End of This Place

"End of This Place" is the twentieth and final episode of season two of The Last Ones and the thirty-sixth episode overall. It was published on June 23rd 2018.
==Plot==
After the destruction of Midway, the survivors have a final confrontation with Blaine in Victoria. Meanwhile, Noah has to make a decision on whether to involve his people in the conflict.
==Synopsis==
In a flashback set during the brief four month time jump during the season, Shiro is amazed after coming home from a three-day run to discover Midway now has huts. Calvin explains they found materials at a nearby construction site and it was a simple case of shipping everything over. The two talk about the cold now that winter is approaching and Shiro teases Calvin about losing his virginity to Georgie. Shiro says he didn't think of Midway as somewhere feasible to stay over winter, but that's changed. Calvin says Midway is just getting started.
In the present, Lorna and Shiro, who have arrived in Summerlyn City, talk about the pillar of smoke they saw in the distance, and how they know its Midway. Lorna is furious by Shiro's cold reaction when he says they were probably never going to see anybody there again anyway. Lorna insists they need to go back, but Shiro refuses as they've come this far. The two then quiet down as they see a hundreds of zombies passing by in the next block. Shiro says if she's backing down she needs to tell him now. He says he doesn't know what the smoke means, but whatever it is has only given them more reason to attack Victoria.
In her private quarters, Alexis washes her hands and walks out to find Stephen's crib empty. She is horrified when she spins around and sees Lorna holding him and Shiro with his gun raised. 
In Noah's facility, Bernadette asks Cecilia for an update on Luke, who was badly injured when Midway exploded. Cecilia said she's keeping him sedated even though his injuries aren't life threatening because of several nasty burns which means he would be in a lot of pain for a while. Bernadette says that at least he will be OK. 
Henry is furious when Noah refuses to involve his people in a retaliation attack against Victoria. Noah insists he is sorry, but says he can't risk losing what's left of his people for the sake of revenge. Noah says Henry's people can stay for as long as they need, but that's all the help he can offer. He then excuses himself and heads for bed. Henry angrily says to Peter that back-up would have been nice. Peter says nothing they say is going to change his mind, and hints that he has an idea. He tells Henry to get some rest. Peter asks Georgie how Beatrice is and learns she is asleep. Georgie asks when they're going after Shiro and Lorna and when she discovers that he doesn't know she is furious and says they could die. Peter says they knew that before they took it upon themselves to leave. He says the group have just suffered a trauma and are in no state to jump into action straight away. He says Lorna and Shiro will need to keep themselves afloat for the time being. 
Noah enters his bedroom to find Elaine waiting for him. He asks her why she's with Henry when she's been so desperate to find Cheung. She says Henry has his uses. Elaine proposes that she nor Noah or any of his people reveal to any of her group that they know each other. Noah says after how much trouble she caused his people in the past, he would rather enjoy filling them in on what she's really like. Elaine says if he did that, then she would find herself revealing to the others about Cheung and where he is. Noah says Elaine doesn't even know herself. Elaine agrees, but says she knows what "he's on" and somewhere like that which is heavily armed and invulnerable to the dead would appeal to the others, especially after they've just lost Midway. She suggests they could even go to desperate lengths to get that information out of Noah. Noah agrees to keep quiet and says he will tell his people to follow suit. Satisfied, Elaine leaves the bedroom. 
In the facility's kitchen, Peter apologises to Diego for barging in on his home. Diego says it's no bother and corrects him in saying that the facility isn't home, and just somewhere temporary for them to stay. Or at least it was supposed to be. Diego says what happened to Peter's town is messed up and when he discovers that they are going to retaliate, Diego, who is still furious about the murders of Niko and Jock, says they can count on him and his friends to help. Peter sneakily says he thought that too, but Noah said otherwise. Diego is angry Noah has decided that on behalf of everyone and leaves the kitchen to confront him, as Peter predicted he would. 
Alexis discovers that Shiro and Lorna got in by sneaking past Reginald, who was doing a lousy job guarding the broken gate. Alexis asks for her son back. Shiro jokes he doesn't see the resemblance. When Alexis reveals his mother died, Shiro says Alexis doesn't strike him as the adoptive-mother type. When Alexis asks if the two of them are the only survivors, an angry Shiro asks Alexis what she did. 
