Pipe Dream

William is quick to reject an offer from two recruiters claiming to be from a large community, much to the dismay of his group. Edward plots against his enemies.

You can read the transcript here.

## **Synopsis**

Two days after Dean Howards' return to the group, Jon Matthews, Ed Anderson and Austin Kingston are standing around a map, debating what their next move should be. It's revealed that they've been searching the supply caches that were noted in Dean's notebook, and still have a couple of locations left to search. Ed thinks that they should consult with William Reynes before deciding where they go next, but Jon says it'd be a waste of time. Austin points out that they should definitely avoid any more cities, something the other two easily agree with. In the end, Jon tasks Ed with finding out where they'll go after the church.

Outside the church, Daniel Rockwell finds Lolida Windfield sitting on the steps. It's obvious that something is bothering Lolida. After Daniel jokingly calls Lolida an asshole for refusing to eat, Lolida snaps at him, bringing up everything that Daniel has been doing the last few days. He's furious at Daniel for making a mockery of Jesse Garnett's death, starting fights, and punching Kate Bloodstone. Daniel tries to defend his actions, reminding him that Kate put all of their lives at risk. Lolida agrees that what Kate did was stupid, but he understands that people make mistakes. Daniel continues to selfishly defend his actions, and says that "it's us against them". Lolida finally stands up, and tells Daniel to figure his stuff because "we don't need another Jared on our hands." Daniel is left speechless as Lolida storms off.

Kate wakes up from another nightmare about the disaster in Garden City and hastily gets out her chair, heading outside for a smoke. After a few moments, Dean finds her, and she tries to hide her cigarette, but Dean says he doesn't care about the cigarette. Kate begins talking about Garden City, and how she felt so strongly about saving the group of people--but she failed, and everything has gone wrong. Dean tells her that none of this is hers or any of their faults. Kate says that she still wants to keep fighting until they can find a permanent place to settle down, but that it feels so far out of their reach. Dean admits he's not the hopeful type, but that he now believes that there is a place out there for them. Nodding, Kate is glad to hear that Dean is more optimistic than she is, and says that she hopes things will get better. Dean reminds her that even though the Garden City mission might have failed, they tried their best, and that's what matters.

Kurt Klein's group arrives at an amusement park, and Molly Massey couldn't be more excited. Her and Kurt briefly talk about Edward Remar, and how Kurt is beginning to regret bringing him into the group. From afar, Edward glares at them. He tells Solomon Reed that Calvin Schultz's death is on Kurt and them, "And if there's one rule I live by... it's that blood demands blood..."

Stanley Peck, Nancy Warner and Elliott Rowe are wandering around the park, Stanley telling stories about his childhood. Elliott continues to grieve the death of Calvin and is feeling down. The trio soon run into Edward, who immediately lets them know about how he despises the idea of staying here. Nancy says that Kurt won't listen to them anyway, but Elliott agrees with Edward. Suddenly, Carson Burke comes running up to them. "We've got company," he says.

Back at the church, Lloyd Waller is walking around outside with Jon. He's worried about William shutting himself down and not talking to anybody. Jon tells him that everybody has a limit - and to remember that William is only human. Lloyd nods, understanding, but he worries about Rebecca Dawson too. Jon tells the boy not to lose hope. As they're continuing to walk around, a bush rustles nearby, and Mackenzie Brohem steps out. Jon instantly points his gun her way, warning the woman to keep her distance. Mackenzie says that she's with her sister, and that they've come from another community. Jon narrows his eyes, calling for the other sister to come out of hiding. Genna Brohem calmly steps out, and repeats what her sister had said about them coming from a large community, and that they're here to talk about just that. Jon remains untrusting of them, but Lloyd asks him to give them a chance. Jon sighs, lowering his gun.

Inside, Jon informs Randall Forster and Austin about the situation, and asks them if they could gather everyone else in the main hall. Austin is suspicious about it, as is Randall, but they agree to go along.

Jon then goes into the office to inform William, and how they're unarmed and just wanting to chat. William slowly nods, and stands up, leaving Rebecca's side to go and address them. Before exiting, Jon warns William that he doesn't like them either, but that he should go easy this time. William promises to do his best.

