Stranded with a flat tire, our savvy survivors are approached by a wasteland stranger adorned in silk scarves and offering help. While Angry Adam and Margaret decide if they can trust this assistance, Elizabeth tries to recall where she’s seen this enigmatic figure before.
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[00:00:00] Hmm? Ah!
[00:00:03] Hmm.
[00:00:04] It gets to go!
[00:00:06] Previously, on Welcome to the Apocalypse.
[00:00:09] Welcome to the church on the edge of the crater.
[00:00:12] There are a lot of zombies.
[00:00:14] That's super gross. Alright, I'm gonna get an arrow just for him, and then I'm gonna shoot.
[00:00:19] Without me here, there's nothing to keep it in the hole.
[00:00:22] We gotta go. Elizabeth, real quick. Yeah?
[00:00:25] Have you taken up cigarettes again?
[00:00:26] Well, he's just a little stress reliever.
[00:00:28] Elizabeth. Do you think we're being chased by that guinea pig?
[00:00:30] I don't- Oh my goodness!
[00:00:32] Holy shit! Yes, we are!
[00:00:34] He's going for the cigarettes.
[00:00:35] I think it's dying!
[00:00:38] Let's head further west, shall we?
[00:00:40] And see what we discover? I'm sure it'll be better.
[00:00:43] It can't be worse than this, right?
[00:00:44] It can't be worse than this.
[00:00:45] Right? Okay.
[00:00:52] I spy with my little eye
[00:00:55] something that is, um...
[00:00:59] Oh man, there's really nothing out the window, guys.
[00:01:01] Like it's-
[00:01:02] Yeah, we've already said red a couple of times.
[00:01:05] I-I got one.
[00:01:07] Okay.
[00:01:07] I spy something yellow and spherical.
[00:01:14] Cass, the sun, Angry Adam.
[00:01:16] You've done this one a couple of times.
[00:01:19] Wait, we did the sun. You did the sun. That was your last kiss.
[00:01:21] Oh! Hey! What's that?
[00:01:22] Angry Adam, I think you hit something.
[00:01:24] Just stop the truck! I think something's weird!
[00:01:25] Why are we shaking?
[00:01:27] Here we go.
[00:01:29] Just pull over and angry Adam.
[00:01:32] Okay. Just pull over!
[00:01:33] Alright, alright, alright.
[00:01:36] Alright. Let's get out.
[00:01:39] Aw, damn.
[00:01:40] We got a flat.
[00:01:42] Oh. Do you not-
[00:01:44] A flat what? A flat what?
[00:01:46] A flat tire.
[00:01:48] A flat tire?
[00:01:48] A flat tire?
[00:01:48] What else would be flat?
[00:01:50] I don't know, like um...
[00:01:52] Like we found like a flat Stanley on the ground.
[00:01:55] Well, maybe. Or maybe a flat, like you crushed the front. I don't know! I just wanted to confirm that we were all on the same page.
[00:02:02] Alright, alright.
[00:02:03] Okay, we're on the same page, but do any of us actually know how to change a tire? Like a fire truck tire?
[00:02:10] I can figure it out.
[00:02:11] I never really learned because it always felt like a good way to meet guys. Like I-I-you know?
[00:02:15] Hmm.
[00:02:16] Let me try- let me try this.
[00:02:17] Hiya!
[00:02:18] Kick!
[00:02:19] That didn't really seem to do it. No.
[00:02:21] I made it flatter. Alright, well.
[00:02:23] I'm gonna-I'm gonna look inside and see if there's a manual for this.
[00:02:28] Yeah.
[00:02:28] Oh, that's a good idea, Margaret. Okay. Um, okay, Adam, while we're out here, I spy my little eye something that is-that is flat.
[00:02:36] Okay. Uh...
[00:02:39] Is it the ground?
[00:02:42] Well, I meant the tire, but yeah, I guess the ground works too. Oh, we're so bad at this game.
[00:02:48] Oh!
[00:02:48] Um, hey guys!
[00:02:50] What's going on?
[00:02:51] There's somebody approaching.
[00:02:53] What? Where?
[00:02:55] What? Where?
[00:02:56] Up in front. Well, like to the front left. Oh!
[00:02:59] They're walking over this way.
[00:03:00] The left? Like your left? Like my left? Like the passengers?
[00:03:03] I'm not gonna look around. Just tell me the direction I need to look.
[00:03:06] The-well, you'd look for the big yellow thing.
[00:03:09] Yeah.
[00:03:10] The sun?
[00:03:10] Yes, and then look to the left of that and then down towards the ground.
[00:03:14] Okay. How many- how many degrees? How many degrees to the left?
[00:03:17] It might be easier if you get in the truck.
[00:03:19] Okay. It may be safer.
[00:03:21] Hello?
[00:03:23] Oh, sh- that- is that a- is that a man or a woman? I mean, the future is genderless, I guess.
[00:03:28] Hello?
[00:03:29] Hello?
[00:03:30] Hello?
[00:03:31] Hey.
[00:03:32] Do you need help, dear?
[00:03:34] Stay there. I'm coming to you.
[00:03:36] Oh, she's coming.
[00:03:36] Okay.
[00:03:37] Okay, let's just-
[00:03:38] Um, maybe we should get weapons just in case. Uh, Margaret, your hand is ready?
[00:03:42] Yes.
[00:03:42] I already have my weapons.
[00:03:43] Okay, Adam, can I have one of your guns? Just- can I-
[00:03:46] Okay, just be careful with it.
[00:03:48] Okay, please.
[00:03:49] Hi!
[00:03:49] Hi!
[00:03:49] Hi!
[00:03:50] Wow, she got to the door a lot quicker than I expected.
[00:03:53] She is moving quickly.
[00:03:55] It's good to run fast when people aren't looking, so you show up quicker.
[00:03:58] That's-
[00:03:59] Hi.
[00:04:00] Uh, yeah.
[00:04:00] This is my dog, don't worry about her, she's friendly.
[00:04:03] Oh, a dog! Look at that!
[00:04:04] Oh!
[00:04:05] I'll have him a little pet and that's- ow!
[00:04:07] Okay, that's my hand. Don't, uh, don't bite that.
