( rattling )
( Infecteds growling )
( knife slices )
( growling )
( knife slices )
*
( Infecteds growling )
( growling )
( knife thuds )
- ( brain squishing ) - ( grunts )
Nah, rotten. It's no good.
- How can you tell? - I know.
( Infecteds growling )
That one. That's a fresh turn.
- ( growling ) - That'll do.
( grunts )
( Infected growling )
The longer you wait,
the greater the risk of infection.
- ( knife thuds ) - Why would anyone take that risk?
Ah, some say that it's a high worth dying for.
- ( brain crunching ) - ( grunts )
Eh, locus coeruleus.
It synthesizes norepinephrine.
The Proctors will pay for as many as these fresh
as you can give me.
- Mm? - ( guffaws )
Too rich for me, man.
- ( chuckles ) - To each their own.
They can fight harder, longer, and without sleep.
Who are they fighting?
Uh, always somebody, but lately...
it looks like they're gearing up for something big.
All right, well, look, I'll keep on harvesting
as long as you keep paying.
( grunts )
- ( all chattering ) - ( engine idling )
( groans )
( mumbles )
( engine idling )
( engine starts )
( guns clattering )
Hola.
( in Spanish ) What's happening?
( music playing )
( singing in Spanish )
( thuds )
Can I have another whatever the last one was.
- Troy: Fun's over. - What the hell?
- ( shot glass thuds ) - Time to sober up.
Come here, come here.
All right... I've been talking to some people,
and, um, these Proctors, they got big plans.
They're planning to attack the dam.
Your mother's in trouble, Nick.
Come on.
( singing in Spanish )
( wind whooshing )
*
( tapping )
( sighs ) What do you see?
( birds chirping )
Murky mud pit presided over
by lonely old man and his little fool.
Okay. ( laughs )
Bleak. ( inhales )
See past that.
See corn, melons, beans.
Irrigation, agriculture.
Cattle, if you miss the manure.
Country, Madison.
That's what you said you wanted, isn't it?
I wanted a future for my kids.
Okay, and maybe some grandkids to spoil.
Okay, great.
Christmas mornings surrounded by babies.
I make a damn good roast turkey.
( sighs ) I figured you more for sandwiches.
- Bologna and cheese. - No, not on Christmas!
No, turkey, gravy, stuffing, you name it.
Family tradition.
I used to make iced angel cookies with the kids.
Ah.
I just thought we'd have that at the ranch.
We can have that here.
My kids are gone.
We'll build a verdant paradise
for them to come home to.
Come on, picture it. We'll create it.
Here?
You just need a little liquid imagination.
Oh.
If you insist.
I do.
I do insist.
( Infecteds growling )
We get to the trading post, sell the stuff.
It should bring in enough to keep us going for weeks.
Of course...
- Nope, no way. - Oh, come on.
You're like freaking Rapunzel with that shit.
Tell me that one of them Infecteds never munched down
- on those gorgeous locks. - I don't care.
It's a liability.
And you're sitting on a freaking gold mine.
I'm not selling my hair.
( loud crash )
Shit, get out. Get out.
( panting, grunting )
- ( thudding ) - ( grunts )
( groans )
( growls )
- ( grunts ) - ( yells out )
( grunts )
Uh, drop it.
( yelling )
( grunts )
( growls )
- ( grunts ) - ( clashes )
( woman yells out )
( Alicia pants )
- ( thuds ) - ( screams )
- ( groans ) - ( gunshots )
*
Get off her!
- Shoot them. - Get out of here!
- Kill them! - Now!
( gunshots )
- ( gunshot ) - ( woman groans )
- ( sighs ) - ( Infecteds growling )
( woman groans )
( growling )
Okay. Just don't look.
- ( Infecteds growling ) - Shit.
( sloshing )
( water dripping )
( knocking on door )
( squeaks )
( birds chirping )
( clatters )
Ofelia had this when I found her.
I thought it might be an heirloom.
( inhales )
Wait.
The questions keep turning in my mind.
Why her?
- What if I-- - What if I'd been there?
Could I have stopped it?
I ask myself these questions.
I'm sorry. I don't know the answers.
I wasn't there.
*
( sighs )
( receding footsteps )
*
- ( Victor sighs ) - ( exhales )
You got two options in life, Victor.
You can be lonely or irritated.
( sighs ) Or brokenhearted.
- That's a type of lonely. - Disappointed.
Type of irritated.
( gulps, sighs )
You can't blame your children
for striking out on their own.
In this world, I sure as hell can.
Deny Odysseus his journey and who the hell is Odysseus?
