The Walking Dead (2010–…): Season 8, Episode 13 - Do Not Send Us Astray - full transcript

Trouble arises when unexpected visitors arrive at the Hilltop and the community is thrust into action; heartbreaking discoveries are made.



[EXHALES SHARPLY]



You know what it is.





You were supposed to.



No.

You were supposed to!





No!

[INSECTS, BIRDS CHIRPING]

[HORN BLARING IN DISTANCE]



[HORN HONKS]



[HORN HONKS]

[BLARING CONTINUES]

[HORN HONKS]



[AIR HORN BLOWS]



It's on.





[INDISTINCT CHATTER]



Can I have that for when they come?



This is not your lot.

You will stay inside, young Henry,

with the others till it's done.

But I need to help. I need to fight.

No. You do not.

You need to stay inside
and guard this place.

You will live and help
others do the same.

Carol.



You know I can help.

Henry, if you go out there
during the attack, you'll die.



Protect them.





[HAMMER POUNDING IN DISTANCE]

Not there. Those go in the corner.

What'd you say your specialty was?

I was a second year EM resident at...

So you have never performed surgery.

Three times.

Amputations?

No, but I can figure it out.

Are you even strong
enough to hold someone down

who hasn't been anesthetized?

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

I can figure it out.

DANA: Can you shoot a gun?

More importantly, can you shoot a gun

while you're holding someone down?

I'm pretty sure I know enough to...

[CHUCKLING] Really?

'Cause it sounds to me like you
don't know enough of anything.

And in my experience,
people who don't know enough

are more dangerous than
people who don't know shit.

There's a lot I haven't
done, I know that,

but from my first day at the hospital

to this moment right now,

all I've done are
things I've never done.

There are people coming,
right now, to hurt this place,

and I'm standing here ready to help.

So stop asking me what I've done

and start telling me what to do

besides where to put the damn blankets.



I like you.



Get ready.













Here we go.



[ENGINES RUMBLING]

[BRAKES SQUEAL]



[VEHICLE DOORS OPEN, CLOSE]

SIMON: Here I was
hoping to give that gate

a big ol' wet, sloppy kiss,

and there she goes, playing hard to get.

Arat, Gary,

remove these offending
articles from the road.

The sun is down.

I'm tired of waiting.

MAGGIE ON WALKIE TALKIE:
Negan. I want to talk to Negan.



- [WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]
- Well, hello there.

You are speaking to Negan,

but my birth certificate says "Simon."

With whom do I have the
distinct displeasure of speaking?

- [WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]
- Maggie.

Maggie Rhee.

The Widow.

- [WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]
- Well, then.

Hello again, Widow Rhee,

and allow me to offer my condolences.

For what's happened and
what's about to happen.

In case it's not already
plain as Hilltop potatoes,

yours truly is speaking

on behalf of Negan this go 'round.

And I assure you that the man himself

personally received your care
package next day delivery.

I noticed it was the box

that I gave you in good faith...

Trick's on me.

But the bill's come due,

and you and your people
are gonna have to pay.

Quite dearly, I'm afraid.

[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]

Your 38 people are alive and breathing.



Turn around and leave us
be, and they stay that way.

But if you don't, I have 38 bullets

that I will personally fire into all 38.



[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]

It's too nice a night to spend it
dyin' slow, don't you think, Simon?

[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]

[SIGHS]

How's this gonna go?

[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]

Well, Maggie Rhee,

this is highly regrettable,
but the way I see it,

the Saviors you're
in possession of there

are damaged goods.

You know, they've got
themselves into their own pickle,

and this organization
prizes those who, "A,"

avoid capture

and, "B," figure out their own shit

when said outcome eventuates.

Which, in the end, is my
way of saying screw them.

[WALKIE-TALKIE CLICKS]

Did you really think that
cockamamie play would work?



It will.

Alright, people.

Let's get this party started.

And though we do not
come bearing munitions,

remember... The plan has changed.

Our goal is not merely
infection... it is conclusion.

We are doing away with these people.

