Dawn of Light

Dawn of Light is a post-apocalyptic horror drama crossover series with The Walking Dead, Revolution and Falling Skies.

Season 1 (2010)
The season follows former sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from his coma into a post-apocalyptic world filled with flesh-eating zombies, dubbed as "walkers". Rick goes on a search to find his family and to discover the origins of the walker virus.

Main Cast

 * Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes- A former sheriff's deputy from King County, Georgia, who awakens from a coma into the apocalypse. (6 episodes)
 * Jon Bernthal as Shane Walsh- Rick's best friend and former colleague who helped Rick's family escape the apocalypse and is the leader of the Atlanta camp. Shane has a sexual relationship with Lori, believing to be dead, and has a fatherly relationship with Carl. (6 episodes)
 * Billy Burke as Miles Matheson- A former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant who becomes dependent on alcohol over guilt of his brother's death. (6 episodes)
 * Tracy Spiridakos as Charlotte "Charlie" Matheson- Rachel's daughter, Danny's sister and Miles's niece. Miles described her initially as unusual, insisting that it's not meant as an insult. Charlie has strong remorse for the things around her in the new world and is very caring, but is increasingly at odds with trying to find a balance between concern and self-preservation in the zombie apocalypse, often choosing to emulate her Uncle Miles more than her own family. After Ben's death, she took responsibility for looking after her brother, Danny and attempting to reconcile with her estranged mother. (6 episodes)
 * Elizabeth Mitchell as Rachel Matheson- Charlie and Danny's mother, who wants to reconcile with her children after Ben's death and often fights with Miles. (6 episodes)
 * Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes- Rick's wife and mother of Carl. Lori is an emotionally fragile woman who has a sexual relationship with Shane after believing Rick to be dead. (6 episodes)
 * Laurie Holden as Andrea- A former successful civil rights attorney and sister of Amy. (6 episodes)
 * Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee- A former pizza delivery boy who is often sent on dangerous missions. (6 episodes)
 * Connor Jessup as Ben Mason- Ben is only 14 years old who is friendly and kind to everyone. He doesn't like the new world and never touched a weapon before. (6 episodes)
 * Sarah Carter as Maggie- Maggie has been a fighter all her life. At age 16, Maggie was diagnosed with brain tumor and given a 50/50 chance to live. She survived the cancer after three operations and chemo therapy. She has 3 holes in her head. (6 episodes)
 * Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes- Rick and Lori's son. (6 episodes)

Recurring Cast

 * Jeffrey DeMunn as Dale Horvath- An old man who owns the RV around which the survivors have formed a community. (6 episodes)
 * Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier- A friendly yet soft-spoken wife of Ed and mother of Sophia who is frequently abused by her husband. (4 episodes)
 * Daniella Alonso as Nora Clayton- A woman who has history with Miles. Her primary expertise is in explosives. (6 episodes)
 * Graham Rogers as Danny Matheson-Charlie's brother, Miles' nephew and Rachel's son. Danny is asthmatic and is constantly watched over by his sister. Similar to Charlie, Danny feels sympathetic for various people. (6 episodes)
 * Seychelle Gabriel as Lourdes Delgado- Lourdes was pre-med at Wellesley College when the apocalypse began, abruptly ending her education. Before the apocalypse, Lourdes lost her family in the Jamaica Plain Riots. She soon found her way into the Atlanta camp and began to use what medical training she had to help the wounded and sick. Unlike others, she keeps her faith in God because she is hopeful. (6 episodes)
 * IronE Singleton as Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas- A fellow survivor in the Atlanta group. (6 episodes)
 * Emma Bell as Amy- Andrea's younger childish and innocent sister. (4 episodes)
 * Jeryl Prescott as Jacqui- A member of the group who is the only survivor of her family and a former zoning officer worker. (6 episodes)
 * Andrew Rothenberg as Jim- A mechanic and a quiet yet tortured member of the group who saw his wife and children killed and eaten by walkers. (2 episodes)
 * Madison Lintz as Sophia Peletier- Carol and Ed's daughter. (4 episodes)
 * Adam Minarovich as Ed Peletier- Carol's abusive husband and Sophia's father. (2 episodes)
 * Lennie James as Morgan Jones- Duane's father who gives Rick shelter which saves his life. (1 episode)
 * Adrian Kali Turner as Duane Jones- Morgan's son. (1 episode)
 * Juan Pareja as Morales- Another member of the group who knows the city's infrastructure and puts his family first. (4 episodes)
 * Tim Guinee as Ben Matheson- Miles' brother, Charlie and Danny's father and Rachel's husband. (3 episodes)
 * Noah Emmerich as Dr. Edwin Jenner- A pathologist in the Atlanta CDC looking for any kind of cure. (2 episodes)
 * Viviana Chavez as Miranda Morales- Morales' wife. (2 episodes)
 * Noah Lomax as Louis Morales- Morales and Miranda's son and Eliza's younger brother. (2 episodes)
 * Maddie Lomax as Eliza Morales- Morales and Miranda's daughter and Louis' older sister. (2 episodes)