[00:04:09] Can I just- should we let her- should we let her in the truck?
[00:04:12] Maybe we get out of-
[00:04:14] Don't worry, you're safe.
[00:04:16] Um-
[00:04:16] That's a- that's a suspicious thing for somebody to say.
[00:04:19] It is suspicious.
[00:04:20] Yeah, how do you know that?
[00:04:21] Maybe we get out of the truck so, like, she doesn't steal our stuff.
[00:04:25] Okay, but keep the keys in the ignition in case we have to drive away fast.
[00:04:29] Good idea.
[00:04:30] Okay.
[00:04:30] Okay, we're just- we're just gonna get out of the truck now, ma'am.
[00:04:32] Uh, okay.
[00:04:34] Oh!
[00:04:35] Oh, I fell.
[00:04:36] Here, here, let me help you. Let me help you.
[00:04:38] Oh, okay.
[00:04:39] Thank you.
[00:04:40] That was very kind of you. Um, what- what's your name, dear?
[00:04:45] I'm so glad you asked. People just don't ask names these days.
[00:04:49] No, not at all.
[00:04:50] No.
[00:04:51] Everyone runs away or points guns at you. I'm Darla.
[00:04:56] Oh, hello, Darla. Angry Adam. Yeah.
[00:04:59] Put your gun down.
[00:05:00] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I- I kind of forgot. I, uh, just sort of instinct.
[00:05:04] No, it's okay.
[00:05:05] Um, your name's Darla?
[00:05:07] My name's Darla. This is my dog, Dolly.
[00:05:10] Okay.
[00:05:11] Okay.
[00:05:11] Hello, Dolly.
[00:05:13] Hey, hey, doggie. Hey, hey, lady.
[00:05:15] Um, hi, guys.
[00:05:16] Yeah?
[00:05:17] I'm freaking terrified of dogs, so I'm gonna stay kinda behind you.
[00:05:22] Oh. Okay.
[00:05:22] Why? This dog is so nice. She's only, uh, she drew like a little bit of blood, but like that's, you know, that's-
[00:05:28] It's like play-play.
[00:05:29] Oh, yes.
[00:05:30] Guys, can I- can I talk to you for a second, guys? Can I talk to you over here? Can we just have a little sidebar?
[00:05:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, we're gonna- we're gonna go on the other side of the fire truck.
[00:05:39] Yeah, you stay here.
[00:05:40] Real quick.
[00:05:41] It was nice to meet you, and I promise we'll be back.
[00:05:44] Okay.
[00:05:44] Yeah, yeah, we'll- we'll be back.
[00:05:46] Okay.
[00:05:46] Just like-
[00:05:47] You guys?
[00:05:48] Yeah, well, let's-
[00:05:48] Yes.
[00:05:49] I gotta ask, does she look familiar to either of you?
[00:05:52] Hmm?
[00:05:53] Because she looks very familiar to me.
[00:05:56] Uh.
[00:05:56] In like what way?
[00:05:58] In like, I think she's my mother.
[00:06:00] Uh.
[00:06:01] What?
[00:06:02] What?
[00:06:02] Uh, that's- that's heavy.
[00:06:34] My mother's name was Darla.
[00:06:35] My mom?
[00:07:05] I'm gonna figure out what the fuck is going on.
[00:07:07] All right, all right, all right.
[00:07:07] All right, all right.
[00:07:08] All right, all right.
[00:07:08] How come she doesn't know what her mom looks like?
[00:07:12] Yeah, this is interesting.
[00:07:13] Um.
[00:07:14] She did leave her a while ago-
[00:07:15] Oh!
[00:07:16] Hello!
[00:07:17] Hey, Darla!
[00:07:18] What up?
[00:07:18] Hello, hello.
[00:07:20] Uh.
[00:07:20] Oh, just slating for you to feel calm enough to talk to me.
[00:07:26] You don't need to be scared.
[00:07:28] Uh, again.
[00:07:29] No, I wasn't, but like sort of the more you tell me not to be, it kinda, it kinda has
[00:07:35] like an inverted reaction.
[00:07:37] That's okay.
[00:07:37] Most of my children have felt this way before.
[00:07:40] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:07:40] Your children?
[00:07:42] Yes, you have children?
[00:07:43] Yes, my children.
[00:07:44] I have a flock.
[00:07:45] A flock?
[00:07:46] Yes.
[00:07:47] Um, how many children?
[00:07:49] We're at about 62 now.
[00:07:51] That's-
[00:07:51] Mm-hmm.
[00:07:52] Whoa.
[00:07:53] Oh.
[00:07:53] Yeah, we're called the Smithies.
[00:07:56] Oh.
[00:07:57] Smithies?
[00:07:57] Yeah, he's fine.
[00:07:58] Hey, hey, hey Darla, what's uh, what's your favorite band?
[00:08:02] Oh, that's not even a question.
[00:08:05] That's a fact.
[00:08:06] Okay.
[00:08:07] Do you want a scarf?
[00:08:09] I've brought extras.
[00:08:10] Ooh, is that really-
[00:08:12] Yeah, yeah, I'll take one.
[00:08:13] Okay.
[00:08:14] Thank you.
[00:08:15] Can you bring that other young lady over here?
[00:08:17] Well-
[00:08:17] I'll give her a scarf.
[00:08:19] Why?
[00:08:19] What?
[00:08:20] That you all wear scarves.
[00:08:22] Oh.
[00:08:23] Okay, but, um, so we all need to wear scarves, but look,
[00:08:27] I'm-
[00:08:28] I'm very protective of that-
[00:08:30] That young lady back there, so I need to know if you've got anything nefarious planned for her.
[00:08:36] Oh.
[00:08:37] Yes, of course.
[00:08:39] You-
[00:08:39] You heard me say nefarious, right, dear?
[00:08:42] Mm-hmm.
[00:08:44] Mm-hmm.
[00:08:45] Yes, we all like to be nefarious.
[00:08:47] What?
[00:08:48] I mean, I- I do like to be, like, a little nefarious, like, sometimes. Like, as a little treat.
[00:08:54] I guess I appreciate the honesty.
[00:08:56] Yeah.
[00:08:57] You know what?
