Harbinger

Season 2, Episode 7

## Cast Guide

Starring
Chyler Leigh as Harper Lodge
Finn Wittrock as Declan Lodge\*
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Riley Lodge
Chris Hemsworth as Kari Andrews
Patrick Dempsey as Ben Monroe
Brett Dalton as Brandon
Ellen Pompeo as Alexa Reed
Zach Gilford as Amelio
Nick Zano as Matt Archer

Also Starring
Ronen Rubinstein as Avery Stanson
Juliana Harkavy as Janine\*
Gavin McIntosh as Jason Andrews
Ajiona Alexus as Cheryl Lee
Skylar Astin as Robbie Stanson
Sarah Utterback as Amanda Riggs
Hayden Panettiere as Carley Jonas
Emily Bett Rickards as Raven Fields
Alanna Ubach as Tara Alonso
Dave Fennoy as Lee Everett
Alberto Frezza as Theo
Noah Centineo as David Welles
Scott Foley as Lane Welles
Jerrika Hinton as Leah Welles
\* - does not appear

**Harbinger** is the seventh episode of the second season of Coda, serving as the midseason finale.

## Plot

Paths collide while tensions reach a high. Brandon returns to Crawford and warns the group of their impending doom.

## Episode Transcript

### Act One

Avery and Brandon rushed through the forest, as the sun rises behind them seemingly for the first time. They pant with baited breaths as the undead fly past them, with Brandon hanging on tightly to Avery’s arm.

“Oh, shit.” Brandon mutters, as the two reach an overpass above the road leading straight into Crawford.

“It’s Magenta…” Avery whispers just loud enough for Brandon to hear. Brandon looks to Avery, placing his hand over his mouth in shock as the two stare at the wall of Crawford.

The Magenta herd, finally merged back together, had finally arrived to Crawford. And it wouldn’t be long until the sanctuary was lost.

### Act Two

Brandon grabs Avery’s arm and pulls him through, as dozens of the undead hone in on them. The two dodge desperately, attempting to escape from the carnage.

“We’re not gonna make it!” Avery called out. Brandon ignored this, remaining focused on reaching the wall. Brandon gives Avery a boost, helping him to the ladder on a far side of the wall unnoticed to any outsiders.

“Come on!” Avery yelled out, looking around for a way for Brandon to get up. Brandon sat against the wall, revealing his pistol and firing onto the undead.

“Shit!” Brandon yelled, running out of ammo. Just as the walkers reach him, guns blaze upon the undead, rescuing him.

“Come on!” Riley encouraged him, throwing down a rope. Brandon climbed the rope up the wall as the group protected him with a flurry of bullets.

“Are you guys okay? What the fuck took you so long?” Harper questioned them, as Carley picked off the herd.

“Something...someone is out there…” Brandon gasped for air.

“There was another group.” Avery folded his arms in contempt, “Their leader’s name was Lilly, they tried to take us for...something. They got Declan and Janine, I think. They might have gotten away...”

Harper hugged Riley, the two concerned for Declan’s whereabouts.

“Lilly?” Carley lit up, conflicted, “Was anyone else with her?”

“Yeah…” Brandon muttered, shaking, “Her sister, I don't remember...Laurel?”

Carley stood in shock, before glaring out into the distance.

“What, you know them?” Harper asked, scoffing, “Great friends you picked, they took my fucking brother.”

“They’re not my friends.” Carley responded, “Not anymore.”

### Act Three

Lane sits against a wall while Cheryl and Leah talk near him.

“Leah, this just isn’t good. He’s been comatose for two weeks now...once Amanda gets back she’ll try everything she can to figure out when he’ll wake up, but... it doesn’t look good.” Cheryl tells her, placing a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Leah bows her head, before shaking it, “No...no, I can’t just give up hope. If it was me lying on that bed, I know David would be doing everything he can to make sure it’s not permanent. And I am not about to do the opposite just because it doesn’t look good.” Leah stands up, “Nothing looks good anymore...the world is dead, but here we are. We made it. We’re ‘’alive’’, and for what? Not to sit around on our asses and just take whatever they throw at us.”

