07x09 - Follow Me
Posted: 04/19/22 07:03
Someplace safe from all
this, with plans to rebuild.
She's the one we've
been waiting for.
And that's gonna lead
us to our new beginning.
I didn't amputate
my arm in time.
The infection is
still inside me.
And it's only a matter of time.
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
I'll protect it if I must.
Then we're going to w*r.
Padre...
Follow me.
Who said that?
Hey!
Hey, I'm talking to you!
Hey!
What is that?!
Hey!
Hey!
Padre...
Padre...
Hey.
Padre, follow me.
Padre.
What did you say?
Padre.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Hello?
Is someone here?
Hey.
Turn it off!
Behind you!
What did you do?!
Oh, no.
No, no, no!
What did you do?!
Damn it.
Hey.
Hello?
How did I get here?
Hey, I'm talking to you.
Hey.
Easy.
Didn't you hear me?
No. I didn't.
I haven't heard a
g*dd*mn thing in months.
What's going on?
How did I get here?
You're gonna have to
speak a lot slower
if you expect me
to read your lips.
Oh.
How long have I been out?
Two days.
How did I get here?
I brought you here.
I was coming back
from a food run.
Found you passed out in a
barn about two miles north.
Good thing I came
along when I did.
I-I-I checked on
you, saw your arm...
Or what's left of your arm.
That's quite a statement.
I got bit.
I wasn't gonna let
him take it from me.
I figured if it had
come from a bite,
you would've turned by now.
What's left of it
didn't look infected.
Still, you were burning up
no matter how much
medicine I gave you.
So why are you idling so hot?
You sick?
No. That's not it.
Then what is it?
I wasn't in a barn.
I was on my way back
to the people I
was staying with.
I...
I must've passed out.
But I wasn't in a barn.
A girl saved me.
I didn't see a girl.
Maybe she got you to the barn.
What is it exactly
you were running from
in the first place?
Um...
I-I appreciate your help.
I, um...
I really have to go.
There are people that
are counting on me.
Your dad?
You kept saying "Padre"
over and over in your sleep.
I-I must've been confused.
Hold on a second.
You broke my stereo.
After what I did for you,
the least you can do
is help me fix it.
I'm really sorry,
but I-I have to go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, back off!
You're in no shape
to go anywhere.
I'm Paul, by the way.
You never answered
my question before.
About your fever.
It's a long story.
You're gonna have to do
a lot better than that.
The reason you're still
breathing is 'cause of me.
Look, I returned the favor.
That music you're blasting
was drawing walkers here.
Because the lock on
the damn door gave.
I got the house soundproofed.
I can play my music
as loud as I want.
I thought you said you hadn't
heard anything in months.
When Beethoven first
started going deaf
he destroyed every piano
they put in front of him,
just smashed the keys
like his fingers
were sledgehammers.
Why?
Just 'cause you can't hear music
don't mean you can't feel it.
Is that why all your
instruments are broken?
Out of tune.
What about that one?
I don't play those.
Why not? I just don't.
Damn it.
Hide me. Hide me.
He can't know I'm here. Why?
Please. Okay.
Okay.
Hey, there.
Something I can
help you boys with.
We're looking for somebody.
I can't hear shit.
So, if you got something to say,
you're gonna have to
show your face. Hmm.
Wind hasn't kicked up
anything dangerous in weeks.
How's that?
I'm looking for somebody.
A woman.
You're out of luck.
Ain't nobody here but me.Hmm.
What are you carting
around there?
Oh. That. Yeah.
Um...
Hey!
I say you could
come in, assh*le?
You sick?
You got a fever?
Get out of my house.
Hmm. The reason I'm asking is,
the girl I'm looking
for, she gets fevers.
She was bit by the dead.
Lost her arm because of
it, but didn't turn her.
Hmm.
And yet, she's still
walking around.
I told you, I ain't seen her.
Doesn't seem like a very
considerate thing to do,
if you ask me, but
ah, then again,
she has a habit of
getting people hurt.
What do you want with her?
Ah, that's between me and her.
Piano's broken.
Just out of tune's all.
You sure?
I'm sure.
Alright, then.
You see her, you give me a call.
I'll do that.
Deaf musician.
Ain't that a b*tch?
Appreciate your time.
What did he want with you?
Is it true what he said?
About you getting folks hurt?
We lived at the same place,
and things went bad,
and he blames me.
Is he right to?
He doesn't like
where I led everyone.
We had to abandon
where we were living
because the blast
compromised the structure.
Where was that?
Well, you seem
nice enough to me.
Then again...
I may just be grateful
for the company.
Bon appétit.
I... I take it you've
never had haggis.
Mnh-mnh.
Rowan was Scottish.
Always kept cans of this
stuff in the pantry,
and if I'm being honest,
I had the same
reaction as you did
when I first tried it.
But I, um...
I grew to like it.
And when you're scavenging,
you'd be surprised how
easy it is to find.
Whole grocery
stores picked clean,
save for that stuff.
Rowan, is she your...
Was.
My wife.
What happened?
The bombs did.
Lost her
and what's left of my
hearing on that same day.
I'm sorry.
So am I.
I'm going to turn
in. We leave at dawn.
