Previously on The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
If the CRM had destroyed Omaha, it would've gone through my mother.
She's lying to you.
I'm the closest thing to a friend in the CR you got.
-So Dad's happy? -He has a girlfriend.
-You're turning yourselves in? -That's our plan.
What if we turned you in? Made like we caught you.
We need to talk.
But these are coded CRM transmissions,
proving the military brought in those empties.
-The new TS has arrived? -As you requested.
Until further notice, you'll be answering to me.
Hold fire. I got it.
Everybody okay? Leo, you good?
Yeah. Just another day at the office.
Sorry about that. A small column we were tracking dipped south,
a little too close for comfort.
We'll wait it out here until our disruption charges turn them around.
Charges might draw more incoming from the south. We'll scout ahead.
Are all your research expeditions this exciting?
Almost never.
No, don't. It's one of ours.
Its geo-tracker must have malfunctioned again.
I thought the hard reset coding would have fixed the issue.
Apparently not.
Just hold him while I try a diagnostic.
We fireproofed the bio-recorder's data box, just in case.
-Ay. -Oh.
Oh, that's okay, Dr. Bennett.
Please, call me Leo.
Aright then, Leo.
So, uh,
what do you think of our humble little research facility so far?
It's remarkable.
The infrastructure, the equipment, it's…
It's beyond anything I'd imagined.
Geo-glitches aside.
I can't wait to see more.
From what I can gather,
it's coded data from field tests conducted in the aftermath of…
what appears to be some sort of large-scale chemical event.
This V symbol, seen over and over -
it must be referencing a specific project here at the facility.
Wait. So the CRM used a chemical weapon to kill everybody back home?
Then lured empties in to cover it up. That has to be it.
We have exactly two minutes to meet Silas at the terminal.
Are you sure these are legit, doc?
They're not some, uh, new con she's planning?
No, no. The specificity here, whatever this is, it's real.
It's been going on right under my nose this entire time.
Okay, maybe the scientists in on it didn't know,
or are working against their will.
Or they knew what they were doing and didn't care.
Okay, we have to make a decision now, or the decision gets made for us.
Are we leaving, or are we staying?
We have to stay.
We're talking about people's lives.
Portland needs to know.
We have to figure out what's going on, what, what all this means.
Okay.
We need to leave word for Will and Elton. What do we do about Silas?
I told Silas not to wait for us if we didn't show.
To go back to the outpost until we figured things out.
We just have to hope that's what he did.
That's it, then? You're scrapping the escape plan?
Hope's right. We need answers.
Yeah? And then what?
Then we make sure they don't get away with it.
Okay then.
Let's get some answers.
Why would the CRM wipe out two whole communities?
For the research, or was the research just part of it?
-I'm trying to find out. -You were a mole in both places.
If anyone would know, it's you.
I told you, I was just part of a standard observe-and-report mission.
-At least until-- -Until it became about me.
My mother was the one who oversaw
the CR's dealings between Omaha and the Campus Colony.
I was nobody.
Yeah, so shooting me and killing my uncle was your call,
killing everybody else was hers?
Sound about right?
Only Major General Beale could have authorized something this big.
But yeah.
My mom would have seen the order.
You don't have any idea why they'd do something like this?
Even before they formed the Alliance with Omaha and Portland,
the Civic Republic kept its location hidden,
to make sure that everything within its borders
was kept at a statistical balance.
Resources, food, population…
An influx of people are potential for conflict.
Any of that would have jeopardized what they've built.
Someway, somehow, Beale must have thought that
Omaha and the Campus Colony was a threat to that balance.
The Hidden City. Where is it?
If you're being so open and honest, tell us.
This is bullshit.
I came to you for answers, not the other way around.
I need more time.
You want answers?
You stay with me.
You know where to find me.
Having Indira turn you in? That was smart.
But whatever great escape you think you've figured out?
You haven't.
Trust me.
We need to get that note to Will and Elton. Our window's closing.
I'll write it.
Keep it short. Say we're delayed, we're safe, that's it.
Got it.
Jennifer!
Staff Sergeant.
Warrant Officer Stokes.
What are you doing here?
Lieutenant Colonel Kublek brought me in
to perform a security audit during her absence.
I think we've been through too much
for you not to call me by my first name.
Heard about you moving up, Jadis.
