New Names

**New Names** is the ninth episode of the first season of *The Society*. It is the ninth episode of the series overall.

## Synopsis

Will tells Allie he has feelings for her. Elle confides in Helena. Campbell pressures Harry to run for mayor. Grizz leads an expedition.

## Plot

**SPOILERS AHEAD**
Gordie has figured out that the poison in the pie is antifreeze, and Allie wants everyone with antifreeze in their house rounded up. It’s certainly an idea, but it’s a bad idea, and Will warns that it’s probably never going to turn up results. Allie then calls Will out on the night they had, where they were in bed together, and demands an answer from him about what it was. He confesses that he has feelings for her and the two share a passionate kiss.

Campbell has decided that Harry is going to run for mayor, but Harry does not want to run for mayor. Harry is clearly going through things and tries to fight Campbell’s words but he’s too convincing. Later, Kelly confronts Harry about this, upset about the fact that he’s aligned himself with Campbell.

Campbell is a lot of things, but above all, he’s the worst. Helena finds Elle in the church and notices that she’s bleeding. She’s super reluctant to show Helena what’s wrong and finally reveals that Campbell has carved some sort of “C” into her arm.

This opens up the floodgates, and Elle reveals everything to Helena, including the fact that she’s terrified of Campbell. Helena, who deserves a lot more credit for genuinely just being a nice person, promises to keep Elle safe, and insists that the two of them go talk to Allie.

Down at the school, Grizz is getting ready to head out on an expedition with a group of explorers — they are literally like settlers in the new world. Allie stops by to talk to him, and Grizz shares the fact that he’s worried about everything, mostly just because he’s recently seen some “signs". Trying to put it out of his head. Allie reassures him that everything will be fine, but Grizz still isn’t sure.

Following their kiss, Allie has been questioning her relationship with Will. She decides that it’s best if they don’t pair off right now because she knows she has to make decisions alone and not as a team. If the town thinks the two of them are working together, who are they going to trust? And if Allie is in love with Will, and he suggests something that might not be the best for the town, how is she to separate herself from that? Allie’s taking on too much right now, and she’s got so much on her plate something has to go. And it’s Will.

Kelly and Gordie try to make sense of the clinic — Becca’s baby is coming, and they’ve got to be ready — Gordie suggests that the two of them actually start studying the medical textbooks together. Kelly perks up at this idea, and asks if this means they’re going to be “partners”. Gordie is into it and Kelly is too.

Becca and Sam discuss the upcoming birth and Sam tells her that he will be right there to help her. Becca says that she will give him a free pass out if he doesn't want to do this but Sam insists he does. Sam then goes to talk to Grizz about his upcoming trip but is interrupted by Grizz who wants to know what he wants. Sam asks Grizz to stay safe out there and leaves.

After Campbell breaks into Helena’s house in the middle of the night looking for Elle, she decides that it’s safer just for her to go off on her own. Eventually, Elle ends up at Allie’s where she confesses everything. She poisoned the pie, but only because she needed to get away from Campbell. Hearing this, Allie immediately changes her tune about Elle and promises to protect her. It’s decided that Allie will “arrest” Elle in order to keep her cooped up inside the house, since that way Campbell can’t get to her.

Just because Elle has been arrested that doesn’t mean Campbell isn’t going to try and see her. He storms over to Allie’s house and demands to see his girlfriend, but no one will let him inside.

The whole town gathers to see Gwen, Grizz, Bean, Mickey and a few others off as they head out in search of suitable land to farm. Sam comes to see Grizz off, and the two of them share a kiss. The group then sets off amid cheers and pom-poms for parts unknown.

With the explorers now off, it’s time for the mayor debate. Allie goes up against Harry and while Harry is making some good points, he runs out of time before he can finish. Allie, clearly way more prepared, has a lot of eloquent things to say about how far the town has come since the beginning. Lexie is also running for mayor and she has some things to say. Storming onto the floor, Lexie starts ranting about how awful Harry is, and how Allie has basically created some sort of oligarchy between herself and the Guards. Everyone quickly starts buying what Lexie is selling.

After the uproar at the debate, Gordie breaks the news to Allie that it does certainly appear that everyone was more impressed with Lexie than her. Will, trying to comfort her, only upsets her more with Allie fiercely demanding, through tears, that she doesn’t know what she wants anymore and is just trying to do her best. This still doesn’t stop Allie from later climbing into bed with Will, stating that she doesn’t feel in control.

Kelly walks in on Becca listening to the audiobook. She’s tired and bored, so Kelly suggests they pass the time by looking at old photos. The two scroll through pictures of the beginning of their doomed camping trip and their time on the bus when they stop and linger on a picture of Cassandra.

At first, it just looks like a regular picture. But, taking a closer look at it Kelly realizes that the bus driver behind Cassandra looks awfully familiar and that he’s not just a bus driver.

## Cast

* Alex Fitzalan as Harry
* Jacques Colimon as Will
* Kristine Froseth as Kelly
* Gideon Adlon as Becca
* Sean Berdy as Sam
* Toby Wallace as Campbell
* Olivia DeJonge as Elle
* Jose Julian as Gordie
* Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Helena
* Alex MacNicoll as Luke
* Jack Mulhern as Grizz
* Olivia Nikkanen as Gwen
* Spencer House as Clark
* Emilio Garcia-Sanchez as Jason
* Grace Victoria Cox as Lexie
* Naomi Oliver as Olivia
* Damon J. Gillespie as Mickey
* Matisse Rose as Jessica
* Kelly Golden as Marnie