
I know a way to get
back into our old house,
but I need some backup just in
case the guards have it blocked.
I'll go with you.
All right, we're gonna
go to the windmill.
There's a sewer grate there.
All right, I'm
going with you guys.
All right. But we
need eyes out here.
Carol, I'm not staying out
here when Coco's inside.
You and Gabriel are
our best sharpshooters.
If it comes to that.
We can radio each other
if something goes wrong.
If it's more than a
night, I'm going in.
Okay.
Here you go. Be safe.
Tyler, we know
you stood up to Pamela.
You want out of here
as much as we do.
I want to live.
Well, this ain't living, man.
This is barely surviving.
We can take the guards.
Your people and ours.
We can take control.
What, like we haven't
tried that before?
The same thing always happens.
People who shouldn't
die end up dead.
Two choices here...
Survival or that.
You got a taste of it today.
So you people try
this, we all die.
Or we try this and we live.
We only got each other, man.
If we lose faith in that, the
idea that we can change this
if we want to...
we're as good as dead anyway.
Get up.
Nope.
Not until you tell
me where my wife is.
You're on your own.
Sit, prisoner.
All right! Jesus.
197. Sir?
Your transfer's been denied.
Sir, my brother's
been very sick.
I-I don't know how long he has.
Then you should've
told me directly
instead of going around
me to ask for a transfer.
Your duty here has been
extended six months.
Dismissed.
That was found a few hours after
you tussled with my guards.
Okay. Cool.
What is it?
I don't know. A poor
man's Tic-Tac-Toe?
Look, man, I don't
know what it is.
Someone is keeping
track of my guards...
When they come and go, how
many are on shift at any time.
What's that got to do with me?
When you first came here, I
thought maybe you were a leader.
But now I see that you have...
other priorities.
A real leader separates.
They cleave themselves
off from everyone else.
Because the things
that real leaders do?
Most people just don't
have the stomach for it.
But the ones that do?
They're the real threats.
There's a threat in my midst.
And I believe it's
one of your people.
My people?
Look, other than my
wife, all those people,
they hate my guts.
So I don't know anything.
But I bet you can find out.
Oh. Bet I can't.
Not really an option.
Unless you'd rather not see
that pregnant wife of yours.
Hey.
Hey, you.
Are you okay? You're not hurt?
I think you got the worst of it.
How's the little one?
Just kicked me so hard I
almost rolled off the bed.
Ah.
Gonna be a badass,
just like Mama.
We are gonna get out of here.
We will.
Yeah, I know. I know we will.
I am working on it.
Is that what you were doing
back there on the tracks?
Working it "your way"?
Hey, old habits
die hard, I guess.
But we can't.
I am gonna meet this
baby, and so are you.
Yes.
Yeah.
Hey, Annie, I would
never risk us.
What did the warden say to you?
Don't worry about it.
That bad, huh?
I have known men like
him my whole life.
Hell, I used to behim. Shit.
In that case, no wonder
everyone hated you.
Oh, shit.
I will handle him.
Okay?
Sure.
If I don't do it first.
Yeah. I'm good.
We're good. We made it.
Yeah, we're good, too.
You know, we
were out scavenging.
We weren't there when
Hornsby's men came in.
No. No, we were hiding
behind the houses.
We were just trying to figure
out what the hell to do.
I wanted to stay and fight.
But Rachel wasn't
having any of it.
She... Man.
I said to her, "Look, there's no way
in hell we're gonna leave you here.
We're gonna stay and
we're gonna fight."
But she just insisted
that we all go
and we had to warn
everybody and find you guys
and tell you what was coming,
so that's why we left.
Yeah. We haven't seen
Rachel or any of them since.
We never should've
listened to her.
We should've stayed and
we should've fought.
But you found us.
Yeah.
And everyone else, too.
They're heading for
Alexandria right now.
What? My crew?
Like, Connie and
Kelly and Magna?
Everyone. They left after us.
Troopers!
Down.
- They're closing in.
- We can't outrun them.
Your nerves mystify me, Yumiko.
Do you not hear what I hear?
You got through to them.
That's the point. Isn't it?
Yes, of course, but there
are still troopers out there,
holding the line,
doing Pamela's bidding.
I... If they're not on our side,
it doesn't matter how fast
we inspire an uprising.
It just...
It might not be fast enough.
So you're saying we're
going to lose the case.
And the people out there
can't stop what happens next.
Then perhaps it's time we
accept the situation we...
Ifind myself in.
Eugene, no.
Yeah, I knew this could come.
Probably would come.
So now I must prepare.