Episodes
1. 1 Month Later

Deputies Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) are hiding behind their squad car and Rick gets up to shoot at the escaped inmate but he is shot. Shane then shoots the inmate dead and goes to Rick's side. He shouts for Rick and he wakes up from his coma. Rick then calls for the nurse but nobody comes. He gets up and goes outside his room only to find it abandoned. He then finds a door that has a message scrawled across in black paint: "DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE" and a bunch of hands reach through the cracks and fiddle with the padlock and chains. Rick then tries to use the elevator but it doesn't work and then uses the stairs. Once, he gets to the stairs he opens the exit door and finds a bunch of dead bodies wrapped in sheets in rows. He then decides to go home and find his son and wife. He spots a bicycle but is horrified when he sees a mutilated woman who turns and reaches for him. He takes the bicycle and arrives to his home. He finds the door open and abandoned. He calls out for Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Carl (Chandler Riggs) and starts questioning if this is real or a dream. He heads back outside and is hit by a boy (Adrian Kali Turner) with a shovel. He calls him Carl and the boy shouts for his father (Lennie James). Rick wakes up and the man introduces himself as Morgan and his son as Duane. Morgan asks what the wound is for and Rick says he was shot. Rick asks what happened and Morgan explains what has happened so far. They eat dinner and they hear a car alarm go off. They then see 3 women and 3 men and Rick says they have to help them. They then open the door and Rick uses a baseball bat to kill a walker. A walker attacks Rick but Morgan shoots it in the head, killing it. They all go inside and block the doors. Rick and Morgan asks for their names and they introduce themselves as Miles Matheson (Billy Burke), Charlie Matheson (Tracy Spiridakos), Rachel Matheson (Elizabeth Mitchell), Ben Matheson (Tim Guinee), Danny Matheson (Graham Rogers) and Nora Clayton (Daniella Alonso). Walkers then start banging on the doors and Rick says that they have to fight through them. Rick and the others then use their weapons to kill some to get to a car and leave. Rick asks if they know where his family might be and Morgan says that his family could be in Atlanta. Rick and the others then go to the King County Sheriff's Department where they take showers and grab a few guns, ammunition and Rick changes back into his uniform. Morgan tells Rick that him and Duane will stay behind until Duane learns to shoot but Miles and the others decide to go along with Rick. Rick and the others then go back to the spot where Rick saw the undead woman and he shoots her in the head, killing her and he apologizes to her. They then get in a car and drive to Atlanta. Rick uses his CB radio to contact anyone and Amy (Emma Bell), Dale Horvath (Jeffrey DeMunn), Ben Mason (Connor Jessup), Lourdes Delgado (Seychelle Gabriel), Maggie (Sarah Carter), Shane, Lori and Carl rush to answer. They try to warn Rick to stay away from the city but Rick cannot hear them and they run out of gas. Walkers then surround them and Rick says to the others they have to fight their way through the horde of walkers. They all manage to fight through the horde but Ben is bit in the process. They all meet Glenn (Steven Yeun) and they enter a department store where Andrea (Laurie Holden), T-Dog (IronE Singleton), Morales (Juan Pareja) and Jacqui (Jeryl Prescott) are being held. Andrea then says that they brought all the walkers to them and the walkers then bang on the doors.

