The Greater Good

William and his group start looking for a way out of the stadium. Edward pressures a traumatized Dean for information on Badrick. Elsewhere, Lloyd and his friends search for a place to stay.

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## **Synopsis**

Picking up right where the last season left off, Alex Weiss explains to the group how he was tricked into believing Nathaniel Shepard and his group were friendly, very similar to how William Reynes and his group got captured. Jon Matthews tries getting Alex to provide him any info about this place, but Alex doesn't know much of anything. As Jared Kellings and Alex are getting along, William, who had been remaining silent, suddenly strolls over and grabs Alex around his neck, threatening to kill the man; he hadn't forgotten what Alex was like in the mall. Aldus Paxton gets William to release him and calm down. Through the cell bars, the group sees Nathaniel marching over to them. William gets as close as he can to Nathaniel and demands to know what's going on. Nathaniel goes over the same story he told Kate Bloodstone and her group when they arrived: that they would be shipped off to an island to work--and those who were loyal would be freed. He further explains that until the boat arrives to ship them off, they'll be allowed yard-time daily. As Nathaniel finishes and starts walking away, Jared instigates a fight with William. Jared gets the upper hand at one point, but Rebecca Dawson interferes, planting Jared on the floor with a kick. Once Jared gives up, the rest of the group start looking for a way to escape. Austin Kingston is pessimistic, insisting that they won't be able to get out, and instead suggests that the best thing to do is to follow Nathaniel's instructions. Jared agrees with him, while everyone else is adamant that they'll find a way to escape; they just need patience. As everyone quiets down, Layton Zimmers sits down and introduces himself to Alex.

Daniel Rockwell changes clothes in a locker room before strolling through the cafeteria of the stadium. He makes himself a coffee before heading outside, where he finds Isaac Moses standing over the pitch. He notices Isaac looking upset; frowning, and Isaac tells him that he doesn't agree with taking people against their will. Daniel urges him to keep quiet, as the wrong person hearing that won't end well for him.

Daniel continues on until he makes it to Nathaniel's office. Entering the room, Nathaniel expresses his thanks for his work on bringing William's group of people in. Daniel is appreciative, but has more pressing concerns about how cells are filling up fast. Nathaniel assures him that their ship will arrive back in Willamette soon, and the cell will free up. Daniel continues on, explaining to him that they're dangerously low on supplies. Nathaniel begins to not appreciate Daniel's attitude, and tells him that he needs to stay positive. Standing up, Nathaniel says that he needs to introduce him to their new guest.

Leading Daniel through the maze of hallways, Nathaniel eventually arrives at the infirmary, where they find Vivian Finkling treating Damerae Badrick. As she's trying to remove various pieces of metal from his face, Badrick slaps her hand away, saying that he only wanted his face covered up. Following what he says, Vivian starts fixing his face with bandages instead. Badrick knows that he's going to die from his injury, but Vivian won't say it out loud. Nathaniel orders Vivian out of the room, needing to speak with Badrick and Daniel alone. When she's gone, Badrick requests that Nathaniel keep men at the docks to await the arrival of his Rastas. He states that once they arrive, he wants to be taken to the island that Nathaniel keeps talking about, and Nathaniel assures him that'll happen.

Nathaniel and Daniel step out into the hallway, where Daniel expresses his concerns over keeping a man like Badrick with them. Trying to ease his nerves, Nathaniel says that his plan is to sway the Rastas' loyalty over to him once they arrive. Daniel doesn't like the plan, but there's nothing he can say to change Nate's mind.

Back in the cells, Rebecca approaches William sitting in the corner. William tells her that was never much of a people person, and doesn't understand how Jacob Feldman was able to deal with all of this. Rebecca on the other hand confesses that she used to be a very outgoing person as a former secretary. The two reminisce on their past lives until Rebecca questions who Alex is. Glaring at Alex, William tells her about how Alex killed Randy Wheeler, and later on when he was locked up, drugged William and escaped. Rebecca is glad to have some insight on who Alex is. She thanks William and wishes him a good night before walking off to sit somewhere else.

