The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020) s02e07 Episode Script
Blood and Lies
Previously on "The Walking
Dead: World Beyond"
Are we leaving
or are we staying?
We have to stay.
We need answers.
I told Silas not to wait for us
if we didn't show.
That's okay, Dr. Bennett.
I got it.
Lyla: I just got word.
The new TS has arrived?
I realize this is my last chance
to get this right.
Came to you for answers,
not the other way around.
Like it or not,
you're in it now.
Jadis: Jennifer!
Warrant Officer Stokes.
Am I your investigation?
Your mother asked me to keep
an eye on you'
Felix: Whatever they used
to take out Omaha,
there's more of it.
Lyla: Assuming no abnormalities
show up in his blood work,
he should be suitable
for our purposes.
Oh.
I have my dinner
with the Bennetts.
I'll check back later.
We'll begin at dawn.
Barca:
You're going to hell.
You know that?
I am, too.
Maybe we're
already there.
That plan
is bullshit.
What we do now matters.
'Cause if tomorrow --
if it's built
with blood and lies,
that's all
it'll ever be.
That's all
it'll ever be.
No, please --
Test subject A481.
24 years of age.
No discrepancies in blood work.
Lung function normal.
Heart rate elevated but normal.
Standing by to proceed
with exposure to trial 6.0.
It should only take
a few seconds.
Iris: Wait.
That means it's ..
Chlorine.
They gassed
everybody back home.
That's how
they did it.
That's how they killed
that many people.
Massive amounts can be produced
with very little effort,
very little
expensive resources.
The gas ..
It chemically bonds itself
to moisture inside the body,
triggering severe
bronchial spasms.
Your lungs overproduce fluid,
causing you to choke,
until essentially,
you drown from the inside out.
They can't just get away
with this.
They already have.
Unless we do something
about it.
Liquid chlorine
is supposed to be colorless.
Why isn't this?
I was just wondering
the same thing.
Something must've been
added to it.
We'll need to keep this safe
until we figure out what.
Time of death --
8:22 a.m.
This is how we have tomorrow.
This is how we have tomorrow.
Dr. Belshaw,
I'm afraid we have a problem.
Jadis:
You got strong feet.
I can see them
from here.
Good on ya.
They tell you why
they took your boots?
They said it was, um,
so I wouldn't run.
I bet
you could've, though.
Look at
those clompers.
You could skip through
a rock pile with those.
I'm Warrant Officer
Jadis Stokes.
You're Silas Plaskett.
You're not where
you're supposed to be.
Yeah.
I was .. I was just lost.
You like it?
Cull Facility #1?
Yeah,
it's okay.
I mean, it's kind of like
living in a junkyard.
You say that like
it's a bad thing.
Not bad.
Just, uh, different.
You're different,
aren't you, Silas?
Me, too.
When you're not like
other people,
you can show them
different ways of doing things,
sometimes before they even know
what hit them.
What were you doing outside
the Detritus Terminal
without clearance?
I told you, I was --
I was just lost.
And I was afraid
to ask for directions home
'cause I-I didn't know
if I was gonna get in trouble.
Maybe if I had just asked,
I'd have my boots, and ..
Nah,
you'd still be in here.
Yes,
send him in.
You're shitting me.
I shit you not.
Been a long time,
Jadis.
You here
on an audit?
Yeah, there's been some issues
I'm checking out.
When I saw
your wife,
she wouldn't call me
by my first name.
Well,
she is a soldier.
And I heard you just
make soldiers now.
Think you could be
a good one?
Heard he showed up
yesterday.
Means I should've been
notified yesterday.
There a reason
he's been locked up ..
They were getting around
to questioning him.
And then long-range security
had an incursion,
which resulted
in a fatality.
So,
that's taken priority.
He said
he was lost.
Said he was truing to decide
if he should ask for directions.
You believe that?
It tracks.
He hesitates.
Well,
you can't do that, Silas.
Come on.
We're done here.
You didn't answer
my question.
Do you think he would make
a good soldier?
Maybe.
He could be.
I agree.
I just
got a feeling.
And if you make me regret this
in any way,
you'll regret it more.
So will he.
You won't get
another chance.
Don't get lost again.
I'll get your boots.
Hope. Hey.
Hey. Mason.
I-I-I was --
I was looking for you.
Yeah?
How .. How ..
You know, I've been wondering
how you've been,
and I heard your sister
was coming in.
Oh, and that --
your yeast theory
might've sparked something.
That's -- That's huge.
Yeah. Yeah. Thanks.
It's just been a lot.
In general.
Yeah.
No, I'm sure.
So
So
You were looking
for me?
Right. Yeah.
No, I was gonna see
if you wanted to hang later,
but there's
totally no pressure.
Yeah. No, no.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'll -- Um, I'll be back here
catching up
on some microbiology
later tonight,
so yeah, you could
stop by any time.
Great.
Great.
Well, uh, I'm --
I'm gonna go now.
Great.
I mean, uh, okay.
Yeah.
Um, I'll ..
I'll see you tonight.
Lyla.
Please.
What -- We don't
have a lot of time.
They're coming any second
to take you in for questioning.
What?
I know that you
or Felix or the girls
took that vial
from my lab.
I don't know how
you did it .. What ..
But -- What vial? What
are you talking about?
Leo, please.
They are coming.
They brought me in
this morning.
All of the vials
containing important specimens
associated with CRM operations
are stored
in a refrigerator
with security sensors.
They know a vial went missing
during the blackout.
Specimens associated with
CRM operations?
Just stop.
