Henry Ward (Remake)

## Henry Ward

 Former supply runner and *de facto* leader of the Clarkson Survivors *(Post-apocalypse)*
Leader of his group *(Post-apocalypse)*
Former worker, guard and soldier for Hometown *(Post-apocalypse)*
Former leader of the Pioneers *(Post-apocalypse)*
Former worker, co-head of security and leader of Greencole *(Post-apocalypse)*
Former soldier for Delta Force *(Post-apocalypse)*
Former co-leader of the Militia *(Post-apocalypse)*
Leader of the Rangers *(Post-apocalypse)*

### Family

Kieron Worth - half-brother
(Unnamed) - mother
(Unnamed) - father
Jess Black - ex-lover *(deceased)*
Alex Junior - son *(deceased)*
Holly Maxson - wife
Hope Ward - daughter
Eric Ward - son
Layla Ward - daughter
Kyle Granger - adoptive son
Emma Goode - ward
Boy - pet *(deceased)*

### Residence

Graystone
Greencole *(formerly)*
Hometown *(formerly)*
Ranger Station, Iron Mountain National Park *(formerly)*
Clarkson High School *(formerly)*

## Appearances

"*Hey! You feel that? **That's fear**. And that's exactly what they want you to feel. They want you to **panic**. To **run**. To **beg for mercy**. Will you? **Will you?!** [...] No, because we know what **fear** really is. They think it's a weakness. It's **not**. It's a **weapon**. It's **our** weapon. Fear reminds us that we're **alive**. Not like them...they're **cold**. They fear **nothing**. They're no better than **the dead!** And they will use that. They'll give us **everything** they have...so we'll respond in turn. We'll give them **our** fear. Fear for our friends. Our homes. Our **loved ones**. Fear...of loss...of losing...**feel it**. Let it sharpen your minds, strengthen your arms, your **spirits!** Cause we're not like them...we are **not the walking dead!** **We're alive!** [...] **Face your fears!***"
—Henry's speech to the communities before the final battle[src]

**Henry Ward** is one of the two protagonists and a survivor of the outbreak in *Strain Zero* and the joint deuteragonist of the *Shadows* miniseries. He is a British exchange student at Clarkson High School in the United States who became the leader of his fellow students as they cleared out the dead and secured the school while they waited for rescue. A year later, when the school was lost, Henry led his group on a fateful quest to Port Collier in search of safety, only to flee into Iron Mountain State Forest with Holly and Emma after the demise of most of their group.

After almost a year of surviving in the forest, Henry was again forced to confront the perils of the New World when he was separated from his family and eventually found them at Hometown, a community of survivors in Iron Mountain. Over the course of three months, Henry rose to become a trusted lieutenant to the community's leader, Stoffman, only to turn against the community because of their apathy towards Stoffman's crimes. Forming an alliance with Drew Stanton and his group, Henry led a successful escape that threw the entire community into chaos, sustaining three awful facial scars in the process. Surviving his wounds, Henry drew up a new plan for his group to cross the Sylvania Mountains and find "Greencole", a supposed safe-zone located far to the west. After leading both his group and Drew's against the Iron Bandits, Henry became leader of a united group as they began a long journey west to find a new home.

After months of walking west, determined to keep his people together, Henry directed them to the apparently abandoned city of Fargo, where they encountered a dangerous army of survivors called the Innocents. Separated from his group and tortured by Bart Rhodes, Henry barely escaped with the help of dissident Katrina and encountered a young survivor named Kyle Granger, whom he subsequently took under his wing. Agreeing to aid the domers in a final stand-off against Bart Rhodes and his legions, Henry faced Bart alone and prevailed, rallying other survivors to his cause of building a new society and make the dangerous trek to Adams Air Force Base.

Five years after settling Greencole with the Pioneers, Henry had stepped down from leadership to concentrate on his family and the repairs to Wolf Dam. Despite his attempts to move on from the horrors of the road, Henry became convinced that a potential threat was living beyond the dam and headed out to investigate. There he came face to face with a hostile cult known as the Frontiersmen and was horrified to discover his old friend James was among them. When Emma was taken by James during the burning of Greencole, a vengeful Henry faced him and reluctantly walked away when Emma asked that James be spared.

Once they returned home, the community was met by a group of soldiers, who invited Henry to meet their commander at Adams Air Force Base. After discovering that the Commander was his long-lost brother Kieron, Henry secured his group's residence at Graystone while agreeing to fight for Delta Force across their network, only to rebel against his brother and form the Militia with the leaders of Prescott and Fairbanks. Once the war had ended he married Holly and took command of the newly-formed rangers.

After twelve years of peace in the Commonwealth, Henry considered retiring from the rangers and passing on their leadership to Emma. These plans were derailed by the arrival of a mysterious girl named Lucy, followed by the creature known as "Nines", and his attempted assassination by Florence on orders from Antony Eden, president of the neighbouring Republic.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

Henry is a notably calm, smart and level-headed survivor who, despite the horrors of the apocalypse, finds himself as the voice of reason among his group. Determined and loyal to a fault, Henry is willing to do whatever it takes to keep his people safe, even if the necessary actions cross the moral line of those around him and sometimes even his own.

From the outset, Henry has been shown at times to be paranoid, aggressive, untrusting and rageful, the latter particularly when those he cares about are placed in danger; it is possible that he has undiagnosed anger issues. It is clear that Henry does not enjoy the burden of leadership - he often seeks out the opinions of others to reassure his decision making or refuses to make important decisions altogether - and that he believes he is responsible for the lives of everyone in his group, causing the weight of any failure to devastate him. As a result, he finds it difficult to connect with those around him and express his true feelings. He starts the series with a strict moral compass that quickly wanes as he is forced to commit increasingly desperate and violent acts in order to survive and protect his friends.

While typically stoic and even cold, Henry's emotional armour can dramatically break if he undergoes enough anguish; this was best demonstrated by his heartfelt and vengeful response to learning Alex was at fault for the loss of the school and the death of Daniel, and Henry concluded that the only reason he wouldn't kill Alex or reveal his secret was because it could tear the group apart. In that same threat, Henry reveals that he is terrified of how far he would go just to hurt someone. Following Alex's death in Hopeville, Henry puts his own life on the line just to take his anger out on someone, that being Francis, and later expresses no remorse for the destruction of Hopeville and the deaths of its residents. All this hints that the chaos of the apocalypse is twisting him into a much darker and brutal survivor willing to do anything to keep his own people alive, regardless of what happens to others.

By the beginning of the second season, Henry has been completely broken by the events of Port Collier, consumed by so much guilt over his own failures that he prefers to keep himself, Holly and Emma isolated from the rest of the world just so he does not have to go through the pain of losing anyone else, even to their detriment. The traumatic events of the previous year have snapped something in Henry, and he is no longer afraid to maim, torture and kill those who stand between him and those he loves, revealing a stark change in his moral compass compared to his former self. Despite the merciless brutality he has began showing to his enemies, Henry remains troubled by his own actions, justifying them by telling himself that any action that goes towards safeguarding his loved ones is necessary. Despite this, Henry remains accepting of other survivors, including the dysfunctional group led by Drew Stanton and the lonesome Mike Trapp, and grew to trust them enough that he invited them to accompany his group on their journey to Greencole.

Nine months after the fall of Hometown, during *Season 3: Remake*, Henry has developed an uncharacteristicly cold and apathetic streak. The burden of leadership has begun to take its toll on him, making him irritable, short-tempered and impatient. In keeping with his development from *Season 2: Remake*, he appears much more indifferent to violence and thus is more than willing to unleash his full brutality on those who stand in his way. Despite the threat posed by the Innocents, particularly their leader Bart Rhodes, Henry remains openly defiant and confrontational, even when his own life is put at risk, and threatened Rhodes with death and suffering despite being brutally beaten. He has also developed a slight vindictive streak as he was willing to select Stephan to be sacrificed in "*Consequences*" due to Stephan's earlier actions against him.

All of the violence and brutality that Henry has commited comes to a head at Adams Air Force Base when he rescues Holly and the others from Grenowich and the Ravagers. Unlike the Innocents, Henry believes that the Ravagers cannot be reasoned with and even seems to enjoy killing them. Deapite this, he displays shame in the aftermath and practically begs his group to keep their faith in him as they move on to Wolf Dam.

By "*Divide*", five years after escaping the base and establishing Greencole, Henry has appeared to have softened and adapted a more open, calm, optimistic and carefree persona. He has apparently accepted the community's new mission of living rather than just surviving and seems to have moved on from the violent, brutal persona that dominated his life before Greencole was settled. Fatherhood has made Henry a more patient, attentive and caring man and he has stepped down from leadership of Greencole in order to focus on his family, passing the role over to the more level-headed David.

However, it later becomes apparent that this persona is completely false, a mask to hide the violent urges and fighting instincts that Henry developed while on the road, in order to "fit in" with the peaceful society that the Pioneers have built. It is almost certain that Henry suffers from PTSD as a result of all the violence and anxiety that he and his group suffered on their journey to Adams Air Force Base, and that instead of facing his issues he has decided to hide them from those he cares about. He gradually becomes convinced that a threat lives beyond the dam and completely abandons his family and persona by digging up his old equipment and heading out into the wilderness, where he feels he truly belongs. His resurfaced trauma is only worsened when he comes face-to-face with James Cottingham, his former best friend who was now part of the very threat that caused Henry to break the promises he had made to his family.

Henry's unexpected encounter with his long-lost half-brother Kieron, leader of Delta Force, forces him back into the leader/soldier role that he thought he had left behind. He immediately comes to blows with Delta Force's authoritarian rule over both his people and the other communities and builds a strong rapport with the other leaders, especially the eccentric Samuel. This conflict with Delta Force spirals into full-scale rebellion when Henry and the Militia purposely sabotage Wolf Dam. During the resulting war that later expands into a conflict with the Frontiersmen, Henry refuses to fall back into his vengeful ways and instead seeks to work with Delta Force rather than defeat them. This newfound peacefulness is also directed at the Frontiersmen and inspires Kieron's troops to convince him to end his campaign against the cult.

Twelve years later, in *Season 7: Remake*, Henry has left behind the violence, coldness and anger that once defined him and adopted a more peaceful, carefree, optimistic, hopeful and warm persona with a slightly mischievous sense of humour. He enjoys puns and dad jokes and sees himself as an "old man" - despite being less than 40 in 2023 - due to the wear and tear of the apocalypse on his body.

Henry occasionally reveals a more tender, vulnerable and dorky side, with passions for ciphers, linguistics, music, engineering and poetry being especially prominent. He has some aptitude with the guitar and a deep interest in classic rock, blues and folk music. In "*Divide*" he is shown to have learned woodworking and constructed several shelves, a bookcase and even the body of a guitar. He reveals in "*Rules*" that he enjoys birdwatching and can recognise certain birds by their calls. In "*A New Beginning*", Henry shows Hope his hobby room, complete with a stacked bookshelf, a selection of movies, guitars and a woodworking station.

### Skills & Abilities

Henry is resourceful, cunning, vengeful and determined, possessing strong leadership skills. As the chaos of the apocalypse begins to change him, his attitude and attacks become terrifying intense, likely a way to intimidate his enemies and overcome his own fears.

Thanks to training by Justinas, Henry is skilled with his sidearm and handy with a rifle, although his fighting skill lies in melee weapons; throughout *Season 1: Remake*, Henry utilizes a hatchet against walkers and humans alike, and later switches to a machete before finally ending up with his axe. These weapons, with his large size and ferocious fighting style, make him a physically overwhelming opponent. However, his ferocity can prove to be a weakness, with his own attacks sometimes disrupting his balance and allowing opponents to get the upper hand. Nonetheless, he has been shown to be a more than capable combatant skilled with dealing with a variety of threats, from zombies to enemies far larger and stronger than himself. His ability was proven by no better example than when he managed to fight off several Innocents, including the hulking Mikhail, after undergoing several days of torture. Henry has also prevailed over enemies considered to be his equal, such as Stoffman and Bart Rhodes, albeit while sustaining life-threatening injuries.

Henry also demonstrates moments of social ineptness and difficulty reading social cues during moments of calm, wheras during tense situations he can often read a threat's intentions based solely on their body language.

Almost a year of surviving in Iron Mountain State Forest has transformed Henry into a skilled tracker, hunter and killer. The sparse supplies have led to Henry becoming much more cunning and resourceful, and he often utilizes improvised weapons such as pieces of wood, traps, stones and Molotov cocktails. He has also learned how to set broken bones and suture wounds, albeit in a messy and painful manner. His dexterity is impressive, and he has grown comfortable using a variety of weapons, making him one of the group's best fighters.

Although he often finds himself in a leadership role, Henry lacks the charisma demonstrated by many of the group leaders he encounters, such as Stoffman and Bart Rhodes; by comparison his leadership style is very chaotic and assertive, bordering on dictatorial, which can lead to tension within the group. He usually chooses the most straightforward option in a given situation and typically thinks on his feet, especially in combat; he also struggles taking orders from others. He himself acknowledges these flaws by the events of "*Divide*", where he has forsaken leadership in favour of the more level-headed David. Nonetheless, Henry is still considered the overall leader of the group as he has led them through countless challenges; for many, Henry is what binds them all together thanks to his selflessness and unwavering resilience.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Not much is yet known about Henry's life before the outbreak. He was born in 1986 in the United Kingdom, and met his friends through school. During his childhood, he would occasionally exchange letters with his American half-brother, Kieron Worth. Henry experienced a decent childhood, with his parents being a big influence on him. Both of his grandfathers served in World War Two, and one taught him how to fire a gun. He made a small number of friends, including a particularly close friendship with fellow student James Cottingham, with whom he developed a cipher, and Alex Sutton. In September 2003, Henry signed up for a two week trip to the United States and was joined by most of his fellow classmates. His reasons for joining the trip are unknown, although it was possibly to finally meet his brother.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1: Remake

Searching a ruined supermarket for much-needed supplies, weathered survivors Henry, Sarah and Ben find themselves cornered by runners, zombies that have only recently reanimated. With their exit blocked by several clusters of slower "walkers", the trio are forced to climb through a wrecked helicopter up to the roof. As Henry lifts Sarah up to the roof, the helicopter blades he is stood on collapse, causing him to fall to the ground and become pinned under the blades just as a runner approaches him.
Months earlier, a sleep deprived Henry wakes up in a maths class and half-listens to the teacher, Mr Dawid, who begins coughing and secretly spits out blood. At lunch, Henry sits down with his fellow exchange students - best friend James, Holly, Alex, Jess, Sarah, Ben and Aaron - and falls asleep during their conversation due to severe insomnia. All around them, teachers and older students are coughing and growing pale. Later, while the group rest at their student house, they are joined by Russian student Justinas, who has been away with the Army Cadets. Before he heads to bed, Henry re-reads the final letter from his half-brother, K. Worth, and circles the date of their intended meet-up.
The following morning, Henry and the other exchange students are suddenly rushed out of their classroom as the military turns up at the school. One by one, the adults begin to vomit blood and transform into agile, ravenous creatures that begin to attack and devour the younger students. The exchange students are pushed into a supply closet by a teaching assistant, who is promptly killed by an adult.
Many hours later, the group emerge to find the halls abandoned and bloodied, and Henry is forced to kill a ravenous Mr Dawid with a metal pole. Looking over his body, the group realize that Mr Dawid is slowly decomposing and is, technically, dead. The group are able to fortify a few hallways and classrooms, where they find a military radio broadcasting an evacuation signal. Meanwhile, James discovers a young girl, Emma, comforting special needs student Daniel and takes them in.
A week passes and nobody comes to rescue them, and the emergency evacuation signal is now playing on a loop. Realizing that they will be in the school for a long time, the group makes a plan to recover weapons and building supplies to fortify the school and secure more living space. With the rest of the group terrified and panicking, Henry takes command and assigns everyone a task, with him and Justinas heading out to find weapons. While checking out a workshop on school grounds, Henry finds and takes a hatchet, which he uses to break open an army truck and allowing them to take the weapons inside, including several Glock pistols and a single assault rifle, which Justinas takes. While on their way back, the two hear screams coming from a nearby house. Inside, they find and kill two zombies and find a teenage girl, bleeding from a bite wound to her neck. She asks the pair to kill her, revealing that being bitten causes humans to turn into zombies, but both Henry and Justinas refuse, unwilling to kill a living person, and lock her in her room while she pleads for death.
Returning to the school, Henry and Justinas find the secure zone under attack by zombies. Using a back entrance, the two are able to get to the others before the zombies break through. Handing out the weapons they found, Henry leads the group in a counterattack of the zombies, slowly clearing them out once they discover the zombies can be killed by shooting them in the head. Empowered by their victory, the group decide to call the creatures "walkers", finding "zombie" too ridiculous and terrifying to say.

"Friend Or Foe"
Four months after the outbreak began, the group have continued to survive within Clarkson High School, but are succumbing to hunger, boredom, exhaustion and paranoia. Tensions are running high within the group, and the food is almost gone.
While on a supply run, a team led by Henry encounter a young man whose arms have been severed under attack by walkers. Despite killing most, they are unable to save him from being bitten. He tries to warn them about something with his last words but dies before he can finish.
Back at the school, Henry is joined by Jess, who reveals that she is pregnant with Alex's baby. Justinas then calls up and Henry joins him. Brothers Matthew and Kyle Mitchell from a nearby farm approach their games and offer food and shelter in exchange for fuel and medicine. The group accepts, though remain uneasy about them. They are introduced to the farm's owner, Andre, who they are shocked to discover is an adult, possibly one of the last remaining on Earth. While there, Henry and Sarah decide to investigate Andre's claims that walkers have breached the fence in an attempt to make themselves useful. Although they deal with the walkers, they hear screaming in the woods. Heading into the trees, they discover a group of bandits raping a woman and run away once the bandits spot them.
Reporting back, Henry and Sarah are joined by Jess, Alex, Aaron, Ben, Holly, James and Emma; Justinas and Daniel have stayed behind to guard the school. Deciding to try and rescue the girl, Henry and Sarah recruit James, Alex, Matthew and Kyle to head into the forest. Deep inside, they discover the bandit's camp and try to negotiate for the girl's freedom. The bandits appear to know the brothers but Kyle kills their leader before they can divulge more information.
The confrontation descends into a gunfight; still refusing to kill the living, Henry and his group decide to provide covering fire for the brothers. At the end, Henry confronts the brothers for what they have done but is attacked by the reanimated bandit leader. Matthew reveals that being bitten is not the only way one can become a walker; simply the act of dying can cause one to turn. Overwhelmed by this revelation, the group heads back to the farm.
While sleeping in the barn, Henry hears distant screaming and goes to investigate. Avoiding the brothers and the other farm resident, Lisa, Henry discovers a basement and descends. Meanwhile, the others are woken up by Lisa and the brothers, who tell them they are needed in the house. In the basement, Henry discovers several bags of meat, as well as dismembered human bodies, including several of the bandits and the girl that they went to rescue. Henry is confronted by Andre, armed with a cleaver, who easily incapacitates Henry.
In the house, the others are joined by Henry, at which point Andre reveals that the Family are cannibals who made a deal with the bandits to deliver living victims to serve as food; Holly realizes that the man they found that morning was one of their victims who escaped. James manages to free himself of his bounds and tries to attack, but Matthew easily knocks him out. The others are also knocked unconscious by rifle blocks to the head.
When Henry wakes up, he finds himself and the others - excluding Holly, Sarah and Emma - locked in a freezing refrigerator filled with hanging, butchered bodies. With no weapons and no way out, the group quickly descends into arguing. Alex lashes out at Henry, blaming him for their situation and that the group should have left Renton months ago and headed for the origin of the emergency broadcast.
They are interrupted by Jess, who is violently sick and reveals to Alex that she is pregnant. She then yells at him for blaming Henry for everything and not taking on the burden of leadership despite all of his complaining. Alex is overcome with the news that he will be a father and comes up with the rational idea to lure the brothers to the fridge by faking an illness. With Jess only dry heaving, Henry chocks himself and vomits while Alex and James bash on the door, drawing Matthew to them. Just as Matthew deduces that Henry is not ill, Jess throws up on him, giving the boys the chance to wrestle Matthew and grab his gun. Escaping, the group grabs their weapons while Alex shoots Matthew in the hand, blowing off his fingers, before sealing him inside the fridge.
Meanwhile, in the house, Kyle becomes distracted by the sound of gunshots and decides to investigate; however, he is stopped by Lisa, who bashes him over the head with a shovel. She then lets Sarah, Holly and Emma go before killing Kyle by cracking his skull. As the girls run away, Holly sees Lisa kill herself via gunshot to the head. The group are reunited but Henry refuses to leave just yet; believing that Andre will inevitably recruit a new group, he decides to kill him and end his reign of terror. While the others raid the farm house for food and supplies, Henry descends into the basement, where he confronts Andre with a rifle. Realizing he is out of ammo, he challenges Andre to a melee fight.
At first, the taller and stronger Andre is able to overwhelm Henry, forcing him back up the surface. While the others are distracted by walkers, Henry is shoved through a glass greenhouse, marking up his face. Relying on Justinas' combat training, Henry kicks Andre in the knees, weakening him, before beginning a rageful assault on him, using his hatchet to cut and lacerate Andre's torso. With Andre defeated, Henry finds himself unable to kill him until Holly silently grants him reassurance. Henry then axes Andre over the head, killing him, before he and James use gasoline to set the farm alight.
Finally home, the group reunites with Justinas and Daniel. Henry receives treatment for his wounds from Holly and they appear to connect while James watches jealously from a distance.