Find us a new stereo.
Uh, look, um...
I appreciate
everything you've done,
but I-I really do have to go.
You can't leave. No.
I'm not the person
you think I am.
Well, you're gonna have to be.
Why won't you let me go?
Why are you in such a hurry to?
Because what Arno
said about me is true.
Look, a lot of people
got hurt because of me,
and I don't want
that to happen again.
What happened in that
place you were at before?
Why is the guy really after you?
It doesn't matter.
Then what does?
Getting back to my friends.
Their lives are at stake.
So is mine.
You leave me here
without helping me
find that stereo,
I'm as good as dead.
You help me get what I want,
I'll make sure you get back
to your people in one piece.
Look, I don't even
know where to find
what you're looking for.
I do.
You never told me.
How'd you wind up bit?
Same way most people do.
Trying to get out
of a bad situation.
Does it have something
to with PADRE?
I told you...
You was talking about
it in your dreams.
Must have meant
something to you.
It's a place.
Somewhere I thought I
could take everyone.
Somewhere I thought
they'd be safe.
And people died along the way.
That's why Arno's after you?
So
what's the new plan?
There's a new place.
Or there will be.
The person who's running it
is doing everything they
can to keep people out,
and I was trying to
get Arno and his people
to fight for it with us.
Doesn't sound like
you convinced them.
He wasn't happy to see me.
He said I shouldn't be
leading anyone anywhere.
And... honestly,
he's probably right.
So it didn't work
out with PADRE.
Big deal. You tried.
And people died.
Did you put a g*n to their head
and force them to
follow you over there?
There must've been a reason
for you to think this
is the way to go.
Yeah, I did.
Then why beat yourself up?
Beethoven's ninth.
Last concert we ever had here.
Back when it first premiered,
Beethoven insisted that
he conduct it himself.
When it ended
the house went nuts.
Standing ovation.
Of course, he couldn't hear it.
Story goes
that some young contralto
spun him around so he could see
how they loved what they heard.
What instrument did you play?
I was piano.
Rowan... violin.
Played a lot of
instruments, actually.
Bagpipes?
Sorry. It's not my business.
They were hers.
I got them for
her 40th birthday.
Even learned how to
play them myself.
Part of my, uh,
Scottish education.
She had an arrangement
of "Ode to Joy"
all figured out for those pipes.
That was her dream.
But she never got to play it.
When my hearing started going,
she thought maybe
I just might be
able to hear that.
Bagpipes...
So damn loud.
Why didn't she play
the arrangement?
I told her that's not how
it was meant to be played,
but really, I... I...
I was just so damn mad
at my world going quiet
that I took it out on her.
You don't have to go back
to that house, you know?
You don't have to live
all alone like this.
What else would I do?
Come with me.
My friends... The
more people we have,
the sooner we can
take that place
I was talking to you about.
Hmm.
What's wrong?
Wait here.
Shit.
Figured I might find you here.
I'm not alone. I
figured that, too.
Come on out.
Oh, right. Yeah.
He can't hear us.
You never learn, do you, Alicia?
Did you promise him
somewhere you could go,
somewhere safe you
could take him?
I thought PADRE was gonna work.
Tell it to them.
You're insane.
I'm insane?
You're the one who
asked them to find
the late, great Senator Vazquez
so he could lead us
to the promised land.
How'd that go, by the way?
You should put them to rest.
Yeah.
Yeah, I should.
You know, I was going to,
but then I thought
it'd be way more fun
to let them punish
you for what you did.
Wait, wait. Stop.
Wait! Wait!
Wait!
No! Wait. Please!
They're dead because of you.
They're dead because you
said you knew the way!
Seems only fair that
you join them, Alicia.
You're halfway there, anyway.
No.
Get down!
Aah!
Paul!
What are you doing?
I can fix it. Get in!
I have to get it back.
Stop, stop. It's just a stereo.
No, it's not!
It's the only thing
that could drown it out.
Drown what out?
Her voice!
She was on her way
back when it happened.
She was so
scared.
I tried to calm her,
told her everything
was gonna be okay.
I told her to stay
on the radio with me.
Then it happened.
That warhead came crashing down
with this horrible,
high-pitched whine.
Then she screamed.
Then everything just went
quiet.
That was the last
thing I ever heard.
Her scream!
My Rowan.
I couldn't go on
hearing it, Alicia.
I just can't.
You...
You couldn't
possibly understand.
I can.
How?
Because I have a voice I
can't get rid of, either.
What voice?
The one from my dream.
What dream?
The dream I've been
having for months,
the dream I keep having.
You asked me why I thought PADRE
was the place I had
to take everyone.
That's why.
That must have been some dream.
First time I had it
was after I got bit.
I didn't know
whether I'd cut
my arm off in time
or whether I was gonna
bleed out or turn.
But you didn't.
I don't know how long
I was out. Days, maybe.
My fever was spiking,
and I had this dream.
It was the most vivid
dream I've ever had.
About what?
A walker.
And I was following it.
But it wasn't just me.
It was... all of them, too.
And I finally caught up
to the walker, and he...
He turned around.
And it was that same
walker that bit me.
And he... he talked to me.
Padre.
But it wasn't his voice.
