The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023) s03e05 Episode Script
Imperialis
1
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
But our numbers are double
what they were a few weeks ago.
We keep letting these newcomers
take all our resources.
- Marisol?
- Is my wife.
I'm looking for her parents.
Never came back.
Ground's not stable. I need
everyone off the street.
The pantry we need to save the food.
Let's go.
[YELLING]
[COIN RATTLING]
Grab as much as you
can, as fast as you can,
then fall back to the apartment.
[LIGHTLY SOMBER MUSIC]
[ANGRY CROWD YELLING NEARBY]
[WHISTLES]
Look, the rationing will only
have to last a few months, okay?
- Months? Months?!
- [CROWD YELLING]
Whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
[RENATA] The farmland
that you chose to clear
is beginning to sprout.
And with Mason Dillard's guidance,
we are creating a giant
vertical food chain
across the street that
will be self-sustaining.
Now, yes, it will take time
for the turkey population
[CHRIS] You should've started that
before you brought us all here.
[CROWD YELLING]
Maybe, maybe, okay, but
we are here now, okay?
And, look, Maggie and I,
we can help you build your
own personal pigeon traps
and rat traps.
[CROWD YELLING]
[WOMAN] We did not follow
that light to eat rats!
[MAN] Wait, wait, wait, wait, so
four cans of food and a box of pasta
and whatever rodents we can catch,
that's what we get for a week?
What do you get, huh?
[RENATA] I emptied out my entire kitchen
and donated everything to the effort.
I don't plan on taking any rations.
[CROWD MURMURING AGGRESSIVELY]
[MAGGIE] Guys! Hey! Listen.
This is nobody's fault.
Nobody asked for it.
And I know that we have all had weeks
where we wish we had this much to eat.
Nobody is going to starve.
I promise.
We all just need to pull together, okay?
We can do this.
[WOMAN] Fuck that, give me my food!
[CROWD YELLING]
[LUIS] Look at the light, please.
Look, I, I saw her.
Stealing a whole can of pinto beans
between her bosoms.
And then tried to blame me for it.
"Bosoms." Come on, that's funny.
We don't know what they've lost.
Just that they're scared of losing more.
That's all any of us can do now.
Try not to break the same way twice.
We'll quadruple security
before we give out next week's rations.
Yeah, if they don't all
kill each other before then.
You were right.
You convinced me to
bring these people here
because you knew that, no
matter who they had become
in this world, once they
knew that there was enough,
once they knew that they didn't
need to be scared anymore,
that they would act like decent people,
and they did.
But now they're scared again.
I know it.
[RENATA] We don't turn
this around quickly,
this is all gonna fall apart.
We need to get them more food.
We don't have any more.
Not if we want to push
through until the harvest.
[RENATA] Well, we need to do something.
Anything.
I have an idea.
If we can't give people more food,
we can at least make them
think less about the fact
that they don't have it.
We can give them
electricity around the clock.
But to do that, we gotta
keep the tanks full.
I talked to Solmari.
She can build pens
in the subway tunnels,
line them with turnstiles,
so the walkers can get
in, but they can't get out.
It's gonna take a while
for that to fill up, though.
In the meantime, we
need a lot of walkers
in a contained space
so that we can wrangle 'em
and get 'em back to the tanks.
It's one way we can
settle everybody back down.
No, I get it, I do, but it just seems
a little manipulative.
I don't know. If it keeps the peace,
I think I'd call it good leadership.
There must be hundreds
of walkers in here.
How are we gonna do this?
Well, we're gonna need help.
[RENATA] [SIGHS] I don't know.
This seems extremely dangerous.
Is it worth losing people?
Look, if we get the
right kind of people,
we're not gonna lose anyone.
[WHISTLING]
- [LOUD THUD]
- Oh!
[RENATA] Oh shit! Damn.
[GROWLING]
We'll have to watch out for that.
[THEME MUSIC]
[NEGAN] Alright, I see
where you're going with this.
It's like what the great
King Arthur once said.
If you wanna control your people,
then you give 'em bread and
you give 'em the circuses.
Now, since we clearly know
that you are running low on the bread,
you best be whipping
out the circus tickets
'cause the folks, they be wanting
their VCRs and their vibrators.
Keeps their mind off
their empty stomachs.
[DILLARD] Hey y'all, sorry,
I was under the impression
that vibrators ran on
batteries. Is that not true?
Oh no, you would be wrong, Dillard.
Some take some serious horsepower.
[DILLARD] What are those speeds then?
Virgin, housewife, and
porn star power drill?
- [LAUGHS]
- [MAGGIE] Really? Seriously?
For the love of God, can
we please focus, please?
By the way, if you were coming through,
trying to pull some deadies,
can you kindly stay the
eff away from Cockenspiel?
We did not come here, looking for it.
Hey, if it is corpses
you are looking for,
just give me a list of names.
No. Thank you. We have the walkers,
but we need help rounding them up.
Oh.
Are you looking to us to bail you out?
Because my man, Dillard, here,
being the gentleman he is,
he already got you hooked up
with a starter pack of turkeys,
so that is a very spunky ask.
Gobble, gobble.
Well, maybe Maggie can make you
a tuna casserole as payment.
[LIGHT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[COCKENSPIEL GROWLING]
You know, I did hear
that her tuna casserole
is to die for.
Alright, we choosing this team or what?
[RENATA] Okay, so how many
people do we need total?
[MAGGIE] Twelve, at least.
We need them strong, but nimble enough
that they have each other's backs.
What makes you think they'll do that?
I wish I could say civic
pride. But double the rations?
Double the rations.
Look, for guys like Dillard and me,
the action is the juice.
For this group of people,
that is just a start.
You could offer them first dibs.
Just first dibs on whatever
it is we find in there.
It's called scavenger's rights.
Like in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure.
Yeah, like that.
[LIGHTLY THRILLING MUSIC]
Okay, and you show them respect,
otherwise they won't respect you.
Don't worry about that.
Uh huh, and we need Kelsey.
[DILLARD] Uh huh, Kelsey Bea.
Mm, yeah, Kelsey. She's
former New Babylon.
[DILLARD] Word is they
named her Killer Kelsey
'cause she used to
volunteer for hanging duty.
Apparently, she made a smooth transition
from the noose to the knife.
So add her in.
Okay. What about, uh, Reverend Anthony?
[RENATA] Oh, no, Anthony is a lunatic.