All of 'em.

This isn't what he'd want.



[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS]

You know that, right?

He could still be out there.

[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES]



You sure you wanna face
that with him if he shows?



Better to beg forgiveness
than ask permission, D.

Future problems.

[VEHICLE APPROACHES]

[GUNFIRE]



SIMON: Go! Through the gate
before the assholes close it!





Now!

[GUNFIRE]



[GROANS]



[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



Boys in back, light 'em up!



Ohh!



Take the prisoners to my office.
Hold 'em there 'til it's done.

- Let's go.
- Go. Inside! Get inside!

I can help you defend this place.

I want to.

Please, Maggie.

You think I got a reason
to be loyal to these people?



Maggie... you coming?

Where the hell is he?

Lookouts, fall back!
Front line, give 'em cover!

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



Ohh! [GROANS]



[GRUNTING]

Ohh! [GRUNTS]

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



[INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]



Long time, no see.

It's okay. I'm here.



[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

I'll take out sunshine
around the corner.



- Unless you want her, D.
- No.

Well, how 'bout the next one, then?

I'm gonna need a group effort here.

Go.

I'll stay with him.





Hey. Hey, hey. Hey.

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]







Tara!



[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



[BULLETS RICOCHETING]

[GLASS SHATTERS]



MICHONNE: Daryl, it's time.

Maggie gave the signal. We gotta go.

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]

Daryl!





[GLASS SHATTERS]

[GUNFIRE STOPS]



SIMON: I can't see shit.

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

These people have run before.

Arat, take a team around back.

I want the place surrounded.

Gary, your group goes for the trailers.

- Slow and quiet, capiche?
- Yeah.

The rest of us?

The rest of us are making a house call.

Well, if anybody's home...

it's time to do some
proper slaughtering.

[WHISTLING]

[WHISTLING CONTINUES]

[GUNFIRE]

God damn it, no!

Back to the trucks! Go! Go! Go!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]



[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



[GUN CLICKING]



MAN: Move! Move!

Keep moving!



[BODY THUDS]

[GRUNTS]



[GRUNTS]

[GASPS]

Just stay down.

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



[BODY THUDS]

You know what it is.

[GUNFIRE CONTINUES]



You know what it is!

[ENGINE STARTS]





[GUN CLICKS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I wanted them dead.

All of them.

Negan most of all.

Yeah.

Me too.

Did you see him?

He wasn't here.

I saw him out there.

I broke away and tried to kill him.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I didn't, but I tried.



[SNIFFLES] Thank you.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

We don't have the resources
to fight off another attack.

Be ready to go.

Hey. You shouldn't be out here.

Oh, it's just... It's just a scratch.

I can help.

What if it wasn't?

Then it'd be my own damn fault.

He's back with them because of me.

No, he's back with 'em
'cause that's who he is.

We... We got lucky.

Finding Maggie... Rick.

It could've been different.

It was, for me, when I
was with the Governor.

Yeah, but you weren't one of 'em.

But I was with them.

Your brother, too.

My brother?

My brother ran the
wrong way his whole life.

If he were here, if I
stuck with him when he left,

we'd be with the Saviors, too,

or some other group just like 'em.

But I'd have figured out who
they were just like you did.

Maybe that's what happened to Dwight.

Is that before or after
he killed your girl?

Or is that all square now?

It is.

Look, I might hate him
forever, but he saved my life.

No, he tried to kill you last night.

When we were in the woods,
when we were coming here,

I saw him try and help us win.

Yeah. I saw what I saw, too.



[WOOD CREAKS]

[BOARDS CLATTER]



[BOARD CREAKS]



Saved you this turnip.

Yeah. I'm okay.

[BOARD CREAKING]

[GRUNTS]



[SIGHS]

[BOARD THUDS]



Rick...

Maggie turned off the
generators to save on gas.

The kids are gonna
need air in this heat.

[WOOD CREAKS]



[BOARD THUDS]



Can I take a look at that cut?

I have some stuff to clean it.

Let me get this done first.