It was... It didn't
belong to him.
It was this static.
But it... it told me
to follow him to PADRE.
And so I did,
or that's what I've
been trying to do.
And I made all these
people believe in me.
I-I told them I knew
what I was doing,
where I was going, and I didn't.
You know, it was just a dream.
You must've heard that
voice for a reason.
No. Whatever it was,
all these people
died because of me.
And now that voice
is all I can hear.
Every time I close my eyes.
Every time I manage
to fall asleep.
Were you
serious about what
you said before?
About me coming with
you to that place
you were trying to take over?
I'd like to take you up on that.
Why?
Because something tells
me there's a reason
I came across you in that barn.
I think maybe we
can help each other
drown out what we
don't want to hear.
Paul, I couldn't even
get you a stereo.
We got one right here.
Look, you got lucky.
You need to stay away from me.
I can't let you get hurt
because of me. I won't.
Look, Arno will not
stop until I'm dead,
and even if he
doesn't find us here,
he will go to your house,
and he will hurt you.
Which is why we need
to be ready for him.
How?
You trust me?
If you're listening
if you can hear me,
I'm sorry about the
mishap back there.
She turned on me, too.
That problem you got?
I'm ready to help you solve it.
My house after dark.
You don't have to do this.
The sooner I help
you take him out
the sooner you can get
back to your people,
so you can do what
you need to do next,
and stop punishing yourself
for something that's
not your fault.
Look, even if Arno's gone,
this voice is not gonna go away.
Maybe it's not meant
to be silenced.
But you said... I-I said we
could drown out the voices
that we don't want to hear.
Maybe you should keep listening
to the voice from your dream.
Why?
My old man... he was
one hell of a pianist.
People used to call
him the Texas Gershwin.
My older brother... whew...
Damn near just as good.
So, when I started
taking lessons,
I thought I could
play like them.
But every time my
teacher would catch me,
he would just smash my
hands with a yard stick.
Made him so mad.
Why?
Because
nobody ever makes great music
imitating others.
It's gotta come from you.
Maybe that's why it
didn't work out before.
Because you thought
somebody else
was trying to tell
you what to do.
That voice, maybe it's you.
So, listen to it.
'Cause if you don't
you might regret it.
You owe it to yourself and
to anyone you want to help.
Where are you?
I know you're in there.
They're here.
Here.
Put these in.
It's gonna get loud.
We know you're in there, Alicia!
Where are you?
Come on out.
Come on out, Alicia.
Before you get
someone else hurt.
Make sure she doesn't
sneak out the back.
Fall back!
Fall back!
Shit. Shit.
He's coming in through the back!
There are too many!
Paul.
Let me see.
It's gonna be okay.
Hold this.
Where we're going, there
are medical supplies.
It's too late.
It's not. We'll get out of here.
You will.
I'm not leaving you here.
You don't have a choice.
You got here
because of me. Okay?
Because I said I'd take
you somewhere safe.
I would have followed you
wherever that may have been.
So will they.
Who?
Ah, your friends.
Your people.
That's what your dream
was trying to tell you.
They're the ones
you're meant to lead.
Come on, Paul.
Come on. We have to go.
You just need
to believe in what
you're capable of.
I doubted someone I cared about.
I won't make that same
mistake again with you.
Go, Alicia.
I won't make it past him.
You will
if they can't hear you.
Open up!
You know you can't
stay in there forever.
Open up!
You again?
Are you okay?
Masked I will be.
If you can help me
maybe I can help you.
Hey!
Padre...
Hey!
Woman's voice: Padre.
Follow me.
Hey.
Padre.
Follow me.
Alicia.
Alicia.
Wake up.
Morgan.
It's okay.
Hey, hey.
You're alright.
Hey.
How long have I been out?
You showed up here last night,
but you collapsed before
we could get you inside.
Here.
Gotta keep your fever down.
Where is she?
Who?
The girl. What girl?
The one who brought me here.
You were alone
when we found you.
What is it?
Alicia... are you alright?
How did it go with Arno?
You convince him to
come and join us?
I'm sorry.
I know we don't
have enough people
to take on Strand without them.
Then we find another way.
I think I already have one.
Just tell me what this is about.
There might be a way to
get the army we need.
How?
Promise me you won't
try to stop me.
Hey, you have yet to
tell me why you thought
that walker was gonna
lead us to PADRE.
Even after I followed along.
So I don't think it's
too much to expect
a straight answer to
a straight question.
What is this all about?
I had a dream.
When I was in the bunker,
after I cut it off.
You had a dream.
When my fever was at its
worst, there was this voice,
and I thought it was telling me
the walker would lead us there.
Thought it was
coming from PADRE.
But it was coming from where?
Me.
Look, my mom had her dream.
Nick had his. You have yours.
I've always had such
strong voices around me.
I've never stopped to
really listen to mine.
But I am now.
So, where will you go?
The bunker.
There's a working
transmitter down there
and I need it to reach people.
'Cause that walker,
I thought it would
lead us to PADRE,
but I was wrong, because I
don't think PADRE even exists.
But there are a lot of
people out there like me
who are looking for it,
or looking for a place like it.
Hey, you can't lead people to
a place that doesn't exist.