You don't
have to pretend.
Just listen,
because they are coming.
I told them
I misplaced it.
If you just
give it back to me,
I won't be
in danger anymore.
You and your daughters
won't be in danger anymore.
You can --
Okay. Okay.
I was an hour late
for dinner.
Look at me.
Please.
Just let me hide and answer
the door and tell them that.
If I have meant
anything to you .. Go.
Coming.
Dr. Bennett.
We need you
to come with us.
We have some questions
for you.
Iris: My dad has always
seen the good in people,
always tried to see the world
through other people's eyes,
and this is
what he gets for it.
You know, my uncle
was the same way.
You know, granted,
he was usually doing that
to con people
out of all their shit,
but still.
You okay?
Yeah.
Still hurts.
I'm okay.
Better when
you're here.
Felix: Where are you --
Where are you taking him?
Shit.
Officer Carlucci, you can
go back to your apartment ..
Yeah. No. Wherever the hell
you're taking him, I'm going.
Felix,
it's okay.
I suggest you stop,
Officer.
I'm not gonna stop.
I'm his
security detail.
You're not taking him
anywhere without me.
Fine.
Have it your way.
What is it
with Dr. Bennett
and his security detail,
huh?
They just keep
asking for it.
Felix?
They got your dad.
Tell your sister.
Well,
what can I do?
Maybe Huck knows
what's going on.
Alright, you find Hope,
I'll find Huck.
Wait.
It shouldn't be you.
Yeah,
this ain't about me.
Not yet.
Hope?
Hey.
What's going on?
Lyla wants
to make us an offer.
Lyla: I need
the vial you stole.
I know I haven't given you
any reason to trust me,
but whatever
you want to know
about who I am
or what I do,
I'll tell you. Why should we
believe anything you say?
Come with me
and I will show you.
You need
to decide now.
Your dad's life
depends on it.
You wanna tell me
what's going on?
You look tired.
Late night?
Dressed in a hurry.
That agent you sent
said some shit
was going down.
During the power outage,
there was a security breach.
Last night?
Where was the breach?
From an area that houses
sensitive research material.
That's why
I called you here.
You've been apart
from this place.
That may help me see some things
that others may miss.
It also makes you
uniquely qualified
to take point on this part
of the investigation.
Take point?
Mm.hmm.
Something valuable
is missing.
I need to know
if someone took it.
And I need it back.
I'd like to see
if you can help me with that.
What the hell
is this place?
Lyla: The vial that one of you
stole that I need back?
I developed its contents
right here.
The lab that no one here
is supposed to know about,
your dad included.
We never said
we took your vial.
And you said you'd talk,
so what happens here?
I study reanimation.
But in order
to understand
what causes someone
to come back after they die,
I need to observe
what happens to a subject
while
they are dying.
So, you killed all these people
for research?
No.
Most were found bitten
out in the wild.
They would've died
in vain.
But this place made it
so their passing
could be a gift
to science.
To tomorrow.
'"Ost"?
You need
to understand.
This is
what we're up against.
Eventually,
the rat will get tired.
But the dead won't.
Not ever.
They're perpetually
in motion.
None of us
will be safe
as long
as this exists in the world.
Tell us about Omaha.
How does this
tie into that?
I'd developed
an intra.cerebral injection
of algae-derived
chemical extracts
that showed promise
in delaying the time
between death
and reanimation,
but I needed more test subjects
to be sure.
A lot more.
So, the CRM told me
and my colleague, Dr. Abbott,
about a secret
military operation
in which
tens of thousands would die.
We were assured that
this operation
was critical to the survival
of the human race
and that we were
being let in on something
that almost no one
outside the military knew about.
It was our chance to test
the formula out in the field.
So, you just
went along with it?
We were horrified.
The CR's government
has no idea
what its military does
outside its walls.
Dr. Abbott threatened
to tell them.
So they made sure
he never would.
Why would 100,000 people
need to die?
Lyla:
I asked them that.
They warned me
to never ask them again.
If I could've stopped it, I
would've. You could've.
You put your own safety
before those people's lives.
No.
If I resisted,
they would've killed me, too,
and what was going to happen
was going to happen.
I could end up dead,
or I could try to turn something
that I couldn't stop
into something
that could help humanity.
But did you?
Did you find the answers
you were looking for?
It's not about answers.
It's about data.
So, what?
We're just
supposed to trust you?
I'm telling you
the truth.
Giving me that vial back
will save your father.
I told them that I misplaced it
during the blackout.
Showing them
that I have it
will take
all the suspicion off of him.
This is me
putting his life
before mine.
I am doing this
to save him.
You are doing this
to save yourself.
No,
I care about your father.
You giving me
that vial
is what
keeps both of us alive.
Maybe all of us.
It's in the Bunker.
Hope --
It's the room under Lab H
where the kids hang out.
It's inside one of the speakers.
That's where I hid it.
Thank you.
It's best if you wait here
for a few minutes after I leave.
We shouldn't risk
being seen together
more than
we already have.
Can you do that?
There wasn't
another choice.
Do you actually trust her,
after everything she's done?
Of course I don't.
I couldn't do nothing.
Iris, we came here
to keep Dad safe.
You're on
guard duty tonight.
There's a big supply drop
being flown in tomorrow.
I need the north pads
cleared off.
I wasn't lost.
I know.
You went trying to find
your friends again.
You backed me up.
'Cause I didn't know what would
happen to you if I didn't.
Kid
I can't make you
want this.
I do, but
what if the CRM
isn't what you think it is?
Why would you
ask me that?