"About seven of them," Landon Kimber tells Kurt, standing outside of the amusement park's main cafe. Carson and the others then come strolling up, oblivious to the ongoing situation. Edward demands to be let in on what's happening, but Kurt ignores him and heads into the cafe by himself. Inside, a group of seven survivors are standing around. Their leader, Shaun Fisher, steps forward to introduce himself to Kurt. The two shake hands, and afterwards, Kurt sizes up the man while asking about him. Shaun says that he's the leader, and then goes on to introduce his group: Evelyn Nelson, who compliments Kurt for his looks; Seth Haynes, a timid and quiet young man; Waita Mathani, who’s wary and skeptical of Kurt from the get-go; Jose Trivoli, a sick old man with a nasty cough; Robert Nicholas, a US veteran who collects rotten teeth; and Kyori Hyoteki, who doesn't speak much English. After the introduction, Kurt takes Shaun outside to chat in private.

Outside, after taking a seat, Kurt begins questioning Shaun about his group, trying to persuade him into joining together under Kurt's leadership. Shaun would like to, but he says that it's impossible due to his group being on a mission to find Shaun's family. Kurt learns that Shaun and his group were traveling using a bus, but that they were forced to abandon the vehicle and all of their supplies on the highway when they were swarmed by zombies. Kurt takes interest when he hears about the supplies, and offers to go and help them retrieve the bus back. As their conversation wraps up, Kurt reminds him about his offer, but Shaun says not to get his hopes up. As Shaun walks off, Kurt flips over an entire bench in frustration.

In the church, everyone in the group has convened in the main hall, with the only notable person missing being Daniel. William finally makes his way out of the office and down the hall, stopping a few feet from the two sister recruiters. William notices Lloyd standing a bit close to them, and insists that he take a step back, but Lloyd stands his ground. Genna begins by introducing herself and Mackenzie, before explaining that they come from a community called Worthwood, a community with electricity, water, and high walls for safety. Alex Weiss speaks up, mentioning how this could all be a trap. Layton backs him up by reminding them all about the time they first met Daniel and Lolida, and how they fell right into a trap. Genna's defense is that she and Mackenzie came to them unarmed, knowing the risks. Kate still isn't sure about this community they're talking about, and asks them to give them more information. Genna obliges and goes into detail about the location and how everybody there has to work to earn their keep. Clyde Rollins is the first person to step forward and tell his group that this might be the chance they've been fighting for. Kate agrees, but others aren't convinced yet. Mackenzie tries her best to convince the others, telling them even more about the community and how good it is. "This is a chance to be human again." She tells them. Kate decides that the best way to go about this is with a vote, and mostly everyone agrees. William, however, goes quiet, considering something in his head. Meanwhile, the rest of the group begin to separate into two sides. As the vote is happening, Lloyd asks if they have a doctor, and the recruiters say they do, which is enough for Lloyd to wanna go as they could help Rebecca. An overwhelming number of people choose Kate's side in wanting to check out the community of Worthwood, while only a few remain unconvinced. However, even after the vote, William steps forward, calmly telling the two recruiters that he kindly refuses their offer. Kate immediately makes her way over to William, telling him to look around--everyone wanted to go with the recruiters. She reminds him about Rebecca, and how the doctors at this supposed community could help her. William is adamant about his decision, ignoring Kate's pleas. Others begin to agree with Kate, including Alex, Layton Zimmers and Lolida. Lloyd tells William to think about Rebecca, causing William to snap at him for bringing up her name. His yelling at Lloyd prompts Lolida to step forward and defend the kid, but William tells him to get back in his place. An angered Lolida gets into William's face, wanting to fight. In response, William headbutts him and slams his head into the wall. As this is happening, Kate tries apologizing to the two recruiters, but before she can finish, William storms over, pushing Kate to the floor, and draws his gun, demanding that the recruiters leave. Genna and Mackenzie walk out of the church in haste, as Marcus Downes goes to check on Kate. Dropping his gun to the floor, William shakes his head, turning and going back into the office, leaving everyone else in silence.

Genna and Mackenzie come to a stop in the woods outside the church. After having a gun pointed at them--both of them seem to be fine, and Mackenzie says that she believes they'll be able to help them, even if William scares her. Genna agrees, and says that they should keep an eye on them for a while.