I know. But I can
lead them to us.
To us? Like
you're gonna become PADRE?
I'm going to give
them what they want.
A safe place to live,
and that's how we get our army.
That's how we take
the Tower from Strand.
I should come with you.
No, I need you to stay here.
Because when I come back,
that's when we make our move.
Then we will be ready
for when you get back.
But you should rest first.
I can't.
Just be ready.
Whoa!
Sage, why are we
stopping? Look at me.
My hand... it could k*ll
me if we don't treat it.
We don't have time.
Arno?
Look!
Herd must a fell in.
Probably been stewing
down there for months.
How many do you think there are?
Too many.
If one of them gets out, none
of us are going anywhere.
We're gonna take the
Tower for ourselves.
One of Morgan's.
If today proved anything,
it's that we need to
protect this place.
There are other ways.
I got ya.
Do you really think you're
ready to be a ranger?
I'll go with you.
You're a monster. No!
Ali, what are you doing? Ali?!
This is a story about Alicia
coming into her own as a leader.
Follow me.
It goes from a story
where she thought she had
to follow someone else
and now it's about other
people needing to follow her.
Alicia is still not
physically well.
She's got fevers.
You can tell that
she's disoriented.
We really wanted that
feeling of disorientation
to filter down to the audience
and understand what it was
like to suddenly wake up
in this strange house
with music blasting
and a walker that's
wandered in the front door
and just wondering,
"Is this real?
Is this a nightmare? Is
this something in between?"
Ah!
Alicia broke Paul's stereo
and he wants her
help restoring that.
We see that's a very
significant thing for him.
What did you do?!
It was critically important
that we find an actor who's deaf
that could really bring
a sense of authenticity.
Easy. Didn't you hear me?
I haven't heard a
g*dd*mn thing in months.
Warren is a singer and
a musician himself.
You're going to have
to speak a lot slower
if you expect me
to read your lips.
We found him and what he brought
to the performance
incredibly inspiring
and we... we think it
turned out really well.
Just 'cause you can't hear music
don't mean you can't feel it.
Hide me.
Paul gets a pretty
good read on Arno
when he comes to the door
with a cart full of walkers.
Paul knows that Alicia is just
someone who's in some trouble.
She has a habit of
getting people hurt.
What do you want with her?
He's a good person.
Appreciate your time.
He's not going to hand
her over to someone
who clearly doesn't have
good intentions for her.
It is true, what he said,
about you getting folks hurt?
Alicia absolutely believes
what Arno's saying.
He's articulating the
voice that's in her mind.
He wants Alicia to be confronted
because of what he believes
are bad decisions she made,
which were based on
this dream that she had
following the Senator walker,
and it had really
dire consequences.
PADRE.
He wants Alicia to see just
what a poor leadership
decision that was.
You should put them to rest.
It'd be way more fun
to let them punish
you for what you did.
Wait!
No! Wait.
Aah!
Get down!
Paul has lost his hearing,
but is still able
to help Alicia.
Alicia's lost her arm,
lost her faith in herself,
but it's still using
those disadvantages,
finding a way to work together
to make something incredible.
Beethoven, probably
the most famous deaf
musician that ever lived.
"Ode to Joy" is just this
incredible piece of music
that Beethoven composed entirely
after he'd lost his hearing.
The sooner I help
you take them out,
the sooner you can get
back to your people.
There's a lot going
on in the sequence,
but, really, at the heart of
it, it's about Alicia and Paul,
these two wounded characters,
helping each other navigate
this incredible gauntlet
of Arno and his
group Come on out!
By using Beethoven,
which was kind of the
thing that brought
Alicia and Paul together
in the first place.
While Arno and the guys
are being consumed by
this blaring music,
that gives Alicia the
window she needs to escape.
Paul grabbing the bagpipes
is the fulfillment
of the thing that his wife,
Rowan, didn't get to do
and it's also his final
good deed for Alicia,
so that she can escape.
Paul knows,
when he takes that action,
it's probably going to mean
the end of his own life.
The reason Alicia's
dream has changed
is because Paul has helped
her see it in a new way.
Paul has forced Alicia to
listen to her own voice
in a way that she hasn't before.
What that is, is she needs to
be the person who's followed.
You're alright.
Morgan has goals,
when it comes to Alicia.
He sees her as a leader
and they're going
to need each other to
take Strand's tower.
How did it go with Arno?
You convince him to
come and join us?
I'm sorry.
I know we don't
have enough people
to take on Strand without them.
Then we find another way.
I think I already have one.
Even though Alicia's
instincts didn't bear out,
Morgan realizes he's going
to have to trust her.
I don't think PADRE even exists.
But there are a lot of
people out there like me
who are looking for
a place like it.
Going to give them
what they want...
A safe place to live.
And that's how we get our army,
that's how we take
the tower from Strand.
When I come back,
that's when we make our move.
The crater was a very
important idea to us.
We sort of thought of
it as the ground zero
for the most dangerous
walkers that were created
out of the b*mb that went
off at the end of Season 6.
We know that these
walkers are going
to factor in very heavily
into the story going forward.
You'll have to keep
watching to see how,
but this is a particularly
dangerous breed of walker
and there's a lot of them.
this, with plans to rebuild.
