Season 2

The second season of Route to Paradise premiered on January 13th, 2019, and concluded with a tenth episode on January 24th, 2019.

It's been two weeks since Jacob's group has taken over the mall, and the survivors have been living happily. But that all changes when The Rastas, a gang led by Damerae Badrick, arrives in town, making their presence known immediately. The survivors of the mall begin to make alliances with others to prevent the gang from taking over their town.

## **Summaries**

### **"The Mentor"**

Two weeks after defeating Benjamin Taylor's forces, the survivors inside of the mall are shown living happily without worry, everyone except for Felix Quarterman, who's continued abusing alcohol. One morning, Erin Monroe approaches Albert Hanson to ask him about Marcus Downes and his friends, who hadn't showed up at the mall. Albert and Erin agree to go out and look for them, bringing Dean Howards with them.

While driving through town, Erin and the others hear a gunshot, and go to investigate. They discover that the gunshot had come from Marcus, Fraser Stiller, Zac Barnes and Aldus Paxton, who'd gotten themselves trapped on some scaffolding with zombies below them. After dealing with the undead, Albert takes Marcus and his friends back to the mall. Meanwhile, Erin takes Dean to an electrical store to pick up some solar panels for Jim Butterman.

At the electricals store, Erin and Dean overhear a limousine pulling up. Damerae Badrick steps out alongside Edward Remar. Badrick tells Edward that he likes this town and wants to set up operations here. Edward advises against it, but Badrick isn't hearing it, and it becomes clear that Edward is somewhat frightened of the man. Eventually the two of them leave. Erin and Dean grab what they need and rush back to the mall to share what they've just witnessed.

Meanwhile, Alex Weiss shows up inside the mall, having been hiding the whole time. He is immediately imprisoned inside a book store, with nobody trusting him.

Badrick and Edward decide to set up their main base at the Willamette Town Hall. However, as they're getting settled in, Badrick catches Clyde Rollins trying to leave. He promptly has Clyde locked up inside the basement.

Elsewhere, Benjamin and his group have been busy searching for his missing daughter, Sarah Taylor, but have yet to have any luck. When Robin Clarke reports that Badrick's gang, The Rastas, have arrived in town, Benjamin says that he wants them dealt with immediately.

### **"A Common Enemy"**

Two days pass as the Rastas begin to settle into town. On this morning, Felix goes missing, and a team goes out searching for him. They quickly find him in a drunken state, but before they can head back, they run into Quincy Atherton, Monica Reynolds and Jon Matthews. They learn from the three criminals that a meeting has been scheduled between their crew and Benjamin's people that day. When Jacob Feldman asks if they can come along, the criminals agree, as long as they stay quiet.

Alex, who'd been brought out of his cell to search for Felix with them, sneaks away, where he proves to still be a threat after he steals Clayton Freeman's gun. He is locked back up in the store and talked to by Kate Bloodstone, but she can't get any answers from him.

Jacob, William Reynes and Aldus are the three mall survivors who go to the meeting between Wilbur Wright's crew and Benjamin's group. Jacob is immediately recognized by Shane Haywood, who tells Benjamin this. Although there is still hate between them after the battle two weeks back, the two sides agree to let it go now that a bigger threat is in town: The Rastas. At first, people are unconvinced, but Benjamin persuades everyone by telling the story about his missing daughter who's dying of cancer, and how he needs to eliminate the Rastas to ensure she doesn't get hurt. Benjamin then informs them about a farm where some Rastas have made an outpost, and supplies them with the weaponry to attack it.

Quincy, Monica, Curtis Van Horn, as well as the three mall survivors all head out to the farm, stealthily taking out the Rastas until they get spotted. Aldus is seriously injured after being shot in the chest, forcing the others to burn the farm fields and make an escape.