I-I-I don't --
There's no reason.
I'm sorry
I lied to you.
That was wrong.
You're a good kid.
I don't want to see you
screw shit up for yourself.
I think
you're a good solider.
One of the good ones.
You could be, too.
There's just some shit
you gotta let go.
I told you
I don't know anything
about any
missing research,
and I'm not answering
anymore questions
until my
security detail's here.
Where is he? Officer
Carlucci is here,
but he won't
be joining us.
The Science Exchange Agreement
stipulates
I'm not to be denied access
to my security detail.
It also stipulates
no unauthorized communication
in or out of
CR jurisdictions,
a rule you violated on
16 separate occasions.
16, doctor.
Each instance is punishable
by long terms of imprisonment.
So, perhaps you'll give us
a pass on having Carlucci
sit in
an adjacent room.
Now, where were you last night
between 7:00 p.m. and midnight?
You're in a relationship
with Dr. Belshaw.
You see her at all
last night?
I invited her over
to meet Iris.
Anyone else with you?
Hope.
What about Elton
and Felix?
Felix was with you.
On patrol.
What time
did Dr. Belshaw show up?
It's a simple question.
Dinner was scheduled for 7:00,
but Dr. Belshaw
got caught up
in some work
and showed up
an hour later.
Hope:
For what it's worth,
I don't think
she'll sell Dad out.
I think she really does
care about him.
Why is it
you are so willing
to give everyone here
the benefit of the doubt?
Ever since you got
here .. Iris, that is not fair.
She let an entire city die
and did nothing to stop it.
I'm not saying
that I want to trust her.
I'm saying that
we don't have a choice.
You shouldn't have made
that decision without me.
Wow.
You mean like you did
with the dead drop note?
It's been
long enough.
Let's just go.
Wait.
Maybe they're already
looking for us.
Or her.
After your wife died,
you date much?
What the hell kinda
question is that? Answer it.
No.
You know that.
Turns out I do.
So after 10 years
of being a single father,
what was it about
Dr. Belshaw
that you found
so special?
She was kind.
Smart.
What else?
Come on.
I'm interested.
She'd laugh
at my jokes.
I'd tell her things
about myself.
Stories about
my family.
My daughters.
The smallest things.
She'd absorb
every last detail.
Like she was there,
part of the family.
Like
she wanted to be.
So,
I wanted her to be.
Sounds like
you loved her.
Maybe I did.
Jadis: "Did"?
You fall out of love with her,
Doctor?
You're twisting
my words.
I think you did that
all by yourself.
So,
what do you think?
I think
you're right.
He used to love her,
but he doesn't anymore.
And yet, they had dinner
together last night
so she could
meet the family.
What do you make
of that?
It doesn't add up.
He's lying.
Their stories match,
so she's lying, too.
But why do you think
they'd be sharing
that particular lie?
She still
cares about him,
so she's covering
for him.
Because she thinks
he took the research.
And if she's right?
That'd explain why
he fell out of love with her.
Well,
there it is.
Have my team
find Dr. Belshaw
and have her collected
immediately.
We've found
our conspirators.
Iris.
Run.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
I'm not working with Dr. Belshaw
to cover up anything.
It's obvious that you are,
Dr. Bennett.
Jennifer helped me
see it.
Something interesting
that I read in your file ..
You confided in Dr. Belshaw
about your daughter's gifts,
and what did she do?
She went straight to
It. Colonel Kublek with it.
What?
I don't think that you know
this woman, Leo.
You don't.
Man:
All units, disengage.
Suspect's been located.
Officer Stokes.
I, uh,
wanted to let you know
I found
the missing vial.
So I see.
Where'd you find it?
I have to be honest
with you.
Dr. Bennett stole it.
With the help of his daughters
and his security detail.
They became suspicious
I was involved
in classified experiments
and took it
from the storage freezer.
I'm so sorry.
No more lies.
No more deceit.
I thought
I could manage this
to everyone's benefit.
You can't hurt him.
He's too valuable.
We need him.
He can help
with Project Votus.
Project Votus?
Dr. Belshaw,
not another word.
It's a project
that involves
studying live test subjects
through death
to further research
on reanimation.
That's what
I've been hiding.
Now you know
the truth.
And now, you are going
to let him go.
Oh?
Tell me why,
Doctor.
Because I think
I'm on the verge
of a
significant breakthrough.
My test subject's going on
a full eight hours
without reanimating.
That is rare,
but it's not unheard of.
This could be the step forward
we've been waiting for,
and with Dr. Bennett
helping me openly
and passing on that knowledge
to his daughter,
think of the progress
we could make.
I need him.
We do.
We need them.
In the position
I hold,
I've proven my use
to the CRM
by making the right deals
on their behalf.
I believe
what she says.
And per
the It. Colonel,
Project Votus
is the ultimate priority.
So,
here's the deal.
You walk today.
You get away
with another capital crime.
Your daughters and
your security detail do, too.
And we focus your efforts
on said ultimate priority.
Do we have a deal?
Do we have --
Yes.
Are you motivated?
Can you move
past all this
and see what you're doing
for what it is?
Yes.
So,
what is it, then?
Saving what's left.
Whatever "it" is.
It's life, Leo.
That's the war.
It's life versus death.
It doesn't mean some of us
won't die along the way.
Release his
security detail.
I look forward to seeing
the fruits of your labor.
Same goes for you.
Stick around.
After I've dealt with
some business with my team,
how about we go
and see that test subject?
It does sound like
historic progress,
and I would love
to share the news
with
Major General Beale.
