The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023) s02e05 Episode Script
The Bird Always Knows
1
[ARMSTRONG] Previously on Dead City
[NEGAN] But what I don't get
is why The Dama treats you
like her redheaded stepchild.
[THE DAMA] I knew our boy was involved
the second he sent the smoke signal.
[MAGGIE] How are you gonna
explain this to Narvaez,
you being the Negan slayer and all?
That man that killed your
father, is his name Negan?
[THE CROAT] I was shocked to hear
when Christos lost it to you
in one of your little games.
What if we don't wanna join you?
[SCATTERED AGREEMENTS]
[GRUNTS]
[TI I JA BY DARKO RUNDEK PLAYING]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAN RATTLES]
[CLATTER]
[TI I JA BY DARKO RUNDEK PLAYING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[WIRES SPARKING]
[MUSIC DIES]
[WALKER GROWLING, HITTING GLASS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[THEME MUSIC]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[GRUNTS]
[ARMSTRONG] If what Negan said is true,
we gotta scope it out.
But some churches have secret chambers,
private entrances
we can slip in through.
I don't know.
Am I crazy?
Could we actually pull this off
with just a dozen of us left?
I think, if they don't
know we're coming,
a location's all we need.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Should be a bridge up ahead.
Otherwise, we've taken a wrong turn.
[WALKER GROWLING IN THE DISTANCE]
[BIRDS SINGING]
[WIND RUSTLING GRASS]
[BIRDS SINGING]
That
the drawing that you made
of the woman.
You said that it was off
a billboard or something?
Yeah.
[SOFT MUSIC]
What was it like seeing Negan?
What'd he say to you?
He said that we should leave,
that we should go home.
And that's what we're gonna do.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[THE DAMA] No. Come on, think.
[DOOR OPENS]
Think.
You've gone that way twice already.
[CHUCKLES] There you go.
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
New duds.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Dama?
[THE DAMA] Come in!
[DOOR OPENS]
Feeble and pathetic.
How did this happen?
[THE CROAT] Our technician
abandoned his post,
so we are still trying to ascertain
the reason for the outage.
Don't you see how this makes us look?
As I said, it is being handled.
It better be.
Without the methane, we can forget about
bringing back the city,
let alone defending it.
No, no, [LAUGHING]
it was one substation.
We lost power only on 6th Avenue.
I-I think we can be
grateful that there wasn't
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
Well, the show must go on.
Our forces are almost ready.
All that's left is Christos
and his band of savages,
- which
- And then we're done, right?
After Christos, I get my family back.
That was the deal.
"Was" being the operative word.
"Deal" being the operative word.
Y'know, I just hate the idea
of you putting in
all this hard work
and missing out on all the fun.
I think you and I have different
ideas of what fun is.
[THE DAMA] Such a shame.
No one ever lives up to the hype.
It is a shame.
See, I'm as good as it gets
and I'm all you got.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Christos was always going
to be the feisty one.
You get him onboard and we're good.
Pinky swear. Pinky toe swear.
[RAT SQUEAKING]
[THE DAMA] [GASPS] There you go.
I knew you could do it. Aw.
You still hungry?
When we visit Christos,
I will bring the canisters
of methane as a gift.
Oh, because that worked
so well the last time.
No, Negan goes alone.
Are you sure?
[CHUCKLING] They did not exactly
get off on the right foot.
[THE DAMA] Negan was right
to put Christos in his place.
Boundaries were established.
Dicks were measured.
I still think it would make
more sense if I were to
[THE DAMA] No.
You'll be busy cleaning
up your little mess.
And change out of that
ridiculous outfit.
You look like a bellhop.
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
- [WIND RUSTLING LEAVES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[GATES CREAKING, CLANKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[ARMSTRONG] Where's Roksana?
[NARVAEZ] She has been detained
as an enemy of the federation.
As soon as she agrees to support
us, she'll be released.
[ARMSTRONG] You have no
authority to detain them.
No, you have no authority.
Put him in the box.
You're arresting me, too? For what?
[NARVAEZ] Treason.
We gave you a hero's welcome
when you came home.
And you said you executed
the outlaw, Negan.
But you didn't.
You let him walk.
You're wrong.
I was there, and I saw it happen.
He killed him.
Arrest her, too, for
bearing false witness
Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait. I let him go.
But you're lucky I did 'cause
he's with the Croat now.
He told us where the methane is
and he knows a hell of a lot
more than that. He's the
only connection we got.
And she's the only one he trusts.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Take the two of them to my quarters.
Narvaez. Narvaez!
[TENSE MUSIC]
Ginny.
Ginny, innocent people
Did you know you were gonna see him?
Yes.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because I know that you have a gun.
And I had to wonder who it might be for.
[NARVAEZ] He said you know
where the methane is.
Where is it?
What happens once I tell you?
Nothing.
Unless you break the law.
I mean, it doesn't matter anyway
'cause you're not gonna like the
rest of what Negan had to say.
'Cause even with your soldiers,
and the people that you've got here,
you'll never stand a chance
against the Croat.
He's got fifty people, maybe a hundred.
Or you're just saying that
because you want me to give up.
Because if I give up,
you get to go home, right?
What do you think? Can
we trust what Negan says?
- Yes.
- [NARVAEZ] Why?
I-I think that he feels he-he owes her.
What about her? Does she
feel like she owes him?
What does that matter?
I want you to go to him
and offer our surrender.
Under one condition.
You bring Negan and the Croat
to the boathouse,
so they can escort our forces,
unmolested, off the island.
So that you can ambush them.
Even if you had Roksana's people,
you really think you
can take the Burazi?
No. We don't have to.
You're gonna lead them
through the tall grass.
The dead will take care of them.
Most of them anyway.
And don't worry, we'll
save Negan for you.
And why would I do that?
Because your son will be
staying here with us.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[SLAMS PANEL SHUT]
Make sure the exhaust isn't blocked.
Think it overheated?
Are you suggesting
the compressor failed?
That I made a mistake?
N-no, I-I didn't mean
How do you think it makes us
look that the power is out?
Huh?
How does it make us look?
- Tell me!
- I don't
- I don't
- It makes us look weak.
Do you think I would let that happen?
Something that makes us look weak?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Check the compressors.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[GATE CREAKS SHUT]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[MUSIC]
[THUNDER ROLLING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[ROKSANA] You have children?
Three daughters.
They're gonna think I died a traitor.
But I knew this day would come.
You, on the other hand,
you've still got options.
You could join New Babylon.
Help Major Narvaez get what she wants.
If you don't, you'll be executed.
And if someone else takes your place,
they'll have to make the same choice.
Either way, you die for nothing.
You know
I had an uncle, Cyrus.
He had this little yellow bird.
It would go everywhere with him.
And he'd get out this box
filled with colorful papers.
On each of them was a riddle.
And the bird would hop off,
and go into the box
and pull out one of the papers
with its beak.
Whatever it chose, that was
the riddle meant for us.
The bird always knew somehow.
When Iraq invaded,
he was conscripted.
Sent to fight in a war
he knew nothing about
and had nothing to do with.
I remember the morning he left.
The sun hadn't even come up yet.
That.
That was dying for nothing.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[DOG GROWLS]
I come bearing gifts.
[MUSIC]
I got this.
I can see that I'm interrupting dinner,
so I'm gonna cut right to the chase.
I'm here to ask you one last
time if you're gonna join us
in the fight against New Babylon.
And you should know that
everybody's in, even Bruegel.
You made a big mistake coming here.
You attacked me in front of my men.
And now you're here for what, hmm?
To pressure us, intimidate us?
I told you last time,
we are not interested
in what you're selling.
And there's no big fucking
speech you can give
that would change our minds.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ELECTRIC HUMMING]
[CHUCKLING] Look at this thing, no?
You know where you are right now, hmm?
'Cause you're not at your pulpit.
No. You don't have your Burazi,
or your methane torches,
or your bat.
'Cause you're in my house now.
[DOOR OPENS]
[LITTLE GIRLS GIGGLING]
[LITTLE GIRL 1] Papa, Papa!
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[GIRLS GIGGLING]
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[CHILDREN PLAYING]
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
Mila!
[MILA] Yeah?
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[DOOR CLOSES]
You know, I think, uh
I think there's been a misunderstanding.
I did not realize the situation
you were in.
Clearly you have people
you are trying to protect,
and that changes things.
I don't wanna do anything
that jeopardizes their lives.
Let's just say I, uh
Let's just say I can relate.
[THUNDER CRACKING]
[RAIN POURING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[GATE RATTLES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[RAIN PATTERING]
[DOOR OPENS]
- Let's go.
- What are you doing?
If you're going after Narvaez,
they won't stop until they catch you.
They'll kill you and all your
people. Your son.
Then I'll make sure they don't catch me.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
[ARMSTRONG] Maggie! Maggie!
[MUFFLED] Maggie! Maggie!
[CHRISTOS] You know, after 10,
15 years of scavenging,
there was nothing left.
So when Bruegel started the
fights, it just, you know,
it made sense.
If we couldn't scavenge, we could trade.
The more we lost, the more
we had to keep playing.
Playing the game, playing his game.
Until we lost everything. Our weapons.
Our food. Our home.
And now you've come here,
and it's not just trade,
it's not, it's-it's-
it's going to war.
It's making alliances.
[CHUCKLES]
You gotta imagine from where we sit,
it just seems like more rigged games.
I hear you. Honestly, I do.
But you can't sit this one out, man.
You know, you don't wanna
help us, that's fine.
But one day, the Croat
and all the others,
they will come for you.
And if not them,
then god forbid, it's New Babylon.
Or you fight with us.
The harder you fight, the bigger
your seat at the table.
The more you get to decide
the way forward.
Now you leave it to the likes
of-of Bruegel
and New Babylon,
they're gonna decide for you.
You don't want that.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOG BARKING]
My apologies for dropping
by unannounced.
[DOG BARKING]
[THE CROAT BARKING]
[THE CROAT LAUGHS]
[DOG WHINES]
[NEGAN] Hey, so I was just,
uh, shootin' the shit
with Christos here. I think we, uh,
we found some common ground.
Common ground cannot exist
when someone has already demolished it.
I never took you for a man
who knew a lot or even a little
about circuitry.
I don't know what he's talking about.
[CHUCKLES]
You knew that to knock out
the fuse box at the substation
would be to knock out 6th Avenue.
I'm impressed.
[CHUCKLING] I don't know what
the fuck he's talking about.
I found that under the fuse box.
I imagined you'd want it back.
Listen to me, whatever you are thinking,
[STAMMERING] no, don't do it.
It's already been done.
Goddammit.
[THE CROAT] Now obviously,
I cannot let this go unpunished.
The gas has been going the whole time.
[GAS HISSING]
You have about 30 seconds remaining.
Now, you listen to me.
[INDISTINCT MUMBLING]
[GROANING, THUDDING]
Goddammit. [GROANS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[NEGAN] Shit You asshole
[VALVE CREAKS]
[GAS HISSING]
[BODIES THUDDING]
[WEAPONS STABBING]
[RAIN POURING]
[SIGHS] Ha, ha, ha.
Don't worry, I let the women
and children live.
I'm not a monster.
Negan,
they sabotaged our facility.
They put everything at risk,
everything we've worked for.
The Dama asked me specifically to
She asked you to kill them?
[ENGINE STARTS]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
So what's the situation
with your mom and Negan?
Did he break her heart?
He killed my dad.
- And now they're friends?
- No.
But she didn't kill him. Why?
[SOFT MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
I tried to kill him once.
It was a long time ago.
I didn't set out to do it, it just
Suddenly the gun was in my hand,
and I was aiming at him.
And then what happened?
I-I missed.
[SIGHS]
Well, if you couldn't pull it off,
a 12-year-old girl will have to do.
And if she misses,
then I'll get the job done.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GUN COCKS]
Ginny, put that gun down.
Ginny, put the gun down!
[TENSE MUSIC]
[NEGAN] [CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, can you, uh,
hold up for a second?
Listen.
What's done is done.
And anyways, who gives a shit
what the Dama's gonna say?
Look, I hate sounding
like a broken record,
but it doesn't sit right with
me how she treats you.
She treats her goddamn rat
better than she treats you.
She treats the rat better
than she treats both of us.
Strokin' it and feelin' it,
and lovin' it,
and givin' it a great, big giant maze.
You are building her a methane empire,
and yet that rat gets
more respect for what,
sniffin' around, gettin' lucky,
finding a half-rotted berry?
Do not sweat the Dama.
All right? I got your back.
I should've stopped her.
[ROKSANA] From getting
caught? From death?
That's how you see it, isn't it?
Something to back away from.
It's what gives them power over you.
If you stop fearing what you're
so sure are the endings,
you start to see they're
also the beginnings.
Be your own little bird. Pick one.
Ah, that's a good one, a hard one.
After years of walking
through the woods,
a man comes to a fork in his path.
To go left is to return
home, to his past.
It'd be nice, he thinks,
to wear his old clothes,
to sleep in his old bed.
But what if nothing's like he remembers?
To go right is to venture
into the unknown,
to see what his future holds.
But what if there are
hidden pitfalls or bandits?
The man is getting old.
He's got life left in him
for one last journey.
Which way does he go?
The bird always knows, I guess.
Or
the bird got some help.
We were surrounded
the second we got there.
If the Croat hadn't shown
up when he had
[THE DAMA] Do you think I'm stupid?
I gave you explicit instructions.
I guess I don't understand
why this is such a
[THE DAMA] I am not speaking to you.
I am speaking to him.
Why do you keep insisting
on compromising
every fucking thing I've built?
You've built? What am I?
Just a rat in your fucking maze?
No, worse than the rat.
At least he has a little
prize waiting for him.
We'll speak about this
once you've gotten a hold of yourself.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
This is your last chance
to change your mind.
Anything to say?
[MUSIC]
Don't be afraid.
I'm not leaving you. I'm joining you.
I'm only going where we're all going,
where we've always been.
I'll see you all very
[NECK SNAPS]
[FORAGERS MOANING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FORAGERS CONTINUE MOANING]
Mom! Mom!
Get off me!
[WALKERS GROWLING LOUDER]
Keep them quiet!
[FORAGERS MOANING LOUDER]
[MOANING INTENSIFIES]
[WALKERS GROWLING INTENSIFIES]
[GATE CRASHES OPEN]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FORAGERS MOANING]
[GRUNTS]
[FLESH RIPPING]
[GRUNTS]
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[MUSIC]
[GUNSHOTS]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[GUNSHOT]
[SCREAMING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[GUNSHOT]
[GUNSHOTS]
[GASPS FOR AIR]
[GUN CLICKING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GUNSHOTS]
- [FLESH RIPPING]
- [SOLDIERS SCREAMING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[GRUNTS, EFFORTS]
[GRUNTS, EFFORTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Hershel!
[WALKER ROKSANA GROWLING]
Hershel.
[GRUNTING]
[MUSIC]
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
[WALKERS GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
[SOFT MUSIC]
That woman that I drew.
She was real.
She was with the Croat.
When I was kidnapped.
And I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
I should've.
Did you send the smoke signal?
The one that we found in Bayonne.
Was it you?
Does she have something
over you?
We just talked mostly.
She was nice.
She wanted to
to know me.
What did you talk about?
The city.
Her plans for bringing it back.
I guess I found it inspiring.
She wanted me to protect it
from New Babylon.
And she was right about them, you know?
Everything they've done,
everything they're about.
It's all like she
I-I didn't
I didn't know about all those
At the docks, I was just gonna
come get you and Ginny
and go home, but I didn't.
I keep all these
Seeing all these soldiers
crawling out of the water.
I should've known it
would happen like that.
All-all those people
Hey, it's okay.
It's over now.
We're gonna go home now.
Yeah?
[RHYTHMIC KNOCK ON DOOR]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
It, uh, looks like I'm
late to the party.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Dama, I
I'm ready to speak again.
We have a lot to discuss.
We should waste no more time.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR] Dama?
Dama?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[THE DAMA] Are you
calling the shots now?
You're running the show, is that it?
Is that the message
you're trying to send?
Enlighten me, please.
Dama, I-I don't understand.
I pulled you out of the gutter!
I put you back together.
I gave you a new life.
And this is how you repay me?
I should've let you fucking die.
I came here to make peace.
You are nothing without me.
You are nothing without me!
I have given you new life!
I have done everything!
All you do is pick and pick and pick
from the comfort of your high throne!
You're an empress with no clothing!
A proud, pathetic little queen!
[THE DAMA SCREAMS]
[THE CROAT SCREAMS]
[THE DAMA SCREAMS]
[THE DAMA] Help!
Mile!
Mile!
Mile, help me! Get it off!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[EFFORT]
Please!
Mile!
Help!
Mile!
Mile, please help me! Get me out!
Help me!
Mile!
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
[WATER DRIPPING]
[SCRAPING]
Dama's dead.
What happens next?
♪
What if I could give you the methane?
Bruegel can't be trusted.
If he is willing to double
cross the Croat, why not you?
He's offering me a chance to finish it.
Tell me another way.
MAGGIE: What is that?
Close it!
♪
[ARMSTRONG] Previously on Dead City
[NEGAN] But what I don't get
is why The Dama treats you
like her redheaded stepchild.
[THE DAMA] I knew our boy was involved
the second he sent the smoke signal.
[MAGGIE] How are you gonna
explain this to Narvaez,
you being the Negan slayer and all?
That man that killed your
father, is his name Negan?
[THE CROAT] I was shocked to hear
when Christos lost it to you
in one of your little games.
What if we don't wanna join you?
[SCATTERED AGREEMENTS]
[GRUNTS]
[TI I JA BY DARKO RUNDEK PLAYING]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAN RATTLES]
[CLATTER]
[TI I JA BY DARKO RUNDEK PLAYING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[WIRES SPARKING]
[MUSIC DIES]
[WALKER GROWLING, HITTING GLASS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[THEME MUSIC]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[GRUNTS]
[ARMSTRONG] If what Negan said is true,
we gotta scope it out.
But some churches have secret chambers,
private entrances
we can slip in through.
I don't know.
Am I crazy?
Could we actually pull this off
with just a dozen of us left?
I think, if they don't
know we're coming,
a location's all we need.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Should be a bridge up ahead.
Otherwise, we've taken a wrong turn.
[WALKER GROWLING IN THE DISTANCE]
[BIRDS SINGING]
[WIND RUSTLING GRASS]
[BIRDS SINGING]
That
the drawing that you made
of the woman.
You said that it was off
a billboard or something?
Yeah.
[SOFT MUSIC]
What was it like seeing Negan?
What'd he say to you?
He said that we should leave,
that we should go home.
And that's what we're gonna do.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[THE DAMA] No. Come on, think.
[DOOR OPENS]
Think.
You've gone that way twice already.
[CHUCKLES] There you go.
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
New duds.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Dama?
[THE DAMA] Come in!
[DOOR OPENS]
Feeble and pathetic.
How did this happen?
[THE CROAT] Our technician
abandoned his post,
so we are still trying to ascertain
the reason for the outage.
Don't you see how this makes us look?
As I said, it is being handled.
It better be.
Without the methane, we can forget about
bringing back the city,
let alone defending it.
No, no, [LAUGHING]
it was one substation.
We lost power only on 6th Avenue.
I-I think we can be
grateful that there wasn't
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
Well, the show must go on.
Our forces are almost ready.
All that's left is Christos
and his band of savages,
- which
- And then we're done, right?
After Christos, I get my family back.
That was the deal.
"Was" being the operative word.
"Deal" being the operative word.
Y'know, I just hate the idea
of you putting in
all this hard work
and missing out on all the fun.
I think you and I have different
ideas of what fun is.
[THE DAMA] Such a shame.
No one ever lives up to the hype.
It is a shame.
See, I'm as good as it gets
and I'm all you got.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Christos was always going
to be the feisty one.
You get him onboard and we're good.
Pinky swear. Pinky toe swear.
[RAT SQUEAKING]
[THE DAMA] [GASPS] There you go.
I knew you could do it. Aw.
You still hungry?
When we visit Christos,
I will bring the canisters
of methane as a gift.
Oh, because that worked
so well the last time.
No, Negan goes alone.
Are you sure?
[CHUCKLING] They did not exactly
get off on the right foot.
[THE DAMA] Negan was right
to put Christos in his place.
Boundaries were established.
Dicks were measured.
I still think it would make
more sense if I were to
[THE DAMA] No.
You'll be busy cleaning
up your little mess.
And change out of that
ridiculous outfit.
You look like a bellhop.
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
- [WIND RUSTLING LEAVES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[GATES CREAKING, CLANKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[ARMSTRONG] Where's Roksana?
[NARVAEZ] She has been detained
as an enemy of the federation.
As soon as she agrees to support
us, she'll be released.
[ARMSTRONG] You have no
authority to detain them.
No, you have no authority.
Put him in the box.
You're arresting me, too? For what?
[NARVAEZ] Treason.
We gave you a hero's welcome
when you came home.
And you said you executed
the outlaw, Negan.
But you didn't.
You let him walk.
You're wrong.
I was there, and I saw it happen.
He killed him.
Arrest her, too, for
bearing false witness
Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait. I let him go.
But you're lucky I did 'cause
he's with the Croat now.
He told us where the methane is
and he knows a hell of a lot
more than that. He's the
only connection we got.
And she's the only one he trusts.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Take the two of them to my quarters.
Narvaez. Narvaez!
[TENSE MUSIC]
Ginny.
Ginny, innocent people
Did you know you were gonna see him?
Yes.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because I know that you have a gun.
And I had to wonder who it might be for.
[NARVAEZ] He said you know
where the methane is.
Where is it?
What happens once I tell you?
Nothing.
Unless you break the law.
I mean, it doesn't matter anyway
'cause you're not gonna like the
rest of what Negan had to say.
'Cause even with your soldiers,
and the people that you've got here,
you'll never stand a chance
against the Croat.
He's got fifty people, maybe a hundred.
Or you're just saying that
because you want me to give up.
Because if I give up,
you get to go home, right?
What do you think? Can
we trust what Negan says?
- Yes.
- [NARVAEZ] Why?
I-I think that he feels he-he owes her.
What about her? Does she
feel like she owes him?
What does that matter?
I want you to go to him
and offer our surrender.
Under one condition.
You bring Negan and the Croat
to the boathouse,
so they can escort our forces,
unmolested, off the island.
So that you can ambush them.
Even if you had Roksana's people,
you really think you
can take the Burazi?
No. We don't have to.
You're gonna lead them
through the tall grass.
The dead will take care of them.
Most of them anyway.
And don't worry, we'll
save Negan for you.
And why would I do that?
Because your son will be
staying here with us.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[SLAMS PANEL SHUT]
Make sure the exhaust isn't blocked.
Think it overheated?
Are you suggesting
the compressor failed?
That I made a mistake?
N-no, I-I didn't mean
How do you think it makes us
look that the power is out?
Huh?
How does it make us look?
- Tell me!
- I don't
- I don't
- It makes us look weak.
Do you think I would let that happen?
Something that makes us look weak?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Check the compressors.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[GATE CREAKS SHUT]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[MUSIC]
[THUNDER ROLLING]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[ROKSANA] You have children?
Three daughters.
They're gonna think I died a traitor.
But I knew this day would come.
You, on the other hand,
you've still got options.
You could join New Babylon.
Help Major Narvaez get what she wants.
If you don't, you'll be executed.
And if someone else takes your place,
they'll have to make the same choice.
Either way, you die for nothing.
You know
I had an uncle, Cyrus.
He had this little yellow bird.
It would go everywhere with him.
And he'd get out this box
filled with colorful papers.
On each of them was a riddle.
And the bird would hop off,
and go into the box
and pull out one of the papers
with its beak.
Whatever it chose, that was
the riddle meant for us.
The bird always knew somehow.
When Iraq invaded,
he was conscripted.
Sent to fight in a war
he knew nothing about
and had nothing to do with.
I remember the morning he left.
The sun hadn't even come up yet.
That.
That was dying for nothing.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[DOG GROWLS]
I come bearing gifts.
[MUSIC]
I got this.
I can see that I'm interrupting dinner,
so I'm gonna cut right to the chase.
I'm here to ask you one last
time if you're gonna join us
in the fight against New Babylon.
And you should know that
everybody's in, even Bruegel.
You made a big mistake coming here.
You attacked me in front of my men.
And now you're here for what, hmm?
To pressure us, intimidate us?
I told you last time,
we are not interested
in what you're selling.
And there's no big fucking
speech you can give
that would change our minds.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[ELECTRIC HUMMING]
[CHUCKLING] Look at this thing, no?
You know where you are right now, hmm?
'Cause you're not at your pulpit.
No. You don't have your Burazi,
or your methane torches,
or your bat.
'Cause you're in my house now.
[DOOR OPENS]
[LITTLE GIRLS GIGGLING]
[LITTLE GIRL 1] Papa, Papa!
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[GIRLS GIGGLING]
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[CHILDREN PLAYING]
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
Mila!
[MILA] Yeah?
[SPEAKING DUTCH]
[DOOR CLOSES]
You know, I think, uh
I think there's been a misunderstanding.
I did not realize the situation
you were in.
Clearly you have people
you are trying to protect,
and that changes things.
I don't wanna do anything
that jeopardizes their lives.
Let's just say I, uh
Let's just say I can relate.
[THUNDER CRACKING]
[RAIN POURING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[GATE RATTLES]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
[RAIN PATTERING]
[DOOR OPENS]
- Let's go.
- What are you doing?
If you're going after Narvaez,
they won't stop until they catch you.
They'll kill you and all your
people. Your son.
Then I'll make sure they don't catch me.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
[ARMSTRONG] Maggie! Maggie!
[MUFFLED] Maggie! Maggie!
[CHRISTOS] You know, after 10,
15 years of scavenging,
there was nothing left.
So when Bruegel started the
fights, it just, you know,
it made sense.
If we couldn't scavenge, we could trade.
The more we lost, the more
we had to keep playing.
Playing the game, playing his game.
Until we lost everything. Our weapons.
Our food. Our home.
And now you've come here,
and it's not just trade,
it's not, it's-it's-
it's going to war.
It's making alliances.
[CHUCKLES]
You gotta imagine from where we sit,
it just seems like more rigged games.
I hear you. Honestly, I do.
But you can't sit this one out, man.
You know, you don't wanna
help us, that's fine.
But one day, the Croat
and all the others,
they will come for you.
And if not them,
then god forbid, it's New Babylon.
Or you fight with us.
The harder you fight, the bigger
your seat at the table.
The more you get to decide
the way forward.
Now you leave it to the likes
of-of Bruegel
and New Babylon,
they're gonna decide for you.
You don't want that.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOG BARKING]
My apologies for dropping
by unannounced.
[DOG BARKING]
[THE CROAT BARKING]
[THE CROAT LAUGHS]
[DOG WHINES]
[NEGAN] Hey, so I was just,
uh, shootin' the shit
with Christos here. I think we, uh,
we found some common ground.
Common ground cannot exist
when someone has already demolished it.
I never took you for a man
who knew a lot or even a little
about circuitry.
I don't know what he's talking about.
[CHUCKLES]
You knew that to knock out
the fuse box at the substation
would be to knock out 6th Avenue.
I'm impressed.
[CHUCKLING] I don't know what
the fuck he's talking about.
I found that under the fuse box.
I imagined you'd want it back.
Listen to me, whatever you are thinking,
[STAMMERING] no, don't do it.
It's already been done.
Goddammit.
[THE CROAT] Now obviously,
I cannot let this go unpunished.
The gas has been going the whole time.
[GAS HISSING]
You have about 30 seconds remaining.
Now, you listen to me.
[INDISTINCT MUMBLING]
[GROANING, THUDDING]
Goddammit. [GROANS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[NEGAN] Shit You asshole
[VALVE CREAKS]
[GAS HISSING]
[BODIES THUDDING]
[WEAPONS STABBING]
[RAIN POURING]
[SIGHS] Ha, ha, ha.
Don't worry, I let the women
and children live.
I'm not a monster.
Negan,
they sabotaged our facility.
They put everything at risk,
everything we've worked for.
The Dama asked me specifically to
She asked you to kill them?
[ENGINE STARTS]
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
So what's the situation
with your mom and Negan?
Did he break her heart?
He killed my dad.
- And now they're friends?
- No.
But she didn't kill him. Why?
[SOFT MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
I tried to kill him once.
It was a long time ago.
I didn't set out to do it, it just
Suddenly the gun was in my hand,
and I was aiming at him.
And then what happened?
I-I missed.
[SIGHS]
Well, if you couldn't pull it off,
a 12-year-old girl will have to do.
And if she misses,
then I'll get the job done.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GUN COCKS]
Ginny, put that gun down.
Ginny, put the gun down!
[TENSE MUSIC]
[NEGAN] [CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, can you, uh,
hold up for a second?
Listen.
What's done is done.
And anyways, who gives a shit
what the Dama's gonna say?
Look, I hate sounding
like a broken record,
but it doesn't sit right with
me how she treats you.
She treats her goddamn rat
better than she treats you.
She treats the rat better
than she treats both of us.
Strokin' it and feelin' it,
and lovin' it,
and givin' it a great, big giant maze.
You are building her a methane empire,
and yet that rat gets
more respect for what,
sniffin' around, gettin' lucky,
finding a half-rotted berry?
Do not sweat the Dama.
All right? I got your back.
I should've stopped her.
[ROKSANA] From getting
caught? From death?
That's how you see it, isn't it?
Something to back away from.
It's what gives them power over you.
If you stop fearing what you're
so sure are the endings,
you start to see they're
also the beginnings.
Be your own little bird. Pick one.
Ah, that's a good one, a hard one.
After years of walking
through the woods,
a man comes to a fork in his path.
To go left is to return
home, to his past.