When that judge says those words
and declares me guilty, I...
I will let those troopers
escort me to my...
Max, your brother
commands respect here.
If we can get him on the stand,
if we can get him to admit
that Pamela is
corrupt, in public...
He won't speak out against her.
If he was going to, he would've
done it when Princess was taken.
What, does he know?
The way Pamela runs
things here, she...
She silos people off
against each other, right?
Max...
You think he would talk to you?
His men won't let me
anywhere near his office.
But he might talk to me.
I need five more troops
on the south perimeter.
We'll rendezvous there.
You shouldn't be here.
Came to convince you
to do the right thing.
You should leave, Counselor.
Judge wouldn't want
you getting back late.
Doesn't matter.
We're gonna lose. I know that.
My friend, the man who your
sister loves, is gonna die.
My other friends might,
too, for all I know.
Pamela's men took them
to God knows where.
Princess was with them.
I know.
You...
You know?
Yeah.
I don't believe
that you don't care.
Your sister doesn't, either.
Mercer, we need you.
We need you to testify against
Pamela in public to save them.
Please.
Doing what you're asking
won't change a thing.
People seeing you
speak truth to power?
Yes, it will.
I have to get back.
Nah,
should be the same.
You guys all set?
Red team,
report to central right away.
Copy that.
I keep thinking I can
hear Hershel's voice.
I want to be better.
I want to do better.
But...
Sometimes...
Sometimes I think it
wasn't even fair to...
To bring him into this world.
Was I being selfish?
Maggie...
Is it true?
No.
No, after Sophia and Henry,
part of me felt that way, too,
but I didn't believe
it for a minute.
I don't believe it for a minute.
Is that selfish of me
to miss them so much
I want them to come back?
No.
You will always try to
make the world better
because of him and for him.
That's hope.
We're gonna find him.
We will.
All right,
hurry up! Let's go!
Gonna tell me what
happened with the warden?
Just put me on latrine duty.
Don't do that again. Go rogue.
We needed that
map. Jesus Christ.
Do I need to hear
this shit again?
You think because I agreed to
this thing that we're friends now?
We're not friends.
'Cause I haven't forgotten
for one goddamn minute
what you took from me.
I can tell by the
look in your eye
you have no idea what
I'm talking about.
No.
Henry's brother.
Benjamin?
That was my family.
You apologizing doesn't
change anything.
Not for me.
Truth is, if this works
out and we get out of here,
you don't deserve
a brand-new life.
Damn sure don't
deserve to be a father.
I tell you what, Ezekiel.
I willbe a father.
So you, you go ahead and
you live in the past.
You do you,
Ezekiel. I'll do me.
And you know what?
I'm gonna do it for my kid.
So...
You got a name for me?
I'm fine.
Yeah.
Thank
you, Counselor.
Your closing remarks have been
entered into the public record.
Does the defense rest its case?
I will ask you again, Counselor.
Does the defense rest its case?
Your... Your Honor, I-I'd
like to address the court
on my own behalf, if I may.
Eugene... Please.
I'll allow it.
The way I see it, I've been
living on borrowed time
for well past a decade now.
By all rights, someone like
me should've met my maker
on the very first day things
started to fall apart.
And the thing is, I would've,
were it not for
the aid of friends.
Friends who have
not only changed me,
but changed the hearts and
minds of so many others.
I am beyond certain that my
fate will not discourage them
from keeping that going,
from helping others
to find the courage
to do what's right.
I was not always a good man.
Some time ago, I fell in with
a posse who thrived on...
doing some downright
unseemly acts on the reg.
And I looked the other way.
I placed value on order and
safety above all other things.
But I soon realized that,
while I wasn't the
one swinging the bat,
I nevertheless had
blood on my hands.
I knew what was happening.
My inaction made me culpable,
and I hated myself for that.
So I did something.
In my own little way,
I changed the world.
And I learned that one
person can do that.
And sometimes all it takes
is one person to do that.
Thank you.
That... That is all.
Your Honor, the defense rests.
The Commonwealth
finds Eugene Porter
guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Sentenced to public
execution within one hour.
Get up!
Outside! Everybody, now!
- Come on! Move it!
- What is up?!
- Come on! Move it!
- Come on, let's go!
Get your hands off me!
Move! Now!
Annie?
Where are
they taking him?
Come on, move!
There is a traitor in our midst.
Someone who thinks
he's above the rules.
This prisoner has admitted
to spearheading a rebellion.
Any co-conspirators will be
given the benefit of the doubt.
I trust they were not acting
of their own free will.