Noah faces anger from Diego and Claire, who are insistent on getting their own back for Niko and Jock. Noah says he would love nothing more than to get justice, but it's not a priority. Claire asks what their priority is as all they have done is sit around twiddling their thumbs as their group got smaller. Diego agrees and says they've clearly been abandoned and that Noah is too proud to see it. Noah walks away. A furious Cecilia tells Diego and Claire that Noah has done everything for them and carried all the difficult decisions on his shoulders so the rest of them could sleep at night. She says they are out of line for talking to him like that. She follows Noah, who admits he hasn't heard anything from their associates in days and that they haven't seem interested in talking since he delivered the bad news about Michael Lewis's death. Noah says he got through to Anthony the night before and he said they are busy and he would get back to them at some point over the next few weeks. Cecilia, disappointed, says she thought they were almost out of the facility. Noah agrees. He says they should help attack the town as it could be their last chance to get something useful as Alexis knows where the work Michael did before he died is located. Noah announces over the speakers in the facility that they attack Victoria first thing in the morning so everyone should get some sleep. 
Shiro and Lorna are horrified to discover that Midway was bombed. Lorna asks if Blaine has taken control. Alexis is furious that Lorna has the nerve to show her face in Victoria again after what she did to Michael. Lorna says she regrets it. Shiro reminds Alexis she doesn't have the right to claim the moral high-ground. Alexis insists she had to give Blaine the go-ahead to destroy Midway as she knew they would be coming for her and she has her son to think about. Lorna scoffs at this and says he isn't even really hers, but Alexis insists that she is all he's got and she has to protect him no matter what. Shiro asks about the ambush and how Blaine shot at them from afar like a coward. Alexis tells the truth and says she didn't authorise that, but Shiro doesn't believe her. Alexis says he was supposed to take you hostage so they would be forced to hand over Lorna, Bernadette, and the food from the warehouse, and after that they would have been free to go. She says she did not give Blaine approval to do what she did and cites how he killed Jenson to overrule her and go rogue. Shiro says his sister was murdered by Blaine and says she did not deserve to be shot from behind by a madman. Alexis apologises. Just then, Blaine enters, forcing Shiro and Lorna to take refuge in the bathroom. 
Alexis lies to Blaine and says Coleman offered to have Stephen for the night so she could sleep. Blaine reveals he asked Carlos to search the area where they believe Noah's facility is located and he spotted enough survivors from Midway around there that they could cause a problem if they showed up. Hearing this, Shiro smiles. Blaine says he's going to get the town fortified and everyone ready for a fight, but Alexis says he isn't. Alexis says she never should have let Blaine into town in the first place and says his desire to resort to violence has caused nothing but bloodshed on both sides. She says she wants him gone, but he refuses to leave. Blaine tells Alexis the story of how his Grandfather died in World War Two and his Father in Vietnam and that he's learned from the mistakes they both made when it comes to showing mercy and leaving no stone unturned, which he believes got them killed. Alexis says she is going to open the gate to the survivors from Midway and blame everything on him, so she suggests he leave while he has the chance. She says she hopes Stephen will cause them to have mercy on her. Alexis says she's not willing for there to be any more violence. When Blaine refuses again to back down, Alexis raises a gun at him. Blaine does the same to her. Blaine says he's finishing this, and if she has any sense she will stay out of his way. He leaves. 
As Shiro and Lorna leave the bathroom, Alexis says she is going to sit down and they are going to hand her Stephen. When Lorna asks why they would do that, she replies so that they can go and put Blaine out of his misery. 
Unable to sleep like the rest of the survivors, Peter goes into the recreation room and finds Noah, who's also up. Peter says he's worried about Lorna and Shiro and thanks Noah for changing his mind. Noah says he wouldn't have had the right to stop Diego and Claire from going. Peter says they can win. Noah agrees and says they have to. 