So you're good just being a cop, huh?
Military cop.
I'm taking great satisfaction in investigating corruption,
and ineptitude, betrayal…
You seeing any?
You know you had potential as an actual soldier?
I know.
That hurts, coming from the woman who trained me.
Taught me what's worth fighting for.
Hope we get to catch up a little while I'm here.
And I hope I don't have to arrest you.
You told me that last time you saw me.
But I'm serious this time.
Back the hell off, bitch.
Heard about you coming in from the cold. I'm glad you're okay.
Knew you would be, though.
I know about…
Plaskett, and Carlucci,
the Bennett sisters, and the boy with the corduroy.
Know about all of it.
I see the whole picture. That's my job.
So, what do you see?
I see my mentor.
The most dedicated soldier in the Civic Republic Military.
The woman who would slash her face and break her limbs for the cause.
Your mother's loaned me her office. Come by later.
I have some rum made from Brazilian cane.
New distillery in Ward Eight.
Might even let you call me bitch once more
without putting you on the floor.
I'm so glad to see you again.
Yeah, me too.
Got weak links to find.
See you later.
-So? -Hm?
Did you actually write what Felix told you to, or…?
More or less. Why?
Judging by how long it took you to finish it, I'm guessing more.
Not a narc. Just…
observing.
What's a narc?
Seriously?
Yeah.
So you're good with the change of plans?
I made a promise to you.
And then I made one to myself.
Still planning on keeping both.
Even if it's the last thing you do?
If it is, then it is.
I'm hoping it's not.
Now, the one we're looking for has got a hole in the back bumper.
Shouldn't be hard to spot.
Yeah, I'll take it from here.
You're really not gonna ask me what it says?
I trust you.
I'm sure it says what it needs to.
Hey.
I just heard the news about Iris and Felix. How are they? They're okay?
They, they just came in. I was about to tell you.
Oh, no, no, no. Please. You, you must be so relieved.
Oh, uh, I picked out some clothes for them from the stockpile.
It's, uh, becoming my thing.
Thank you. I, um…
Oh. We can definitely rain-check dinner tonight, if--
Oh! Oh, I completely forgot.
Th-that's not what I'm, uh…
Okay. It's just…
You seem…
You know what?
Maybe a refreshing dose of domestic normalcy
is exactly what the doctor ordered.
You must have a million other things--
No, no, no. Your name's already come up.
I think it'd be good if you met them.
That's s--
Oy.
That's okay, Dr. Bennett, I got it.
Please, call me Leo.
Oh. Alright then, Leo.
Let's say seven.
For dinner?
Right. Yes. Yes. Uh…
-I'll see you then. -Okay.
I'm looking forward to it.
Me too.
What is it?
They're not leaving.
What do you mean, they're not leaving?
They had to get in, grab Hope and Leo, and get out.
What else are they doing?
They're gonna start a war.
Is he sure?
And she's coming over for dinner.
The hits just keep coming.
Dad?
-You okay? -Yeah.
I just… I need to know.
Know what?
How much Lyla knows.
She's here for dinner, that means she won't be in her lab.
Gonna need you to do something for me.
But not just you.
You want to break into Belshaw's lab? No.
No way, man. It's way too dangerous.
If we're caught, we're dead.
You said that you wanted answers.
You told Leo that you wanted to stop them--
What I want is for Leo to give me his take on the research.
He did. Okay?
You don't get to just drop this in somebody else's lap and walk away.
Like it or not, you're in it now.
So what's our best way in?
You're officially on as Leo's detail.
Won't give you much access, but,
it's your alibi if anyone asks why you're here.
Plus, you get this.
This is yours.
Yeah. Yours is still in lockup.
Now, I either try and transfer Lyla's access onto my own card,
or I find a way to copy hers.
Thought this was your area of expertise.
I'm a soldier, not a hacker.
You're not a soldier. You're a mole.
Was it worth it? The lying? The killing?
For what?
The "greater good"?
Think I wanted to do those things?
It's not working.
Can't we just break in?
All those labs are grouped together. Researchers working at all hours.
What if what we're looking for isn't in Lyla's lab at all?
If she's keeping something secret, she'd be smart to keep it elsewhere.
Somewhere private.
Let me check the keycard access logs.
See where she's been.
There.
Daily trips to sub-seven, C-24.