Badrick spends a few minutes speeding around the streets searching for the attackers, but has no luck. He then returns to the town hall with rage, where he is told by Edward about a little girl that the Rastas found and brought back -- Sarah Taylor. Upon finding out that Sarah is dying from her cancer, Badrick says that they'll make sure she has a final few days of peace.

### **"The Calm Before"**

Quincy and Monica have a falling out with Wilbur after the farm attack, and leave to go join the mall survivors.

Meanwhile, Benjamin and his group have finalized their plans to attack the town hall. However, when Benjamin shows up with his entire army, Badrick reveals that he has his daughter. Not wanting any risk to come to her, Benjamin orders to men to back down and return to the museum. Before Benjamin leaves, Badrick tells him that he has 24 hours to get rid of the survivors residing at the mall if he wants to get his daughter back.

Austin Kingston, an alcoholic, breaks into the mall to steal some guns, but is caught by Marcus. However, the two are able to talk it out, and Austin agrees to join the group.

Elsewhere in the mall, people are gathering around for a group meeting hosted by Jim. Everyone but Felix shows up, including Alex. Before the meeting begins, Erin announces that she's pregnant with Jacob's child. Shortly after the meeting begins, a drunken Felix interrupts, yelling and causing a ruckus until William pulls him out of the meeting. The two men sit down, and have a serious talk, where William tells him that if he wants to become the leader and make Helen Cullen, he needs to stop the drinking. Felix says he needs time to think, before walking off.

William takes Alex back to his cell, where he decides to stay for tea. However, Alex reveals that he had slipped sleeping pills into William's drink, which causes him to immediately leave.

Later on, when the shutters to Alex's book store are opened, he makes a run for it. Clayton and Randall Forster chase after him all the way to the food court, where Alex traps himself inside a restaurant.

Edward begins talking to Sarah, feeling bad for the girl, now that she's become a hostage of Badrick's. He promises that she'll be reunited with her father.

### **"On the Clock"**

With his 24 hours coming to an end, Benjamin meets with Wilbur and his remaining crew, where he proposes the idea to them about blowing up a couple of plazas at the mall to make it seem like he'd killed everyone. Although Wilbur doesn't believe that the mall survivors will agree to it, he has Jon and Curtis go with Benjamin to the mall to propose the idea.

At the mall, Felix finally apologizes to everybody, quitting his drinking and working on becoming a better person.

Elsewhere at the town hall, Edward makes conversation with Clyde, who's still locked up. Clyde tries to convince Edward that he should rescue Sarah and bring her back to Benjamin. However, before Edward can decide what to do, he is suddenly told by Badrick that he's going to be going to a factory across town where they're crafting ammunition to oversee it. With no other choice, Edward leaves for the factory.

Back at the mall, Erin is up on the roof with Marcus when notice a Rasta convoy driving through town. Curious about where it's headed, the two of them inform William that they're going out to investigate it.

Benjamin arrives at the mall with Shane, Jon and Curtis. Once inside, they meet with the mall survivors and propose their idea to them -- and are met with an immediate decline. Benjamin tries to reason with them to no avail. In the end, he's forced to leave. However, not taking no for an answer, Benjamin then gathers up a few men with RPGs and directs them to fire at the Entrance Plaza of the mall. The front of the mall is partially destroyed as a result, infuriating the mall group.

After the attack, Benjamin shows back up at the town hall with his army, demanding his daughter back. However, Badrick is no fool, and he knows that Benjamin only blew up the front entrance. Therefore, Badrick is not handing over Sarah. Instead, he gives Benjamin a handheld radio and says that he'll have one more chance to get his daughter back, and that moment will be whenever Badrick radios him.

### **"Partners in Crime"**

Zombies begin to flood into the mall after Benjamin's attack, forcing the survivors inside to deal with them. Once they do, they repair process is led by Robert Morgan.

Across town, Edward arrives at the factory, where he discovers that Michael Hall is there to straighten things out with him, now working for the Rastas. A furious Edward is forced to let bygones be bygones and work with him. Michael then leaves to go and wait at the train station, as a train full of supplies is due to be arriving that day.