Uh, a husband, a father.
- ( clinks ) - ( gulps )
The rest of us will be the poorer for it.
Oh, maybe.
- ( dog barking ) - But for how long?
How long till it's all forgotten anyway?
"The Odyssey," "The Iliad," the Bible?
A generation?
( birds chirping )
We'll write new stories, Madison.
Out with it.
I know this Scotch isn't just for me.
All right.
Uh, can I ask you something?
- Anything. - Have you ever killed anyone?
Yes. I've had to.
I haven't murdered.
Good. You're lucky.
Your day will come.
I suspect you're right.
- ( lid clatters ) - Madison: Killing drives some people mad.
It never quite gets you what you want.
Worst of all, it gets easier every time.
( approaching footsteps )
Your son is here.
( lid clinking )
Troy found their staging area.
Troy: Yeah, they have weapons.
( inhales ) Boats, like, uh--
( in Spanish ) uh, barcos?
( in Spanish )
Efraín: Los Proctors were in business with narcos
before the infection. ( inhales )
They have no regard for human life.
They'll turn the water off.
Starve the people and demand tribute.
I wish we had the weapons you promised.
We may not need them if we can withstand a siege.
*
There are three entryways,
the gate, the lower gate, and the bridge.
We can post guards and weapons there.
Lola: What if they attack from the water?
Why don't we just pick them off on the bridge?
Efraín: Daniel, there's C-4 in storage
left over from when the dam was built.
We should wire it to blow.
There's a drought already, man.
It's only getting worse.
Release the river to the people.
It's better to take our chances
with Mother Nature than to die of thirst
- under the Proctors. - We can't jeopardize the water.
No, that's a good idea, Efraín.
We defend.
But if they breach,
we have a final bargaining chip.
Anyone who wants to leave, should, now.
Anyone who stays, defends.
You should go with Nick.
Madison: To the trading post? No, thanks.
After all Lola and Daniel have done,
it wouldn't be right.
Show me how to set the C-4.
No, I can-- I can do it.
You have a lot to say for a college student.
I'm not a college student.
- Are you military? - Yeah, in a way, I am.
What way? What branch?
Daniel, we need all hands on deck.
Mr. Yo Hablo Un Poco De Español
wants to get his hands on explosives.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I'm a good guy here, all right?
I'm-- I'm the one that brought you intel,
hermano, all right, just remember that.
Did you understand that?
Yeah, yeah.
Daniel, he can help us.
- ( Troy shuffling ) - I vouch for him.
Mom? Mom.
Tell me you're using clean works at least.
I'm not shooting.
Yeah, well, whatever you're taking
I hope you include food in your diet.
Look, that is the least of your worries right now.
Oh, yeah, you're right.
That should be the least of my worries.
Christ, Nick. You gotta keep piling shit on.
You need to get out of here before the Proctors show up.
Okay, they are worst than anything we've seen.
Eat something. Then help prepare the dam.
I'll decide what we do after you've had a meal.
( door opens )
( door closes )
Madison: Packing up?
Qaletaqa: We heard some of our people went north
when the infection broke out.
- Thought we'd go find them. - They may be dead.
*
Daniel's an honorable man.
- ( gun clicking ) - And he's been generous to us,
but we're not willing to die here.
( backpacks rustling )
We'll scout the road on our way out.
If we can help.
Daniel will appreciate that.
It's been good walking with you, Madison Clark.
You too, Taqa.
( opens )
You set her leg in the field?
Yeah, dragged her here to the bullring.
You probably saved her life.
You have any training? EMT?
Was a hospital volunteer since I was a kid.
Helped out a couple of situations like this.
Emergency situations since this all started,
but no formal training.
Eh, you're better off.
U.S. Medical establishment
had its head so far up its own ass,
the degrees, the licenses, basically worthless.
You obviously have training.
Well, sure. I lost my license back in the '90s.
Misunderstanding I had with a lady patient.
Everyone was so uptight.
I was like, "I thought this was California."
Been in Baja ever since.
Well, I'd advise against any misunderstandings with my lady friend.
She's pretty good with a pickax.
( water dripping )
Noted.
I have a surgery coming up.
I could use an extra pair of hands.
- ( man shuffling ) - I told you I don't have training.
Yeah, but you're a quick study, kid.
You got aptitude, I can see that.
I just need someone to hand me the instruments.
Keep the patient occupied. You're perfect.
*
( door squeaks )
*
( inhaling )
( knocking )
You gotta get out of here. Get your mother and go.
You gotta go now.
- Both of you. - What about you?