She's the one we've
been waiting for.
And that's gonna lead
us to our new beginning.
I didn't amputate
my arm in time.
The infection is
still inside me.
And it's only a matter of time.
I am taking the one thing
that matters to you the most.
I am taking that tower.
I'll protect it if I must.
Then we're going to w*r.
Padre...
Follow me.
Who said that?
Hey!
Hey, I'm talking to you!
Hey!
What is that?!
Hey!
Hey!
Padre...
Padre...
Hey.
Padre, follow me.
Padre.
What did you say?
Padre.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Follow me.
Hello?
Is someone here?
Hey.
Turn it off!
Behind you!
What did you do?!
Oh, no.
No, no, no!
What did you do?!
Damn it.
Hey.
Hello?
How did I get here?
Hey, I'm talking to you.
Hey.
Easy.
Didn't you hear me?
No. I didn't.
I haven't heard a
g*dd*mn thing in months.
What's going on?
How did I get here?
You're gonna have to
speak a lot slower
if you expect me
to read your lips.
Oh.
How long have I been out?
Two days.
How did I get here?
I brought you here.
I was coming back
from a food run.
Found you passed out in a
barn about two miles north.
Good thing I came
along when I did.
I-I-I checked on
you, saw your arm...
Or what's left of your arm.
That's quite a statement.
I got bit.
I wasn't gonna let
him take it from me.
I figured if it had
come from a bite,
you would've turned by now.
What's left of it
didn't look infected.
Still, you were burning up
no matter how much
medicine I gave you.
So why are you idling so hot?
You sick?
No. That's not it.
Then what is it?
I wasn't in a barn.
I was on my way back
to the people I
was staying with.
I...
I must've passed out.
But I wasn't in a barn.
A girl saved me.
I didn't see a girl.
Maybe she got you to the barn.
What is it exactly
you were running from
in the first place?
Um...
I-I appreciate your help.
I, um...
I really have to go.
There are people that
are counting on me.
Your dad?
You kept saying "Padre"
over and over in your sleep.
I-I must've been confused.
Hold on a second.
You broke my stereo.
After what I did for you,
the least you can do
is help me fix it.
I'm really sorry,
but I-I have to go.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, back off!
You're in no shape
to go anywhere.
I'm Paul, by the way.
You never answered
my question before.
About your fever.
It's a long story.
You're gonna have to do
a lot better than that.
The reason you're still
breathing is 'cause of me.
Look, I returned the favor.
That music you're blasting
was drawing walkers here.
Because the lock on
the damn door gave.
I got the house soundproofed.
I can play my music
as loud as I want.
I thought you said you hadn't
heard anything in months.
When Beethoven first
started going deaf
he destroyed every piano
they put in front of him,
just smashed the keys
like his fingers
were sledgehammers.
Why?
Just 'cause you can't hear music
don't mean you can't feel it.
Is that why all your
instruments are broken?
Out of tune.
What about that one?
I don't play those.
Why not? I just don't.
Damn it.
Hide me. Hide me.
He can't know I'm here. Why?
Please. Okay.
Okay.
Hey, there.
Something I can
help you boys with.
We're looking for somebody.
I can't hear shit.
So, if you got something to say,
you're gonna have to
show your face. Hmm.
Wind hasn't kicked up
anything dangerous in weeks.
How's that?
I'm looking for somebody.
A woman.
You're out of luck.
Ain't nobody here but me.Hmm.
What are you carting
around there?
Oh. That. Yeah.
Um...
Hey!
I say you could
come in, assh*le?
You sick?
You got a fever?
Get out of my house.
Hmm. The reason I'm asking is,
the girl I'm looking
for, she gets fevers.
She was bit by the dead.
Lost her arm because of
it, but didn't turn her.
Hmm.
And yet, she's still
walking around.
I told you, I ain't seen her.
Doesn't seem like a very
considerate thing to do,
if you ask me, but
ah, then again,
she has a habit of
getting people hurt.
What do you want with her?
Ah, that's between me and her.
Piano's broken.
Just out of tune's all.
You sure?
I'm sure.
Alright, then.
You see her, you give me a call.
I'll do that.
Deaf musician.
Ain't that a b*tch?
Appreciate your time.
What did he want with you?
Is it true what he said?
About you getting folks hurt?
We lived at the same place,
and things went bad,
and he blames me.
Is he right to?
He doesn't like
where I led everyone.
We had to abandon
where we were living
because the blast
compromised the structure.
Where was that?
Well, you seem
nice enough to me.
Then again...
I may just be grateful
for the company.
Bon appétit.
I... I take it you've
never had haggis.
Mnh-mnh.
Rowan was Scottish.
Always kept cans of this
stuff in the pantry,
and if I'm being honest,
I had the same
reaction as you did
when I first tried it.
But I, um...
I grew to like it.
And when you're scavenging,
you'd be surprised how
easy it is to find.
Whole grocery
stores picked clean,
save for that stuff.
Rowan, is she your...
Was.
My wife.
What happened?
The bombs did.
Lost her
and what's left of my
hearing on that same day.
I'm sorry.
So am I.
I'm going to turn
in. We leave at dawn.