[00:08:58] Mm-hmm.
[00:08:58] Darla, you're a straight shooter.
[00:09:00] I like her.
[00:09:01] Mm-hmm.
[00:09:02] Okay, um, we'll be right back. Angry Adam, come with me.
[00:09:06] Yeah.
[00:09:07] Hold on, I'm dramatically putting this scarf around me. It's really diaphanous. This is very, like, how-
[00:09:13] This is a very thin scarf. Like, this is not- Why is it so thin?
[00:09:17] Uh, we're getting distracted. Angry Adam, come with me.
[00:09:24] Um, oh.
[00:09:26] Uh, hey, do you have, like, 61 siblings?
[00:09:29] No, I had one sister. Um, but otherwise it was just- just me and her. What's 61?
[00:09:36] Oh.
[00:09:36] But- why do you ask if I had 61 siblings? Does that woman have 62 children?
[00:09:41] Uh...
[00:09:42] Lizzy!
[00:09:43] What?
[00:09:43] Is that you, Lizzy?
[00:09:44] What was that? Did she say Lizzy?
[00:09:47] Lizzy?
[00:09:48] Lizzy!
[00:09:49] Is there a Lizzy here?
[00:09:50] Yeah, who's Lizzy?
[00:09:51] That's me, guys. I'm Lizzy.
[00:09:53] Oh.
[00:09:53] That was the name that I had as a kid.
[00:09:56] Oh, no.
[00:09:57] Wait, Lizzy is short for Elizabeth?
[00:09:58] Lizzy, are you smoking?
[00:10:00] Oh, my God.
[00:10:00] Lizzy!
[00:10:01] Oh, no.
[00:10:01] Okay, Margaret, can you hold my hand? No, not that hand. The other- the- not the claw hand.
[00:10:06] Okay.
[00:10:06] Okay, Adam? Adam, can you also hold my hand?
[00:10:09] Yeah, okay.
[00:10:09] Let's be strong.
[00:10:10] We can do this.
[00:10:11] Oh, no, wait, hold on. I- I can't. The scarf, it's blowing in my face.
[00:10:15] Okay, hold on. Okay.
[00:10:16] Let me help get you off of the- okay.
[00:10:18] I'm not used to this.
[00:10:19] Okay, here we go.
[00:10:21] Okay.
[00:10:22] Darla, we're coming out from behind the truck.
[00:10:25] Okay, round in the corner.
[00:10:26] Mm-hmm.
[00:10:28] Mother, is that you?
[00:10:30] Yes, darling.
[00:10:31] What?
[00:10:32] It's Lizzy.
[00:10:37] It's your sweet Elizabeth.
[00:10:38] It's- it's-
[00:10:39] Come, come, come.
[00:10:40] Oh.
[00:10:41] Let's stand in the circle of scarves I've made while I waited for you.
[00:10:44] Okay.
[00:10:44] Come, child.
[00:10:45] Okay, so step into the circle.
[00:10:47] Should we- should we also come- or is this like a- a you two thing?
[00:10:50] Do we all stand- it's a pretty- it's not that big of a circle.
[00:10:54] No, this is for me and Lizzy.
[00:10:57] Oh.
[00:10:57] Okay.
[00:10:58] Yeah, we'll just sort of stand awkwardly off to the side.
[00:11:01] Come, darling.
[00:11:01] I have been looking for you.
[00:11:03] You've been looking for me?
[00:11:04] Of course.
[00:11:05] But you left me so long ago.
[00:11:07] You- you left me when I was 15 and it's been so many years and-
[00:11:20] We looked for you in the audience and we never found you and-
[00:11:24] And then after a while I just gave up hoping and dreaming, but here you are.
[00:11:28] You're right in front of me and-
[00:11:29] Oh my goodness, mother, you- you look so changed.
[00:11:33] Oh, yes.
[00:11:34] Did you have plastic surgery to make yourself look more like Steven Tyler?
[00:11:39] Mmm, yes.
[00:11:40] One of my children used to do that.
[00:11:41] One of your children?
[00:11:43] Yes.
[00:11:44] You mean- do you mean Sarah?
[00:11:45] No.
[00:11:46] Oh.
[00:11:46] Darling, the Smithies.
[00:11:48] The who's?
[00:11:50] Okay.
[00:11:50] Okay, okay, okay.
[00:11:51] Let's just embrace for a second.
[00:11:53] Oh, okay.
[00:11:53] Oh, you're-
[00:11:54] Come, come to mother.
[00:11:55] Come, come, come closer.
[00:11:57] Your hair is very spiky.
[00:11:59] It's like- it's like you got mud in it or something.
[00:12:01] This is-
[00:12:02] This is the most difficult hug-
[00:12:04] Yeah.
[00:12:04] I've ever seen.
[00:12:05] Just- if you just close your eyes-
[00:12:07] Mm-hmm.
[00:12:08] And then lean in-
[00:12:09] And just come into this nook in my neck right here.
[00:12:12] Oh, okay.
[00:12:12] Yep.
[00:12:12] I didn't think hugging was as complicated.
[00:12:15] Okay.
[00:12:15] Angry Adam.
[00:12:16] Yeah.
[00:12:16] You know what?
[00:12:18] Elizabeth does tend to have trouble hugging.
[00:12:20] I wonder if she was never taught how to do it.
[00:12:23] Yeah.
[00:12:24] Okay, you're just- this is very tight.
[00:12:25] I'm just- I'm not- I'm just- I'm like- I'm happy to see you, but like, can you just
[00:12:28] like-
[00:12:29] Okay, just let go.
[00:12:30] Just let go.
[00:12:30] Let's just let go.
[00:12:31] That's enough.
[00:12:31] That's enough.
[00:12:31] That's enough.
[00:12:32] Okay, that was very tight.
[00:12:35] Oh, yeah.
[00:12:36] That was- it's like you were making up for 20 years.
[00:12:40] Okay.
[00:12:40] Okay.
[00:12:40] So, I- I know it sounds odd that I've been looking for you and that I'm not surprised
[00:12:46] to see you, but that's because we've all been looking for you.
[00:12:50] What?
[00:12:50] Oh.
[00:12:51] I've had reports of a fire truck traveling towards me.
