Tales of the Walking Dead (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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Let me tell you how I died.
We could run away.
Find our own place.
Shh.
Get married. Settle down.
Have a bunch of little kids.
I need to go shopping again.
Go get ready for dinner.
Do I have to wear a jacket?
Okay.
I'll meet you in the restaurant.
Brooke.
It fits perfectly.
Beautiful.
Thank you.
Next time I go shopping,
I'll bring you with me.
Oh, you look n-nice.
The options were slim.
Would you be more comfortable in a suit?
Why would I wear a suit?
It was a joke.
Don't worry. You look great.
Don't you think your mom looks great?
Looking good don't mean anything.
I'm just saying.
But it feels nice, right?
Are you sure those are a good idea?
The guards are on duty.
We've been trolling this area for weeks.
It's clear.
Come on.
- Wow.
- Oh, what do you think?
It looks great.
I can't wait for everybody
to see your dress.
Yeah. Let's go.
Bartender, can you top me off?
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mr. Langston.
Mm.
Ah. I almost feel young again.
Mm.
Whoa. I'm okay.
That your girl over there?
Why ain't you sitting with her?
Mm. Maybe you should
make more of an effort.
What?
No offense, but you
kinda look like shit.
I'm sorry, but somebody's gotta say it.
Well, you haven't earned the right.
Well, maybe.
I've only been here a couple weeks,
but I've seen how it works.
Brooke bends over backwards
making everything nice,
and people like you show up
looking like drowned opossums,
taking advantage of what's provided.
Am I right?
You know how many people
would kill to be here?
If you don't want to participate,
just go back to your room.
I came for Lydia.
Then why's she sitting over there?
I need to get some more wine.
Dee, did you turn the lights off?
What?
It's just the dead.
I don't trust that bartender.
Billy? You don't trust anyone.
Lydia just not-so-subtlety reminded me
her birthday was coming up.
I think she's onto us.
Dee, help me with her party.
She deserves a nice surprise.
I know. I'm just
thinking about resources.
She's the only kid.
Its been over a year, Dee.
We've given you more than
enough time to adjust.
Children need structure.
They need normalcy.
Schedules and rules and celebrations
they're important.
I worry.
I think you're setting
her expectations too high.
I feel sorry for you, Dee.
You're so caught up in all
the things that could go wrong
that you can't enjoy the good stuff.
It's having a negative effect on Lydia.
Okay, there's a time for
caution and a time for joy.
That's why I've scheduled it all out,
so we can carry each other's burdens.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Lydia is a sweet girl, okay?
She deserves more than this.
Heads up!
Sorry down there!
One fell off the hull, got away from us.
I was nine when I killed Daddy.
Daddy deserved it.
Things were fine after Daddy, I guess.
I did what I was supposed to.
What women like me are told.
Then the world fell apart,
and I got stuck in a basement
with Lydia's dad, Frank.
I'm not sure if I meant to kill him.
I'm glad I did.
Come on, everybody!
Move those bodies! Stay motivated!
- Go, Brooke!
- That's right, Louise!
Punch those arms!
And one, two, three, four!
All right, everybody,
healthy body, healthy mind.
You know the drill.
Let's go!
Yeah! All right!
Can you come with me? We have a problem.
Yeah. Todd, take over for me?
Come on, sluggers!
Keep up!
- Come on, Louise!
- Yeah!
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey, guys.
Look, no one's seen Mr.
Langston since last night.
Well, it's not like
he'd wander off alone.
I mean, he's 63.
- Is the lifeboat here?
- Yeah.
When was the last time he was seen?
Uh, midnight.
Final cabin check.
He was gone during rounds this morning.
Dee, did you see Mr.
Langston after room checks?
I saw him getting drinks
at the bar. That's it.
And did anybody hear anything?
I mean, a man doesn't
just go missing on a boat.
I heard a splash.
What? When? Why didn't you say anything?
Last night.
The swamp's always making noises.
- Frogs, gators, the dead.
- She's right, Brooke.
I mean, it could have been anything.
Except Mr. Langston is missing now.
Ask Billy.
He was serving him.
Yeah.
Billy, how much did Mr. Langston
have to drink last night?
That old guy? Eesh.
Wasn't walking too
straight toward the end.
I had to cut him off.
Me and Margot took him
back to his room, though.
He okay?
No. He's missing.
- He may have fallen over.
- What?
I swear, we definitely
brought him back to his room.
- I mean, I'm sorry
- No, it's it's not your fault.
Hey. Should we take the dinghy out?
Get a group to tour the swamp?
Why?
It's not like we're gonna find him.
If he's gone, he's gone.
- We can't just leave.
- We have to. Nolan's right.
The swamp's not a forgiving place,
- and the weather's gonna turn soon.
- Brooke.
Jenna, I'm sorry to be harsh about this,
but we don't want to get
stuck here in the next flood.
Billy and I can pack up
later, give you some time.
No. No.
Look, I know this is awful,
but we're low on fuel,
and the next depot we have
a lead on more is 40 clicks.
We need to get going.
We take care of our things.
And our things take care of us.
All right. Let's get the anchor up.
I'm on it. Just let me finish up.
Thanks. Jenna, call a meeting.
We need to tell people what happened.
- Maybe change some protocols.
- Yeah. Come on.
Forks on the left.
Knives, right.
Brooke says I need another dress.
Something for a garden party.
- What's that?
- I don't know.
But I told her I like fairies,
and fairies live in gardens.
- So maybe there are
- You believe in fairies, baby?
You arrange the forks by size.
Smallest on the end.
Why?
Because Brooke likes to play giant.
- What are you doing?
- Shh.
Just in case.
A garden party sounds nice.
You can go, Mama.
You want to go, baby?
I meant you.
You'll die without me.
You think I'll die
either way, don't you?
I can save you.
See, I won't let it get to you.
I have Brooke.
Now, you finish here.
Hey.
You here to help me with the anchor?
- What was that?
- What?
You just dropped something in the water.
Nothing. Did something fall off me?
It was a mirror, wasn't it?
What?
Who's out there?
What are you talking about?
Brooke! Brooke!
- Hey, what's wrong?
- Go get Brooke.
- I can help you.
- Go get Brooke now!
Come on.
I'm here.
Hey. What's going on?
I don't know. I was raising anchor
and Dee just started yelling.
He was signaling someone
offshore with a mirror.
She's nuts. I don't have a mirror.
You can pat me down, if you want.
He dropped it in the
water when I caught him.
You saw him sending a signal?
She's lying. There's
no one even out there.
Hey, he's right. The swamp
is filled with the dead.
Where's Erika, huh?
She was supposed to be helping you.
Huh?
Up here! I was putting
the other net away.
I've been with Billy
up till two seconds ago.
We were working.
Yeah? Well, you were the last person
- to see Mr. Langston, too.
- Whoa, you serious?
- That's a big accusation, Dee.
- No, no, no, no. We don't know him.
He's only been here three weeks.
What would you have me do with him, hmm?
Get rid of him.
- What?
- Get rid of him.
She's got She wants to kill me!
She's gonna kill me! She's got a knife!
- Billy!
- No, no, no, no!
She's crazy! She's got a knife!
Billy! Billy! Billy, no!
Billy! Billy!
Billy!
Nolan, top deck!
Yeah, I'm on it.
What the hell, Dee?
You threatened him with a knife?
He He read it wrong.
Oh, so that's why Lydia's
afraid of you, hmm?
You liar.
You liar!
Do not talk to me about my daughter!
You do not mention my daughter!
You just cost us a worker.
You will cover his shifts
until I find someone else.
And if you ever treat
anyone on this boat
like that again, you are gone.
Between the dead, the
snakes, and the gators,
he's never gonna make
it out of this swamp.
Lydia. Baby!
I went mad in that basement.
And Lydia saw.
I tried to repent.
I tried.
Lydia?
Baby Baby, it's Mama.
You don't understand.
I just want to talk.
Everything's okay.
Mama's okay.
Baby?
I think she needs some space.
Where is she?
Huh?
What sort of terrible thing
would frighten a little girl so much
that she hides from her own mother?
Now, you listen to me.
Lydia is mine,
and everything I do
is to protect my child.
And I'm the only one
who can keep her alive
and make sure she keeps herself alive.
Now, where is she?
For what kind of life, hmm?
Tell me where she is,
or the next time I swing this knife,
it'll be at your head.
Over here!
Shh.
- Found some more!
- Help!
- He's got a gun!
- Watch out!
Oh.
His gun's gone.
Where's Lydia?
Keep count. We'll need 'em all.
Is that Billy?
- I'm going for the armory.
- They're gone.
No, I have to try. These are my people.
Tell me where Lydia is now.
The dinghy.
On your knees.
Make sure they're all counted for.
Billy, come on, you know us.
We're amenable. What are you doing?
Hello to you, too, Nolan.
Yes, I am okay. Yes,
I survived the bayou.
- Thank you so much for asking.
- Okay, what do you want?
Well, a spot became
open on the boat today,
what with Mr. Langston
meeting with such tragedy.