While Erin and Marcus are tracking the Rasta convoy, they run into Jon and Curtis, who decide to tag along with them. The four of them eventually track the convoy to the factory, where Erin notices Edward, and is able to get his attention. Edward sneaks out to speak with them, and informs them about the train coming into town, and how they should intervene it.

Curtis and Jon return to Wilbur's warehouse, while Erin and Marcus head back to the mall with the new information about the train. They are able to convince their friends that it's worth a shot to try and stop the train.

A group of volunteers go with Erin to Wilbur's warehouse. However, upon arriving, Erin is stunned when she sees her estranged father, Derek Monroe, speaking with Wilbur. She runs away, and both Derek and Jacob go after her. The rest of the mall survivors, plus Curtis and Jon devise a plan to stop the train. The team drives out to a large, flat field where the train is going to be driving through.

Later that evening, the train is seen approaching, and as it passes by, the group drive alongside it and jump onboard. Immediately, the Rastas on the train open fire on the attackers. In the fighting, Dean takes a hit to his hand, losing a finger. Meanwhile, Jon and William are able to push their up to the front of the train, killing the conductor and taking control.

When Badrick hears about the robbery, he orders Michael to gather some reinforcements and go help fight off the attackers onboard his train. Badrick then radios Benjamin, telling him that his chance to get his daughter back has come, and tells him to bring his army to the train station and kill the people attacking his train.

When Michael and the reinforcements arrive, the fighting intensifies, leading to death of Clayton, who is shot in the head by Michael while saving his partner, Randall.

The train eventually comes to the end of the track at the train station, forcing Jon to hit the brakes. However, just as the train comes to a stop, Benjamin and his army comes into view. They open fire on the train, sending everyone scattering.

### **"Promise"**

The mall survivors return to the mall one by one, with Albert being the only man who was injured. With Clayton now dead, the group are ready to go to war against the Rastas. Later that day, while an injured Dean is trying to rest, he is scolded by Owen Gliefield, who's held a grudge against Dean since the day he met him for being an alcoholic. Eventually, Dean has enough and punches him, which leads William to have a stern talk with Dean.

After the failed train heist, Curtis and Jon return to the warehouse. While here, another man shows up -- Jackson Foxx, one of their old crew members. Although Jackson appears friendly to them, in reality he despises them after he was left behind during a robbery gone wrong at the start of the apocalypse. It's revealed that Jackson is working for The Rastas, and only showed up at the warehouse to recruit Da'Jonte Woodard to his side.

Edward returns to the town hall, where he goes to speak with Sarah, promising that she would be reunited with her father very soon. Unbeknownst to Edward, Jackson had listened in to their conversation, and he immediately tells Badrick about Edward's betrayal.

It isn't long until Benjamin and his army once again show up outside of the town hall, where he once again demands his daughter back. However, Badrick refuses to hand her over when he learns that Benjamin had failed to kill a single one of the attackers. When Benjamin stands his ground, Badrick threatens to kill Sarah by holding a knife to her neck, forcing Benjamin and his army to withdraw from the area pronto.

On the streets, Jacob and Derek catch up with Erin, who doesn't even want to speak with her father. However, Derek is able to convince her to come with him into his hotel nearby to chat. There, it's revealed that the reason Erin hates Derek is because of how much of a monster he was when she was young. Derek apologizes, and says that he wants to move past all of that and start over. In the end, Erin hesitantly agrees. She, Derek and Jacob then head for the mall.

Back at the town hall, Edward has one more stop-in with Clyde, where he tells the man that he needs his help rescuing Sarah. Clyde doesn't think that he can do it, knowing that he's a coward. In response, Edward tells him that if he doesn't want to be thought of as a coward anymore, then he'll do this. Edward leaves, but not before handing Clyde the key to his cell and a knife.