[DILLARD] But he did tell me
he has a close, personal
relationship with God,
so that might come in handy.
Amen.
Bennie.
[DILLARD] Backdraft Bennie. My man.
[NEGAN] Ex-FDNY.
He knows his shit, knows the city.
Big, big creative mind when
it comes to personal protection, Mag.
We gotta have Mesing. She
knows how to handle herself.
[NEGAN] The cook?
[MAGGIE] The Chef, thank you very much.
Never met a cleaver she didn't like.
What about The Bear?
[NEGAN] Three-leg Radomir.
[RENATA] Oh, come on, you guys.
That man only cares about two things:
Himself and his You know
He's an artiste, you guys, okay?
He's, he's the Fellini of the flesh.
Pollock of porn.
The Degas of doing it.
Just hold off on Radomir, please.
I'm gonna ask Fabian.
I want to, I do. I really do.
I just, um [SIGHS]
It just sounds too risky.
And if something happened to me,
I mean, my wife and my kids,
what am I gonna do with them?
- I mean
- Yeah, no, I, I understand.
Wait, wait, wait.
I heard what you said yesterday.
About all of us pulling together.
I wanna help.
Now, with all of you gone,
I'm happy to pull double guard duty
in the armory.
Okay.
- Mm? Hm. Mm-hmm.
- [RENATA] Yeah. Thanks.
Yeah.
[CHATTER]
Sol, you do not have to do this.
I designed it. I'm going up there.
[SIGHS] Okay, fine. [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Maggie, you feel okay
going into battle with this group?
I know some of these
might be the kind of people
you were worried about when
we turned on that light.
But they are exactly
who we need for this.
[RENATA] Well
[RENATA CLAPS] Alright,
everyone. Listen up.
We got a lot of work to do.
[MAGGIE] This is not your
typical walker wrangling, okay?
One false move and
somebody is getting bit.
They are packed in here
as tight as hell and rarin' to get out.
So popping these doors
directly is a no-go.
That is where you come in.
The key is the diversion.
We're gonna draw them
away from the doors,
give us space to wrangle them,
five, six at a time,
without the whole freaking
herd rushing out at once.
It's gonna be slower, I guarantee you,
but it will be safer.
[CLEARS THROAT] [WHISTLES] Splat.
And if you hear whistling,
please find cover ASAP.
- We clear?
- [BELCHES]
- [BENNIE] Gotcha.
- [GLASS CLINKING]
Well, thank you, Ms. Maggie.
Everybody, please give
Ms. Maggie a big thank you.
[TAPPING AND LIGHT BANGING]
[NEGAN] See, this? This is a plan.
A good plan, and good
plans are important.
Take it from me, I have
been on the shit side
of some deviously good plans,
but there is one thing
that is more important
than any goddamn plan.
[SUCKS TEETH] Balls.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Now, despite what some of you may think,
everyone has balls.
See, I am not talking about the balls
that live inside your dick sack.
No, I am talking about the balls
that live here in your heart.
I am talking about courage.
The courage to get shit done.
Now, if you're too chickenshit
to get the shit done
that needs to be done,
well, then shit's just gonna stay shit.
So get your shit together,
say your prayers, kids,
and if you not tight
with the man upstairs,
then you will say your prayers to me
because me and God, we
have one thing in common.
We despise cowards.
[BANGING AND APPLAUSE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'm guessing this isn't
your first suicide mission.
No, not hardly.
Yeah, me neither.
It gets me thinking,
though, no matter what.
Hey, that Renata is
pretty impressive, huh?
I worked with a lot of
loose cannons in my day,
but she's always got
it tied down real tight.
You know?
- She does.
- Yeah.
She ever ask about me?
No.
It's cool.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[BRAKES SQUEALING]
- [WALKER GROWLING]
- [SPLAT]
[THRILLING MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Ready?
[GRUNTS] Yep.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
There.
You're up.
Oh, shit.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Don't kill any of them
unless absolutely necessary.
We need to keep as many
of them walking as possible
for reserves.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[THUD]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Bennie, pull it tight.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FLAME WHOOSHES]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[BLOWING WHISTLE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Alright, let's go.
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[TENSED GRUNTS]
[MICE SQUEAKING LOUDLY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
- [MOUSE SHRIEKS]
- [BONES CRUNCHING]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[MAGGIE AND NEGAN'S GRUNTING CONTINUES]
- [MAN] Who's got the ramp?
- [DILLARD] The white zone
is for loading and unloading only.
[MAN] Put it up. Let's go.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[GRUNTING]
[WALKER BELLOWING AND GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[NEGAN EFFORT GRUNTS]
[MAN] Come on, let's do it! Let's go!
Okay, good sir.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Easy-friggin-peasy.
- [SCREAMS]
- Oh, no, no, no!
[RENATA] Oh my god.
Oh my god, Solmari, she's gonna fall.
[BACKDRAFT BENNIE] I got
you, Solmari! I got you!
[RENATA] She's not gonna make it.
Hey, Bennie, pick it up! Pick it up!
- [EFFORT GRUNTS]
- [SOLMARI] Oh, the slack!
[RENATA] We need to clear a path.
[SOLMARI] Ah, I'm
slipping! [GRUNTS, SCREAMS]
Oh my god, she's gonna fall.
Open the gates! No,
she's never gonna make it.
Open the gates!
Do not open the gates.
You open the gates, we all die.
[RENATA] He's gonna get her killed!
[BENNIE] Keep going, Solmari! I got you!
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[BENNIE] You can do this.
[CALMED GRUNTING]
[BENNIE] Yes! Thatta girl!
Keep going!
[WALKERS GROWLING]
She's gonna make it.
[PANTING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[YVETTE] Yeah, you
got a lot to say, huh?
And she's rolling over on her own?
Oh, my God, all the time now.
She'll, she'll push
herself over on her back,
and then she'll wave her arms and legs
until I flip her over
and then she just does it over again.
- That's good.
- My little roly-poly.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, everything checks out.
You have a healthy baby girl, Yvette.
Thank you, for everything.
- Thank you, Uncle Luis.
- [CHUCKLES]
What is it?
The baby's okay, right?
Yeah, of course.
Well, something's wrong.
[SUSTAINED SIGH]
I lost my wife.
A long time ago. When all this happened.
I try not to think about it,
but that just meant
I couldn't say goodbye.
Something your mom said to
me helped with that, but
And now, it feels like
Marisol is really gone.