Henry and Shiloh bump into each other in the bathroom. Shiloh says he can't sleep as he keeps looking at Charlotte out of worry about losing her. Henry insists they won't let it happen and says all he and Karen ever wanted was for him to be happy, which Charlotte makes him. Shiloh apologises to his father for the loss of Midway and says he knows it meant everything to him. Henry disputes this and says it wasn't everything. He says he's relieved he still has him, Elaine, and the people they are closet to but the loss of the most innocent people like Felicia and Penny will stay with him forever as he should have protected them. Shiloh tells him there was no way he could have known. He admits he never thought he had the right to call Midway his and confesses that he killed the former leader, Clifford, who was a violent, impulsive, foul-tempered racist, by pushing him off the roof while he was drunk. He says Elaine is the only one who knows. Henry says he's telling Shiloh as he has no right to demand respect while keeping something like that from him. Shiloh assures him that while what he did wasn't noble, him taking over Midway was the best thing that ever happened to it and he led with dignity and compassion and for that he will always be proud. The two hug. 
Blaine gathers his group and the civilians of Victoria and tells them he believes a threat is heading their way. When Howie attempts to speak up on behalf of the other residents by saying they're not fighters and they want nothing to do with the war, Blaine makes it clear they have no say in the matter. As Carlos gets them prepared, Laurie takes Blaine to one side and says the residents have only had one training session and they're going to be next to useless. Blaine tells her not to fret as he has an idea. Watching from above, Alexis tells Shiro and Lorna that Blaine is currently surrounded by too many of his people. She says they should wait until they're all in position and then they can sneak round the houses, find Blaine, and finish this before it begins. Shiro asks Alexis if she really thinks all will be forgiven with her once Blaine is dead. Alexis suggests they cross that bridge when they come to it. Shiro assures her they will. 
The group at Noah's facility prepare to move out. Drew tells Jai that Shiro will be alive. Jai says he hopes so. Angie tells Bobby he's old enough to decide whether he wants to come along or not. He says he will stay behind and keep an eye on things there. Cecilia tells Noah she's not happy about staying behind and points out she can handle a gun better than he can. Noah agrees, but says he needs someone he trusts to stay behind in case something happens to him, as if he, Diego, and Claire do not come back, it will be down to her to make sure she and Gwen are rescued. Cecilia says she's not going to say goodbye. Noah leaves. As Cecilia, Bobby, Bernadette, Elaine, Lydia-Jean, and Beatrice watch the group move out, Peter tells Angie he's not happy about her coming along, pointing out she's going into a gunfight with a bat. She says it will work just fine against Alexis's skull. He questions if a vendetta against Alexis is why she's going. He implores her to keep her head cool. Angie points out she's not the one who goes around slitting people's throats open, referring to Lorna. 
As Lorna waits alongside Shiro for an opening, she apologises to Alexis for what she did to Michael, much to Shiro's confusion. Lorna says it seems like he was a good man but her head was all over the place. Alexis says in spite of what Michael said about her being like Eli, it did not give her the right to kill him. Lorna agrees. Shiro turns the tables and asks Alexis if she has anything she would like to apologise for. She twists it around and asks him the same question. 
Matt approaches Blaine and pleads with him to not get the innocent Victoria residents involved in his war. Blaine has no interest in hearing him out and tells him to go back inside and not get involved. He says if Matt steps outside again without permission a bullet's gonna fly. Matt leaves. Reginald approaches and asks if Blaine's sure that the survivors from Midway are coming. Blaine says he's positive and orders him to get everyone into position. 
As they make their way to Victoria, Shiloh asks if they actually have a plan for what to do when they get there. Henry says he does and turns to Donna. She asks him what he's looking at. Clearly inspired by when she drove a car through the gate, they decide to do the same again. This time however, a car is driven through the broken gate and knocks over the car that was in it's place. All the civilian residents open fire on the care. Yvonne goes to check it out but discovers it's empty. At that moment, two other cars driven by Donna and Diego crash through the main gate and join together to provide cover for the survivors as they enter and start shooting. Yvonne is killed instantly by Jai and Rachel's bullets. Shiro and Lorna head out to take out Blaine. Shiro warns Alexis if she tries to run and escape, he will track her down. The gunfight continues and a cowering Howie refuses to participate, as does Blaine's group, which confuses the civilians. Shiloh kills Mel and Noah kills Casey, forcing Monty and Lawrence to surrender. Henry tells them to come out with their hands in the air. They do so. As Jai and Claire go to check them for weapons, Blaine's group open fire. Claire is shot in the chest and Jai in the shoulder. Monty and Lawrence duck and take cover. 