So only he will be punished.
But it's important that
you're all here to see.
To remember.
- Negan!
- No! No!
No, Annie, don't!
- Hey, hey. It's okay.
- No. No.
I knew we
couldn't trust him.
I love you.
Get him on his knees.
What the hell?
This is what happens when
you forget your place.
Take your positions.
No!
Don't let him do this! No!
No! You... Listen to me!
You can't do this! Please!
Ready.
Stay calm.
- Stop!
- Aim.
There are no martyrs here.
- Get off!
- No. No!
That wasn't our deal!
Take me! Take me!
You will feel this punishment!
That is not what you said!
No! You take me!
Just me!
Ready.
You.
You have a family.
Don't do this.
Please.
I said ready!
Leave her! Take me!
Just take me!
Aim.
Please.
Please.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
I admire your
bravery, prisoners.
Shoot them all.
You don't have to do this!
This world is broken,
but we don't have to be.
- No!
- No! No! Kelly!
- No!
- Kelly!
- Hey! Hey!
- Stop!
- Hey! Hey!
- Stop!
No! No!
Kelly!
Connie!
Help! Help!
Shut up!
Help! Help!
You talk so much.
Please shut up!
Mom!
Hershel!
Are you okay? Yeah.
Coco!
Is she there?
Carol, is she here?!
We checked all the other
houses. Where is she?
Hershel, was she with you?
No. I-I don't
know where she is.
Eaaaast.
Negan! Don't kill him!
Where's my daughter?
Where is she?!
Where the hell is she?!
Tell me where she is!
Where is she?!
You will lose everything.
Aah! No! No!
No! No! Aah!
Time to fuck shit up.
None of us are safe as
long as she's still breathing.
Together, we get this done.
I want a
door-to-door search.
If he's found,
shoot him on sight.
I need to gather enough troops
willing to make a move on Pamela.
We got to go now!
It was the
worst day of my life.
He took me into the morgue
where Sebastian was.
I think Pamela does have
true grief over her son,
but it is complicated
and I do think there's
an element of
crocodile tears
in front of the judge
and in front of
the people there.
You took him from me.
You killed my boy!
Objection, Your Honor!
My son's life cannot be in vain!
Your Honor, motion to
strike these comments
from the court records.
Denied.
Your turn, Counselor.
Yumiko is very smart
and, from the outset,
she knows that it's
an uphill battle.
This
judge is a proverbial
and perhaps a
literal brick wall.
I fear nothing is
getting through.
But it's not her we
have to get through to, Eugene.
It's them.
The whole trial is fake
and she knows that.
This tactic that
she's using is like,
"We're still going
to try to win,
but the truth is we're
probably set up to lose,
so, what can I do, instead?"
Tell me about the
lottery, Governor.
What does it mean to you?
The lottery is
about opportunity.
Or is it a lie?
Just like your son said.
There is a recording,
Your Honor.
We all heard it that day.
The people of the
Commonwealth have been angry
and are demanding answers.
That does put
pressure on Pamela.
That wasn't my son.
Excuse me?
The tape was altered!
She is brazen enough
that she thinks like,
"I can literally say anything
and it doesn't matter if I lie
because, if Isay it's the truth,
then it's the truth."
You actually expect
us to believe
that someone altered
your son's voice?
Not someone, Counselor.
Your client.
Our characters are in these
really difficult situations
and they have to have some
trust and faith in each other
and in whether things
are going to work out.
A lot of them have
their faith tested
in some kind of way
in this episode.
There, hoist
it or something.
Two in the
perimeter and four inside.
Okay.
Negan is a character
that we don't always
have a lot of trust in
and I think a lot of people
don't have much faith in him.
Negan.
The map.
So, it's interesting to
kind of make him a character
at the center of this idea of,
"Can we have faith
in each other?"
Hey, what's a person got to do
to get a little
break around here?
Got a problem over here, 197?
No.
Just a prisoner, mouthing off.
Maybe we need to remind
him of his place.
That's not neces...
Unh!
Alright! Jesus!
I think the warden does remind
Negan of his own "Save yourself"
and he kind of understands like
what it is to be that person
who is ruling through
fear and an iron fist.
That was found a few hours
after you tussled
with my guards.
Okay. Cool.
What is it?
I don't know.
Poor man's tic-tac-toe?
I think that Negan is
living with a lotof guilt
about the things he's done
and, even when he acts
like he doesn't care
what people are saying
to him or about him,
he actually does care.
So I don't know anything.
But I bet you can find out.
Oh.
And this has to do a lot
with Annie and the
child that's on its way.