Huck: My mother
knows about this?
Knows?
She founded the project
with Beale eight years ago.
It's been a lot of work
over a long time.
And if we have a breakthrough
on our hands today,
I feel lucky
to be here to see it.
Shame.
It didn't even
break eight hours.
You got me excited
about delivering
some good news
to Beale today.
We can still crack this.
With Dr. Bennett's help,
our chances ..
Dr. Bennett will not
be helping you, Doctor.
Jennifer,
remove the TS's restraints.
Sorry?
Do it, Jennifer.
What? What? What?
I don't understand.
What?
My job is to eliminate
security threats.
You were sloppy
with sensitive research.
You lied to us.
Thankfully, you've already
handed on the baton
to your successor,
a man of greater intelligence
with two easy-to-squeeze
pressure points.
He's the better bet.
Easier to control
when there's family to threaten.
No, no, no.
No.
No, no, no. Please.
Please. Please don't do this.
Please. Please.
No, no, no. Please.
Please. Please, don't do this!
Please! Please!
No! Please!
Please don't do this!
Please! Please!
"The rat
will eventually get tired,
but the dead
won't."
Couldn't have put it
better myself.
Please help me!
Help! No!
Please help me!
Please help me!
Another tragic accident,
but these things happen.
You knew from the start
she was covering for Leo.
Still smart as hell.
If your mother had any doubts
about your allegiance,
she'll be pleased I helped you
put them to bed today.
This was all
about testing me?
Not all.
It was clear from the start
that she was covering for him.
She had to go.
So I used you
to help me install Bennett
as Belshaw's replacement.
Productive day.
I think it's only fair
that you should be debriefed
on the entire scope
of the project.
I want you
to be part of it.
You've earned it.
There's more?
The Campus Colony?
Omaha?
All part of a tactical
military operation.
What comes next
won't be easy,
but it will secure our future
for centuries to come.
Jesus.
I was
looking for you earlier.
And Iris thought
you were gonna help her dad.
But she didn't think
you were gonna be the one
to interrogate him.
Heard some hardhats
outside the security wing.
Well, they weren't saying
"Leo" or "Felix",
but, uh, it was obvious
who they were talking about.
I sat around long enough,
heard your name mentioned.
Lead interrogator,
huh?
If you're gonna kill me,
then do it.
It's the pistol
I shot you with.
Your uncle, too.
Before I used
the kid's wrench on him.
Go ahead.
We both know
I deserve it.
Or maybe
you don't do it.
'Cause you'd just be
doing me a favor,
and then it plays out
you don't leave
this building alive.
There's something
you should know, kid.
And there's nothing
me or you
or anybody can do
to stop it.
Stop what?
Hope: So,
what happens now?
I'm not sure.
It. Colonel
wasn't there.
This Jadis told me
to take a couple of days
and report back
to work on Monday.
I don't know
if I'm gonna have
armed guards
at my elkows or
Then we get outta here
before then,
have Huck
get word to Silas.
Percy went to talk to her
this morning.
I haven't
seen him since.
Hey.
You okay?
What is it?
Percy,
what did you do?
Huck: Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
What's wrong?
I don't really know
where to start.
It's okay.
Just start.
It was all bullshit.
Everything that we did --
it was all for nothing.
There's not gonna be
an alliance anymore.
What does that mean?
Maybe the CRM never intended
to have allies.
Maybe they just
wanted to find out
who their competition was.
Percy,
what are you telling us?
It's gonna be
just the Civic Republic.
And they're gonna
wipe out Portland.
Huck: Using gas they've been
storing at the RF.
Using the empties
to cover it up.
That's how
they wiped out Omaha
and the Campus Colony.
Why?
Don't know.
She hasn't sat me down yet
for a full briefing.
But the plan
is to kill 87,000 people.
There's no way
to warn 'em.
A wire'd
get intercepted.
It-- It'd take months
on foot.
They won't
see it coming.
They won't know
what hit 'em.
When?
Soon.
How soon?
I don't know.
That's all
that Jadis lady said.
We know
where the gas is.
So,
we destroy the gas?
And we take this place out
with it.
This isn't just about
saving Portland
and getting
out of here.
We can't let them
keep this place.
What are you
trying to say?
We have to get
the scientists out
and their research.
We take it and --
and we keep it going.
But how
would we even do that?
Not sure, exactly.
I just know
I can't do it alone.
Iris: We let the scientists in
on this,
one of 'em could talk.
And even if
we did pull it off,
these people
aren't fighters.
However this plays out,
I'm seeing it through with you.
Even if it's not
what we were thinking.
You were gonna kill her today,
weren't you?
I wanted to.
And I didn't.
Why?
You.
I wanted
to see you again.
And that wouldn't have happened
if I pulled the trigger.
I don't wanna
leave tonight.
Then don't.
Gotta admit,
I wasn't sure you'd show.
Me, neither.
It's not
'cause of you.
It's just
'cause of this place.
It can take
some getting used to.
Sometimes,
it feels normal,
and sometimes
it feels like
a prison.
Oh, man.
If my dad
heard me say that.
Your dad?
Oh, yeah.
I'm sure I'm just
a big disappointment to him
for not being all in
on the military.
But whatever.
Enough about me.
What's going on
with you?
Wait.
Is your dad
in the military?
Yeah.
Yeah, he's Major General Beale.
I thought you knew.
Dennis: Just wish
I'd known sooner.
Huck: Yeah.
I wish
a lot of things.
I should go.
I'll talk
to the others,
reach out
as soon as we have a plan.
