The Walking Dead (2010–…): Season 8, Episode 1 - Mercy - full transcript
Rick and his group, along with the Kingdom and Hilltop, band together to bring the fight to Negan and the Saviors.
10:28.
When I first met him...
Jesus said that my world was
gonna get a whole lot bigger.
Well, we found that world.
We found each other.
That... "bigger world"
is ours by right.
That we've come together
for it, all of us...
it's that much more true...
It's ours by right.
Any person who would live
in peace and fairness,
who would find common ground...
it's their right, too.
Down.
But those who use and take
and kill to carve out the world
and make it theirs alone...
We end them.
We don't... celebrate it.
We don't have shame about it,
either.
There's only one person
who has to die...
and I will kill him myself.
I will.
I will.
But if it's the others...
the others who prop him up,
stand by his side,
even those
who just look the other way...
So be it.
10:28.
Then...
we keep making the world bigger.
Together.
Together.
Bound forever!
To quote The Bard, "For he today
that sheds his blood with me"
shall be my brother."
For she today...
my sister.
We've practiced.
We've been through it
over and over again.
We all know the plan
doesn't end this morning.
That we may have to live
in uncertainty for days,
maybe more.
That we have to keep our faith
in each other.
If we can hold on to that
with everything we have,
the future is ours.
The world is ours.
Hi.
Yeah.
I-I'm okay.
I mean...
I'm not, but...
I've been shot at.
Someone threw a microwave at me.
So I-I'm just gonna say
something my mom used to say
and hope for the best here.
"Whatever you have of good,
spend on
the traveler."
My mom said that...
That helping the traveler,
the person without a home...
That's everything.
I'm sure you've seen things,
been through things,
that you don't trust people.
I get it.
I get it.
I don't, either.
I've been through things, too.
My mom...
She also said that,
"May my mercy prevail
over my wrath."
It's not all my mom.
That... That one...
That's from the Quran.
Probably shouldn't have
said that.
I don't even know you,
but I ha... I haven't eaten
in a few days.
You might not even be real.
Hands up.
Listen.
I'm gone.
Huh?
It's cool.
I just...
I just wanted some...
E-even just some food.
We were supposed to meet
at the intersection.
I shot over his head.
I just wanted him gone.
He said that he was...
I heard what he said.
Most of it.
But he could've been
one of them.
Like a spy?
I shot above his head.
If he isn't one of them,
I hope he makes it.
It's not gonna be enough, Dad.
Enough what?
Hope.
30 minutes.
Everyone's ready.
Are you?
It's one person
who brought it to this.
One person.
It always starts
with one person.
This did.
What we're doing here now.
This...
This isn't about me.
Yes.
It isn't.
You made it like that.
Come here.
This is the end of it.
I know you wanted
to go with him.
I did, too.
Everything hurts.
But I'll help you
defend this place.
Help me?
Oh, yeah.
This is your show.
Okay...
You'll see.
What are you up to, Rick?
You think
you're gonna take us on?
I saw you...
beggin'.
Crying.
You're gonna beg again, Rick.
Your...
Your boy's gonna die.
Aah!
No, no, no!
Sure are a lot of us here.
I got your back.
Really?
You just met me.
We all just met each other.
Are you praying?
I always meant to start.
Better late than never.
Here.
Over your sternum.
No, I'm going back
with Maggie after.
Dude. Sternum.
Duuuuuude.
You up to this?
I got the Hilltop
to stand against the Saviors.
I need to be there.
At least for the first part.
They say you can wage war
through the second trimester.
I've been fighting
since the farm.
Can't stop now.
How about tomorrow?
You been thinking about
what that looks like?
Yes, I have.
I don't know
if I can wait for it.
Just one more fight.
And I'm gonna be there.
At least for the first part.
I'm told the Hilltop
lost their doctor.
An obstetrician, no less.
We have a doctor in the Kingdom.
A woman of talent.
Join us.
We'll get ours back.
Yes, Jesus.
Yes, you will.
As sure as the day
defeats the night.
And on this day,
we begin to reshape this world
for your child
and the children to come.
So let's get started.
What?
Hilltop's lucky to have you.
You showed me how to be
someone worth following.
Good.
After this...
I'm following you.
Here we go.
10...
9...
8...
7... 6...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1.
Shit.
No. There.
Okay.
Close enough.
All right, let's go.
Got it?
Yeah.
It went up towards the herdway.
Go big.
2 cars, 10 guns.
We're not messing around,
not now.
You take the Sister route.
It's locked down.
