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To know I'm still out there. Charlie, Luciana, Jacob, Wes, and Daniel. We just

found them all.

I need your help, Victor. Oh, God.

Bring me the baby.

I didn't know you liked children.

She's got to get used to her new father sometime.

We can't stay here.

I'd rather face whatever's out there.

Leaving really isn't an option.

We can't.

No, that's not ordering.

Garcia, give me a second.

Victor's particular about those.

Howard sent for me.

I ran up here as fast as I could.

Let me send these boys out to meet Victor on his scout, then see if I can

Howard. Maybe he wants me to join them.

Not today.

Got something else in mind.

Have a seat.

What's Victor looking for out there?

That's between him and his rangers.

You'll join him when you're ready.

When's that going to be?

When Victor says you are.

I just thought I'd be closer by now.

How old are you, Ollie?

Fifteen.

Fifteen, huh?

And you really think you're ready to be a ranger?

Yes, sir.

I'm ready.

I admire your ambition.

I know Victor does, too.

But everyone has got to start somewhere.

To that end.

Another one?

No, this is not just any butterfly.

This is the morning cloak.

Extremely rare, lived for about a year, and Victor has got the perfect spot for

it on the shelf.

All you've got to do is find one.

Is there something wrong?

I just don't know how collecting these proves I can be one of his rangers.

I hear you, kid.

I can tell you stories from when I first got out of the academy.

What the senior cops called initiation.

It was... Victor asked you to assist me while he's gone?

Not spook the kid with your old war stories?

Look, this isn't hazing, Ali.

It's about how you see the world.

About who you choose to be in it.

They all began as caterpillars.

You see, they started as one thing.

Became something else.

Something better.

That's what Victor did.

That's how he survived.

show Victor what you're capable of, that you can be something greater,

then you'll be ready.

Hands up!

Turn around.

Who the hell are you?

Take your mask off!

I'm just a kid.

Yeah, well, what does that make you?

What were you feeling?

I got separated from my group, all right? I mean, I was just looking for

water.

You're lucky this didn't break.

You weren't back when we said.

John? Howdy, Charlie.

You two know each other?

We did for a spell.

She was with us when we tried to stop Teddy.

One of Morgan's.

Wait, John.

It'll be okay, kid.

Just stay calm.

What's going on?

She's coming with us. Why?

I told you that she needed to show Victor what you're capable of.

You just might get your shot.

Why were you stealing from Ali?

Look, I want to talk to Fran.

Fred, that's not possible, kid.

Victor is out ensuring the safety of this tower.

He's asked me to do the same in his absence.

So I need you to tell me the truth, Charlie.

It wasn't a coincidence you were running into Ali out there, was it?

No. Did Morgan put you up to it?

No, he doesn't know I'm here.

Then why are you?

Well, I've been...

looking for a way into this place for a while now.

I just thought that maybe one of your people would have blueprints or

I could use to help me sneak in.

For what purpose?

I want to live here.

Why not just use the call box?

Because she knew Victor would say no.

Why? Because they have a checkered past.

How do you know that?

I know everything about Victor's former allies, especially the ones he's deemed

a threat.

That's... why I was going to sneak in.

Do what?

Live between the walls?

Or hope that June or maybe Grace would help keep me a secret.

Look, I knew that it was the only way that I could be a part of this.

This? A chance at a normal life.

Yes, well, I can certainly understand that.

But why not come sooner?

On the sub, the computers, when the emergency power's on, you can see what

it is.

So I look, and I'll be 13 this week.

I mean, I was so young when everything changed.

And every single day since then, it's just been one fight after another fight.

After another fight, after another fight.

I just don't want to fight anymore.

I just want a normal life.

And I know that this is where I can do that.

Look, I know that you don't trust me.

But if you just give me a chance, whatever I can do to prove to you that I

to be here, I'll do it.

Yeah. It's June. We have a problem in the infirmary.

Garcia,

what happened? Where's Victor?

He split off before he got there.

And the other rangers?

They didn't make it.

It was a radiation breach.

How do you know that?

We see him a lot out there.

Did you find what we asked for?

There are too many of them.

I just wanted to protect the town.

I'd do anything for this place.

Keep moving.

