Over and Over

Jared frantically tries to cover up for his web of lies. Daniel and Lolida go on the hunt. Clyde tries to go after Edward.

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## **Synopsis**

Picking up moments after the last episode, Jared Kellings rushes outside to escape the horde, where he is then confronted by an infuriated Lolida Windfield. Lolida quickly makes it known that he witnessed Jared killing Albert Hanson, which sends Jared into a panic, though he continuously denies having even known what happened to Albert. When a snarl from an approaching zombie distracts Lolida, Jared takes the chance to charge forward and engage in a fist fight with Lolida. Eventually, Jared manages to get a surprise attack on his opponent, stabbing him in the knee. After another tense struggle, Jared kicks Lolida back, unintentionally sending him flying back into the giant pit they saw while clearing the factory earlier. As Lolida screams in pain at the bottom of the pit, Jared takes out his pistol and uses the last bullet to put Lolida out of his misery--but he misses the shot, and so Jared retreats out of view, leaving Lolida. In the pit, Lolida battles a zombie while laying on the ground, using his gun to bash its head in. He lets out a final desperate scream for help.

Ten minutes earlier, Daniel Rockwell puts up a desperate fight against the horde of the zombies trying to kill him. Using the numerous metal shelves within the storeroom he's trapped in, Daniel is able to create a barricade against the zombies. He frantically looks around for a weapon, barging through groups of zombies until he finds a fireaxe on the wall. He smashes open the case and takes the axe, using it to slice a path through the horde. Eventually, with his strength, along with the thoughts about getting revenge for Isaac Moses and bringing down Jared, Daniel finds the exit and pushes his way out.

Daniel makes it out of the factory covered in blood from head to toe. After a quick break, he yells out Lolida's name, searching for him. He hears a quiet groan of pain coming from within the pit, and when he goes to look, finds Lolida at the bottom, still alive. Daniel says he's going to get him out, but Lolida insists that he go find Jared. Before Daniel can begin his rescue of Lolida, Jared suddenly comes sprinting up behind him while his back is turned. He rams into Daniel, sending him falling down into the pit as well. Jared cackles like a maniac before he turns and runs off.

At the motel, Claire Noble finishes reading the note from Edward Remar. She goes to sit down next to Clyde Rollins, trying to remain hopeful that Edward might return. Clyde quickly decides that he needs to go after Edward and bring him back. Claire tries to tell him that he should just let Edward go, but Clyde can't bring himself to do that; he's firm on going to get Edward. He recalls a similar situation that happened in a movie he starred in titled "Secret Agents 2", and how he needs to do what's right and go after Edward. An outraged Claire stands up and tells Clyde he's a moron, and that she'll go after him and drag him back if he leaves.

Randall Forster and Austin Kingston are on watch at the motel during the dead of night throwing stones into the woods to pass the time. Eventually, one of the stones hits Aldus Paxton as he's returning from his latest hunting trip with a plethora of rabbit and deer meat. After letting Aldus inside, they go back to their game of throwing stones, but stop when they see Brenden Trevors sprinting down the road completely out of breath. He stops in front of them, breathlessly asking to speak with whoever's in charge.

At the cereal factory, Daniel awakes at the bottom of the pit with several broken bones. Next to him, Lolida is slowly dying from blood loss. Daniel assures Lolida that they're going to escape and bring Jared down together, but Lolida tells him not to waste time trying to bring him along. After telling Daniel that Jared killed Albert too, Daniel says they'll avenge him as well as Isaac.

Inside, Brenden, shivering from the cold night, explains to William Reynes, Rebecca Dawson and Kate Bloodstone about what happened at the cereal factory - and how he doesn't know the status of anybody else since he took off when the horde attacked. William decides that he needs to send a party out to rescue them. Kate leaves to gather up a group of people willing to go on the rescue mission, while Rebecca tries comforting Brenden.

Kate gathers Randall, Austin, Aldus, Jon Matthews and Marcus Downes in the parking lot. She announces to them that they're the only capable people to go on the rescue mission to the factory, explaining that Edward has left, Solomon Reed is missing, and Dean Howards is in no shape to go. All five men agree to go on the mission, and they immediately begin to get ready to go.

Clyde is standing on the second floor of the motel, pondering on what he should do. Suddenly, Layton Zimmers appears beside him, unintentionally scaring him. He explains to Clyde that he's searching for his glasses--and Clyde tells him that he's wearing them. Moving on, Layton says that he knows Clyde and Claire got into a fight, which reminds him about the times his own wife would cheat on him. Clyde isn't sure where Layton is going, and he switches the topic to say that he's planning to go and bring Edward back. Layton asks Clyde if he's sure Edward even wants to be found. He says that maybe it's best he parts with Edward on good terms, and not leave behind Claire to go on a mission that will lead him nowhere. As strange as Layton usually is, his words on this night cause Clyde to consider a lot. Layton says his farewells to Clyde and climbs over the railing, hopping down into the parking lot and hurrying away.