Except for the biocontainment unit, there's nothing down there.
-That letter could mean anything. -It could mean exactly what it says.
We need to take immediate action to protect ourselves.
What kind of action?
We turn in the remaining two and warn the CRM -
our long-time allies, I might remind everyone -
of the impending trouble their little group intends to cause.
I helped them infiltrate the facility with the council's backing.
We gave them our word that we would keep them safe.
And you gave us your word you'd keep us safe.
We are safe.
The CRM knows nothing of our involvement.
We have been living with their boots on our necks for so long.
If the others want to give the CRM some hell,
why shouldn't we help them?
She has a point, Brody. We need to pick a side.
You're right. We do.
I'm sorry, Indira.
I have no choice
but to propose a vote of no confidence in our chairperson.
I told Felix to stick to the plan.
-I hope they didn't do anything-- -It's worse.
What?
What's worse?
Elton, what do you know?
Indira is sick. It's her kidneys.
Saline dialysis and blood thinners are keeping her alive,
all of which she gets from the Research Facility.
She's kept it a secret from everyone but her family.
I found out by accident.
There's no way Felix and Iris know. If they did, they would know that…
burning down the facility,
if that's really what they're planning,
that would destroy everything she needs to live.
So, you're both good.
Brody tried to pull some shit, but, um…
You can stay. At least for now.
Thank you.
But I'm not staying. I can't.
I need to get back inside the facility.
Back there with the access logs…
Seemed like you'd done that before.
If I had, we probably never would have met.
You asked me about my assignment in Omaha.
Truth is, it wasn't just some call to duty.
It was about getting back in the CRM's good graces.
What did you do?
Tried to cover for my husband's screw-up.
You were married?
Still am.
The Master Sergeant on the fast track.
Golden boy.
Had some demons, but who doesn't?
We were leading our team through some training maneuvers with empties.
Things went south, he made a tough call, people got hurt.
If you ask me, he actually saved lives.
Thing was, he'd been drinking.
There was gonna be an investigation.
He promised me he'd clean up his act if I just took some of the heat off.
So I went on record saying the call was mine, not his.
The camera we used to document the exercise was messed up,
so they brought in the tape, to salvage it as evidence.
So late one night, I slipped into the tech room,
and made sure they couldn't.
If I'd just remembered to wipe the damn keycard logs…
Why did you do it?
'Cause.
I loved him. Hell, maybe I still do.
There it is.
I'll have to cut the power to this part of the security grid.
There's a backup generator. It'll take at least two minutes to kick in.
Means we only have that long to do everything we need to.
-Where do we cut the power? -Transformer's across the compound.
Too far to get there and back in under two minutes.
Okay. We split up.
I'll go cut the power, you go in, see what you can find.
-We can use these to keep in touch. -Okay.
-But the first part's me. -Mm.
So my ass is the one on the line in case this all goes wrong?
That's how this works?
I know where everything is, and how to cover my tracks.
Plus, you'd be flying blind.
Listen, you're the one who came to me.
-So we either play by my rules-- -Or what? Hm?
What are you gonna do, walk away?
Just keep on burying your head in the sand?
You'd be okay with that, after everything you've done?
What they did wasn't me,
and nothing we do tonight will bring those people back.
So yeah, I'm willing to walk.
Are you?
Wait for my go.
Or don't.
Okay. I could have been an amazing chef.
Dad, back me up.
I plead the fifth.
Oh…
Um… So, Lyla.
What did you do for a living? Before all this.
Oh, um, Big Pharma.
I worked on treatments for a variety of diseases,
but, oh, I don't want to bore you with all that.
Uh, does that mean you tested on animals?
Unfortunately, yes. The industry standard.
Ah. If it's so unfortunate, maybe it shouldn't have been standard.
Well, uh, in most cases,
testing on isolated cells didn't - doesn't -
produce reliable results.
If sacrificing a few mice means saving thousands of lives,
isn't that worth it?
I guess it depends on where you draw the line.
I mean, what if what you're doing
is worse than the disease you're trying to cure?
Um, this might be a discussion better suited for a classroom.
Oh, no, no. No. Uh…
She has a point.
I guess,
in the end, it comes down to how much of your own humanity,
your own soul,
you're willing to sacrifice in service of the greater good.
We all do things we wish we didn't have to, but,
that's just…
life.