Howard wants you in the holding room as soon as possible.

So how did you wind up here?

I'm not telling you anything.

Why not?

I wasn't telling you to entrust you.

I'm you.

Just do whatever he says.

Pretty much.

Why? Because that's how I'm going to become a ranger.

So you're telling me that you want to go out there and you could just stay in

here? You wouldn't understand.

What the hell was that?

Garcia jumped?

Triple Indy off the ledge.

I don't see him down there.

I'm part of the war now, player.

It's what Victor would have wanted.

What, for him to kill himself?

Garcia promised he'd do anything he could to protect this place.

If he couldn't do it while he was alive, then... He probably just didn't want to

suffer anymore.

Wait, what do you mean?

He was sick. He had radiation poisoning.

I thought this place was safe.

It is.

And how did that happen? It just happened out there.

I'm a scout.

What was he fighting for?

Hearts. Our elevators haven't worked since we were attacked.

Victor wants them fixed.

What if I can get them for you?

Will you let me live here? Charlie, no. It's too dangerous.

Not necessarily. Are you kidding me? Look what happened to the other scouts.

None of them have Charlie's skills.

What skills would those be? Ones that allow her to sneak in and out of places

undetected.

We've done it before.

Victor told me.

Oh, you even said you're going to do it again here. I can't be serious.

You volunteered.

You really think you could do this?

Would I get to live in the tower?

It's Victor's call.

But he listens to me.

You do this, you're in.

I'll do it.

You leave tomorrow.

Ollie, you'll go with her.

I will. Why don't you catch Charlie up on what we're looking for and then get

her down in one of the guest suites.

We should get some rest before tomorrow.

Charlie, come on.

I'll go with you. I want to hear play -by -play about my sister.

Ollie, can we talk?

This is your chance to prove yourself.

What, by dying like Garcia over some elevator parts?

Not about the elevator.

Then what's it about?

Finding out why Charlie's really here.

She said she came on her own.

That she wants to live here.

That very well might be true, but we need to consider the possibility it

not be.

She could die.

If she wants to live here as much as she says, she'll be careful.

It feels wrong.

Look, things like this are never easy.

I get that.

But at the end of the day, it's what separates the caterpillars from the

butterflies.

You said you wanted to be a ranger.

This is what rangers do.

Okay.

So why did Strand get you out collecting butterflies?

What does it matter?

I just think it's kind of shitty dropping them in those jars for no

They only live for a year tops.

And you think that makes it okay?

Don't you think that something like that should get the chance to live?

Even if it's just for a little while?

It doesn't matter what I think.

As long as I can prove myself to him.

Yeah, and what did he ever do for you?

Stalkers.

If they see us, let me try to use this against them.

I know a place to hold on.

So why is being a ranger so important to you anyway?

Hold on.

Looks clear.

I have always wanted to play a game.

Play a game?

What? You've never bowled before?

Don't move.

They're gone.

Must have just been passing through.

How did you know that gun was here?

I mean, first the key, and then that.

I used to live nearby.

They'd come here on the weekends.

They had a couple robberies.

Were you any good?

I don't know.

Will you show me how to play?

You've really never bowled before.

Can't be that hard, right?

You gotta put some spin on it.

Will you show me, please?

You really gotta get going.

Come on, it'll only take like five minutes.

I'll show you when we get back from getting what Howard wants from the

But what if I don't make it back?

And what if you don't?

You know, the Rangers didn't.

One roll.

Okay.

So, you're going to want to bend your knees and face towards the pins.

Put your fingers inside, two middle ones, face down on the bottom.

And then you're going to want to shoot a middle arrow, right, in the center?

Yeah. That's what you're going to want to aim to.

So, when you're following through, twist your wrist a little bit to the left,

okay?

Ready?

That was

good, right?

we should really get going.

Ali.

Ali, what is it?

Come on. It's supposed

to

be just ahead.

Who's Muhammad?

I saw his name under that photo of you two.

Were you guys teammates?

He was my dad.

Muhammad and Ali?

Yeah, yeah.

He loved boxing.

Was he in the military?

I saw a rank by his name.

He was an imam in the army.

What happened to him?

The bomb went off.

The bad shit that came with it got into his blood.

He didn't make it.