Guess we got some shit
to talk about.
Dead: World Beyond"
Are we leaving
or are we staying?
We have to stay.
We need answers.
I told Silas not to wait for us
if we didn't show.
That's okay, Dr. Bennett.
I got it.
Lyla: I just got word.
The new TS has arrived?
I realize this is my last chance
to get this right.
Came to you for answers,
not the other way around.
Like it or not,
you're in it now.
Jadis: Jennifer!
Warrant Officer Stokes.
Am I your investigation?
Your mother asked me to keep
an eye on you'
Felix: Whatever they used
to take out Omaha,
there's more of it.
Lyla: Assuming no abnormalities
show up in his blood work,
he should be suitable
for our purposes.
Oh.
I have my dinner
with the Bennetts.
I'll check back later.
We'll begin at dawn.
Barca:
You're going to hell.
You know that?
I am, too.
Maybe we're
already there.
That plan
is bullshit.
What we do now matters.
'Cause if tomorrow --
if it's built
with blood and lies,
that's all
it'll ever be.
That's all
it'll ever be.
No, please --
Test subject A481.
24 years of age.
No discrepancies in blood work.
Lung function normal.
Heart rate elevated but normal.
Standing by to proceed
with exposure to trial 6.0.
It should only take
a few seconds.
Iris: Wait.
That means it's ..
Chlorine.
They gassed
everybody back home.
That's how
they did it.
That's how they killed
that many people.
Massive amounts can be produced
with very little effort,
very little
expensive resources.
The gas ..
It chemically bonds itself
to moisture inside the body,
triggering severe
bronchial spasms.
Your lungs overproduce fluid,
causing you to choke,
until essentially,
you drown from the inside out.
They can't just get away
with this.
They already have.
Unless we do something
about it.
Liquid chlorine
is supposed to be colorless.
Why isn't this?
I was just wondering
the same thing.
Something must've been
added to it.
We'll need to keep this safe
until we figure out what.
Time of death --
8:22 a.m.
This is how we have tomorrow.
This is how we have tomorrow.
Dr. Belshaw,
I'm afraid we have a problem.
Jadis:
You got strong feet.
I can see them
from here.
Good on ya.
They tell you why
they took your boots?
They said it was, um,
so I wouldn't run.
I bet
you could've, though.
Look at
those clompers.
You could skip through
a rock pile with those.
I'm Warrant Officer
Jadis Stokes.
You're Silas Plaskett.
You're not where
you're supposed to be.
Yeah.
I was .. I was just lost.
You like it?
Cull Facility #1?
Yeah,
it's okay.
I mean, it's kind of like
living in a junkyard.
You say that like
it's a bad thing.
Not bad.
Just, uh, different.
You're different,
aren't you, Silas?
Me, too.
When you're not like
other people,
you can show them
different ways of doing things,
sometimes before they even know
what hit them.
What were you doing outside
the Detritus Terminal
without clearance?
I told you, I was --
I was just lost.
And I was afraid
to ask for directions home
'cause I-I didn't know
if I was gonna get in trouble.
Maybe if I had just asked,
I'd have my boots, and ..
Nah,
you'd still be in here.
Yes,
send him in.
You're shitting me.
I shit you not.
Been a long time,
Jadis.
You here
on an audit?
Yeah, there's been some issues
I'm checking out.
When I saw
your wife,
she wouldn't call me
by my first name.
Well,
she is a soldier.
And I heard you just
make soldiers now.
Think you could be
a good one?
Heard he showed up
yesterday.
Means I should've been
notified yesterday.
There a reason
he's been locked up ..
They were getting around
to questioning him.
And then long-range security
had an incursion,
which resulted
in a fatality.
So,
that's taken priority.
He said
he was lost.
Said he was truing to decide
if he should ask for directions.
You believe that?
It tracks.
He hesitates.
Well,
you can't do that, Silas.
Come on.
We're done here.
You didn't answer
my question.
Do you think he would make
a good soldier?
Maybe.
He could be.
I agree.
I just
got a feeling.
And if you make me regret this
in any way,
you'll regret it more.
So will he.
You won't get
another chance.
Don't get lost again.
I'll get your boots.
Hope. Hey.
Hey. Mason.
I-I-I was --
I was looking for you.
Yeah?
How .. How ..
You know, I've been wondering
how you've been,
and I heard your sister
was coming in.
Oh, and that --
your yeast theory
might've sparked something.
That's -- That's huge.
Yeah. Yeah. Thanks.
It's just been a lot.
In general.
Yeah.
No, I'm sure.
So
So
You were looking
for me?
Right. Yeah.
No, I was gonna see
if you wanted to hang later,
but there's
totally no pressure.
Yeah. No, no.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'll -- Um, I'll be back here
catching up
on some microbiology
later tonight,
so yeah, you could
stop by any time.
Great.
Great.
Well, uh, I'm --
I'm gonna go now.
Great.
I mean, uh, okay.
Yeah.
Um, I'll ..
I'll see you tonight.
Lyla.
Please.
What -- We don't
have a lot of time.
They're coming any second
to take you in for questioning.
What?
I know that you
or Felix or the girls
took that vial
from my lab.
I don't know how
you did it .. What ..
But -- What vial? What
are you talking about?
Leo, please.
They are coming.
They brought me in
this morning.
All of the vials
containing important specimens
associated with CRM operations
are stored
in a refrigerator
with security sensors.
They know a vial went missing
during the blackout.
Specimens associated with
CRM operations?
Just stop.
You don't
have to pretend.
Just listen,
because they are coming.
