Don't Speak

Season 1, Episode 5

## Cast Guide

Starring
Chyler Leigh as Harper Lodge
Finn Wittrock as Declan Lodge
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Riley Lodge
Marisol Nichols as Ramona Whitson
Chris Hemsworth as Kari Andrews
Patrick Dempsey as Ben Monroe
Nick Zano as Matt Archer

Also Starring
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon as Piper Bradshaw
Gavin MacIntosh as Jason Andrews
Karla Souza as Lauren Davis
Matt McGorry as Kevin Davis\*\*
Ronen Rubinstein as Avery Stanson
Skylar Astin as Robbie Stanson
Sydelle Noel as Rebel
Brett Dalton as Brandon
Ajiona Alexus as Cheryl Lee
Camila Mendes as Lexie Stanson
Jenna Dewan Tatum as Renee Fields
Juliana Harkavy as Janine
\* - Zombified

**Don't Speak** is the fifth episode of the first season of Coda.

## Synopsis

* After a mistake leads to numerous deaths, Larry and Robbie take matters into their own hands; Kari suspects foul play after their recent walker attack. *(Present time)*
* Lost and on her own, Riley seeks refuge with a new group of survivors. *(Flashbacks)*

## Episode Transcript

### Act One

What now?

The first words spoken after the tragic loss of many survivors after Kevin and Lauren inadvertently caused a pack of walkers to reach the camp. Facing their first losses since the initial outbreak, Ben's group was infuriated.

"How the fuck did this happen?" Ben yelped out in rage towards Harper, "We've been really fucking careful and haven't lost anyone in a long time."

"I...I don't know..." Harper's eyes were locked onto Lauren's as Lauren sat over her brother, Kevin's, dead corpse, "Oh, my God...Lauren..."

Harper approached Lauren to hug her and console her, until Kevin's reanimated state jumped out and latched onto Lauren.

"OH SHIT! HELP!" Lauren screamed out in fear, pushing herself away from Kevin and hitting her head on a tree resting behind her, knocking her unconscious.

Kevin jumped out onto Lauren, before being shot dead by someone.

Piper stood holding her gun, saving Lauren's life, "I did it."

Ramona stared at Piper and ran to her, grabbing the young girl and examining her for bites. She saw nothing.

"Are you okay, doll? Oh my God, you shouldn't have had to do that..." Ramona consoled her.

### Act Two

*Riley ran through the woods, killing walkers in her way, mumbling "please" under her breath, praying to get out of the woods alive.*

*"Oh my God of course." Riley muttered as she noticed a large grouping of walkers seeing her and pursuing her.*

*Riley ran into the opposite direction, only to be tackled by a walker. Before she is bitten on the neck, a woman shoots the walker in the head from behind. Petra.*

*"Come on, there's another group of them just west of here, if we don't get out of here, we're more walker food than a paralyzed horse. Get a move on!" Petra helped Riley up and signaled her to run in the direction that was currently clear of walkers.*

*"Who the hell are you?!" Riley asked as she ran alongside Petra.*

*"I'm Petra, and I've got a camp nearby. We'll help you get there, just stay calm." Petra responded without looking away from the woods ahead of her.*

*"We? Who's we?"*

*Just then, Robbie and Avery emerged to kill a walker that had almost latched onto Riley.*

*"Them." Petra told her, stopping in place.*

### Act Three

"You okay, sis?" Avery asked his sister, Lexie, who sat in a tent with her head resting on Larry's shoulder.

Lexie remained silent as Larry spoke up to respond to Avery, "I don't think she is. This is tough on her. Her and Petra were close, you know that?"

"Yeah, I do...they were friends before, too." Avery told him, crossing his arms. Robbie put his arm around Avery and hugged him.

"We're okay, though. We made it. If it happens again, we'll make it then, too." Robbie told him, before Lexie decided to speak, as well.

"I don't want to lose anyone. I don't want this to happen again. I don't want it." She told them. They stared at her with frowning eyes.

### Act Four

Harper and Declan conversed after the attack about what to do with Janine, who was handcuffed inside of Renee's car after being found on the highway.

