Season 1

The first season of Route to Paradise premiered on December 30th, 2018, and concluded with a tenth episode on January 12th, 2019.

The season sees a group of survivors inside Willamette Parkview Mall during the initial stages of the zombie apocalypse, and follows them as they deal with the zombie-filled mall while encountering both friends and enemies inside and outside of the mall.

## **Summaries**

### **"Welcome to Paradise"**

It's Black Friday in the town of Willamette, Colorado, and the Willamette Parkview Mall is bustling with traffic. However, during this otherwise ordinary day, a horde of zombies stumble up to the front doors of the mall, sending panic and confusion rippling through the crowds of people. After much arguing and debating, Kate Bloodstone foolishly opens the doors, letting the flesh-eating zombies inside. In the chaos where dozens of people are slaughtered, a small group of survivors rush up to the mall's security room where they join the two mall managers, Helen Cullen and Felix Quarterman.

Things get off to a rocky start with Felix arguing with Helen over letting the survivors in, but he eventually gives up. After discussing their options, Jacob Feldman decides that they must go out and gather food when it looks like they'll be staying here longer than they expected. William Reynes, Jacob's best friend, and Clayton Freeman decide to go with him, with Felix begrudgingly agreeing to guide them through the mall.

Meanwhile, two other survivors in the security room, Alex Weiss and Randy Wheeler, get drunk after discovering a fridge full of beer. Eventually the two of them have a disagreement, which leads to a fight, ending in Alex attempting to kill Randy by stabbing him. However, Helen saves Randy by knocking Alex out and locking him in a room. Randy is tended to by Owen Gliefield, a medical assistant.

While looking for food, Jacob's team run into Edward Remar in the middle of a horde of zombies. When he informs them that he's already given a bunch of food to Clyde Rollins, they decide to go seek out Clyde and get the food. Felix stays behind. However, soon after Jacob and the others find Clyde, Felix is heard yelling, as he's seen being taken away by a disgruntled employee who he had just fired that day, Skittles the Clown.

### **"The Lost Companion"**

Edward departs from Jacob's team to go explore the mall on his own. William then offers to take Clyde back to the security room, while Jacob and Clayton go to hunt for Felix.

Soon after beginning their hunt for Felix, Jacob and Clayton are ambushed by Steven Philips, a man who Clayton had tried to arrest that same morning. While Clayton is shot in the shoulder, they manage to scare Steven off and escape into a nearby gym, where they encounter another survivor, Erin Monroe. However, they become trapped inside the gym by the zombies.

Through the security cameras, Helen is able to find where Jacob and Clayton are, and she sends Quentin Richards and William (who had returned with Clyde) out to save them.

Meanwhile, Randy is recovering from his stab wounds, being watched by Owen, when they notice Alex stepping inside. After Randy curses at Alex, Alex takes him hostage, holding a knife to his neck. Owen and Helen yell at Alex to stop, but the psycho doesn't listen to them, and stabs Randy in the throat. Helen tries to chase after Alex, but he manages to escape, all the while Randy bleeds out on the floor, with nothing that Owen can do to save him.

While William and Quentin are on their way to the gym, they run into Edward, who decides to go with them. However, once they near the gym, Quentin and Edward get separated, ending up inside of another shop, where a zombie knocks over a shelf, crushing Edward's leg and crippling it.

William is able to get Jacob and Clayton out of the gym, but Erin decides to go her own way. The three men regroup with Quentin, but Edward makes them leave him behind, stating that he would be fine.

In the security room, Randy reanimates as a zombie, and a horrified Owen is barely able to kill him. Eventually, William and the others make it back to the security room, learning about Randy's fate. Meanwhile, Helen is scanning over the security cameras when she notices Skittles the Clown carrying somebody into Wonderland Plaza.

### **"The Scary Thing About Clowns"**

After a short break to gather their energy back up, Jacob and William leave the security room to go investigate Wonderland Plaza.

On their way there, they run through Leisure Park, scarcely avoiding a trio of maniacs driving around with a machine gun. In the food court, they encounter Officer Randall Forster, Clayton’s friend, and recruit him to their mission.

