"Fever's gone down." "Baby?" "Carl?" "Sophia?" "Is she okay?" "Fine." "She's fine." "Rest." "okay?" "Okay." "They're here. - thanks to Hershel and his people." " And Shane." "We'd have lost Carl if not for him." "Thank God." " We were so worried." " How'd it happen?" "Hunting accident." "That's all." "Just a stupid accident." "Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. for his abundance of character. our most precious asset." "for the peace he enjoys in your embrace. in grace. will you speak for Otis?" "I'm not good at it." "I'm sorry." "You were the last one with him." "You shared his final moments." "Please." "I need to hear." "I need to know his death had meaning." "Okay." "We were about done." "Almost out of ammo." "We were down to pistols by then." "I was limping." "It was bad." "Ankle all swollen up." "We've got to save the boy." "that's what he said." "He gave me his backpack." "He shoved me ahead." "I'll take the rear." "I'll cover you." "And when I looked back... I'd have never made it out alive." "too." "It was Otis." "He saved us both." "it was his." "How long has this girl been lost?" "This'll be day three." "County survey map." "Shows terrain and elevations." "This is perfect." "We can finally get this thing organised." "searching in teams." "Not you." "Not today." "You gave three units of blood." "You wouldn't be hiking five minutes in this heat before passing out. no good to anybody." "Guess it's just me." "work my way from there." "I can still be useful." "see if Sophia wandered back." "tomorrow then." "We'll start doing this right." "That means we can't have our people out there with just knives." "They need the gun training we've been promising them." "I'd prefer you not carrying guns on my property." "We've managed so far without turning this into an armed camp. you get a crowd of those things wandering in here..." "We're guests here." "This is your property and we will respect that." "find Sophia." "but somebody's got to." "What happens if we find her and she's bit?" "I think we should all be clear on how we handle that." "You do what has to be done." "And her mother'?" "What do you tell her?" "The truth." "I'll gather and secure all the weapons." "Make sure no one's carrying till we're at a practice range off site." "I do request one rifleman on lookout." "Dale's got experience." "less inclined to carry a gun." "Thank you." "anything like that?" "Just what you've seen." "We're running short already." "I should make a run into town." "Not the place Shane went?" "there's a pharmacy just a mile down the road." "I've done it before." "See our man there in the baseball cap?" "our go-to-town expert." "I'd ask him along just to be cautious." "I hear he woke up." "yeah." "He'll be all right." "That's good." "Did you mean it?" "What?" "You said stay." "Did you mean it?" "just say so." "But do it now." "I need to know." "I meant it." "All right then." "I hear you're fast on your feet and know how to get in and out." "Got a pharmacy run." "You in?" "Uh... what's the water situation here?" "Got five wells on our land." "House draws directly from number one." "Number two well is right over there." "but it's just as pure." "Take what you need." "There's a cart and containers in the generator shed behind the house." "I'll go saddle your horse then." "Horse?" "Give up our guns?" "You heard Rick." "We're guests here." "And you're okay with it?" "I don't recall being asked." "Now lay down your weapon." "I don't." "I have to strip and clean them anyway." "You still want to learn?" "Go on." "All right." "Sit down." "Unload your weapon." "Hey. hey" "Check the chamber." "Pull it back." "That's it." "Push that lever out." "Pull the slide off." "You're halfway there." "Daryl." "You okay on your own?" "I'm better on my own." "I'll be back before dark." "Hey!" "We got a base." "We can get this search properly organised now." "You got a point or are we just chatting?" "My point is it lets you off the hook." "You don't owe us anything." "My other plans fell through." "We could give you more space." "Set up over by the barn." "no need for that." "Better you stay close to the house." "Rick." "We don't normally take in strangers." "I can't have your people thinking this is permanent." "I expect you'll move on." "We need to be clear on that." "farmer's daughter." "Hi." "Here's your list." "And..." "There's one other item." "okay?" "Sure." "Thank you." "What is it?" "Glenn." "right." "I just need to know where to find it." "Try the feminine hygiene section." "Oh." "Enough said." "Consider it done." "I'm not weak and I'm not a coward." "I never said you were. where it came from." "That wasn't me." "I'd rather you never told anybody about that stuff I said." "What stuff?" "I couldn't get a word out of you all day. you think there's a snowball's chance we'll actually find that little girl'?" "I'm betting on a snowball." "too." "Do whatever we have to." "I don't care if I have to comb the woods like Rambo or fetch a pail of water." "does their part." "Am I right?" "don't complain." "That's what I always..." "I wouldn't drink that if I were you." "Looks like we've got us a swimmer." "How long do you think it's been down there?" "Long enough to grow gills." "We can't leave it in there." "God knows what it's doing to the water." "We got to get it out." "Easy." "Put a bullet in its head." "I'll get a rope." "guys." " No." " Why not?" "It's a good plan." "It's a stupid plan. blowing its brains out will finish the job." "She's right." "Can't risk it." "So it has to come out alive?" "Soto speak." "How do we do that?" "The interstate where you broke down is here." "There's your creek." "My farm is here." "south-southeast." "We missed this branch of the creek entirely." "she'd be miles from where we looked." "take a moment." "Come look." "isn't it?" "It's good to pause for an occasional reminder." "Of what?" "it's often God." "No thoughts on that?" "Last time I asked God for a favour my son got shot." "I try not to mix it up with the Almighty any more." "Best we stay out of each other's way. the coma." "Yet you came out of it somehow." "You did not feel God's hand in yours?" "At that moment?" "I did not." "you found your wife and boy." "Then he was shot and he survived." "That