"What are we going to do with her? She shot at us. Everyone of her friends is dead, except Shelley, who could be out there looking for us right now. We're not safe." Harper told her brother.

"We should talk to her. If she isn't like the others, then we can have her with us. She could tell us where Shelley is and we can go there and end this. Permanently." Declan responded, wanting to us Janine to their advantage.

"She probably hates us for killing her friends."

"Who gives a shit? They tried to rob us. Those fuckers had it coming."

Harper silently agreed with Declan with a nod of her head, just as Riley entered the tent alongside them.

"What are we talking about here?" Riley asked them.

"That girl that Renee found. She was one of those bandits I told you about." Declan told his wife.

"Fuck. We gotta send her away."

"No. We use her to find where Shelley, their leader, is. We kill her and we end this for good." Harper told Riley.

"That's risky. What if there's the rest of them?"

"We killed them. There's no way." Declan told her with a cold look on his face.

### Act Four

"Piper shouldn't have had to do that. That was fucked." Matt told Ramona after witnessing the young girl gun down Kevin after he reanimated as a walker.

"I can't believe Kevin is dead..." Ramona responded, ignoring what Matt said to her.

Matt rubbed Ramona's back to comfort her, sighing as a response over Kevin's death.

"Do you know where Lauren is?" Matt asked her.

"She's sitting alone by the dirt road. I saw her head there after..."

### Act Five

Lauren cried at the dirt road, lying on her back.

"Hey, Lauren..." Matt told Lauren, lying down next to her to comfort her.

"It's my fault." Lauren told him between sniffles, "We saw those walkers, we didn't kill them. We led them here and they killed Petra and..."

Matt lifted his head up and relied on his elbows to hold himself up, and just stared at Lauren, her eyes closed. A look of shock filled his face and he fully realized what had happened.

Matt walked alone back to camp to tell Ben and Harper what had happened and what caused the walker attack.

"Harp, we need to talk about Lauren." Matt told Harper, and took her away from talking to Declan and Riley.

"What's the problem?!" Harper asked him, concerned.

"I think Lauren and Kevin are the reason those walkers got to camp. She told me they saw those walkers and accidentally led them to camp." Matt told her, with a look of despair filling her eyes.

"Fuck...they aren't going to take this easy...this is going to be bad when they find out..."

"They don't have to. I just want you to spread the word to the rest of the group, NOT Ben's group, to keep quiet if Lauren tells them about this. We just settled shit out with Ben, and I'm not losing this place because of Kevin and Lauren's fuck up."

### Act Six

"...because of Kevin and Lauren's fuck up." Avery and Robbie listened in on Matt and Harper's conversation.

"Holy shit..." Robbie spoke, "It's that bitch's fault Petra is dead."

"Calm down, it sounds like it was an accident." Avery told him, grabbing Robbie's arm before he could run out to interrupt Matt and Harper, "We need to tell Ben. We need to."

"That..." Robbie muttered, "That's probably the best idea. Fuck."

### Act Seven

*"So how far is your camp from here?" Riley asked Avery, who was walking much more behind the rest of the group to warn them of walkers from other angles.*

*"Not far from here...a couple miles at most. Our car broke down and we've been trying to get back since." Avery responded, examining the surrounding area for any threats.*

*"We should hurry. I don't wanna get caught up in another pack of those shitbirds." Petra told them.*

*"Lexie is probably worried sick." Avery spoke up.*

*"She your girlfriend?" Riley asked him.*

*"No, my sister. Adopted. Me and Robbie are..."*

*"Ohh, I see." Riley smiled at him, Avery smiled back.*

*"Where are the walkers? It looks like they're grouped up back there or something." Robbie asked the small group.*

*They looked around for any walkers one last time before continuing on, not spotting a single one. The first time they've been in the woods without seeing one walker in the longest time.*

*"I don't like this. It seems off." Riley mentioned.*

*"Me neither. And it does." Robbie responded.*

### Act Eight

"Ben, we need to talk." Larry approached Ben, after Robbie told him what happened.

"What's wrong, Larry?" Ben asked him, sorting out his weapons on the table in his RV.