After this, Edward is accosted by Badrick, who sends him back to the factory immediately. Once Edward leaves, Jackson and Badrick discretely follow him. Once Edward arrives at the factory, Jackson stops him, beating him with a crowbar. Eventually, Edward admits to him and Badrick that he had in fact betrayed them. However, as Badrick is deciding what to do with Edward, he remembers Clyde, and rushes back to the town hall.

Clyde, having built up enough courage, unlocks his cell and sneaks up to Sarah, picking her up and taking her to an exit. But before Clyde leaves, he is confronted by Michael. In order to get Michael to lower his guard, Clyde pretends to give up, only to then stab him in the chest. Clyde grabs Sarah and hurries out the exit, with Rastas chasing him. He takes a bullet to the back in the process, but keeps running.

After running across town, Clyde arrives at the museum with Sarah and rushed to a doctor. Sarah is finally reunited with Benjamin -- but moments after she is, she suddenly begins to cough up blood. Within seconds, Sarah dies from her cancer in Benjamin's arms.

### **"Warzone"**

With Sarah dead, Benjamin has nothing left to lose, and nothing stopping him from attacking the Rastas. In his blind rage, he immediately rounds up his army and prepares to attack the town hall.

At the mall, Dean has a confrontation with Zac, leading to him breaking down in tears. Afterwards, Jim sits down with Dean. The two men share their pasts with each other, and Jim reminds Dean that everyone has regrets, but that Dean is changing for the better, and he should be proud of himself. Dean thanks him for the talk.

Meanwhile, Kate and Teddy Powell go to Alex with an ultimatum: he can join them, or he taken far out of town to be left to fend for himself. After giving it some though, Alex decides that he'll give them a shot and join their group.

When Badrick finds out from Michael that Clyde has escaped with Sarah, he immediately sets up defenses around the town hall. As the defenses are being made, Benjamin arrives with his army, launching an attack. Dozens of men on both sides are slaughtered in the battle, and the town hall is blown apart with RPGs. In the heat of battle, Badrick manages to escape in a car with Michael. Benjamin attempts to follow after them but are shot off the road.

The war of Willamette extends outside of downtown. Wilbur, Curtis and Jon are attacked at their warehouse and forced to abandon it when it burns down. As the three criminals are walking through the streets, they run into Benjamin, Robin and a small squad of his, who are following Badrick's car. They decide to join up with Benjamin for the time being.

Back at the mall, Jacob, Derek and Erin arrive. After getting a tour of the mall, Derek has another talk with Erin, the two of them sorting out their differences and agreeing to leave everything in the past. They hug it out, before Derek departs the mall.

At the factory, Badrick is pacing around, while Edward is still laying on the floor, injured and being guarded by Jackson. Badrick, Jackson and Michael all agree that Edward should be killed for his traitorous actions. However, before they can kill him, the factory comes under attack by Benjamin and his soldiers. During the fighting, Edward crawls away, fleeing the factory. While most of the Rastas in the factory are killed, Badrick is yet again able to escape in a car.

### **"Fractured Beyond Repair"**

At the mall, the group is debating whether or not to get involved in the ongoing war. During the debate, Austin is mocked by Quincy and Monica for not wanting to take part in the fighting, leading to a fight between the two men. Afterwards, Wilbur, Curtis and Jon show up at the mall. However, soon after Wilbur arrives, he says his farewells to his crew, leaving to the mall to go lay low somewhere until the war is over.

Elsewhere, Benjamin is holding a funeral for Sarah at the museum. After the funeral, Ben introduces Derek to everyone, who tells them all about two different Rasta outposts, one at a junkyard, and another at his hotel, which is why Derek came to the museum in the first place. He suggests that Benjamin's team take the junkyard, while Derek tells the mall survivors to take the hotel. Suddenly, Edward is seen entering the museum, beaten and barely able to walk. He is immediately tended to by a doctor, and after Edward is feeling better, he leaves the museum with Derek and Clyde to go to the mall.