He's thinking about
what is his legacy
and does he want
to be remembered
as the guy that was a villain...
There is a traitor in our midst,
someone who thinks
he's above the rules.
This prisoner has admitted
to spearheading a rebellion.
Or is there another
version of his story
that can be told to whoever
his... his child is?
Hey, hey.
It's okay.
I love you.
For Ezekiel's part,
he sees the
situation playing out
and he understands,
"Negan must have given
himself up for us."
There are no martyrs here.
Get off of me! No.
No!
That wasn't our deal!
I think he also sees that Annie,
who is an innocent
in the situation,
is down on her knees
and Ezekiel, like again, he is
truly a leader for a reason.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
He sees that something
horrific is about to happen
and he cannot just stand
by and watch it happen.
Somebody that can show
that kind of courage tends
to inspire others around him.
That's why our group goes
up to stand beside him,
because those people
that are heroes,
they're always going
to stand together.
And I think that that is
very moving for Negan.
I don't think he expected
that from Ezekiel.
I don't think he expected
that from the group.
This world is broken,
but we don't have to be.
Troops in the south perimeter
will rendezvous there.
Mercer is a hero
to the people of this place.
His posters are everywhere.
He is truly an icon
for this group.
Shouldn't be here.
I came to convince you
to do the right thing.
You should leave, Counselor.
Yumiko sees, "This as somebody
who we think has a good heart.
All we have to do
is just convince him
that he needs to help."
Pamela's men took them to
God knows where.
I know.
You know?
Yeah.
Yumiko is shocked
when she realizes Mercer,
in fact, does know
people have been taken.
I don't believe
that you don't care.
That's disappointing for her
because she thought
she knew him better.
Mercer, we need you.
We need you to testify
against Pamela in
public to save them.
Of course, Mercer,
at this point,
already has his own
kind of play starting,
but that's not something
that she knows at this
point in the story.
We had different versions
of a final scene,
but when we went into editing,
like that just felt like
the right moment to end on
and the line was actually
an ad-lib by Michael.
It was so clearly the
right version to go with.
It's been a long time for
him to get to this point,
to just openly defy and
say like, "From now on,
we are 100% on the same team.
Time to fuck shit up.
get us out of here.
We have got to put our shit
aside and work together.
For everyone.
By announcing my intent
to defend Eugene Porter,
who has been wrongly
and unjustly accused
by Pamela Milton and
the Commonwealth.
We are gonna get our
kids, take back our home,
and make it right.
And Pamela is never
gonna see it coming.
The world is dark
and broken, but we're not.
Not yet.
We stare into the face
of death every day...
until, one day, that
face is our own.
How do you come back from that?
Keep it. It'll help
you find your way.
My dad wanted mercy
to prevail over wrath.
If we lose that,
we lose everything.
Let's go, let's go!
Move! Now!
Hey. It's that guy.
Tyler Davis. From
the rail yard.
The one who took Max hostage?
I didn't say I liked
him. But he's got balls.
Might be useful.
Two on the
perimeter and four inside.
Okay.
Negan.
The map.
Move!
Negan. Give me the map.
Hey.
What's a person gotta do to
get a little break around here?
What'd you say
to me? Prisoner?
No, man, I'm not
talking about me.
My wife.
I'll pick up a couple extra
shifts so maybe she can,
you know, have her
workload loosened.
The Commonwealth
doesn't make deals.
No, I am not talking about
the Commonwealth, man.
I am talking about you.
Got a problem over here, 197?
No, just a prisoner
mouthing off.
Then maybe we need to
remind him of his place.
That's not neces... Unh!
- Hey!
- Get off of him!
Back down!
Know your place, prisoner!
Negan!
Get off of me!
Negan!
I got it.
No, wait... stop!
Why'd you run at it? It
could've been a climber.
Could tell it wasn't.But
it could've been.
Okay, next time you both
get to kill a walker.
Hey, everybody
needs to stay alert.
We don't know if that was
a one-time thing or not.
Might be more of
those things out here.
Come on, come on.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Those were human. Not walker.
Are we sure?
Stay here.
Protect the wagon.
Come out.
Now.
- Aaron?
- Holy shit.
- Luke?
- Look.
- Oh, my God.
- Jules!
- Oh, God.
- Hi!
- What a pleasant surprise.
- I can't believe it.
Hey.
Oh!
- Hey.
- Hi, buddy.
You remember
Lydia, of course.
And this is Elijah.
- Hi.
- Hey.
- Jules.
- Elijah.
- Hi.