2. Blood and Guts

It starts off with the survivors watching the walkers at the doors and Andrea (Laurie Holden) asks what they're going to do. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) asks if there is away out and Jacqui (Jeryl Prescott) suggests using the building's subbasement sewer system. They all stand at the top of the ladder and Andrea asks who is going down. Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), Miles (Billy Burke) and Glenn (Steven Yeun) volunteer but Glenn says that he'll go down and Andrea says that they will be right behind him. Glenn says that he'll take Morales (Juan Pareja) while Rick, Andrea, Miles, Charlie and Nora (Daniella Alonso) watch the door since they have weapons and Jacqui will stay at the top of the ladder to warn them of danger. Charlie, Miles and Nora go to Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell), Ben (Tim Guinee) and Danny (Graham Rogers) and asks them if Ben is alright. Ben says that he's holding on and Charlie says that she will never leave him. Ben says he wants to be alone with Charlie and they all leave the two alone. Ben says "Charlie, I'm so glad that you are a strong girl but you will always be my little girl. I want you to look out for Danny, your mother and Miles and make sure they're safe. You have to promise me." and she promises. Glenn and Morales are walking in the sewer until they reach a grated barrier. They discuss ways to cut through, but abandon the idea when they see a walker devouring a rat on the other side. The walker reaches at them through the grate and they step back. Andrea is looking at a necklace with a mermaid pendant and tells Rick that her sister Amy (Emma Bell) loves mermaids. Rick encourages her to take it, insisting shoplifting rules don't apply anymore. She takes the necklace and walkers break through the exterior glass doors and begin pounding on the interior set. The walker holding the rock leads the pack. Morales, Jacqui and Glenn arrive to report that the sewer is not an option. Back at the camp, Amy tells Shane that the others should be back by now and Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), Lourdes (Seychelle Gabriel) and Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) try to calm her down. Maggie (Sarah Carter) says that she'll go find them but Shane says he doesn't want anyone going and Amy slaps him across his face and says "that's for leaving them." The rest are on the rooftop and Rick spots a cube van at a nearby construction site but it's a few blocks away and the street is overrun with zombies. The group discusses the difficulty of moving past walkers undetected because they know the difference between their scent and human scent. Rick says he has an idea and he begins to discuss the plan. Rick, Charlie and Morales then go outside and manage to kill the 3 walkers in the alleyway. They bring in one walker and they close the door. Rick is about to butcher the corpse with a fire axe but pauses and decides to search the body. They acknowledge the man's lost humanity and his name was Wayne Dunlap and had a picture of a girl. Rick begins hacking the dead body to pieces with the axe. After a few blows, Rick, Miles and Glenn smear guts on themselves, disgusting everyone, especially Glenn. Rick tells him to distract himself and Glenn vomits. Outside, Rick, Miles and Glenn crawl under the bus blocking the alley and lumber into the streets, blending in but a few walkers sniff the air curiously, the guts that the three smeared on themselves earlier seems to be camouflaging their scent effectively. Charlie, Morales, Andrea, Nora, T-Dog and Jacqui race to the roof to follow Rick and Glenn with a pair of binoculars, and T-Dog tries again to radio the others. T-Dog finally gets in contact with the camp and they all surround the radio while Shane asks where they are. T-Dog tells them that they're surrounded by walkers and trying to find a way out. They then lose contact and Ben (Connor Jessup) says they should go for them but Shane says they need to stay here. Maggie says to him if they die their blood is on all of their hands and walks away. Rick, Miles and Glenn are walking and it starts to rain really hard. The scent then goes away and the walkers start chasing them. Rick, Miles and Glenn manage to kill a few walkers and reach the cube van. They take off the coats from the department store and Rick and Miles shoot at the walkers while Glenn looks for the keys. He finally finds the keys and they drive away in the cube van. As the van drives away from the department store to avoid the horde, the group still on the roof worries that they're being left behind. But Rick orders Glenn to radio the group to get ready for pick-up, and mentions that they will need a way to lure the walkers away from the department store, eyeing a red Dodge Challenger sports car. Rick smashes the driver's side window to gain entry, causing the car's alarm to blare loudly. The group grab their bags while Morales and Danny carry Ben and rushes toward the loading dock. The walkers break through the final set of glass-pane doors and enter the department store. Outside the loading bay at the back entrance of the store, with the walkers lured away by Glenn's car alarm, Rick pulls the van up and the group piles in, catching their breath as they drive away from the city. Charlie tells Ben that he is going to be okay and he then dies. Miles, Nora, Andrea, T-Dog and Jacqui become saddened while Charlie, Rachel and Danny start crying and Miles then stabs Ben in the head to prevent reanimation. The last shot shows them all driving away while Glenn screams in celebration.