[BOARD THUDS]







I saw him at the back of the convoy.

That's why I did it.



[SIGHS]

I had to try.

I had to.

[BOARD CLATTERS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[HAMMER POUNDING]

We can get you outside
the gates... with a guard.

So you can bury your people.

They're not mine.

But I'm glad you see them that way.

As people.

[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[ENGINE STARTS]

What is it?

Just... you're a good leader.

I knew it before, but last night...



You saved the gates.

You saved the community.

You saved lives.



Because they sacrificed theirs.



I only saved the prisoners
'cause Negan is still in play.

Which means they could be.

I sent Negan that body in
the box to make him mad.



To lure him here.

'Cause I wanted my husband's... grave

to be the last thing he saw.



Even if it came at a cost.



I don't know if that
makes me a good leader.



I do know that the only regret I have

is that Negan is not
in that pile of bodies.



CAROL: You had me worried.

Well...

if I'd known getting stabbed
would get your attention,

I would've done it a lot sooner.

[CHUCKLES]

[GLASS THUDS]

I'm sorry for how I left.

What I did to you.

I don't need an apology.

[SIGHS]

You don't owe me anything.

But, uh, I guess I
have been wondering why.

Uh...

Was any of it real?

I didn't want it to be real.

I was pretending.

Well, don't go easy on me here.

I was trying to live a life.

Then we found out that we
hadn't gotten rid of the Saviors.

And that there would be
more fighting and more dying.

And I couldn't.

And it was right about the
time that... it felt like...

Like... like maybe it wasn't...

like maybe it wasn't going
to be pretending anymore.



Maybe.

Well...

that just might be one
of the nicest things

anybody's ever said to me.



I'm sorry.

[COUGHS]

You gonna leave again?

After it's over?

I don't know.



I think I might just accept that

some of us are lucky
enough to just live,

some of us are lucky
enough to just fight.

Even after it ends?

I don't think it ends.

What we're doing...

The end of the fight is...
Is what we're fighting for.



Winning just means we get tomorrow.



CAROL: Maybe one more night.



[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]



Maybe one more morning.



After that...

no guarantees.



[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

[CLOCK TICKING]



HENRY: I wouldn't have
died if I went out there.

CAROL: You would have, Henry.

Just trust me... You would have.





I could treat your wound.



Wouldn't want it to get infected.





There's, um... a prayer for the dead

I first heard when I was a little boy.

It, uh... ended with the phrase,

"Do not send us astray after 'them'"...

- Those who died...
- Don't.





[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

[MAN COUGHS]



How you feeling?

[SIGHS]

I'm okay.

Siddiq and Dr. Dana,
they're... they're good.

Didn't even feel 'em stitching me up.

We're lucky to have 'em.

We're lucky to have you.

If Gregory was in charge, this...
this place wouldn't be here anymore.

He was about himself.

What he wanted.

That's not you.









[GROANS LIGHTLY]

[BREATH RATTLES]

[GASPS]

[GROWLS SOFTLY]







[INSECTS CHIRPING]





[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

Hey. What's going on?



Mnh... it wasn't... they...

KURT: Ah, you're burning up.

I'm gonna go get the doctor.



Just hold tight.

- [GROWLING]
- [GRUNTING]

[FLESH TEARING]

[BODIES THUD]







[FLESH SQUISHES]

[GROWLING]

[GROANS]



[WALKER GROWLING]



[BABY CRYING]

[WALKERS GROWLING]





[GROWLING]



[BODY THUDS]





[BODY THUDDING]

[GROWLING]



[WALKERS GROWLING]

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

[SNORING]

[GASPS]

Shh, shh, shh!

You're Gregory, right?

GREGORY: Thank God.

Yes.

[FENCE RATTLES]

Let me out.

Do you know which one killed my brother?

I-I don't know who your brother is.

I-I don't know any of these people.

I'm not one of them.

That's a very dangerous
weapon you got there, kiddo.

Uh, I don't want you to get hurt...

I don't want anyone to get hurt.