- We're actually, uh,
headed back to Oceanside,
if you wanna join us.
It's gone, man.
What do you mean gone?
It ain't ours anymore.
These guys in white gear,
they showed up and...
Said they were from
the Commonwealth?
And they just, took over.
But we made
a deal with them.
Well, I don't know what
kind of deal you made,
but something must've changed
because they're
tracking us right now.
Yeah, and if they
find us, we're dead.
I suggest we get as far the
hell away from Oceanside
as humanly possible.Yeah.
It was the
worst day of my life.
My trusted colleague,
General Michael Mercer,
was with me.
He took me into the morgue
where Sebastian was.
All I
wanted was to hold my son.
Keep him safe.
But he was gone, and there
was nothing I could do.
You took him from me.
You killed my boy!
Objection, Your Honor.
This murderer needs to pay!
Objection!
My son's life cannot be in vain.
Your Honor, motion to
strike these comments
from the court records.
Denied.
Anything else for your witness?
No, Your Honor.
Your turn, Counselor.
This judge is a proverbial, and
perhaps literal, brick wall.
I fear nothing is
getting through.
But it's not herwe have
to get through to, Eugene.
It's them.
Tell me about the
lottery, Governor.
What does it mean to you?
The lottery is
about opportunity.
And hope for a better future.
Or is it a lie?
Just
like your son said.
- Objection!
- Sustained.
It's a simple yes or
no question, Governor.
Is it a lie or not?
Counselor,
that's enough.
There is a recording,
Your Honor.
We all heard it that day.
Answer the question, Governor.
That wasn't my son.
- What?
- What?
Excuse me? Onlooker:
We all heard it!
I know my son's voice,
and that wasn't him.
The tape was altered.
You actually expect
us to believe
that someone altered
your son's voice...
Not someone, Counselor.
Your client.
This enemy of the state.
He admitted he played the tape.
He admitted he caused
chaos that day, did he not?
That was not my son.
Free Eugene!
No, it's really bad.
I don't think any of
them are gonna make it.
But you saw everyone.
The adults.
Coco,
Hershel, the kids?
No.
But they have to be there.
Right?
Okay, we need to go in now.
We can't. There's
too many guards.
We'll never make it.
So, she turned our
home into a prison...
after promising to give it back.
She never planned
to give it back.
Wait. We can go in the sewers.
I know a way to get
back into our old house,
but I need some backup just in
case the guards have it blocked.
I'll go with you.
All right, we're gonna
go to the windmill.
There's a sewer grate there.
All right, I'm
going with you guys.
All right. But we
need eyes out here.
Carol, I'm not staying out
here when Coco's inside.
You and Gabriel are
our best sharpshooters.
If it comes to that.
We can radio each other
if something goes wrong.
If it's more than a
night, I'm going in.
Okay.
Here you go. Be safe.
Tyler, we know
you stood up to Pamela.
You want out of here
as much as we do.
I want to live.
Well, this ain't living, man.
This is barely surviving.
We can take the guards.
Your people and ours.
We can take control.
What, like we haven't
tried that before?
The same thing always happens.
People who shouldn't
die end up dead.
Two choices here...
Survival or that.
You got a taste of it today.
So you people try
this, we all die.
Or we try this and we live.
We only got each other, man.
If we lose faith in that, the
idea that we can change this
if we want to...
we're as good as dead anyway.
Get up.
Nope.
Not until you tell
me where my wife is.
You're on your own.
Sit, prisoner.
All right! Jesus.
197. Sir?
Your transfer's been denied.
Sir, my brother's
been very sick.
I-I don't know how long he has.
Then you should've
told me directly
instead of going around
me to ask for a transfer.
Your duty here has been
extended six months.
Dismissed.
That was found a few hours after
you tussled with my guards.
Okay. Cool.
What is it?
I don't know. A poor
man's Tic-Tac-Toe?
Look, man, I don't
know what it is.
Someone is keeping
track of my guards...
When they come and go, how
many are on shift at any time.
What's that got to do with me?
When you first came here, I
thought maybe you were a leader.
But now I see that you have...
other priorities.
A real leader separates.
They cleave themselves
off from everyone else.
Because the things
that real leaders do?
Most people just don't
have the stomach for it.
But the ones that do?
They're the real threats.
There's a threat in my midst.
And I believe it's
one of your people.
My people?
Look, other than my
wife, all those people,
they hate my guts.
So I don't know anything.
But I bet you can find out.
Oh. Bet I can't.
Not really an option.
Unless you'd rather not see
that pregnant wife of yours.
Hey.