The three of them head into Wonderland Plaza, having a showdown against Skittles the Clown. With their numbers, they manage to send Skittles fleeing, rescuing his captives, Felix, Kate and Albert Hanson.

Helen radios them soon after, directing them to go to the North Plaza, where another group of survivors have taken shelter inside a supermarket. Once they make it there, they meet the friendly Jim Butterman, and Leslie Staunton, the group’s leader.

It isn’t long before Jacob and a couple of others head out to get in contact with the nearby gun store owner, Teddy Powell. But on the way there, both Albert and Jacob get separated because of the zombies, with only William and Randall making it to the gun store.

While Jacob is running around in a panic, he is saved by Erin, who takes him into Wonderland Plaza -- where they find Edward, now limping around with a cane.

### **"An Unusual Team"**

Jacob, Erin and Edward retreat into one of the storage rooms inside Wonderland Plaza to catch their breath. However, they are soon joined by Steven, just as a horde of zombies arrive outside of the room, trapping them inside. Although reluctant to work with Steven based on their previous encounter, Jacob agrees to do it.

Quentin and Clayton are sent out from the security room to rescue them after Helen discovers where they are. On the way there, Quentin comes up with the idea to craft a couple of bottle rockets with nails and firecrackers built into them.

William and Randall return to the supermarket after being denied access to weapons by Teddy, before William goes back out to search for Jacob.

Meanwhile, Quentin and Clayton arrive in Wonderland Plaza, locating Albert and saving him. They then discover where Jacob's team is trapped, and use one of the bottle rockets to distract the zombies, allowing for them to escape the storage room. Everyone groups up, including William who's just shown up. Steven and Erin go their own way, with Jacob deciding to go after Erin to try and recruit her, leaving William to take everyone else back to the supermarket.

The group make a quick stop at the supermarket, where Clayton reunites with Randall. After gathering Randall and Felix, they decide that it's time to return to the security room, with Kate being the only one to stay behind in the supermarket with Leslie's group.

In order to get back, William and the others head out into Leisure Park, where they battle against the maniacs driving around in the humvee, ultimately winning and blowing them up with Quentin's second bottle rocket.

Just before reaching the security room, Quentin is suddenly sniped in the head, instantly killing him. Everyone else scrambles for cover.

### **"Buddy"**

After an intense shootout in the Entrance Plaza, the group are able to reach the security room, escaping Michael Hall and his two sons, the snipers who killed Quentin, but William is shot and injured. Edward sets off on his own again by using an alternative exit.

Knowing that they need guns to defend themselves, Helen leaves with Clyde and Albert to go and gather a few pistols that Clyde's security team had brought with them. Along the way they meet Robert Morgan, who decides to join them.

Elsewhere, Dean Howards is drunkenly stumbling around the casinos inside the mall until he runs into a trio of criminals: Quincy Atherton, Monica Reynolds and Curtis Van Horn, who have broken into the mall to steal guns. Although they want to leave him at first, they ultimately decide to bring him along to help them steal the guns.

While searching for the gun store, the criminals and Dean encounter Jacob, who's still trying to convince Erin to join them, having now developed feelings for her. The two of them reluctantly agree to help them steal the guns, while planning to take some themselves.

Eventually, after battling through the undead, the group make it inside of Teddy's gun store. Once Teddy is talked into lowering his gun, he is knocked unconscious by Quincy, and promptly robbed of many of his guns. Jacob leaves behind an apology note, just as the three criminals say their farewells. Dean, the drunk, is offered to go with Jacob and Erin. With no other place to go, he agrees.

While traveling back to the security room, Jacob, Erin and Dean run into Steven, and then Edward, who informs them of Quentin's demise and the snipers situation.

Once Helen and the others arrive back with the pistols, they charge back out into the Entrance Plaza, coming under fire from the snipers. It seems like all is lost until Jacob arrives with his team. Michael and Roger Hall escape, while Steven beats Dexter Hall, one of the snipers, to death.

Teddy wakes up and quickly goes to inform a greatly infuriated Leslie about the robbery.

### **"Guardian Angel"**

It's the second day of the apocalypse, and the security room survivors vote to return to the stolen guns back to Teddy. Clyde leads a team over to the North Plaza, which has now been cleared of all zombies.