"A Long Road Ahead"
Eight months have passed since the events on Andre's farm, marking one year since the global outbreak. Since their confrontation with the Family, the Clarkson Survivors have been living off the canned food they recovered from the farm, but once again are running low. Despite seemingly being the only survivors remaining in Renton, every house and street appears to be cleaned out. Jess' pregnancy has advanced significantly, and she is in her final few weeks.
Henry, Sarah and Ben decide to go out on a supply run to a collapsing supermarket, cutting forward to the prologue of "*It Begins*". Trapped beneath a helicopter blade, Henry shouts to Sarah and Ben and tells them to leave him. He is almost caught off guard by a walker, but is able to pierce its stomach with his hatchet before stabbing it in the head with a small knife. Covered in the walker's blood, Henry is able to crawl out from under the helicopter blade and prepares to attack the other walkers around him. Strangely, however, they ignore him and don't appear to even know he is there. Taking his chance, Henry evades a couple of runners and flees outside, still covered in foul-smelling blood.
Making his way back through the streets, Henry sees Sarah and Ben up ahead, pursued by runners while other walkers continue to ignore him. Theorizing that the walker blood covering him is masking his scent, Henry is able to move among the dead and slowly kill them one by one. When he finally reaches Sarah and Ben, however, Henry collapses to the ground in pain, having fractured several ribs when he fell.
Waking up back at the school, Henry is cared for by Holly, who wraps bandages around his torso to apply some compression. While Holly gives her prediction for Jess' due date, Henry changes into his cleaned and ruined clothes before hearing an argument outside his room. Investigating, he finds Alex and Sarah once more at odds, with Alex claiming that they should have left the school a long time ago and it is time that they leave Renton for what they believe is a safe-zone 100 miles away in the state capital of Port Collier; Sarah advocates for them staying put and perhaps attracting other survivors to build a community inside the school.
In pain, Henry once more excuses himself from the discussion. After taking a nap, he decides to walk the school grounds, where he discovers a large group of walkers has breached the fence. Noticing nobody is on guard, Henry rushes back into the school and orders everyone to pack up, the herd being too big to defend against. Inside, he finds everyone has fallen asleep and hastily wakes them, ordering them to collect supplies. Shocked at the danger, the group mobilise and collect various medical supplies, weapons and other essential items.
Justinas radios Henry, telling them a large group of walkers has breached the hasily-repaired hole on the western side of the school. Rushing over, Henry finds James and Daniel carrying fuel cans full of food and water, pursued by walkers. Daniel, panicked by the dead, rushes up to the roof, with walkers, Henry and James in pursuit. The two are too late, however, and find Daniel on the roof, several walkers biting his body. Although they kill the walkers, they remember that a bite is certain death. Before Henry can calm Daniel down, however, James coldly shoots Daniel, his ward, in the head, saying it is for his own good. The two then realize why Daniel fled to the roof: they discover Emma hidden behind an air duct, having been playing on the roof and just having witnessed Daniel's demise. James attempts to comfort Emma, but she acts cold towards him. Henry shouts to them that they have to move, forcing James to carry Emma downstairs. The group evacuate the school, which has become flooded with the dead, and flee into downtown Renton.
After hours searching for a suitable hideout, they stumble upon their old student residence and seal themselves inside. Overcome with grief over Daniel and the loss of their home, the group splits up for some private time. Henry discovers a dog in a neighbouring garden and shoots it upon discovering that it has eaten its own puppies to survive. He is found by Alex, and Henry finally decides that the group need to abandon Renton and head for whatever safe-zone that may exist in Port Collier.
Alex tearfully and reluctantly confesses that he sabotaged the school fence, as he wanted to demonstrate that the group could not take on a larger group of undead and would struggle to defend the school; for good measure, he drugged everyone's water so they could not stop the walkers attacking. He adds he never intended for them to lose anyone and that everyone needed to see his point. A rageful Henry grabs Alex by the collar and shoves him to the ground, growling that Daniel's death was his fault, as is the death of anyone else. However, he agrees to keep Alex's secret as any more grief could tear the group apart for good.
The group gathers in the living room that evening to debate their plan. Although Sarah suggests that the group make their way to Andre's farm and try to rebuild it, James reminds her that they burned it down. Henry then says that they are going to Port Collier, the origin of the emergency broadcast. With Jess' due date close, they decide to cut the journey time by taking a train from Renton to Port Collier. They plan to leave early in the morning, splitting into teams to gather anything that could be of use before all heading to the train station.
The next morning at first light, Henry and James head into downtown Renton and search through every building they find. James asks Henry if he really thinks this plan could work, to which Henry says that they have no other choice and will slowly starve to death if they stay in Renton. James then suddenly says that from now on he is only looking out for Emma and himself, with everyone else just providing safety in numbers. Henry angrily says that they have to stick together and, ultimately, Jess and her child are the priority. When James insults Jess, Henry accuses James of using Emma as an emotional lifeline, to which James briefly raises his rifle at Henry. Henry punches James across the jaw and the two begin wrestling on the ground, with Henry ultimately coming out on top. A bruised and bloodied James tearfully hints that he spent time in a psychiatric ward as a child and is now having "dark thoughts" that he is afraid of acting on. Henry promises James that he will look out for him before helping him to his feet.
Reunited with their group at the train station, they discover mountains of corpses, presumably the students that were evacuated from the school a year ago. They suddenly come under attack by gunfire: the few remaining Chester Woods Bandits have followed them and vow to kill them for their actions eight months ago. Although the group are able to kill the bandits - with Justinas, Ben and Aaron taking their first lives - Sarah is caught by surprise and bitten on the leg by a walker. Henry carries her inside the train station and resolves to amputate her leg to prevent the spread of the infection. With Sarah's permission, the others hold her down while Henry removes her leg with his hatchet.
Several hours later, having rested, the group begin their long walk along the train tracks in search of a locomotive. Working in shifts to carry Sarah, progress is slow and they camp for two nights on the side of the empty tracks. On the third day, however, Henry spots a train in the distance and the group hurries over. They arrive to find the train mostly derailed, having collided with traffic; they find the locomotive and two train cars intact, however, and decide to get it moving. While the others rest, Henry, Aaron and Ben - a train enthusiast - investigate the train and discover a lone survivor inside, a fidgety man with a guitar named Liam. After Liam gifts Jess some of his rations, the others allow him to rest with them.
Henry and Aaron siphon diesel from nearby cars to partially fill the train's diesel engine, and after several failed attemps due to the diesel's age the train engine finally starts. Before they climb aboard, however, Sarah tells the group that she can feel herself dying and she wants to be killed so as to no longer be a burden. Despite their arguments, Sarah does not change her mind and asks to be shot so she does not reanimate. Henry volunteers and carries her into the woods, where they have a final conversation about the kiss they shared back on the farm before Henry places the gun to her head. The others hear a gunshot and watch as Henry walks back, refusing to speak of Sarah and giving Alex a glare. Climbing aboard, the group rams the train through the crashed vehicles, now fast on their way to Port Collier.
With fuel low and the brakes damaged, the group are forced to run the train at low speed. Henry leaves the cab when he hears crashing waves and joins Justinas on the roof of the locomotive. The two have a conversation wherin Justinas thanks Henry for all the risks and sacrifices he has made as leader, and says he will continue to follow Henry because he believes that he is their best hope for survival. He finally agrees with Henry that they have to do anything they can to survive, even if that means killing others, and that Henry was right from the start, calling him a soldier and a warrior. While they talk, they spot Holly walking to the front of the locomotive and sit down; Justinas gestures to her, encouraging Henry to speak to her.
At the front of the train, Henry greets Holly and sits beside her. She asks how his chest is and Henry says he has barely noticed the pain because of everything that has happened. She inquires about James' bruised face, but Henry brushes it off and asks about Jess. Holly reveals that Jess is further along than previously thought and could go into labour within a matter of days, making it imperative that they find somewhere safe for her to give birth and raise her child. Holly also admits that she quite liked the sound of Sarah's idea to turn the school into a community. Henry expresses hope that, somewhere, such an idea has been made into a reality: a community of people, working together, accepting outsiders as one of their own to create a beacon of hope in the new world.
Holly asks how Henry has remained so hopeful despite everything, to which Henry says that he credits it to the hope that Jess and her child offer to humanity, but also to Holly: "brave healers that provide a light in the darkness, ridding woes and pains". Holly asks where that is from, and Henry replies that he once made it up in a literature class. Holly brands him a dork before they share a kiss, and the two sit in silence, watching the landscape around them.
The train continues at a relatively slow pace across Sylvania, and day turns to night. Henry is stationed once more in the cab of the locomotive when he hears an argument over the noise; Emma stomps into the cab followed by James, who continues to shout at her. He says he will not lose her like he lost Daniel; in response, Emma spits at him she doesn't want to be protected and wants to look out for herself. Henry cuts in and James says that Emma wants to learn how to shoot a gun, which he refuses to show her. Henry argues that Emma is right: she should be able to defend herself, especially now that they have no home to flee to. James puts his face up to Henry and says "you do it" before storming off to the front of the train. Henry sighs and shakes his head before leading Emma to the rear car.
Henry loads his Glock with a spare clip before passing it to Emma and drawing a rough circular target on the opposite wall with a sharpie. He instructs Emma to aim for the centre of the circle, to keep her elbows loose, and to not be afraid of either the gun or the target. While she aims, she asks why James didn't want to show this to her; Henry sighs and responds that he is just worried for her and still sees her as a kid, while Henry does not. He continues to encourage her by promising to treat her as an equal, and Emma is able to fire three consecutive shots on target. Henry congratulates her and informs her to always aim for the head, be that human or walker. Emma hugs Henry and squeezes his fractured ribs. They are interrupted by Ben, drawn by the noise, who also congratulates Emma and gifts him his own Glock 22.
In the cab, Henry and Aaron decide to stop the train so as to allow the engine to cool, and to give the others a rest from the noise. Using wood pallets they find in the back of the train, the group build a fire in the rear car and huddle around it. They share stories about their favourite walker kills and drink from Justinas' secret stash. Aaron asks Liam to tell them about himself, and Liam reveals that he travelled with another group "for a while" until they abandoned him, leaving him alone to live on the train. He confesses that he has killed before, but that he had "good reason". He then plays the group a song on his battered guitar, an acoustic rendition of New Order's "True Faith", that even Justinas sings along to. For the first time in a year, they each realize that they are truly happy. Their joy is cut short when a walker appears in the open doorway, attracted by both the music and their laughter. Cutting festivities short, they decide to rest. Henry takes up watchman shifts with Justinas and falls asleep to the sound of crashing waves.
The next morning, the group discover the train surrounded by walkers, who are unable to climb up and attack them. They decide to continue their journey to Port Collier; in the front car, Henry, Holly, James and Aaron sort out what supplies they could offer to any survivors in Port Collier to secure entry to the safe-zone. Noticing Ben's absence, Henry decides to investigate the rear cab and finds Ben's suicide note, as well as Ben's hunting knife. Realizing what has happened, Henry collapses to his knees and screams in agony, punching the hard floor repeatedly. Holly attempts to comfort him but he throws her off, having finally reached his emotional breaking point. He begins pacing madly before standing on the edge of the doorway. He asks Aaron to stop the train so they can fetch Ben's body, but Holly is able to break through to him that they don't have time. Henry desperately tries to convince them and collapses once more onto his knees, sobbing as Holly hugs him. Alex steps forward to offer an explanation for Ben's decision, but Henry roars at him to shut up, barely able to stop himself from revealing Alex's secret.
Some time passes and once more Henry sits in the locomotive, head in his hands, looking over Ben's hunting knife. Aaron enters the cab and speaks to him; Henry does not hear him and simply says that he is fine. Aaron suddenly raises his voice, demanding to know how Henry can be "fine" given everything that has happened, and laments that, if Henry has reached his breaking point, everyone else can't have long before they break down too. Henry stands up, apologises for how he was and says that they need to focus on Jess and the child now. Aaron agrees before he asks what is going on between him and Alex. Instead of answering, Henry looks past Aaron and beckons behind him. Together, they finally see the city of Port Collier in the distance.

"Around Every Corner"
The group wake up on the train and meticulously pack up their remaining supplies with few words exchanged between them. After a final check, the group abandons the train for good.
Keeping in a close formation, the group descends into the city's outskirts, only to find them completely empty and abandoned. Heading deeper, they finally come to the city proper, also eerily quiet. They slowly begin seeing evidence of military activity: abandoned vehicles and equipment, as well as bullet casings and notes.
While arguing about whether to stop and rest, the group are ambushed by a large, armed group that surrounds them. The group is introduced to their leader, Francis, who mocks their mission to find a safe have and demands that they accompany his people back to their community, Hopeville, claiming that is the only safe-zone in the entire city that remains. The group are saved by an unseen figure, who gives them cover with homemade smoke grenades. In the ensuing shootout, Aaron is shot in the leg but Henry is able to shoot Francis in the ear. Moving through several burnt houses, the group makes a run for it, ending up at a sealed-up bar, where they find a reanimated group who poisoned themselves with tainted beer.
Having made camp in the basement, the group debates their next move. Deciding to get out of Port Collier, Aaron suggests that they instead take a boat from the port and sail across the narrow portion of water to Michigan. With little choice, the group agree and Henry and Holly decide to head out.
Down at the docks, they find a single small cruising boat remaining that appears to be undamaged; a quick check reveals that both the gas tank and battery are empty. Henry's efforts to start the engine draw in several clusters of walkers that block the way that they came. Henry and Holly end up cornered in an ally with crowds of dead reaching for them, and they solemnly prepare to say goodbye. At that moment, something disperses the walkers and begins cutting away at them from the back of the cluster; the figure emerges and is revealed to be the cloaked swordsmen that saved them earlier. Calling himself Shadowman, the swordsman guides them back to the bar through the sewers, navigating in the dark by clicking his tongue and feeling the rough walls. He reveals he grew up in Port Collier and encountered Francis and his goons before the outbreak.
Arriving back at the bar, Henry and Holly introduce Shadowman to the group and tell them of their discovery at the docks. The group debate where they could find fuel and a battery, as well as medical supplies for when Jess goes into labour. Deciding that they cannot confront Hopeville directly, James proposes that they sneak into the community and steal what they need, and Shadowman - revealing himself to be completely blind - says that he can guide them to the community via the sewers using echolocation.
That night, they navigate the sewers and infiltrate the community, deciding to split up to find the stuff they need. Alex and Shadowman find fuel for the boat, during which time Shadowman reveals that his fellow orphans were killed by Hopeville soldiers.
Holly and James search for medicine, where Holly discovers military documents revealing that zombification occurs whether or not the victim has been bitten, and that the disease appeared to mutate early in the outbreak meaning that it no longer kills those who reach a certain age threshold. Meanwhile, James confronts Francis' lieutenant Gregory, who convinces James to let go of his morality; James lets Gregory go and subsequently tries to assault Holly.
Henry and Justinas break into a metal works to steal a battery. Aaron and Liam keep watch from a guard post.
With the supplies collected, the group tries to sneak out, but they are caught by Francis and his people, who were alerted by Gregory. Before they can be killed, however, an bomb set by Shadowman destroys the main wall of the community, allowing a massive herd to enter Hopeville and massacre the residents. In the chaos, Alex is shot in the neck and Liam is presumed killed, and a vengeful Henry joins Shadowman in attacking Francis. Henry shoves Francis down an elevator shaft and the group leaves, with Shadowman departing soon after. As the ruins of Hopeville smoulder, Francis is revealed to be alive when he climbs out of the shaft, bruised, bloody and angry.