Were you with him until the end?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

We're here.

Guess this is it.

Garcia said there was a lot of dead inside.

Yeah, most of them are probably at ground level, so I'll just start higher.

How are you going to do that?

I can handle it.

I've done this before.

Remember?

Wait!

I'm coming with you.

Look, it's better if I go alone.

What's wrong?

You're really doing all this just so you can live in the tower?

Yeah, that and I want to help you become a ranger.

Why do you want to help me?

Well, I wouldn't be getting this chance if it wasn't for you.

If anything happens, be on Channel 4, okay?

Be fast. You don't want to get exposed to whatever Garcia was.

I know.

Hands up.

That's all I have.

Clean clothes, and a gun, of course.

Must be one of Strand's.

If you try anything, he'll kill you.

You want to tell us why he keeps sending people to the pit?

What's the pit?

Don't play dumb.

I'm not. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not even a ranger.

about your friend?

What friend?

The girl that went inside?

She doesn't know anything.

What did she go in there for?

Let's go find out.

Hey! We're going in.

Move.

I said move.

Please, let me put my mask on. It's not safe in there.

Open the door.

Now.

Sure.

I could ask you the same thing.

Where's your mask?

I locked it in the fight.

What fight?

You killed all these?

Yeah, I locked the rest in there.

One of them grabbed onto my mask while I was closing the door, and I'm not going

in after it.

Plus, the readings were clean.

You shouldn't have gotten close to them.

I was careful.

Be quick.

Why didn't you kill that walker?

Because it reminded you of your dad?

I thought maybe the uniform... I had it covered.

I saw what you did outside.

There's the only way.

I feel terrible.

It's fine.

I handled it.

I don't mean that.

I didn't tell you the truth.

About what?

About why I came to the tower.

Morgan sent me.

To do what?

I'm supposed to turn off the beacon on the roof tonight.

Why? To clear out the walkers so they can get Grace and the baby out. And then

what? They attack? I don't know.

Howard was right about you.

You made me believe you. You made me help you. When Fran finds out about

He won't. Of course he will. Because I'm not going to go through with it. Yeah?

I'm serious.

I won't. I don't want to do it anymore.

Why would I believe you? Because I didn't lie about everything.

All those things I said I wanted.

A life like I was supposed to have.

I still want that.

And I thought that I was going to find that with Morgan, but...

Not if I have to put you in danger to get it.

We don't have much time, okay?

I'll listen.

All right, you copy?

Yes, Howard, I copy. I'm here.

What's taking so long?

We're about to head out.

We? To find out what I asked?

Let's keep talking.

Yes, I did.

I'm sorry.

Wait, Ali?

Ali, what are you doing?

Checking the tower.

Ali?

Ali!

Ali, I'm dying if you leave me here!

You've done this before, right?

You'll be fine.

Ali!

Please don't do this!

Ali, please just come back! Please don't do this to me!

Ali!

Ali? Ali, I don't understand why you're doing this! Please come back! I'm gonna

die!

Howard, do you copy?

I'm here, Ali.

You done?

Yeah, I got the board.

Coming back now.

I didn't want to do it alone.

Just me.

I'm sure you made the right decision for the good of the town.

But I don't have to do it alone anymore.

I don't have to because we can do it together.

You did what Victor would have done.

Away from Morgan, away from Strand. We don't have to get stuck together.

I told you I was with my dad until the end.

That wasn't true.

When he got sick, I... I left him.

Why?

Just... I couldn't handle it.

I couldn't... see him like that.

I was a coward.

Why are you telling me this?

Because when I thought about becoming a ranger, I thought it would make

everything, you know, okay.

But I was just being a coward again.

And I'm not going to make that same mistake twice.

You said you didn't want to run away alone.

You don't have to.

What about Duran and Howard?

I'm not afraid of them.

Are you?

All those things that you never got to do, we can still do them.

Or some of them at least.

What about you?

There's still a lot of things I haven't done either.

Like what?

Was it great?

Yeah.

So much better than bowling.

Alright, well, let's get out of here.

I found some places on my patrols where we can hold up for a bit.

So we find something better.

Charlie?

Charlie?

Hey, it's okay.

It's okay, I got you.

