The Walking Dead

Those monsters are on the loose, we need to smoke them out.

We'll start with the Hilltop.

Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

Open up, ain't nobody leavin' until they look around.

You are gonna get me my cash.

They wanted us to stay quiet but there are good people here.

They need to know the truth.

You want me to look for secret files?

Yes, and steal them. This involves the Miltons?

The young psychopath, at least.

My name is Lance Hornsby and I'm here to offer you a job.

Come here.

You have everything?

Piggy Pig?

I'm not a baby anymore, Mom.

Right. I forgot.

I don't wanna go.

It's only temporary. Okay?

I promise.

I wanna help. I know you do, Hershel,

but not this time, okay?

How far do you think?

12 miles south, give or take.

Should get there before dark if we move fast.

Then we'll be back before you know it.

Okay?

I got you.

Call it.

Tails, I guess.

Over there, please.

Gonna give us the assignment, sir?

You'll know soon enough.

Morning. Oh, my God.

I thought you were still asleep.

Well, I was -- soundly so.

I thought we had a lovely night, didn't we?

Yeah, we did.

What are you reading?

Um, just...

stuff on physics.

"An object in motion" -- you know.

Well...

Just so you know...

you are the most remarkable human I have ever met

in my heretofore uneventful life.

Okay, let's not get carried away here.

You're beautiful in every way.

Thank you.

I have to get ready for work.

If you're having hesitation about what

I've asked you to do...

No.

I said I'll do it.

I just, um...

Hey.

You can tell me.

I just can't stop thinking about what happens after we do this.

This place pushes on people to keep things the same.

I just worry they'll keep pushing till we all break.

Clear.

This room is clear!

They're not splitting up.

-Clear! -Yeah, they will.

This might be our best shot. No, it's too risky.

We need to just get through this and get back home.

There is no "getting through this," all right?

We are in the shit till we find a way to fight our way out.

Look, we keep heading north, away from our group.

We find our moment, we take it.

Hey, what's with the chit-chat?

Man, we need a break.

Been doing this for a while now.

And we'llkeep doing this for a while,

if that's what it takes.

Hey, you check Charleston yet?

Why? What's in Charleston?

There's a rumor up on the rooftops

they trade for weapons and stuff.

Might be something, might not.

Move!

Romano, what's your 20?

13 miles past the last outpost.

Second location is cleared, one more to go.

Copy that.

Let's move.

Hornsby's checking in on us.

We need to watch our backs.

Yeah.

Sounds like it's getting closer.

Because it is.

Mom?

I'm okay.

No, you're not.

Hershel...

Everything I've done...

And everything I still do...

is so that we have choices.

The place that we're going right now, you may not like it.

But I promise you,

it is the right choice.

For now.

Oh, you made it! This way.

Exciting.

Don't you think?

Things are coming together.

You get the scalp of the woman who killed your family,

and I finally get to do my job without interference.

Everybody wins.

Well...

not everybody.

I'll need to see.

When she's dead.

I'll need to see her when she's dead.

You will.

Come on.

Okay, this thing is stuck.

Maggie.

Hey, kid.

And you're sure this guy Hornsby and his men are coming?

Yes, Elijah spotted a few of them 5 miles

outside our walls last night.

Thoughts?

You helped us,

and I am grateful.

And I got no problem watching the kid at all.

But, Annie, my wife, is pregnant,

so there is no way I'm gonna sit in some

Whisperer worm hole while you're out --

I don't know -- saving some shithole of a home

that's not worth saving.

Negan, don't.

Actually, he's right.

Maybe Hilltop isn't worth saving.

Those people are.

This fight that I'm in, that I started,

with Hornsby --

it's not gonna end until I end it.

And I got no doubt you will.

But I also got no doubt that you are firmly

in the crosshairs of this Lance asshole, so...

So I'm coming with you.

No. I'll finish it.

Maggie, we can help fight -- No, please.

I need you to stay here -- with Hershel,

with those others.

Keep them away from Hilltop and safe until this is over.

He doesn't exactly trust me, you know?

But I'm starting to.

You saved him...

at Riverbend.

Whatever else happens,

and whatever else has happened,

I will never forget that.

Wow.

You have big balls, Maggie Rhee.

I got you.

And I got your boy.

Annie...

He'll be waiting for you when this is done.

I promise you that.

Thank you.

Oh, shit.

If that ain't a sign from the Man Upstairs.

You at the second location?

Clearing that now.

Finish.

Then head back.

Copy that, sir. We'll head back.

One last sweep, then home.

All right, great.

I'll lead.

Cover left, cover left!

Aah!

Keep 'em surrounded!

Flanking left! Cover me!

Moving up! Cover me, cover me!

Watch that left! Watch that left!

Where's Hornsby?

Screw you.

It's your choice.

Maybe...

Maybe 10 miles out.

He said he wanted...

Said he wanted to clear the field.

"Clear the field"?

Leave only allies behind.

Maggie.

Romano, you there?

He ain't here anymore.

Move! Now!

And when this world fell,

we gathered up the scattered pieces,

and we put them back together again.

It wasn't easy, and we faltered at times.

But we found a reason to live

when everything outside these walls...

was dead.

Max?

You okay?

You seem...