"All That Remains"
The Hopeville team rush through the streets of Port Collier, avoiding or killing walkers that have been drawn out by the explosion at Hopeville. Heavily laden with supplies, they return to Sam's Bar and bash on the basement door. A nervous Emma answers and asks what the loud noise was.
The group gathers at the bar and count out the supplies they have gathered, agreeing that it is more than enough to get them to Michigan. An ill-looking Jess asks where Liam, Shadowman and Alex are; Henry answers that Liam and Shadowman are missing, but falters when he tries to tell her what happened to Alex. Jess looks at the blood on Henry's clothes and breaks down in tears as Holly comforts her. Following a moment of silence, Henry orders everyone to pack up and get ready to head to the boat. Justinas stops him and says that they need to rest, but a desperate and frustrated Henry refuses. Aaron cuts in and tells Henry to look at them all: bloodied, bruised, exhausted and terrified.
Henry shouts that there is a massive herd flooding the streets and Hopeville soldiers thirsty for revenge, so they don't have time to rest. Through her tears Jess demands to know where Alex's body is; Henry shouts that Alex wanted to be left behind to make up for what he did, forcing him to reveal that Alex was behind the walker attack on the school. The revelation shocks and horrifies the group, who demand to know why Henry didn't tell them sooner. Angered, Henry screams that he has put everything - including his own sanity - on the line to keep them all safe and he won't stop now, so they can grieve and question later. He pleads them to keep going and to not give up because they have come too far. After a moment, Justinas stands up and says he will continue to follow Henry, crediting him for keeping them together and making the hard decisions none of the rest of them could make. One by one this spurs the others to Henry's side, including James and Jess. Before they leave, Henry grabs Liam's guitar and rests in on a flower bed outside.
The group abandons the bar and heads out into the streets, only to find them infested with zombies. With no way out, Henry has a brainwave and kills a nearby walker with his axe before gutting it. He remembers that the walkers back in Renton did not attack him when he was covered in zombie blood, so if everyone covers themselves they could walk through the herds unnoticed. While the others are skeptical, Holly trusts him and allows Henry to cover her clothes in walker blood. Eventually everyone is covered by Jess, who Henry says should remain clean to prevent her child being infected and should instead walk in the centre, surrounded by the camouflaged group.
Breathing through their mouths and keeping in a tight formation, the group approach the herd, which ignores them. Using the smoke coming from Hopeville as a landmark, they slowly move southeast towards the docks, making sure to move softly to not draw more attention to themselves. They are forced to pause for several minutes when several walkers smell Jess through their camouflage, but are eventually able to move on.
Clearing the streets, the group arrive at the boathouse and clean themselves in the water. However, Aaron calls over and the group discovers that the boat has been sabotaged: its engine has been torn apart and gunshots have been fired in the hull, causing it to sink. Angry and desperate, the group are forced to overcome their panic and decide to head back to the train outside the city. Inside the boathouse, they discover a leaking gas canister and hear a rifle cocking. They look up to see a bloodied Francis and two of his goons, Gregory and Randall. Francis orders them not to move and begins to rant that they destroyed everything that he and his people built. Henry tries to calm Francis, telling him that Shadowman was responsible for the explosion at Hopeville. Francis refuses to listen and says that a leader is responsible for the actions of his people, so Francis must avenge his people by killing Henry and his own. Realizing what is to come, Henry calls out for his group to get down as Gregory tries to stop Francis.
Francis fires a single shot, igniting the gas. The boathouse erupts in flames, attracting walkers from across the city. A dazed Henry witnesses the carnage around him as the roof and floor begin to collapse, revealing the waters of the bay below. The sound quickly attracts walkers in the area, who begin to build up in the water below.
Henry calls out to his people and screams out Jess' name. Unable to see through the smoke and struggling to breath, Henry crawls around, making sure to keep low. He spots several figures moving through the smoke, but before he can call out to them Francis unexpectedly appears, swining his pickaxe. Henry is barely able to dodge and falls backwards before rolling away as Francis desperately tries to strike him. Falling debris stops Francis in his tracks, allowing Henry to get to his feet and unsheath his axe.
Using Henry's condition as an advantage, Francis disarms him and almost kills him before Holly emerges from the smoke to shove Francis through a broken wall and into the water below. Meanwhile, Justinas and Aaron battle and kill Randall, while Gregory sneakily escapes in the chaos when James refuses once more to kill him. James grabs Emma by the arm and tries to drag her out, but she escapes his grasp and heads into the fire to help the others. She comes across a bleeding, coughing Jess and helps her walk.
In the smoke, the others desperately search for Jess, only for Henry to become trapped under falling debris. Aaron digs him out, only to be killed by Francis when he suddenly appears and drives his pickaxe into the back of Aaron's head. In a fit of rage, Henry grabs a burning piece of wood and stabs it into Francis' leg. Ordering the others to clear out the incoming walkers and escape, Henry decides to battle Francis alone, armed only with Ben's knife and using his empty gun as a primitive knuckleduster. With Francis now limping, the two find themselves an even match until Jess, Emma by her side, appears and strikes Francis over the head with a metal piece of debris. Striking Francis over the face with his gun, Henry is able to almost remove Francis' hand by stabbing him in the wrist before stabbing him wildly in the torso. As Francis drops to his knees, he spits some last words as Henry prepares to finish him. However, a gunshot suddenly rings out and Francis goes limp before falling backwards into the walker-infested water. Henry turns to see the killer: Emma, holding her Glock out in front of her. The two exchange a look before Henry calls out once more for the group to get out.
As they flee for the entrance, the floor beneath them collapses; Henry ends up holding on for dear life as he dangles over walker-infested waters, while James helps Emma to her feet. Henry pleads for James' help, but his friend simply looks at him with cold eyes before leaving him behind.
With walkers reaching for his feet, Henry tries desperately to claw his way up, but is finally rescued by Justinas, who pulls him up. Justinas tells him that everyone is out, but as they make their way to the others a roofbeam crashes down, trapping Justinas in a pile of burning wood. Henry tries to dig him out, but Justinas calmly pleads for him to run. Although Henry refuses to leave him behind, Justinas gives a final salute as the floor beneath him collapses; Justinas is seemingly crushed to death. Henry screams in agony before he is finally - and forcefully - pulled out of the building by Holly, just seconds before the entire structure collapses. Holly holds Henry back as he tries to get into the ruins and hugs him tight when he falls to his knees in defeat.
Now with no boat and cut off from the route taking them back to the train, the remaining Clarkson Survivors are forced to move into the nearby Iron Mountain State Forest to avoid a herd of walkers. As they head further into the forest, Jess goes into labour; while Holly and Emma tend to her, an antagonistic Henry and James are forced to help each other clear out the incoming walkers. They use up their last bullets in the fight, leaving Henry's knife as their only weapon. Jess successfully gives birth to a baby boy, who she names Alex Junior.
With the herd close behind, the group are forced to head deeper into the park, hoping the trees and uneven ground will slow the herd. Exhausted, they finally make camp deep inside the forest. While James goes to patrol, Emma sleeps and Jess rests with her son, Henry and Holly head off into a nearby clearing to talk. They both accept that heading back to the train may be the best move, but they should remain in the forest until the herd clears. The two share a hug in silence, both struggling process the events of the last few hours, and even share a kiss. Their moment is cut short, however, when they hear a chilling scream nearby.
Sprinting back to the campsite, they discover Emma staring in horror at a zombified Jess, having succumbed to infection and exhaustion. Holly uses her last bullet to kill Jess and then vomits in horror when she discovers what Jess was eating: her own newborn child, who has already reanimated due to his age. Out of bullets and too in shock to reach for his knife, Henry forces himself to crush the child's skull under his boot, a move that horrifies him and sends him to his knees in shock and horror. He barely holds back sick and instead enters a panic attack.
James then reappears from the gloom, demanding to know what has happened. Holly stutters about Jess' death before James takes out his gun, having been hoarding bullets for himself. He begins ranting at Henry that everything he has done has led to nothing but death and misery, and he has made the decision to leave the group. He begins packing a bag and tells Emma to do the same; when a shaking Henry tries to stop him from taking food, James suddenly aims his gun at Henry's chest, ordering him to back off. He continues to rant that he should kill Henry "to avenge everyone else" and shouts at Emma to hurry up and pack. However, he pauses when he hears a gun cocking, and turns to see Emma aiming her Glock right at him. Henry says that Emma doesn't want to go with him, and Emma refuses to lower the gun when James tells her to. A manic James then points the gun at Emma, screaming at her that he is her "father" and she should do as he says.
Henry seizes the chance and rushes James, getting to him just before James realizes what is happening. Henry grabs James' arm and pushes him against a tree, ordering him to drop the gun. James appears to realize what he is doing and tries to beg Henry and Emma for forgiveness; when nobody answers him, James silently packs his stuff and departs into the darkness without a goodbye.
The remaining trio wrap Jess and her child in the tent and bury them in the nearby clearing, a task that Henry does alone with his bare hands. The trio then head even deeper into the forest before stumbling upon a large shack, which they discover to be an abandoned ranger station packed with food, weapons and other supplies. Deciding to hold up there for a while, Henry heads out to check that the area is safe. Instead, he finds Holly, her pistol loaded with a bullet they found, as she puts her gun to her head, sobbing that they failed and that there is nothing to live for anymore. Determined to stop her, Henry hugs her and says they will go out together. Unable to take both their lives, Holly puts the gun down. Henry calms her by saying they still have a reason to keep going: Emma, who now has only the two of them to turn to. Holly tearfully accepts and returns to the shack while Henry returns to his patrol.
Henry finally comes to a sheer cliff overlooking the endless hills of trees and silently cries as he removes his locker key from his pocket. A flashback reveals that, while on a supply run, a drunken Henry and Jess slept together a few weeks before she revealed her pregnancy, possibly making him the biological father of her child. Consumed by guilt over his actions and how he treated Alex in his final days, Henry briefly considers throwing himself from the edge but stops himself at the last second. Recalling that Ben used song lyrics as his suicide note, Henry smiles and whispers "we'll hold each other soon, in the blackest of rooms" before turning away and silently returning to the forest.

### Season 2: Remake

Eight months after the events in Port Collier, Henry, Holly and Emma are revealed to have survived in the remote ranger station in Iron Mountain National Park. After returning from a hunt, Henry helps Holly cook dinner; at the table, Holly demands that they find another group, as the soil is unfit for growing food and the nearby well is running dry. Still traumatized by the events of the previous year, Henry vehemently refuses, unable to lose anyone else he cares about. That night, both unable to sleep, Henry and Holly admit they are both scared of what's out there, with Holly accusing Henry of losing hope. Henry argues that he never lost hope that things will be better, and agrees to begin plans to leave the forest. The pair reconcile their past romance and have sex.
The following morning, while returning with water, Henry spots six bandits approaching the ranger station. Arming himself with a pistol and knife and with Holly providing cover, Henry tries to talk them out of whatever they are about to do, to no avail. While Holly distracts the bandits, a ferocious Henry brutally kills all but two of them; after breaking his knuckles on a tree trunk, however, he is thrown down the hill by an exploding grenade, burying him under dirt and leaves.
Henry wakes up in the evening, bruised and bleeding. Although he manages to crawl out of the dirt and back to the cabin, he finds it abandoned. Recognising Holly and Emma's bootprints, he painfully resets his knuckles and digs up a container he buried nearby, from which he retrieves his bulletproof vest, a machete, his old rifle and his blood-stained coat. Heading west, he comes across one of the injured bandits and incapacitates him; torturing him with his knife, Henry learns that Holly and Emma were brought to the bandit camp a few miles west. Henry forces the bandit to lead him there; when they reach it, Henry hesistantly lets him go. While sneaking in, Henry discovers the camp in disarray, but is caught and thrown in a cage. He is stripped of his supplies and brought before the camp's leader, William. After taunting Henry that he will serve as a slave, he proceeds to strike Henry in the gut; as Henry is dragged out, William winces as he makes an adjustment to a metal plate in his cheek.
Over the next five days, Henry learns from other captives, led by Albert, that Holly and Emma escaped with a larger group just hours before his arrival. Forced to chop firewood for the bandits, Henry learns the camp's layout and manages to sneakily take a sharp piece of wood. When the bandits are distracted at night, Henry cuts his bounds and agrees to set Albert's people free if they help him escape the camp and tell him what direction Holly and Emma went. The small group works their way through the disorganized camp and they manage to seize weapons and supplies from a truck; at one point, Albert holds Henry at gunpoint and attempts to take his supplies, but is talked down by one of his own. Albert informs Henry that the group that escaped earlier headed west with Holly and Emma in tow. Using Molotov cocktails and gunfire, the group are able to escape the camp, and split up in the woods. Sprinting through the forest, Henry uses the path of a nearby river to guide him west.

"The New World"
Two weeks after escaping the bandit camp, Henry ambushes and slaughters three more bandits who have been sent to search for him. Dirty and disheveled, he steals one of their sleeping bags before throwing their bodies in a ditch. He continues moving west, using the river to guide him, and avoids walkers by camping inside shallow trenches.
Starving and lonely, he continues his attempts to track Holly and Emma by following the main river west, but keeps becoming lost due to numerous forks in the river's path. Losing hope of finding his loved ones, he decides to relax by showering under a small waterfall before filling his canteen with fresh water. Hearing a noise behind him, he is suddenly attacked by a pack of wild dogs. Although he initially holds his own against them, he is quickly swarmed by the dogs, who bite and claw his entire body. Screaming in pain, he allows the alpha to bite his arm to shield his throat, and manages to stab the dog in the neck with his knife. Filled with adrenaline, he savagely kills a second dog before collapsing from exhaustion. As he passes out, he hears gunshots nearby and is slowly dragged away.
After suffering a nightmare in which he finds the charred corpses of Holly and Emma, Henry wakes up in severe pain, only to find himself bandaged and warm. Alarmed, he is comforted by his rescuer, a young man who introduces himself as Mike. He explains that, while Henry sustained severe bite marks, he should be fine, but advises him to keep a look out for rabies symptoms. Henry thanks Mike before asking why he rescued him; Mike simply replies that he needed help. Mike asks why the bandits have been following Henry, who briefly explains the events of the past two weeks. Mike ultimately agrees to help Henry get out of the forest, revealing that Holly, Emma and the group that saved them may have headed for a supposed community in a town outside the forest. Henry asks what Mike wants in return, and Mike says that the bandits may also leave the forest if they cannot find him.
The next morning, the pair set off; barely able to walk thanks to his bitten leg, Henry stumbles and falls behind, only to discover a small, thin dog following him. He backs away in fear, but the dog simply rubs itself against him, curious. Mike helps Henry to his feet and the pair continue, closely followed by the dog.
That night, Henry attempts to exercise but finds it too painful, so Mike agrees to train Henry so he can get his strength back. Mike shows Henry some basic martial arts, while also strengthening Henry's left hand. Sighting bandits, the pair are forced to retreat away from the river and deeper into the trees, delaying their progress. Over the course of two evenings, Henry heals and trains with Mike, who instructs him to control his rage and improve his balance. Determined to overcome his fears, Henry decides to bond with the dog, simply naming him "Boy".
The trio attempt to find the river again, only to observe a building in the near-distance. Deciding to investigate, they discover that it is in fact a military radio relay station. With the generators still working, Henry and Mike search a screen and find a list of military safe-zones; Henry discovers that one - the GCSZ, GreenCole Safe Zone, somewhere in neighbouring Montana - continued to transmit an "active" signal three weeks after Outbreak Day, meaning that there is a small chance that the safe-zone is still secure. Before they leave, Henry uses a sharpie to write a seemingly random message - "NKOUQ. MHUUXCGFU. AUQZ. AEQCGX. DEXL. QKDU" - on the wall.
Deciding to camp for one more night, Henry and Mike share a meal and discuss their past lives. Henry reveals that he played guitar years ago and that he came to the U.S to finally meet his long-lost half-brother, Kieron, using the student exchange program as a cover. Mike reveals that his father was a forest ranger and the original owner of the ranger station, and that he joined his father in the forest shortly before Outbreak Day. Mike says he has been unable to leave the forest since his father's death, and admits to being deathly terrified of walkers.
The following morning, the trio finally reach the end of the forest. Mike wishes Henry luck and decides to depart, but Henry asks Mike to continue travelling with him, encouraging him to let go of his father's death and face the New World. Mike refuses and says that the New World needs people like Henry, before disappearing into the trees.
Henry and Boy investigate the town of Iron Mountain and come across a mall on the edge of the town. Henry is forced to stop before the entrance by a guard, David; when Henry asks if two girls matching Holly and Emma's descriptions are inside, David reluctantly allows Henry into the building. In the parking bay, Henry is held at gunpoint as his weapons, bag and other supplies are taken away, and he is introduced to their leader, Stoffman, who welcomes him to Hometown.

"An Iron Fist"
Stripped of his supplies, Henry is forced into an outside section of the building, where he is forced to fight a fellow newcomer, Dirk. After winning the fight, Henry is introduced to two other workers, Ron and Amy, while Dirk apologises and says he was only looking for some exercise. Henry asks the trio if they have seen anyone matching Holly and Emma's descriptions; Ron reveals that two matching women participated in an attempted uprising two weeks ago, and are now prisoners alongside a larger group who led the uprising. Ron reveals that the prisoners are being kept in a storage shed at the edge of the property.
The next morning, Henry learns that Hometown has a strict ranking system put in place by their leader, Stoffman. Forced to work on the new extension, the four workers are attacked by walkers. Henry leads the workers in clearing out the walkers, forming an alliance with David, one of the guards. Four days later, having been denied an audience with Stoffman, Henry takes David hostage and threatens his way into Stoffman's office. Impressed by Henry's tenacity and nerve, Stoffman offers Henry a job as a guard, which he accepts.
Sent to the armoury to select a gun, Henry is reunited with his old friend Justinas, previously believed to have been killed in the boathouse fire a year ago. Justinas, unaware that Holly and Emma were in Hometown, gives Henry a pack of cigarettes and instructs him to bribe the guard that patrols the prisoner shed. Convincing the guard to let him inside, Henry is attacked by one of the prisoners, Drew Stanton. Hearing his cries, Emma reveals herself and the two tearfully reunite, quickly followed by a reunion between Henry and Holly. She introduces Henry to the other prisoners: Drew's pregnant girlfriend Becky, medical student Carl McKenzie, Gareth, Leyton, Stephan and Bethany. Henry promises to get Holly and Emma out of there and leaves, only to be confronted by Stoffman. Henry admits that he came to Hometown to find his family, which Stoffman understands; he then gives Henry an offer: Holly and Emma will be allowed into the community to serve their punishment through hard work, provided Henry serve directly under Stoffman. Henry reluctantly agrees to the deal.
Three months later, Henry has worked to become a trusted lieutenant to Stoffman. One evening, a large group of walkers attacks the community and Henry leads the defence, earning himself the role of rooftop lieutenant. Ron is named as the culprit and is thrown off the roof by Stoffman while Henry watches. Conflicted, Henry sneaks into Stoffman's office at night and discovers security footage of Stoffman sabotaging the extension wall with Ron's tools in an effort to frame him. Henry decides to play the footage on the community's TV screens, but to his shock none of the residents turn against Stoffman. Deciding to leave the community, Henry offers an alliance between his people and Drew's. However, their plans are interrupted by Stoffman, who was informed by a terrified David that Henry was responsible for leaking the footage. To demonstrate how loyal his people are, Stoffman kills one of his own men, Declan, in front of the others, to no protest.
Henry is locked inside an airless cold storage room with a walker; after killing it, he uses a coin to open a ventilation shaft. Crawling through the shafts, he makes his way to the armoury, where he begins collecting weapons and supplies. Justinas finds him and attempts to stop him; Henry convinces him to let him go, but Justinas says he will not come with him. Henry comes across David and forgives him, offering him a place in the group, before setting Drew's group, Holly and Emma free.
Henry splits up with the group and detonates the community's fuel reserves, attracting a large herd wandering nearby. Using the resulting chaos as a cover, the rest of the group unlock the parking bay door, but are found by Stoffman. Henry engages Stoffman in a brutal duel, during which Henry gets the upper hand and stabs Stoffman. However, Stoffman manages to grab a crowbar and viciously bashes Henry over the face with it, severely scarring him and knocking him unconscious. Stoffman is shot from behind before he can deliver the killing blow; the assailant, revealed to be Justinas, ends Stoffman with a shot to the head. With the herd approaching the east side of Hometown, Drew orders his people to carry Henry to safety on a stretcher. Laden with weapons and closely guarding Henry, the two groups escape into the wilderness.