Do you think it was them?
Nah.
Probably something left over,
maybe under one of the bodies.
I want some bang bang, Dwighty.
I want some scream scream.
I want blood.
Well...
maybe you'll get lucky.
How close are we?
Close.
Well, shit.
I'm sorry.
I was in a meeting.
Mnh.
You turned off the alarm.
They can manage without you
for one morning.
We're all playing hooky.
All of us?
Hey, I didn't put that song on.
Mm.
Well, shit.
I'm sorry.
I was in a meeting.
I see you got
your little mudflaps with you.
So I'm not exactly
feelin' a reason
for us to try throwin' lead
at each other.
I care about my people.
I don't want to just march them
into the line of fire
because I want play
"my dick is bigger than yours."
It is.
We both know it.
But I'm also comfortable enough
to accept the fact if it wasn't.
I'm certainly not gonna let
my people die over that shit...
like you're about to.
So, Rick,
what the hell can I do for you?
Dwight.
Your name's Simon.
You're Gavin.
And you...
Regina.
Rick, I'd feel remiss if... No.
I know who you are.
Listen, you five.
The Saviors inside.
All of you have a chance
to survive here.
To survive this.
You all can live
if you surrender.
Can't guarantee it
any time but now.
Right now.
Shit.
Could that thing set it off?
I got it.
So they surrender...
and you and your little
piss patrol doesn't kill them.
That sounds like a good deal!
What about me, Rick?
I told you.
Twice.
You know what's going to happen.
I do.
I do know what's gonna happen.
You don't.
You have no idea the shit
that's about to go down.
Let me ask you something,
Rick...
Do you think you have
the numbers for this fight?
You don't.
Simon?
Of course that's where he went.
What do you have to say
to the Rick
and the piss patrol, Gregory?
The Hilltop stands
with Negan and the Saviors.
Any resident of the Hilltop
who takes up arms
or who supports this ultimatum
against the Sanctuary
or any of the Saviors,
for that matter...
They will no longer be welcome
in the colony.
And?
Their families
will be thrown out
and will be left
to fend for themselves.
And?
Go home now.
Or you won't have a home
to go back to.
You do what you need to do.
All I have at the Hilltop
are a bunch of books
and an old lobster bib.
You heard the man.
Go back
to separating wheat and shit
or whatever the hell it is
you people do.
Doesn't look like
anyone's goin', does it?
Hilltop stands with...
The Hilltop stands with Maggie!
I feel...
like I invested a lot in you,
and I am very,
very disappointed.
Sounds like
shit is goin' down, Rick.
You "lieutenants..."
you're gonna have to
make up your minds.
Maybe we can take
a time-out here...
No.
This has to happen now.
This is the only way.
You're gonna make me count.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm counting.
10!
9!
8!
7!
It's started.
Yeah. It was always
gonna be that way.
Pleasure doing business
with you.
Beat 'em.
We will.
Be careful.
Shit, this is gonna be fun.
No, it isn't.
It's better than lettin'
things be, though, right?
Yeah. It is.
Now!
Go!
Rick!
He's not going anywhere!
Rick!
Rick!
We have to go!
Rick!
Rick!
He's not going anywhere!
We have to leave now!
It's not about you, right?
Not about you.
Come here.
No, no.
Wait. Wait.
Whoa!
Shit.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
We just have to wait
for our moment.
Thank you, Father.
Thank God.
Sure, whatever.
The... The... The shots...
They're too close!
Why are they firing at me?
Wait.
Hey, hey!
Wait!
Wait!
Wait!
We can wait some more.
We can't.
He stopped to get me.
How's that?
Negan.
He was on the ground.
I was trying to kill him,
and Gabriel stopped to get me.
We gotta start out.
You all right?
This isn't about me.
Let's go.
Yeah.
We were gonna start with taking
out the guards with arrows.
You think you can still
hit them through that?
I wouldn't bet on it.
Down!
I hope you got
your shitting pants on.
What?
Your shittin' pants.
I hope you're wearing them
right now...
'cause you...
are about to shit your pants.
Daddy!
Hey!
They made a big owl
for the party!
What?
People are taking this festival
extremely seriously.
A big owl?
It's outside.
They're gonna get you.
Never.
Should we go see?
I'm not afraid of a big owl.
How big is it?
My mercy...
prevails...
over my wrath.
I don't want
to wait for it anymore.
You don't either...
Yeah, I know.
So we don't have to wait for it.
If we start tomorrow,
right now...
with everything we've beaten,
everything we've endured,
everything we've risen above,
everything we've become...