[00:12:55] How have you been receiving reports?
[00:12:57] My smithies!
[00:12:58] My smithies have been looking for my Lizzie.
[00:13:00] Your smithies have been looking for your Lizzie?
[00:13:02] Mm-hmm.
[00:13:03] Hmm.
[00:13:04] You can meet all of them soon.
[00:13:06] We're just over- if you look just down the road-
[00:13:09] Yeah.
[00:13:09] Yup.
[00:13:10] Looking.
[00:13:10] Over the horizon, there's a-
[00:13:11] How many degrees to the left?
[00:13:13] Oh.
[00:13:14] Uh, just follow my finger.
[00:13:15] Okay.
[00:13:16] Following?
[00:13:17] Yeah.
[00:13:17] Oh, okay.
[00:13:18] Ah, okay.
[00:13:20] So, you see there's a dark kind of building?
[00:13:23] Yeah.
[00:13:23] That's-
[00:13:23] Yup.
[00:13:24] Yeah.
[00:13:24] We're just beyond that in a crater.
[00:13:26] Okay.
[00:13:27] Yeah.
[00:13:28] That's where we've been.
[00:13:29] But you're- I'm sorry-
[00:13:30] We keep each other safe.
[00:13:31] There's a building over there, and you're living in the crater?
[00:13:35] Oh, yeah.
[00:13:36] Yeah, there's too many rats in the building.
[00:13:37] Oh, okay.
[00:13:39] Okay, that makes sense.
[00:13:40] That seems to make sense.
[00:13:41] The building is just kind of like a landmark-
[00:13:43] Yeah.
[00:13:43] More than a building.
[00:13:45] Okay.
[00:13:45] Mm-hmm.
[00:13:46] Well, do you happen to have any spare tires there?
[00:13:51] I know that's a stretch.
[00:13:53] Mm-hmm.
[00:13:53] Mm-hmm.
[00:13:53] Oh, wow.
[00:13:54] That's-
[00:13:54] We burn them.
[00:13:56] Oh.
[00:13:57] Oh.
[00:13:58] Oh.
[00:13:58] Yes, they create a wonderful backdrop for our concerts.
[00:14:02] Oh.
[00:14:03] Our tribute concerts.
[00:14:04] Oh.
[00:14:05] Tribute concerts, too.
[00:14:07] You can come.
[00:14:07] You can come.
[00:14:08] Oh, okay.
[00:14:09] Um, again, let's just scoot over here for a moment.
[00:14:12] Um, okay.
[00:14:14] This is a lot, guys.
[00:14:16] It really is.
[00:14:17] It really is.
[00:14:17] I mean, I wasn't expecting-
[00:14:18] I mean, I didn't-
[00:14:19] She doesn't know anything.
[00:14:20] She doesn't-
[00:14:20] I haven't told her yet that I was a-
[00:14:22] That I was a nurse and now I'm the medical leader.
[00:14:24] She doesn't know because, um, she doesn't know about-
[00:14:28] Well, that-
[00:14:28] I mean, there wasn't much more else about my life to tell, but like, you know, she doesn't
[00:14:33] know anything about me.
[00:14:34] And, and, and do you think that maybe this is an opportunity to like, reconnect with my
[00:14:38] mom?
[00:14:39] Uh, I do, actually.
[00:14:41] You went through that Aerosmith immersion therapy.
[00:14:44] Yeah.
[00:14:45] And maybe that was just the first step in this journey.
[00:14:48] She's been-
[00:14:49] She's been looking for me, you guys.
[00:14:51] She's been looking for me.
[00:14:52] She has.
[00:14:53] And we need a tire, so-
[00:14:55] Oh.
[00:14:56] We might as well go over there and maybe we can fix the truck and you can reconnect
[00:15:02] with your mother.
[00:15:03] We can fix the truck and fix my life.
[00:15:06] Well, let's, let's not get ahead of ours.
[00:15:09] Hey, Darla, I left that, I left that sidebar prematurely.
[00:15:12] Why don't we just get going?
[00:15:13] What? Oh.
[00:15:14] Okay. Uh, sure.
[00:15:15] You weren't, you weren't listening to any of that angry Adam.
[00:15:17] Nah, I wasn't, I wasn't listening at all.
[00:15:19] I, I got, I, we, you know, I, I've been thinking we're sidebarring like a little too
[00:15:23] much and, uh-
[00:15:25] Look, Adam, this is a lot for me to take in, okay?
[00:15:27] I'm gonna sidebar when I need to sidebar.
[00:15:28] You took away my cigarettes, I need something.
[00:15:31] All right, all right.
[00:15:32] But okay, sure.
[00:15:33] Mom?
[00:15:34] Hey, mommy.
[00:15:35] Um, mom, mama, mom, Darla?
[00:15:37] I don't, I don't, what do adult children call their adult parents?
[00:15:40] I don't, I don't know.
[00:15:41] Just call me whatever you're comfortable with.
[00:15:43] Okay.
[00:15:43] Uh, ma'am.
[00:15:45] Um, we're, we can come with you.
[00:15:47] I think we're, we'll come, we'll, we'll check out the tire.
[00:15:50] Um, and I'd like to, I'd like to just, um, get to know you a bit more and, and tell
[00:15:54] you about myself.
[00:15:55] Okay.
[00:15:56] Okay.
[00:15:56] Perfect.
[00:15:58] So just very important information to get from here to the crater.
[00:16:03] We have to all run in zigzags and be unpredictable in our movements.
[00:16:09] Uh, mm-hmm.
[00:16:10] Why is that?
[00:16:11] Yeah.
[00:16:12] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:13] Oh, no, it's fine.
[00:16:15] Really?
[00:16:16] Um, I think that actually might be the reason you have a flat tire, perhaps.
[00:16:19] Okay.
[00:16:20] Um, it's just, it's just the, the, the rival gangs are all kind of in the area today and
[00:16:26] it's just so unfortunate.
[00:16:28] Are they like confused by zigzags?
[00:16:30] Like they're just, they're kind of like breaks their brain?
[00:16:33] Well, they just will have, they'll have a harder time aiming and shooting at you.
[00:16:37] Oh, okay.