Later on the next day, Aldus, Jon, and Angela Jaegar are reminiscing about crimes they committed pre-apocalypse. Aldus tells a story about the time he stole a car and crashed into a cop car while drunk, while Jon talks about the time he broke out of prison. He assures the two of them that he'll find a way to break out of this cell as well. Nick Parker then comes strolling up to the cells, picking out the three of them for yard-time.

Jon, Angela, and Aldus are taken out onto the pitch and instructed by Nick to start chopping wood with the axes provided. While working, they take mental notes about the guards and where they are.

Switching over to Benjamin Taylor's group, a desperate Edward Remar immediately begins pressuring Dean Howards to reveal what he knows about Badrick. Dean stares at him, struggling to get any words out of his mouth. Claire Noble tells everyone to give him some space. Still fumbling with his words, Dean, tears in his eyes, remembers how Badrick made him kill Jim Butterman. With more pressure from Edward, Dean reveals that Badrick attacked the school, and Dean doesn't know if anybody from his group is alive. Clyde Rollins says that they should wait a while until Dean is ready to talk, and Benjamin agrees.

After some time, Dean, ready to talk, explains that he, Jim, and Teddy Powell were captured by Badrick. Trying to buy some time for the rest of their group, Dean led Badrick to the mall, where Curtis Van Horn was killed. From the back, Wilbur Wright overhears this, and curses to himself. He wonders about the rest of his criminal crew, and Dean, shuddering, remembers that Quincy Atherton and Monica Reynolds were both dead too. Wilbur takes a second to take everything in. He storms around the room, furious, demanding to know more about what happened. Dean recalls the day Badrick attacked the mall, killing Quincy and Monica in the process, and says that ever since then, Badrick has lost all his Rastas. Hearing him mention the name of Badrick, Edward demands to know where Badrick went. Traumatized, Dean forgets that Jim was dead, and asks where he is. Clyde reminds him of what happened, and Dean falls back to the floor, devastated. Wilbur walks around the room, annoyed with how delirious Dean is. Clyde helps Dean to his feet and escorts him into the library where he can get some rest.

In the library, Dean starts asking Clyde if Jacob and Erin Monroe have had their baby yet--until he remembers how Erin was killed, sending him into a panic. After calming down, Dean recalls how he wanted to be Jim. Listening, Clyde lays Dean onto a couch and says that he's going to let him rest. Before leaving, Dean looks up at Clyde, seemingly only now recognizing him as the renowned actor he was. He questions why Clyde is wearing a bandage on his face, but Clyde doesn't answer, and tells Dean to get some rest.

Back in the school foyer, Benjamin and Edward are wondering if they can believe anything Dean said. When Clyde returns, he walks over to Solomon Reed, getting him to go and watch over Dean.

Solomon enters the library, picking out a good book and reading it whilst making sure Dean was okay.

Clyde walks out into the courtyard, laying eyes on a crawling zombie nearby. He approaches it and apologizes for what happened to him, before taking out his knife and putting it down. Almost immediately after, another zombie lunges at him from the side, but he's saved by Claire. Clyde thanks her. He tells her that he's been wanting to prove that he can handle himself--but now with a missing eye, he's sure he'll never be able to deal with zombies effectively. Claire tells him that she can help him train, and Clyde is all for it.

Elsewhere, Lloyd Waller is leading Kyle Douglass and Bernie Ortan down a back lane looking for somewhere to stay. Kyle, as usual, is complaining and freaking out, this time about the cold weather. Lloyd, exhausted, can no longer do anything to try and calm him down. Noticing how stressed and scared Lloyd looks, Kyle calms himself down, apologizing for how he's acting. Lloyd understands, and the three of them continue down the lane. As Kyle is comparing their current situation to how Jews felt in World War 2, Lloyd stops and points at a group of zombies ahead. Lloyd beckons his friends towards a nearby back gate, but they find it to be locked. After trying and failing to cut through the lock, Lloyd tells Kyle and Bernie to climb over. Reluctantly, Kyle listens, helping Bernie up first. As the zombies quickly approach them, Kyle yells for Bernie to help him over, as if that'd matter considering Bernie is deaf. While Kyle is finally helped over by Bernie, Lloyd struggles to fend off the zombies. Eventually, he loses his knife when it gets jammed in a zombie skull, and he jumps over the fence speedily.