Blaine, who is hiding on top of Michael's old lab directly above Henry's group, prepares to massacre them, but he notices a shadow and turns around to find Lorna bearing down on him with her sickle. He kicks her away. He and Shiro begin a fistfight. 
A severely wounded Claire tells the survivors to carry on while Angie puts pressure on Jai's wound. A furious Georgie shoots Noreen in the head, killing her instantly. 
Back at Noah's facility, Cecilia asks Bobby if he's all right. He admits he's worried. Just then, Gwen enters in a panic and reveals someone is coming down on the elevator. Knowing it's too soon for the group to be back, Cecilia tells everyone to aim their weapons at the door and open fire and if someone they don't know walks through. She goes to confront the arrival. As the elevator doors open, she discovers the person is not a threat, and lowers her gun. 
As Blaine continues to fight off Shiro and Lorna, Lawrence attempts to escape from Victoria, in spite of Monty's warning not to. Carlos shoots him dead and yells that desertion is a capital offence. Angie tells Jai to hang in there. Frustrated at not having a good angle to kill Blaine's remaining men, Rachel suggests Shiloh, Charlotte, and Donna run and take cover by the flowerbeds while she and Diego cover them. They do so and reach it safely. Realising Blaine's men aren't paying her any notice, Charlotte sneaks along the flowerbeds, stands, and fires an arrow into Laurie's head, killing her. Reginald, enraged, opens fire, but Charlotte gets back into cover just in time. Rachel and Drew begin to take out zombies that have been attracted to the town by the noise. Angie notices Alexis watching over the battle from her quarters and runs in to confront her. As Alexis tries to soothe Stephen, Angie hits her on the back with her bat and knocks her to the ground. 
As Blaine takes a shot at Lorna, Shiro tackles him to the ground. Lorna is apparently hit and falls, much to Shiro's horror. Peter, who saw from below, is also mortified. Whilst Shiro is distracted, Blaine gets on top of him and begins to strangle him. He taunts him about Aimi's death and says he will shortly be joining her. Before he can finish Shiro off, a bullet hits Blaine in the back. He stumbles off Shiro. It was revealed to be Matt, who shot him from the porch of his house. He smiles smugly and walks back inside. Shiro kicks a wounded Blaine down to the ground where two zombies approach him. Shiro rushes to Lorna and is relieved to see that the bullet grazed her head. She says she thought she was dead for a moment, and then smiles when she realises she was relieved to discover she wasn't. 
As Angie and Alexis fight each other brutally, Charlotte clears a way to the infirmary by taking out zombies. She finds Coleman inside and says they have injured. He offers to help but in return asks for a favour: rescuing Zahra from the basement. The battle is won when Shiloh and Donna kill Carlos and Reginald respectively. Henry warns everyone to keep their weapons raised just in case. Angie, who has come out on top with her fight with Alexis, holds her long-time rival by the scalp of her hair and scorns her for what she did to Vicky and everybody else who has died since she took control of the town. She said Victoria could have been something good, like Vicky wanted it to be, she says to Alexis what's happened and all the violence that has taken place outside is because of her. She asks if wanting to play Queen was worth all of it. Alexis sobs that it wasn't and crumples to the carpet. She begs for her life and says she has a baby and she's all he's got. Angie is unmoved and is about to finish Alexis off with a blow to the head when Noah appears from behind, raises his gun at Angie, and orders her to put the bat down. 
Whilst Charlotte and Coleman successfully bust Zahra out. Shiro and Lorna reunite with Peter and the others. Drew grabs Shiro and hugs him. A worried Lorna asks Peter about Beatrice and is relieved to discover she's alive. Henry says everyone needs to re-group at Noah's. He turns to Shiloh, who says he has to find Charlotte and they will be right behind him. Shiro is troubled to discover Jai wounded, but Rachel assures him they're getting him back to Cecilia. Diego tells Peter that Claire is in no fit state to travel and that they will wait for Coleman to help her. Peter wants to wait for Angie, but Henry says Noah will bring her back. The two of them join Shiro, Jai, Lorna, Drew, and Rachel and leave Victoria. Shiloh helps Diego carry Claire to the infirmary. On top of Michael's lab, lies Lorna's sickle, which she has abandoned. 