[00:16:37] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:38] There's rival gangs with guns?
[00:16:40] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:41] Yes, darling.
[00:16:41] I thought, you know, with like the, the zombies, you would have kind of like, you know, you
[00:16:47] would have kind of focused on that.
[00:16:49] Yeah.
[00:16:50] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:50] I know.
[00:16:51] It's just so complicated because they prefer the Rolling Stones.
[00:16:55] So we have to just eradicate each other.
[00:16:58] Mm-hmm.
[00:16:59] Okay.
[00:16:59] It's unfortunate, yeah.
[00:17:00] Kind of a thin thing to hate each other over, but I guess-
[00:17:04] Mm-hmm.
[00:17:04] Can, can we get going guys?
[00:17:05] I'm, I'm a little freaked out by the gang.
[00:17:08] I think we should just like, can we just walk?
[00:17:10] Yeah.
[00:17:10] We don't want to be out in the open and we do have to move in zig-zags.
[00:17:13] Mm-hmm.
[00:17:13] Yeah.
[00:17:13] Before we go, we should grab some of our stuff.
[00:17:16] Yeah.
[00:17:16] Okay.
[00:17:17] Let me pack up a couple of bags.
[00:17:19] Here we go.
[00:17:19] One, two, I got four or five bags.
[00:17:22] Here.
[00:17:22] Don't forget the French press.
[00:17:23] Don't forget the French press.
[00:17:24] I got the Kraken Pinnacle.
[00:17:25] Elizabeth, I have never once forgotten the French press.
[00:17:27] This thing is starting to smell.
[00:17:29] Do you think we should like try to preserve this or something?
[00:17:31] We don't have time.
[00:17:32] There's gangs.
[00:17:33] There's gangs.
[00:17:33] The Kraken Pinnacle is probably important, right?
[00:17:36] Yeah.
[00:17:36] Yep.
[00:17:37] Here's my extra arm.
[00:17:38] Yeah.
[00:17:39] Which isn't decaying.
[00:17:40] That's...
[00:17:41] Whoop.
[00:17:41] Okay.
[00:17:42] Questions for later.
[00:17:43] And, and Grantum, you can carry all this?
[00:17:45] Yeah, yeah.
[00:17:45] I got it.
[00:17:46] No problem.
[00:17:47] Okay.
[00:17:49] Please, Darla, lead the way.
[00:17:51] Mm-hmm.
[00:17:52] Okay.
[00:17:52] Okay.
[00:17:53] So, one, two, three, go!
[00:17:56] Zig, zig, zig, zig, zig, zig, zig, zig, zig.
[00:18:00] Welcome to the apocalypse.
[00:18:02] We'll be back after these messages.
[00:18:08] And we're back with welcome to the apocalypse.
[00:18:14] I'm running.
[00:18:15] I'm running quick.
[00:18:17] I'm going to go to the right.
[00:18:19] Okay.
[00:18:24] Okay.
[00:18:25] Okay.
[00:18:25] Okay.
[00:18:25] Oh my God.
[00:18:26] I didn't know we'd be running for like, two hours.
[00:18:30] That's a really long time.
[00:18:32] That's a...
[00:18:32] You really didn't prepare us for that level of calisthenics.
[00:18:36] I mean, I guess I didn't know that, that, that, that, like, when you said zig zag, you
[00:18:39] really fucking meant, sorry, Mom, I swear now, you really meant like, like zig and like a, like
[00:18:45] we zigged for like a, like, like a mile and then we like zagged.
[00:18:49] We basically stepped on every square foot from here to there.
[00:18:54] I think we somehow added 12 miles to this, what looks like a one mile trip.
[00:19:01] Which is approximately 53,000 kilometers.
[00:19:04] I'm pretty sure.
[00:19:05] Oh, good.
[00:19:05] Yes.
[00:19:06] Good angry Adam.
[00:19:07] Yeah.
[00:19:07] Just, just in case anybody doesn't know what a mile is.
[00:19:12] I think that you must be really afraid of those rival gangs, Mom.
[00:19:16] Okay.
[00:19:17] So I have to come clean about something right now.
[00:19:20] It's always good.
[00:19:21] The late confession.
[00:19:22] Love that.
[00:19:23] Okay.
[00:19:23] So that was actually just a test.
[00:19:25] I was a little bit untruthful with you earlier about the rival gangs.
[00:19:30] Um, I had to see if you had the stamina to join the Smithies and you do.
[00:19:36] Oh yeah.
[00:19:37] So that was a little trick I played.
[00:19:41] Hey.
[00:19:42] Mom.
[00:19:42] Like we were lied to, but at the same time we've been told we were great.
[00:19:47] So I kind of like that.
[00:19:49] This is working on me.
[00:19:50] Yeah.
[00:19:51] Remember Lizzie, when we played those fun games?
[00:19:53] Yeah.
[00:19:53] When, when we play hide and seek, that's probably why you're still alive today.
[00:19:57] Cause you know how to hide so well.
[00:19:59] She, my mom had this really fun game for Sarah and I, she would do this thing where, um, where
[00:20:03] we would hide.
[00:20:03] And then she'd say, I'm going to find you.
[00:20:06] And then, um, and then she'd leave us there for like, like hours.
[00:20:09] Like one day it was like, it was like 12 hours and, and, and she wouldn't let dad find
[00:20:12] us and, and we would hide.
[00:20:13] And then, and then she'd say, she was like, she was training us.
[00:20:16] And she said that it was important.
[00:20:18] And that, and, but she like, she always said she was coming and she's like, I'm coming.
[00:20:21] And so you get excited and, and then she wouldn't come.
[00:20:24] And then, um, but you know, it was, it was good.
[00:20:26] It was a good life lesson.
[00:20:27] And I, and I think it taught us a lot of things and, um, you know, it certainly prepared me
[00:20:32] for when you left me later in life.
[00:20:34] I mean, mom.
[00:20:35] Yes.
[00:20:35] You have to know how to stay hidden and not move.
[00:20:38] Yeah.
[00:20:39] It sounds like there's nothing more complex there.
[00:20:41] Let's move on.
[00:20:42] Yeah.
[00:20:42] Okay.
