Chapter 30

Chapter 30 is the ninth episode of Season 3: Long Road Ahead of The Walking Dead.
==Plot==
Nearly two hours later, the train is moving but has yet to reach Savannah. Lee enters the boxcar to find Clementine alone, sitting along the edge of the doorway and watching the surrounding forest zip by. Lee joins her, asking if she was alright and if she understood what had happened when Chuck had told her. She says that she understood, but was still upset because Chuck had warned her that what had happened to Duck would happen to her as well. Angered, Lee leaves the boxcar and goes to the outside railing of the engine car. Lee challenges Chuck's assertion and demands he explain himself for telling a little girl such a thing as that. Chuck, calm, tells Lee that he had a purpose in telling her such a thing: she would die if Lee continued to treat her like a little girl. Chuck then brings up the group's lack of a tangible plan and tells Lee that he should involve Clementine in his decisions. He asks that Lee think of an appropriate plan and share it with Clementine and then teach her how to use a weapon should anything happen to him. He also implores Lee to take some scissors from his pack and cut her hair, as it would only give walkers and other people something to grab onto when they attacked her. Although Lee expresses reluctance to expose Clementine to the harsh realities of the world, Chuck convinces him that as long as she was alive, none of the previous applications about her size, strength or gender would no longer matter. Chuck then admits to Lee that his reasoning for asking this of Lee was because he had already seen too many people die and he had no desire to watch another little girl die.
Lee thanks Chuck for the advice and leaves him to go back to Clementine. He finds Kenny sitting alone in the engine car and offers some quiet reassurance. Kenny, cold to any sort of sympathy, ignores all of Lee's attempts to discuss their current predicament. Lee mentions to him that he wanted to apologize for not telling him about his past, but Kenny dismisses it and tells him that he did a lot for him and his family, and he believes Katjaa would be okay with him. Lee leaves him to his own thoughts and goes back to the boxcar for Clementine. He tells her about what Chuck had told him and gently insists that the two of them are a team, and that every team needs a plan. He displays his pistol and tells her that she needs to know how to defend herself. He teaches her the basic knowledge of how to aim and shoot, also offering her some token words on how specifically she could improve her shooting. Lee finds a few glass bottles from Chuck's gatherings and sets them up on top of a cardboard box. Lee helps Clementine correct her stance and aim with two bottles before she is able to hit a third by herself with no assistance. Proud of her, Lee assures Clementine that one day, she would be able to shoot walkers too if needed. Afterward, Lee takes the scissors from Chuck's supplies and informs Clementine of the practicality of shortening her hair. She is hesitant to part with her hair, but Lee makes the final decision to cut it. She questions him on his actions before the outbreak and whether or not killing was bad at this point as he cuts her hair. Lee tells her that killing isn't good, but necessary to protect people he cares about. When her hair gets short enough to his liking, Lee ties them back and tells her she looks cute and a lot safer now. Lee leaves Clementine to go search for a map as Chuck suggested. He passes Ben, who is deep in thought and oblivious to Lee's presence. Sandy is leaning against the railing watching the train pass the area and asks Lee if he's doing alright after what he had to do with Duck. Lee assures her that he's alright and asks her if she's doing alright, saying he hasn't had time to talk to her about everything with how fast it all unfolded. Sandy tells him that she's coming to terms with what has happened in the span of 14 hours (to her knowledge) and wishes things had worked out differently. After a moment of silence between the two, Lee brings up his past to Sandy, wanting to explain to her what happened. Sandy mentions to him that Meg told her that she recognized Lee when they all first met, and she originally thought Meg meant Lee was famous for something, but understands now why Meg thought he looked familiar. She goes on by saying that his actions for the group and for Clementine have shown her who he truly is and believes that whoever Lee killed must have deserved it for him to kill him. Sandy tells him to let the past stay in the past, adding that it doesn't define him. Lee thanks her and asks if she's seen any maps laying around. Sandy tells him that she grabbed a map from the map bin in the engine car and hands it to him. Lee thanks her and leaves to return to Clementine. Before entering the boxcar, Ben stops him with the sudden revelation that he had been the one supplying the bandits with the supplies. Shocked, Lee asks why he had done it, and Ben tries to excuse his actions by explaining that the bandits had threatened to kill his friend, but Ben had been unable to break off the deal when he discovered that his friend had never been with them. Apologetic, Ben returns to his silence and offers no further comment without Lee asking for one. Lee goes back to Clementine with the map and gives his position on what to do upon their arrival, and the plan to continue searching for a boat. However, Clementine only wants to look for her parents, Lee eventually agrees to look for them. The two decide to look near the Marsh House, where she last knew her parents were staying. At the conclusion of Lee's preparations to make Clementine safer, Kenny suddenly shouts from the engine compartment for everybody to brace themselves as the brakes are engaged.
Once the train comes to a complete stop, Kenny watches dumbly at an overpass in front of them with a petroleum tanker hanging from the bridge that is blocking the train's path. The whole group dismounts from the train, Kenny loudly announcing his displeasure with a series of curses. Ben suggests leaving the train behind and walking, but Kenny immediately shoots the idea down. Sandy suggests driving through it since they have more firepower with the train to move it. Kenny curtly tells her that the tanker is filled with gasoline, not milk. Irritated by the response, Sandy tells him he needs to get himself together and focus on the group and Clementine. Kenny angrily tells her she doesn't understand his grief at losing Katjaa and Duck so recently. Sandy reminds Kenny about her sister's death, saying she knows something about the grieving process. She tells him she's just trying to help, calling him an asshole. Kenny once again responds by noting his wife and son have just died. Now agitated as well, Sandy reminds him about her sister's death, Doug's death, Mark's death, her parents' probable death and tells him that the group's all been dealing with the same losses. Before Sandy and Kenny's argument escalates further, they are interrupted by a voice. "Yo! If you keep screaming like that, you're gonna get your face chewed off." A man exclaims. A woman asks them if they're trouble or not, otherwise, they're gonna keep walking. Lee tells them they're friendly. The man asks if they needed help, citing the wreck in front of the train. They request for Lee to meet them upon the bridge by climbing a ladder against the bridge's column. Lee introduces himself, learning their names as Christa and Omid. Omid points out Clementine, who had followed Lee up the ladder without his knowledge and gets excited that they had "a kid" with them. Christa notices that Lee was not Clementine's father and asks what their story was. Lee gives his own story and that of their previous day with Duck and Katjaa and how they had lost the motel. Christa offers to help them move the train, but warns him that she and Omid would leave at the first sign of trouble with them.
==Credits==
*Lee Everett
*Sandy Warren
*Clementine
*Kenny Jones
*Ben Paul
*Charles
*Christa
*Omid
==Deaths==
*None
==Trivia==
*First appearance of Christa.
*First appearance of Omid.
*Ben is revealed to have been the one giving the bandits supplies.