I told them
I misplaced it.
If you just
give it back to me,
I won't be
in danger anymore.
You and your daughters
won't be in danger anymore.
You can --
Okay. Okay.
I was an hour late
for dinner.
Look at me.
Please.
Just let me hide and answer
the door and tell them that.
If I have meant
anything to you .. Go.
Coming.
Dr. Bennett.
We need you
to come with us.
We have some questions
for you.
Iris: My dad has always
seen the good in people,
always tried to see the world
through other people's eyes,
and this is
what he gets for it.
You know, my uncle
was the same way.
You know, granted,
he was usually doing that
to con people
out of all their shit,
but still.
You okay?
Yeah.
Still hurts.
I'm okay.
Better when
you're here.
Felix: Where are you --
Where are you taking him?
Shit.
Officer Carlucci, you can
go back to your apartment ..
Yeah. No. Wherever the hell
you're taking him, I'm going.
Felix,
it's okay.
I suggest you stop,
Officer.
I'm not gonna stop.
I'm his
security detail.
You're not taking him
anywhere without me.
Fine.
Have it your way.
What is it
with Dr. Bennett
and his security detail,
huh?
They just keep
asking for it.
Felix?
They got your dad.
Tell your sister.
Well,
what can I do?
Maybe Huck knows
what's going on.
Alright, you find Hope,
I'll find Huck.
Wait.
It shouldn't be you.
Yeah,
this ain't about me.
Not yet.
Hope?
Hey.
What's going on?
Lyla wants
to make us an offer.
Lyla: I need
the vial you stole.
I know I haven't given you
any reason to trust me,
but whatever
you want to know
about who I am
or what I do,
I'll tell you. Why should we
believe anything you say?
Come with me
and I will show you.
You need
to decide now.
Your dad's life
depends on it.
You wanna tell me
what's going on?
You look tired.
Late night?
Dressed in a hurry.
That agent you sent
said some shit
was going down.
During the power outage,
there was a security breach.
Last night?
Where was the breach?
From an area that houses
sensitive research material.
That's why
I called you here.
You've been apart
from this place.
That may help me see some things
that others may miss.
It also makes you
uniquely qualified
to take point on this part
of the investigation.
Take point?
Mm.hmm.
Something valuable
is missing.
I need to know
if someone took it.
And I need it back.
I'd like to see
if you can help me with that.
What the hell
is this place?
Lyla: The vial that one of you
stole that I need back?
I developed its contents
right here.
The lab that no one here
is supposed to know about,
your dad included.
We never said
we took your vial.
And you said you'd talk,
so what happens here?
I study reanimation.
But in order
to understand
what causes someone
to come back after they die,
I need to observe
what happens to a subject
while
they are dying.
So, you killed all these people
for research?
No.
Most were found bitten
out in the wild.
They would've died
in vain.
But this place made it
so their passing
could be a gift
to science.
To tomorrow.
'"Ost"?
You need
to understand.
This is
what we're up against.
Eventually,
the rat will get tired.
But the dead won't.
Not ever.
They're perpetually
in motion.
None of us
will be safe
as long
as this exists in the world.
Tell us about Omaha.
How does this
tie into that?
I'd developed
an intra.cerebral injection
of algae-derived
chemical extracts
that showed promise
in delaying the time
between death
and reanimation,
but I needed more test subjects
to be sure.
A lot more.
So, the CRM told me
and my colleague, Dr. Abbott,
about a secret
military operation
in which
tens of thousands would die.
We were assured that
this operation
was critical to the survival
of the human race
and that we were
being let in on something
that almost no one
outside the military knew about.
It was our chance to test
the formula out in the field.
So, you just
went along with it?
We were horrified.
The CR's government
has no idea
what its military does
outside its walls.
Dr. Abbott threatened
to tell them.
So they made sure
he never would.
Why would 100,000 people
need to die?
Lyla:
I asked them that.
They warned me
to never ask them again.
If I could've stopped it, I
would've. You could've.
You put your own safety
before those people's lives.
No.
If I resisted,
they would've killed me, too,
and what was going to happen
was going to happen.
I could end up dead,
or I could try to turn something
that I couldn't stop
into something
that could help humanity.
But did you?
Did you find the answers
you were looking for?
It's not about answers.
It's about data.
So, what?
We're just
supposed to trust you?
I'm telling you
the truth.
Giving me that vial back
will save your father.
I told them that I misplaced it
during the blackout.
Showing them
that I have it
will take
all the suspicion off of him.
This is me
putting his life
before mine.
I am doing this
to save him.
You are doing this
to save yourself.
No,
I care about your father.
You giving me
that vial
is what
keeps both of us alive.
Maybe all of us.
It's in the Bunker.
Hope --
It's the room under Lab H
where the kids hang out.
It's inside one of the speakers.
That's where I hid it.
Thank you.
It's best if you wait here
for a few minutes after I leave.
We shouldn't risk
being seen together
more than
we already have.
Can you do that?
There wasn't
another choice.
Do you actually trust her,
after everything she's done?
Of course I don't.
I couldn't do nothing.
Iris, we came here
to keep Dad safe.
You're on
guard duty tonight.
There's a big supply drop
being flown in tomorrow.
I need the north pads
cleared off.
I wasn't lost.
I know.
You went trying to find
your friends again.
You backed me up.
'Cause I didn't know what would
happen to you if I didn't.
Kid
I can't make you
want this.
I do, but
what if the CRM
isn't what you think it is?
Why would you
ask me that?
I-I-I don't --
There's no reason.