"In Harm's Way"
Several miles from Hometown, finally clear of the herd, the two allied groups rest by a road. While the rest of the group relaxes by the fire, Carl checks the unconscious and severely wounded Henry. As night falls, Carl returns with the prognosis: although Henry will survive his injuries and his eye is undamaged, his face is severely scarred and he may have sustained brain damage. He remarks it could have been far worse had Henry not stabbed Stoffman and weakened him. The group then discuss what they can do for him; Stephan, an outspoken member of Drew's group, argues that they need to leave Henry behind for their own safety, adding that carrying Henry will slow them down, allowing "him" to catch them. Justinas strongly argues back, reminding the group that Henry almost died making sure they all escaped Hometown, so they all owe him their aid. When Stephan shouts that their debt was repaid simply by carrying Henry out of Hometown, Drew shouts at them to shut up in case they draw walkers. He then orders Carl to continue tending to Henry until he wakes up, after which he is on his own. Drew leaves to patrol the area when Becky says she can feel her baby kicking, and Holly rests at Henry's side alongside his dog, Boy.
The next morning, the group continues moving away from the herd, which according to Drew is heading in their direction. Still carrying Henry, the group begins to climb into the foothills of the Sylvania Mountains. That evening, Justinas guards the still unconscious Henry and thanks him for everything, apologising for hesitating at Hometown. Henry unexpectedly stirs and whispers that no apology is needed, drawing Holly and Emma over to him. Their joy is broken by Stephan, who strictly sticks to Drew's words from yesterday; however, Carl refuses to stop his care and continues to tend to Henry with Drew's permission.
More days pass as the group climbs higher into the mountains, eventually encountering snow. Henry slowly gets his strength back; with Justinas' help, he is able to get to his feet and walk with support. Carl gives him a bandage to wear over his swollen head. The group camp in a forest clearing, where Henry is able to walk unaided. Believing nobody to be watching, he silently undresses into a spare set of clothes with his back turned to the fire; Emma and Holly see him and finally see the full range of Henry's scars, bruises and burns, including the vast range he sustained from the dog pack and the battle in Hometown. Henry feels them starring at him, but remains silent. Resting by the fire, he asks Drew why they are heading into the mountains, as well as how they came across Holly and Emma. When he adds that they owe him an explanation, Drew and his people finally spill their secret.
The group all hail from the same community, a small safe-zone called Sanctuary in the city where they grew up. Sanctuary was led by Harold Carter, an honour student and Drew's best friend. They were safe for a year until a group of squatters moved into several houses within the safe-zone. Petty conflicts quickly evolved into arguments over food, medicine and other supplies; negotiations were destroyed when Harold's younger brother, William, violently and publically murdered the squatter chief, igniting an all-out war between the two groups. The group was forced into the wilderness; when the squatters ran out of food, they began hunting the group. Months later, Harold was killed after a zombie bit him; with his final words, he gave the group his blessing to abandon William if he ever put them in danger again. Sure enough, William's recklessness and violence led to the group becoming surrounded by walkers in an abandoned factory; however, the group were able to escape, but not without Drew stabbing William in the face with an arrow. The group continued moving north and discovered William had not only survived but had taken charge of the remaining squatters, assembling a convoy of vehicles that enslaved other survivors. Although they managed to avoid him for months, they were finally caught by him in Iron Mountain State Forest. With the help of Holly and Emma, however, they were able to escape and eventually made it to Hometown. Drew concludes that Henry knows the rest.
Recognising details in the story, Henry reveals he too has met William Carter and killed several of his bandits during his trek to find Holly and Emma, and he also considers Carter an enemy. Deciding to stick together for mutual protection, the two groups head further into the mountains. The following evening, they come across a ski resort; while Drew and his group check it out, Henry assembles his group and tells them they need a plan. He reveals his discovery of the relay station in the forest and of "Greencole", including the fact that "Greencole" continued to remain active a whole three weeks after the outbreak, meaning that there is a small chance that the area remains safe. While they discuss the details - including the fact that "Greencole" is at least 1000 miles away - Holly brings up that Henry should invite Drew and his people to join them. Shouts are then heard coming from the ski lodge; checking it out, Henry discovers Drew's group locked in an argument with the survivors inside the lodge. Deciding to intervene, Henry is stunned to discover one of the lodge survivors is Ben, believed to have died by suicide on the train a year ago. Recognising each other, the two men embrace, quickly followed by a reunion between Ben, Holly, Emma and Justinas. With the argument settled, Ben invites the group inside and introduces the other survivors: Terry, Kate and Joshua, who is confined to a wheelchair.
Joshua invites the group to dinner; at their table by the fire, Ben reveals his story: despite sustaining severe injuries from his jump, he survived his suicide attempt, much to his own shock. Crawling from the ditch in which he had landed, Ben managed to limp along the train tracks until he found a station. Taking shelter inside an abandoned house, he slowly healed from his wounds before driving the short distance to Port Collier. Although he found the train that the group had used, he saw only smoke covering the city. Assuming his friends were dead, Ben took the train further along the tracks until it ran out of fuel completely. Treking on foot, he somehow ended up in the mountains, where he encountered Terry, Joshua and Kate in the ski resort. Accepted into their fold, Ben developed a new lease on life thanks to the paralysed Joshua, who had managed to remain alive and upbeat despite his inability to walk. He expresses regret for his suicide attempt and listens to the others as they each reveal what has happened in the past year, including the fact that they are being chased by bandits. Nonetheless, Ben invites both groups to stay and rest.
After dinner and a shower, the group are shown to their rooms by Ben and Joshua. In his room, Henry finds a battered guitar; deciding to play after so many years, he plays an acoustic rendition of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" as it begins to snow outside. He is interrupted by Holly, who complements his singing and playing. The two awkwardly exchange compliments and questions about their well-being until Holly says it is cold in her room. When Henry offers literal solutions, a frustrated Holly asks if she has to spell everything out for him. Although Henry catches on, he asks why him; Holly walks up to him and says she wants this, but Henry demands that she look at him. Holly says she doesn't care about his scars, but Henry repeats to look at him. He then admits everything he did to find Holly and Emma, justifying almost anything by telling himself he was doing it for the right reasons. He calls himself a monster, a description Holly quickly refutes by saying she doesn't consider him a monster, nor does Emma. She asks him if he wants this; when he remains silent, Holly decides to leave. Before she walks out, however, Henry summons her back and passionately kisses her, admitting he only wants her. Next door, Carl stops reading his book and listens as they have sex.
On the balcony outside, David smokes a cigarette and introduces himself to Bethany, a quiet member of Drew's group. He offers to share his cigarette, which she accepts. Bethany admits that she has few survival skills and has relied on the others the entire time, while David claims that he followed Stoffman from the start and that Henry was the first to actually consider him an equal. Both wanting a distraction for the evening, they finish their cigarette and have sex in Bethany's room.
In their room, Drew and Becky have an argument over Drew distancing himself from her; it is revealed that Becky's baby may not be Drew's, and it is hinted that Becky was raped by William Carter. Becky realizes that Drew blames her for not defending herself and slaps him. Drew appears to fight back, but stops himself and leaves. In the lounge, Justinas and Ben share a bottle of rum and catch-up; Justinas says that, although the two never really spoke, he always considered Ben to be very brave and reveals that he knew how to treat his burns by overhearing Ben as he read a medical journal aloud.
Henry wakes up at dawn and decides to smoke a cigarette on the balcony, where he finds Drew carefully watching the horizon. Henry thanks Drew for everything his group has done to help Holly and Emma, while Drew replies with thanks of his own. Henry comments about Becky's pregnancy, but Drew shortly asks that the subject not be brought up. Henry then brings up his group's plan to cross the mountains and head west to "Greencole" and invites Drew and his lot to accompany them. Drew declines and says they will be heading north, maybe towards Canada, having learned not to trust strangers, "even the friendly ones". Henry replies that the offer is still open and for Drew to think about it, just before they both notice several bright lights in the distance. Panicked, Drew says that "they" have found them and rushes back inside.
Banging on the doors, Henry and Drew wake everyone up; Henry tells everyone to prepare for a fight, while Drew tells them to prepare to run. The pair briefly argue over their differing tactics until Joshua says that Terry has not returned from a hunt. Ben decides to head out and find him, and Henry, Boy and David agree to join him. As the four of them head out into the snow, the others blow out all the candles and board up the windows of the lodge to make it look abandoned. However, a large group of walkers, thought to be a split from the Hometown herd, emerges from the trees and begin banging on the windows and doors. Realizing the walkers will draw attention to the lodge, Drew leads a small team outside to clear them; they quickly become overwhelmed and resort to using their guns, creating further noise. Emma sneaks out to help and kills two walkers with her Glock.
Meanwhile, down the mountain, Ben, Henry, David and Boy find a wounded Terry limping back towards the lodge; once he spots them, he shouts at them to run just before a hail of gunfire cuts him down. Taking cover, the four watch as several vehicles approach from the path, firing randomly towards the lodge. Up the mountain, the others are forced to take cover as the lodge is peppered with bullets. Although the walkers are killed, the group are forced to surrender as the heavily-armed bandit convoy arrives at the lodge, surrounding it. William Carter reveals himself and taunts Drew about Becky's child. Angered, Drew spits at Carter's feet and comments about his face injury; in response, Carter raises his shotgun and shoots Drew's friend Gareth in the stomach, killing him. Carter orders his soldiers to bind the group, and is even able to quell Justinas when he threatens to kill Becky. Carter recognises Holly and demands to know where Emma is; outside, Emma avoids the bandits and meets Henry, Ben, David and Boy in the bushes. She reports what's happened as the five of them move toward the lodge to devise a plan.
Inside, Carter continues to demand Emma's location, revealing that she caused trouble during her captivity and wants her to serve as a soldier. Holly lies and says that Emma died; seconds later, one of the bandits is killed by a gunshot to the head. From outside, Henry demands that the bandits stand down, otherwise Carter is next. Carter laughs in response and orders his men to cover him; while he men fire in Henry's direction, Carter selects a random captive and chooses Joshua. Wheeling him out to the centre of the lounge, he drags Joshua from his wheelchair and shoves him onto the roaring fire.
William demands that those outside surrender, otherwise more captives will die. Ben, overcome by the loss of Terry and Joshua, begs Henry to stand down. Henry turns to David, telling him to take Boy and run before whispering a plan in his ear. David reluctantly agrees and flees with Boy into the trees, while Henry and Ben surrender. Forced inside the lodge, Henry is recognised by Carter, who tells him he will be punished for all of the bandits he killed. The bandits then place black bags over the heads of the group and force them into several trucks before the convoy drives down the mountain.

"What We Deserve"
Henry finds himself on a wooden boat in the middle of an empty black ocean. Sat across from him is Alex, his neck bearing the wound that killed him. Shocked, Henry asks if he is dead, and Alex reassures him that he is still alive and merely undergoing a psychological dilemma. Henry asks what choices he has, and Alex offers two: give into subservience and maybe keep on living, or fight back and risk everything. Henry says he knows what choice he wants to make before apologising to Alex for his death, Jess' death and the death of their child. Alex smiles and says he forgives him, before telling him to protect his new family at any cost.
Henry wakes up in the back of the bandit truck, his face still covered. Still on the move, he calls out to the group, who all reply that they are unharmed, for the most part. Henry reassures them that everything will be okay and he has a plan, but refuses to disclose any details for their own safety. The convoy eventually comes to a stop in a clearing at the foot of the mountains. After several hours, the truck is opened by Carter and his men, who split the group up into several wooden cages. Carter demands to speak to Henry alone and he is forced into Carter's tent, where he finds a tiny newborn in a crib marked "Lawrence". William begins by taunting Henry about his eye before complementing his fighting and survival skills, adding that he has been impressed by how many bandits Henry has killed. William offers Henry a role as a soldier and even medical care for his eye; in response, Henry remains silent and spits at Carter's feet.
Insulted, William repeats the monologue he gave to Henry three months ago before delivering a blow to his gut; this time, however, Henry is able to quickly recover and barely grimaces. William punches him again, causing Henry to squirm briefly before he stands up straight again. William prepares for another blow, but Henry is able to catch his fist. Holding Carter's arm in place, Henry throws his fist aside before delivering a two-fisted punch to William's cheek. Henry is quickly restrained by the guards and smiles as William stands up to reveal that the blow knocked out the metal prosthetic in William's mouth, causing his cheek and lips to collapse without the bone beneath. Henry laughs at the disfigurement, enraging Carter, who orders his men to take Henry into the forest and execute him. As Henry is dragged out, he shouts that Drew will finish the job.
In their cage at the edge of the bandits' camp, Drew and Holly survey their surroundings. Worried sick about Emma and Henry, Holly struggles to breath. Although Drew attempts to calm her, Holly rebuffs him, revealing she heard what he said to Becky back at the lodge. Drew quickly admits that Becky's child could be his or Carter's, and is ultimately the reason why Drew drove an arrow into Carter's face. Holly calls her group her family and says she will never abandon them or let them down, unlike what Drew is doing to Becky and his child. Stunned into silence, Drew begins brooding while Holly calls out to Ben and Justinas in the neighbouring cage. By whistling a morse code, Holly asks Ben if he can break the lock on the cage; Ben whistles back that he will do one better before revealing a multitool hidden in the sole of his boot. Using a trick she calls "The Jess", Holly shoves her fingers in her mouth, causing her to vomit and drawing the attention of the guards. With them distracted, Ben takes the chance to remove the screws keeping the lock in place.
Out in the woods, one of the bandits escorting Henry tells the others to leave. As they head further away from the camp, the bandit reveals that he was friends with several bandits killed by Henry. A defiant Henry taunts the bandit about his friends, calling them easy to kill, causing the bandit to force him to his knees. As the bandit begins ranting about his friends, Henry spots three figures - David, Emma and Boy - in the distance, having caught up with the convoy. Henry then asks the bandit to give him a dignified death by shooting him in the forehead; too angry to question him, the bandit moves in front of him and places his gun between Henry's eyes. He then lists the names of each of his dead friends, giving Boy the chance to rush forward and bite the bandit on the leg. As he howls in pain, the bandit is taken by surprise as Henry jumps to his feet and goes for the gun. David approaches and bashes the bandit over the head with a log, knocking him to the ground. Henry grabs the gun and gets to his feet; telling the bandit to say hi to his friends, he kills the bandit with a single shot to the head. Henry and Emma reunite and Henry thanks David for looking out for her and Boy. He suggests that the group escape in one of the bandits' trucks, and that he has one in mind.
Back at the camp, Ben breaks open the cage, setting him and the others free. The team rushes the three bandit guards, two of which are held against the cage by Holly and Drew. The group swarm the guards and steal their weapons before knocking them out and locking them in the cage. As they ready their weapons, Justinas decides to set another prisoner free, revealed to be Mike Trapp. With guards aware of their escape, Holly comments her hopes that Henry's plan is working out. Meanwhile, Henry, David, Emma and Boy sneak back into the camp, killing or knocking out any bandits they find. By crawling under the trucks that make up the camp's perimeter, they quickly reach the supply truck, heavily laden with weapons, food, water and other supplies. However, they will need to hotwire the truck, a skill that Ben knows.
Grabbing some weapons, the four of them hear gunfire nearby. Discovering the rest of their group under assault by the bandits, Henry lights two Molotov cocktails and throws them behind the line of bandits. However, before throwing a third he is found by a bandit wielding a fire axe. Using the training he received from Mike three months ago, Henry is able to dodge the swinging axe and even disarm the bandit. Using the handle to choke him, Henry breaks the handle in half before running the broken shaft through his neck. Weighing the remaining axe in his hand, Henry decides to keep it. Throwing a third Molotov, he easily takes out bandits with his new axe. He is reunited with the rest of the group, and smiles upon reuniting with Mike. With the camp in chaos, Henry leads the group back towards the truck, which David has gotten running. Climbing aboard, the group are driven away by David, but not before a bullet hits the side of the truck.
The group drive for several hours into the wilderness, covering as much distance as possible, until the vehicle comes to a stop. Ben finds the radiator has been damaged by a bullet; the group take as much as possible from the truck before Henry slashes its tires. Moving through the wilderness, they discover signs leading to "Crescent Lake Camping Ground".
Coming across the camp, they agree to rest there and plan their next move. Henry introduces Mike to the others, calling him an old friend, before Drew begins shouting that they left a clear trail of the bandits to follow. Henry shouts back that there was little else they could do, but their argument is cut short by Becky, who says that her water just broke. With Drew still set on going north while Henry and his family will head west, Henry agrees to depart. With Becky panicking and even Carl unsure what to do, Drew hesitantly asks Henry and his group for help. Henry agrees and Holly begins tending to Becky, while Henry organizes the group. He tells Justinas to pick a team to patrol the area for bandits and walkers, before assigning him and David the task of finding somewhere safe for Becky to give birth. The others agree to take stock of their supplies.
Using a map of the campground to guide them, Henry and David spot a lookout tower nearby; they quickly choose it as an ideal place thanks to its height. As they approach, David spots a figure moving inside. Arming themselves, they slowly climb the steps up to the tower and find the door unlocked. Inside, they find a boy, thin and deathly pale, slumbed against the wall. The boy doesn't appear to even acknowledge their presence; checking him over, Henry discovers a bite mark on his ribs. David brings Henry to attention as a young girl, now older than 10, appears behind them wielding a revolver. The pair place their weapons down and try to reassure her, but she remains silent. When Henry beckons towards the boy, the girl suddenly snaps, shouting at them in a foreign language. Recognising it as Russian, Henry asks David to fetch Justinas. David is able to slip past the girl while Henry continues to try and calm her; with what little Russian he knows, he asks her name, and she shortly replies "Laika". He tries to ask if the boy is her brother, as well as how long they have both been out here, but receives only silence.
Minutes later, David returns with Justinas in tow; finally able to talk to her, they learn that Laika and her younger brother have lived on the campground since the dead first rose, living off scraps and dead animals. Justinas offers Laika a place in the group, but she refuses to leave without her brother. Knowing that her brother has little time, Henry offers to make sure he doesn't come back as a walker. Despite her protests, Justinas is able to calm her and tells her it is the right thing to do. Laika says a final goodbye to her brother before leaving with Justinas; Henry asks David for some space before kneeling beside the boy, who has seemingly died. Wishing the boy well on his way, he tearfully axes the boy in the head before carrying his corpse to the nearby river and placing him in its rapids.
Returning to the main camp, Henry learns that Becky is three weeks early and that Drew has left the campsite to patrol further away. Holly asks Henry to bring Drew back, and he reluctantly agrees before informing them of the lookout tower. Mike asks to accompany Henry and the two set off. In the trees, they realize that Emma is following them, with Boy beside her. Despite Mike's protests, Henry agrees for her to join them, if only to practice her archery. As they walk, Mike bonds with Boy while Emma asks Henry if she can ask Drew to teach her to improve her accuracy. Henry points out how brave Emma has been, and she replies that she has simply been watching him and Holly. She then adds that she misses her parents, but has accepted that they're dead. Henry asks how she managed to do so, and she replies that he made it easier, giving her the strength to move on and accept the world for what it is.
Humbled by her, Henry hears Mike whispering his name and they turn to see Boy sniffing at a crude path in the trees. Deciding to follow Boy as he tracks the scent, they spot a few walkers dressed in hiking clothes and swiftly kill them. Mike finds a stray arrow of the same type used by Drew and gives it to Emma, before Boy barks nearby. Heading over, they come across a crack in the ground, within which they spot a motionless Drew beside a dead walker. They call out to him to no response; while Boy and Emma stand guard, Henry and Mike jump down into the crack to find Drew has hit his head on an exposed root, having fallen in after being grappled by a walker from behind. Henry tries to shake Drew awake and he stirs, groggy and confused.
With no option but to carry him, Henry grasps Drew's shoulders while Mike grabs his legs; just as they lift him aboveground, they hear a gunshot on the wind. Recognising it as the sound of a rifle, they quickly pull Drew onto the leafy ground. Above, Emma informs them that walkers are approaching; Henry tells her to keep them away, even if she has to use her gun. Walkers begin approaching from behind them, drawn by the gunshot, and Mike moves away to deal with them. Henry continues to try and wake Drew, calling him a stubborn bastard that shouldn't give up now, especially since Becky needs him. Drew begins muttering that Becky is strong and doesn't need him, and that he is terrified of fatherhood, especially if the kid isn't his. Henry tells him that it shouldn't matter and that his family needs him, flaws and all. Spurred on, Drew manages to stir awake and rise to his feet with Henry's help. With his eye still covered by a bandage, he tells Drew to stay awake and watch their right flank. With Mike, Emma and Boy escorting them, Henry and Drew limp from the trees and back to the path.
Returning to the campground, Drew is able to walk unaided but is told to rest by Carl, who checks him for a concussion. Henry asks what the gunshot was, but no-one at the camp has any idea either. Suddenly, Justinas and his team of Leyton, Ben and Stephan emerge from the trees, screaming at the others to run. Behind them, a column of walkers and runners emerges from the trees, drawn by the smell of Becky's childbirth.
Henry directs David and Justinas to organize everyone and move them to the lookout tower. However, the sheer volume of zombies leads Henry to organize a defence. Under his direction, a small team gathers into a circle covering all flanks; using guns on the runners and melee weapons on the walkers, the team easily dispatches the bulk of the zombies and move towards the tower. Holly helps Becky up the great number of steps and onto the floor, while Henry leads the defence of the stairs outside. With the walkers still coming, Henry breaks the first few steps on the stairs, preventing the walkers from climbing up. Despite struggles, including the baby being born breach, Becky gives birth to a girl, who remains silent upon being born. Henry quietly begs "not again" before the girl coughs and finally cries. The group gathers around, relieved and exhausted.
In the night, Henry wakes up from a nightmare and finds Becky sitting across from him, her baby in her arms. She asks Henry what he was dreaming about; reluctantly, Henry describes a recurring dream where he finds himself in the middle of a black ocean that slowly erupts into fire, setting Holly and Emma alight beneath the waves. Becky says that black water can mean two things: power and authority, or overwhelming confusion. Henry asks what name she has picked for her daughter; Becky replies that she never had time to think about it and asks Henry for suggestions. After a few moments, he suggests "Sarah", as a "strong girl needs a strong name", which Becky likes, officially naming her daughter "Sarah Stanton". Becky asks him if he wants to hold the newly christened Sarah; when he does, he begins to cry. Before he can hand Sarah back over, he realizes Becky has fallen asleep on his shoulder.
Hearing footsteps nearby, Henry looks up to see Drew, his head covered in a bandage. Drew sees Becky sleeping on Henry's shoulder and walks away. Carefully standing up, still holding Sarah, Henry approaches him to ask if he is okay. Drew replies that he is watching for lights and expresses his annoyance that the group isn't more prepared to run. Henry asks if it's the right thing to keep running, especially now they have something to lose. Henry then admits that he lost a child a year ago and knows what the pain is like, and that he wouldn't wish that pain on anyone. With Henry's encouragement, Drew is finally able to hold Sarah. Henry boldly tells Drew to not squander his daughter, or Becky, before walking away to stand guard. Drew watches him leave before caressing Sarah's cheek and welling up, happy.
Henry quietly descends the stairs to the broken portion of the staircase, now clear of walkers. He passes Emma, sound asleep on one of the steps, still holding Drew's arrow. Slipping past her, he finds Holly at the edge of the stairs, smoking a cigarette. He sits down beside her and she shares her cigarette, asking him about his dream. Henry replies that the dream was the same as ever before revealing that Becky has named her daughter "Sarah". He then thanks her for giving him the strength to confront the world again, and admits he was foolish for keeping them secluded in the forest, away from the world.
Holly takes a drag of her cigarette before reassuring him that their time in the forest was ultimately good for them. She then remarks that everything they have been through, no matter how painful, was worth it, for it has made them stronger, both as people and as a family. Expecting him to argue otherwise, Holly is surprised when Henry says he agrees, adding that a part of him is glad that Jess' child did not live to see the horrors of the world. He adds that he is worried for Becky's child, and comments that he wants to keep helping them, having grown attached to the group. He says that he hasn't stopped thinking about "Greencole" for the last three months, and that he believes "with every fibre of my being" that it could become their home. He adds that he sees it as his duty to make a better world - if only a better home - for those that are still to come, and that this responsibility should be shared across all those who knew what the world once was. Holly remains silent in her thoughts before saying she has something important to tell him.
Henry stops her mid-sentence as he suddenly becomes alert. Scraping the cigarette against the wooden stair, he watches the dark horizon carefully. He stands up, alarmed, upon seeing several sets of lights in the near-distance; seconds later, Holly joins him, asking him if he can also hear the faint rumble of engines on the wind. Henry tells her to wake Emma up before rushing back upstairs to warn the others.
Hours later, the group have abandoned the campground and, with Laika in tow, are now trudging through the snow as they retreat back into the mountains. Carrying Sarah in her backpack, Becky struggles to keep up. Henry offers her his bloodstained coat to warm her.
The group continue to head west until they become trapped in a mountain pass near a power grid station. Instead of continuing to run, however, the group decides to stand their ground and ambush the bandits.
After a final face-off between Henry, Drew and Carter, the group declare victory and return to the bandit camp to collect supplies for the road. While there, they discover Carter's young son, Lawrence, and, refusing to leave him behind, Bethany decides to raise him as her son. The two groups decide to band together permanently and head west to find a new home, with Henry as their leader.