[00:20:43] All right.
[00:20:44] So we're, we're at the, uh, the big dark scary building.
[00:20:48] Yes.
[00:20:48] Yes.
[00:20:48] Yes.
[00:20:49] But there's a bunch of tents next to it.
[00:20:50] Oh, oh, yep.
[00:20:51] There's a lot of rats coming out of the window.
[00:20:54] Yeah.
[00:20:54] Yeah.
[00:20:55] So Darla, mom, uh, mommy, mama, ma'am.
[00:20:59] Um, so down the hill there, you say that's where your, your people are, but I just see
[00:21:05] like, there's like a really large pile of, of bones.
[00:21:09] Mm.
[00:21:10] Hmm.
[00:21:10] Is that where, is that where you live?
[00:21:13] In that pile of bones?
[00:21:16] No, no, no, no, no, no.
[00:21:17] That's just a pile of bones here.
[00:21:19] Okay.
[00:21:20] Wait.
[00:21:20] Oh, it's just the pile of bones.
[00:21:22] Just a pile of bones.
[00:21:23] Yeah.
[00:21:23] Okay.
[00:21:24] Guys, can we get, can we get a pile of bones?
[00:21:26] Why don't we have a pile of bones?
[00:21:28] Adam, wait, we were too busy on the move.
[00:21:30] I mean, I guess we could probably build a pile of bones on the, but like-
[00:21:32] I'm gonna build a pile of bones in the back of the firetrip.
[00:21:35] We can't keep keeping up with the smiths.
[00:21:37] Uh, smithies.
[00:21:38] Oh, smithies.
[00:21:39] Oh, smithies.
[00:21:40] Sorry.
[00:21:41] Oh, just don't do it again and I'll be okay.
[00:21:43] Okay.
[00:21:43] Oh, God.
[00:21:44] So anyway, darling, if you look at the pile of bones and then just, just beyond that,
[00:21:50] there's a stage.
[00:21:51] Okay.
[00:21:52] How many degrees to the right?
[00:21:53] Um, just, um, about, um,
[00:21:56] I'm adjusting my vision one degree at a time.
[00:21:59] I don't know, 20 feet.
[00:22:01] Okay.
[00:22:01] Yeah.
[00:22:01] Yeah.
[00:22:01] There's the stage.
[00:22:02] I see it.
[00:22:02] So that, that's the stage that we, we built that out of, um, well, someone's really crafty.
[00:22:08] So they, uh, sewed a bunch of, um, hides together from all the rats we've got.
[00:22:13] And they've just, they've just kind of laid that over top of, uh, some tires.
[00:22:17] So that's where we can, we can pull a few tires out from there, but that's our stage.
[00:22:21] Wow.
[00:22:21] This is a nice rat hide stage.
[00:22:24] Impressive.
[00:22:25] It's not.
[00:22:26] Yes.
[00:22:26] Yes.
[00:22:27] Yes.
[00:22:27] Margaret.
[00:22:27] It's really creepy.
[00:22:30] Oh, I don't have my glasses.
[00:22:32] Do you?
[00:22:32] No.
[00:22:32] It's a rat burning tire bone set up.
[00:22:36] Yeah.
[00:22:37] They kind of left, they left like the heads in there.
[00:22:40] So it's like, there's like a bunch of like rat limbs and appendages sticking out of it.
[00:22:46] Let me, let me put my glasses on.
[00:22:48] Ooh.
[00:22:49] Ooh.
[00:22:49] Yeah.
[00:22:50] I guess based off of the words that I said, I should have been grossed out.
[00:22:54] But now that I see it.
[00:22:56] Oh.
[00:22:56] Yeah.
[00:22:56] This is pretty horrible.
[00:22:57] So mom, mom, what do you do on the stage?
[00:23:01] Oh, we do our air bands.
[00:23:03] We do our Aerosmith air band night.
[00:23:05] Oh, that sounds, that sounds wholesome.
[00:23:07] Yeah.
[00:23:08] It's our elimination night.
[00:23:10] Oh.
[00:23:11] That's how we keep our, that's how we keep the Smithies strong.
[00:23:14] Oh.
[00:23:15] Yeah.
[00:23:15] You do like a talent show.
[00:23:17] And at the end of the talent show, the worst talent doesn't perform again.
[00:23:21] Right?
[00:23:22] That's right.
[00:23:23] Darling.
[00:23:23] Oh, cool.
[00:23:24] It's fun.
[00:23:25] I, I, I, it's been a long time since I've, I've seen, um, live entertainment.
[00:23:29] Mm-hmm.
[00:23:30] Well, Lizzy, that makes me so sad.
[00:23:34] That makes me so sad.
[00:23:36] Because you know, I was sending you tickets to every show I went to and you never came.
[00:23:40] Right?
[00:23:40] You never came to see me.
[00:23:42] And I would bring, I would send you an airline ticket.
[00:23:45] You did?
[00:23:46] And then when, when the airline stopped, I would, I would send you directions that I wrote
[00:23:49] down on a map and I never saw you.
[00:23:52] Mm-hmm.
[00:23:52] Well, I, that wasn't me, mom.
[00:23:54] Dad must have been keeping them from me and, and.
[00:23:56] Mm-hmm.
[00:23:57] That's so sad.
[00:23:58] And, and none of your, none of, none of the Smithies ever found me?
[00:24:01] Like, I, I don't.
[00:24:02] I know.
[00:24:03] I really, I, mom, I would have come.
[00:24:05] I would have come if I, if dad had ever.
[00:24:07] Yeah, probably.
[00:24:07] But dad didn't.
[00:24:08] Dad would have been.
[00:24:08] I'm starting to get suspicious.
[00:24:11] Why would, she, I don't know why.
[00:24:13] She's just sending tickets and plane tickets places.
[00:24:17] I don't.
[00:24:17] How does the bone pile figure into this?
[00:24:20] Is it on thing?
[00:24:21] You will not lose me again.
[00:24:24] Hey, mom, can we meet your other, the other, the other kids?
[00:24:27] Like, can, can we meet your other people?
[00:24:30] I'd love to meet your family.
[00:24:32] Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[00:24:33] They're, they're sleeping cause they need to gain their strength for tonight.