Derek, Edward and Clyde arrive at the mall, telling them about the plan to take out the Rasta outposts. A group of ten volunteers led by Jacob agree to go out and clear the Rastas at the hotel.

After a long walk, the team arrive at the hotel. Inside, Jackson and Michael are arguing with each other. Instead of attacking head on, Jacob and the others lead a large horde of zombies to the hotel. As the horde attacks the hotel, Michael betrays Jackson, fleeing. A heated battle takes place over the next few minutes, during which, Jon manages to capture Jackson. However, Teddy has his hand blown off with a shotgun. As zombies surround them, Jacob's team hurry into a night club for safety.

Meanwhile, Benjamin and his people finish clearing out the junkyard, but Badrick is nowhere to be found. Afterwards, Robin approaches Shane, and plants the idea in his head of overthrowing Benjamin due to his recklessness and unwillingness to slow down the war effort.

### **"Family Business"**

While trapped in the night club, Teddy has his hand bandaged as best as possible, and Jacob picks up a couple of rings and a necklace off a corpse, intending to propose to Erin when they get back.

After they've been gone a suspiciously long time, William and a few others go out to investigate the hotel. Upon finding that they've been trapped, they distract the zombie horde, allowing Jacob's team to escape. They all hurry back to the mall.

At the museum, Shane has come to the decision to overthrow Benjamin. With the support of Robin and their army, who are sick of fighting, they enter Benjamin's office and kick him out, giving him a car and some supplies to go. Mike Simpson is the only man who chooses to go with Benjamin.

In the mall's basement, Jackson is beaten with a crowbar by Edward until he reveals to them a location where Badrick is possibly at.

Back at the museum, Badrick performs a drive-by, destroying many of Shane's remaining vehicles, and killing another man. Shane is infuriated.

With Jackson's new information, a team is assembled to go and investigate the location, which is an office building in downtown Willamette. Jackson is brought along with them in case he's lying.

Jackson proves to be telling the truth when the group notices a Rasta standing guard outside. After dealing with him, they move inside and begin clearing the building, making their presence known. During all the fighting, Jackson slips away from his captors.

The fighting eventually arrives on the top floor of the office building, where Badrick has made a last defense with many of his Rastas. During the battle, Badrick makes his escape to the roof, but Jacob and Erin chase after him. However, they aren't able to reach Badrick, and he escapes. As Badrick is making his way to the ground floor, he orders a squadron of Rastas to fire RPGs at the building. As the building shakes, Erin nearly falls off the roof but is saved by Jacob. But before the two of them can get off the roof, Jackson shoots at Erin from below, hitting her stomach, and sending her falling off the roof to her death.

As the building begins to crumble, the mall survivors rush out of the building. Jacob, however, takes a different vehicle and drives to a compound out of town where Derek had moved to. Here, Jacob informs Derek about Erin's death, but the man doesn't show any care, having not cared about Erin after all. Instead, Derek suggests that he and Jacob form an alliance with Badrick, and when Jacob hears this, he shoots Derek to death in rage.

### **"Home"**

After the disastrous battle at the office block, a funeral is held for Erin at the mall. The mall survivors begin debating what their next move should be, whether that be staying in the mall or leaving. But before they can decide, Jacob arrives, carrying a body bag with Derek's body parts in it. He tells them all what Derek had said to him, and why he did it.

Eventually, after more debating, the group concludes that they won't abandon the mall after all this time, and they're going to defend it. However, Badrick's attack comes sooner than expected when Robert is suddenly sniped in the head, instantly killing him. As Badrick's Rasta army walk through the parking lot, Felix takes charge when Jacob is proven to be in no state to lead. The group is split into three groups, one that goes to the Entrance Plaza, one at the North Plaza, and the others who remain on the roof.