Mr. Dory, do you copy?

Stay with me, please.

It's a good thing you called me when you did.

This is where she needs to be.

How is she?

What's wrong with her?

She was exposed to radiation.

Just like the rangers.

No.

No, that's not possible. The mess that happened when she was in that building.

She'll probably check you, too.

No. Okay, she told me she was careful.

Sometimes that's not enough.

There are other ways.

Things we can't see.

You can treat it, right?

June?

June, how bad is it?

Given the amount of exposure she's had, she should make the most of every day.

I'm so sorry, Ellie.

Hell of a day, Ollie.

What are those?

Some of the scouts. Just came back with them.

Yeah.

They sort of look like the ones we saw in that building.

Be sure to mention it to Victor.

Where is he?

Decided to wait till tomorrow to make the journey back.

Give him the state of the state.

Now, tell me, why is Charlie here?

What did Morgan send her here to do?

Morgan didn't send her.

You should tell us the truth.

Okay.

I'll see to it she's escorted out in the morning. You can't kick her out.

She's sick.

Because of you, because of what you made her do. She's sick because that's what

the world out there has to offer.

Which is why we have to do everything to protect what we've built here and not

let our personal feelings cloud our judgment.

What are you talking about?

Why did you bring her back here after what we discussed?

Can I trust you, Ali?

Yes.

Good.

And, uh, nice work, all things considered.

We'll have to wait for Victor to get back to sign off, but, uh, I think you

safely assume that tomorrow... will be your first official day as Ranger.

Congratulations.

How are you feeling?

I don't really know.

I cared, Ollie.

I really did.

Will you come with me?

I don't know. June said I'm supposed to rest.

I know.

But there's something I really want you to see.

Keep your eyes closed.

No peeking.

Happy birthday, Charlie.

It's... It's beautiful.

But,

Fran... When he finds out, he... I don't care.

Kay, you were right.

Something that's beautiful deserves to live.

No matter how long that is.

I wasn't there for someone when they needed me before.

This time I will be.

I'm going to be there this time.

I drink and I dream of a still but revision.

It only breaks me.

And I'd drive to hold on to her.

But she slipped through my fingers like rain.

Yeah, she slipped through my fingers like rain. Now it ain't the same.

And I'll be right here next to you every second of the way.

What's wrong?

Morgan, I'm supposed to turn off that light.

I need to find a way to tell him what's going on. Hey, I'll do it.

Okay, don't worry.

I'll take care of everything.

Well, this is why he sent them.

Dawn, the light, and then what?

And then what?

I don't know.

Okay, they want this place to change, and that can't happen with Strand.

That's where you're wrong, Ali.

It's the only way.

Please. Please, Howard.

Don't do it, please.

I'm sorry.

It's what Victor would do.

Charlie, what's wrong?

It's... It's all me.

You what?

What is it?

Him.

You killed him!

You killed him! You killed him! I suggest you back off unless you want to

him. Oh, my God. You're a monster. No!

He attacked me!

He left me no choice.

I'm just trying to protect this place from those who are trying to undermine

And if you want this tower to last, I suggest you do the same.

He's right, Jim.

What are you on here, John?

I lost everything to that inhospitable world out there.

You mean your son?

Because he would be ashamed if he saw this.

If today proved anything, it's that we need to protect this place. Look what

happened to her out there.

He's right.

Ali paid the price for what he did.

Now it's your turn.

You lay one hand on her, I will kill you myself.

Anything happens to me, you're going to have to answer to Victor.

No, I won't.

Because he knows the same thing that I do.

And what's that?

He needs me more than he needs you.

Anyone in this tower gets sick.

Anyone gets injured, he'll have no one to help them. And this place will fall.

Charlie stays with me under my care.

That's the deal.

Fine.

But I suggest you tread carefully.

Because you believe it? Because I need him to believe I do.

Why? There's only one way things are going to change, and that's if I can get

Fran's ear.

Anyone can listen to reason. They just need the right voice telling it to them.

I thought it could be Howard, but now it's got to be me.

I thought I had Virginia's ear, too.

It won't work, John.

It has to.

I never should have let you go to that building in the first place.

Then why did you?

Ever since I got here, I've been hiding.

Why?