I lost someone too.
I never even got to meet him,
but it still feels like I lost him.
Your dad?
Yeah.
My mom used to tell
me stories about him.
She doesn't know, but I still
think about him every day.
And I just don't bring him up
'cause I don't want to make her sad.
You're a good son.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
She's not gone, you know?
She's not gone 'cause you remember her.
And I don't think my dad's gone either.
I mean, they are, but
They're a part of us.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER AND BAR MUSIC]
There is a house in New Orleans ♪
[CHEERS AND LAUGHTER]
They call the Rising Sun ♪
[MAGGIE] [LAUGHTER]
And it's been the
ruin of many a poor boy ♪
And, God, I know I'm one ♪
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE, AND WHISTLES]
- You were so good.
- You were so good.
Slayed that, man.
That was awesome.
Oh, thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you.
You two should take
that act on the road.
[WOMAN] Hey, Solmari,
get your ass over here.
Great work today.
When I announced that the electricity
is back on 24/7, they actually cheered.
- Mm. Mm!
- Mm.
Dennis, can we get her another?
You know, I can see why
you didn't want the job.
Every morning is an early morning
when you are the boss.
We are going to figure it out, okay?
I promise you.
And in the meantime, I'm going
to have another one for you.
- You better.
- [MAGGIE] I will.
[DILLARD] Okay, now just gather around,
let me tell you a story about teamwork.
- [MAN CHUCKLES]
- Yeah, man.
Yeah, so, so the best
The best of the best
- What? Sorry.
- Dude.
What was I saying?
Yeah, no, I was just
saying, back on the force,
like, the best of the best,
like the undercover cops,
they called us the Red Squad.
And so what if we called
ourselves the Dead Squad?
[LAUGHTER]
A little wordsmithing going on, huh?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Here's to Dillard and the Dead Squad!
[LOUD CHEERING AND LAUGHTER]
- Yo, bud.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Where's your little friends?
[IMITATES WALKER SNARL]
They're just downstairs,
they're downstairs,
chilling, hanging out.
What, they, they too good for us?
They're not too good
for anybody, actually.
They would dig you.
Sounds like the real party's this way!
- [CHEERING]
- Wait, wait, wait!
Okay, okay! Hold on!
Okay, okay, okay
One second, one second.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [WALKERS SNARLING]
Okay, this is my happy place.
Of course, we've got Cockenspiel.
Then Titicaca.
Yo, my man. Long time, no see.
Yo, you looking ripped!
Alright, you need to kinda
go easy on him, though.
[KELSEY] Okay, I have a question
Just be a little bit gentle.
[KELSEY] Excuse me, I have a question.
- Oh, yeah, what's that?
- Why are you keeping them
- down here?
- Oh, I just, I, uh
I didn't want to kill
the vibe, you know?
I know it's not exactly a normal thing.
Normal? The hell are you talking about?
Well, Negan thinks
I should just kinda
Oh, fuck Negan!
- [ANTHONY] Brother D.
- Huh?
We're living in the end of times.
Normal folk, they already
took that two-way train
to heaven or hell.
The earth belongs to the freaks.
- To the freaks.
- Yeah, to the freaks.
Hell, yeah! Whoo!
[CHEERS, LAUGHTER]
Alrighty, Miss Margaret.
Tonight, of all nights, is the night
that you formally get to feel the burn.
Where did you get this from?
It is possible that I
reappropriated some potatoes
- from the storehouse
- Negan!
Look, it was before
the whole famine thing.
I'm not a psycho.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
It's gonna change your life.
Thank you for today.
Definitely couldn't
have done it without you.
You should be proud of yourself.
Pride.
Isn't that what comes
right before the fall?
Hm-hmm, no.
Being proud of something that you did
is not the same as being proud.
So you say.
I don't know.
I don't know, I just
I feel like I have been
falling for a very long time.
That's what this is?
Your fall from grace?
Your crash landing?
Renata told me that she
offered you a place with us.
How come you turned it down?
Well, Sister Margaret,
because Renata ain't you.
Look, I, uh, I care about this place.
The whole new New York City thing
that we got going.
Though I still think that
you tricked me into it,
it is starting to feel like home.
But the thing is,
and this is an important thing,
it should be you that is
in charge of this circus.
And I know that you know I'm right.
Will I go blind if I drink this?
One hundred percent.
All right, now is the time
I need you to admit it.
You would be lost without me.
I admit nothing.
I'd expect nothing less.
[BOTH GROANING]
[MAGGIE] Negan. Negan.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
I have never seen you cut loose before.
Is this, uh, I don't
know, is this what you
Is this what you used
to, used to be like
before all the shit went down?
I think that, um,
I think that we would've
been friends in
in another life.
Do you hear yourself?
I did say another life.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[MUSIC PLAYING AND TVS RUNNING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
Hey!
Hey Hey, how'd it go?
Good guys won. How'd it go here?
Uh, thought I saw a couple walkers
inside the wall.
Uh, Rose and Quint bravely fought off
a couple plastic bags that
got stuck on some street signs.
The resolution isn't great
on these things, you know?
Uh, well, I'll see what they
got on sale at Radio Shack.
- Okay.
- Hey.
You've had a long shift.
Let's get you home.
Okay.
Who cares, right? [CHUCKLES]
- That's a good point.
- Mm.
Yeah, this is me.
Yep.
You're acting like
you wanna come inside.
I do.
Oh Renata, look, I'm married.
Oh, I don't wanna come
inside to sleep with you.
I wanna come inside to take
back the food you stole.
Mm.
Yeah, I don't know what
you're talking about.
There's a reason that you volunteered
to guard the armory when you knew
that all of us were gone.
Did you plant those
plastic bags this morning
- or this afternoon?
- Look, I
[RENATA] No, you know
what? Beyond the theft,
what if there was a breach in the wall
when you were bringing
the food down here?
What if someone looted the armory?
I know that you tell your
children stealing is wrong.
I did it for them.
I did it for my family.
You don't think that everyone here
wants to feed their families?
You think that yours is special?
Yeah, they're special to me.
And I only took what I saved
from the building, Renata.
I mean, if it wasn't for me,
the food wouldn't even be there.
If it wasn't for Negan,
you would be dead.
And if it wasn't for
Hershel, Negan would be dead.
- We live in a society, Fabian.
- Oh, come on.
Everyone has to sacrifice, everyone.
Does everyone have to starve, Renata?