Jon follows William into the office, asking William if that was his best way to handle the situation. William rests his head in his hands, telling Jon that he didn't know what to do. He wants to keep everyone safe, but they're all against him. Jon leans up against the wall, remarking that he was beginning to think Kate is right. Jon completely understands why William doesn't trust anyone after Jared, but says that they'll eventually have to trust people. William says that he doesn't want to be making the hard decisions, but he has to in order to keep everyone safe. Jon tells William that their group wouldn't have even formed if it weren't for trusting strangers. Most of the group members were strangers at one point - but now they've all come together. He admits that people like Jared make it hard to know who to trust, but what William did to those recruiters just now was unnecessary. William nods slowly, knowing that Jon was right. Before ending their conversation, William says that they didn't get here by 'doing the right thing'. They only got here because people died. He then thanks Jon for the talk, and Jon leaves the room, immediately bumping into Ed. He tells Jon that he's sent out Lloyd, Brenden Trevors and Aldus Paxton to search a warehouse, one of the last supply caches in Dean's notebook. Jon glares at him, disappointed that he had allowed Brenden, a kid with one hand, to go along for the trip.

At the amusement park, Edward finds Elliott roaming around by himself. It's obvious that Elliott isn't over Calvin's death yet, and Edward uses that to his advantage, proposing that Elliott put his faith into Edward instead of Kurt, promising to protect and look after him, as long as he received the same in return. With Calvin's last words to Elliott having stuck with him, Elliott agrees to join Edward.

In the cafe, Shaun assures his group that everything will be okay, and they'll soon retrieve their bus and be on their way. Shaun is then startled by Edward, who comes into the cafe unannounced. Before Edward can ask Shaun what he needs to ask, Jose begins going into a disgusting coughing fit, and is tended to by Evelyn. Getting back to their conversation, Edward asks if he could have a word with Shaun outside.

Although loath, Shaun sighs and goes to speak with Edward outside. In their conversation, Edward warns Shaun that he should be careful around Kurt. He comes up with a story about knowing Kurt for a long time, and claims that because of some tough times on the road, Kurt has become unstable. He then asks if Shaun plans on staying with them, but Shaun says they aren't. Shaun also worries that he shouldn't be hearing any of this, but thanks Edward anyway. Satisfied, Edward thanks him for his time and leaves. Nearby, Leonard Thorne is crouched in a bush, having listened to their entire conversation.

Leonard goes to Kurt with the information, and he is absolutely livid about it. Leonard wonders what should be done with Edward, but Kurt, in his furious state, ignores Leonard and sends him away. As Leonard leaves, Molly and Landon talk about Jose, and how he's dead weight and needs to be dealt with. When Kurt manages to cool down, he addresses Landon, ordering him to kill Jose, but to ensure it looks like an accident. He then turns to Molly, and orders her to go teach Edward a lesson--but not to kill him. She is more than happy to do it. Kurt tells the both of them that he's going to handle damage control.

At the church, Kate is enjoying a glass of tequila in the storage room. Daniel enters the room, closing the door behind him, and asks if he could join her for a drink. He says that he needs to get some stuff off his chest, so Kate allows him to. Their conversation gets off to a strange start, as they begin talking about unhealthy habits - mainly Kate's smoking, which Daniel knows about. Kate decides to stop talking about her smoking habits, and asks Daniel why he's really here. Daniel, fumbling to even get the word out, says that he's here to apologize. He admits that he may have been a little harsh towards her, and shouldn't have hit her during that fight. Kate listens carefully, before asking Daniel what made him reflect on everything. Looking down, Daniel says that Lolida hates him, but he's not just doing this for him. Sitting up, Daniel finally says that Kate and the others didn't deserve what happened to them in Garden City. He knows that he's been purposely hitting Kate where it hurts - especially about the boy's death, and he's sorry for it. Still, Daniel doesn't understand what her and the others were thinking going into Garden City, but he can at least respect them for trying. Kate nods slowly, and says that she can forgive him. The conversation switches to the recent drama with the two recruiters, and how Kate thinks that William is throwing away a golden opportunity. However, if Kate was able to reconcile with Daniel, she believes she can do the same with William.