If we start tomorrow
right now...
no matter what comes next...
we've won.
We've already won.
When I first met him...
Jesus said that my world was
gonna get a whole lot bigger.
Well, we found that world.
We found each other.
That... "bigger world"
is ours by right.
That we've come together
for it, all of us...
it's that much more true...
It's ours by right.
Any person who would live
in peace and fairness,
who would find common ground...
it's their right, too.
Down.
But those who use and take
and kill to carve out the world
and make it theirs alone...
We end them.
We don't... celebrate it.
We don't have shame about it,
either.
There's only one person
who has to die...
and I will kill him myself.
I will.
I will.
But if it's the others...
the others who prop him up,
stand by his side,
even those
who just look the other way...
So be it.
10:28.
Then...
we keep making the world bigger.
Together.
Together.
Bound forever!
To quote The Bard, "For he today
that sheds his blood with me"
shall be my brother."
For she today...
my sister.
We've practiced.
We've been through it
over and over again.
We all know the plan
doesn't end this morning.
That we may have to live
in uncertainty for days,
maybe more.
That we have to keep our faith
in each other.
If we can hold on to that
with everything we have,
the future is ours.
The world is ours.
Hi.
Yeah.
I-I'm okay.
I mean...
I'm not, but...
I've been shot at.
Someone threw a microwave at me.
So I-I'm just gonna say
something my mom used to say
and hope for the best here.
"Whatever you have of good,
spend on
the traveler."
My mom said that...
That helping the traveler,
the person without a home...
That's everything.
I'm sure you've seen things,
been through things,
that you don't trust people.
I get it.
I get it.
I don't, either.
I've been through things, too.
My mom...
She also said that,
"May my mercy prevail
over my wrath."
It's not all my mom.
That... That one...
That's from the Quran.
Probably shouldn't have
said that.
I don't even know you,
but I ha... I haven't eaten
in a few days.
You might not even be real.
Hands up.
Listen.
I'm gone.
Huh?
It's cool.
I just...
I just wanted some...
E-even just some food.
We were supposed to meet
at the intersection.
I shot over his head.
I just wanted him gone.
He said that he was...
I heard what he said.
Most of it.
But he could've been
one of them.
Like a spy?
I shot above his head.
If he isn't one of them,
I hope he makes it.
It's not gonna be enough, Dad.
Enough what?
Hope.
30 minutes.
Everyone's ready.
Are you?
It's one person
who brought it to this.
One person.
It always starts
with one person.
This did.
What we're doing here now.
This...
This isn't about me.
Yes.
It isn't.
You made it like that.
Come here.
This is the end of it.
I know you wanted
to go with him.
I did, too.
Everything hurts.
But I'll help you
defend this place.
Help me?
Oh, yeah.
This is your show.
Okay...
You'll see.
What are you up to, Rick?
You think
you're gonna take us on?
I saw you...
beggin'.
Crying.
You're gonna beg again, Rick.
Your...
Your boy's gonna die.
Aah!
No, no, no!
Sure are a lot of us here.
I got your back.
Really?
You just met me.
We all just met each other.
Are you praying?
I always meant to start.
Better late than never.
Here.
Over your sternum.
No, I'm going back
with Maggie after.
Dude. Sternum.
Duuuuuude.
You up to this?
I got the Hilltop
to stand against the Saviors.
I need to be there.
At least for the first part.
They say you can wage war
through the second trimester.
I've been fighting
since the farm.
Can't stop now.
How about tomorrow?
You been thinking about
what that looks like?
Yes, I have.
I don't know
if I can wait for it.
Just one more fight.
And I'm gonna be there.
At least for the first part.
I'm told the Hilltop
lost their doctor.
An obstetrician, no less.
We have a doctor in the Kingdom.
A woman of talent.
Join us.
We'll get ours back.
Yes, Jesus.
Yes, you will.
As sure as the day
defeats the night.
And on this day,
we begin to reshape this world
for your child
and the children to come.
So let's get started.
What?
Hilltop's lucky to have you.
You showed me how to be
someone worth following.
Good.
After this...
I'm following you.
Here we go.
10...
9...
8...
7... 6...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1.
Shit.
No. There.
Okay.
Close enough.
All right, let's go.
Got it?
Yeah.
It went up towards the herdway.
Go big.
2 cars, 10 guns.
We're not messing around,
not now.
You take the Sister route.
It's locked down.
Do you think it was them?
Nah.
Probably something left over,
maybe under one of the bodies.
I want some bang bang, Dwighty.