No one is going to starve.
If we cooperate, if we
ration, the crops will come in.
And if you want your family to be here
to share in the harvest,
then you have to accept
the consequences of your actions.
What about Maggie, Renata?
What about her, her consequences?
What does Maggie have
to do with any of this?
More than me.
I voted no to come down here.
Then Maggie got into my wife's ear
and turned my own family against me.
Renata, she's poison.
None of this would've happened
if we just stayed at the Bricks.
[RENATA] You know what?
Do yourself a favor.
Stop talking.
Go me the food and we will talk
consequences in the morning.
Start making better decisions
and you won't have to see a jail cell.
[LIGHTLY SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Well, have at it.
[FABIAN] Y'all probably already heard.
Yeah, it's true.
I'm a thief.
I stole food.
And, uh, and that food
belongs to everybody.
So that means I stole from myself.
And I know it was wrong.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
And so, if you'll let me,
I guess I'd like to try
to earn your trust back.
If I can.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
I know. I know, but it
keeps us all accountable.
Better this than a hanging.
I'd prefer neither.
But I got a feeling that we
won't have to worry about this
for too much longer.
- [EERIE MUSIC]
- [WIND CHIMES TINKLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Solmari just
finished it this morning
and it looks like we've got
about a dozen of them already.
I didn't think it'd work this well.
It's impressive.
Solmari is good at what she does.
I mean, it's got me thinking.
Fabian wouldn't have done what he did
if we had enough of what we need.
He was scared and I get it.
But now we've got a solution
to at least half the problem.
Yesterday's haul should keep
the lights on for a while.
And now that we've got the right group,
Negan and all those guys,
I bet we can keep these
pens full year-round.
About Negan, he's valuable and capable.
He has shown that, but
He is not who you think he is.
I think he is a dangerous,
paranoid, traumatized man
who doesn't want to grow up.
Maggie, what happens when he
doesn't wanna play nice anymore?
You gotta know how to
handle him, all right?
Meet him on his turf.
You want him to earn your
trust, you gotta earn his.
- [PENSIVE MUSIC]
- [WINDCHIMES TINKLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[SPRAYING STOPS AND STARTS]
Hey, thought you were studying.
I wanna show you something.
Come on.
Marisol.
You did this?
I wanted to surprise you.
I asked around and, uh,
Yvette had an old photo.
I hope that's okay.
It's more than okay.
[INSPIRING MUSIC]
[COCKENSPIEL & TITICACA SNARLING]
[DOORS BANGING]
Set me up with the burn, Negan.
The burn, huh? What's the occasion?
I think it's gonna be a funeral.
A funeral? And here I
am without my black tie.
Who's the lucky corpse?
Depends.
How many people fit in a coffin?
Oh.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Look, man, you
You gotta stop talking like that.
What's got you so down?
Come on, it, it, it can't
be that shit with Renata?
They're gonna forget
that in a week, all right?
Here's what you gotta remember, okay?
We are all just scumbags
fighting for a little bit of shade
at the end of the world, right?
I didn't ask to leave.
Pardon?
I would've stayed at the
Bricks. We all should've stayed.
We had it good, man.
Nah, I don't know, man,
that's not what I heard.
I mean, it wasn't perfect, right?
But hell, this is? Hm?
We were surviving. We were surviving.
We weren't starving, and when we were,
we weren't trapped on a goddamn island.
We could've made it work.
But then Maggie,
dear old sweet Maggie
Maggie had to have some kind of
I don't know, better idea.
And she fucked it all up.
I know what everyone thinks of me now.
That I'm dogshit.
Because I tried to feed my family.
Family who won't even look at me now.
I wonder how Maggie
would feel about that.
[NEGAN] Hmm.
Well, I'll tell you this.
I don't think Maggie has feelings.
[FABIAN] Hmm.
But don't be shitting in the
sink on this, pal, you know?
Renata is the one making you
do the whole song and dance.
No, no, no. Renata is the symptom, okay?
Maggie is the disease.
Stupid woman always
thought she was right
about every goddamn thing
you could be wrong about.
Never should've followed
her goddamn lead.
Well, I'll tell you what.
You know what I'm happy about?
I am happy that someone
feels the same way I do.
Would you believe it if I told you
that Maggie stabbed me in the back?
And I am not talking figuratively.
I mean, she literally
stuck me like a pig.
Typical.
[NEGAN] You know, when I was a kid,
my favorite uncle, Uncle Scooter,
God bless his soul,
see, he taught me a word
to use for women just like Maggie.
And I sure as hell bet
that you know that word.
Oh, hell, yeah, brother.
That Maggie is one hell of a fucking
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[COCKENSPIEL & TITICACA SNARLING]
You are dogshit.
You are the shit that a dog shits out
after it eats its own goddamn shit!
You think you're gonna kill Maggie?
Answer me! Tell me the truth!
Negan!
- [TITICACA GROWLS ANGRILY]
- Negan, put the gun down.
This asshat wants to kill Maggie.
Oh, and, by the way, you, too.
[RENATA] Fabian, is that true?
[FABIAN] No! Bullshit! He's lying!
You don't know that.
- I know a killer.
- [FABIAN] I swear!
[NEGAN] Not one more word.
But you don't have to be one.
Call it a hobby.
One that I'm sorely out of practice on.
Negan, this is not a joke.
No, you are the joke!
The Croat, he was a goddamn lunatic,
but he was right about one thing.
You and your people?
Soft as kitten shit.
One last chance, Negan.
This is not how we do things.
It is exactly how I do things.
We do not kill.
[GUN FIRES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TITICACA GROWLS ANGRILY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You are coming with me, Negan!
You are under arrest!
[CHUCKLES]
You are out of your natural mind.
I will put down any soul
who even thinks about
locking me in a cage again.
Negan, you think you can fuck with me?
You are a pathetic, broken man.
I'm coming back.
With people and guns.
And you will come with us.
Hey, kittenshit.
Bring your army.
- [TITICACA SNARLING]
- [DOOR SLAMS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TITICACA SNARLING]
[TITICACA SNARLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[WHISTLING IN DISTANCE]
- [GUN CLATTERS]
- I'm warning you!
Would you like a reading?
You've been here before?
Not in this life than in another.
Maggie!
I'm Negan.
Maggie.
Nice to meet you, Margaret.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
But our numbers are double
what they were a few weeks ago.
We keep letting these newcomers
take all our resources.
- Marisol?