Back at the amusement park, Kurt, his composure regained, approaches Bonnie Harrell and asks her to go and tell Carson to cook up a nice meal for Shaun's group. Afterwards, Kurt heads into the cafe, disgusted at the sight of Jose and his hacking cough. He walks over to Shaun, smiling, and asks if he'd come with him--just the two of them, to go get his bus back. Shaun doesn't think it's necessary, but Kurt insists. Shaun eventually gives in, and agrees, but only if Robert, his best man, could come along with them for safety. Kurt nods.

Outside, Carson is cooking up a meal on the grill. Bonnie sees Elliott sitting nearby, and thanks him for saving her from a zombie during the attack the other night. After Elliott thanks her, he sees Molly walking up. She asks the three of them if they've seen Edward anywhere, but none of them have. Elliott, remembering his pact with Edward, gets up to go 'take a walk', walking off in the direction Molly had gone.

Back in the cafe, Bonnie steps inside, telling all of Shaun's group that the food was ready. Waita, Kyori and Seth leave, while Evelyn stays behind for a minute, asking Jose if he wants anything. Jose's response is to continue coughing up mucus. Evelyn takes this as a yes, and then follows behind the others. When everyone but Jose has left the cafe, Landon sneaks inside, making sure to close the doors behind him. He approaches Jose with a blanket in hand, and begins to smother him. Jose kicks around frantically and does all he can to stop Landon, but he can't. Eventually, Jose quits moving around, as he dies. Landon wipes off a bit of mucus from his jacket, before leaving.

Shortly after, Evelyn returns to find Jose standing up, his eyes twitching. Jose growls at Evelyn. She screams in horror, dropping the food.

At the church, William storms out of his office. Behind him, Ed tries to keep up with him, while telling him that he had expected them to be back by now. A stressed William is worried about Lloyd, and he's worried about them having not returned yet. On his way out of the church, he sees Austin resting nearby, and tells him that he's coming along to the warehouse. Austin, without question, gets up and follows William outside.

Earlier on, Lloyd, Brenden and Aldus are walking through the woods heading for the warehouse. During the walk, Lloyd and Brenden talk about what happened with the two recruiters earlier. Brenden is sorry about Lloyd being yelled at by William, but Lloyd knows that William didn't mean it. Brenden points out how the two recruiters didn't seem like the kind who'd give up so easily, but he isn't sure. Both of them believe the sisters, and wish that William had agreed to go with them. Lloyd looks ahead to Aldus, and asks if they're almost there, and Aldus says that they are.

Skipping forward ten minutes, Lloyd is seen laying on top of a catwalk, a crowd of zombies clawing up at him below. As Lloyd gets back to his feet, he sees Brenden in a similar situation on a different catwalk, while Aldus is trapped on a shelving unit below them, the horde of zombies mere inches from him. Around them, sirens are blaring. Lloyd, seeing a circuit breaker on the other side of the building, decides to make a dash across his catwalk, making it over to the breaker. However, even as he flips all the switches, the alarms don't turn off. As he's messing with it, a zombie sneaks up on Lloyd, pinning him against the railing. Aldus aims his rifle and puts a bullet in the zombie's head. Lloyd turns and gets back to trying to work the circuit breaker.

Outside the warehouse, on a nearby hill, Genna and Mackenzie are stomping through the woods. They notice the warehouse--as well as hear a gunshot from inside. Mackenzie is scared that there may be bandits inside, but Genna worries that it could be somebody that needs help. She convinces her sister to at least go and take a look through the windows to see who's inside.

Back in the warehouse, Lloyd is still busy at the breaker, unable to turn off the sirens. Brenden kicks a zombie off of his catwalk, while the catwalk Lloyd is on begins to creak loudly, before it caves in and tilts over underneath him. Lloyd grabs onto the railing, barely managing to hold on, as a horde of hungry zombies reach up at him from below.

