Are We The Good Guys?

**Are We The Good Guys?** is the seventh episode of Season 2 and the fifteenth episode of the show overall.

## Description

*Blake's leadership is questioned and the group comes to a head. Charlie makes a decision that affects everyone. Joely questions everything.*

## Synopsis

Blake, Charlie, and Chloe return to the school to find the gates open and one of the smaller buildings on burned. They rush in, finding the others cowering in one of the buildings. Joely runs to Blake while Chloe has to seek out Claire and Maeve, hugging them tightly upon finding them. They explain that the school was attacked by Scavs while they were away, burning the staff building which, thankfully, didn't catch onto the others. Trevor tells them that he hid them away while they came in, saying that there were too many of them to fight. This enrages Charlie, who blames Bryce for distracting them and making them become murderers while the school was being attacked. Blake, however, tries to tell him that Bryce didn't know, but he says that he has had enough of that group. Claire agrees, saying that if they keep going along with them, then things will only get worse. Chloe then states that she doesn't want to have to kill anymore, telling Blake that doing it disgusted her. Charlie then asks him if he truly has the group's interest in mind, and this makes him snap. He lunges at Charlie, but the others pull him off, and he walks away. Charlie, bloody nosed, walks out, slamming the front gates of the school behind him.

At the same time, Pepper expresses her worries about beating the Scavs to Bryce, and he tells her that they will beat them no matter what. She asks him if that includes letting everyone die to do it, but he remains silent. She presses him, and he tells her that if she doesn't want to fight, she doesn't have to.

In his room, Blake sits on the floor, defeated. He look at his hands, seeing blood on them for half a second. Joely comes in and asks him if he's okay, and he confesses that killing the Scavs felt different to killing Cain. He almost breaks down, feeling unable to keep the group together and alive. He tells her that he loves her and she reciprocates, kissing him before he breaks into tears.

In the city, Charlie walks down the street with his hands above his head. An infected person shambles towards him, but is shot down by a bow and arrow and a large group of Scavs surround him. He asks to speak with Gwyn, who is there and lets him speak. He offers to give up the location of Bryce's campsite in exchange to being left alone. She considers it for a moment, before agreeing, stating that their group isn't as much of a threat, anyway. He then asks her to bring a map.

Chloe sits with Claire on watch, where she apologises to her and tells her that she was right. Claire accepts her apology and they hold hands before she asks Chloe if Blake is still capable of leading them. She tells her that it doesn't matter, and that she'll take care of them no matter what happens anyway. Just then, Charlie comes back, asking them to open the gates.

Blake still sits with Joely hand-in-hand, and he asks her if they are still the good guys, to which she says that she doesn't think there are any left. Just then, Trevor comes in, telling him that "the kid's done something."

They walk out to the main courtyard, and Charlie shakes his head at him. He tells him he is sorry and when Blake asks him what he did, he just replies "What I had to do."

At the campsite, a child plays hide and seek with a group of other kids. He hides behind a tree, peeking out into the camp, when he turns and sees someone standing in front of him. Porter. He smiles and takes his gun out.

## Quotes

> "This is their fault, Blake. If Bryce and his gang of murderers didn't want to go after the Scavs, we could have fought back. [...] You can't seriously keep defending those people? They slaughtered people, Blake! *We* slaughtered people because *he* wanted to strike first!" - Charlie confronting Blake.
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> "I...I agree. I didn't like that. The...killing. It felt wrong. Unnatural. I don't want to kill people, anymore. It was...It was disgutsing." - Chloe.
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> "Is this really what you want? You want us to become killers, Blake? The things we did last night was terrible, and you want to keep doing this? Go to war? We're fucking *kids*, Blake! What the fuck do you want from us?" - Charlie.
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> "Killing them...it felt different. When it was Cain, I had no choice. He..he was insane, he was bitten, he'd've killed us. Those people...they were asleep. I...I cut their throats like they were animals. I love you. You know that, right? I don't know if I could've made it this far if I didn't." - Blake having a breakdown.
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> "We don't want to fight you anymore. We...we know where Bryce and his people are. I can tell you where they are just...just leave us alone, yeah? Please." - Charlie selling out Bryce's group.
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> "It doesn't matter if Blake can lead us or not. No matter what happens, I'm gonna take care of you and Maeve, okay? Blake's trying his best and doing what he thinks is right, but at the end of the day, we are the only ones who matter, okay?" - Chloe talking with Claire.
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## Trivia

* This is the shortest episode of the season.