I have obligations here.
( door closes )
- You know something. - I know the Proctors.
I was indebted to them.
They make narcos look like church ladies.
You're sweating, Victor. I don't think I've ever seen you sweat.
- ( bowl clattering ) - ( sighs )
The Proctors are taking the land
between here and the Gulf Coast.
They've had their eye on this dam for a long time.
I made a deal with Proctor John
to facilitate a takeover.
I'm supposed to unlock the door, so to speak,
- let them in under Salazar's nose. - He's gonna kill you.
They were coming regardless of what I did or didn't do.
Part of the deal was protection for you,
your mother, and Alicia if she appears.
There's more than that. There's more in it for you.
When the Proctors move on, I'll hold the dam
- in their name. - Like a servant.
Like a viceroy.
Now that Daniel knows they're coming,
the deal might be queered.
I'm no longer confident that I'll be able
- to protect anyone. - So, you sold out
your friends for the water and I've blown your con.
I cut a deal to save my friends
and set myself up.
Look... if your mother finds out, she'll tell Daniel.
If Daniel finds out, he'll try to kill me.
Please, get your mother to go.
- ( chewing ) - ( spoon clinks )
( bowl clatters )
*
( door opens )
Daniel.
Hey, your mom is wiring the dam with your friend.
Nick. Please. Sit with me.
I want to ask you something.
( exhales )
You-- you were with her-- my Ofelia
when she was bitten.
Nick: No.
No, I-- I wasn't.
Wasn't everyone trapped in a bunker?
Most. I was outside trying to stop the horde.
- You were outside? - Yeah.
You saw it coming?
( groans )
I mean, not until it was too late.
How could you miss it?
Well, it just came from somewhere
out in the wilderness, and, um, Troy saw it.
Then he came, he warned me.
Um, yeah, we thought maybe we could redirect it,
but by that point it was just too close, and...
- ( chair clatters ) - ...too big.
Too late.
- ( rail squeaks ) - But, uh, Ofelia
was in the bunker with Alicia.
She saved Alicia's life.
( clattering )
( clinks )
( sighs )
You're lying.
You know my background. You know who I am?
I know you were a man who interrogated people.
I know you were military.
- It's good you know those things. - ( chair clatters )
My hope is that will make this go easier.
We can have a conversation, not an interrogation.
You mean torture? Is that what we're doing here?
You gonna torture me?
Do you think Ofelia would want that?
No, she wouldn't, but she's dead.
This is not a way to grieve, okay?
Ofelia really thought you'd changed. I gotta find my mom.
- I'm-- can you give me the keys, please? - I love my daughter,
but she was wrong, and so are you.
People don't change. We just walk in circles.
And you should know this. Sit down!
*
( scoffs ) All right.
( chair clatters )
( grunts )
( chuckles ) Life's funny, ain't it?
You know, we walk around in circles
and-- and here we are all together in Mexico of all places.
Yeah. Don't screw it up for us.
I'm here to help.
You actually, uh, might want to go a little higher with that.
( pants )
( puffs ) You know, that trading post?
Not good for me. Or Nick.
Here, you're too...
*
- ( groans ) - ...You're too short.
- ( smacking ) - ( grunts )
( sighs )
Look, I-- I know you're worried about him.
And you're right to be.
Me and Nick, we had-- ( puffs ) quite a night.
I never felt scared before.
I didn't think that was possible,
but Nick, he showed me.
I felt, uh... I felt fear.
And I'm-- I'm grateful for that.
You know what? I think Nick's my only friend.
Like a brother.
Thank you for looking after him.
I need you to keep doing that.
Yeah. We look out for each other, huh? We got to down here.
People are, uh-- ( puffs ) different.
I mean, not bad, you know? Not their fault.
They just... they never knew any kind of real freedom.
Troy, don't talk like that.
We're guests in this country. Act like it.
- ( pants ) - ( C-4 clatters )
Talk like that, you're gonna get yourself hurt.
- ( thuds ) - You're gonna get Nick hurt.
You know, you were both my guests at the ranch.
Now look at us.
( chuckles ) One big blended family.
And we-- we never missed a beat, did we?
- ( C-4 clatters ) - ( Madison shuffles )
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I, uh...
I miss this.
I miss this too.
And I'm good.
I got-- I got right with everything that happened.
All of it.
As long as you have.
Have you?
Madison?
Are we good?
We're good. Hand me that receiver.
( beeps )
Here.
( beeps )
- ( chuckles ) - Daniel: Why hadn't he slept?
Because he's scouting, Daniel, and the wilderness
is a dangerous place.