### Season 3: Remake

A lone figure, their clothes darkened with blood and dirt, kills a solitary walker with a blow to the head with a broken fire axe, their face covered by their knotted shoulder-length hair. With the axe in their left hand and a Mark 23 in the other, the figure enters an abandoned house and cautiously makes their way through it, checking every room for walkers. They find the cabinets to be empty and make their way upstairs. They find every room stripped bare and finds the master bedroom's door to be locked. The figure kicks it open and aims their gun, only to discover the blinds drawn and two half-rotten corpses, a man and woman, lying on the bed, holding hands and dried blood covering their pillows. The figure takes a closer look and discovers a revolver in the man's hand, as well as gunshot wounds to both their heads. The figure takes the half-loaded revolver and pockets it before standing at the foot of the bed, considering the deceased's decision.
Slowly footsteps approach, but the figure does not flinch. Another survivor, David, appears in the doorway and asks if they found anything. The figure, revealed to be Henry, does not answer. David approaches to place a hand on Henry's shoulder, reassuring him that the couple went out how they wanted, "anything than being one of *them*". Henry grunts his agreement as David begins searching the closet, where he finds several clean clothes. Henry asks if David has seen Drew around, but David replies that he hasn't seen him since they all left camp that morning. Henry finally turns his gaze away, "Best we find him," he says, "In case he's gotten trapped again,". David smiles in response.
Their bags heavy with clean clothes, the pair exit the house and begin walking through the streets to the outskirts of town. Henry switches on his walkie-talkie and speaks into it, "Anyone heard from Drew?". Several seconds of silence are broken by a response from Mike: "Passed him two hours ago. Still in the woods as far as I know,". Henry thanks Mike and uses the compass on the walkie-talkie to direct himself and David in the direction of the wood. Keeping to the centre of the road, the pair finally break away from the streets with the forest before them. A bark rings out nearby; unalarmed, Henry lets out a shrill whistle, a call quickly answered by another bark. Boy, his fur matted, charges out from the ungrowth and up to a waiting Henry, who eagerly pets him. David asks if Boy had headed out with Drew that morning; Henry replies that Boy doesn't seem to be worried, so they shouldn't be either.
The trio enter the woods. Henry and David closely follow Boy as he leads them to the bottom of an outcrop, from which they can see the motionless Drew, sat completely still, his bow ready and two rabbits hanging from his quiver. Henry lets out a pattern of whistles, a coded message to grab his attention. Drew jumps at the sound but whistles his response and climbs down from the outcrop. He reports the two rabbits, as well as an abundance of bugs should they get desperate. Henry comments that they might have too before sacrificing a few seconds of precious battery to radio the rest of the team, telling them to return to the camp. Henry, David, Drew and Boy leave the woods and run into Mike, who has found nothing of value. Keeping each other's flanks guarded, they walk up a hilly road into a flat forest, where the rest of the group has built a fire. A cautious Justinas alerts the others of the team's return; although hungry, the group welcome the fresh set of clothes.
That evening, the exhausted group - which has expanded to include two sisters, Charlotte and Faith - dine on what little food they have: rabbit meat on dried crackers. In an attempt to lift the group's spirits, Henry reports that they have reached North Dakota, meaning "Greencole" can't be far. Tired from hunger and frustration, Stephan interrupts Henry by pointing out that they have been walking for near enough nine months to get basically nowhere, just a series of abandoned, overgrown towns picked clean of supplies. Stephan then suggests that they turn back, even suggesting that they return to Hometown and take over what remains. To Henry's shock, three others - Kate, Leyton and, unexpectedly, Ben - agree with Stephan's arguments. Holly rebuffs and says that they have come too far to turn back, but nobody else speaks up. Stephan shouts that the plan was ridiculous from the get go and he no longer trusts Henry to make the right decisions. Justinas tells Stephan to be quiet to keep walkers away, but Stephan pulls out his gun, forcing Justinas back. As he aims the pistol at Henry, Stephan tells those who support him to pack their supplies. Angered, Henry stands up, dwarfing Stephan, who turns off the gun's safety. At that moment, Drew appears from the gloom, his bow aimed at Stephan's head.
As Stephan drops his gun, Henry sternly asks the group if they think they can do better out there and invites them to leave so they can see how long they last; he points out that everywhere they have come across has been empty and bare, leaving "Greencole" the only remote glimmer of hope, something he is willing to die to reach, even if it turns out to be nothing. In an uncharacteristic but tempered rage, Henry warns that he is in charge until they reach safety. He tells everyone to get some rest and to prepare for an early start in the morning. As the group, stunned into silence, retreats to their respective tents, Henry glances at Emma, her look cold.
Darkness falls. In their tent, Henry and Holly try to rest, but are unable to because of the squealing Lawrence in Bethany's neighbouring tent. Henry sits up, frustrated by lack of sleep and the events of the evening, forcing Holly to temper him. Henry whispers that the group are ungrateful; Holly simply says that they are scared and hungry. Henry removes his hair from his face and scratches at the scar tissue across his face, still prominent from when it was inflicted nine months ago. Holly starts saying that she has something to tell him, but an irritated Henry cuts her off as he exits the tent to quieten Lawrence. Holly's demands that he reenter the tent go unheard, but Henry stops when he notices Emma's sleeping bag to be empty. Briefly panicked, he notices her distinctive footprints leading off into the darkness. He follows the footprints in the fading light of the campfire and spots Emma sat on the edge of the hill, the road below her and a view of the town under the faint moonlight. He cautiously approaches her and notices she is carving out arrows from branches. He sits beside her silently as she works before asking her why she's come out here. After a pause, she simply says "Francis". Henry tries to comfort her, but she rebuffs him. She asks if "Greencole" is even real, something she has heard a few times in gossip around the campfire. Henry sighs that he isn't sure himself, but its the only thing that can give him hope on this journey. He asks her why she has been distant lately, and Emma reveals that she has started bleeding.
The next morning, Henry and Mike check their map of the U.S. and deduce that the "Greencole" signal originated near the city of Fargo, a few miles across the Red River. Desperate for supplies, the group agrees to scout out the city's outskirts while a team led by Henry ventures deeper into the city to find out whether Fargo truly is their destination. Suddenly, Charlotte cries out that her sister Faith is missing; they quickly discover Stephan is missing too. Henry realizes that the two abandoned the group together in the night. Knowing Fargo is the closest settlement, they decide to continue onwards and hope to run across them.
After more hours of walking, the group finally enter the outskirts of Fargo and approach the main avenue bridge over the Red River. The group quickly discover that the city had been bombed, likely during the early hours of the outbreak, and the bridge has partially collapsed, leaving just a thin line of concrete remaining at the bridge's right side. Justinas and Henry cautiously cross it first, followed by the children shepherded by Mike and Emma and finally the others. Drew, the last to cross, stops as the concrete begins to crumble beneath his feet. Promising to find the group, he braces himself as the concrete breaks away, sending him tumbling into the river below. As he falls, a piece of debris collides with his body and his limp body sinks beneath the water. Becky screams out for him and tries to jump after him, but Henry holds her back, assuring her that Drew will be fine and will find them eventually. Henry's cold decision earns him stares from most of the group, including Emma. Henry ignores them and pushes forward while the others, rather hesitantly, follow him.
As the group penetrate downtown Fargo, they are overwhelmed by the overgrown city and ruined infrastructure. Signs of military occupation litter the city: abandoned checkpoints, vehicles and dead bodies. Walking further, they find only a single road that isn't blocked by debris and abandoned vehicles. As they walk along the road, they suddenly hear a shrill scream; a bloodied Faith appears from out of cover, running wildly and bleeding from her shoulder. Upon seeing them, she calls out for the group to run before her head bursts open from a gunshot wound and she falls to the ground, dead. The group prepare to arm themselves as Charlotte screams for her sister; as they attempt to turn back, a series of grenades appear before them and detonate, throwing them back. Lost in the choking smoke, the group are suddenly accosted by a large group of armed survivors that easily outnumber and outgun them. The group are forced to surrender and lay down their weapons. Henry tries to surrender peacefully, but an imposing figure wielding a sniper rifle - clearly Faith's killer - emerges from the smoke with a smile; "Begging won't help ya, boy," he says before he smashes Henry over the head with the butt of his rifle.

"Monsters"
Henry wakes up with a bleeding head strapped to a table leg with cable ties. He takes a look around and spots Drew, Mike, Becky, Leyton, Ben and Charlotte nearby similarly restrained. Becky is the next to awake and begins to panic, asking where the children are. The sniper enters the room and demands to know who is in charge, slapping Becky across the face when she screams for her baby Sarah. Henry speaks up that he is in charge and the sniper approaches him; he introduces himself as Liam and informs the group that their tresspass cannot be forgiven, and they will work to serve their punishment. Henry secretly dislocates his thumb to free himself from the cable ties and frees himself when Liam and his men leave the room. Henry stands up and finds the group's weapons in a locker on the far side of the room. After freeing his friends, he hears a series of gunshots nearby accompanied by a series of yells and cries; Henry smiles and says Justinas got free.
The group fight their way out of the storage room and reunite with the others, killing any hostiles that cross their path; to their shock, the group discover Stephan among the captives and he reluctantly rejoins them. Over the walkie talkie, they overhear reinforcements and escape to the roof. Keeping low, the group move in small teams towards a set of abandoned apartments, watching as Liam leads the reinforcements inside. Avoiding Innocent patrols, the group escape into a partially collapsed tower. Desperate to get their bearings, Henry pulls out a map of the city he found at the Innocent base. He convinces the others that they need to locate the origin of the "Greencole" signal and suggests heading towards a radio station nearby. With little options besides, the group decide to join him, including Stephan.
The group navigate the overgrown streets of Fargo and find further evidence of military activity, including collapsed roads, bombed buildings and abandoned vehicles looted of their supplies aside from a few bullets inside a truck. The group splits into smaller teams to navigate the streets and reduce their changes of detection. They are forced to crawl underneath a barricate made of barbed wire as they finally approach the TV station, its tower blinking rapidly. Troubled by how quiet the area is, the group arm themselves and enter the rear of the building through an open door. They quickly discover a massacre inside, with tens of Innocents shot and stabbed to death; other than a few walkers, the building is abandoned. The group splits into three: one led by Henry goes in search of the broadcast room, while another led by Justinas patrols the area while the remaining rest to guard the children. While peering through his rifle's scope, Justinas spots a figure in the distance moving around on all fours.
To his surprise, Henry finds the station's mast is still active; with Mike's help, he navigates the long list of signals, all of which appear unremarkable until he finds a signal labelled "GCSZ". Mike realizes that the TV station, like the relay station back in Iron Mountain State Forest, is simply relaying another signal, meaning Fargo is not Greencole's true location. With David's help, Henry triangulates the signal's true location: a place called Adams Air Force Base in central Montana, at least 750 miles further west. Meanwhile, Justinas' team discovers yet more dead bodies and walkers, alongside graffiti on the wall: the word PUNISHMENT written in blood.
Leyton hears a noise nearby and discovers a radio, still on. He overhears that reinforcements are on the way just as screams are heard below. Henry and Justinas' teams reconvene on a balcony, where they see Liam and a team of armed Innocents holding the rest of the group hostage below. Angered by the deaths of his people, Liam demands that the others show themselves or risk further bloodshed; Henry calls out that they easily outnumber the Innocents, but Liam, unfazed, replies that his people easily outgun the group. While Henry distracts Liam with mocks and taunts, Justinas and his team move around to flank the Innocents before opening fire. The Innocents return fire and head to cover, allowing the rest of the group to flee for cover. Henry and his team join the fray, firing from above as the others evacuate outside. With their route downstairs blocked, Henry's team use an electrical cable to climb down to the ground while Justinas' team provides covering fire.
Outside, the others fend off Innocent reinforcements. In the chaos, several grenades are thrown, splintering the group as they jump for cover. In the chaos, Holly is jumped by an Innocent and is separated when an explosion throws her into a ditch. Henry screams her name as Liam emerges from the smoke and disarms him, forcing the group to surrender. Liam orders the group bound and says "the boss" will want to see them for himself.
Bound and gagged, the group are thrown into trucks and driven through the ruined roads of Fargo, finally coming to a hastily built gate. Liam calls out and the gates open, revealing a sprawling community. A crowd gathers around the trucks as the group are taken out and marched through the streets, where residents throw stones and dirt at them as they pass. They are finally brought before a wooden stage and forced to their knees. The crowd suddenly goes silent as a S.W.A.T vehicle pulls up behind the stage and a a figure dressed in black emerges. In a strong Australian accent, he orders several Innocents around before quietly talking with Liam, who points at Henry. The figure orders Henry brought before the stage and kneels down in front of him.
The figure introduces himself as Bart and asks Henry's name; when Henry remains silent, Bart almost immediately begins mocking him. Bart declares that Henry and his people need to be punished for their actions, and then they will face the other consequences of their actions. Bart realizes that children are among the captives and aims his gun at Laika to taunt Henry, triggering Justinas to stand up and attempt to punch Bart, who easily dodges and knocks Justinas down. Bart then asks Henry how strong he believes he truly is before ordering Liam to beat Henry to death.