After returning the guns, Randall and Dean begin negotiating to keep some of the guns, when they are interrupted by Helen radioing them. However, Helen is cut off by the sounds of loud banging. Panicked, the security room survivors ditch the negotiations and hurry back, with Clyde being the only man to stay behind in the North Plaza.

Skittles the Clown breaks into the security room, where he angrily murders Helen with his chainsaw. Felix is too late to save her, but he tries to fight back against Skittles, failing miserably. Before Skittles can kill Felix as well, Edward shows up, shooting Skittles, who narrowly escapes.

Jacob and the others finally make it back to the security room after another encounter with the snipers, where they learn about Helen's death. Once Felix is patched up by Owen, Edward once again departs to go and track down Skittles, telling Felix that the kill was his once he found him.

Felix blames himself for Helen's death, but others assure him it wasn't his fault. Meanwhile, Erin finally decides to stay with the group permanently.

In the North Plaza, Clyde is welcomed by Leslie, who asks for *everything* Clyde knows about the security room survivors.

### **"The Last Laugh"**

After a funeral for Helen, William, Albert and Clayton go out in search of more weapons now that they've returned pretty much everything to the North Plaza. They eventually find Wilbur Wright, who agrees to supply them with guns if they help him with a task.

The three men agree, and head down to the mall's basement, finding Wilbur's associate, Jon Matthews. After a dangerous mission to retrieve an important briefcase, they return back to Wilbur with Jon and are given the guns.

While out on a stroll, Jacob and Erin are ambushed by the snipers, Michael and Roger -- and are promptly rescued by Edward, who captures Roger and sends Michael fleeing. After Jacob and Erin flee into Al Fresca Plaza, Erin goes inside of a pharmacy to scavenge for supplies. While she's in there, Jacob is kidnapped by Skittles. Once Erin comes back out and realizes Jacob's gone, she rushes back to the security room.

Back at the security room, Randall, Clayton and Albert are attacked by a small group of hooded men, but manage to kill them.

Erin returns to the security room and gathers up a team to go out and find Jacob, who they know is in Wonderland Plaza via the cameras. While hurrying over there, they witness Roger's brutal death at the hands of Edward.

In Wonderland Plaza, Skittles ambushes Erin and the others, but he is ultimately defeated. Wounded and unable to move, Felix finishes off Skittles, killing him with his chainsaw.

### **"Life and Death"**

A few hours later, another small team goes out to investigate and collect a couple of crates supposedly filled with supplies. However, another group of survivors make it there before they do, and a battle takes place, with the security room survivors coming out victorious.

Erin is wounded in the fight, but Owen's quick work saves her life.

Sometime later, Clyde shows up at the security room, delivering a message from Leslie, which says that Leslie is willing to trade them guns if they go with Clyde to collect a batch of supplies from the basement. Although reluctant, Jacob and a couple others go along with Clyde.

Clyde leads Jacob and the others into a trap in the basement, where they are surrounded by several hooded people armed with knives. However, the security room survivors are able to defeat them, and threaten Clyde until he reveals that this was all Leslie's plan. When they have the information they need, they lock Clyde up in a fenced off area in the basement.

Knowing that Leslie is out for them, Jacob gathers up all the capable fighters in their group and charges into the North Plaza. A battle ensues, where many survivors residing in the North Plaza are killed while defending themselves. In the end, Jacob chases Leslie onto the roof, cornering her. Leslie breaks down, yelling and cursing at Jacob, before she attempts to kill him. Jacob, in response, shoots Leslie off the roof to her death. The surviving North Plaza residents are forgiven and allowed to stay in the mall.

### **"Eagle Eye"**

After the brutal battle inside the North Plaza, the mall survivors get to work on repairing and cleaning up, now that the mall is completely clear of the undead hordes. Edward, however, decides that he must leave the mall to go search for his family.

Meanwhile, Robert leaves the mall intending to get his dog that had been left in his van parked down the street. Albert goes with him, and while they're out, they encounter Fraser Stiller and Marcus Downes, who claim to have been attacked by a hostile group. Albert and Robert agree to help them find their friends in return for them helping find Robert's dog, which isn't in Robert's van.