Me and my boys just need to
get rid of six more of you,
and there'll be room enough for us all.
- You can't be serious.
- I know. It's silly.
I was hoping to do
this in an easier way,
but Dee forced my hand.
Now, I know there's a few more of you
who don't deserve to be here.
Billy, come on. Don't do this.
We can work it out.
Look at the way they're dressed.
Like they've given up.
Brooke works so hard to keep
this world alive for you,
keeps the small things important,
keeps your dignity intact.
You don't respect the rules.
You act like the world is
over, so for you, it should be.
Why are you lumping me in with them?
I mean, I love Brooke.
I I I respect
everything that she does.
If anyone should be
kneeling here, it's Dee.
Yeah. Dee.
Where is Dee? Lydia?
Dee took Lydia on a run.
Aw, Todd.
Nice try, but I know
the schedule, remember?
Runs are every other week.
No exceptions.
Soccer mom. Little girl. Go find 'em.
Where's Brooke?
- I don't know.
- I'm here.
- Caught her going for the guns.
- Ease up. Hey, hey.
This is the one I've
been telling you about.
Don't hurt her.
Please, don't hurt anyone, okay?
We We can make room for you.
Okay? Your Your Your men look
They look great, don't they?
Smile, boys.
I wouldn't bring you scraps, Brooke.
You're pretty much perfect,
but you're too nice.
You give people too much credit.
If we're gonna rebuild,
we're gonna need the best.
That's why old Mr. Langston had to go,
- and I thought Erika was aging out, too.
- Fuck you.
I'm just saying what
you're secretly thinking.
I would never.
Admit it? I know.
And I don't want you to change.
I like the package.
That's why you need me,
to allow you to continue
to be your sweet self.
I'll take care of the
harder things you can't.
No! Billy!
I bet y'all wish you'd
have let Dee kill me.
Man, I thought I was pegged for sure.
Billy Billy, Billy,
look at me, look at me.
These are good people. You know us.
You've been with us.
- Look, it's them or me, Brooke.
- No.
No, it's not.
'Cause what the hell do you think
is gonna happen after this?
We just live happily ever after?
That's the plan, isn't it?
I mean, I know I've
ruined some niceties today.
Some things will have to change,
but you will still certainly
be in charge of pep.
- Pep?
- Yeah.
And what the hell, maybe
you'll even grow to like me
when you realize that
we'll keep this place safe
so nothing like this ever happens again.
Billy, please, stop!
Stop.
J Jenna. T t take Jenna.
She never volunteers
for the hard shifts.
- She barely abides by the schedule!
- That's bullshit!
You coast on Brooke's work!
-You'd be nothing without her!
- She's always been jealous of Brooke.
- She's always been jealous.
- He doesn't even know what he's talking about!
Shut up!
Dee and Lydia don't get on here now,
I'm gonna start choosing from the crowd.
Wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
- We'll help you find them, right?
- Yeah.
- We'll help you.
- Yeah, yeah, no, I I saw I saw Dee.
Okay, wait, it doesn't
have to happen like this.
What are you doing? You're
talking about a little girl.
You'd sacrifice a little girl?
- Dee, no!
- That her?
I ran toward repentance.
But you can't run forever.
Lydia, shh!
Brooke?! Where's Brooke?!
I am your mama! You listen to me!
You be quiet, and you stay down!
You hear me?
Say, "Yes, Mama."
Yes, Mama.
Those people turned on us!
They turned on you!
Now I'm gonna take us away
from here, someplace safe, okay?
Now, just close your eyes,
baby. Just close your eyes.
Shh. Okay.
No one's coming to save us.
Mama? Mama, you okay?
Mama?
No!
No, no, no, no!
Baby, please be quiet. Be quiet.
Mama!
Mama.
Baby. Lydia.
Come on, Lydia.
Lydia.
No, no, no! Aah! Aah!
Lydia, baby, right now.
You come in here right now.
Get in here. Come on. Get in.
I want you to pretend
you're somewhere else.
Somewhere nice.
I love you, baby.
You're safe now with Mama.
I won't let it get you.
I won't let it get you.
Hey. Close your eyes.
Keep 'em closed.
- I got you.
- Okay.
Careful. Careful.
Sit down here.
Now, you stay put,
and you do not move
until I come for you.
Understand?
Look at you.
You promised my daughter the world.
Then you took it away.
You did this.
You're sick.
I did what I had to do to save her.
I did what a real mother does.
Everyone is dead.
Mm-hmm.
And they would've killed Lydia, too.
- No!
- Move.