Find us a new stereo.
Uh, look, um...
I appreciate
everything you've done,
but I-I really do have to go.
You can't leave. No.
I'm not the person
you think I am.
Well, you're gonna have to be.
Why won't you let me go?
Why are you in such a hurry to?
Because what Arno
said about me is true.
Look, a lot of people
got hurt because of me,
and I don't want
that to happen again.
What happened in that
place you were at before?
Why is the guy really after you?
It doesn't matter.
Then what does?
Getting back to my friends.
Their lives are at stake.
So is mine.
You leave me here
without helping me
find that stereo,
I'm as good as dead.
You help me get what I want,
I'll make sure you get back
to your people in one piece.
Look, I don't even
know where to find
what you're looking for.
I do.
You never told me.
How'd you wind up bit?
Same way most people do.
Trying to get out
of a bad situation.
Does it have something
to with PADRE?
I told you...
You was talking about
it in your dreams.
Must have meant
something to you.
It's a place.
Somewhere I thought I
could take everyone.
Somewhere I thought
they'd be safe.
And people died along the way.
That's why Arno's after you?
So
what's the new plan?
There's a new place.
Or there will be.
The person who's running it
is doing everything they
can to keep people out,
and I was trying to
get Arno and his people
to fight for it with us.
Doesn't sound like
you convinced them.
He wasn't happy to see me.
He said I shouldn't be
leading anyone anywhere.
And... honestly,
he's probably right.
So it didn't work
out with PADRE.
Big deal. You tried.
And people died.
Did you put a g*n to their head
and force them to
follow you over there?
There must've been a reason
for you to think this
is the way to go.
Yeah, I did.
Then why beat yourself up?
Beethoven's ninth.
Last concert we ever had here.
Back when it first premiered,
Beethoven insisted that
he conduct it himself.
When it ended
the house went nuts.
Standing ovation.
Of course, he couldn't hear it.
Story goes
that some young contralto
spun him around so he could see
how they loved what they heard.
What instrument did you play?
I was piano.
Rowan... violin.
Played a lot of
instruments, actually.
Bagpipes?
Sorry. It's not my business.
They were hers.
I got them for
her 40th birthday.
Even learned how to
play them myself.
Part of my, uh,
Scottish education.
She had an arrangement
of "Ode to Joy"
all figured out for those pipes.
That was her dream.
But she never got to play it.
When my hearing started going,
she thought maybe
I just might be
able to hear that.
Bagpipes...
So damn loud.
Why didn't she play
the arrangement?
I told her that's not how
it was meant to be played,
but really, I... I...
I was just so damn mad
at my world going quiet
that I took it out on her.
You don't have to go back
to that house, you know?
You don't have to live
all alone like this.
What else would I do?
Come with me.
My friends... The
more people we have,
the sooner we can
take that place
I was talking to you about.
Hmm.
What's wrong?
Wait here.
Shit.
Figured I might find you here.
I'm not alone. I
figured that, too.
Come on out.
Oh, right. Yeah.
He can't hear us.
You never learn, do you, Alicia?
Did you promise him
somewhere you could go,
somewhere safe you
could take him?
I thought PADRE was gonna work.
Tell it to them.
You're insane.
I'm insane?
You're the one who
asked them to find
the late, great Senator Vazquez
so he could lead us
to the promised land.
How'd that go, by the way?
You should put them to rest.
Yeah.
Yeah, I should.
You know, I was going to,
but then I thought
it'd be way more fun
to let them punish
you for what you did.
Wait, wait. Stop.
Wait! Wait!
Wait!
No! Wait. Please!
They're dead because of you.
They're dead because you
said you knew the way!
Seems only fair that
you join them, Alicia.
You're halfway there, anyway.
No.
Get down!
Aah!
Paul!
What are you doing?
I can fix it. Get in!
I have to get it back.
Stop, stop. It's just a stereo.
No, it's not!
It's the only thing
that could drown it out.
Drown what out?
Her voice!
She was on her way
back when it happened.
She was so
scared.
I tried to calm her,
told her everything
was gonna be okay.
I told her to stay
on the radio with me.
Then it happened.
That warhead came crashing down
with this horrible,
high-pitched whine.
Then she screamed.
Then everything just went
quiet.
That was the last
thing I ever heard.
Her scream!
My Rowan.
I couldn't go on
hearing it, Alicia.
I just can't.
You...
You couldn't
possibly understand.
I can.
How?
Because I have a voice I
can't get rid of, either.
What voice?
The one from my dream.
What dream?
The dream I've been
having for months,
the dream I keep having.
You asked me why I thought PADRE
was the place I had
to take everyone.
That's why.
That must have been some dream.
First time I had it
was after I got bit.
I didn't know
whether I'd cut
my arm off in time
or whether I was gonna
bleed out or turn.
But you didn't.
I don't know how long
I was out. Days, maybe.
My fever was spiking,
and I had this dream.
It was the most vivid
dream I've ever had.
About what?
A walker.
And I was following it.
But it wasn't just me.
It was... all of them, too.
And I finally caught up
to the walker, and he...
He turned around.
And it was that same
walker that bit me.
And he... he talked to me.
Padre.
But it wasn't his voice.