3. Death All Around

It starts off with Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) with Carol (Melissa McBride), Miranda (Viviana Chavez), Lourdes (Seychelle Gabriel) and Amy (Emma Bell) washing laundry while Carl (Chandler Riggs), Sophia (Madison Lintz), Louis (Noah Lomax) and Eliza (Maddie Lomax) are playing, Jim (Andrew Rothenberg) is teaching Ben (Connor Jessup) how to fix a car and Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn), Maggie (Sarah Carter) and Shane (Jon Bernthal) are guarding the camp. Lori then goes to the woods to look for more firewood for tonight and leaves the women folding laundry. Lori grabs the firewood and is about to leave but hears a sound. She looks around and Shane comes up behind her. They start laughing and begin kissing. They remove their clothes but Lori takes off Rick's wedding ring on a necklace and has sex with Shane. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Morales (Juan Pareja) are talking about the camp, just so Rick can make sure it's safe, and they then arrive at the camp. They all exit the truck and Rick finally reunites with his family. Lori looks at Shane and he looks away in shame. Rachel (Elizabeth Mitchell), Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), Danny (Graham Rogers), Miles (Billy Burke) and Nora (Daniella Alonso) bring out Ben's (Tim Guinee) body and they all have a funeral for Ben. Rick, Nora and the Matheson family share their stories and they all start eating. Ed (Adam Minarovich) then starts a fire but Shane tells him to put it out because it will lead the walkers to them. Ed tells Carol to put it out and Shane asks Carol and Sophia if they want to join them but Ed says no and Carol and Sophia kindly turn down his offer. The next day, Rick, Glenn and Shane are getting ready for the run but they hear the children, Jacqui and Carol screaming and they run to them. They see a walker and Rick, Glenn, Shane, Miles, Danny, Jim and Morales beat it up but Dale decapitates the walkers' head and the walker is still alive. Miles then stabs it in the head with his knife and they ask the kids if they're alright. Lori tells Rick that she doesn't think he should go out on a run since he just got here and Shane says that Rick should stay here. Rick then says he'll stay while they go on a supply run and Dale comes over and say they have a problem. He brings them to see Jim digging graves and they all start worrying. Shane then goes on a supply run with Glenn, T-Dog and Maggie and the rest of the survivors hope they come back. Andrea and Amy are fishing and an argument starts over the type of fishing knot their father used. They realize that their father taught them different fishing knots based on Andrea's need to catch the fish and Amy's need to throw them back. They then begin to cry but remember their dad's rule "no crying in the boat. It scares the fish" and Amy asks Andrea if she thinks that their mom and dad are alright, suggesting that "maybe Florida wasn't hit so bad." Andrea and Amy then hug and continue fishing. At night, everyone is eating and Ed hits Carol and tells her that she better listen next time. Rick tells him to calm down but he punches her and grabs Sophia but Rick, Miles, Morales, Danny and Jim beat him up. Rick says he better not lay a hand on his wife next time and punches him in the face. Ed goes to his tent and tells Carol and Sophia not to bother him. Walkers come through the woods and attack the camp. Walkers start to scratch on Ed's tent and once he opens it they devour him. Amy comes out of the RV with a baseball bat and manages to kill two walkers but one walker bites her in neck. Andrea runs to her and stabs the walker in the head. Andrea tells her "I don't know what to do" and Amy dies in Andrea's arms. Shane, Glenn, T-Dog and Maggie arrive at the camp and finish off the remaining walkers. Jim says "I remember my dream now. Why I dug the holes" and there are dozen of dead bodies (walkers and humans) all over the campsite and the group looks at the bodies, shocked.

4. Downfall

It starts off with the group burning the walkers, putting down the deceased survivors with a pickaxe and burying them while Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is trying to warn Morgan (Lennie James) away from the city. Andrea (Laurie Holden) cradles Amy's (Emma Bell) dead body next to the RV. Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) tries to comfort her but fails to convince Andrea to let them take Amy's body away and she leaves Andrea alone. