Season 4

The fourth season of Route to Paradise premiered on February 26th, 2020, and concluded with a tenth episode on April 2nd, 2020.

After the destruction of the school, the group is at their lowest point and more separated than ever. William Reynes and his group desperately look for a way to escape the stadium, while Damerae Badrick forms a pact with Nathaniel Shepard. Meanwhile, Edward Remar and his team continue their search for Badrick in the wake of new information.

## **Summaries**

### **"The Greater Good"**

Now that they are locked inside of a cell, William Reynes and his group begin discussing ways to escape, as they learn from Nathaniel Shepard that they’re going to be kept here until their ship arrives in Willamette and they can be taken to an island paradise where they will work as prisoners until trusted. Opinions clash within William’s group, all the while they are reintroduced to Alex Weiss, who’s immediately untrusted by most.

Meanwhile, Damerae Badrick arrives at the stadium, and spends most of his time being treated for his worsening infections from his burnt face. Daniel Rockwell, Nathaniel’s right-hand man, is told by Nathaniel that his plan is to wait until Badrick’s Rastas arrive via ship, where he’ll then persuade them to join him and abandon Badrick.

Benjamin Taylor and his group press Dean Howards for more information about what happened, but what Dean tells them is a confusing mess, and they aren’t sure whether they can believe what he’s saying. Clyde Rollins begins training how to fight zombies with Claire Noble.

Lloyd Waller, Kyle Douglass and Bernie Ortan narrowly avoid a group of zombies and take shelter inside a house.

Randall Forster and Michael Hall visit a laundromat to find cloth for Michael’s wound. Randall is still at odds with Michael, and when Michael is surrounded by a few zombies, Randall considers abandoning him - but he ultimately decides to save him, remarking that he’ll never forgive Michael for killing Clayton Freeman, but that he’s “alright”.

### **"The Promiseland"**

In a flashback, Fraser Stiller rushes his patient, Cassandra Baccarin, into a hospital alongside his partner, Lee Hak. However, things soon go awry, as the dead come back to life, causing panic among the staff. Lee is killed by the undead, while Fraser escapes the hospital, pushing a bed with Cassandra on it. On the way out he encounters Marcus Downes, Zac Barnes and Aldus Paxton. The five of them get into an ambulance and flee the hospital, while Fraser desperately tries to save Cassandra. But in the end, he fails to do so under the pressure, and she dies.

In the present, Badrick is being treated by doctor Vivian Finkling. After Badrick grabs Vivian, demanding to know if he'll survive, Vivian admits to him that there's nothing she can do, and it's only a matter of time before he dies.

Later that day, Badrick is given a tour of the stadium by Nathaniel. While they're at it, they come across the cell with William and his group, and upon seeing them, Badrick has an outburst, demanding that Nathaniel have them killed. Nathaniel refuses to do so, and Badrick has to be restrained by Daniel, Lolida Windfield and Grant Carver, and then taken back to the infirmary.

Badrick later apologizes to Nathaniel, but secretly he's scheming behind his back.

### **"Gunpoint"**

At the school, Dean is finally rested and ready to speak properly. He tells Edward Remar and Benjamin everything that happened at the school, including what happened to Jacob Feldman, and begs them not to let vengeance consume them as it had Jacob. But both Edward and Benjamin are adamant about seeing Badrick suffer.

Later, Dean goes to bury Jim Butterman's remains, while Mike Simpson talks with Benjamin, letting him know that he's worried about his bloodlust to kill Badrick. Randall and Michael then show up at the school, learning about what happened. When Edward sees Michael, his first instinct is to shoot him, but Randall talks him out of it, explaining that Michael had changed for the better. After this, the school group have a meeting, where they decide to send out a small team to investigate the stadium.

At the stadium, Jon Matthews puts his escape plan into motion by getting himself injured during yard time, forcing the guards to take him to the infirmary. When Jon arrives in the infirmary, he is shocked to see Fraser, who had been brought here to assist Vivian. When Vivian steps out for a moment, Fraser hands Jon a scalpel for later use.

Meanwhile, Angela Jaegar is taken to the 'dark room' after she punches a guard trying to get to Ed Anderson, who she had seen being escorted by a few guards. When Angela wakes up in the dark room, she discovers that Ed is there with her. He explains that he'd been taken prisoner here shortly after he left the coffee shop.