It was... It didn't
belong to him.
It was this static.
But it... it told me
to follow him to PADRE.
And so I did,
or that's what I've
been trying to do.
And I made all these
people believe in me.
I-I told them I knew
what I was doing,
where I was going, and I didn't.
You know, it was just a dream.
You must've heard that
voice for a reason.
No. Whatever it was,
all these people
died because of me.
And now that voice
is all I can hear.
Every time I close my eyes.
Every time I manage
to fall asleep.
Were you
serious about what
you said before?
About me coming with
you to that place
you were trying to take over?
I'd like to take you up on that.
Why?
Because something tells
me there's a reason
I came across you in that barn.
I think maybe we
can help each other
drown out what we
don't want to hear.
Paul, I couldn't even
get you a stereo.
We got one right here.
Look, you got lucky.
You need to stay away from me.
I can't let you get hurt
because of me. I won't.
Look, Arno will not
stop until I'm dead,
and even if he
doesn't find us here,
he will go to your house,
and he will hurt you.
Which is why we need
to be ready for him.
How?
You trust me?
If you're listening
if you can hear me,
I'm sorry about the
mishap back there.
She turned on me, too.
That problem you got?
I'm ready to help you solve it.
My house after dark.
You don't have to do this.
The sooner I help
you take him out
the sooner you can get
back to your people,
so you can do what
you need to do next,
and stop punishing yourself
for something that's
not your fault.
Look, even if Arno's gone,
this voice is not gonna go away.
Maybe it's not meant
to be silenced.
But you said... I-I said we
could drown out the voices
that we don't want to hear.
Maybe you should keep listening
to the voice from your dream.
Why?
My old man... he was
one hell of a pianist.
People used to call
him the Texas Gershwin.
My older brother... whew...
Damn near just as good.
So, when I started
taking lessons,
I thought I could
play like them.
But every time my
teacher would catch me,
he would just smash my
hands with a yard stick.
Made him so mad.
Why?
Because
nobody ever makes great music
imitating others.
It's gotta come from you.
Maybe that's why it
didn't work out before.
Because you thought
somebody else
was trying to tell
you what to do.
That voice, maybe it's you.
So, listen to it.
'Cause if you don't
you might regret it.
You owe it to yourself and
to anyone you want to help.
Where are you?
I know you're in there.
They're here.
Here.
Put these in.
It's gonna get loud.
We know you're in there, Alicia!
Where are you?
Come on out.
Come on out, Alicia.
Before you get
someone else hurt.
Make sure she doesn't
sneak out the back.
Fall back!
Fall back!
Shit. Shit.
He's coming in through the back!
There are too many!
Paul.
Let me see.
It's gonna be okay.
Hold this.
Where we're going, there
are medical supplies.
It's too late.
It's not. We'll get out of here.
You will.
I'm not leaving you here.
You don't have a choice.
You got here
because of me. Okay?
Because I said I'd take
you somewhere safe.
I would have followed you
wherever that may have been.
So will they.
Who?
Ah, your friends.
Your people.
That's what your dream
was trying to tell you.
They're the ones
you're meant to lead.
Come on, Paul.
Come on. We have to go.
You just need
to believe in what
you're capable of.
I doubted someone I cared about.
I won't make that same
mistake again with you.
Go, Alicia.
I won't make it past him.
You will
if they can't hear you.
Open up!
You know you can't
stay in there forever.
Open up!
You again?
Are you okay?
Masked I will be.
If you can help me
maybe I can help you.
Hey!
Padre...
Hey!
Woman's voice: Padre.
Follow me.
Hey.
Padre.
Follow me.
Alicia.
Alicia.
Wake up.
Morgan.
It's okay.
Hey, hey.
You're alright.
Hey.
How long have I been out?
You showed up here last night,
but you collapsed before
we could get you inside.
Here.
Gotta keep your fever down.
Where is she?
Who?
The girl. What girl?
The one who brought me here.
You were alone
when we found you.
What is it?
Alicia... are you alright?
How did it go with Arno?
You convince him to
come and join us?
I'm sorry.
I know we don't
have enough people
to take on Strand without them.
Then we find another way.
I think I already have one.
Just tell me what this is about.
There might be a way to
get the army we need.
How?
Promise me you won't
try to stop me.
Hey, you have yet to
tell me why you thought
that walker was gonna
lead us to PADRE.
Even after I followed along.
So I don't think it's
too much to expect
a straight answer to
a straight question.
What is this all about?
I had a dream.
When I was in the bunker,
after I cut it off.
You had a dream.
When my fever was at its
worst, there was this voice,
and I thought it was telling me
the walker would lead us there.
Thought it was
coming from PADRE.
But it was coming from where?
Me.
Look, my mom had her dream.
Nick had his. You have yours.
I've always had such
strong voices around me.
I've never stopped to
really listen to mine.
But I am now.
So, where will you go?
The bunker.
There's a working
transmitter down there
and I need it to reach people.
'Cause that walker,
I thought it would
lead us to PADRE,
but I was wrong, because I
don't think PADRE even exists.
But there are a lot of
people out there like me
who are looking for it,
or looking for a place like it.
Hey, you can't lead people to
a place that doesn't exist.