I'm sorry
I lied to you.
That was wrong.
You're a good kid.
I don't want to see you
screw shit up for yourself.
I think
you're a good solider.
One of the good ones.
You could be, too.
There's just some shit
you gotta let go.
I told you
I don't know anything
about any
missing research,
and I'm not answering
anymore questions
until my
security detail's here.
Where is he? Officer
Carlucci is here,
but he won't
be joining us.
The Science Exchange Agreement
stipulates
I'm not to be denied access
to my security detail.
It also stipulates
no unauthorized communication
in or out of
CR jurisdictions,
a rule you violated on
16 separate occasions.
16, doctor.
Each instance is punishable
by long terms of imprisonment.
So, perhaps you'll give us
a pass on having Carlucci
sit in
an adjacent room.
Now, where were you last night
between 7:00 p.m. and midnight?
You're in a relationship
with Dr. Belshaw.
You see her at all
last night?
I invited her over
to meet Iris.
Anyone else with you?
Hope.
What about Elton
and Felix?
Felix was with you.
On patrol.
What time
did Dr. Belshaw show up?
It's a simple question.
Dinner was scheduled for 7:00,
but Dr. Belshaw
got caught up
in some work
and showed up
an hour later.
Hope:
For what it's worth,
I don't think
she'll sell Dad out.
I think she really does
care about him.
Why is it
you are so willing
to give everyone here
the benefit of the doubt?
Ever since you got
here .. Iris, that is not fair.
She let an entire city die
and did nothing to stop it.
I'm not saying
that I want to trust her.
I'm saying that
we don't have a choice.
You shouldn't have made
that decision without me.
Wow.
You mean like you did
with the dead drop note?
It's been
long enough.
Let's just go.
Wait.
Maybe they're already
looking for us.
Or her.
After your wife died,
you date much?
What the hell kinda
question is that? Answer it.
No.
You know that.
Turns out I do.
So after 10 years
of being a single father,
what was it about
Dr. Belshaw
that you found
so special?
She was kind.
Smart.
What else?
Come on.
I'm interested.
She'd laugh
at my jokes.
I'd tell her things
about myself.
Stories about
my family.
My daughters.
The smallest things.
She'd absorb
every last detail.
Like she was there,
part of the family.
Like
she wanted to be.
So,
I wanted her to be.
Sounds like
you loved her.
Maybe I did.
Jadis: "Did"?
You fall out of love with her,
Doctor?
You're twisting
my words.
I think you did that
all by yourself.
So,
what do you think?
I think
you're right.
He used to love her,
but he doesn't anymore.
And yet, they had dinner
together last night
so she could
meet the family.
What do you make
of that?
It doesn't add up.
He's lying.
Their stories match,
so she's lying, too.
But why do you think
they'd be sharing
that particular lie?
She still
cares about him,
so she's covering
for him.
Because she thinks
he took the research.
And if she's right?
That'd explain why
he fell out of love with her.
Well,
there it is.
Have my team
find Dr. Belshaw
and have her collected
immediately.
We've found
our conspirators.
Iris.
Run.
How many times
do I have to tell you?
I'm not working with Dr. Belshaw
to cover up anything.
It's obvious that you are,
Dr. Bennett.
Jennifer helped me
see it.
Something interesting
that I read in your file ..
You confided in Dr. Belshaw
about your daughter's gifts,
and what did she do?
She went straight to
It. Colonel Kublek with it.
What?
I don't think that you know
this woman, Leo.
You don't.
Man:
All units, disengage.
Suspect's been located.
Officer Stokes.
I, uh,
wanted to let you know
I found
the missing vial.
So I see.
Where'd you find it?
I have to be honest
with you.
Dr. Bennett stole it.
With the help of his daughters
and his security detail.
They became suspicious
I was involved
in classified experiments
and took it
from the storage freezer.
I'm so sorry.
No more lies.
No more deceit.
I thought
I could manage this
to everyone's benefit.
You can't hurt him.
He's too valuable.
We need him.
He can help
with Project Votus.
Project Votus?
Dr. Belshaw,
not another word.
It's a project
that involves
studying live test subjects
through death
to further research
on reanimation.
That's what
I've been hiding.
Now you know
the truth.
And now, you are going
to let him go.
Oh?
Tell me why,
Doctor.
Because I think
I'm on the verge
of a
significant breakthrough.
My test subject's going on
a full eight hours
without reanimating.
That is rare,
but it's not unheard of.
This could be the step forward
we've been waiting for,
and with Dr. Bennett
helping me openly
and passing on that knowledge
to his daughter,
think of the progress
we could make.
I need him.
We do.
We need them.
In the position
I hold,
I've proven my use
to the CRM
by making the right deals
on their behalf.
I believe
what she says.
And per
the It. Colonel,
Project Votus
is the ultimate priority.
So,
here's the deal.
You walk today.
You get away
with another capital crime.
Your daughters and
your security detail do, too.
And we focus your efforts
on said ultimate priority.
Do we have a deal?
Do we have --
Yes.
Are you motivated?
Can you move
past all this
and see what you're doing
for what it is?
Yes.
So,
what is it, then?
Saving what's left.
Whatever "it" is.
It's life, Leo.
That's the war.
It's life versus death.
It doesn't mean some of us
won't die along the way.
Release his
security detail.
I look forward to seeing
the fruits of your labor.
Same goes for you.
Stick around.
After I've dealt with
some business with my team,
how about we go
and see that test subject?
It does sound like
historic progress,
and I would love
to share the news
with
Major General Beale.
Huck: My mother
knows about this?