Lloyd Waller goes to see Brenden in his motel room. He gives him a candy bar and introduces himself. Brenden thanks him, before going on about how he hopes Daniel and the others will be okay. To try and comfort Brenden, who's still recovering from finding out his bandmates were dead, Lloyd says that he lost some of his friends too, but that he eventually overcame all the guilt because of people teaching him things about how to deal with loss. He assures Brenden that these people at the motel will do the same for him. Brenden nods, thanking him, before Lloyd goes on his way.

Daniel, huffing and puffing, is dragging corpses at the bottom of the pit, using them to form a hill for him and Lolida to climb up. While he's working, Lolida, who had his knee patched up by Daniel the best he could, is still barely alive. In his delirious state, he sees his old friends from the stadium watching him from the top of the pit. Daniel tells him to take it easy, and that he was going to make sure they made it out alive.

Back at the motel, Clyde goes back to Claire, where he tells her he longer wants to go after Edward. He apologizes for how irrational he was being, but Claire says it's okay, remarking that Edward is lucky to have a friend like Clyde. Looking back, Clyde wonders if he should have seen Edward's departure sooner than he did. Although he'll miss him, Clyde promises to himself that he'll keep fighting for Edward, since it was him who helped him become the man he is today. Claire says she's proud of him, and the two hug it out.

Sometime the next morning, Kate is on watch when she hears bushes rustling nearby. She aims her gun up, startled, but is relieved when she sees Jared stepping out of the trees, asking whether anybody else had made it back and if he could speak to William. Kate tells him Brenden was back before taking him inside to see William.

Kate brings Jared into the reception room, where William is. Kate leaves them to go get Jared a bottle of water. When she leaves, Jared and William sit down, and Jared says he's happy to hear Brenden is alright. He averts his gaze away from William, beginning to explain what had happened after Brenden escaped. When he looks back at William, his face now with some sort of twisted sorrow, he says that Albert died a hero saving him. Kate hears this as she re-enters the room with the water, and she breaks down into tears, while William tries to keep his cool, taking in Jared's information. After a moment, he tells Jared not to dwell on what happened, and that he'll have his chance to avenge Albert. He stands, telling Jared that they've sent a group out who'll hopefully find and rescue Daniel and Lolida. Jared is scared about the thought of that happening, but he keeps calm, thanking William and walking out.

After an hour of moving corpses, Daniel, completely exhausted, finishes making the hill they need to climb on to escape. He collapses down for a second in order to catch his breath, before getting back up and pulling Lolida to his feet. He throws Lolida over his shoulder in order to carry the wounded man up the mountain of corpses. When they get near the top, Daniel sets Lolida down and he jumps up, climbing his way out of the pit. He breathes a sigh of relief, before he leans down over the edge, holding his hand out to Lolida. Lolida grabs it, and Daniel musters up all the strength he can to pull Lolida up and out of the pit. Once it's finally over, the both of them laugh and smile, relieved that they made it out. Daniel helps Lolida back onto his feet, and the two of them begin limping away from the factory, confident that they were going to put Jared into the ground for this.

Sometime after Daniel and Lolida make their escape, Marcus and the rescue team arrive just outside the cereal factory with their car. All of them lay eyes on the factory and the gigantic horde of zombies swarming inside it. Realizing that Daniel and the others might be trapped inside, Aldus suggests they use zombie guts to cover themselves with and walk through the horde unnoticed. Austin and Jon are disgusted at the idea of doing it, but all of them reckon it's their best play. After Randall kills a wandering zombie, the group begin smearing the zombie guts on them, all of them grossed out by it.

Marcus leads them down into the factory, and they begin slowly walking through the horde, going unnoticed by any zombies. After a quick walk through of the factory, they come out to the other side; they hadn't seen anything. Aldus doesn't want to leave anyone behind, and suggests another round through the factory, but the others are against it. To compromise with Aldus' concerns, Marcus says they'll drive around the surrounding area to see if anybody who might've made it out is still in the area. Aldus is fine with doing that, and the group begin walking back to the car.

While Jared is sitting quietly at the motel, he notices Layton nearby shaking a vending machine and grabbing a few sodas. Layton walks over and hands one of them to Jared. He goes on and rambles about some more of his theories before he decides to leave Jared alone and wander off back to his motel room. As he leaves, Marcus and the others arrive back, noticing Jared and being somewhat relieved. Their relief is short lived, as when William walks over, he simply states that "Albert's dead." Jared looks at them and explains what he had told William. After taking in the news, Jon says that it's likely Daniel and Lolida were killed as well, as they couldn't find them in the factory. With everyone tired after being up all night, the group quietly disperses back to their rooms to get some rest.

Meanwhile, Daniel and Lolida are trekking through the woods, but are completely exhausted, and know they won't make it back to the cereal factory if they don't get some rest. In the woods, they find a cabin, and head inside, collapsing onto a couple of chairs and passing out.