Hey, you.
Are you okay? You're not hurt?
I think you got the worst of it.
How's the little one?
Just kicked me so hard I
almost rolled off the bed.
Ah.
Gonna be a badass,
just like Mama.
We are gonna get out of here.
We will.
Yeah, I know. I know we will.
I am working on it.
Is that what you were doing
back there on the tracks?
Working it "your way"?
Hey, old habits
die hard, I guess.
But we can't.
I am gonna meet this
baby, and so are you.
Yes.
Yeah.
Hey, Annie, I would
never risk us.
What did the warden say to you?
Don't worry about it.
That bad, huh?
I have known men like
him my whole life.
Hell, I used to behim. Shit.
In that case, no wonder
everyone hated you.
Oh, shit.
I will handle him.
Okay?
Sure.
If I don't do it first.
Yeah. I'm good.
We're good. We made it.
Yeah, we're good, too.
You know, we
were out scavenging.
We weren't there when
Hornsby's men came in.
No. No, we were hiding
behind the houses.
We were just trying to figure
out what the hell to do.
I wanted to stay and fight.
But Rachel wasn't
having any of it.
She... Man.
I said to her, "Look, there's no way
in hell we're gonna leave you here.
We're gonna stay and
we're gonna fight."
But she just insisted
that we all go
and we had to warn
everybody and find you guys
and tell you what was coming,
so that's why we left.
Yeah. We haven't seen
Rachel or any of them since.
We never should've
listened to her.
We should've stayed and
we should've fought.
But you found us.
Yeah.
And everyone else, too.
They're heading for
Alexandria right now.
What? My crew?
Like, Connie and
Kelly and Magna?
Everyone. They left after us.
Troopers!
Down.
- They're closing in.
- We can't outrun them.
Your nerves mystify me, Yumiko.
Do you not hear what I hear?
You got through to them.
That's the point. Isn't it?
Yes, of course, but there
are still troopers out there,
holding the line,
doing Pamela's bidding.
I... If they're not on our side,
it doesn't matter how fast
we inspire an uprising.
It just...
It might not be fast enough.
So you're saying we're
going to lose the case.
And the people out there
can't stop what happens next.
Then perhaps it's time we
accept the situation we...
Ifind myself in.
Eugene, no.
Yeah, I knew this could come.
Probably would come.
So now I must prepare.
When that judge says those words
and declares me guilty, I...
I will let those troopers
escort me to my...
Max, your brother
commands respect here.
If we can get him on the stand,
if we can get him to admit
that Pamela is
corrupt, in public...
He won't speak out against her.
If he was going to, he would've
done it when Princess was taken.
What, does he know?
The way Pamela runs
things here, she...
She silos people off
against each other, right?
Max...
You think he would talk to you?
His men won't let me
anywhere near his office.
But he might talk to me.
I need five more troops
on the south perimeter.
We'll rendezvous there.
You shouldn't be here.
Came to convince you
to do the right thing.
You should leave, Counselor.
Judge wouldn't want
you getting back late.
Doesn't matter.
We're gonna lose. I know that.
My friend, the man who your
sister loves, is gonna die.
My other friends might,
too, for all I know.
Pamela's men took them
to God knows where.
Princess was with them.
I know.
You...
You know?
Yeah.
I don't believe
that you don't care.
Your sister doesn't, either.
Mercer, we need you.
We need you to testify against
Pamela in public to save them.
Please.
Doing what you're asking
won't change a thing.
People seeing you
speak truth to power?
Yes, it will.
I have to get back.
Nah,
should be the same.
You guys all set?
Red team,
report to central right away.
Copy that.
I keep thinking I can
hear Hershel's voice.
I want to be better.
I want to do better.
But...
Sometimes...
Sometimes I think it
wasn't even fair to...
To bring him into this world.
Was I being selfish?
Maggie...
Is it true?
No.
No, after Sophia and Henry,
part of me felt that way, too,
but I didn't believe
it for a minute.
I don't believe it for a minute.
Is that selfish of me
to miss them so much
I want them to come back?
No.
You will always try to
make the world better
because of him and for him.
That's hope.
We're gonna find him.
We will.
All right,
hurry up! Let's go!
Gonna tell me what
happened with the warden?
Just put me on latrine duty.
Don't do that again. Go rogue.
We needed that
map. Jesus Christ.
Do I need to hear
this shit again?
You think because I agreed to
this thing that we're friends now?
We're not friends.
'Cause I haven't forgotten
for one goddamn minute
what you took from me.
I can tell by the
look in your eye
you have no idea what
I'm talking about.