[00:24:36] But yes, come, I'll show you.
[00:24:38] Just shh.
[00:24:39] Okay.
[00:24:39] Okay.
[00:24:40] We're going to see them.
[00:24:41] Like we're going to smell like peek at them sleeping.
[00:24:43] That's a little weird.
[00:24:44] We all have what's called our slumber patch.
[00:24:47] Okay.
[00:24:48] We, again, we have such good crafters in the Smithies.
[00:24:51] So this is made out of pretty much whatever we found, find on the road.
[00:24:55] Okay.
[00:24:55] And it's just, it's just a gigantic blanket that's been sewn together.
[00:25:01] Yeah.
[00:25:02] You don't, you don't need, I can see the rat tails coming out of this one too.
[00:25:05] Yeah.
[00:25:07] And everyone just stays warm and safe under there and they're all sleeping.
[00:25:11] Just just most, most of the material.
[00:25:13] Oh, sorry.
[00:25:14] Sorry.
[00:25:14] Just whisper.
[00:25:15] Okay.
[00:25:16] Um, what?
[00:25:18] You build a lot of things out of rat carcasses.
[00:25:23] Mm-hmm.
[00:25:23] Thank you.
[00:25:25] Okay.
[00:25:26] Uh, didn't really seem like a compliment, but.
[00:25:29] Okay.
[00:25:30] Angry Adam.
[00:25:31] Yeah.
[00:25:31] I see a pile of tires over there that aren't on fire.
[00:25:34] Yeah.
[00:25:35] I wonder if maybe, um, you and I go over and look for a tire we need and that'll give
[00:25:42] Elizabeth a little bit of time with her, her pre-apocalypse mother, um, to reconnect a
[00:25:50] little bit.
[00:25:51] Yeah.
[00:25:51] Yeah.
[00:25:52] There's nothing, I don't like, I think the vibes are like pretty good right now.
[00:25:55] So like, I think it's like pretty good to like leave them alone.
[00:25:58] Yeah.
[00:25:59] Okay.
[00:25:59] Elizabeth.
[00:26:00] Yeah.
[00:26:01] We're going to leave the two of you here to keep looking at the sleeping people.
[00:26:06] Okay.
[00:26:07] And angry Adam and I are going to go look through some tires.
[00:26:10] This is going to be a great day.
[00:26:12] Okay.
[00:26:13] Oh, okay.
[00:26:14] Just, just watch out for the landmines.
[00:26:16] Landmines?
[00:26:16] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[00:26:17] The landmines?
[00:26:18] Mom, is that a story you made up or is it real?
[00:26:21] Is it like, is it?
[00:26:22] Oh no.
[00:26:22] Is this another one of your childhood stories?
[00:26:25] Like I will tell you as a child, floor is lava was like, we really believe the floor
[00:26:30] was lava because my mom was very effective at, at lying.
[00:26:34] So mom, are you, is this a floor is lava situation or are there really landmines?
[00:26:38] Oh yeah.
[00:26:39] There's definitely landmines dear.
[00:26:41] Yeah.
[00:26:41] But it's okay.
[00:26:42] Um, I made a path if you just follow it.
[00:26:44] You can just don't stray from the path.
[00:26:47] Oh, big surprise.
[00:26:48] It's, it's a zigzag.
[00:26:49] Yeah.
[00:26:49] But what's delineating the path?
[00:26:51] Oh, uh, so.
[00:26:55] Oh wait.
[00:26:56] I see.
[00:26:57] There's a bunch of rat carcasses.
[00:27:00] Uh, yeah.
[00:27:02] We have such crafty people in this space.
[00:27:05] Yeah.
[00:27:05] It's some rats.
[00:27:07] Yeah.
[00:27:07] All right.
[00:27:08] Well, okay.
[00:27:09] Yep.
[00:27:09] We'll just stay in between the pathway of rat carcasses.
[00:27:13] We'll zigzag down the rat carcass hallway.
[00:27:14] I like to call it the rat carpet.
[00:27:17] Oh, that's, you, you guys are crafty.
[00:27:22] Yeah.
[00:27:22] Angry Adam.
[00:27:23] Can you carry me?
[00:27:24] Can you carry me?
[00:27:25] I don't want to walk on this.
[00:27:27] Okay.
[00:27:28] Let's go.
[00:27:29] All right.
[00:27:29] Let's carry each other.
[00:27:30] Don't want, don't, don't think too hard about that.
[00:27:32] So, so mom, do we have to stand here and stare at these, these people who are sleeping
[00:27:37] or like, do you have like a place where you could like have a cup of tea and like, just
[00:27:40] like reconnect.
[00:27:42] I'd love to know more about what you've been up to.
[00:27:44] Yes.
[00:27:44] Mm hmm.
[00:27:45] Okay.
[00:27:46] Okay.
[00:27:46] Okay.
[00:27:47] Um, what time is it?
[00:27:49] Uh, it's about high sun time.
[00:27:52] Um, yeah, let's go to the, uh, tent over there.
[00:27:56] Come, come follow me.
[00:27:57] Okay.
[00:27:58] I just, I don't like to be in there when Dave's in there and he's always in there at low
[00:28:03] sun time, but we're okay if it's high sun time.
[00:28:06] Okay.
[00:28:06] Okay.
[00:28:06] Who's, who's Dave?
[00:28:07] He's one of your, one of your, your flocks?
[00:28:10] Yes.
[00:28:10] He's, uh, he's just, he's so annoying, dear.
[00:28:14] He's so annoying.
[00:28:15] Okay.
[00:28:16] That's all.
[00:28:16] Um, he's okay.
[00:28:17] So he got bit by a zombie last week.
[00:28:19] Oh.
[00:28:20] So he's, he's tied to a pole.
[00:28:23] Oh, that seems.
[00:28:25] Oh, is that him there?
[00:28:28] Oh, Dave.
[00:28:29] I thought someone was supposed to move you to your high sun pole, not your low sun pole.
[00:28:34] Nobody came in to move me.
[00:28:37] I, I'm very hungry though.
[00:28:39] Oh, so he's like, just eat your arm or something.
[00:28:42] Aren't you a zombie now?