Eventually, they find Zac Barnes, Marcus and Fraser's wounded friend. As promised, Marcus, a detective, then tracks down Robert's dog, Apollo. Although Marcus and his friends agree to join the mall group, they first need to go get back a case of medical supplies that the hostile group stole from them. Although he's reluctant, Albert agrees to go with Marcus and get it. Robert, meanwhile, goes back to the mall with Apollo.

Marcus and Albert track down the hostile group to a museum, and sneak inside, stealing back the supplies. Once they escape, Albert goes back to the mall, while Marcus says he'll go there once he gets Fraser and Zac.

Benjamin Taylor, leader of the museum group, is informed about the robbery. In response, he has his men secretly follow Albert back to the mall.

A few minutes after Albert returns to the mall, an RPG suddenly hits the side of the building.

### **"Adaptation"**

The RPG attack puts the mall survivors on high alert, as they see a convoy of vehicles driving off. Paranoid that the group might come back for a real attack, they begin to set up barricades at the mall's two main entrances.

Benjamin Taylor sends his men back out to the mall to eradicate all the survivors. Shane Haywood and Robin Clarke lead the attack.

Meanwhile, at the mall Felix comes to accept that they won't win the fight, and turns to drinking.

Late at night, Shane and Robin arrive at the mall with their 40 soldiers. Shane leads half through the main entrance, while Robin takes the back entrance.

In the first moments of the battle, the front entrance is lost, forcing the mall survivors positioned there to fall back into the casino plaza. In the casino plaza, Steven puts up a last stand against Shane and his men, gunning many of them down before he is ultimately killed by Shane himself.

At the back entrance of the mall, Robin's attack begins as a major success with all of the surviving North Plaza residents being slaughtered save for three of them: Jim, Teddy and Kate. Clyde, however, runs away in the heat of battle, leaving the mall. Many people are shot and wounded during the fighting as well, including Jim, Randall and Dean.

The survivors defending the back entrance are pushed back into the food court, where they set up a last defense, managing to fend off Robin and his soldiers. When losses begin to mount, Robin gives the word to pull out of the battle. Shane, after losing most of his soldiers as well, retreats out of the mall. The mall survivors had won.

## **Cast**

* Starring
* Also Starring
* Guest Starring
* Co-Starring

* Jacob Feldman (10/10)
* William Reynes (10/10)
* Clayton Freeman (9/10)
* Randall Forster (9/10)
* Felix Quarterman (9/10)
* Edward Remar (9/10)
* Erin Monroe (9/10)
* Albert Hanson (8/10)
* Helen Cullen (7/10)
* Dean Howards (5/10)

- Owen Gliefield (8/10)

- Clyde Rollins (7/10)

- Kate Bloodstone (6/10)

- Teddy Powell (6/10)

- Steven Philips (5/10)

- Skittles the Clown (5/10)

- Jim Butterman (5/10)

- Leslie Staunton (5/10)

- Robert Morgan (5/10)

- Quentin Richards (4/10)

- Michael Hall (4/10)

- Jared Kellings (3/10)

- Randy Wheeler (2/10)

- Alex Weiss (2/10)

- Benjamin Taylor (2/10)

- Shane Haywood (2/10)

- Robin Clarke (2/10)

- Quincy Atherton (1/10)

- Curtis Van Horn (1/10)

- Monica Reynolds (1/10)

- Wilbur Wright (1/10)

- Jon Matthews (1/10)

- Fraser Stiller (1/10)

- Marcus Downes (1/10)

- Zac Barnes (1/10)

- Jeffrey Cortez (3/10)

- Roger Hall (3/10)

- Sasha McMale (1/10)

- Dexter Hall (1/10)

- Da'Jonte Woodard (1/10)

- Mike Simpson (1/10)

## **Deaths**

* Randy Wheeler *(Alive and zombified)*
* Quentin Richards
* Dexter Hall
* Helen Cullen
* Roger Hall
* Skittles the Clown
* Jeffrey Cortez
* Leslie Staunton
* Steven Philips
* Charlie *(Confirmed Fate)*
* 95 unnamed survivors inside of Willamette Mall
* 30 soldiers from Benjamin Taylor's militia