Minutes later, the Rastas launch their attack on the mall. Not long into the fighting, however, a third party shows up at the mall: Shane's group, who instantly charge into the Entrance Plaza. With three sides now battling each other, it becomes a bloodbath with people dying on all sides. The mall's second casualty of the battle is Monica, who is shot dead by Shane and his men. Following this, the mall survivors retreat into another plaza, as the battle expands all over the mall. In the fighting, Robin is injured and flees the mall.

The next member from the mall group to fall is Quincy, who, after seeing his wife Monica be shredded by bullets, decides to put up a last stand against Shane and his men, killing a large amount of them, before he is taken out with a headshot.

During the fighting, Jacob selfishly chases after Jackson when he spots him. Jackson leads Jacob all the way to the food court, where Badrick is waiting with a group of Rastas. But before Jacob is killed, he's saved when Edward, Felix and others rush in to save him. Although Badrick escapes, Jacob is able to kill Jackson in revenge for Erin.

In the end, the mall survivors are all forced to retreat to the roof. Knowing that the mall is lost, they decide to group up at Jim's cabin deep in the woods. But as the group is climbing down a ladder to escape, the Rastas come running up for one more attack. Edward recklessly charges at them, resulting in him being shot in the chest, and falling into a dumpster below. Clyde hurries down the ladder to rescue him. He pulls Edward out of the dumpster, and the two of them limp off together.

Back on the roof, Felix is the last man standing, having successfully covered his group long enough to climb down the ladder and escape. When Felix realizes that there's no escape left for him, he charges at Badrick, managing to wound him before he is gunned down and killed.

Following the battle, Shane, who's taken two gunshots, limps through the ruins of the mall, which is slowly filling with zombies. Eventually, he notices somebody -- Benjamin. Shane falls to his knees in front of Benjamin, his body shutting down on him. He begs to be put out of his misery, but Benjamin instead leaves Shane to be torn apart by a swarm of zombies.

Jacob and the surviving members of his group head into the woods, seeing the smoking ruins of the mall behind them. Much of their group is MIA, including Randall, Curtis, Austin, Jared and Alex. With their home destroyed, they continue on through the woods, as snow begins to fall over Willamette.

## **Cast**

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

* Jacob Feldman (10/10)
* Felix Quarterman (10/10)
* Edward Remar (10/10)
* Erin Monroe (10/10)
* Benjamin Taylor (10/10)
* William Reynes (9/10)
* Randall Forster (9/10)
* Albert Hanson (9/10)
* Damerae Badrick (9/10)
* Dean Howards (8/10)
* Clayton Freeman (5/10)

- Kate Bloodstone (9/10)

- Quincy Atherton (9/10)

- Jim Butterman (9/10)

- Teddy Powell (9/10)

- Marcus Downes (9/10)

- Austin Kingston (9/10)

- Shane Haywood (8/10)

- Owen Gliefield (6/10)

- Clyde Rollins (6/10)

- Robin Clarke (10/10)

- Curtis Van Horn (9/10)

- Monica Reynolds (9/10)

- Jon Matthews (9/10)

- Fraser Stiller (9/10)

- Aldus Paxton (8/10)

- Wilbur Wright (7/10)

- Zac Barnes (7/10)

- Sarah Taylor (6/10)

- Derek Monroe (6/10)

- Alex Weiss (5/10)

- Robert Morgan (5/10)

- Jackson Foxx (5/10)

- Michael Hall (4/10)

- Jared Kellings (3/10)

- Da'Jonte Woodard (4/10)

- Mike Simpson (3/10)

- Apollo (2/10)

- Logan Carlson (2/10)

- Mickey Fahey (2/10)

- Tyrus Montel (2/10)

## **Deaths**

* Mickey Fahey *(Alive and zombified)*
* Clayton Freeman
* Sarah Taylor *(Alive and zombified)*
* Erin Monroe
* Derek Monroe
* Robert Morgan
* Monica Reynolds
* Quincy Atherton
* Jackson Foxx
* Shane Haywood
* Felix Quarterman
* 196 Rastas
* 67 soldiers from Benjamin Taylor's militia