Inmates

Season 2, Episode 9

## Cast Guide

Starring
Chyler Leigh as Harper Lodge\*
Finn Wittrock as Declan Lodge
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Riley Lodge\*
Chris Hemsworth as Kari Andrews\*
Patrick Dempsey as Ben Monroe\*
Brett Dalton as Brandon\*
Ellen Pompeo as Alexa Reed\*
Nick Zano as Matt Archer\*

Also Starring
Ronen Rubinstein as Avery Stanson\*
Juliana Harkavy as Janine
Katie Cassidy as Laurel King
Parvati Shallow as Lilly King
\* - does not appear

**Inmates** is the ninth episode of the second season of Coda.

## Synopsis

Two survivors' lives are threatened when they're whisked away from their home.

## Episode Transcript

### Act One

Declan and Janine sit opposite from one another, hands bound in front of them in the trailer of an 8-wheeler truck.

“You okay?” Declan asks, rubbing his head, returning to consciousness. He glances quickly at Janine, whose eyes are wide open as she stares at the wall behind Declan, “Janine? Are you okay?”

Janine slowly looks to Declan, “Yeah. Just having...flashbacks.”

“Shelley?” Declan asks considerately.

“Yeah.” Janine sighs, bowing her head back against the wall. Declan and Janine sit in relative silence for the ride, skeptical and fearful of what comes next.

### Act Two

As the truck suddenly halts to a stop, Declan and Janine finally lock eyes, ready to make a move.

“When they open the door, I’ll act first. Follow my lead.” Declan whispers, as Janine nods. The two approach the door, ready to attack. As the door to the trailer slowly shifts open, Declan pounces onto the first person he sees. He lands on the ground, and hands bound together, uppercuts James, knocking him to the ground. Luke, shocked, raises his gun, aiming at Declan, however, Janine wraps her hands around his neck, pulling Luke to the ground.

Maria arrives, aiming her gun at Declan’s head, “Kneel.”

Declan and Janine listen, kneeling before Maria, as Luke and James recover.

“You fucking idiots couldn’t handle girly girl and pretty boy bound up? Jesus, what did Lilly ever see in you two…” Maria spouts at Luke and James, disappointed.

“Sorry.” James rubs his arm.

“Just take care of them.” Maria mutters, as Luke approaches Janine, knocking her out with his gun.

### Act Three

Janine shocks herself awake, looking around desperately for Declan. She sees the bars of the cell in front of her, noticing she was all alone.

“Hello…?” Janine asks, noticing the tall man standing at the entrance of the cell. Luke, “Where’s Declan?”

Luke remains quiet, not batting an eye to Janine. She sighs, setting her back up against the wall.

“Where the hell am I?” Janine asks once more, standing to the cell.

“Shut the fuck up, bitch.” Luke yells back, aiming his gun at her. She shakes her head.

“Where. Am. I.” She demands, as Luke lowers his gun.

“Nowhere. We’re here to help you.” He tells her, calming down in a less insistent voice.

“Who are you supposed to be anyway?” Janine demands once more, stepping forward. As she steps forward, Luke raises his gun slightly in a defensive manner.

“Me, Lilly, Laurel, James, and Maria. And a lot more of us.” He lowers the gun once more, “The Delta.”

### Act Four

Declan, slumped against the wall, finally decides to get up. He approaches the door, grunting in pain after being knocked out, rubbing his temples.

“Sit back down.” James demands, noticing Declan approaching the cell door.

“I wanna speak to Lilly.” Declan declares, not backing down.

“That’s just not possible.” James glares down Declan, unimpressed. Declan crosses his arms, raising an eyebrow.

“Take me to her. Now.” Declan shouts, causing James to flinch.

“Jesus Christ…” Laurel approaches, shaking her head, “Scared of him even in a cell? He must’ve really done a number to you to even be scared of him now.”

James bows his head, walking away as Laurel takes over.

“The hell do you want?” Declan asks, finally sitting back against the wall.

“Your help.” Laurel whispers to him, placing her hands on the bars, “I can get you out of here in a couple hours if you trust me. But I need something from you, too.”

“What do you want?” Declan asks, intrigued.

“I wanna go with you. Get away from the Delta. Permanently.” Laurel tells him.