No.
Henry's brother.
Benjamin?
That was my family.
You apologizing doesn't
change anything.
Not for me.
Truth is, if this works
out and we get out of here,
you don't deserve
a brand-new life.
Damn sure don't
deserve to be a father.
I tell you what, Ezekiel.
I willbe a father.
So you, you go ahead and
you live in the past.
You do you,
Ezekiel. I'll do me.
And you know what?
I'm gonna do it for my kid.
So...
You got a name for me?
I'm fine.
Yeah.
Thank
you, Counselor.
Your closing remarks have been
entered into the public record.
Does the defense rest its case?
I will ask you again, Counselor.
Does the defense rest its case?
Your... Your Honor, I-I'd
like to address the court
on my own behalf, if I may.
Eugene... Please.
I'll allow it.
The way I see it, I've been
living on borrowed time
for well past a decade now.
By all rights, someone like
me should've met my maker
on the very first day things
started to fall apart.
And the thing is, I would've,
were it not for
the aid of friends.
Friends who have
not only changed me,
but changed the hearts and
minds of so many others.
I am beyond certain that my
fate will not discourage them
from keeping that going,
from helping others
to find the courage
to do what's right.
I was not always a good man.
Some time ago, I fell in with
a posse who thrived on...
doing some downright
unseemly acts on the reg.
And I looked the other way.
I placed value on order and
safety above all other things.
But I soon realized that,
while I wasn't the
one swinging the bat,
I nevertheless had
blood on my hands.
I knew what was happening.
My inaction made me culpable,
and I hated myself for that.
So I did something.
In my own little way,
I changed the world.
And I learned that one
person can do that.
And sometimes all it takes
is one person to do that.
Thank you.
That... That is all.
Your Honor, the defense rests.
The Commonwealth
finds Eugene Porter
guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Sentenced to public
execution within one hour.
Get up!
Outside! Everybody, now!
- Come on! Move it!
- What is up?!
- Come on! Move it!
- Come on, let's go!
Get your hands off me!
Move! Now!
Annie?
Where are
they taking him?
Come on, move!
There is a traitor in our midst.
Someone who thinks
he's above the rules.
This prisoner has admitted
to spearheading a rebellion.
Any co-conspirators will be
given the benefit of the doubt.
I trust they were not acting
of their own free will.
So only he will be punished.
But it's important that
you're all here to see.
To remember.
- Negan!
- No! No!
No, Annie, don't!
- Hey, hey. It's okay.
- No. No.
I knew we
couldn't trust him.
I love you.
Get him on his knees.
What the hell?
This is what happens when
you forget your place.
Take your positions.
No!
Don't let him do this! No!
No! You... Listen to me!
You can't do this! Please!
Ready.
Stay calm.
- Stop!
- Aim.
There are no martyrs here.
- Get off!
- No. No!
That wasn't our deal!
Take me! Take me!
You will feel this punishment!
That is not what you said!
No! You take me!
Just me!
Ready.
You.
You have a family.
Don't do this.
Please.
I said ready!
Leave her! Take me!
Just take me!
Aim.
Please.
Please.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
I admire your
bravery, prisoners.
Shoot them all.
You don't have to do this!
This world is broken,
but we don't have to be.
- No!
- No! No! Kelly!
- No!
- Kelly!
- Hey! Hey!
- Stop!
- Hey! Hey!
- Stop!
No! No!
Kelly!
Connie!
Help! Help!
Shut up!
Help! Help!
You talk so much.
Please shut up!
Mom!
Hershel!
Are you okay? Yeah.
Coco!
Is she there?
Carol, is she here?!
We checked all the other
houses. Where is she?
Hershel, was she with you?
No. I-I don't
know where she is.
Eaaaast.
Negan! Don't kill him!
Where's my daughter?
Where is she?!
Where the hell is she?!
Tell me where she is!
Where is she?!
You will lose everything.
Aah! No! No!
No! No! Aah!
Time to fuck shit up.
None of us are safe as
long as she's still breathing.
Together, we get this done.
I want a
door-to-door search.
If he's found,
shoot him on sight.
I need to gather enough troops
willing to make a move on Pamela.
We got to go now!
It was the
worst day of my life.
He took me into the morgue
where Sebastian was.
I think Pamela does have
true grief over her son,
but it is complicated
and I do think there's
an element of
crocodile tears
in front of the judge
and in front of
the people there.
You took him from me.
You killed my boy!
Objection, Your Honor!
My son's life cannot be in vain!
Your Honor, motion to
strike these comments
from the court records.