Noah apologises to Angie but says his community needs Alexis. Angie leaves. Noah demands to know where Michael's research is located. Alexis reveals she destroyed it but memorised all of his papers. When Noah accuses her of lying, she claims there were two hundred and seven pages in total that she read during bouts of insomnia. Noah says she's just saying this to keep herself alive. She agrees and tells him when they first met, he warned her that if they did anything to him, his people would take Victoria. She believed him so after things went badly between the two of them, she knew she had to prepare herself for this exact scenario that has played out. Noah says he will get to the bottom of whether she's lying or not and takes her prisoner. 
Georgie approaches a wounded Blaine, who struggles to his feet. He begins to plead with her for help and tries to pin everything onto Alexis. He offers her stashes of food and weapons if she helps him get out of the area. Georgie sternly tells him to stop. She informs him that he killed the man she loved and tells Blaine his name was Calvin. He orders Blaine to say it, which he does. Georgie tells Blaine he's going to his grave, but before he does, she wants him to know what he inflicted upon her, someone he had never even met. She says because of him she never got the chance to tell Calvin she was carrying his baby. She then coldly executes Blaine with a bullet to the head. Donna approaches, having overheard. Georgie tells her not to say a word to anyone. Donna says they need to leave, which they do. 
Alexis is led outside by Noah, who is carrying Stephen. She notices Blaine's body across town. Howie hurries over and tells Alexis they need to put a committee back together and have an emergency meeting. He suggests he take over as leader of the town. Alexis pulls a gun out of her jacket and shoots him in the head. Noah is furious she had a secret gun and takes it from her. He asks her if killing Howie was necessary. Alexis says he was going to die anyway and Noah had no idea how irritating he was. He says he was starting to get the idea. As Coleman hurries into the infirmary to try and help Claire, Noah hands Stephen over to Angie as he can't concentrate on holding him and keeping Alexis in line. Alexis is horrified and pleads with Angie to look after him. Noah leads Alexis out. As she leaves, she sees Matt staring at her from his house. He turns her back on her and walks away. Alexis then leaves Victoria for good. 
Coleman apologises to Diego and tells her that Claire is gone. Charlotte apologises to Zahra for Catelyn's loss. Zahra looks at Coleman and demands to know how she died. Coleman admits he put something in her drip after Alexis ordered him to let her go. He apologises and said he really did try to save her. Furious, Zahra raises her cane and whacks Coleman over the head repeatedly, killing him. The group are shocked but have no time to react as a horde begins to make its way inside. The remaining survivors Angie, Charlotte, Shiloh, Diego, Zahra, and Stephen head for the main gate, taking out zombies as they go. They are approached by three who are taken out by Javier, Bobby, and Lydia-Jean, who have turned up to help, revealing Javier was the person who turned up at Noah's facility. Javier said he saw Midway and thought the worst. Angie hugs him. As the group prepare to leave, a furious Monty holds them at gunpoint, angry at the group's continued attacks on Victoria. Shiloh tells Monty to look at the dead approaching from behind and insists he see sense. Charlotte invites Monty to come with them, but he refuses. Bobby attempts to go anyway, but Monty shoots him in the leg. An enraged Javier responds by shooting Monty dead. Bobby insists to the others that he can walk so they leave. 
As they flee Victoria with the undead approaching from all sides, Bobby, who is slower than the others, is grabbed and bitten by a zombie who was presumed dead as she was lying on the floor. Angie, Javier, and the others are mortified as Bobby is feasted on by zombies. Bobby screams for Javier to take Angie and go, knowing she won't leave him and will get herself killed. A reluctant Javier tells Bobby he loves him in Spanish and picks up Angie and carries her away. She is hysterical and demands Javier put her down. Zahra, Stephen, and Diego follow, as does a tearful Lydia-Jean after Shiloh forces her. Charlotte demands Shiloh hang back with her and take out the dead so she can put Bobby out of his misery. She is successful and puts an arrow in his head, ending his suffering. The two then hurry to catch-up with the others. 