- Is my wife.
I'm looking for her parents.
Never came back.
Ground's not stable. I need
everyone off the street.
The pantry we need to save the food.
Let's go.
[YELLING]
[COIN RATTLING]
Grab as much as you
can, as fast as you can,
then fall back to the apartment.
[LIGHTLY SOMBER MUSIC]
[ANGRY CROWD YELLING NEARBY]
[WHISTLES]
Look, the rationing will only
have to last a few months, okay?
- Months? Months?!
- [CROWD YELLING]
Whoa, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
[RENATA] The farmland
that you chose to clear
is beginning to sprout.
And with Mason Dillard's guidance,
we are creating a giant
vertical food chain
across the street that
will be self-sustaining.
Now, yes, it will take time
for the turkey population
[CHRIS] You should've started that
before you brought us all here.
[CROWD YELLING]
Maybe, maybe, okay, but
we are here now, okay?
And, look, Maggie and I,
we can help you build your
own personal pigeon traps
and rat traps.
[CROWD YELLING]
[WOMAN] We did not follow
that light to eat rats!
[MAN] Wait, wait, wait, wait, so
four cans of food and a box of pasta
and whatever rodents we can catch,
that's what we get for a week?
What do you get, huh?
[RENATA] I emptied out my entire kitchen
and donated everything to the effort.
I don't plan on taking any rations.
[CROWD MURMURING AGGRESSIVELY]
[MAGGIE] Guys! Hey! Listen.
This is nobody's fault.
Nobody asked for it.
And I know that we have all had weeks
where we wish we had this much to eat.
Nobody is going to starve.
I promise.
We all just need to pull together, okay?
We can do this.
[WOMAN] Fuck that, give me my food!
[CROWD YELLING]
[LUIS] Look at the light, please.
Look, I, I saw her.
Stealing a whole can of pinto beans
between her bosoms.
And then tried to blame me for it.
"Bosoms." Come on, that's funny.
We don't know what they've lost.
Just that they're scared of losing more.
That's all any of us can do now.
Try not to break the same way twice.
We'll quadruple security
before we give out next week's rations.
Yeah, if they don't all
kill each other before then.
You were right.
You convinced me to
bring these people here
because you knew that, no
matter who they had become
in this world, once they
knew that there was enough,
once they knew that they didn't
need to be scared anymore,
that they would act like decent people,
and they did.
But now they're scared again.
I know it.
[RENATA] We don't turn
this around quickly,
this is all gonna fall apart.
We need to get them more food.
We don't have any more.
Not if we want to push
through until the harvest.
[RENATA] Well, we need to do something.
Anything.
I have an idea.
If we can't give people more food,
we can at least make them
think less about the fact
that they don't have it.
We can give them
electricity around the clock.
But to do that, we gotta
keep the tanks full.
I talked to Solmari.
She can build pens
in the subway tunnels,
line them with turnstiles,
so the walkers can get
in, but they can't get out.
It's gonna take a while
for that to fill up, though.
In the meantime, we
need a lot of walkers
in a contained space
so that we can wrangle 'em
and get 'em back to the tanks.
It's one way we can
settle everybody back down.
No, I get it, I do, but it just seems
a little manipulative.
I don't know. If it keeps the peace,
I think I'd call it good leadership.
There must be hundreds
of walkers in here.
How are we gonna do this?
Well, we're gonna need help.
[RENATA] [SIGHS] I don't know.
This seems extremely dangerous.
Is it worth losing people?
Look, if we get the
right kind of people,
we're not gonna lose anyone.
[WHISTLING]
- [LOUD THUD]
- Oh!
[RENATA] Oh shit! Damn.
[GROWLING]
We'll have to watch out for that.
[THEME MUSIC]
[NEGAN] Alright, I see
where you're going with this.
It's like what the great
King Arthur once said.
If you wanna control your people,
then you give 'em bread and
you give 'em the circuses.
Now, since we clearly know
that you are running low on the bread,
you best be whipping
out the circus tickets
'cause the folks, they be wanting
their VCRs and their vibrators.
Keeps their mind off
their empty stomachs.
[DILLARD] Hey y'all, sorry,
I was under the impression
that vibrators ran on
batteries. Is that not true?
Oh no, you would be wrong, Dillard.
Some take some serious horsepower.
[DILLARD] What are those speeds then?
Virgin, housewife, and
porn star power drill?
- [LAUGHS]
- [MAGGIE] Really? Seriously?
For the love of God, can
we please focus, please?
By the way, if you were coming through,
trying to pull some deadies,
can you kindly stay the
eff away from Cockenspiel?
We did not come here, looking for it.
Hey, if it is corpses
you are looking for,
just give me a list of names.
No. Thank you. We have the walkers,
but we need help rounding them up.
Oh.
Are you looking to us to bail you out?
Because my man, Dillard, here,
being the gentleman he is,
he already got you hooked up
with a starter pack of turkeys,
so that is a very spunky ask.
Gobble, gobble.
Well, maybe Maggie can make you
a tuna casserole as payment.
[LIGHT SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[COCKENSPIEL GROWLING]
You know, I did hear
that her tuna casserole
is to die for.
Alright, we choosing this team or what?
[RENATA] Okay, so how many
people do we need total?
[MAGGIE] Twelve, at least.
We need them strong, but nimble enough
that they have each other's backs.
What makes you think they'll do that?
I wish I could say civic
pride. But double the rations?
Double the rations.
Look, for guys like Dillard and me,
the action is the juice.
For this group of people,
that is just a start.
You could offer them first dibs.
Just first dibs on whatever
it is we find in there.
It's called scavenger's rights.
Like in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure.
Yeah, like that.
[LIGHTLY THRILLING MUSIC]
Okay, and you show them respect,
otherwise they won't respect you.
Don't worry about that.
Uh huh, and we need Kelsey.
[DILLARD] Uh huh, Kelsey Bea.
Mm, yeah, Kelsey. She's
former New Babylon.
[DILLARD] Word is they
named her Killer Kelsey
'cause she used to
volunteer for hanging duty.
Apparently, she made a smooth transition
from the noose to the knife.
So add her in.
Okay. What about, uh, Reverend Anthony?
[RENATA] Oh, no, Anthony is a lunatic.
[DILLARD] But he did tell me
he has a close, personal
relationship with God,
so that might come in handy.
Amen.
Bennie.
[DILLARD] Backdraft Bennie. My man.