It'd be nice, he thinks,
to wear his old clothes,
to sleep in his old bed.
But what if nothing's like he remembers?
To go right is to venture
into the unknown,
to see what his future holds.
But what if there are
hidden pitfalls or bandits?
The man is getting old.
He's got life left in him
for one last journey.
Which way does he go?
The bird always knows, I guess.
Or
the bird got some help.
We were surrounded
the second we got there.
If the Croat hadn't shown
up when he had
[THE DAMA] Do you think I'm stupid?
I gave you explicit instructions.
I guess I don't understand
why this is such a
[THE DAMA] I am not speaking to you.
I am speaking to him.
Why do you keep insisting
on compromising
every fucking thing I've built?
You've built? What am I?
Just a rat in your fucking maze?
No, worse than the rat.
At least he has a little
prize waiting for him.
We'll speak about this
once you've gotten a hold of yourself.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
This is your last chance
to change your mind.
Anything to say?
[MUSIC]
Don't be afraid.
I'm not leaving you. I'm joining you.
I'm only going where we're all going,
where we've always been.
I'll see you all very
[NECK SNAPS]
[FORAGERS MOANING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FORAGERS CONTINUE MOANING]
Mom! Mom!
Get off me!
[WALKERS GROWLING LOUDER]
Keep them quiet!
[FORAGERS MOANING LOUDER]
[MOANING INTENSIFIES]
[WALKERS GROWLING INTENSIFIES]
[GATE CRASHES OPEN]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FORAGERS MOANING]
[GRUNTS]
[FLESH RIPPING]
[GRUNTS]
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[MUSIC]
[GUNSHOTS]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[GUNSHOT]
[SCREAMING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[WALKER GROWLING]
[GUNSHOT]
[GUNSHOTS]
[GASPS FOR AIR]
[GUN CLICKING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GUNSHOTS]
- [FLESH RIPPING]
- [SOLDIERS SCREAMING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[GRUNTS, EFFORTS]
[GRUNTS, EFFORTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Hershel!
[WALKER ROKSANA GROWLING]
Hershel.
[GRUNTING]
[MUSIC]
[OPERA ARIA PLAYING]
[WALKERS GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
[SOFT MUSIC]
That woman that I drew.
She was real.
She was with the Croat.
When I was kidnapped.
And I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
I should've.
Did you send the smoke signal?
The one that we found in Bayonne.
Was it you?
Does she have something
over you?
We just talked mostly.
She was nice.
She wanted to
to know me.
What did you talk about?
The city.
Her plans for bringing it back.
I guess I found it inspiring.
She wanted me to protect it
from New Babylon.
And she was right about them, you know?
Everything they've done,
everything they're about.
It's all like she
I-I didn't
I didn't know about all those
At the docks, I was just gonna
come get you and Ginny
and go home, but I didn't.
I keep all these
Seeing all these soldiers
crawling out of the water.
I should've known it
would happen like that.
All-all those people
Hey, it's okay.
It's over now.
We're gonna go home now.
Yeah?
[RHYTHMIC KNOCK ON DOOR]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
It, uh, looks like I'm
late to the party.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Dama, I
I'm ready to speak again.
We have a lot to discuss.
We should waste no more time.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR] Dama?
Dama?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[THE DAMA] Are you
calling the shots now?
You're running the show, is that it?
Is that the message
you're trying to send?
Enlighten me, please.
Dama, I-I don't understand.
I pulled you out of the gutter!
I put you back together.
I gave you a new life.
And this is how you repay me?
I should've let you fucking die.
I came here to make peace.
You are nothing without me.
You are nothing without me!
I have given you new life!
I have done everything!
All you do is pick and pick and pick
from the comfort of your high throne!
You're an empress with no clothing!
A proud, pathetic little queen!
[THE DAMA SCREAMS]
[THE CROAT SCREAMS]
[THE DAMA SCREAMS]
[THE DAMA] Help!
Mile!
Mile!
Mile, help me! Get it off!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[EFFORT]
Please!
Mile!
Help!
Mile!
Mile, please help me! Get me out!
Help me!
Mile!
[FOREBODING MUSIC]
[WATER DRIPPING]
[SCRAPING]
Dama's dead.
What happens next?
♪
What if I could give you the methane?
Bruegel can't be trusted.
If he is willing to double
cross the Croat, why not you?
He's offering me a chance to finish it.
Tell me another way.
MAGGIE: What is that?
Close it!
♪