Sometime later in the day, the group at the motel are gathered for the funeral of Albert. After Kate says a few words, she turns to Jared and asks if he had anything to say. Jared approaches and says that Albert was a good man and didn't deserve what happened to him, and he's sorry he couldn't save him. Austin is the last one to speak, remarking about how Albert saved him countless times, and how it was him who made Austin rethink his drinking habits. In honour of his promise to Albert, he says that he isn't planning on drinking ever again. After the funeral, everyone quietly goes back to their day.

Rebecca and William are in their motel room after the funeral, where William is feeling a bit guilty for allowing one, possibly even three members of his group get killed. Rebecca suggests he leave the motel for a bit to blow off some steam, and William thinks that's a good idea.

William heads out into the parking lot, where he finds Jared sitting alone. He asks him to come with him for a walk, and Jared, although someone nervous, agrees to go.

The two of them go for a walk down the road, where William reminds Jared that whatever happened with Albert wasn't his fault. Jared understands and says that he's fine, but wonders how William has taken the news. William admits that he's going to work hard to ensure another person from his group doesn't die again. While they continue to walk, Jared says that even though Daniel and Lolida gave him shit the entire time at the factory--and even left him to die, he still hopes they're alive. William, who hadn't even known that Daniel and Lolida left Jared behind to die, says that he'll be giving them a talk when they hopefully make it back to the motel. Further down the road, the two of them see a couple of zombies stumbling ahead--but as they get closer, they see that it's actually Daniel and Lolida. Jared begins sweating immensely as his mind races to come up with something. Meanwhile, Daniel and Lolida are cursing and yelling at William for standing next to the man who killed Albert and tried to kill them too. Jared defends himself verbally, while a confused William stands almost silent. Jared continues yelling at Daniel, while Lolida falls unconscious because of his knee injury that Daniel claims Jared gave him. Jared grips his knife anxiously, while he continues to try and defend himself. In the end, though, the state Daniel and Lolida are in is enough to make William believe them. He bashes Jared on the side of the head and beats him to a pulp, while a helpless Jared continues to claim that it wasn't him. While Jared lays on the ground, his vision gone blurry, William ejects the magazine to his pistol and then hands the gun to a confused Jared, who immediately tries shooting Daniel. That was all William needed to know, and William beats Jared some more until he passes out. Daniel picks Lolida up, while William carries Jared back to the motel.

Eight hours later, Rebecca goes to see William in his room, wondering what he wanted to do with Jared. William knows what he has to do, and tells her to "bring him out into the parking lot."

Rebecca steps into the motel room where Jared is being kept, seeing him laying on the bed, bruised and bloody. She takes a seat on a chair next to the bed, asking if she could just talk with him. Jared wheezes out that he's sorry for everything he's done, and admits that he left Isaac to die back in Denver, and that he pushed Albert into the horde of zombies so that he could escape. He tries to make an excuse for himself, claiming that he had no choice but to leave Isaac and push Albert if he wanted to live. Rebecca stares at him, before telling him that she would never betray one of her friends. She's disgusted at the fact that Jared took advantage of William's trust--of Albert's trust, and others too. She says she's sorry for Jared--only because he brought everything on himself. When Rebecca finishes, an angered Jared shakes his head, telling her that she was wrong about him, and that one day, Rebecca's safe ideals of hers are going to come crashing down on her. When Jared finishes his rant, Rebecca decides that they're talk is over.

Outside, everyone is gathered in the parking lot, with William standing at the front next to a tree. Rebecca is seen escorting Jared out of his room and towards William. Rebecca looks at him, not understanding what was happening--until William begins tying a rope to the tree, and places a stool underneath. Jared, his vision still blurry and not understanding what's happening, is hoisted onto the stool by Jon and has the rope wrapped around his neck. When he finally realizes what's going on, Jared yells and begs William to stop, apologizing profusely and telling him that he would change. Dean and Kate look on at Jared, frowning, having some sort of sympathy for him, while Daniel and Lolida have smiles on their faces. William starts by saying that what he's about to do needs to happen. He says that Jared would've done the same thing he'd done to Albert to anyone else. He shakes his head, stating that if he keeps Jared alive, he's just going to keep doing it over and over again. Jared begs William one last time, but William isn't hearing it. He kicks the stool out from underneath Jared, letting the man swing helplessly, gagging and gasping for air for a short few seconds, until he dies.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* William Reynes
* Kate Bloodstone
* Randall Forster
* Jon Matthews
* Marcus Downes
* Rebecca Dawson
* Clyde Rollins
* Dean Howards
* Austin Kingston
* Lloyd Waller
* Aldus Paxton
* Jared Kellings

#### **Also Starring**

* Ed Anderson
* Claire Noble
* Daniel Rockwell
* Lolida Windfield

#### **Guest Starring**

* Brenden Trevors
* Layton Zimmers
* Alex Weiss