And until today, it hasn't hurt anyone but me.

I don't expect you to.

Forgive me.

I don't deserve it.

But I promise you this.

No matter how much time you have left, you will live to see Strand go down. I

will do everything I can to make sure that happens.

Take your masks off.

What exactly are we up against out there?

Do you think there are 100 dead outside?

Run, you know.

This can make all the difference.

Yeah, it's a start.

What's scary is what I'm going to have to do to them.

Morning Cloak is the type of butterfly that Ali is tasked with collecting.

Careful, kids.

Victor's particular about those.

Howard's talking to me. Strand, while he's a presence in this episode, he's

physically at the tower. So Howard is kind of the de facto number two left in

charge, and it was bringing up all these questions of what happens when Strand's

away. This is not just any butterfly.

This is the Morning Cloak.

Extremely rare, lived for about a year, and Victor has got the perfect spot for

it on the shelf.

Show Victor what you're capable of.

That you can be something.

Ollie's a young man who clearly wants to do right by Strand, who's ambitious,

who is very loyal to the Tower. So Howard wants to reward him for that.

There's a layer to that for Howard that we'll start to unpack about Howard's

relationship to his own family. We've heard him mention it briefly at the end

season six. You're a religious man.

No.

My wife was.

Said it would protect me.

So much for that. There's more that we'll learn about Howard and what

with his own family that I think we'll understand why he has such a unique

relationship with Ali. Hell of a day, Ali.

And so, you know, there's a unique opportunity there for Howard to kind of

him to do his bidding, which is to find out why Charlie's really in the tower.

She came on her own.

She wants to live here.

That very well might be true, but we need to consider the possibility it

not be.

It's this terrible combination of a really brilliant, savvy move from Howard

also a bit cruel to put a young kid through something like this.

Charlie and Ali connect right away for one simple reason. They're both young

people in the apocalypse.

I have always wanted to play a game.

You've never bowled before?

They had to grow up way too fast.

Neither of them have been able to have this kind of connection, you know, that

sort of first love, first, you know, butterflies in the stomach kind of

And Ali helping her learn how to bowl is huge for her because it makes her feel

like a kid. It makes her feel alive.

She's not just surviving, she's actually living.

That was good, right?

We should really get going.

I think Ali recognizes as well that even though Charlie came to the tower with

some negative intentions from his perspective, ultimately it was all

wants to have this normal life. And that's why Ali turns around, because he

understands Charlie in a new way.

I

think

that's front and center at Ali's mind because he's realized Charlie's a bit

that butterfly now. She is someone to him that is beautiful and is going to

a very short life because of her radiation exposure.

So I think him greeting the butterflies is an act of wanting to show her how

much he cares about her, but also because it really is a metaphor for

Beautiful.

Don't do it, please.

I'm sorry.

It's what Victor would do.

In June's mind, Howard has crossed a huge line.

You're a monster.

No.

He attacked me.

He left me no choice.

Howard's giving in to his worst instinct.

He's in a position where he wants to punish June and Charlie.

Lay one hand on her, I will kill you myself.

Anything happens to me, you're going to have to answer to Victor. He needs me

more than he needs you. This is a conflict that is going to start to brew.

know that there's one coming from outside the tower, but now there's one

I'm just trying to protect this place from those who are trying to undermine

He's right.

If today proves anything, it's that we need to protect this place.

I suggest you tread carefully.

And ultimately, we kind of get inside Dory Senior's head.

What the hell is that about?

There's only one way things are going to change, and that's if I can get in

strands here.

Anyone can learn to read it. They just need the right voice telling it to them.

I thought it could be Howard, but now it's got to be me. It's a tightrope that

he's walking because Howard is Strand's ultimate loyalist, but Dory Sr.

has his own perspective, and he wants to see things change for the Tower and the

better before they go down a bad path that there's no coming back from. This

won't work, Sean.

It has to.

No matter how much time you have left, you will lift the tree and go down. I

will do everything I can to make sure that happens.

Charlie seeing the morning cloak is very bittersweet. It's a symbol of Ali.

It's a symbol of her feelings for Ali. She has felt this connection with

someone. It was cut tragically short, but like Ali said, something that

beautiful should get the chance to live, even if just for a little while.