Badrick's Rastas have arrived at the Willamette Docks, and Nathaniel tasks Daniel, Lolida and Grant with escorting Badrick there. Although he is heavily against the idea, Daniel agrees to do it. However, as they're driving him to the docks, Badrick goes rogue, killing Grant and crashing the car, before escaping on foot.

Benjamin, Edward, Solomon Reed and Mike are driving to the stadium when they notice a crashed car by the road. They stop, confronting Daniel and Lolida, who inform them about what had happened, and where Badrick is going. With this information, Edward and the others hurry back to the school to gather up their group.

Elsewhere, Lloyd, Kyle and Bernie leave the house to continue looking for their group. Things, however, go terribly wrong when a zombie horde attacks them. A petrified Kyle runs away, while Lloyd and Bernie escape together.

### **"Consequence"**

At the school, Randall speaks with the recovering Michael, who finally apologizes for everything he's done. Meanwhile, Claire and Clyde continue to bond with each other, while Dean finishes burying Jim. Eventually, Edward, Benjamin, Solomon and Mike return with the news about Badrick. Everybody except for Michael and Clyde decide to go and ambush the Rastas at the docks.

Daniel returns to the stadium with fury, first making sure that Lolida is taken to Vivian, before he storms up to Nathaniel's office, confronting him about his stupid plans, and saying that he's had enough.

Meanwhile, Isaac Moses, a conflicted guard for the stadium, and good friend of Daniel's, stops by the cell with Kate Bloodstone, Marcus, Fraser (who returned here after a short trial in the infirmary) and Zac. While he's chatting with them, Daniel comes walking up, telling Isaac that he's had enough, and he plans on leaving with him and Lolida. Isaac suggests that they let the prisoners out of the cells to come with them, and Daniel reluctantly agrees. He unlocks the cell, and takes Fraser back to the infirmary to get Jon.

The two of them make it to the infirmary just as Jon is threatening Vivian with the scalpel. They stop him, telling him about the escape plan. When Jon learns from Daniel about where Angela had gone, he immediately goes off to find and save her.

Edward's group arrive at the docks, and launch their attack against the Rastas. Things immediately fall apart, as the group is greatly outnumbered by the Rastas. Benjamin and Mike are able to get within earshot of Badrick - but can't find a shot on him, and quickly become pinned down. With Rastas pushing up on their position, Mike sacrifices himself so that Benjamin can live on and achieve his goal of killing Badrick.

The rest of Edward's group are able to make it out of the docks alive, but upon returning to the school, Edward is adamant that they hold their ground and fight back against the pursuing Rastas. However, everybody else is against that idea, including Benjamin, who's lost his motivation to kill Badrick after Mike's last words. As the arguing continues, the Rastas launch their attack against the school, killing Wilbur Wright in a grenade explosion. As the school goes up in flames, everybody is able to escape the school out the back, except for Michael, who, in his wounded state, thanks Randall for everything and stays behind, fighting off Rastas until he's shot to death.

Across town, Lloyd and Bernie discover a note left behind by Kyle, telling them that he's going back to his house. When the two boys arrive at the house, they find a large horde outside. While Bernie is distracting them, he is snuck up on by a pair of zombies, and because he's deaf, is unable to hear them. Lloyd watches as Bernie is ripped apart, before he runs into Kyle's house -- only to find that Kyle had been bit and turned into a zombie. Crying, he kills the zombified Kyle.

### **"All the King's Men"**

Badrick and his Rastas regroup at the docks, before heading out towards the stadium, intending to wipe out all of their enemies for good.

After fleeing the school, Claire and Solomon split off from everyone else to go to the local hospital in order to find Solomon a new prosthetic arm, which had been shot off in the battle. Everyone else decide to walk to the stadium.

At the stadium, Jon arrives in the dark room, where he rescues both Angela and Ed.

