Inside the episode video
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Episode summary
In a flashback, an armed Madison sneaks up on a stranger in the woods and demands keys to the person’s vehicle. The stranger drops the keys on the ground. Madison trips on a wire as she goes for the keys. The person turns around: It’s Althea.
In the present, Infected surround the SWAT van in the stadium. Naomi tells Al and Morgan that the infirmary holds all the supplies she needs to help John, who’s dying from a gunshot wound. Al instructs Charlie to videotape everything as she drives.
In a flashback, Madison tells Al that the keys to the SWAT van did not work. She searches for the real keys while holding Al captive. She finds Al’s interview tapes. Al escapes her bonds and fights Madison. Al hits her head and blacks out. When she comes to, her tapes are gone.
Madison drives off in a truck with Al’s tapes and camera.
In the present, Al drives as close as possible to a tunnel entrance that leads to the infirmary.
Al guns down Infected, clearing a path for Morgan and Naomi to reach the tunnel. An explosion goes off. Al and Charlie spot Strand, Luciana and Alicia, who just launched an RPG.
In a flashback, Madison watches Al’s videos in the hopes of finding an interview with Nick and Alicia. Al tracks down Madison and demands to hear her story.
In the present, Alicia’s group exchanges gunfire with Al.
Naomi and Morgan fight Infected in the tunnels as they make their way toward the infirmary.
Strand suggests they head toward the infirmary. Alicia hatches a different plan.
John passes out in the SWAT van. Via walkie, Naomi instructs Al to apply pressure to the wound.
John videotapes a farewell message for Naomi in case he dies.
Naomi gathers supplies in the infirmary. Morgan informs Al that they procured the supplies.
Alicia launches an RPG at the SWAT van, causing the driver side door to fall off. She strides up to Al with her gun.
In a flashback, Madison sits with Al for her interview and explains that she made a promise to her children that she wasn’t able to keep.
In the present, Alicia takes Charlie hostage and orders Al to tell Naomi that it’s safe to come out of the tunnel.
Strand and Luciana aim their guns at the tunnel exit.
Al picks up the walkie and tells Morgan and Naomi that it’s safe to come out. She distracts Alicia while John quietly presses the transmission button on the walkie, allowing Naomi and Morgan to overhear Alicia and realize they’re walking into a trap.
Strand informs Alicia that Naomi has not emerged from the tunnel. Alicia sees the walkie next to John and realizes what happened. Al attacks Alicia.
In a flashback, Madison tells Al that she promised her children that she would find a place where they wouldn’t have to do what she did to Al in the woods.
Alicia and Al fight in the SWAT van. Charlie hears John coughing and urges Naomi and Morgan to hurry.
Morgan volunteers to take the medical supplies to the SWAT van and receive care instructions from Naomi over the walkie.
Al and Alicia continue to fight. Alicia knocks into a cabinet, causing a supply of ramen to spill out. Alicia demands to know where Al got the ramen. Al explains that she traded the ramen for an interview. Alicia runs over to Al’s tapes and finds one labeled “Amina.”
In a flashback, Madison tells Al that when her children were young, they nursed a sick bird back to health and named it Amina. She says that her children’s determination to save the bird was a trait that they still possessed.
In the present, Alicia watches Madison’s interview and becomes emotional. In the video, Madison tells Al that she will do whatever it takes to preserve her children’s humanity.
Morgan digs his way out of the tunnel and comes face to face with Alicia. Alicia aims her gun at Naomi and accuses her of contributing to Madison’s death. Morgan convinces Alicia to relinquish the weapon. Alicia breaks down in tears.
In a flashback, Al writes “Amina” on Madison’s tape and gives Madison some packages of ramen.
Madison tracks down Alicia, Nick, Strand and Luciana at a motel. Strand sees the ramen in her truck.
Madison brings Alicia, Nick, Strand and Luciana to the stadium. She vows to build a new community and bring in survivors.
In the present, Al drives the SWAT van with Alicia’s group on board. Al asks what happened to Madison. Alicia tells her to pull over.
Naomi tells John that her real name is June.
Alicia, Strand, Luciana, Al, June, John and Charlie sit around a campfire. Al begins filming and asks what happened at the stadium.
In a flashback, Infected surround Nick, Alicia and Mel in the Land Rover. Madison, Strand and Luciana kill Infected to clear a path between the vehicle and the stadium. The stadium residents flee.
In the present, Alicia tells Al that Mel took their Land Rover. Charlie explains that Mel only took the Land Rover to get her to safety.
In a flashback, Infected overcome the stadium residents as they try to escape.
In the present, June tells Al that the residents fled while she was gathering supplies in the infirmary. She insists that the only reason she joined the Vultures was that she thought everyone at the stadium was dead.
Madison lights a flare and leads hundreds of Infected inside the stadium. Unable to escape through the tunnels, she locks the gate and lights the oil-soaked herd on fire. Nick and Alicia sob as they drive away from the inferno with Luciana and Strand.
In the present, Alicia’s group tells Al that Madison killed herself to save them. Al lowers her camera and writes “Madison” on the interview tape. The group eats ramen around the campfire.
Source: AMC
New characters
- None
Characters that died
- Madison
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