I know. But I can
lead them to us.
To us? Like
you're gonna become PADRE?
I'm going to give
them what they want.
A safe place to live,
and that's how we get our army.
That's how we take
the Tower from Strand.
I should come with you.
No, I need you to stay here.
Because when I come back,
that's when we make our move.
Then we will be ready
for when you get back.
But you should rest first.
I can't.
Just be ready.
Whoa!
Sage, why are we
stopping? Look at me.
My hand... it could k*ll
me if we don't treat it.
We don't have time.
Arno?
Look!
Herd must a fell in.
Probably been stewing
down there for months.
How many do you think there are?
Too many.
If one of them gets out, none
of us are going anywhere.
We're gonna take the
Tower for ourselves.
One of Morgan's.
If today proved anything,
it's that we need to
protect this place.
There are other ways.
I got ya.
Do you really think you're
ready to be a ranger?
I'll go with you.
You're a monster. No!
Ali, what are you doing? Ali?!
This is a story about Alicia
coming into her own as a leader.
Follow me.
It goes from a story
where she thought she had
to follow someone else
and now it's about other
people needing to follow her.
Alicia is still not
physically well.
She's got fevers.
You can tell that
she's disoriented.
We really wanted that
feeling of disorientation
to filter down to the audience
and understand what it was
like to suddenly wake up
in this strange house
with music blasting
and a walker that's
wandered in the front door
and just wondering,
"Is this real?
Is this a nightmare? Is
this something in between?"
Ah!
Alicia broke Paul's stereo
and he wants her
help restoring that.
We see that's a very
significant thing for him.
What did you do?!
It was critically important
that we find an actor who's deaf
that could really bring
a sense of authenticity.
Easy. Didn't you hear me?
I haven't heard a
g*dd*mn thing in months.
Warren is a singer and
a musician himself.
You're going to have
to speak a lot slower
if you expect me
to read your lips.
We found him and what he brought
to the performance
incredibly inspiring
and we... we think it
turned out really well.
Just 'cause you can't hear music
don't mean you can't feel it.
Hide me.
Paul gets a pretty
good read on Arno
when he comes to the door
with a cart full of walkers.
Paul knows that Alicia is just
someone who's in some trouble.
She has a habit of
getting people hurt.
What do you want with her?
He's a good person.
Appreciate your time.
He's not going to hand
her over to someone
who clearly doesn't have
good intentions for her.
It is true, what he said,
about you getting folks hurt?
Alicia absolutely believes
what Arno's saying.
He's articulating the
voice that's in her mind.
He wants Alicia to be confronted
because of what he believes
are bad decisions she made,
which were based on
this dream that she had
following the Senator walker,
and it had really
dire consequences.
PADRE.
He wants Alicia to see just
what a poor leadership
decision that was.
You should put them to rest.
It'd be way more fun
to let them punish
you for what you did.
Wait!
No! Wait.
Aah!
Get down!
Paul has lost his hearing,
but is still able
to help Alicia.
Alicia's lost her arm,
lost her faith in herself,
but it's still using
those disadvantages,
finding a way to work together
to make something incredible.
Beethoven, probably
the most famous deaf
musician that ever lived.
"Ode to Joy" is just this
incredible piece of music
that Beethoven composed entirely
after he'd lost his hearing.
The sooner I help
you take them out,
the sooner you can get
back to your people.
There's a lot going
on in the sequence,
but, really, at the heart of
it, it's about Alicia and Paul,
these two wounded characters,
helping each other navigate
this incredible gauntlet
of Arno and his
group Come on out!
By using Beethoven,
which was kind of the
thing that brought
Alicia and Paul together
in the first place.
While Arno and the guys
are being consumed by
this blaring music,
that gives Alicia the
window she needs to escape.
Paul grabbing the bagpipes
is the fulfillment
of the thing that his wife,
Rowan, didn't get to do
and it's also his final
good deed for Alicia,
so that she can escape.
Paul knows,
when he takes that action,
it's probably going to mean
the end of his own life.
The reason Alicia's
dream has changed
is because Paul has helped
her see it in a new way.
Paul has forced Alicia to
listen to her own voice
in a way that she hasn't before.
What that is, is she needs to
be the person who's followed.
You're alright.
Morgan has goals,
when it comes to Alicia.
He sees her as a leader
and they're going
to need each other to
take Strand's tower.
How did it go with Arno?
You convince him to
come and join us?
I'm sorry.
I know we don't
have enough people
to take on Strand without them.
Then we find another way.
I think I already have one.
Even though Alicia's
instincts didn't bear out,
Morgan realizes he's going
to have to trust her.
I don't think PADRE even exists.
But there are a lot of
people out there like me
who are looking for
a place like it.
Going to give them
what they want...
A safe place to live.
And that's how we get our army,
that's how we take
the tower from Strand.
When I come back,
that's when we make our move.
The crater was a very
important idea to us.
We sort of thought of
it as the ground zero
for the most dangerous
walkers that were created
out of the b*mb that went
off at the end of Season 6.
We know that these
walkers are going
to factor in very heavily
into the story going forward.
You'll have to keep
watching to see how,
but this is a particularly
dangerous breed of walker
and there's a lot of them.