I want some scream scream.
I want blood.
Well...
maybe you'll get lucky.
How close are we?
Close.
Well, shit.
I'm sorry.
I was in a meeting.
Mnh.
You turned off the alarm.
They can manage without you
for one morning.
We're all playing hooky.
All of us?
Hey, I didn't put that song on.
Mm.
Well, shit.
I'm sorry.
I was in a meeting.
I see you got
your little mudflaps with you.
So I'm not exactly
feelin' a reason
for us to try throwin' lead
at each other.
I care about my people.
I don't want to just march them
into the line of fire
because I want play
"my dick is bigger than yours."
It is.
We both know it.
But I'm also comfortable enough
to accept the fact if it wasn't.
I'm certainly not gonna let
my people die over that shit...
like you're about to.
So, Rick,
what the hell can I do for you?
Dwight.
Your name's Simon.
You're Gavin.
And you...
Regina.
Rick, I'd feel remiss if... No.
I know who you are.
Listen, you five.
The Saviors inside.
All of you have a chance
to survive here.
To survive this.
You all can live
if you surrender.
Can't guarantee it
any time but now.
Right now.
Shit.
Could that thing set it off?
I got it.
So they surrender...
and you and your little
piss patrol doesn't kill them.
That sounds like a good deal!
What about me, Rick?
I told you.
Twice.
You know what's going to happen.
I do.
I do know what's gonna happen.
You don't.
You have no idea the shit
that's about to go down.
Let me ask you something,
Rick...
Do you think you have
the numbers for this fight?
You don't.
Simon?
Of course that's where he went.
What do you have to say
to the Rick
and the piss patrol, Gregory?
The Hilltop stands
with Negan and the Saviors.
Any resident of the Hilltop
who takes up arms
or who supports this ultimatum
against the Sanctuary
or any of the Saviors,
for that matter...
They will no longer be welcome
in the colony.
And?
Their families
will be thrown out
and will be left
to fend for themselves.
And?
Go home now.
Or you won't have a home
to go back to.
You do what you need to do.
All I have at the Hilltop
are a bunch of books
and an old lobster bib.
You heard the man.
Go back
to separating wheat and shit
or whatever the hell it is
you people do.
Doesn't look like
anyone's goin', does it?
Hilltop stands with...
The Hilltop stands with Maggie!
I feel...
like I invested a lot in you,
and I am very,
very disappointed.
Sounds like
shit is goin' down, Rick.
You "lieutenants..."
you're gonna have to
make up your minds.
Maybe we can take
a time-out here...
No.
This has to happen now.
This is the only way.
You're gonna make me count.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm counting.
10!
9!
8!
7!
It's started.
Yeah. It was always
gonna be that way.
Pleasure doing business
with you.
Beat 'em.
We will.
Be careful.
Shit, this is gonna be fun.
No, it isn't.
It's better than lettin'
things be, though, right?
Yeah. It is.
Now!
Go!
Rick!
He's not going anywhere!
Rick!
Rick!
We have to go!
Rick!
Rick!
He's not going anywhere!
We have to leave now!
It's not about you, right?
Not about you.
Come here.
No, no.
Wait. Wait.
Whoa!
Shit.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
We just have to wait
for our moment.
Thank you, Father.
Thank God.
Sure, whatever.
The... The... The shots...
They're too close!
Why are they firing at me?
Wait.
Hey, hey!
Wait!
Wait!
Wait!
We can wait some more.
We can't.
He stopped to get me.
How's that?
Negan.
He was on the ground.
I was trying to kill him,
and Gabriel stopped to get me.
We gotta start out.
You all right?
This isn't about me.
Let's go.
Yeah.
We were gonna start with taking
out the guards with arrows.
You think you can still
hit them through that?
I wouldn't bet on it.
Down!
I hope you got
your shitting pants on.
What?
Your shittin' pants.
I hope you're wearing them
right now...
'cause you...
are about to shit your pants.
Daddy!
Hey!
They made a big owl
for the party!
What?
People are taking this festival
extremely seriously.
A big owl?
It's outside.
They're gonna get you.
Never.
Should we go see?
I'm not afraid of a big owl.
How big is it?
My mercy...
prevails...
over my wrath.
I don't want
to wait for it anymore.
You don't either...
Yeah, I know.
So we don't have to wait for it.
If we start tomorrow,
right now...
with everything we've beaten,
everything we've endured,
everything we've risen above,
everything we've become...
If we start tomorrow
right now...
no matter what comes next...
we've won.
We've already won.