No.
It's not "just life."
You choose to do those things. It's always a choice.
To say that it's not, Lyla, that, that is an excuse.
Hey, Iris, um, maybe we should go check on Felix.
See if he's, uh, doing any better.
No, I'm fine.
I think it's a good idea.
If you'll excuse me.
Oh, I-I-I should… probably go.
No, no, no. She, she, she…
just needs a moment to cool off.
Uh…
Please.
Stay.
Iris, what the hell?
You keep me from doing stupid shit, not the other way around.
Hope?
I just can't with her.
With this place.
And I really don't see how you can.
Look, I know you don't want to hear it,
but there are good people here.
The scientists, the students like us…
I'm helping them with something that could be important.
A breakthrough, maybe.
I'm not saying that that changes what the CRM did or what Lyla's done,
but they are not them.
I killed one of them.
What?
A soldier.
I killed a soldier.
In the woods.
I did it because he was the enemy.
And I'd do it again.
'Cause that is what they are.
We need to be ready.
Everyone on the outside already is. It's what I told them in the note.
The dead-drop note? What did you write?
I told them we were gonna find out what the CRM is up to,
stop them from ever doing it again,
and then we're gonna burn this place to the ground.
Felix. I'm in place.
You ready?
Ready when you are.
Go! Now.
Patrol Three reporting, over.
Patrol Five, reporting and responding, over.
Patrol Six? Staff Sergeant Mallick.
Report, over.
Staff Sergeant Mallick.
Huck.
Whatever they used to take out Omaha, there's more of it.
Huck, do you copy?
Huck?
Huck!
I can cut you through Larkin Notch,
get you half a mile from the RF without the patrols spotting you.
Hm. Then what?
There's a holding pen. There.
Along the fence line.
It's where the scientists keep the empties they study.
Security's more lax there.
They assume no one's crazy enough to cut through.
It's how I get in.
Once I do, I'll tell the others about your mom.
Make sure whatever they're up to doesn't jeopardize her medicine.
Indira's risked everything for us.
I owe her this.
At least take me and Elton with you.
If the others make it out, or if things go sideways,
I need you both safe.
Hey.
Don't tell me you're worried?
I just don't want to get stuck holding the bag if Mom finds out.
What am I supposed to tell her?
I don't know. Tell her that instead of her taking care of everyone else,
someone's off taking care of her for a change.
And tell her it's pretty fun leaving my sister holding the bag sometimes.
We should go.
Be safe.
I'm sorry I broke my promise.
You were worried about my mom.
That's the thing with secrets.
They almost never want to stay secret.
Where are you going?
To pray for their safety.
Can I come?
You want to pray?
The last time the people I cared about most in the world left me…
They never came back.
I'd just rather not be alone right now.
Well, looks like the grid's trying to come back on.
Yeah.
I should really go check on my lab.
No, it-it's fine.
All the labs are run by backup generators.
Right?
If this is about Iris--
No, no. No, it's not. Uh…
Tonight's just…
brought up some… things for me.
What kind of things?
Whatever it is, you can tell me.
There is something.
Something I haven't been honest with you about.
But I'll need you to come with me.
It's better if I show you.
Uh, okay.
Huck.
Huck. Come on, talk to me.
You can't just walk away.
Not from me.
Not from what they did.
Shit!
Like to tell me where you're taking me?
We're here.
I don't understand.
You've asked if I had a family, before all this,
and I've barely said a word, but…
I should tell you what happened to them.
It was, uh, right at the start.
Mia,
my daughter,
she was six.
She'd been bitten by a man who had gotten into our backyard.
Well, h-he wasn't so much of a man anymore, but…
Kevin…
My husband…
He slept with Mia in her bed that night.
She'd gotten so sick, so fast.
And he loved her so much.
The next morning, I went to check on them, and…
Kevin was on the floor.
Bleeding out.
His neck almost chewed through.
And Mia had…
changed.
She wasn't my little girl anymore.
And a few hours later, Kevin wasn't my husband.
The phones had stopped working, and…
most of the neighbors were gone, so I…
I just kept them there.
And then, one day there was this…
crash.
Something had fallen.
They were pinned b-beneath a bookcase.
And that's when I knew what I needed to do.
I grabbed an extension cord, some belts from my closet,
and I made it so they couldn't attack me.