Cheryl and Lane smile, looking at each other, as a loud bang emits from outside. Lane hops up, looking out the window to see the herd pouring into the wall. “Oh, fuck!”

Cheryl looks up at a building nearby, “Look!” She points toward Harper and the others, as they begin running to help others, “We have to help them.”

“No way, they’re on top of the building, we have to get to Matt, he’s trapped in that cell, he’s bait for those things!” Lane responds, conflicted, “Leah, you get David on the roof, and barricade it. Me and Cheryl will go after Matt.”

Leah nods, pulling up the bed David is on and rolling it up the ramp to the roof. Cheryl follows Lane toward the cellblock nearby.

“What the hell is going on out there?” Matt yells out as the two enter.

“The herd broke through, we have to get the fuck out of here.” Cheryl yells, juggling the keys to unlock the cell.

“Oh shit!” Lane yells, as the herd breaches the wall opposite where they came from, and one latches on to Cheryl’s hair. She stabs it straight in the forehead, and swings open an unlock cell door, hopefully holding back the walkers.

“Come on!” Matt pleads, as a walker reaches its arm through the opened cell door and grabs Cheryl’s arm.

“Fuck! Lane, HELP!” Cheryl calls out to him, but he wipes the sweat off his forehead, and rather than helping Cheryl, turns and escapes toward the roof.

“FUCK!” Cheryl screams in agony as she’s pulled into the herd, her flesh ripping under the teeth of the undead.

“Dear God…” Matt secludes himself into the corner, praying he’s not noticed, watching as Cheryl is torn apart.

### Act Four

Raven stops in her tracks as she reaches the south wall where the Magenta herd breached into Crawford. Robbie, Kari, and Ben follow closely behind, as they reveal their weapons to fight off the incoming herd.

“They’re splitting up!” Ben shouts out, firing his gun into the herd, “Half of them are going to the left of the Church, the other half is going right!”

“If they split too much, we’re all fucked.” Kari responds, as a walker peers closely behind him.

“Kari!” Robbie shouts, shooting the walker in the head, saving Kari.

“Thanks for the assist.” Kari smiles, as Robbie nods and resumes firing.

“The others will have a plan, we just need to hold them off for now…” Raven remains concentrated, but shaking. She turns to see a walker coming up behind Robbie, however, is too afraid to speak.

### Act Five

“Come on, let’s go.” Harper grabs Riley by the arm, pulling her aside.

“Where do you two think you’re going?” Carley asks, crossing her arms.

“We need to find Matt, he’s locked up in a cell and we can’t leave him there to die.” Harper responds, annoyed, “Is there a problem with that?”

Carley sighs, as Avery pipes up, “I need to find Robbie, also. Can I come with?’

“No, you’re hurt, Avery.” Brandon grasps Avery’s shoulder, pulling him back.

“I’m fine, Brandon. I can go.” Avery looks at Harper, “I can go.”

Harper nods, allowing Avery to follow, “You’re welcome to come, too, Brandon.” Riley tells him.

“I need him here with me. Someone has to help any stragglers.” Carley butts in, insisting Brandon remain here. Brandon looks at Avery, who, disappointed, walks away.

At the cell block, Harper, Riley, and Avery come across a pack of walkers eating something, “Oh shit…” Harper mutters, before helping Avery stab the walkers.

“It’s Cheryl.” They hear a voice. Matt. Harper approaches the cell door.

“I’ll get you out. Don’t worry.” She searches for the keys she swiped on her way out, “Let’s go.”

Avery stares at Cheryl’s body, wiping away a tear, “We should…”

“Yeah.” Riley mumbles, saddened, “I’ll take care of it.”

Riley gets on her knees and plants her knife slowly into Cheryl’s temple to ensure she won’t reanimate.

“We need to get out of here.” Harper insists.

“What we need to do is make a plan.” Riley chimes in, “We’ll be dead by the end of the day if we don’t think for two seconds.”