Safely over the gate and away from the reach of the zombies, Kyle heads over to the back door and opens it. The three of them head inside, but Kyle panics when he hears the fence cracking and breaking outside. Lloyd puts a hand over his mouth to shut him up. While fighting the zombies, Lloyd had cut his hands badly, and they were still bleeding. Lloyd promises a worried Kyle that he'll deal with his injury, and convinces him to go upstairs with Bernie, who had armed himself with a knife already.

Kyle talks to himself out loud while Bernie investigates a bedroom. Seeing that the room belonged to a girl, Kyle refuses to sleep in here, and he asks Bernie to check another room. Reading his lips, Bernie understands and they go to another bedroom. In the darkness of this room, Kyle sees something on the bed but can't make it out. As they approach, they eventually find out what it is--a zombie with half its face blown off crawling towards them. Horrified, Kyle tries leaving the room, but Bernie stays inside, using his recently acquired knife to put it down. After dealing with it, Kyle goes back to the girl's bedroom and falls asleep.

Bernie heads downstairs to find Lloyd bandaging his hands. He confirms to him that Kyle is asleep before sitting next to him. Bernie reads Lloyds lips and understands that he is scared and doesn't know what to do. He tells Bernie that he doesn't believe in himself, and wishes Tony Marston was still here. Bernie uses a pencil and some paper to tell Lloyd that he's doing good, and he needs to stay strong. Lloyd thanks his friend and says that he'll stay up to keep watch that night.

Across town, Randall Forster and Michael Hall are looting a laundromat. While Randall takes down a zombie, Michael digs through some clothing to use as bandages for the gunshot wound he sustained from Derrick Williams. Randall confirms to Michael that there is still a horde of zombies looming outside. He then says that they should try heading back to the quarry in order to save Jim and Dean, but Michael knows it's suicide to go chasing Badrick without any weapons. However, Randall refuses to stay whilst knowing his friends are in danger. Michael offers to go with him, but Randall declines, pointing out Michael's injury. Before Randall leaves, Michael asks him to bring back his sniper if he ran into it, but Randall says, "It killed Clayton. I won't be touching it."

Randall trudges down a snowy pathway, taking down a group of zombies in his way. After dealing with them, he continues on and finds Michael's sniper. Although he said he wouldn't, Randall picks it up and carries it with him. Soon, he arrives at the quarry to find it vacant; only a few zombies remain far inside the quarry pit. He notices tire tracks leaving the scene, but nothing else. Sighing, he turns back and heads for the laundromat.

By the time Randall makes it back, the horde of zombies that had been looming around outside had found Michael, and surrounded him on a dumpster. Randall locks eyes with Michael, and for a moment he thinks of leaving him behind, but he can't bring himself to do it. He attracts the zombies away from the dumpster by firing in the air. After hopping off the dumpster, Michael is grabbed by a zombie and shoved against a wall. Randall uses the last remaining bullet in Michael's sniper to kill it, saving him. Randall hurries over to Michael, discarding the now empty sniper and helping Michael down a manhole.

The two climb down into the sewers, Michael explains that he tried looting the building next door, but was spotted by the horde. He asks Randall if he found anything, but Randall says he didn't. Michael then thanks Randall for saving his life, fully aware that Randall easily could have left him there to die. Slowly nodding, Randall says he'll still never forgive him for killing Clayton, but that he was "alright". The two of them then get up and start walking through the sewer for a different way up.

## **Cast**

#### **Starring**

* Jon Matthews
* William Reynes
* Edward Remar
* Clyde Rollins
* Randall Forster
* Benjamin Taylor
* Austin Kingston
* Aldus Paxton
* Albert Hanson
* Dean Howards
* Damerae Badrick

#### **Also Starring**

* Daniel Rockwell
* Jared Kellings
* Solomon Reed
* Rebecca Dawson
* Lloyd Waller
* Claire Noble
* Angela Jaegar
* Nathaniel Shepard

#### **Guest Starring**

* Isaac Moses
* Layton Zimmers
* Alex Weiss
* Vivian Finkling
* Kyle Douglass
* Bernie Ortan
* Nick Parker
* Michael Hall
* Wilbur Wright