“How do I know you won’t just shoot me the moment I turn my back on you?” Declan insists, crossing his arms once more.

Laurel’s eyes stray to the floor, as she sighs, “You don’t.”

Laurel begins walking away, as Declan calls for her once more, “Wait.”

She turns to face him again, as he sighs, “Is Janine dead?”

“No.” Laurel quickly responds, “But if I don’t get you out soon, she will be.”

Laurel leaves as Declan is left alone with his thoughts.

### Act Five

“I’m taking over.” Maria coldly states, dismissing Luke’s duties of watching over Janine. Luke nods, staring at Janine as he slowly walks away.

“What?” Janine coldly asks as Maria approaches the cell door.

“We’re not kidnapping you. It’s not like that.” Maria responds quickly, “We’re recruiting you.”

“This isn’t some draft for World War Three, soldier.” Janine scoffs, annoyed.

“Delta needs soldiers. You and the other one-”

“Declan. His name is Declan.”

Maria winces, “Declan. You and Declan will be good soldiers.”

Janine contemplates for a moment, considering, “Fine.”

Maria raises an eyebrow, surprised, “Really? That easy?”

“Fine, we will join you. On one condition.” Janine smugly grins as Maria looks away, “Bring me to Declan.”

### Act Six

Maria points her gun to Janine’s back as she leads her into a dark, isolated room. Declan jumps up in shock as he sees Janine.

“Jesus, are you okay?!” Declan asks, noticing the blood on Janine’s cheek from being knocked out.

“I’m fine.” Janine rubs her head, as Maria closes the cell door.

“I’ll be back for you two soon.” Maria mutters, leaving.

“How did you get her to bring you here?” Declan asks, intrigued at her capabilities.

“Easy. I told them we’d join them.” Janine laughs, “That one girl is gullible as they come.”

“Good job...but we still need to find a way out of here.” Declan looks at the cell, investigating for Delta soldiers that may be incoming.

“I have an idea.” Janine smiles, as Declan looks at her, nodding.

### Act Seven

“When are we leaving?” Laurel demands, entering Lilly’s room and slamming the door, “Savannah is infested with biters and I don’t know how long we can stay under the radar for.”

Lilly smirks, sitting in her chair and looking to Laurel, “Not long. But we need to wait out the herd so we can take anyone leaving that little community.”

“We have a couple of them, that’s enough. We should just go while we still can.” Laurel scoffs.

“No.” Lilly shouts, standing up and slamming her hands on her desk, “Crawford could be our last chance. Cliffside is dying, we already lost Regalton and that guy running the Kingdom burned it to the ground with himself so we wouldn’t take it. If we can relocate to Crawford and rebuild it...the Delta will thrive.”

Laurel shakes her head, throwing her hands up in the air, opening the door.

“If you have a problem…” Lilly yells out, “Suck it up.”

Laurel stands in the doorway for a moment, not looking to Lilly, “You were always dad’s favorite. And here you are now. His top lieutenant.” Laurel finally looks at Lilly, “Where does that leave me?”

Laurel exits, slamming the door behind her.

### Act Eight

Luke approaches Declan and Janine’s cell, knocking with his gun, “Get up.”

He waits a moment, realizing they are missing, “Shit.”

He rushes in, looking around, confused. Suddenly, Declan jumps from behind him from the corner, stabbing into the back of his neck with a metallic fork. Luke screams out in pain as Janine kicks him in the stomach. He hits the ground head first, going unconscious.

“What the fuck?” Maria yells out, raising her gun and entering the cell, however, Declan elbows her in the nose, knocking her against the cell door. She attempts to get up, however, Janine takes her gun and kicks her in the chest, knocking her back down. Declan takes Luke’s gun and the two escape.

### Act Nine

James brushes quickly past Laurel, who is exiting Lilly’s room, and rushes inside, “They escaped. They knocked out Luke and Maria.”

“What the shit?” Lilly yells, grabbing her rifle and following James. Laurel watches the two from a corner and smiles.

“Where did they go?” Lilly yells out, running toward the cell.

“They jumped Luke and Maria, but I found them a few seconds later, I barely lost them.” James tells her as they turn a corner, coming face to face with Declan and Janine.