"Lauren and Kevin led those walkers to camp. It's their fault Petra and everyone else is dead."

"What? That's bullshit." Ben told him, "How do you know?"

"Avery and Robbie heard Matt and Harper talking about Lauren confessing to it. We need to kick her the hell out of here. It's her fault." Larry told him.

"She just lost her brother. We've lost people too, but none of us lost blood like she did. She's suffered enough, we need to comfort her and let her stay, not send her off to die." Ben shut his idea down.

"Fuck you. THAT'S bullshit."

"No. It's realistic."

"Whatever. If she pulls this shit again, I'll get rid of her myself."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ben looked away from the weapons and confronted Larry.

"You know what it means."

### Act Nine

"You okay in here?" Renee asked Janine, who remained handcuffed in the car.

"Fuck off." Janine responded without looking away from the window next to her.

"Here's some water. Some food. I'll come back to bring you some more later." Janine didn't look away. Renee sighed and exited the car, but before shutting the door, Janine spoke up.

"Thank you." She said, still not looking away.

Renee smiled and nodded.

"She okay in there?" Brandon asked Renee, with Rebel standing alongside him.

"She's fine. She's a bit of a bitch one second then she's polite the next." Renee responded.

"Maybe the rest of her group was bandits and she just got dragged along?" Rebel asked, hoping to not have to abandon the woman or kill her.

Kari, listening in on their conversation, approached, "I didn't see her shoot her gun at all. She got shot and then ran back inside. She didn't do shit."

"Then thank God we found her and not that other lady you alked about." Brandon told him smiling.

"Good thing." Kari told him, reciprocating the smile, "I'm gonna go check on Lauren."

### Act Ten

Robbie and Larry walked to the dirt road they heard Lauren headed off to to confront her for her wrongdoings, ready to serve her justice. After they noticed her, Larry yelled out, "Hey, Lauren!"

Lauren turned around slowly, "What do you want?"

Larry grabbed her and dragged her to the ground, "It's you. You did this. You're the reason they're dead."

"Larry, c'mon, man...chill out." Robbie told him, trying to pull him off Lauren.

"No." Larry shoved Robbie aside, knocking him to the ground.

"What is your problem?" Robbie asked from the ground.

"My girlfriend is dea-" Larry stopped in his words and stood up fast.

"What? Lexie is fine? What the hell are you talking about?" Robbie asked him. They both stood in silence before Lauren quietly answered.

"Petra." Lauren sat on the ground, face in knees.

"What the fuck, man?" Robbie shoved Larry. Larry punched Robbie across the face.

"I'm gonna kill this bitch for what she did." Larry pulled his knife out, ready to attack Lauren.

"Just do it." Lauren told him.

Larry lunged at Lauren, before Kari, arriving just in time to check on Lauren, shoved him to the ground.

### Act Eleven

*The group of four stumbled upon mumbling coming from the other side of the thick amount of trees, stemmming from the highway.*

*"This is where the walkers are. Here." Petra told the group as they noticed the largest pack of walkers they'd ever seen.*

*"Holy shit..." Riley muttered, "It's a fucking herd of them."*

*"Yeah. Damn." Robbie told her."*

*"It doesn't look like they're headed for camp, maybe they're migrating or some shit? Our people could be fine." Avery whispered, trying to not attract the walkers' attention, putting his hands on his face, "Fuck, man..."*

*"If so, we need to get back fast. Let's go this way." Petra told them, before signaling them to head to the direction of the camp.*

*The quartet ducked down and headed towards camp, running and ducking to get away from the large herd.*

### Act Twelve

"Did you hear that?" Cheryl asked Jason, who was watching Piper at the time.

"Yeah. It sounded like someone yelling. I saw Ben and Declan run off towards the yelling, and I think I saw my dad heading there before. Do you think he's okay?!" Jason told her, worried.

"I don't know. I'm going to find out."

Cheryl loaded her shotgun she retrieved from Petra before her death, and began making her way towards the commotion.

Once she arrived, she saw Larry on the ground, seemingly dead.