"Consequences"
A disorientated and confused Henry wakes up in the middle of his beating at the hands of Liam. His eye has heavily swollen and his vision is obscured by his own blood. He faintly hears the cries and yells of his group nearby as Liam takes a breath and looks behind him at a smiling Bart, who nods his approval. As Liam prepares himself, a blonde woman suddenly leaps onto the stage and demands that Bart stop him. Bart tells the woman, Jane, to keep out of it. As Liam begins a second wave of punches and kicks to Henry, Jane jumps from the stage and runs over to Liam to deliver a sharp kick between his legs. Her attack has little effect on Liam, who turns and smacks Jane across the face. Bart orders Jane to be removed from the area as Liam continues his barrage on Henry's face.
Henry wakes up yet again, bleeding and bruised with Liam standing over him, his knuckles bloody. Through his daze, Henry hears Bart expressing his disappointment and orders Henry be stood up. Two guards try to force Henry to his feet, but he cannot rise any further any on his knees. Bart smiles and says Henry is finally kneeling. He steps down from the stage and kisses Jane on the forehead, calling her his sister, before approaching Henry. He wipes blood from Henry's face and asks him if he is willing to die for his people. Henry is only able to nod, but Bart slaps him in response, saying that obviously isn't true or he would have willingly died at Liam's hands. He further says that it is not Liam's fault as he has seen many a man, woman and child die to Liam's fists. Bart adds that Henry has faced his punishment, and now must face the consequences of his actions. He instructs Henry to choose two members of his group to sacrifice.
Henry silently refuses by shaking his head, but Bart slaps him again. Henry begins to cry and tries to beg, but Bart grabs him by the cheeks and tells him no amount of begging will save him or his people, and if he doesn't choose he will start randomly shooting. Jane demands that Bart stop the madness, but Bart ignores her and orders Henry to pick. Several members of the group try to volunteer but the Innocents around them bash them with the butts of their rifles to shut them up. Henry is unable to choose as he cries and begs.
Angered by Henry's indecisiveness, Bart randomly waves his gun over the heads of the group and fires, hitting Kate in the throat and splattering Emma in her blood. Kate falls backwards and begins to suffocate while Emma, having slipped her bounds, desperately tries to put pressure on the wound. She is stopped by Innocent soldiers who forcibly drag her off Kate's body and smack her, causing Henry to try to stand and fight, only for Liam to strike him in the solar plexus.
As Kate's body is dragged away by soldiers, Bart prepares to shoot again; Justinas, crying and guarding Laika behind him, whistles a code to Henry and volunteers. Desperate, Henry tells Bart that he has chosen Justinas. Laika cries out in English as Justinas is dragged away onto the stage, while Bart reminds Henry that he has a second choice to make. Henry scans his group and spots Stephan, isolated from the others and ignoring a crying Emma, and picks him to Stephan's shock.
Justinas and Stephan are marched up onto the stage where Bart awaits. The two are seated at a wooden table dragged onto the stage as Bart removes a small revolver from his pocket. He opens the chamber and loads a single bullet before placing it onto the table. He instructs Justinas and Stephan to engage in a game of Russian roulette, or everyone else will die, starting with the children in the group. One of Bart's personal soldiers, Mikhail, steps forward and flips a coin into the air; Stephan calls heads, and it lands on tails, allowing Justinas to go first.
While Laika screams "Papa!", Justinas takes the gun and places it against his temple, crying as he pulls the trigger but keeping his eyes fixed on Stephan. The gun fails to fire and Justinas drops the gun on the table. Stephan takes the gun at gunpoint and reluctantly places it against his head, but again it fails to fire. Henry weakly asks for it to stop, but he is silenced by another punch from Liam.
Henry recuperates from the punch as Justinas picks up the revolver again. He casts a sorrowful look at Laika as he pulls the trigger and exhales sharply when it does not fire. Stephan refuses to take the gun and instead asks Bart if he can join his crew. Bart smiles that they'll have to see and points his gun at the group, ordering Stephan to take the revolver. Stephan does so; once more the revolver does not fire, giving both men just one more chance each. Justinas takes the revolver for the last time and gives his final look at the bruised, bloody and barely conscious Henry and gives a nod. He raises the revolver to his temple and fires. Henry lowers his head, unable to watch.
The gun does not fire. Justinas releases a stressed yelp as he drops the gun on the table, cursing in Russian. Bart smiles at Stephan, who once again refuses to pick up the revolver. In response, Bart says "fine" and fires randomly into the group. The bullet hits Bethany in the arm, causing her to drop baby Lawrence, who begins screaming. Justinas roars at Stephan to "pick up the fucking gun" and he is restrained by guards. A quivering Stephan picks up the revolver and inspects it, knowing full well that there are no more empty chambers left. He raises it to his temple and hesitates. His glare fixed on Justinas, Stephan removes the barrel from his head and points it at Justinas before firing.
The gun goes off, releasing smoke and a loud *BANG!* Henry opens his one good eye and sees Justinas braced, the revolver pointed straight at him. To Justinas' shock, there is no entry wound. Stephan inspects the gun again and pulls the trigger a second time, but the chamber is empty. The two turn to look at Bart, who begins chuckling madly. The gathered Innocents slowly join in, erupting into a chorus of mocking laughter. Bart snatches the revolver from Stephan and reveals the casing inside: a blank. Henry screams in agony as the truth is revealed, causing the laughter to stop. Bart tauntingly asks if he is not entertained and congratulates Stephan on his ingenuity, telling him there is definitely a place in the Innocents for him. Stephan looks relieve and holds out his hand to shake. Bart instead places a hand on Stephan's shoulder and says there is just one problem: "I don't...like...*cowards*". Bart brings his pistol to Stephan's chest and pulls the trigger.
Stephan immediately falls backwards out of his chair and onto the stage, bleeding from his chest and coughing up blood as he slowly dies. Bart sees the look of horror on Henry's face and tells him that he did him a favour, as the two clearly had some disagreements. He then walks across the stage in front of Justinas and addresses the captive group: "Unfortunately...we're not done" he says as he brings his pistol around to Justinas, who flinches. Bart fires a single bullet, striking Justinas across his left cheek. Laika screams again as Justinas topples over, a portion of his left cheek carved away by the bullet.
"Now we're done!" Bart yells to a thunderous - but shocked - applause. Jane wrestles free of her guards and tries to help the bleeding - but still alive - Justinas. Bart ignores her as he rants about justice being served. Henry, his senses dulled by his brutal beating, whispers "I'm gonna kill you". One of the soldiers hears him whispering and calls Bart over. Bart jumps from the stage and approaches Henry, kneeling down to meet him at face level. He tells Henry to repeat what he said. Henry, despite his injuries, somehow manages to lift himself up, holding tense eye-contact with Bart:
"*You're* the weak one. *Fear* is your weapon. *You're a coward*" he says defiantly. Bart agrees mockingly as Henry continues breathlessly, his voice hoarse and dry, "I'm...*I'm gonna kill you*. I'm gonna make you *suffer*. I'm gonna make it *hurt*. Nothing...*NOTHING!*...can stop what's coming. *You're already dead*, understand? *Run*. *Hide*. *Beg*. *Pray*. Cause *nothing*, not your *army*, not your *walls*, not your great big mad attack dog can *save you!* Nothing can save you...*from me!"*
Bart's mocking smile slowly disappears as Henry speaks, and for the first time genuine fear appears to flicker in his otherwise cold and empty eyes. Henry smiles as Bart's bravado briefly slips. In response, Bart rises to his feet and places his pistol against Henry's forehead. As he applies pressure to the trigger, he realizes few Innocents are actually looking at him anymore, their laughter and taunts replaced with heads bowed in fear. With even Liam unable to meet his gaze, Bart holsters his pistol and orders Henry be taken to "the refrigerators" while the others are carted off to the Black Building. As his group are herded up and dragged to waiting trucks, Henry receives a final blow to the head, blacking out.

"One Way Out"
Five days after Stephan's execution, Henry, held captive at the Fort, is tortured repeatedly by Innocent soldiers. Suspended from chains attached to the ceiling, he endures a visit from Rhodes, who talks about their similar origins and claims they are "two threads in the same stitch". Bart deduces that a girl is what makes Henry strong before leaving, laughing maniacally.
Some time later, Henry is set free by an Innocent soldier named Katrina, who hands him her machete and his clothes. He slaughters his way through the Innocent guards before being knocked out by Joanne just before he finds the exit.
Together with Mikhail and another Innocent, Joanne drags Henry to the woods nearby and prepares to hang and disembowell him alongside a reanimated Stephan and Kate. As she prepares to use his own axe to kill him, Joanne is distracted when the unnamed Innocent is killed by a thrown knife to the head. Joanne's throat is partially slit by another thrown knife, allowing Henry to wrap his legs around her and break her neck. Mikhail is attacked by a young boy who emerges from the bushes and slits his cheek apart. The boy cuts Henry down, allowing him to retrieve his axe, before Mikhail attacks. In their wrestle, Henry's finger is mangled and a shot is fired. The sound draws walkers, as well as a darkdweller. Leaving Mikhail behind, Henry and the boy rush through the dark forest, but the darkdweller catches up. Together, Henry and the boy are able to maim the creature, hacking off part of its jaw. Henry continues to follow the boy to his trailer in the woods, where he passes out.
Henry awakens to find the boy gone; he heads out to look for him and hears the sounds of vehicles nearby. He heads in that direction, only to be cornered by the same darkdweller. The creature wrestles him but is shot in the shoulder with an arrow, allowing Henry to axe it to death. His saviour is revealed to be Drew, who runs over to rescue him as Henry passes out.

"Fools and Dead Men"
Henry, his face still swollen and bruised, wakes up in an unfamiliar room. Feeling a numbness in his right hand, he discovers that most of his ring finger has been surgically removed. He walks over to a covered window and finds what remains of a football stadium, the field now filled with tents and fires. Dressed only in underpants and bandages, he finds and changes into a new set of clothes - a set of black trousers, flannel shirt, boots and a bomber jacket - before leaving the room and exploring. Outside in the corridor, he finds Holly asleep on a bench, a bucket of vomit beside her. He kneels down to kiss her on the forehead, only to find her burning up.
Hearing footsteps nearby, he stands up to see Drew, a look of relief on his face. Henry approaches and the two shake hands, having not seen each other since Drew's fall from the bridge. Their handshake transforms into a hug and Henry asks if anyone else is here. Drew gestures to an open door down the hallway, from which Ben, Becky and Boy emerge, all having escaped from the Black Building. The dog charges toward Henry and licks him; Henry hugs Ben, who reveals Henry's axe, modified with a sharp weight on its broken end, a sharpened axe head and a rubber grip. He asks for Carl to check on Holly, only to realize both Carl and Mike are missing, along with Justinas. Henry says that they have to get them back, only to be interrupted by Garrett Feingold, leader of the domers.
Garrett takes Henry on a tour of the stadium, revealing the military used it as an evacuation site in the early hours of the outbreak and left behind weapons and vehicles. He goes on to say that he organized the construction of the Fort and was its leader for about a year, only for Bart to turn up and take complete control, installing a vicious regime. Garrett and those still loyal to him were forced to live in the sewers for months until they were able to clear out the Fargodome and use it as a highly defendable base. He finishes by offering an alliance between the domers and Henry's people to steal weapons and vehicles from the Fargo Depot, giving them both a fighting chance against the Innocents.
Henry agrees to consider the alliance before asking if a child matching the boy from the forest in among the domers. When Garrett does not recognise the description, Henry decides to head out and rescue the boy despite his group's arguments that he needs more bedrest. At the stadium's entrance, Henry trades his pistol for a bike and two flares and prepares to head out; Holly approaches and demands to accompany him. Henry reluctantly agrees and they head out while Drew stays behind to get everyone else organized.
In downtown Fargo, Henry and Holly traverse the broken streets on the silenced bike, finally stumbling upon the boy's trailer. Searching the trailer, they discover a diary belonging to "Hector Granger"; halfway through, however, a new name appears: "Kyle Granger". Henry discovers several hundred diary entries written on blank pieces of paper and finds a fresh stack sodden from a leak. Deducing that the boy went to a nearby paper factory for more pages, the two head out to help him. Holly is sick in a bush before they head out, worrying Henry despite her pleas to let them continue.
The pair come across the wrecked paper factory but find no trace of Kyle. Despite Henry's protests, Holly decides to search the factory. Forced to crawl through debris, the pair discover two darkdwellers inside, resting. Holly's retches cause both creatures to wake from their slumber and begin searching, howling madly. As the creatures move, Henry spots Kyle passed out in their nest, bloodied and bruised. Henry ignites one of his flares and throws it toward the collapsed front of the factory, drawing the darkdwellers, and moves up to tend to the boy. Holly keeps watch as Henry wakes the boy, who screams in fear upon seeing Henry's face. His screams draw the creatures, who are briefly fought off by Holly, who proves too ill to keep them away. With no other option and believing the creatures possess some intelligence, Henry, the boy in his arms, roars and charges as the darkdwellers; to his shock, the creatures appear intimidated and retreat, forcing them into a sunbeam. The creatures shriek in agony and flee into the shadows. With Holly by his side, Henry maneuvers into the light, roaring and feinting to keep the darkdwellers at bay. Through sheer luck, the trio find their way to a large pile of debris and climb down it to the ground while the darkdwellers remain in their nest.
Outside, Henry calls the boy by his name - Kyle - and says he is safe now. He offers to bring Kyle to his group, who will look after him from now on. The boy hugs Henry tightly before Holly vomits against, falling to her knees to recover. Henry tries to comfort her and finally deduces that she's pregnant. He falls into silence out of shock as Holly confirms his suspicions, apologising for not telling him sooner. She apologises several times until Henry cuts her off, telling her this is a good thing and just another thing to fight and live for. Henry reaffirms his love for Holly as the three of them head back to the bike.

"Hopes and Fears"
While Drew, Holly, Becky, Bethany and the children stay behind, **Henry** leads a team of the others alongside some domers to traverse the sewer network beneath Fargo to the Innocent base at the Fargo Depot. Emma tries to join Henry on his endeavor, only to be convinced to look after Holly when Henry reveals she is pregnant. Nearby, Liam and his men make final preparations - and final word from Bart - to attack the Fargodome.
With Gideon and his domers leading the way, Henry's team makes their way through the sewers, avoiding walkers thanks to Boy's sense of smell. After miles of walking through the flooded sewers, the team finally emerges a few blocks from the Fargo Depot: a former car assembly plant on the city's outskirts.
Henry and David lead the team's assault on the Fargodome, using silenced rifles to take guards hostage followed by Jane Rhodes, who surrenders willingly. Mike and Carl are finally set free. The Innocent soldiers refuse to cooperate, forcing Henry and the team to discover the depot's fleet of vehicles for themselves. They finally decide to take six vehicles: an army truck, four cars and a lorry, each equipped with metal panels and spikes. Henry takes several Innocents, including Jane, hostage and forces them into the back of lorry.

"Same Stitch"
A day after their vehicle heist, Henry's group prepares to leave Fargo and continue their long journey to Adams Air Force Base. As they finish preparations, however, Henry is petitioned by Feingold to stay behind and aid the domers in defeating the Innocents once and for all. Wanting revenge - and to prove to themselves that they can defend others outside their own group - the group votes to stay behind and battle the Innocents. Using Jane as bait, Henry radios Bart Rhodes and offers a prisoner exchange: Jane for Justinas. Bart, losing his grip on the Innocents since their loss at the depot and Liam's demise, reluctantly agrees.
Henry's group and the domers make their preparations. They block off the streets with the armoured vehicles and use debris and furniture to create barricades. Henry instructs Emma to keep the other children and non-combatants safe inside the S.W.A.T van, while Holly refuses to hide and joins the fighting preparations. Carl prepares several fires around Briarwood and a medical kit so he can administer treatments rapidly. David decides to feed their hostages and learns of Jane's hatred for her brother; David encourages her to do what she thinks is right.
A scout returns to Briarwood, bringing word of an Innocent convoy led by a tank covered in spikes and mutilated walkers. The militia watches as the Innocents approach, Bart Rhodes riding atop the tank. With their respective groups ready to fire, Henry and Bart approach one another in the street, each holding their hostage. Following a brief exchange of words during which Bart reiterates that he and Henry are not dissimilar, Jane and Justinas rejoin their respective groups. With Justinas safe behind the barrier, Bart asks what comes next; Henry simply says that one of them has to die.
Suddenly, despite Gideon's protests, Garrett jumps up from behind the barricade and fires at Bart, missing him; one of Bart's guards, no more than twelve years old, fires in return, hitting Garrett in the throat. Without warning, Henry uses the distraction to charge forwards, tackling Bart; he is provided cover by his group, who open fire. The Innocents scatter; despite their numbers, they have little in the way of cover. One of the Innocents stumbles across the S.W.A.T van and is prompty killed by Emma with an arrow to the chest.
Henry and Bart wrestle on the ground until Henry is removed by Mikhail, last of Bart's lieutenants. The Innocents prepare to move on the estate, but most are talked out of it by Jane, who is supported by Katrina and Jimmy. Meanwhile, Mikhail proves stronger than Henry, allowing Bart to flee into the trees nearby; Justinas, Ben and Mike counterattack Mikhail with unexpected ferocity, allowing Henry to free himself and chase after Bart. After Mikhail is incapacitated by Ben and Mike, Justinas finishes him off with a machete strike to the skull.
Henry runs into the woods and is ambushed by Bart, who slices him across the stomach with his sword. Henry removes his axe and knife from his belt, challenging Bart to one-on-one combat. They engage in a vicious fight, equally matched in strength, height, speed and aggression. Despite Henry disarming him, Bart manages to recover and exploits Henry's wounds, weakening him before retrieving his sword. Forcing Henry against a tree, Bart promptly stabs him in the abdomen below his left ribs.
Bart taunts that they were destined to meet and fight, and that they have always been "two threads in the same stitch". Henry desperately tries to reach for a weapon, only to find a leftover flare in his pocket. He allows Bart to run him through, knowing the wound is relatively harmless despite the agony. With Bart stuck in place, Henry stalls him by telling him he used to be afraid of death, and in the past he would have been afraid of Bart. As he states that he no longer feels "a goddamn thing", Henry ignites the flare and presses it against Bart's head.
Bart screams in agony, but Henry is able to hold on, even as his left hand begins to burn. Bart pulls his sword from Henry's torso, sending them both tumbling to the ground; the flare falls into the dry grass, setting it on fire. Henry retrieves his axe and looks up to see Bart, stuttering and whimpering, the entire right side of his head blackened and bloody and his ear reduced to a stump.
Drew sends a grenade down the barrel of the tank, destroying it from within; the sudden explosion draws the attention of the darkdweller mating pair, causing one to leave and investigate. At Briarwood, Bart, still alive, rises to his feet and throws his sword aside; Henry does the same with his axe. The pair, both with lethal wounds, engage in a brutal fistfight, using everything from their feet to their nails and teeth. As the fire grows around them, Henry finally manages to get Bart into a chokehold.
As Bart suffocates, Henry remembers his dream of Alex, which encouraged him to let go of his rage and hatred for the world lest it finally consume him and turn him into someone like Bart. A shriek rings out nearby; recognising it as a darkdweller, Henry losens his grip on Bart's throat. He vows to never become Bart before jumping to the side as the darkdweller leaps towards them, catching Bart in mid-air. Bart and the darkdweller tumble into the fire, burning to death together. Henry passes out from exhaustion and blood loss, but is rescued by Ben.
Henry wakes in the back of a moving vehicle, Holly and Emma beside him. He discovers his group on the move, having formed a small convoy; he also finds Jane, Jimmy, Katrina and Gideon among them, having decided to abandon Fargo and settle Adams Air Force Base. Drew offers Henry the radio; tuning it to the TV station's frequency, Henry releases a broadcast offering survivors to join the "Pioneers" and help them build "something better". As the Pioneers leave Fargo for good, Henry and Holly cuddle and decide that their child will be a "hope" for the future

### Season 4: Remake

#### "Miles"

Almost two weeks after leaving Fargo behind them, the Pioneers convoy has grown to around 30 vehicles and nearly 80 survivors, many of whom are stragglers and scavengers. The convoy drives across the entirety of North Dakota, stopping off at any town or rest stop to gather supplies before moving on to the Montana border; at the border station they grab guns and ammo that the National Guard left behind. The convoy spends another five days driving across Montana, and are forced to leave several vehicles behind. Passing near Great Falls, they turn east to find Adams Air Force Base.