“Shit!” Lilly yells, as Janine fires toward Lilly’s head, narrowly missing as Lilly ducks behind cover. James turns, running right into Lilly, falling on top of Janine. He quickly gets up, however, Declan fires his weapon directly into James’s neck. James falls to the floor, blood pouring out of both sides of his neck.

Lilly looks behind the corner to see Declan and Janine running away. The two notice her and start firing, escaping.

“Fuck…” Lilly mutters, looking at James corpse on the floor. She fires a round into his head, before running to chase after Declan and Janine.

### Act Ten

“Stop right there.” Maria yells, standing right behind Declan and Janine. The two stop, and turn to see both Maria and Laurel holding them at gunpoint. Laurel looks unphased as she aims at Declan’s head.

“We got you now.” Laurel tells the two.

“What should we do now, huh?” Maria smirks, “I say we shoot the girl and take the guy.”

Maria eyes Declan up and down, “He’s a cutie.”

Laurel rolls her eyes, staring at the two even more.

“Just....let us go.” Janine mutters, staring at Laurel, “Like you said before…”

“What are they talking about?” Maria looks at Laurel, before turning her attention back to Janine.

“Yeah, right…” Laurel sighs, before turning her gun to Maria’s head.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Maria yells, still focusing on Janine.

“Go.” Laurel yells to Declan and Janine, “Now!”

Janine smiles, and grabs Declan as the two run. Maria turns to Laurel, shoving her against the wall quickly as Declan and Janine are gone.

### Act Eleven

Declan and Janine rush outside of the building, looking toward the truck.

“Let’s go!” Janine insists, grabbing Declan’s arm once more, “We can’t be far, the ride over here was only about twenty minutes, we can find our way back.”

“No.” Declan shouts, “We have to go back. We have to kill Lilly.”

“Are you fucking crazy? Laurel gave us an out, we have to take it. We don’t know how many more are in there.”

“Exactly!” Declan yells, “They could come after us the moment we get to Crawford and we’re back to square one.”

“This is ridiculous...we are ‘’not’’ having this conversation again.” Janine goes toward the truck, as Declan turns, running back into the building.

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Janine whispers to herself, as she chases after Declan.

### Act Twelve

Maria rushes Laurel, causing her to drop her gun. She holds Laurel against the wall, pointing her gun against Laurel’s neck, “You’re screwed now, you bitch.”

Maria laughs meticulously, “Lilly! Come see what’s going on!”

Laurel resists, “Fuc-...fuck you.”

The two hear running, as Maria turns to look at Lilly. She is surprised, seeing Declan rushing toward her. Maria screams as Declan slices her stomach, kicking her to the ground. Maria resists, and grabs her own knife, running toward Declan.

“Shit!” Declan yells, as Maria runs at him slicing toward him. Before Maria reaches Declan, Laurel shoves Maria. Maria retaliates, slicing Laurel across her tricep, causing Laurel to yell in pain. Maria focuses on Declan, kicking him against the wall. Declan tries to run, however, Maria shoves him to the ground. Declan turns onto his back, seeing Maria run, arm raised to stab him. She’s quickly put to a halt as a bullet flies into her forehead.

“What the-” Declan mutters, turning his head to see Janine with her gun. Maria’s body falls to the floor, her knife plunging right next to Declan’s head. Declan and Laurel, shocked, stand up to face Janine.

“Looked like you could use some help.” Janine sarcastically mutters, taking Maria’s knife. Laurel awkwardly stands between the two.

“Well, looks like my job here is done.” Laurel nervously laughs, spreading her arms out, “You ‘’really’’ need to go now.”

Laurel backs off, as Declan looks to her, “No.”

“What do you mean, no?” Laurel stares, picking her gun off the floor and putting it into her holster.

“We need to kill Lilly.” Declan begrudgingly tells her.

“What, no!” Laurel yells, as Janine nods in agreement with Laurel.

“She’s right, Declan. We need to go ‘’now’’.”

“I’m not leaving until she’s dead so she can’t come after us.” Declan insists, walking toward Laurel to go toward Lilly’s room.

“No.” Laurel grunts, unholstering her gun and pointing it at Declan.

“Why the hell are you gonna help us escape but not help us kill her?” Declan yells.

“Because she’s my fucking sister.”