Denied.
Your turn, Counselor.
Yumiko is very smart
and, from the outset,
she knows that it's
an uphill battle.
This
judge is a proverbial
and perhaps a
literal brick wall.
I fear nothing is
getting through.
But it's not her we
have to get through to, Eugene.
It's them.
The whole trial is fake
and she knows that.
This tactic that
she's using is like,
"We're still going
to try to win,
but the truth is we're
probably set up to lose,
so, what can I do, instead?"
Tell me about the
lottery, Governor.
What does it mean to you?
The lottery is
about opportunity.
Or is it a lie?
Just like your son said.
There is a recording,
Your Honor.
We all heard it that day.
The people of the
Commonwealth have been angry
and are demanding answers.
That does put
pressure on Pamela.
That wasn't my son.
Excuse me?
The tape was altered!
She is brazen enough
that she thinks like,
"I can literally say anything
and it doesn't matter if I lie
because, if Isay it's the truth,
then it's the truth."
You actually expect
us to believe
that someone altered
your son's voice?
Not someone, Counselor.
Your client.
Our characters are in these
really difficult situations
and they have to have some
trust and faith in each other
and in whether things
are going to work out.
A lot of them have
their faith tested
in some kind of way
in this episode.
There, hoist
it or something.
Two in the
perimeter and four inside.
Okay.
Negan is a character
that we don't always
have a lot of trust in
and I think a lot of people
don't have much faith in him.
Negan.
The map.
So, it's interesting to
kind of make him a character
at the center of this idea of,
"Can we have faith
in each other?"
Hey, what's a person got to do
to get a little
break around here?
Got a problem over here, 197?
No.
Just a prisoner, mouthing off.
Maybe we need to remind
him of his place.
That's not neces...
Unh!
Alright! Jesus!
I think the warden does remind
Negan of his own "Save yourself"
and he kind of understands like
what it is to be that person
who is ruling through
fear and an iron fist.
That was found a few hours
after you tussled
with my guards.
Okay. Cool.
What is it?
I don't know.
Poor man's tic-tac-toe?
I think that Negan is
living with a lotof guilt
about the things he's done
and, even when he acts
like he doesn't care
what people are saying
to him or about him,
he actually does care.
So I don't know anything.
But I bet you can find out.
Oh.
And this has to do a lot
with Annie and the
child that's on its way.
He's thinking about
what is his legacy
and does he want
to be remembered
as the guy that was a villain...
There is a traitor in our midst,
someone who thinks
he's above the rules.
This prisoner has admitted
to spearheading a rebellion.
Or is there another
version of his story
that can be told to whoever
his... his child is?
Hey, hey.
It's okay.
I love you.
For Ezekiel's part,
he sees the
situation playing out
and he understands,
"Negan must have given
himself up for us."
There are no martyrs here.
Get off of me! No.
No!
That wasn't our deal!
I think he also sees that Annie,
who is an innocent
in the situation,
is down on her knees
and Ezekiel, like again, he is
truly a leader for a reason.
What are you doing?
I don't know.
He sees that something
horrific is about to happen
and he cannot just stand
by and watch it happen.
Somebody that can show
that kind of courage tends
to inspire others around him.
That's why our group goes
up to stand beside him,
because those people
that are heroes,
they're always going
to stand together.
And I think that that is
very moving for Negan.
I don't think he expected
that from Ezekiel.
I don't think he expected
that from the group.
This world is broken,
but we don't have to be.
Troops in the south perimeter
will rendezvous there.
Mercer is a hero
to the people of this place.
His posters are everywhere.
He is truly an icon
for this group.
Shouldn't be here.
I came to convince you
to do the right thing.
You should leave, Counselor.
Yumiko sees, "This as somebody
who we think has a good heart.
All we have to do
is just convince him
that he needs to help."
Pamela's men took them to
God knows where.
I know.
You know?
Yeah.
Yumiko is shocked
when she realizes Mercer,
in fact, does know
people have been taken.
I don't believe
that you don't care.
That's disappointing for her
because she thought
she knew him better.
Mercer, we need you.
We need you to testify
against Pamela in
public to save them.
Of course, Mercer,
at this point,
already has his own
kind of play starting,
but that's not something
that she knows at this
point in the story.
We had different versions
of a final scene,
but when we went into editing,
like that just felt like
the right moment to end on
and the line was actually
an ad-lib by Michael.
It was so clearly the
right version to go with.
It's been a long time for
him to get to this point,
to just openly defy and
say like, "From now on,
we are 100% on the same team.
Time to fuck shit up.