tells you nothing?" "It tells me God's got a strange sense of humour." "He's not going for it." "Maybe 'cause a canned ham don't kick and scream when you try to eat it." "He's right." "There's a reason the dead didn't come back to life and start raiding our cupboards." "We need live bait." "Have I mentioned that I really like your new haircut?" "You have a nice shaped head." "bud." "We're gonna get you out of here in one piece." "Living piece." "That living part is important." "please." "We got you." "you people are crazy." "You want to get it out of your well or not?" "Maggie. doing great." "Living the dream." "Little lower." "Little more." "Get it!" "Get it!" "Grab it!" "Grab it!" "Get me out of here!" "Get it off." "Get off." "Get off!" "Get me out!" "my God!" "God." "my God!" "Get me out of here!" "Pull!" "Pull!" "Pull!" "pull." "guys." "Come on." "Glenn!" "Pull him up!" "Pull him up!" "Pull him up!" "Get me out of here!" "Pull him up." "Pull him up." "Are you okay?" "Back to the drawing board." "Says you." "Sophia!" "Sophia!" "pull." "pull now!" "guys." " Come on." "y'all." "Together." "pull." "Keep it coming." "dawg." "Nice and easy." "Just a little more." "almost there." "guys." "It's stuck!" "Come on." "Come on!" "Pull!" "We should seal off this well." "might be a good idea." "So what do we do about..." "Good thing we didn't do anything stupid like shoot it." "We'll come again tomorrow." " You know there's always the chance..." " Don't." "Andrea." "Save the thoughts and prayers." "Carol." "We can hang your targets along that fence line there." "it gives a natural backstop." "It's a good idea." "Thanks." "So how long before I can carry?" "Let's not get ahead of ourselves." "Shane." " You might have noticed that." " No shit. even though you got old Dale pissing his pants lately." "too." "He did come within a minute or so to be fair." "I see you have the desire for gun work and desire will take you a long way." "so file this carefully." " I'm listening." " Paper targets is one thing." "Easy to hit what ain't moving. it's different. things slow down." "That's crap." "They speed up." "it'll cripple you if you let it." "You need to use your instinct." "You got to rule it out." "Because somebody is going to die and you'd better hope that you're the one who's making that decision." "how do you do that?" "Turn off a switch." "The switch." "whatever." "You don't think." "You just..." "You act." "'Cause odds are somebody else is counting on you." "That's your partner." "That's your friend. no matter how little value it may have." "you have to forget it." "I guess I haven't quite got that last part down yet." "But you're getting there." "I hope so." "It's a good spot." "It'll do." "normally this is the kind of thing I'd do on my own." "Solo." "you know?" "I'm a loner." "You all right?" "I'm fine." "I saw the look on your face back at the well." "Never seen one killed up close before?" "Guess it's kind of a shock." "we've seen a lot." "Guess we've gotten a little numb to it." "Whoa." "I guess so." "I'll go see what antibiotics are left." "What else is on the list?" "Why don't you get started?" "What about you?" "see what's worth grabbing." "Just some general stuff." "What do you got?" "general stuff." "Condoms?" "You got a girlfriend I don't know about?" "Me?" "No." "No." "Then you're a pretty confident guy." "no." "I wasn't..." "I would never..." "Something wrong with me?" "I..." "I would never have sex..." "I'm..." "I'm lost." "I'll have sex with you." "Really?" "Why?" "You're asking questions?" "I can't help wondering." "It's not like our options are vast these days." "And you're not the only one that's lonely." "Wow." "You need to reconsider." "I beg your pardon?" "Asking us to leave." "You need to reconsider." "you wouldn't ask." "believe that." "You're putting me on the spot." "I mean to." "but they do." "But I'm not asking for them or myself." "I'm asking for my boy." "the least you can do is give it some thought." "You're a plainspoken man." "I'm a father." "He's the one thing I don't want to fail." "I feel like I do every day." "I lied to him this morning." "but it was enough." "My father didn't bother with comforting lies." "He used his fist." "violent drunk and no good to anybody." "He drove me from home when I was 15." "Didn't lay eyes on this place again for many years." "Rick." "I would not grant him that and to this day do not regret it." "Some men do not earn the love of their sons." "I don't see you having that problem." "Will you consider my request? things that I can't and won't discuss. but I will consider it." "You have my word." "You have mine." "I'll sit with him." "He was awake earlier when you were gone." "He asked for you." "L..." " Don't spoil it." "So it was good." "It was a one-time thing." "Everything go okay?" "Fine." "Nothing happened." "Did you find it?" "I cleaned up." "Wanted it to be nice for her." "For a second I thought I was in the wrong place." "A flower?" "It's a Cherokee rose." "The story is that when American soldiers were 'cause they were losing their little ones along the way from exposure and disease and starvation." "A lot of them just disappeared." "asked for a sign to give them strength and hope." "The next day this rose started to grow right where the mothers' tears fell." "I'm not fool enough to think there's any flowers blooming for my brother." "But I believe this one bloomed for your little girl." "She's gonna really like it in here." "Dad." "Hey." "I told you something earlier today about Sophia..." "I know." "Mom told me." "Here I was getting ready to confess." "I didn't mean to lie." "I just didn't want to worry you." "but it's all I got." "It's okay." "Do you think we'll find her?" "I know we will. but I truly believe it." "You look tired." "I am tired." "I'm like you now." "We've both been shot." "Isn't that weird?" "I think your mother would rather hear we got the same eyes." "So let's keep that between us. you get to wear the hat." "Didn't you know?" "We'll pad the rim tomorrow so it sits better." "Won't you miss it?" "Maybe you'll let me borrow it from time to time." "We can share it." "Okay." "Sleep now." "Dad." "I love you." "Are you putting them away?" "Stay with him a while longer." "I'll wait up."