“Fine. Here’s the plan: we leave Crawford, we find Declan and Janine, and we stay the fuck away. Forever.” Harper demands, “This shit with Oberson has gone on enough, and now EVERYONE is in danger because Amelio is too stubborn to open that damn door. Any qualms with that?”

Everyone remains quiet.

“Good. Now let’s go.”

### Act Six

Raven’s world goes blank as she watches a walker approach Robbie from behind. She raises her gun to fire, however, she is deafened by the onslaught of violence.

She trembles.

As this unfolds, Carley and Brandon arrive, ready to assist, just as Harper, Riley, Avery, and Matt arrive.

Avery sees Robbie, and calls for him. Robbie turns, only to be met with a bullet in the neck.

“NO!” Avery screams, running to help, however, is pulled back by Brandon.

“Jesus…” Brandon mumbles, watching as the walkers pounce onto Robbie, who gasps for breath.

“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!?” Avery screams at Raven, who drops her gun, running away in terror.

“We can’t hold them off! It’s now or never.” Kari shouts to Ben, who silently agrees. They retreat toward the rest of the group, however, Ben notices Avery running in the wrong direction, and chases after him, leaving Kari behind.

### Act Seven

As Amanda tends to Tara and David, Leah covers the entrance to the roof. She lies as the blistering heat of the roof burns into her front side, aiming her rifle with caution at the door.

“What’s that?” Amanda mutters, hearing a noise. Tara, lying on a movable hospital bed, perks up. Leah concentrates, hearing the rattling on the stairs coming upward.

Suddenly, six people burst onto the roof, with Leah nearly firing a shot into them.

“Lee!” Leah shouts, getting up to greet them. Lee, Clementine, Kenny, Christa, and Omid arrive, with Christa holding Izzie.

“We barely made it here, the walkers are going crazy out there.” Christa mutters, comforting the crying baby.

They hear someone mumbling a few feet away, “Tara, are you okay?” Leah asks without turning around.

“...that’s not Tara.” Amanda gasps. David turns over before lifting his head up and opening his eyes.

### Act Eight

“We have to get to the office and find Amelio before this whole place is dead.” Matt declares, cutting walkers down in front of him.

Harper scoffs, ducking Riley and Matt behind her into an alley, “Stick to the plan, Matt.”

He rolls his eyes, and begins to run out of the alley, before Harper latches onto his forearm.

“We have to go.” Harper states coldly.

“OH GOD, OH GOD, HELP!” Someone shouts from outside the alley. Harper, Riley, and Matt collectively agree to investigate. They turn the corner to see Omid and Lee fighting off the herd. Omid is trapped in a corner, and Lee attempts to save him.

“We have to help them!” Riley yells, but is held back by Matt.

“It’s too late.” Matt mutters, as the herd diverges onto Omid. They rip into him violently, lacking hesitation. Lee gasps in shock, and glares at Matt. He begins approaching them to get revenge for abandoning Omid, however, he is jumped by a walker that pounces for his arm.

“Shit.” Lee mutters, staring at Riley who bears eyes of regret. Lee stabs the walker in the head, and moves his attention to the walkers distracted, devouring Omid, “I have to go.”

“Stay with us, maybe we can figu-” Harper requests.

“I can’t. Clementine is still out there, and Christa has the baby. I have to find them before I can’t.”

Before they can ask him to stay, Lee retreats into the alley to find his friends. Harper looks to Matt in disgust, “What the hell is wrong with you? We could’ve at least tried to save him.”

Matt shakes his head in disagreement, “It was too late… and you need to see, everything that’s happening here is because of Amelio and that stupid fucking office. If they had just been honest with us from day 1, the Magenta herd wouldn’t have advanced this far because we wouldn’t have had to cause all that shit with Tara’s group. So yes, it’s partly on me...but Amelio is the puppet master here. And I need to know why.”

Harper bows her head in silence, before looking up at Matt. She nods, and they continue on their way.

### Act Nine

Leah comforts David, who has momentarily ago woken from his coma, as the group hears loud banging coming from the door leading to the roof.