Lydia, move.
She took more from you
than you'll ever know, baby.
- Now move!
- No!
Oh, Lydia, oh, Lydia ♪
Say have you met Lydia? ♪
Lydia, the tattooed lady ♪
She has eyes that folks adore so ♪
And a torso even more so ♪
Lydia, oh, Lydia, that Encyclopedia ♪
Oh, Lydia, the Queen of tattoo ♪
On her back is the
Battle of Waterloo ♪
Beside it, the Wreck
of the Hesperus, too ♪
And proudly above the waves,
the red, white, and blue ♪
You can learn a lot from Lydia ♪
Lydia, oh, Lydia ♪
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
Come here, come here.
Mama's here.
Mama's here.
It's okay.
You're right. I'm not gonna kill her.
I'm not gonna hurt her, baby.
You hold your bunny.
Now, calm down.
Shh.
Shh.
Hey. Shh, shh, shh.
Shh, shh, shh. Okay?
I'm not gonna hurt her.
See? I'll put the gun away.
Shh.
Shh, shh.
Shh.
Shh.
See, Lydia was right.
Death is too forgiving for you.
Shh.
Now, this is my mark,
and everywhere you go,
I'll be there, reminding you
of how you failed my little girl.
Shh. Shh, shh, shh, shh.
I want to go back to the boat.
I told you, Lydia, there is no boat.
It's just us now.
This is what you wanted, isn't it?
For Brooke to be wrong.
She was wrong, baby.
She was teaching you a lie.
It's time for you to know the truth,
and I love you enough to show you.
I don't want to be with you.
I want to go to my party.
I need you to be strong, Lydia.
Come on.
Daddy says it's safer with people.
You have to learn to
survive without people.
People hurt each other.
They let each other down.
People are chaos, Lydia.
No, they're not.
You are!
Now, I know you don't like
me much right now, baby,
but I'm all you've got, and
I will not fail you again.
Where's my daddy?
Baby, your daddy was weak.
Don't be like him, okay?
You don't be like him.
Yeah?
It's not safe here.
We're gonna keep walking.
Okay?
Where's the creek?
There is no creek, baby.
Remember, stay by my side.
Hm?
Maybe Maybe we can
have our own party.
Huh, Lydia?
There are people.
Maybe they're from the boat.
No, baby.
You move behind me.
Move behind me.
Now, Lydia.
Now.
It's time.
Time?
It's time to show you how to survive.
Now, you're gonna watch me.
Watch and learn, okay?
You've got to be strong
or you won't survive, baby.
- Come on.
- Mama, I can't!
Yes, you can. You have to.
I don't want to.
- You hold the knife
- What?
and we're gonna go
straight for the head, okay?
- I can't!
- You have to!
I said I can't!
Come on. Over here.
Come on!
Come on. Come on.
Come on.
Lydia!
We are all we have.
We do what we think is right.
Even if it hurts the ones we love.
Lydia!
Lydia!
Lydia!
Lydia!
Lydia, baby!
Mama?
Don't you ever run away from me again!
- Do you hear me?
- Shh.
They're here.
Who?
I heard them.
Heard who, baby?
The trees, Mama. They're talking.
The fairies. They want me, Mama.
They want to take me away.
Please let me go.
Please. I want to go.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, baby.
For everything.
I want to go, Mama.
Shh.
Shh.
You forget how little nine is.
I must have been so small.
I've been so selfish.
I've been so scared of
this world without you
that I never thought
about you in this world.
Oh, I love you.
I love you.
I love you so much.
Lydia was so small.
What kind of life is this?
This ain't no place for a child.
Mama?
You're tired, baby.
You're so tired.
You know?
You close your eyes.
You hold your bunny.
Shh, shh.
Shh.
Shh.
She was so small.
I'm sorry, baby.
I'm sorry I couldn't save you.
But I would've killed the both of us.
- We see you.
- We see you.
We see you.
Spare her.
See? The trees.
They're talking.
Who's there?!
Stop her.
We're here. We're here.
Spare her. Spare her.
Who are you?
What do you want?
I'm Hera.
Don't speak. Whisper.
I was keeping myself from my nature.
But that that was the end of Dee,
and the beginning of me.
And then I met you.
And you showed me love.
Hey, is someone there?
Let me up!
Humans don't belong here.
I'm with a group trying to
resettle the Dead Sector.
What the hell is this?
I am studying the Homo mortuus.
Science is how we survive, or don't.
It's just a little weird
that you're stalking
some random chomper.
You can't interfere.
Let nature take its course.
Specimen 21.
Please. You got to help me save him.