Knows?
She founded the project
with Beale eight years ago.
It's been a lot of work
over a long time.
And if we have a breakthrough
on our hands today,
I feel lucky
to be here to see it.
Shame.
It didn't even
break eight hours.
You got me excited
about delivering
some good news
to Beale today.
We can still crack this.
With Dr. Bennett's help,
our chances ..
Dr. Bennett will not
be helping you, Doctor.
Jennifer,
remove the TS's restraints.
Sorry?
Do it, Jennifer.
What? What? What?
I don't understand.
What?
My job is to eliminate
security threats.
You were sloppy
with sensitive research.
You lied to us.
Thankfully, you've already
handed on the baton
to your successor,
a man of greater intelligence
with two easy-to-squeeze
pressure points.
He's the better bet.
Easier to control
when there's family to threaten.
No, no, no.
No.
No, no, no. Please.
Please. Please don't do this.
Please. Please.
No, no, no. Please.
Please. Please, don't do this!
Please! Please!
No! Please!
Please don't do this!
Please! Please!
"The rat
will eventually get tired,
but the dead
won't."
Couldn't have put it
better myself.
Please help me!
Help! No!
Please help me!
Please help me!
Another tragic accident,
but these things happen.
You knew from the start
she was covering for Leo.
Still smart as hell.
If your mother had any doubts
about your allegiance,
she'll be pleased I helped you
put them to bed today.
This was all
about testing me?
Not all.
It was clear from the start
that she was covering for him.
She had to go.
So I used you
to help me install Bennett
as Belshaw's replacement.
Productive day.
I think it's only fair
that you should be debriefed
on the entire scope
of the project.
I want you
to be part of it.
You've earned it.
There's more?
The Campus Colony?
Omaha?
All part of a tactical
military operation.
What comes next
won't be easy,
but it will secure our future
for centuries to come.
Jesus.
I was
looking for you earlier.
And Iris thought
you were gonna help her dad.
But she didn't think
you were gonna be the one
to interrogate him.
Heard some hardhats
outside the security wing.
Well, they weren't saying
"Leo" or "Felix",
but, uh, it was obvious
who they were talking about.
I sat around long enough,
heard your name mentioned.
Lead interrogator,
huh?
If you're gonna kill me,
then do it.
It's the pistol
I shot you with.
Your uncle, too.
Before I used
the kid's wrench on him.
Go ahead.
We both know
I deserve it.
Or maybe
you don't do it.
'Cause you'd just be
doing me a favor,
and then it plays out
you don't leave
this building alive.
There's something
you should know, kid.
And there's nothing
me or you
or anybody can do
to stop it.
Stop what?
Hope: So,
what happens now?
I'm not sure.
It. Colonel
wasn't there.
This Jadis told me
to take a couple of days
and report back
to work on Monday.
I don't know
if I'm gonna have
armed guards
at my elkows or
Then we get outta here
before then,
have Huck
get word to Silas.
Percy went to talk to her
this morning.
I haven't
seen him since.
Hey.
You okay?
What is it?
Percy,
what did you do?
Huck: Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
What's wrong?
I don't really know
where to start.
It's okay.
Just start.
It was all bullshit.
Everything that we did --
it was all for nothing.
There's not gonna be
an alliance anymore.
What does that mean?
Maybe the CRM never intended
to have allies.
Maybe they just
wanted to find out
who their competition was.
Percy,
what are you telling us?
It's gonna be
just the Civic Republic.
And they're gonna
wipe out Portland.
Huck: Using gas they've been
storing at the RF.
Using the empties
to cover it up.
That's how
they wiped out Omaha
and the Campus Colony.
Why?
Don't know.
She hasn't sat me down yet
for a full briefing.
But the plan
is to kill 87,000 people.
There's no way
to warn 'em.
A wire'd
get intercepted.
It-- It'd take months
on foot.
They won't
see it coming.
They won't know
what hit 'em.
When?
Soon.
How soon?
I don't know.
That's all
that Jadis lady said.
We know
where the gas is.
So,
we destroy the gas?
And we take this place out
with it.
This isn't just about
saving Portland
and getting
out of here.
We can't let them
keep this place.
What are you
trying to say?
We have to get
the scientists out
and their research.
We take it and --
and we keep it going.
But how
would we even do that?
Not sure, exactly.
I just know
I can't do it alone.
Iris: We let the scientists in
on this,
one of 'em could talk.
And even if
we did pull it off,
these people
aren't fighters.
However this plays out,
I'm seeing it through with you.
Even if it's not
what we were thinking.
You were gonna kill her today,
weren't you?
I wanted to.
And I didn't.
Why?
You.
I wanted
to see you again.
And that wouldn't have happened
if I pulled the trigger.
I don't wanna
leave tonight.
Then don't.
Gotta admit,
I wasn't sure you'd show.
Me, neither.
It's not
'cause of you.
It's just
'cause of this place.
It can take
some getting used to.
Sometimes,
it feels normal,
and sometimes
it feels like
a prison.
Oh, man.
If my dad
heard me say that.
Your dad?
Oh, yeah.
I'm sure I'm just
a big disappointment to him
for not being all in
on the military.
But whatever.
Enough about me.
What's going on
with you?
Wait.
Is your dad
in the military?
Yeah.
Yeah, he's Major General Beale.
I thought you knew.
Dennis: Just wish
I'd known sooner.
Huck: Yeah.
I wish
a lot of things.
I should go.
I'll talk
to the others,
reach out
as soon as we have a plan.
Guess we got some shit
to talk about.