Sometime after, Drew returns to Noah's facility after a brief search outside and says there's no sign of the others. Henry, who is worried about Shiloh, suggests they send a group out, but Drew says he saw at least three different hordes in ten minutes. Elaine assures Henry that they will survive as they know how. Noah is furious that he can't get through to any of his superiors. 
Georgie visits Alexis who is being held in the infirmary. She suggests she a bit nicer after being rude to Cecilia who tended to her wound. Georgie says she wanted Blaine dead but wouldn't lose sleep if the group decided to do away with her as well. She says after all these months of hearing about this powerful woman who led a safe-town and and had an army at her disposal, she expected something a bit more impressive. She leaves. Bernadette enters and smiles smugly, telling Alexis she's enjoying the spoils. 
As Jai recovers in a bed, Cecilia tells a relieved Shiro he's going to be all right. 
Peter catches up with Lorna and says she seems to be doing well all things considered. She agrees. Peter is taken aback and thrilled when Lorna says she would like to try and see Beatrice over the course of the next few days. After Peter leaves, Lorna begins to talk to herself and says that Eli is not there and never was but she made herself see him and talk to him as she was terrified of being alone whilst at the same time being around good people wasn't a good idea as she was violent and wanted to lash out. She says Eli was useful for that as he kept her angry and determined. She says she has to stop now. 
Noah takes Alexis into his control room and tells her to sit down. He ignores a question about whether Stephen has arrived at the facility and says when he returns momentarily she best be prepared to talk. After he's gone, a call comes in from Anthony. Alexis answers and Anthony is furious and demands she put Noah on. She says she can't. He says he needs to pass on details of the extraction and refuses to give the details to Alexis when she offers to take them. He says the facility he is based at is under attack by the undead so there will be no further contact from him after this call. He then asks Alexis if she's ready to receive the information. She smiles and tells him to go ahead. 
==Deaths==
*Yvonne
*Mel
*Casey
*Noreen
*Lawrence
*Laurie
*Carlos
*Reginald
*Blaine Monteghue
*Howie
*Claire
*Richard Coleman
*Trudy (Confirmed Fate/Zombified)
*Monty
*Bobby de Luca
==Trivia==
*Last appearance of Calvin Cutler. (Flashback)
*Last appearance of Midway. (Flashback)
*Last appearance of Yvonne.
*Last appearance of Mel.
*Last appearance of Casey.
*Last appearance of Noreen.
*Last appearance of Lawrence.
*Last appearance of Laurie.
*Last appearance of Carlos.
*Last appearance of Reginald.
*Last appearance of Blaine Monteghue.
*Last appearance of Howie.
*Last appearance of Matt.
*Last appearance of Claire.
*Last appearance of Richard Coleman.
*Last appearance of Trudy. (Zombified)
*Last appearance of Monty.
*Last appearance of Bobby de Luca.
*Last appearance of Victoria.
*This episode marks the twenty-fifth appearance of Lorna.
*In this episode, Blaine and Bobby become the seventh and eighth main characters to die.
*The title of this episode comes from a line Coleman said to Alexis in the previous episode when he repeated something Jenson once said to him about Blaine being the end of Victoria.
*It's revealed Trudy was killed by the horde she was forced to lead away in Now. Before. After., as she returns to the compound as a zombie.
*As of this episode, Lydia-Jean is the sole surviving member of Blaine's old group and Angie is the only surviving member of her family.
*This episode has broken the record for the largest number of living character deaths with fifteen. It takes over from the first season finale Dead Man's Trigger and the episode Quid Pro Quo which were tied with eleven deaths each.
*Georgie becomes the first character to fall pregnant post-apocalypse in this episode as she reveals she is carrying Calvin's baby.
*Despite both being main characters for two seasons, Alexis and Georgie meet for the first time in thirty-six episodes.
*Cecilia says she will go "Kevin McCallister on their asses" when referring to the mystery person about the enter the facility. This is a reference to the young character played by Macaulay Culkin in the Home Alone movies, who sets up traps and fights off against burglars.
*Bobby is shot in both the first episode of season two and the last, both at Victoria. In Winterhodge Again he is shot as he attempts to approach, in this episode he is shot as he prepares to leave.
**Charlotte is with him on both occasions.