And then I found my old medical kit in the garage,
and I did everything I could to fix them.
I did things to them.
Horrible things.
Whatever I could think of to try to…
bring my husband and baby girl back.
But I couldn't.
I've spent my life looking for cures for diseases, but…
I couldn't cure my family.
They're the reason I'm here, doing the work that I'm doing.
Yes, for the Alliance, but…
Really, for them.
I couldn't fix my family.
But maybe, someday…
I can help fix the world.
Huck.
I don't know if you can hear me,
or, or if you're okay, but…
Damn it, Huck.
If you're with me, I need you to say it.
Just say something.
-Come on, let's go. -Oh!
-You okay? -What the hell happened to you, huh?
-I thought you were s-- -The walls interfered with the comms.
The backup generator kicked in early.
I had to reprogram my card so I could open this door manually.
Look, I got to wipe those access logs
so I don't have a repeat of two years ago on my hands.
Only a hell of a lot worse.
You find anything?
Yeah.
Whatever it is, there's a hell of a lot more of it.
I'll get it to Leo.
Yeah. Keep me posted. I sh… I should go.
-Yeah. -And listen.
Look, I don't know how this is going to end,
or what happens to me,
but for whatever it's worth,
I am with you.
At least until I can't be.
What's up? You wanted to see me?
Just checking on that drink.
Christ. You used the comms for that?
I am a determined woman when it comes to my friends.
I was worried when you didn't respond.
My walkie died when I keyed it.
That short in the grid didn't help.
We never talked about what I did to get into the Civic Republic.
Six years ago now.
I know you were a rescue.
I was living by my wits in the wilderness.
I created a little society quite quickly.
I can believe that.
Here's a tip:
you want to create a civilization from scratch in a hurry,
give them their own language.
Mm.
Give them a little theater to share in.
They'll make that theater real.
It'll bond them.
Separate from everyone else.
So you were ambitious, even as a survivor.
I was.
But I loved my people.
I lost them 'cause I made the wrong alliances.
Sorry.
So was I. And after,
I had an opportunity,
and I created a ticket to get into the Civic Republic.
I gave the CRM something very valuable,
and I got a new life.
For the first time in years, I had safety,
but my purpose was gone.
Till I realized that it wasn't.
It had just expanded.
Mm.
My purpose was still to survive,
and I'd gotten good at it, with everything that I'd been through.
You're still an ambitious survivor.
Moving up.
Oh, it's not just about moving up.
I know that the Civic Republic is the last light of the world,
and my purpose is to create a new era on this planet.
It's your purpose too.
It is.
The way you keep saying it makes me wonder if you believe it.
Your mother asked me to keep an eye on you while I was here.
It was couched as a mother's worry, but I wonder
if she thinks that you may have been out there too long.
That you've formed some bonds, that you've become a different person.
She doesn't. You're wrong.
Or I'm right about her, and she's wrong about you.
The theater that helps you survive is hard to let go.
Before the world ended, my name wasn't Jadis.
But that name, that identity,
it helped me live, so Jadis is who I am.
You're stronger than me.
You're stronger than most.
If your mother's worried you might be confused, it would be understandable.
We could help her prove that you're not, Huck.
My name's not Huck.
Am I your investigation?
I'm here to investigate a few things.
If you were one of them, it'd be easy.
I could help you prove that you're still you,
and you could help me by talking up how wonderful I am
to anyone who'll listen.
I need a promotion before the end of the year.
Like I said, you're an ambitious survivor.
I already bled and broke my bones for the corps,
done everything I could to prove what I'm made of.
You've done a lot.
No question.
But there is always more.
So, how's this going to work, exactly?
We free their souls,
and have faith that a little bit of their positive energy
finds its way to Dev and Will.
Let's begin.
We're close. It's just over that hill.
So, how do you know this area so well, anyway?
Wandering off. Sneaking out.
Did a lot of that growing up.
Having a home to sneak away from,
that's a lucky thing.
Yeah. It is.
I owe you and your family everything.
You should head back.
I'll take it from here.
Speaking of family…
It was my dad's.
He gave it to me years ago, before he, um…
Anyway, my mom doesn't know that it exists,
and I haven't used it before, but…
I want you to have it.
Left off.
Right on.
Force right.
Force right! have it.