( chuckles ) Yes, it is.
It's very dangerous. And you are lying.
Why are you lying?
Okay, let's go again from the top.
Tell me about Troy.
- I didn't kill Ofelia. - Listen, that I believe.
- ( chair clatters ) - That's about the only--
So, what do you want me to say?
I want you to tell me the truth!
That horde did not materialize out of thin air.
Every herd needs a shepherd.
Someone had to lead it.
And you know who that was. And you're gonna tell me.
And Nick, please, please, man.
Don't force me.
*
( jacket rustling )
- ( chair clatters ) - ( sniffs )
*
( chattering in distance )
- ( wheelchair clinks ) - ( man clears throat )
Who's the girl?
- New assistant. - What happened to the old assistant?
She's pretty. Where you from, pretty girl?
I'm Alicia. I'm from Los Angeles.
Go Dodgers.
You know who I am, Alicia from Los Angeles?
The leader of this place?
Good guess. This place and more.
When I, uh, founded the Proctors, Alicia,
we're just a humbled MC raising hell in SoCal.
But I had aspirations
and connections south of the border.
We expanded.
I have plans for continued expansion.
A series of interconnected outposts
from Gulf Coast of Texas...
( moans ) to San Diego.
A trade route?
- ( glass clinks ) - That's right.
Like the Santa Fe Trail.
Connect the refineries in Houston
to the farmland in California.
Did you know that Texas has its own electrical grid?
Did, anyway.
New world, new nations.
The only thing stopping me
is this growth pressing on my spine.
The, uh, burning in my legs
is turning into paralysis.
No bueno.
Eddie's been doing the best he can
but the Oxy has, uh, has been dulling my mind
as much as the pain now.
That's not good, either.
Hence... it's time to excise.
( sighs )
Uh, I have no experience.
Your only job is to assist.
Good news is if the surgery's a success,
you have the amazing opportunity
to build with us.
Come with to Texas and beyond.
- And if-- - Oh.
( groans ) What if it fails?
( moans ) My brothers have orders
to execute everyone in the room,
beginning... with Eddie.
All incentive for you both to do your best work.
Ready to scrub in?
From all the bullshit you have said,
only three people could have done it.
You, Jake, or Troy.
( sniffs )
It was Jake.
- ( chair thuds ) - It was Troy!
No, Daniel, it wasn't.
- It was that son of a bitch. - No.
He stinks of it. Just say it.
Say it so I can get justice
for my dead daughter.
I deserve it.
Okay, Daniel, he's a son of a bitch.
He's a bigot and he's a killer. But Troy loved that ranch.
It was everything to him.
He would never do anything to jeopardize it.
Jake was never the same after his father died.
I killed his father, Daniel,
and when he found out, he couldn't take it.
So, he destroyed the ranch to save it.
You killed Jake's father?
It was Jake?
- It was Jake. - A dead man?
The horde he led killed him.
*
- ( keys clinking ) - ( chair creaking )
( keys jingle )
Your mother would be happy to see you.
- I'm sorry. - ( keys clinking )
- ( receding footsteps ) - ( lock clatters )
( door closes )
This should take the edge off.
Shouldn't we put him under?
- ( needle clatters ) - Nope.
Not going under. Not safe.
( needle clatters )
- ( knife clinks ) - There's gonna be a knife in your back.
If you so much squirm--
Well, that's what you're here for.
To keep him still while I work.
Make sure he doesn't squirm.
Me?
( gun clicks )
Two or three of these guys might be able to hold him down.
- I like you better. - ( knife clatters )
Oh, I've seen one woman
hold down a man that 10 men couldn't.
( clatters, thuds )
( feet clatters )
- ( knife clinks ) - I had a kid sister almost as pretty as you.
Almost.
( inhales )
( exhales )
What's the safest place in the world
you can remember?
( knife clattering )
Aunt Jane married into money.
( inhales ) Her and Uncle Dan had a bitching place
up in Santa Barbara County.
- Oh. ( groans ) - ( knife slices )
( moans, shudders )
- Tell me about Aunt Jane. - ( panting )
Um, she-- she married--
she-- she, uh...
- ( crunching ) - ...she was a hell of a woman.
- She'd have a... - Yeah?
...( panting ) a big heart, a huge laugh.
When Dan first asked her out,
she made him walk a block on his hands
- before she'd agree. - Did he do it?
- ( clamp creaking ) - Hell yeah he did it.
( breathing heavy )
- ( squishing ) - I can see the tumor.
- Get it out, Eddie. - Hey.