“LET ME IN!” The person shouts, as Amanda runs to open the door. Ben bursts inside, falling to the ground.

“SHUT IT, NOW!” Ben yells demanding, as walkers begin pouring through the door. Amanda is able to shut it, however, four walkers reached the roof. Tara, Leah, and David are stunned, as the former two hop up to help. Leah ends up killing three of them, however, one tackles Amanda, causing her to fall from the roof onto the streets below.

“SHIT!” Tara yells, feeling pain in her gunshot wound, and she collapses to the ground.

“We have to go back and help Amanda!” Leah yells, as she and Ben help Tara.

“...how are we supposed to get down there if *he* let the walkers up here?” Tara scoffs.

“What were we supposed to do, wait around to die? The roof was my best shot.” Ben calmly defuses the situation, gazing into Tara’s eyes.

As if she was misted, Tara nods her head, “You’re right. I’m sorry. If I remember right from when I first got here, there was a fire escape a few buildings away. We just have to get there.”

“Then it’s a plan. You guys need to rest for a second, though.” Ben crookedly smiles, sitting against a wall, as the noises of walkers desperately trying to break through the chained door echoes into the sky, “Amanda will be fine. She can handle herself, she’s stronger than she looks.”

### Act Ten

“Wait, guys. Stop!” Riley pauses in her tracks to see someone’s arm hanging out from between the buildings. She approaches the person, only to see Amanda, her ankle seemingly twisted after a short drop.

“Are you okay? What the hell happened?” Riley helps Amanda up.

“I fell...from a building...with the others...I limped over here, I don’t remember how far…” Amanda grunts in pain, latching onto Riley’s stiff shoulder.

“Look, we don’t have much time. The herd is closing in on us. Run to that apartment building over there, I’ll cover you.” Riley tells Amanda as the latter nods. Amanda begins limp-running toward the building, as Riley turns a corner and runs straight into Tara, Leah, David, and Ben.

“Shit!” Tara yells, as Riley regains her footing. She is accompanied by Harper and Matt, who finally find her after briefly being separated.

“Wasn’t Avery with you, Ben?” Harper mutters, worried.

“He was...he saw Robbie die...and he went with Brandon and Carley. I haven't seen them since.” Ben sighs.

“Regardless...we need to get the hell out of Crawford, now.” Matt declares, as they run toward a gaping hole in the wall.

“Are we still good?” Harper asks him, and he nods, “Tell the others to meet us at the boating exhibit north of here and wait. We have unfinished business.”

Harper sets her sights on the office building and makes her way there, as Matt helps the others escape.

### Act Eleven

Jason rushes into his apartment, locking the door behind him. His breath shaking in the chilled room, as he sits down, his back resting against the door. He quietly and softly cries into his arms, terrified.

Suddenly, someone is banging on the door. He jumps up, and reaches for the doorknob, until the knocking suddenly stops. Screams. A woman screams outside his apartment as Jason hears the undead ripping into her.

Her blood seeps under the door, onto the soles of Jason’s shoes. He backs up slowly, and retreats into his dad’s room, as he hears movement outside the door. Not a walker.

### Act Twelve

“Alright, now’s our chance. We find out what the hell is going on, and we get out of here.” Matt mumbles.

“Just stop…” Harper shakes her head, “Why the hell are we doing this? It’s over. Look around you...Crawford is gone. We should get out of here.”

“That’s the thing...it’s not over.” Matt sternly declares, “We’ve got Amanda with us. God forbid we run into Amelio, Alexa, or Theo. They must know something. We need to know if we can trust them.”

Harper nods, defeated. They enter the office, and approach the door to Oberson’s chambers, as a faint footstep approaches behind them.

### Act Thirteen

Jason listens frightened as people rush into his apartment. He decides he will investigate, and reaches his living room to see Alexa and Thea bringing people into the apartment, as Alexa is holding a crying Izzie. Three or four others arrive alongside them.

“Is my dad with you?” Jason asks, annoyed at their intrusion.