Why don't you give it to
me, and we can talk, huh?

I'm sorry about your brother.

Killing them isn't gonna bring him back.

No.

But it'll make me feel better.

It already did once.

And why would you be in
here if you're not with them?

I'm not dumb.

One of you knows who killed Ben,

and if I have to, I'm gonna
start shooting people

until someone tells me.

Hey, kid. I get it.

My... My big brother died, too.

Killing a buncha guys who mighta
had something to do with it

sounds pretty damn good in theory.

But...

it's not gonna make you feel any better.

Not for long.

I know.

- What's up, Al?
- Nothing. Go back to sleep.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]



[WALKERS GROWLING]



[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[GRUNTING]





[BODY THUDS]

[SCREAMING]





Ezekiel, please watch our back.

Rick, I'm gonna need you to...

Yeah.



[MAN SCREAMS]



[BODY THUDS]

Come on.



[SCREAMING CONTINUES]



Music to my ears.

Was it you?



I don't know what the hell
you're talking about, kid.



[CHAIN CLINKING]

[CHAIN THUDS]

[GATE CREAKS]



I want the guy who killed my brother.

Somebody better tell me now!

Look, I know you're angry.
Okay? I know. I was, too.

But words are a lot
easier t-to live with

than actions, all right?

Be a man and step forward

so I don't have to kill your friends.

I'm gonna count to
10 and start shooting.

1... 2... 3...

- [WALKER GROWLING]
- 4... 5...

[SCREAMS]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]



[GRUNTS]



Gate's open, boys! Let's go!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]



[WALKERS GROWLING]



[FLESH TEARS]



[BODY THUDS]

The hell happened?

I don't know.

Maybe walkers got in.

Maybe during the fight.

These are our own people, though.



[GROWLING]

[SCREAMING]



Stay back!



[GROWLING FADES]



[FLESH TEARS]

[BODY THUDS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]



You alright?

Yeah, just...

He wasn't bit.

But he turned.



Negan's bat.

When I was out there with him,
it was covered in walker blood.

I just thought he'd crossed some.

But maybe...

They have us working for them again.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Killin' our own.

BRUCE: It's the fever.

That's what it is.



It makes sense now.



[VOICE BREAKING] One of you...

you're gonna have to do it.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I can't.

You gotta do it for me.

Please.



Please.

[SNIFFLING]





[DOOR CREAKS]

Hey.

Good out there?

House is clear.

How'd this happen?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

Um... the Saviors did
something to their weapons.

Everyone they cut up... or got shot...

they all got sick.

Some of 'em turned.

What?

No.



Okay.



When we were out there,

and you said you were done waiting,

I coulda killed him.

I shoulda.

No. He wanted to be here with us.



And no matter what he
did or how hard he tried,

I wanted him dead.



I just couldn't let it be anything else.



Karma's a bitch, right?



[WALKERS GROWLING]



Hands up, now!

Hey, we're trying to help!

A-A-A kid came and opened up
the pen. We had people turn.

A bunch of 'em left, but a bunch of
'em are trying to close that gate.

Maggie, look.

[WALKERS GROWLING]

Dianne.

- We're on it.
- Come on.



What are you doing out here?

I went to check on the prisoners,
but the pen was empty.



Where are the others?

ALDEN: They didn't say
where they were goin'.

They just ran.

And you didn't?

You saw what we mean to Negan and Simon.

Which might be a dumb thing to say...

It doesn't make us worth
much to your people, either,

but... those of us that stayed, stayed.

We had plenty of chances to run.





Henry!



Henry, if you're down here, come on out!

Yo. We've checked everywhere.

The little man's gone.

Hey. Some of the Saviors
said Henry broke into the pen,

just before the others escaped.

He was down there, and then he wasn't.



I told him... I told
him what would happen.



GAVIN: You know what it is.

You know what it is.

Mnh.

You know what it is.

- You know what it is!
- [GRUNTS]

You know what it is.

You know what it is! [ECHOING] You know!

[SHOVELS SCRAPING]

What is it?

The cost.