The exhausted convoy rests in the shade of a mountain; Henry, battered and gaunt, leads a team to scout the nearby plains. With Drew by his side, Henry scans the horizon before finally setting sights on the base in the distance. He notes several pillars of smoke rising from the base, effectively confirming survivors within. Heading back to the convoy, Henry decides to take a small group down to the base to make contact with the survivors, leaving the bulk of the convoy behind until the all-clear is delivered. Several people volunteer: Emma, Ben, Mike, Drew, Katrina, Gideon and, to everyone's shock, Bethany, who has grown more confident with weapons. Justinas and Holly also volunteer, but Henry refuses; he asks Justinas to guard and lead the convoy, and outright refuses to allow Holly to join him due to her morning sickness. He charges Kyle with protecting her, with the boy now referring to them both as his parents.

Taking the refridgeration truck down the valley, the scout team approach the reinforced gate of Adams Air Force Base, confused that there is no one around. They break the lock holding the gate shut and drive onto the grounds of the base, where they discover a second, more homemade border fence made out of scrap metal. A warning shot rings out and the truck grinds to a halt; a second shot impacts the windscreen, revealed to be an arrow with a piece of paper attached. Stepping outside, Henry approaches cautiously and grabs the paper, discovering a radio frequency written on it. Tuning his walkie-talkie, he attempts contact. A voice asks what his intensions are; Henry responds that they are simply looking to trade, and adds that his group means no harm. A screeching sound emerges as the makeshift barricade opens up and a truck adnorned with USAF colours approaches, driven by armed survivors.

They stop twenty feet from the group, armed with automatic weapons and grenades; the lead soldier throws an empty duffle bag at Henry's feet and demands that the group discard all their weapons; despite Emma's protests, the group does so, gently placing their knives and guns into the bag. The lead soldier asks what they have to trade; Henry admits that the truck is empty, but wants to discuss trade with the bulk of their convoy. Irritated, but interested, the lead soldier agrees to take them to the base's leader, a man called Grenowich.

The group are escorted past the barrier and into the base; Ben compares it to a "homeless camp", with lit braizers and hunched survivors all over the place. They are led to a spot near a disused hanger and escorted through the base on foot; suspicious survivors watch them closely, gaunt and restless. The soldiers lead them to the base's air traffic control tower; inside, they are introduced to a dreadlocked man covered in dirt. He introduces himself as Grenowich and once again asks for the group's intensions; Henry, unsettled by the unsubtle inspections of his people by the soldiers in the room, lies and says they were just passing through and wish to move on. Grenowich responds that there is no need, because their group won't be going anywhere. Before they can react, the group are forced to their knees, guns aimed at their heads; Grenowich remarks to his people that "hunting" is getting easier, even if there are less people out there. The group are blinded with black bags and dragged away; as the group yell and struggle, Henry overhears Grenowich order his men to apprehend the rest of Henry's people.

#### "Hellfire"

Henry, Emma and the others are dragged through a series of hallways, their faces covered by black masks. The team gags from the smell of human waste, and are deafened by the whoops and cheers of the surrounding Ravagers. They are finally dragged through a set of double doors into a large room filled by the stench of cooking meat. Forced to their feet, their bound hands are forced upwards and hooked onto metal spikes hanging from the low ceiling. Their hoods are removed and they are met by a horrifying sight: tens of similarly hanging bodies, all in various states of being butchered. Bloody woodsaws clutter a central table, and the far end of the room is taken up by a makeshift grill upon which sits dozens of pieces of cooking flesh.

#### "Divide"

Five years after settling Greencole, the Pioneers have created a peaceful farming community with small outposts along the road to Wolf Dam and in the nearby forest. For the past two years Ben has been leading the effort to restore Wolf Dam, while Henry has stepped down as leader in favour of David. After waking up and greeting his children - five-year-old Hope, adoptive son Kyle and ward Emma, who refuses to speak to him - Henry helps Drew skin a deer he caught; Hope spots the dead animal and Henry gives her words of comfort. Taking a horse, he rides to Wolf Dam to join the other workers, saying hello to Mike, who has left the town and lives in a camp alone, along the way. The town's residents all go about their daily routine, including Shadowman, who at some point was rescued from Port Collier and brought to the community.

Henry and Ben discuss their relationships while they work inside the dam; Ben reveals that he hasn't been home to see his boyfriend, Jimmy, in over a week. When pressed, Ben adds that his bipolar mood swings have returned and are getting worse. They join the other workers at the top of the dam for a break; while watching the horizon, Henry spots a group of people in the distance near the river. Dismissing it, he returns to Greencole greet Carl, dying of an aggressive cancer, in the hospital cabin before heading home to find Holly preparing a romantic dinner. Meanwhile, Emma joins some of the other teenagers in sneaking out of town; at a beauty spot, she bonds with a newcomer, Abigail, and they kiss.

The next day at the dam Henry spots something else along the river; using his binoculars, he witnesses a group of people, all wearing masks, dumping sacks into the river. As they retreat into the woods, one of them turns to look directly at Henry, having spotted the glare from his binoculars. Disturbed by what he saw, Henry remains silent throughout the rest of the evening and suffers with horrible nightmares.

Throughout the next day, the community prepares for their biannual potluck; Henry grows paranoid that something in the woods is watching them. He jumps when someone drops a jug, smashing it; as he helps them pick it up, he looks back at the woods and clenches his fist, cutting his palm in the process. He barely notices and returns home to wash; he has a flashback of stabbing Alex's dead body and suffers a panic attack, which involves biting his own arm.

Henry attends the potluck with his family, although Emma sneaks away to sleep with Abigail. David gives the keynote speech and dedicates it to Henry, who leaves as the speech concludes with the excuse of a bad stomach. He returns home and silently debates with himself before grabbing a shovel and digging up his old equipment: his axe, Mark 23, brown jacket and spent bulletproof police vest. As he finishes preparations, Holly returns to check on him and demands to know what he is doing. He confesses what he saw beyond the dam and that he has decided to check it out, believing it to be a threat. Holly tries to reassure him to no avail and blocks his exit; she cries that they have moved on from the people they used to be, that they have a family to think about, and that she refuses to go through the cycle of wondering if he will ever come back. Henry coldly dismisses her and leaves as Holly weeps. He takes a horse and rides out; Emma spots him from Abigail's window, while Mike is awakened by the galloping of Henry's horse.

In the morning, while on his daily hunt, Drew discovers pitch sprayed all over the dry ground and trees; deeper in the woods, he finds a knocked-over barrel coated in dried pitch. He spots the faded words "LEWIS & CLARK FAMILY GET-AWAY" printed on the barrel and heads farther in to investigate. Meanwhile, Henry ties his horse and heads into the forest along the river, but finds no activity. Just as he decides to return home, he encounters a masked survivor who promptly attacks him. They wrestle in the underground until Henry manages to choke the attacker to death with his rifle; he spots a strange brand on the base of the attacker's back. He drives his knife into the attacker's skull before he is suddenly jerked back, a string around his neck. He is pulled along and surrounded by more masked survivors, who strip him of weapons; one of them, the masked survivor he spotted from the dam, knocks him out with a stomp to the face.

### Season 5: Remake

#### "Blood"

Armed only with a revolver, Henry and the surviving Greencole guards reluctantly open the town's front gate to greet Albert, who agrees to be disarmed. He reiterates the Commander's invitation to visit Adams Air Force Base and offers the aid of his subordinates, Robbins and his deaf brother Greg, around town in exchange for Henry joining him on the return trip to the base. With Emma's reassurance, Henry disarms himself and asks to bring others along; Albert agrees and Kyle, Ben and Katrina volunteer to join him. The five climb into Albert's truck and drive away. David directs the Robbins siblings to various sites in the town just as a heavily-bruised Holly emerges from the medical tent.

On the road to the base, Henry inquires about Delta Force and how Albert came to join them; Albert reveals that his group splintered after escaping the forest, leaving just him, Cara and a few others to stumble across a Delta Force patrol. Instead of robbing them, as the group had come to expect, they offered Albert and his people roles within their group; with nowhere else to turn they accepted and came to believe in Delta Force's cause due to the leadership of the Commander. Albert adds that the mysterious Commander served in the Iraq invasion and is the only person in the group to have seen combat before the outbreak.

As the truck approaches the gates of Adams Air Force Base the group grow more apprehensive, still haunted by their escape and the horrors they witnessed. Albert assures them that all of the cannibals that Delta Force encountered when they arrived at the base are long gone, although another group had already killed most of them. Passing the gate the group are shocked to discover a thriving, well-organized community, complete with soldiers, a market and even a radio station. Albert reveals that more than 1000 people, mostly civilians, are living at the base. Guided by a patrol, they are led to the Commander's office where only Henry is allowed upstairs.

Apprehensive, Henry enters the office to find the Commander studying a map and struggles to get his attention. The Commander is vague and fires off about Greencole, including how many people live there and whether Wolf Dam is operational. Henry demands to know what Delta Force wants with Greencole; after a pause, the Commander answers: for the past four years, Delta Force has been building a network of communities, all within Montana, in the hope of building a new civilization. He introduces the communities already in the network: the farming settlement of Fairbanks; the army depot at Prescott airfield; a newly-cleared survivalist town called Graystone, currently empty aside from a few Delta Force soldiers; and a missle silo called Site 65. All of the communities provide resources to Adams Air Force Base, which then assigns troops to protect the communities from raiders and walkers. The resource that the network currently lacks in sufficient quantities is electricity; fuel is running low across the network and only Fairbanks has wind power.

The Commander makes Henry an offer: Delta Force will absorb Greencole into the network, complete with all the benefits, in exchange for control over Wolf Dam and its power generation. The offer insults Henry, who points out all the sacrifices that his people have made to get the dam to its current condition. The Commander claims that Delta Force has engineers to finish the work, causing Henry to realize that, due to Greencole's geographic position, they will be completely isolated if Delta Force controls their northern border at the dam. Henry's arguments are muted when the Commander states that he can take the dam by force, although he would rather work with the Pioneers than fight them.

Before their conversation grows hostile, the Commander offers Henry a drink, which Henry accepts. As they drink, Henry inquires about the Commander's past and his service in Iraq; the Commander is silent in response until Henry asks if he knew his brother, Corporal Worth, who was in the first wave of the Iraq invasion. The Commander smiles at the apparent coincidence and admits his surname is "Worth" and that his rank was corporal; he suddenly grows suspicious and asks where Henry is from. Henry answers that he is from the UK and came to the U.S. on an exchange trip, hoping to find his half-brother. Both men slowly realize the truth; although reluctant to admit it, Henry finally realizes that the Commander is none other than his half-brother Kieron Worth.

At the base office, Henry and Kieron share stories of the past eight years, including all the places they mutually visited such as Fargo and the base. Kieron reveals that his first group was wiped out and he was separated from the lone survivor, forcing him to survive in the wilderness. By chance he found a working radio and detected a Contingency signal that led him to a secluded bunker filled with around thirty survivors. The signal instructed all surviving soldiers at the facility to form "Delta Force" and build a safe-zone at a site of their chosing. Given the limited space the bunker offered the newly-formed Delta Force was forced to move on; Kieron eventually rose to leadership and absorbed other survivor groups into his new army. He ends by recounting that they settled the base four years ago and made contact with Site 65 a month later, forming the core of the network. Henry talks about his family, including Kieron's biological half-niece Hope and his adoptive nephew Kyle.

Having bonded, Henry tries to make a new deal: Delta Force troops could be deployed to the dam with the Pioneers overseeing them, and in exchange the uninhabited by newly-safe town of Graystone will be handed over to Henry's people, with a small group still living at Greencole. Kieron brands the deal preposterous and that he cannot make accomodations; Henry points out that they are family but Kieron replies that they just met and that blood counts for nothing when considering what is at stake. Kieron summonds Albert and orders Henry be escorted back to Greencole, adding that he will arrive tomorrow to inspect the town. As the door opens, Kieron is greeted by Kyle and they recognise each other, putting Kyle is a state of shock as they drive back to Greencole.

Upon his return, Henry orders a town meeting at Gideon's church while Albert and the Robbins brothers wait outside the gate. In a speech, Henry informs the frustrated Pioneers of what's to come: the occupation of Wolf Dam by Delta Force and Greencole's absorption into their network. The townsfolk are angered by Henry's apparent unwillingness to fight, which Henry counters by pointing out Delta Force's vastly superior manpower and supplies. Holly, still exhausted and bruised, enters the church and asks why they should follow Henry, who indirectly led the Frontiersmen to their doorstep. Henry responds that he has a plan but wants a vote, since this decision can't be made by just one person.

Albert and his soldiers enter the church just as voting concludes in favour of Henry's mysterious plan; to their shock, they are forced to their knees and bound.

Early the next morning, Kieron and a group of soldiers prepare to cross the dam, only to be met by the entire gathered townsfolk with Henry and the captive soldiers at their head. Henry correctly assumes that Kieron cares for his soldiers too much to see them killed needlessly and demands that Kieron agrees to his counter-offer: Greencole and Graystone will belong to the Pioneers, while the dam will be shared between their factions. One of Kieron's soldiers asks whether they should fire on the Pioneers; Kieron sees his niece Hope and refuses to give the order before telling Henry that he is lucky "she's my blood". Kieron and his soldiers withdraw while Albert and his soldiers stay behind to monitor the Pioneers; an angry Holly demands to know what Kieron meant and Henry finally reveals that Kieron is his long-lost brother. Holly says nothing and walks away.

#### "Rules"

Within a week of the dam confrontation, Henry, Gideon and Katrina have been drafted into Delta Force under Albert's command while the rest of Greencole's population, led by Holly and David, relocate to the town of Graystone; only a small group led by Jane and Drew decides to remain at Greencole and support the Delta Force soldiers now stationed at Wolf Dam. Henry and his team are driven to D.F.'s Forward Operating Base at Prescott, one of the other communities, and meet the airfield's leader Katherine; on his tour, Henry discovers barrels of a chemical called "carbofuran". From Prescott, Henry and his team are driven to the farming settlement of Fairbanks, led by the eccentric Samuel Fairbanks and his wheelchair-bound deputy, Ashleigh. Henry and his team are vaguely told that their purpose is to guard Fairbanks from raiders, who are revealed to be Frontiersmen assault parties led by Isabella, who has rejoined her tribe. Henry and Albert clash over how to deal with the Frontiersmen when Henry refuses to fire on them.

#### "Dissent"

Still guarding Fairbanks, Henry and his team help to prepare the farm for the upcoming winter storms: they dig trenches to drain the fields, reinforce the fence and put fertilizer in storage. During his work, Henry discovers a grave site at the edge of the farm; over dinner, Samuel explains that, a couple years ago, a bad crop harvest poisoned several people, including Ashleigh (paralysing her) and the Frontiersmen that the farm was trading with, after which the Frontiersmen turned hostile and the farm joined Delta Force's community network. Curious, Henry asks Samuel about carbofuran; Samuel reveals that it is an extremely toxic pesticide that is lethal even in small doses. Now suspicious, Henry struggles to sleep and goes for a walk; at that moment a Frontiersmen raiding party attacks the farm and sets the south field on fire with a primitive catapult.

With Gideon and Katrina covering him, Henry charges behind enemy lines to disable the catapult; he is attacked mid-sabotage by Isabella, angered by Henry's alliance with her enemy. Henry tries to calm her during their fight to no avail and is forced to place a knife to her throat, only to be stabbed shallowly in the flank. Isabella reveals that Fairbanks' tainted crops killed several women, children and even Father Ajax, which caused the split between the elders and Joseph; all this ultimately resulted in the Frontiersmen attack on Greencole.

Henry deduces that Albert was responsible for spreading carbofuran on the crops, forcing Fairbanks to join the network and supply Delta Force with food. Henry angrily confronts Albert and holds a knife to his throat; Albert confesses but reveals that Commander Worth never ordered him to do so, and that nobody, especially the Commander, will believe him. Henry is forced to back down because of his group's precarious status. With Fairbanks secure the team return to Prescott's FOB; overcome with frustration, Henry is met by a man named Achilles, who tells him to meet at an abandoned church nearby. Intrigued, Henry accepts and sneaks out to find the church; when he arrives, he smiles at who else has decided to attend.

#### "Call to Arms"

Henry, Gideon and Katrina are retrieved from their cell and marched into Prescott's courtyard, where a hastily-built gallows awaits them. They are bound and placed in nooses while Albert reads out their charges, including insurrection, before sentencing them to death before the horrified crowd. Henry is allowed some last words and uses them to rally the crowd, only to be gagged by Albert before he pulls the lever to drop Gideon, killing him. As Albert pulls Katrina's lever, however, Samuel and Ashleigh appear with Cara and the other freed prisoners, all armed, just as Achilles crashes through the gate. Samuel calls for the crowd to rebel and seize the soldiers' weapons; soon the courtyard becomes a battlefield, with a stray bullet freeing Henry from his rope that allows him to save Katrina before she suffocates. The soldiers are quickly subdued and Albert, unable to reach Delta Force command, escapes on a bike. Henry forces a soldier to divulge the location of a radar tower, which Albert will use to summon reinforcements, and Henry gives chase in a truck.

Henry finally catches up to Albert but struggles to apprehend him due to the terrible state of the roads. Despite bursting a tire he manages to keep pace, but Albert arrives as the radar tower and enters before Henry can stop him. With no other option, Henry hits the gas and crashes the truck through the wall of the station. He survives, dazed and confused, and exits the truck to find Albert pinned against the station console by the truck. Albert asks if Henry knows what he has started; Henry replies that he knows what he has finished, and executes Albert with a gunshot to the head. He uses the still-working radio to contact Ben and initiate the sabotage; Kieron hears Henry's order and sends troops from Greencole to the dam.

In the dam's boiler room, Ben's hallucinations worsen and he begins convulsing, signs that death is near; despite this, he continues working and redirects the steam back into the boilers. The turbines now spinning, the boilers begin to overheat. He radios the soldiers to tell them they should leave and follows them to the surface; he enters his death throes as the boilers overheat and violently explode, triggering a series of ruptures that blow open the front wall of the dam, causing water from Wolf Lake and burst through and surge the waters. Ben collapses as the top of the dam breaks apart and the entire structure collapses, draining the lake as the water rushes downriver. Kieron watches in horror from Greencole while Henry rests at the radar station, mourning the loss of his friend.

### Season 6: Remake

#### "Aftermath"

Henry, reeling from Ben's death, receives a call from Kieron on the tower's radio, demanding to know what happened to the dam. Henry defiantly says that the communities will not tolerate Delta Force's laws anymore, and tells Kieron to either lick his wounds or prepare for war. Henry is picked up by Samuel while Kieron orders Jane's arrest and sends troops to Graystone. Shutting off the radio, Henry and Samuel return to Prescott, its Forward Operating Base now looted, and formally form the Militia with Achilles and Katherine. Ashleigh suddenly comes on the radio and reports a Frontiersmen raid; Samuel races to help in the gun truck and Henry joins him.