“I don’t think so...I saw him with Robbie and Raven, but only for a second a while ago…” Alexa frowns, “Are you okay??”

“I’m fine.” Jason coldly responds, “We need to leave.”

“I agree.” Theo smiles, sitting down next to Jason, and placing the crying baby in his arms, “But you need to watch her for a second while we go look for other survivors.”

Jason nods as Alexa and Theo exit, leaving him and a few stragglers alone.

### Act Fourteen

“Ben? Avery? Raven?” Kari calls out, stumbling through the streets of Crawford, desperate to return to his apartment to find Jason, “Dammit…”

Kari turns a corner to see a large pack of walkers. They take note of him and begin pursuing him, as he runs to try and enter a building.

Door number one. Locked. The walkers have turned the corner.

Door number two. Locked. The walkers have honed into his scent.

Door number three. Locked. He can feel them, grunting right behind him.

Door number four. Unlocked.

### Act Fifteen

“Amelio, please…” Harper groaned, placing her hands in the air, after noticing Amelio holding a revolver.

Amelio snickered viciously, “I warned you. You don’t listen.” He clicks the hammer on his silver revolver, “There’s no place for you here now.”

“Amelio, don’t fucking do this. I don’t care how much in control of this place you think you are, if you kill us, our group will find you. YOUR group will find you.” Harper demanded, her glare piercing Amelio’s soul, “Don’t end up like Jonathan. Don’t ruin the relationships you’ve made.”

Amelio considered for a moment, wiping the sweat from his face, seeping with regret, before finally coming to a decision, “No. I gave you too many damn chances.”

Harper’s shoulders dropped in defeat, as Matt spoke up, “No. You fucking coward. Crawford is GONE, none of us can rebuild it, why the fuck don’t you want us seeing what’s behind the door?”

Amelio pointed the gun to Matt’s head, as Harper jumped to his aid, knocking Amelio’s arm to the side and causing his weapon to fire into a wall. Matt took advantage of this and attacked Amelio as Harper ran for the door.

“GET IT!” Matt yelled, punching Amelio in the face. Amelio grabbed his gun, throwing Matt to the floor.

“Fuck.” Harper muttered, finally getting the door unlocked. She pulled back on the door - hard, as Amelio jumped.

“NO!” He yelped, bashing his gun against Harper’s head, knocking her unconscious as the door flew open.

## Co-Stars

* Owen Thomas as Omid
* Unknown as Izzie Grey

## Deaths

* Cheryl Lee *(Alive and Before Reanimation)*
* Omid
* Robbie Stanson
* Lee Everett *(Alive; Off-Panel)*

## Trivia

* Last appearance of Cheryl Lee.
* Last appearance of Robbie Stanson.
* Last appearance of Omid.
* Last appearance of Lee Everett. *(Alive)*
* A statement regarding Lee's group: "Yes, Lee does in fact die from his bite in the same manner as hisTelltale's The Walking Dead counterpart. After Crawford falls, basically, Lee, Kenny, and Christa search for Clementine. Rather than being stalked by the Stranger in this continuity, the Stranger randomly comes across Clementine and 'saves' her. Lee and Christa are separated from Kenny, and Lee and Christa are separated. Lee dies after he saves Clementine and eventually turns."
* Currently, everyone is split up into the following groups:
	+ Group A: Declan and Janine.
	+ Group B: Riley, Ben, Amanda, Leah, David, and Tara. They were last seen heading towards the boating exhibit north of Crawford.
	+ Group C: Brandon, Carley, and Avery. They were last seen escaping from Crawford after Robbie was killed, however, it is unknown if they escaped.
	+ Group D: Harper, Matt, and Amelio. They are currently in Oberson's office.
	+ Group E: Jason, Theo, Alexa, and Izzie. They are currently in Kari's apartment.
	+ The following peoples' whereabouts remain unknown after the fall of Crawford:
		- Kari, last seen being chased down by walkers until he found an unlocked door.
		- Raven, last seen accidentally shooting Robbie before running away.
		- Lane, last seen allowing Cheryl to die so he can escape.