[NEGAN] Ex-FDNY.
He knows his shit, knows the city.
Big, big creative mind when
it comes to personal protection, Mag.
We gotta have Mesing. She
knows how to handle herself.
[NEGAN] The cook?
[MAGGIE] The Chef, thank you very much.
Never met a cleaver she didn't like.
What about The Bear?
[NEGAN] Three-leg Radomir.
[RENATA] Oh, come on, you guys.
That man only cares about two things:
Himself and his You know
He's an artiste, you guys, okay?
He's, he's the Fellini of the flesh.
Pollock of porn.
The Degas of doing it.
Just hold off on Radomir, please.
I'm gonna ask Fabian.
I want to, I do. I really do.
I just, um [SIGHS]
It just sounds too risky.
And if something happened to me,
I mean, my wife and my kids,
what am I gonna do with them?
- I mean
- Yeah, no, I, I understand.
Wait, wait, wait.
I heard what you said yesterday.
About all of us pulling together.
I wanna help.
Now, with all of you gone,
I'm happy to pull double guard duty
in the armory.
Okay.
- Mm? Hm. Mm-hmm.
- [RENATA] Yeah. Thanks.
Yeah.
[CHATTER]
Sol, you do not have to do this.
I designed it. I'm going up there.
[SIGHS] Okay, fine. [SPEAKING SPANISH]
Maggie, you feel okay
going into battle with this group?
I know some of these
might be the kind of people
you were worried about when
we turned on that light.
But they are exactly
who we need for this.
[RENATA] Well
[RENATA CLAPS] Alright,
everyone. Listen up.
We got a lot of work to do.
[MAGGIE] This is not your
typical walker wrangling, okay?
One false move and
somebody is getting bit.
They are packed in here
as tight as hell and rarin' to get out.
So popping these doors
directly is a no-go.
That is where you come in.
The key is the diversion.
We're gonna draw them
away from the doors,
give us space to wrangle them,
five, six at a time,
without the whole freaking
herd rushing out at once.
It's gonna be slower, I guarantee you,
but it will be safer.
[CLEARS THROAT] [WHISTLES] Splat.
And if you hear whistling,
please find cover ASAP.
- We clear?
- [BELCHES]
- [BENNIE] Gotcha.
- [GLASS CLINKING]
Well, thank you, Ms. Maggie.
Everybody, please give
Ms. Maggie a big thank you.
[TAPPING AND LIGHT BANGING]
[NEGAN] See, this? This is a plan.
A good plan, and good
plans are important.
Take it from me, I have
been on the shit side
of some deviously good plans,
but there is one thing
that is more important
than any goddamn plan.
[SUCKS TEETH] Balls.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Now, despite what some of you may think,
everyone has balls.
See, I am not talking about the balls
that live inside your dick sack.
No, I am talking about the balls
that live here in your heart.
I am talking about courage.
The courage to get shit done.
Now, if you're too chickenshit
to get the shit done
that needs to be done,
well, then shit's just gonna stay shit.
So get your shit together,
say your prayers, kids,
and if you not tight
with the man upstairs,
then you will say your prayers to me
because me and God, we
have one thing in common.
We despise cowards.
[BANGING AND APPLAUSE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
I'm guessing this isn't
your first suicide mission.
No, not hardly.
Yeah, me neither.
It gets me thinking,
though, no matter what.
Hey, that Renata is
pretty impressive, huh?
I worked with a lot of
loose cannons in my day,
but she's always got
it tied down real tight.
You know?
- She does.
- Yeah.
She ever ask about me?
No.
It's cool.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[BRAKES SQUEALING]
- [WALKER GROWLING]
- [SPLAT]
[THRILLING MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Ready?
[GRUNTS] Yep.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
There.
You're up.
Oh, shit.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Don't kill any of them
unless absolutely necessary.
We need to keep as many
of them walking as possible
for reserves.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[THUD]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Bennie, pull it tight.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[FLAME WHOOSHES]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[BLOWING WHISTLE]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Alright, let's go.
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[TENSED GRUNTS]
[MICE SQUEAKING LOUDLY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
- [MOUSE SHRIEKS]
- [BONES CRUNCHING]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[MAGGIE AND NEGAN'S GRUNTING CONTINUES]
- [MAN] Who's got the ramp?
- [DILLARD] The white zone
is for loading and unloading only.
[MAN] Put it up. Let's go.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[GRUNTING]
[WALKER BELLOWING AND GROWLING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[NEGAN EFFORT GRUNTS]
[MAN] Come on, let's do it! Let's go!
Okay, good sir.
[WALKERS GROWLING]
Easy-friggin-peasy.
- [SCREAMS]
- Oh, no, no, no!
[RENATA] Oh my god.
Oh my god, Solmari, she's gonna fall.
[BACKDRAFT BENNIE] I got
you, Solmari! I got you!
[RENATA] She's not gonna make it.
Hey, Bennie, pick it up! Pick it up!
- [EFFORT GRUNTS]
- [SOLMARI] Oh, the slack!
[RENATA] We need to clear a path.
[SOLMARI] Ah, I'm
slipping! [GRUNTS, SCREAMS]
Oh my god, she's gonna fall.
Open the gates! No,
she's never gonna make it.
Open the gates!
Do not open the gates.
You open the gates, we all die.
[RENATA] He's gonna get her killed!
[BENNIE] Keep going, Solmari! I got you!
[EFFORT GRUNTS]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[BENNIE] You can do this.
[CALMED GRUNTING]
[BENNIE] Yes! Thatta girl!
Keep going!
[WALKERS GROWLING]
She's gonna make it.
[PANTING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[YVETTE] Yeah, you
got a lot to say, huh?
And she's rolling over on her own?
Oh, my God, all the time now.
She'll, she'll push
herself over on her back,
and then she'll wave her arms and legs
until I flip her over
and then she just does it over again.
- That's good.
- My little roly-poly.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, everything checks out.
You have a healthy baby girl, Yvette.
Thank you, for everything.
- Thank you, Uncle Luis.
- [CHUCKLES]
What is it?
The baby's okay, right?
Yeah, of course.
Well, something's wrong.
[SUSTAINED SIGH]
I lost my wife.
A long time ago. When all this happened.
I try not to think about it,
but that just meant
I couldn't say goodbye.
Something your mom said to
me helped with that, but
And now, it feels like
Marisol is really gone.
I lost someone too.
I never even got to meet him,
but it still feels like I lost him.
Your dad?
Yeah.
My mom used to tell
me stories about him.
She doesn't know, but I still
think about him every day.
And I just don't bring him up
'cause I don't want to make her sad.
You're a good son.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
She's not gone, you know?
She's not gone 'cause you remember her.
And I don't think my dad's gone either.
I mean, they are, but
They're a part of us.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER AND BAR MUSIC]
There is a house in New Orleans ♪
[CHEERS AND LAUGHTER]
They call the Rising Sun ♪
[MAGGIE] [LAUGHTER]
And it's been the
ruin of many a poor boy ♪
And, God, I know I'm one ♪
[CHEERS, APPLAUSE, AND WHISTLES]
- You were so good.
- You were so good.
Slayed that, man.
That was awesome.
Oh, thank you, thank
you, thank you, thank you.
You two should take
that act on the road.
[WOMAN] Hey, Solmari,
get your ass over here.
Great work today.
When I announced that the electricity
is back on 24/7, they actually cheered.
- Mm. Mm!
- Mm.
Dennis, can we get her another?
You know, I can see why
you didn't want the job.
Every morning is an early morning
when you are the boss.
We are going to figure it out, okay?
I promise you.
And in the meantime, I'm going
to have another one for you.
- You better.
- [MAGGIE] I will.
[DILLARD] Okay, now just gather around,
let me tell you a story about teamwork.
- [MAN CHUCKLES]
- Yeah, man.
Yeah, so, so the best
The best of the best
- What? Sorry.
- Dude.
What was I saying?
Yeah, no, I was just
saying, back on the force,
like, the best of the best,
like the undercover cops,
they called us the Red Squad.
And so what if we called
ourselves the Dead Squad?
[LAUGHTER]
A little wordsmithing going on, huh?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Here's to Dillard and the Dead Squad!
[LOUD CHEERING AND LAUGHTER]
- Yo, bud.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Where's your little friends?
[IMITATES WALKER SNARL]
They're just downstairs,
they're downstairs,
chilling, hanging out.
What, they, they too good for us?
They're not too good
for anybody, actually.
They would dig you.
Sounds like the real party's this way!
- [CHEERING]
- Wait, wait, wait!
Okay, okay! Hold on!
Okay, okay, okay
One second, one second.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [WALKERS SNARLING]
Okay, this is my happy place.
Of course, we've got Cockenspiel.
Then Titicaca.
Yo, my man. Long time, no see.
Yo, you looking ripped!
Alright, you need to kinda
go easy on him, though.
[KELSEY] Okay, I have a question
Just be a little bit gentle.
[KELSEY] Excuse me, I have a question.
- Oh, yeah, what's that?
- Why are you keeping them
- down here?
- Oh, I just, I, uh
I didn't want to kill
the vibe, you know?
I know it's not exactly a normal thing.
Normal? The hell are you talking about?
Well, Negan thinks
I should just kinda
Oh, fuck Negan!
- [ANTHONY] Brother D.
- Huh?
We're living in the end of times.
Normal folk, they already
took that two-way train
to heaven or hell.
The earth belongs to the freaks.
- To the freaks.
- Yeah, to the freaks.
Hell, yeah! Whoo!
[CHEERS, LAUGHTER]
Alrighty, Miss Margaret.
Tonight, of all nights, is the night
that you formally get to feel the burn.
Where did you get this from?
It is possible that I
reappropriated some potatoes
- from the storehouse
- Negan!
Look, it was before
the whole famine thing.
I'm not a psycho.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
It's gonna change your life.
Thank you for today.
Definitely couldn't
have done it without you.
You should be proud of yourself.
Pride.
Isn't that what comes
right before the fall?
Hm-hmm, no.
Being proud of something that you did
is not the same as being proud.
So you say.
I don't know.
I don't know, I just
I feel like I have been
falling for a very long time.
That's what this is?
Your fall from grace?
Your crash landing?
Renata told me that she
offered you a place with us.
How come you turned it down?
Well, Sister Margaret,
because Renata ain't you.
Look, I, uh, I care about this place.
The whole new New York City thing
that we got going.
Though I still think that
you tricked me into it,
it is starting to feel like home.
But the thing is,
and this is an important thing,
it should be you that is
in charge of this circus.
And I know that you know I'm right.
Will I go blind if I drink this?
One hundred percent.
All right, now is the time
I need you to admit it.
You would be lost without me.
I admit nothing.
I'd expect nothing less.
[BOTH GROANING]
[MAGGIE] Negan. Negan.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
I have never seen you cut loose before.
Is this, uh, I don't
know, is this what you
Is this what you used
to, used to be like
before all the shit went down?
I think that, um,
I think that we would've
been friends in
in another life.
Do you hear yourself?
I did say another life.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[MUSIC PLAYING AND TVS RUNNING]
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
Hey!
Hey Hey, how'd it go?
Good guys won. How'd it go here?
Uh, thought I saw a couple walkers
inside the wall.
Uh, Rose and Quint bravely fought off
a couple plastic bags that
got stuck on some street signs.
The resolution isn't great
on these things, you know?
Uh, well, I'll see what they
got on sale at Radio Shack.
- Okay.
- Hey.
You've had a long shift.
Let's get you home.
Okay.
Who cares, right? [CHUCKLES]
- That's a good point.
- Mm.
Yeah, this is me.
Yep.
You're acting like
you wanna come inside.
I do.
Oh Renata, look, I'm married.
Oh, I don't wanna come
inside to sleep with you.
I wanna come inside to take
back the food you stole.
Mm.
Yeah, I don't know what
you're talking about.
There's a reason that you volunteered
to guard the armory when you knew
that all of us were gone.
Did you plant those
plastic bags this morning
- or this afternoon?
- Look, I
[RENATA] No, you know
what? Beyond the theft,
what if there was a breach in the wall
when you were bringing
the food down here?
What if someone looted the armory?
I know that you tell your
children stealing is wrong.
I did it for them.
I did it for my family.
You don't think that everyone here
wants to feed their families?
You think that yours is special?
Yeah, they're special to me.
And I only took what I saved
from the building, Renata.
I mean, if it wasn't for me,
the food wouldn't even be there.
If it wasn't for Negan,
you would be dead.
And if it wasn't for
Hershel, Negan would be dead.
- We live in a society, Fabian.
- Oh, come on.
Everyone has to sacrifice, everyone.
Does everyone have to starve, Renata?
No one is going to starve.
If we cooperate, if we
ration, the crops will come in.
And if you want your family to be here
to share in the harvest,
then you have to accept
the consequences of your actions.
What about Maggie, Renata?
What about her, her consequences?
What does Maggie have
to do with any of this?
More than me.
I voted no to come down here.
Then Maggie got into my wife's ear
and turned my own family against me.
Renata, she's poison.
None of this would've happened
if we just stayed at the Bricks.
[RENATA] You know what?
Do yourself a favor.
Stop talking.
Go me the food and we will talk
consequences in the morning.
Start making better decisions
and you won't have to see a jail cell.
[LIGHTLY SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Well, have at it.
[FABIAN] Y'all probably already heard.
Yeah, it's true.
I'm a thief.
I stole food.
And, uh, and that food
belongs to everybody.
So that means I stole from myself.
And I know it was wrong.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
And so, if you'll let me,
I guess I'd like to try
to earn your trust back.
If I can.
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]
I know. I know, but it
keeps us all accountable.
Better this than a hanging.
I'd prefer neither.
But I got a feeling that we
won't have to worry about this
for too much longer.
- [EERIE MUSIC]
- [WIND CHIMES TINKLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[MAGGIE] Solmari just
finished it this morning
and it looks like we've got
about a dozen of them already.
I didn't think it'd work this well.
It's impressive.
Solmari is good at what she does.
I mean, it's got me thinking.
Fabian wouldn't have done what he did
if we had enough of what we need.
He was scared and I get it.
But now we've got a solution
to at least half the problem.
Yesterday's haul should keep
the lights on for a while.
And now that we've got the right group,
Negan and all those guys,
I bet we can keep these
pens full year-round.
About Negan, he's valuable and capable.
He has shown that, but
He is not who you think he is.
I think he is a dangerous,
paranoid, traumatized man
who doesn't want to grow up.
Maggie, what happens when he
doesn't wanna play nice anymore?
You gotta know how to
handle him, all right?
Meet him on his turf.
You want him to earn your
trust, you gotta earn his.
- [PENSIVE MUSIC]
- [WINDCHIMES TINKLING]
[WALKERS GROWLING]
[SPRAYING STOPS AND STARTS]
Hey, thought you were studying.
I wanna show you something.
Come on.
Marisol.
You did this?
I wanted to surprise you.
I asked around and, uh,
Yvette had an old photo.
I hope that's okay.
It's more than okay.
[INSPIRING MUSIC]
[COCKENSPIEL & TITICACA SNARLING]
[DOORS BANGING]
Set me up with the burn, Negan.
The burn, huh? What's the occasion?
I think it's gonna be a funeral.
A funeral? And here I
am without my black tie.
Who's the lucky corpse?
Depends.
How many people fit in a coffin?
Oh.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Look, man, you
You gotta stop talking like that.
What's got you so down?
Come on, it, it, it can't
be that shit with Renata?
They're gonna forget
that in a week, all right?
Here's what you gotta remember, okay?
We are all just scumbags
fighting for a little bit of shade
at the end of the world, right?
I didn't ask to leave.
Pardon?
I would've stayed at the
Bricks. We all should've stayed.
We had it good, man.
Nah, I don't know, man,
that's not what I heard.
I mean, it wasn't perfect, right?
But hell, this is? Hm?
We were surviving. We were surviving.
We weren't starving, and when we were,
we weren't trapped on a goddamn island.
We could've made it work.
But then Maggie,
dear old sweet Maggie
Maggie had to have some kind of
I don't know, better idea.
And she fucked it all up.
I know what everyone thinks of me now.
That I'm dogshit.
Because I tried to feed my family.
Family who won't even look at me now.
I wonder how Maggie
would feel about that.
[NEGAN] Hmm.
Well, I'll tell you this.
I don't think Maggie has feelings.
[FABIAN] Hmm.
But don't be shitting in the
sink on this, pal, you know?
Renata is the one making you
do the whole song and dance.
No, no, no. Renata is the symptom, okay?
Maggie is the disease.
Stupid woman always
thought she was right
about every goddamn thing
you could be wrong about.
Never should've followed
her goddamn lead.
Well, I'll tell you what.
You know what I'm happy about?
I am happy that someone
feels the same way I do.
Would you believe it if I told you
that Maggie stabbed me in the back?
And I am not talking figuratively.
I mean, she literally
stuck me like a pig.
Typical.
[NEGAN] You know, when I was a kid,
my favorite uncle, Uncle Scooter,
God bless his soul,
see, he taught me a word
to use for women just like Maggie.
And I sure as hell bet
that you know that word.
Oh, hell, yeah, brother.
That Maggie is one hell of a fucking
[GLASS SHATTERS]
[COCKENSPIEL & TITICACA SNARLING]
You are dogshit.
You are the shit that a dog shits out
after it eats its own goddamn shit!
You think you're gonna kill Maggie?
Answer me! Tell me the truth!
Negan!
- [TITICACA GROWLS ANGRILY]
- Negan, put the gun down.
This asshat wants to kill Maggie.
Oh, and, by the way, you, too.
[RENATA] Fabian, is that true?
[FABIAN] No! Bullshit! He's lying!
You don't know that.
- I know a killer.
- [FABIAN] I swear!
[NEGAN] Not one more word.
But you don't have to be one.
Call it a hobby.
One that I'm sorely out of practice on.
Negan, this is not a joke.
No, you are the joke!
The Croat, he was a goddamn lunatic,
but he was right about one thing.
You and your people?
Soft as kitten shit.
One last chance, Negan.
This is not how we do things.
It is exactly how I do things.
We do not kill.
[GUN FIRES]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TITICACA GROWLS ANGRILY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You are coming with me, Negan!
You are under arrest!
[CHUCKLES]
You are out of your natural mind.
I will put down any soul
who even thinks about
locking me in a cage again.
Negan, you think you can fuck with me?
You are a pathetic, broken man.
I'm coming back.
With people and guns.
And you will come with us.
Hey, kittenshit.
Bring your army.
- [TITICACA SNARLING]
- [DOOR SLAMS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[TITICACA SNARLING]
[TITICACA SNARLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYS]
[WHISTLING IN DISTANCE]
- [GUN CLATTERS]
- I'm warning you!
Would you like a reading?
You've been here before?
Not in this life than in another.
Maggie!
I'm Negan.
Maggie.
Nice to meet you, Margaret.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]