They arrive at Fairbanks to find it on fire, the Frontiersmen wielding guns, and the barn aflame. Henry decides to save the trapped horses while Samuel and Ashleigh lay down covering fire with the gun truck; with the doors locked and unable to find the key, he climbs into the barn from the roof and opens the doors from the inside, only to face Eduard, the new war chief. The exhausted Henry is quickly overwhelmed but is saved by Isabella, who kicks Eduard into the burning fields. The farm's inhabitants are forced to abandon the area as the fire grows out of control.

Kieron's reinforcements arrive at Graystone, still in the midst of a riot, where Robbins hears of his brother's murder. Maldoon gives Holly a final chance to stand down, but Holly reminds her that the hostages, including Tanya, will die if the barricade is taken down. Maldoon apologises and orders her troops to attack. Behind the barricade, Holly receives her first bout of morning sickness while everyone volunteers to give blood for the wounded Lawrence. Kyle and Abigail sneak out to steal weapons, only to find a large group of walkers heading towards the town.

Elsewhere, bound and blinded, the Crew wake up inside a moving vehicle, closely watched by Jackal and his men. He taunts Laika and Emma that they will go the "The Boar" while Mike and Drew will be fighting stock. Unbeknownst to Jackal, Emma breaks her thumb and slips out of her bounds, allowing her to stand and seize his weapon; Jackal, however, reveals why Laika is so sick: he poisoned his arrowhead, and will give her the antidote if Emma stands down. Emma remains bound for the rest of the journey; when they arrive, the Jackal introduces them to the Animals' leader, Grendel.

#### "All Out War"

The base gates open to allow the death bus to coast to safety. Tonks yells with triumph as they come to a stop and Henry, Kyle, Emma, Mike, Drew, Laika and Tonks exit the bus; the Crew falls into the welcoming arms of their friends, allies and former foes, their spirits high from the death bus' triumphant arrival.

The news of their return, however, is overshadowed by reports of low ammo, loss of life and damages to the base's walls. Sensing the slip in morale, Henry climbs atop the death bus and delivers a speech where he denounces the Frontiersmen as weak, comparing them to the dead for how cold they have all become by cleansing fear. He encourages everyone to harness their fears, as it will give them the edge that could decide the battle. He rallies them into bellowing cries before stepping down to inform Kieron he has a plan.

In Kieron's office, surrounded by the Militia leaders, Henry reveals his plan: using smoke camouflage, he will venture alone through the herd and into the Frontiersmen camp, where he will challenge Nathan to single combat; if he wins, Henry will earn leadership over the Frontiersmen, giving him the power to call off their attack. The others, especially Holly, decry his plan as suicidal but Isabella admits that it may work: even if Nathan refuses the challenge, his leadership over the Frontiersmen will be questionable; if nothing else, it may buy the defenders some time.

Henry coats his clothes in fresh charcoal before nervously walking into the herd, killing several Frontiersmen along the way to break up the walkers. The winds pick up as he reaches the enemy front, publically revealing himself to challenge Nathan; the Father refuses, causing many Frontiersmen to break rank until Eduard forces them to charge. In the chaos, Henry seizes his chance to attack; their fight is brutal, and Henry is exhausted but still strong enough to put up a challenge. The Peacemaker becomes stuck in a tree just as Henry gets the upper hand, allowing Nathan to overpower him and cut his side with his sword. Injured, slowed and without a weapon, Henry is easily forced to the ground as Nathan begins to toy with him. He offers to spare the lives of Henry's family in exchange for his submission, but he defiantly stands up, fearful of letting Nathan walk away again. Fuelled by rage, Henry uses the Peacemaker to shatter Nathan's sword, push him to the ground and stab him in the heart with the smaller of the axe's blades.

As Nathan lays dying, his true self, James, emerges for the last time and cries that he is afraid; Henry, overcome with emotion, decapitates his old friend before taking a horse and riding to the front. The sight of their leader's head causes the Frontiersmen to surrender, but Kieron orders his troops to continue firing. Henry initially threatens Kieron to call off his men, but decides to make peace and inspire Kieron's own troops to stand against him. Faced with resistance, Kieron orders his troops to pull back, ending the battle. Henry reunites with Holly and collapses from exhaustion.

Henry awakens three days later to find Emma waiting beside him. They reaffirm their bond and prepare to head home, learning along the way that the communities are working together to rebuild each settlement one by one. Henry is given a hero's welcome at Graystone but immediately leaves to meet Holly on their balcony; they come to terms with their separate attitudes to survival and Holly finally accepts Henry's proposal.

Two years later, the communities have banded together and restructured into the Commonwealth of the Missouri River, a thriving, ever-growing civilization. Holly is elected governor and Henry takes charge of the Rangers, an elite division of the Commonwealth Army charged with exploring new territories. With their population booming, the communities decide to rebuild the city of Great Falls into a shared capital, Bastion.

### Season 7: Remake

#### "A New Beginning"

Twelve years later, Henry and a ranger team return home from a three month expedition to Nebraska. After crossing into Montana, they rescue a young woman from walkers but she refuses to say where she came from.

Henry, the rangers and the girl follow the route of the old interstate, long retaken by nature. Henry asks for the girl's name; she reluctantly gives it as "Lucy". Henry explains that the group are "rangers", a special division that explores the wilderness for supplies, communities and walker herds; he introduces the others, including his son Kyle, veteran ranger Jane, survivalist Mike and new recruits Troy and Lucas. Henry further explains that they are going home to the Commonwealth, a vast nation built through cooperation and unity, and tries to uncover where Lucy is from; she avoids all questions about her home, and says she has nobody looking for her when Henry asks who her family is. Henry lightens her mood by quizzing her about the road they are travelling, revealing that it used to be an "interstate" that criss-crossed the entire country.

The rangers eventually reach the borders of Montana, where they split up: Henry and Kyle head home to Graystone, while Jane and the others take Lucy to Bastion for processing. Several hours later, Henry and Kyle arrive home in the middle of Holly's speech; Kyle reunites with his wife Florence whilst Henry reunites with Hope, whom he still refers to as "Little Wolf". They wait until Holly finishes her speech and meet her in the town hall; Holly slaps Henry for being late and embraces him. Henry reunites with his other children, Eric and little Layla, followed by news that Florence is pregnant.

Hope leads the children into the next room while Henry and Kyle report the findings of their expedition: three communities in Nebraska, one hostile; a massive herd in south-east Wyoming that is heading east; and a cart of fresh supplies heading to Bastion. Henry and Holly agree that another expedition will not be necessary for a few months.

In the evening, the Ward clan hold a welcome home party for Henry and Kyle. Kyle, struggling with the idea of fatherhood, steps out for a cigarette and is shocked to find Emma on the doorstep. Kyle asks where she has been for the last year and a half; Emma simply replies that she had things to take care of. After some coaxing she agrees to see the rest of the family; she is welcomed as if she never left, especially by Henry, who takes her out onto the porch for a private conversation. He asks her if she completed "her mission"; she replies "kinda" and was late returning home because of "other commitments". Henry reveals that he intends to retire as First Ranger and offers her the position, including his Peacemaker axe. Emma agrees to think about it, and the party draws to a close.

Hope and a few of her friends decide to sneak out of town and explore the hills; they are ambushed inside an old barn by the "Pale Ones", the monstrous children of the Mother and the Carldweller. Alerted by their children's absence, Henry and the other parents organize a search and follow the distant howling, arriving just as the Carldweller appears to recover its offspring. Henry and the Carldweller leave peacefully. Back at Graystone, instead of punishing Hope, Henry shows her his private workshop in the attic where he gifts her a home-made mandolin he was saving for her birthday. Their talk over, Hope returns to her bedroom and finds a bite wound on her calf.

## Killed Victims

* Mr Dawid *(zombified)* - bashed in the head with a metal pole
* Bandit 1 *(caused)* - shot in the stomach, subsequently shot in the head by Kyle Mitchell
* Matthew Mitchell *(caused)* - trapped inside meat locker to suffocate
* Andre - axed in the head
* Sarah Terringham *(indirectly caused, out of mercy)* - shot in the head to prevent death by blood loss and reanimation
* Alex Sutton *(before reanimation)* - stabbed in the head to prevent reanimation
* Alex Junior *(zombified)* - head crushed
* Ashley *(zombified)* - shot in the head
* Laika's Brother *(out of mercy)*
* Joanne *(alive & before reanimation)* - neck broken and axed in the head before reanimation
* Bart Rhodes *(caused)* - thrown into the path of a charging darkdweller
* Grenowich - axed to death
* Dante - shot in the head
* Albert - hit with a truck and shot in the head
* James Cottingham *(alive & zombified)* - stabbed in the heart, head burned
* Nines - bisected and axed in the head
* At least 1 unnamed Chester Woods bandit
* 3 unnamed Hopeville residents
* 13 unnamed Iron bandits
* 2 dogs
* 15 unnamed Hometown residents *(5 direct, 9 zombified)*
* 19 unnamed Innocents *(3 alive, 6 directly, 10 indirectly)*
* 18 unnamed Frontiersman
* Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
* 1 darkdweller *(caused)*

## Relationships

*For a more in-depth look at Henry's relationships, read here*

* Eric Ward - son
* Layla Ward - daughter
* Kyle Granger - adopted son
* Clarkson Survivors
	+ Holly Maxson - wife
	+ Emma Goode - ward
	+ Justinas Garin † - close friend and brother-figure
	+ Ben Appleby † - close friend and brother-figure
	+ Alex Sutton † - friend
	+ Jess Black † - friend and one-night-stand
	+ Sarah Terringham † - friend and victim
	+ Aaron Bailey † - friend
* Liam † - friend
* Shadowman - friend
* Mike Trapp - friend and savior
* Drew's Group
	+ Drew Stanton - close friend
	+ Becky Grace - close friend
	+ Carl McKenzie † - close friend
	+ Leyton Jones †
	+ Bethany †
	+ Sarah Stanton - surrogate niece
* Hometown
	+ David - close friend and brother-figure
	+ Dirk † - former rival
	+ Ron †
	+ Amy †
* Lawrence Carter
* Innocents
	+ Jane Rhodes
	+ Katrina
	+ Jimmy
* Domers
	+ Gideon †
* Delta Force
	+ Kieron Worth - half-brother and former enemy
	+ Cara
* Achilles
* Fairbanks
	+ Samuel Fairbanks - friend and ally
	+ Ashleigh - friend and surrogate sister-in-law
* Prescott
	+ Katherine - ally
	+ Dominic †
* Frontiersmen
	+ Isabella - situational ally
* The Family
	+ Andre † - attempted killer, cannibal and victim
	+ Matthew † - attempted killer and cannibal
	+ Kyle † - attempted killer and cannibal
	+ Lisa † - attempted killer, cannibal and savior
* Hopeville
	+ Francis † - attempted killer
	+ Randall † - attempted killer
* Hometown
	+ Stoffman † - former leader and attempted killer
* Innocents
	+ Bart Rhodes † - attempted killer, tormentor and victim
	+ Mikhail †
	+ Joanne †

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead: Strain Zero

#### Season 1: Remake

* "It Begins"
* "Friend Or Foe"
* "A Long Road Ahead"
* "Around Every Corner"
* "All That Remains"

#### Season 2: Remake

* "What We've Lost"
* "The New World"
* "An Iron Fist"
* "In Harm's Way"
* "What We Deserve"

#### Season 3: Remake

* "No Time Left"
* "Monsters"
* "Consequences"
* "One Way Out"
* "Fools and Dead Men"
* "Hopes and Fears"
* "Same Stitch"

#### Season 4: Remake

* "Miles"
* "Hellfire"
* "Divide"
* "Nightmares"
* "Rescue"
* "Fears"
* "Conquer"
* "Wolves"

#### Shadows

* "Soundscape"
* "The Same Mistakes"
* "Deadlands"
* "See"

#### Season 5: Remake

* "Blood"
* "Rules"
* "Dissent"
* "The Game"
* "The Coming Storm"
* "Brotherhood"
* "Call to Arms"

#### Season 6: Remake

* "Aftermath"
* "Full Measure"
* "Currahee"
* "Hope"
* "March to War"
* "Fear Itself"
* "All Out War"

#### Season 7: Remake

* "A New Beginning"
* "Act of God"
* "Manhunt"
* "For Blood"
* "Something Begins"
* "White Death"
* "Against Time"
* "Retribution"
* "Vengeance"
* "In God We Trust"

## Gallery

Henry in *Season 1: Remake*Henry in *Season 2: Remake*Henry in *Season 3: Remake*Henry in *Season 4: Remake*Henry in *Season 5: Remake*Henry's modified axe, his primary weapon from *"What We Deserve"* to "*Wolves*"The Peacemaker, Henry's primary weapon from "March to War" to present
## Trivia

* Henry, unlike his original incarnation, has blue eyes instead of brown and light brown hair instead of black.
* It is possible that Henry is on the spectrum due to his struggles recognising body language and social cues.
* As of "*Call to Arms*", Henry is one of three surviving members of the Clarkson Survivors.
* Henry's primary weapons, as of "*March to War*", are the Peacemaker and a Mark 23 assault pistol.
	+ He previously wielded a hatchet as his main weapon in *Season 1: Remake* until he lost it in "*All That Remains*"
	+ His main sidearm was a RPD Glock 22 until he discarded it in favour of a Heckler & Koch Mark 23, which he used until "*Nightmares*"
	+ Henry uses a machete throughout *Season 2: Remake* before he switches to his axe
	+ He used Ben's hunting knife following his supposed suicide in "*A Long Road Ahead*", but later returns the knife to him upon their reunion in "*In Harm's Way*"
	+ In "*Fools and Dead Men*", Henry's axe is partially repaired by Ben, giving it a new weight and a sharpened blade
	+ Frontiersmen destroy the Mark 23, branding it taboo, and Henry later replaces it with the S&W Model 625; he receives a new Mark 23 in "*Call to Arms*"
	+ The axe is finally broken in "*Wolves*" when Emma uses it to kill a darkdweller
	+ Henry receives the Peacemaker as a final gift from Ben in "*March to War*"
* Unlike the original, Henry does not wear a grey overcoat, and instead wears a jacket with a bulletproof Renton Police Department vest underneath. Despite the Kevlar inside being spent, Henry continues to wear it, commenting to Justinas that it is "better than nothing". He finally abandons the vest in "*Fools and Dead Men*" and starts wearing a brown jacket, then combines both in "*Divide*".
	+ Henry is one of three characters to wear a RPD police vest, alongside Alex and Ben
* Henry is chronologically the first character shown to kill a zombie in *Strain Zero*, having killed an undead Mr Dawid in "*It Begins*".
* Henry currently holds the highest confirmed kill count of any character in *Strain Zero*, at 72 people.
	+ Of those 70, he has directly killed 34 of them, one of which was out of mercy. Of these, only three are actually named
	+ He is also involved in an additional 5 deaths, which were either caused by him, were before reanimation or were noteworthy zombies
	+ Henry is the third character shown to kill another living human after killing Andre in "*Friend Or Foe*", after Kyle and Lisa in the same episode. He is also the first main character and first member of the Clarkson Survivors to do so
* Henry currently has the most physical scars out of any character in *Strain Zero*, including but not limited to:
	+ A range of small scars arising from being kicked through glass during his fight with Andre
	+ A bite mark on his neck after being bitten by Kyle Mitchell
	+ A small burn on his left arm from his fight against Francis in the boathouse
	+ A range of bite and claw marks across his body, primarily his legs and arms, from when he was attacked by a pack of wild dogs in "*The New World*"
	+ Three deep wounds to his face - below his right eye, across his left cheek and across his nose - sustained when Stoffman battered him across the face with the prong of a crowbar in "*An Iron Fist*"
	+ He loses most of his right ring finger in "*Consequences*" when it is bitten off by a crazed Mikhail
	+ Henry sustains several wounds to his abdomen, including a deep stab wound beside his belly button, during his final fight with Bart Rhodes
	+ He gains a cross-shaped scar on each palm from the Frontiersmen purging ritual
* Henry is the first character in *Strain Zero* to demonstrate using walker guts as camouflage.
* Henry has been shown to be incredibly resilient and durable, with notable events he has survived including:
	+ Significant smoke inhalation and first-degree burns sustained during the boathouse fire
	+ A mauling by a pack of wild dogs
	+ Being bashed three times across the face with a crowbar by Stoffman
	+ Heavy beating at the hands of Liam
	+ Substantial torture, including the removal of two toenails
	+ Prolonged asphyxiation caused by hanging
	+ Crude removal of his right ring finger
	+ Multiple slash and stab wounds to the arms and abdomen
	+ A deep stab wound to the lower abdomen that was sustained during his fight with Bart Rhodes
	+ Second-degree burns to his left hand, sustained after holding a flare against Bart Rhodes' head
	+ Hypothermia and blood loss from a Frontiersmen purging ritual
	+ Crash trauma
* Henry has been shown to be one of the few smokers in the series, alongside Justinas and Alex.
* He is fluent in his native English and has passing knowledge of Russian, likely thanks to Justinas.
* Henry is one of three, later four, guitar players in *Strain Zero*, the others being Liam and Terry. Emma later learns how to play by "*Divide*".
* Henry and his estranged brother Kieron visit many of the same locations and met many of the same people, albeit at different times, before they meet in "*Blood*".
	+ They both lived for a time in the ruins of Fargo and both met Bart Rhodes, as well as many other Innocents
	+ Both of them have served as caretakers for Kyle Granger, with Kieron serving as the leader of Kyle's former group and Henry serving as his adoptive father
	+ They both led their respective groups to Adams Air Force Base with the intention of settling it, but arrived weeks or months apart
* In the original draft of the "*Bloodlines*" storyline, Henry was to develop into an antagonist working closely with Delta Force. This idea was scrapped in favour of a rewrite of the *All Out War* arc, including elements of the *The Fear Itself* arc.

## References

1. ↑ *Strain Zero* begins in 2003
2. ↑ The Clarkson Survivors in *Strain Zero* are each seventeen instead of sixteen as in the original series
3. ↑ *Dead Gold* is set three years after "*All Out War*"
4. ↑ Before his battle with James in "*Wolves*", Henry finally acknowledges that AJ was his son
5. ↑ Henry refuses to settle the stay vs leave argument between Sarah and Alex on two occasions, first in "*Friend Or Foe*" and again in "*A Long Road Ahead*".
6. ↑ Henry makes the group vote whether to check out the farm in "*Friend Or Foe*"
7. ↑ Henry says he does not care about Hopeville or what happened to its people during the group's argument in "*All That Remains*"
8. ↑ Upon rescuing Holly he axes Grenowich to death and smiles afterwards
9. ↑ In "*A Long Road Ahead*", Henry mentions the cipher that he and James created together when he says that the two should use it to find each other if they ever get separated
10. ↑ Henry plays Liam's guitar in "*A Long Road Ahead*" and plays a much more battered guitar at the resort in "*In Harm's Way*".
11. ↑ Birth dates on Timeline
12. ↑ After getting covered in walker blood, Henry discovers that other zombies cannot smell him, and therefore do not attack him, in "*A Long Road Ahead*". He later teaches this technique to the rest of the group in "*All That Remains*", allowing them to safely move through a herd. Ben, having learned the technique from Henry, later teaches it to the Black Building prisoners so they can escape via the herd in "*One Way Out*".
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 As written in "*One Way Out*"
14. ↑ Sustained when he killed Albert in "*Call to Arms*"