( groaning )
Tell me about Santa Barbara.
They had acres of grass,
and they let me cut it on one of those--
( moaning )
- riding mowers. - Nearly there.
- Goddamnit, Eddie. - Alicia: Hey.
He's not here. I'm here, all right?
( scissors snipping )
You're a tough kid.
You have no idea.
( screaming )
Madison, has she left?
She's with that pendejo
that Nick brought in here with him.
Damn.
( spraying )
The bilge valve should be pumping water west.
Not emptying it here.
I'm sure Lola's got it in hand.
*
All right, so this switch, this arms the detonator.
You just flip that on and the green light
means it's on and this other one--
Got it.
- Yeah? - Nick: We gotta get out of here.
Okay, Strand sold out
Daniel and Lola to the Proctors.
- ( sighs ) No. - We have to warn them.
- No, Victor brought this on himself. - No, no.
- You should've come to me. - We can't,
'cause if Daniel sees Troy,
he'll kill him.
Why would Daniel want to kill Troy?
( birds chirping )
I led the horde to the ranch.
It wasn't right that the Indians had it.
"Indians"? We all had it, Troy.
- We all had it. - No, not all of us.
- You exiled me. - I let you live.
I convinced Walker to spare you.
I let you live. After all I did.
All we did to keep the peace to make it work.
( feet shuffling )
You took everything from me.
What about what you took from me?
- My husband. - My father, my--
- My children. - My brother.
You got Jake killed.
You got them all killed.
- You had no right. - I had every right.
I had every, every right.
That was my home, and you gave me that right.
You allowed me to run.
I'd do it all again.
All of it, Madison.
And you would, too, you know you would,
'cause you understand and you see things--
- ( grunts ) - ( hammer thwacks )
( thwack echoes )
( rustling )
( exhales )
( clatters )
( sheet rustling )
How do you feel?
( Eddie shuffling )
( sighs ) I don't know.
( gulps ) Wiggle your toes.
( inhales )
*
( sighs )
( John laughs )
Goddamn it, Eddie.
You bastard.
I had faith in you the whole time.
Hey, easy.
- Slowly. - ( groans )
( sighs )
- ( glass clinks ) - Alicia from Los Angeles.
( door opens )
The news from the front?
Club's moving on the tunnel pipes.
- Shouldn't be too long. - Let's move then.
It's not a great idea, John.
Relax.
( chuckles ) I got me my angel of mercy.
Ready to hit the road?
Do I have a choice?
Not really.
( moans )
Daniel: Lola?
Hey.
( in Spanish )
Lola?
( clicks )
Step away from those levers.
*
The pipes lead into the heart of the dam.
The entrance is unprotected.
I am so sorry.
I didn't want things to work out this way,
but Nick showed up with his warning and, well.
Victor, my friend, I know who you are.
Then you know I'm not your friend.
No, but you're not a killer.
You're a con man.
You're not one to look a man in the eye
and end his life.
Like you tried to do to me?
- I admire you. - ( chuckles )
I do.
Just hand me the gun, Victor.
Just hand me the gun.
Hand me the gun.
- ( grunts ) - Hey!
( both grunting )
( groans, grunts )
( panting )
- ( groans ) - ( gunshot )
- ( screams ) Daniel. - Hey!
( panting )
( pipes hissing )
- ( Victor pants ) - ( whispers ) Daniel.
( rustling )
Oh, my God.
( spits )
Lola: No, no, no, vaminos.
( Daniel groans )
- ( mumbling ) - ( panting )
*
( rustling )
( chatter )
( running footsteps )
( guns clattering )
( gunshots )
- ( gunfire ) - ( man groans )
( distant gunfire )
( groans )
- ( glass shatters ) - ( groans )
( glass shattering )
( distant gunfire )
Man: Hey! Hey!
( gasps )
I thought they weren't expecting us.
The water queen and her general are dead.
( chuckles ) Save it for Proctor John.
- Come on. - ( running footsteps )
( pipes humming )
*
Victor: Madison.
You son of a bitch.
Berate me later. You've gotta hide.
- Follow me. - ( distant gunfire )
- ( walkway creaking ) - ( distant gunshot )
( distant gunfire )
- ( panting ) - ( keys jingling )
- ( lock jingling ) - ( distant gunfire )
( panting )
- ( whispers ) Don't make a sound. - For how long?
- ( keys jingling ) - I'll be back for you when I can.
( distant gunfire )
Give me the detonator.
*
I'll do everything in my power to prevent harm coming to either of you.
( keys jingling )
( door slams )
( keys clattering )