Kurt, Shaun and Robert walk along a highway in search of Shaun's bus. While walking, Shaun brings up his conversation with Edward, and wonders why he would say all those nasty things about Kurt. Kurt comes up with his own story about finding Edward and one of his friends in a mental asylum--and says that they must be crazy. Robert tells Kurt to quiet down, but an annoyed Kurt says he'll talk as loud as he wants. Robert intentionally calls Kurt 'Kirk', which almost results in Kurt punching him in the face--but he stops himself. He instead decides to correct Robert for his 'mispronunciation'. In response, Robert again purposefully says his name wrong, causing Shaun to step in and ask for Robert to be kind, before he apologizes to Kurt for Robert. Kurt tenses up in anger, but says that it's fine. As they continue their walk, Kurt asks Shaun if he'd be willing to join groups to find Shaun's family together. Although he appreciates the offer, Shaun says that his group is fine. Kurt bites his lip in annoyance, but moves on. Continuing along the highway, the trio soon come across a group of twelve zombies around Shaun's bus. Robert steps forward to begin killing them, but Kurt tosses him aside to deal with them himself. Kurt kills all but one, and an angered Robert charges into the last zombie, trying to prove himself--but the zombie gets the upper hand, forcing Kurt to come to his rescue. After the slaughter, Kurt approaches Shaun, and asks him one last time if he's sure that he doesn't want to join groups. Shaun is insistent that he and his group are fine. Sighing, Kurt draws his pistol and shoots Robert in the skull, killing him instantly. As Shaun is yelling out in a panic, Kurt holsters his gun, explaining that all Shaun had to do was say yes. A horrified Shaun says that Edward was right about him, which angers Kurt even more. Shaun begs Kurt for mercy, reminding him that he had a family. Kurt replies by telling him that his family is probably already dead. He then grabs Shaun and twists his neck, snapping it and killing him. Kurt gets into the bus, finding the key still in the ignition. He reverses over Shaun's corpse and drives off.

At the amusement park, Elliott finds Edward in Aquapark, a part of the amusement park that was under construction. In front of Edward is a large dolphin statue being held up by a relatively small crane. Elliott quickly approaches Edward to tell him that Molly is searching for him - but he doesn't know why. Edward doesn't really care-- but suddenly they both hear Molly calling at them from afar. Twirling her revolver, Molly approaches, before beginning to shout at Edward for being a traitor. She reveals that they know about his conversation with Shaun, and she's here to punish him. Molly demands that Elliott run along, but he stays, and even tries talking Molly out of whatever she was going to do. Molly can't believe Elliott, as she picks up a shovel and charges at Edward, swinging it. Edward dives out of the way, and the fight is on. Elliott tries intervening to get the two to stop, but he gets shoved aside by Molly easily. Molly and Edward go at each other, punching, kicking, and doing whatever they can to get the upper hand on their opponent. In the midst of the battle, Molly screams so loudly that a few zombies wander over from nearby. While Molly is holding her eye from a previous headbutt, Edward picks up a shovel and smacks her in the face, knocking teeth out. Elliott again tries intervening, but he gets tossed aside. The zombies begin to attack all three of them, forcing Elliott to run away in fear. He runs over to the cab of the crane. Edward throws a zombie off of him and into Molly, but she manages to kill it. Because of this, Molly decides that she has enough reason to kill Edward herself, and so she pulls out her revolver. A battered Edward crawls away. As he looks up, he notices the dolphin statue hanging directly above Molly's head. He glances over to Elliott in the cab and yells for him to drop it. Without thinking, Elliott slams his hand down onto the release button, causing the statue to drop, splattering Molly on the ground. Elliott looks on in horror, realizing what he's just done, while Edward cackles loudly like a maniac.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

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

#### **Also Starring**

* Ed Anderson
* Claire Noble
* Daniel Rockwell
* Solomon Reed
* Lolida Windfield
* Kurt Klein

#### **Guest Starring**

* Brenden Trevors
* Layton Zimmers
* Alex Weiss
* Landon Kimber
* Molly Massey
* Bonnie Harrell
* Elliott Rowe
* Carson Burke
* Stanley Peck
* Leonard Thorne
* Nancy Warner
* Genna Brohem
* Shaun Fisher

#### **Co-Starring**

* Mackenzie Brohem
* Evelyn Nelson
* Waita Mathani
* Seth Haynes
* Kyori Hyoteki
* Jose Trivoli
* Robert Nicholas

## **Deaths**

* Molly Massey
* Shaun Fisher
* Robert Nicholas
* Jose Trivoli