### Act Thirteen

Lilly and Luke run through the hall, finally catching up to the gunshot, only to see Maria’s corpse on the floor behind Declan and Janine, who are being held at gunpoint by Laurel.

“Well, well…” Lilly claps slowly, “Looks like Laurel finally stepped up.”

Laurel shakes her head, “Shut the hell up, Lilly.”

Luke looks to Lilly, who’s smile turns to a frown, “Well? Go on then...do it!”

“Do what?” Laurel looks to Lilly.

“Shoot one of them. And we’ll take the other.” Lilly demands.

“No.” Laurel insists, “We’re letting them go, and then we’re going back to Cliffside.”

“That’s ridiculous.” Lilly yells, looking to Luke for support.

“Just let us go...and you’ll never see us again.” Janine begs, “Two soldiers won’t make a difference.”

“They’re right.” Luke agrees, surprising Laurel, Declan, and Janine.

“Two soldiers ‘’does’’ make a difference. If its life or death, we could use them.” Lilly demands.

“But you wanted Laurel to kill one of us?” Declan laughs, ridiculing Lilly’s decision making. Lilly grunts to herself, staring coldly at her sister. Laurel shakes her head, as Lilly sighs, defeated.

“Just let them go, Lilly…” Luke tells her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

“Fine.” Lilly scoffs, “Fucking ‘’go’’.”

Declan and Janine begin running. Janine stops before turning the corner, smiling at Laurel. Laurel returns the smile, looking to Lilly. Janine and Declan escape the building.

### Act Fourteen

Lilly angrily rushes into her office, grabbing her rifle, “Time to go.”

Luke follows her, and talks to her with her back turned, “You did the right thing, Lilly. They weren’t worth the trouble. We can fin-”

Luke is interrupted as Lilly turns to him and fires a round directly into him, obliterating his head on impact. Laurel yells, entering the room as Luke’s body falls in front of her.

“WHAT THE FUCK, LILLY?!” Laurel shouts, backing against the wall.

“Shut the fuck up, Laurel.” Lilly coldly responds, “We’re leaving.”

“Why did...why did you…?”

“Because he betrayed me.” Lilly tells her, walking past Laurel. As she stands directly behind Laurel, backs facing each other, “And if you weren’t my sister...you’d be dead along with him. But believe me when I say...cross me again, and you will be.”

Laurel shudders as Lilly exits the room. She sighs, and follows her sister to return to the Cliffside in Maria’s SUV.

### Act Fifteen

“You were out of control back there.” Janine tells Declan as they nearly reach Crawford in the 8-wheeler they stole.

“Well, if I wanted your opinion, I would’ve asked after I killed that guy.” Declan scoffs, not batting an eye to Janine.

“Good thing I got to her first, and you do need my opinion. The path you’re on…” Janine grunts, stressed, “You wanted to kill Nea. Then we were in the home stretch and you wanted to go back and kill Lilly and you almost got the both of us killed.”

“You didn’t have to follow me inside, I could’ve gone after her myself.”

Janine rolls her eyes, “You really think that was an option? ‘Cause it wasn’t.”

Declan rubs the bridge of his nose in stress, “We’re almost there. Just be quiet.”

Soon, the two reach Crawford, noticing it’s awfully quiet. Janine stops the car in front of the wall, exiting.

“Something’s wrong.” Declan insists, heading toward a ladder to scale the wall. As the two reach the top, they see the wall crumbled in the distance, Crawford infested by the herd. Everything was lost.

“Shit…” Janine puts her hands on top of her head, “Oh, my God…”

“It’s all gone…” Declan mutters, startled by the sounds of screaming coming from a house not far away. Janine looks to Declan, concerned.

“Let’s go.”

## Co-Stars

* Angelina Keeley as Maria Gutierrez
* Franz Drameh as Luke Hall
* Brad Culpepper as James Anthony

## Deaths

* James Anthony
* Maria Gutierrez
* Luke Hall

## Trivia

* Last appearance of Maria Gutierrez.
* Last appearance of Luke Hall.
* Last appearance of James Anthony.
* As of this episode, Zach Gilford (Amelio) is no longer credited under Starring due to his death in the previous episode.
* This is the first episode in which Harper does not appear in.