"What the fuck happened?!" Ben yelled out, staring at Kari.

"Oh my God..." Kari looked at Larry's lifeless body, "He attacked Lauren, I shoved him, he fucking landed on the knife. I didn't..."

"It was an accident..." Lauren told them, "Fuck, it's my fault."

"No..." Robbie began crying and covering his eyes, "Oh, god no..."

### Act Thirteen

Declan returned to camp and headed towards Harper's tent, ready to tell her what had happened.

"Declan, what's wrong?" Noah asked him as his look of despair was obvious to everyone.

"Larry is dead." Declan told him.

"What the fuck? What happened?"

"He tried to kill Lauren for what went down...Kari shoved him to the ground and he stabbed himself." Declan sighed.

"Is Lauren okay? Oh my God..."

"She's fine. She's blaming herself for it, just like how she blamed herself for Kevin and Petra..."

"Damn."

"I need to tell Harper what happened, her and Ben are going to have to talk about this. After Ben's group recovers."

### Act Fourteen

"No, oh my God, no..." Lexie began sobbing after learning of her boyfriend's death.

"Shh, it's okay...I'm here..." Avery hugged her while Robbie sat on the opposite side of the large tent with his face in his hands, "Get the fuck out, Rob."

"What? No, I-" Robbie mumbled.

"Now." Avery looked at him with the angriest look Robbie had seen in a while, as Lexie sobbed in Avery's shoulder.

### Act Fifteen

"We need to talk about this." Harper told Ben, who was sitting alone in his RV, reeling from Larry's death.

"Soon. I just need a minute. Can I have one goddamn minute?" Ben stood up, raising his voice at her.

"Control your fucking people and this wouldn't be an issue." Harper defended herself.

"You control *your's*, you little..."

"What? What am I, Ben? I can't control what Lauren did, but you talked to Larry, and you knew he wanted to do something. You let it happen. That shit isn't on me, it's on you." Harper got in Ben's face and shook her head slowly, "It's on you."

"Don't. Don't speak to me. Not now." Ben shushed her, "You better have some good ass reasons for your people to stay here, because if not, you're done."

### Act Sixteen

Noah walked through the woods with Lauren to discuss what had happened.

"Are you okay? Like, really?" Noah asked her with his arm around her.

"I don't even know. I want to be, but I can't..." Lauren cried, putting her face into Noah's shoulder.

Noah went in to kiss her, and she reciprocated it. The two kissed for a moment, before Noah pulled away.

"I'm sorry." He told her.

"Don't be." She began to kiss him again, and after she pulled away, she began to walk back towards camp, "I'm gonna head back...don't be too long."

Noah chuckled and walked towards the highway to look for any cars, in case of an emergency runaway from the camp. After walking for a couple of miles, he was tackled by a lone walker.

"FUCK!" He yelled out, before grabbing his knife he dropped and stabbing the walker in the head, "Shit...man."

Noah looked ahead of him, to notice a large gathering of walkers just ahead of him.

A herd, coming straight towards the camp.

### Act Seventeen

*"Ben, we're back." Petra told Ben, as they rearrived at camp, "And we got someone new with us."*

*"Hey, I'm Riley." Riley told him, shaking his hand, "I was with a group, my husband, sister-in-law...but we got separated."*

*"We'll do everything we can to help you find them again. And after we do, they're welcome to stay here. You, too." Ben told her, smiling.*

*"Thank you."*

*After Riley walked away, Ben and Petra began to speak.*

*"That herd we saw a while back, just at the beginning, it's gotten closer. I don't know if it's coming here or not, but we need to be ready." Petra told him.*

*"We'll get ready." Ben told her, "And we'll be fine."*

*"But..." She responded, before being shushed.*

*"Don't speak. We'll be okay."*

## Deaths

* Kevin Davis *(Zombified)*
* Larry Willis *(Alive)*

## Co-Stars

* Jeremy Allen White as Noah Ford
* Liza Weil as Petra Weil
* Brian Marc as Larry Willis

## Trivia

* Last appearance of Larry. *(Alive)*
* Last appearance of Kevin. *(Zombified)*