[00:28:44] No, I get so annoyed at people that aren't responsible.
[00:28:47] I got bit by a rat.
[00:28:49] I told you.
[00:28:50] Oh, which rat?
[00:28:51] What, which rat?
[00:28:53] Which one?
[00:28:53] Which rat do you think it was?
[00:28:55] I don't know, dear.
[00:28:56] Which one was it?
[00:28:57] Simon.
[00:28:58] You name all the rats?
[00:29:00] Of course we do.
[00:29:02] What do you do with rats?
[00:29:04] Beat them to death and then cut off their skin and make a blanket out of them?
[00:29:08] Oh, well, it seems like that's what you do.
[00:29:11] I-
[00:29:11] Oh good.
[00:29:12] You'll, you'll fit in.
[00:29:13] This community is-
[00:29:15] Look, Dave, this is-
[00:29:16] I'm sorry for whatever happened to you, whether it was a zombie or a rat bite, a zombie rat,
[00:29:20] I don't know, but I would like to have a cup of tea with my mother.
[00:29:23] So can you just go away?
[00:29:25] Okay, well, I'm just gonna stay tied to this pole and you guys go away.
[00:29:30] Okay, Dave.
[00:29:30] Well, okay, I'm gonna just put this blanket over you, Dave.
[00:29:33] You, you have nap time now.
[00:29:34] Nap time.
[00:29:35] Oh, he's like a bird.
[00:29:36] He just like goes to sleep when you put a blanket on.
[00:29:39] Clever.
[00:29:40] Okay.
[00:29:40] They've all been trained.
[00:29:42] Okay, so here, let me just, how about I make the cup of tea for you?
[00:29:44] It's been so long since I've been able to-
[00:29:46] Mm-hmm.
[00:29:46] Okay, so I just like, there's this fire over here.
[00:29:48] Clank, clank, clank.
[00:29:49] Fire.
[00:29:49] Oh yeah, it's just like a normal kitchen.
[00:29:51] Oh, okay.
[00:29:52] So just the kitchen.
[00:29:53] All right.
[00:29:53] Do you still like yours with, uh, oh, milk?
[00:29:56] You have a jug of milk here.
[00:29:58] Mm-hmm.
[00:29:59] Yes, yes, yes, yes.
[00:30:00] Where do you get the milk?
[00:30:01] Oh my God.
[00:30:02] Do you milk?
[00:30:02] Oh darling, we have very crafty people in the Smithies.
[00:30:06] Oh my God.
[00:30:07] This is either human or rat milk, isn't it?
[00:30:10] It's, it's Hilda's milk.
[00:30:12] Mm-hmm.
[00:30:12] Okay.
[00:30:13] It's Hilda's.
[00:30:15] Some in your tea?
[00:30:17] Mm, yes, please.
[00:30:18] Oh my God.
[00:30:19] Okay.
[00:30:20] I guess this is the world we live in now and human breast milk is very healthy.
[00:30:24] Uh, you know, Mom, I know that because-
[00:30:25] Oh no, no, how does a rat darling?
[00:30:28] Oh.
[00:30:29] Oh.
[00:30:30] I am, Mom, I am a nurse.
[00:30:32] I was going to tell you, um, I went to university and I got my nursing degree and
[00:30:35] I worked as a pediatric nurse actually, Mom.
[00:30:37] Um, and that's where I met, um, Margaret and, uh, and Rob, uh, Rob, uh, Rob, Margaret and
[00:30:42] Adam.
[00:30:43] They're both in the hospital and I was there and I, I have to tell you something, Mom.
[00:30:49] I really feel like I can't go on until I confess something to you.
[00:30:52] Okay.
[00:30:53] Here's your tea.
[00:30:54] Um, oh, I love confessions.
[00:30:56] Uh, okay.
[00:30:58] Um, up till now, I've really been thinking of Margaret as, as my mother.
[00:31:05] Mm.
[00:31:06] My surrogate mother, but from now on, I'm going to stay with you.
[00:31:10] I'm going to, I'm going to abandon Adam and I'm going to abandon Margaret.
[00:31:13] They can take the truck and they can go on their way or they can stay with us.
[00:31:17] I mean, obviously I want them to stay with us, but like, I want to be with you.
[00:31:19] I want to stay with you and I want to be a part of your new family.
[00:31:23] And I, I just hope that, um, you have a space in your heart for me.
[00:31:28] I mean, I know you have to love 62 people, but maybe you can love 63.
[00:31:33] Oh, here darling, put on this scarf.
[00:31:35] Oh, put it on.
[00:31:35] Okay.
[00:31:36] Yeah.
[00:31:37] You look cold.
[00:31:38] That's on.
[00:31:38] Oh, it's very long and thin.
[00:31:40] Okay, good.
[00:31:41] So now you're a Smithy too.
[00:31:43] Oh, that's all it took?
[00:31:44] Yeah, but I can't get rid of my other children.
[00:31:48] No.
[00:31:48] They've already become Smithies.
[00:31:50] No, I wouldn't expect you to, but like maybe you and I can sleep in a separate tent.
[00:31:53] Like maybe...
[00:31:54] No, your friends are Smithies, darling.
[00:31:56] They are?
[00:31:57] They're, you're all part of my family now.
[00:31:59] It was the scarf and the zigzag run that did it, huh?
[00:32:02] Mm-hmm.
[00:32:03] Oh, angry Adam.
[00:32:06] What?
[00:32:06] I told you if you threw a tire there, it would set the landmine off.
[00:32:11] Yeah, but I thought it would be funny.
[00:32:13] It was a little funny.
[00:32:14] It was pretty, it was a little funny.
[00:32:16] Oh, um, are we interrupting?
[00:32:19] Uh, no.
[00:32:20] Actually, good news, you guys.
[00:32:22] Oh, oh, what's wrong, Mom?
[00:32:24] What's wrong?
[00:32:24] That woke the Smithies up.
[00:32:27] Uh.
[00:32:28] Um, is that bad?
[00:32:29] Yeah, what's the problem?
[00:32:31] Well, they're hungry.
[00:32:34] What?
[00:32:35] What's happening?
[00:32:36] What's happening?
[00:32:44] To be continued.