Meanwhile, Daniel makes his way over to William and his group's cell. However, as he's letting them out, Nick Parker, a loyalist to Nathaniel, stops him, taking Fraser hostage. As Nick and Daniel argue, Jon comes up behind Nick, stabbing him with the scalpel and killing him. William and his group are then let out of the cell, and taken to the armoury to arm themselves. As William and his group head up to the entrance of the stadium, they are joined by Isaac, Kate, Marcus and Zac, reuniting the group. When they look out of the windows to the parking lot, they see the Rasta army led by Delroy Shakir standing over the corpses of the stadium survivors, who Nathaniel had placed there.

Daniel goes up to Nathaniel's office, shooting off two of his fingers, and dragging him over to where William and everyone else is, and shows him what he caused. Suddenly, the Rastas open fire, and in the hail of gunfire, Nathaniel crawls away. The battle had begun. William's group separate into two, with some going to defend the back entrances, while the others go out onto the pitch to cover the front.

Badrick sneaks into the stadium, immediately going to the infirmary, murdering doctor Vivian. Lolida runs away in fear.

Edward and the others arrive at the stadium, noticing the battle taking place. They quickly decide to go and join in - except for Benjamin, who stays behind.

While Jon and a few others are fighting on the pitch, Rebecca Dawson is shot in the chest, seriously injuring her. William, in a state of shock, begs Fraser to save her. Fraser, William and Zac carry her to the infirmary, where Fraser calms himself, and is able to save her life. William thanks him, before going back out to fight, leaving Fraser and Zac behind to defend the infirmary.

Delroy and a few Rasta snipers sneak through the stadium, arriving in Nathaniel's office, which overlooks the pitch. Inside, they find Nathaniel's corpse slumped in a chair, having shot himself. They push him aside, and the snipers set up along the window - where they open fire at the enemies below. Angela is shot and killed, leaving Jon in a complete state of shock, unable to do anything. William rushes up to the office as fast as he can, killing the snipers, and then brawling with Delroy, eventually killing him as well.

As the battle starts to close, with most Rastas having been killed, a sick, dying Badrick is escorted into the parking lot by two Rastas -- but they are attacked by Edward. While Edward manages to kill one, he is pinned down by the other - before being saved by Benjamin. The two men approach the dying Badrick, the infections from Jacob's attack having finally caught up to him. In his last moments, Badrick tries to torment Benjamin with Sarah Taylor's death, but it doesn't get to him. But when Badrick taunts Edward, the man unleashes his anger and stabs him to death.

After the battle, Kate and Marcus are roaming through the halls, when they discover the bodies of Fraser and Zac laying outside the infirmary, the two of them having died back-to-back defending Rebecca.

### **"Moment of Silence"**

At last, the Rastas have been defeated, and the mall group finally reunite with each other, some of them having not seen each other in weeks. Edward, after murdering Badrick, decides to cut off his zombified head, carrying it around with him as a trophy.

Later, Jared Kellings emerges onto the pitch, having been hiding the entire battle. Jon, still enraged over Angela's death, confronts Jared about this, beating him up for hiding when Angela could have used his help.

A funeral is later held for Angela, Fraser and Zac. Afterwards, Daniel goes to speak with William, and asks him about whether or not him, Lolida and Isaac will be allowed to stay with them. William says that they're welcome to join his group.

Across town, a devastated Lloyd apologizes to his friends for not being able to save them, before he heads further into town.

Late at night, Clyde, worrying about his friend Edward, tells him that he misses the old Edward, remarking that it was him who helped Clyde become a braver person. Hearing Clyde's words helps Edward into finally crushing Badrick's zombified head and trying to leave it all behind him.

Rebecca wakes up in the infirmary, and is comforted by William, who tells her that they won. As William gets up to leave, Rebecca takes his hand and says that he can stay. William happily goes to retake his seat.

### **"That Sweet Temptation"**

Solomon and Claire arrive at the Willamette Hospital, and begin searching for a prosthetic arm. While they're at it, they run into a boy -- Lloyd Waller, who helps them escape from a group of zombies, and then helps them locate the prosthetic for Solomon. After escaping the hospital, Claire and Solomon ask Lloyd to come with them to their group at the stadium. Although Lloyd is hesitant, he agrees to it.

While clearing some zombies, Kate and Aldus notice Marcus leaving the stadium, the man having grown distant and quiet after Fraser and Zac died. Aldus decides to go out and follow him, having a long chat with him, ultimately convincing him to come back.

Meanwhile, William holds a group meeting, where he tells everyone that they're going to be leaving the stadium and Willamette altogether in the coming days. Before they can leave, though, they need to find more transportation. Randall, Jon, Ed and Austin Kingston leave to go find the needed transportation.

Daniel and Isaac realize that Lolida is missing, but have an idea of where he went. They walk down a road until arriving at the car crash where Grant was killed, where they find Lolida, still grieving over the loss of his friend. After helping Lolida up and telling him that none of this was his fault, they travel back to the stadium.

At the stadium, Benjamin sits down with William and Kate, where he decides that it's time he tell them about his involvement in the creation of the zombie outbreak.

Far out of town, Randall and the other three men discover a hunting manor. While Ed begins checking on an RV that they find there, and Jon is clearing out a few zombies around the back, Randall and Austin head inside to search the building itself. Here, Austin finds a fully loaded bar, and gets himself drunk. In his drunken state, he fires off a gun -- which awakes dozens upon dozens of zombies from inside a hedge wall surrounding the property.

### **"Revelations"**

As an undead horde attacks the hunting manor, Ed starts the RV and picks up Austin and Randall. Jon opts to stay outside and continuing fighting the zombies, until eventually getting aboard the RV and fleeing the manor with the others. Austin apologizes and says he won't do it again. But upon arriving back at the stadium, Austin discovers a cabinet with more alcohol inside the RV -- and the temptation is too much for him.

Benjamin finishes telling his story to William and Kate, who are left in shock. Benjamin now plans to go after Cornelius Dance and Anton Lesser again, and he'll begin by looking at his company's headquarters in Denver. William agrees to join up with him.

Claire, Solomon and Lloyd arrive at the stadium, where they are let in by Clyde, who's especially happy to see Claire. When Clyde takes them inside, Lloyd is reunited with William. Lloyd and William go to talk in private, where Lloyd breaks down, telling him what had happened to Kyle and Bernie. William assures him that it's not his fault, and he did the best that he could.

Later, William tells the rest of his group that they'll be leaving tomorrow and going to Denver with Benjamin.

While Albert Hanson is walking through the parking lot, he discovers Austin drunk in the RV. He scolds him for it, before angrily leaving.

That night, Clyde and Claire confess their feelings to each other, while Edward watches from afar, flustered when he sees them getting along. As Edward walks away, he bumps into Benjamin, who can tell that Edward is upset. Edward says that he's fine, but Benjamin can tell that Edward wants something.

### **"The Road Ahead"**

The next morning, the group packs up and leaves Willamette for good, starting their journey to Denver. While traveling there, Jared apologizes to William and Rebecca for causing fights and being a nuisance. Austin says sorry to Albert, and promises that he won't drink alcohol ever again.

Eventually, a landslide blocks the road in front of the group, and destroys one of the cars they were using. With no time to waste, everybody gets to work on clearing the rocks off the road.

During the downtime, Jared, William and Lloyd go to loot a lodge nearby. Here, Lloyd thinks back to what happened to Jacob, and how he still feels guilty for what happened. William once again assures Lloyd that he did what he thought was right, and he shouldn't blame himself. Later, when William is attacked by a few zombies, Jared comes to his rescue, earning Jared some respect.

Meanwhile, Jon, who's been seeing hallucinations of Angela ever since she died, walks off into the woods. Austin decides to go after him, and follows him to a bar. Although he's tempted by all the alcohol there, Austin refuses to have a drink. Jon respects him for that, and after a long talk, they both head back to the group.

### **"The Beginning"**

The season finale opens with a flashback, where we see Benjamin Taylor meet with Cornelius and Anton in his headquarters. Although Benjamin still remains skeptical, he ultimately decides to accept their offer and fund them after his daughter Sarah has a sudden stroke. Benjamin goes over to the hospital, where he sits beside her and tells her that everything will be alright.

In the present, Benjamin wakes up from a nap just as the group is finishing up clearing the road. He tells Edward that he'll forever be in his debt for being a friend to Sarah when she needed it most.

Once everyone is back and ready to go, the group sets off towards Denver once again, and it only takes a couple more hours for them to arrive at a gas station just outside of the city. Here, a group of nine people volunteer to follow Benjamin into the city to get the information they need from the Taylor & Co building.

Later, after Benjamin and his team have left, Clyde and Claire notice that Edward is seeming down and unwell, and Claire convinces Clyde to go and speak with him. However, when Clyde goes to do so, he is left speechless when Edward confesses that he has developed feelings for him. Awkwardly, Clyde says that he's already with Claire, but that he still wants to be friends with Edward. Edward, however, doesn't stick around to chat, and quickly limps off.

Benjamin's team arrive at the Taylor & Co building, but upon entering, they learn that a crazy man has laid traps in the building, including an undead horde, which he releases onto them. The group of nine are split into three, with Kate, Marcus, Aldus and Albert becoming trapped in an office, Jared and Isaac running down a hallway, and Benjamin, William and Daniel heading up the stairwell to reach the crazy man.

Jared and Isaac are chased by a group of zombies -- and eventually, Isaac steps into a trap that Jared purposefully didn't warn him of. Isaac yells and begs for Jared's help, but Jared instead flees while the horde is distracted by Isaac, who's stuck in the trap. Within seconds, Isaac is ripped apart.

Kate, Marcus, Aldus and Albert come up with a plan to rescue the others, and that begins with them breaking out a window to get onto the street.

Benjamin, William and Daniel arrive at the top floor, where they confront the crazy man, Steffan Webber. In the fight that ensues, Benjamin is mortally wounded in the chest, before Daniel kills Steffan. In his dying moments, Benjamin asks for a photo book from his office, which William gets for him. He then apologizes to William and Daniel, before asking to be left alone. While the two of them leave Benjamin in his office, they hear a single gunshot.

Kate, Marcus, Aldus and Albert end up hotwiring a car on the street, which they use to pick up Jared, William and Daniel, before driving out of the city.

## **Cast**

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

* Jon Matthews (10/10)
* William Reynes (9/10)
* Edward Remar (9/10)
* Clyde Rollins (9/10)
* Randall Forster (9/10)
* Kate Bloodstone (9/10)
* Marcus Downes (9/10)
* Benjamin Taylor (9/10)
* Austin Kingston (9/10)
* Aldus Paxton (9/10)
* Albert Hanson (8/10)
* Dean Howards (7/10)
* Damerae Badrick (6/10)

- Daniel Rockwell (10/10)

- Jared Kellings (9/10)

- Solomon Reed (8/10)

- Rebecca Dawson (8/10)

- Lloyd Waller (8/10)

- Claire Noble (8/10)

- Angela Jaegar (7/10)

- Fraser Stiller (5/10)

- Zac Barnes (5/10)

- Nathaniel Shepard (5/10)

- Isaac Moses (10/10)

- Layton Zimmers (9/10)

- Lolida Windfield (8/10)

- Alex Weiss (7/10)

- Ed Anderson (7/10)

- Vivian Finkling (5/10)

- Kyle Douglass (4/10)

- Bernie Ortan (4/10)

- Nick Parker (4/10)

- Michael Hall (3/10)

- Wilbur Wright (3/10)

- Mike Simpson (3/10)

- Sarah Taylor (1/10)

- Shane Haywood (1/10)

- Cornelius Dance (1/10)

- Anton Lesser (1/10)

- Grant Carver (2/10)

- Delroy Shakir (2/10)

- Cassandra Baccarin (1/10)

- Lee Hak (1/10)

- Jim Butterman (1/10)

- Da'Jonte Woodard (1/10)

- Steffan Webber (1/10)

## **Deaths**

* Lee Hak *(Alive and zombified)*
* Cassandra Baccarin
* Grant Carver
* Da'Jonte Woodard *(Confirmed fate)*
* Mike Simpson
* Wilbur Wright
* Michael Hall
* Bernie Ortan
* Kyle Douglass
* Nick Parker
* Vivian Finkling
* Nathaniel Shepard
* Angela Jaegar
* Delroy Shakir
* Damerae Badrick *(Alive and zombified)*
* Zac Barnes
* Fraser Stiller
* Isaac Moses
* Steffan Webber
* Benjamin Taylor
* 55 Rastas
* 21 unnamed civilians in and around Willamette Hospital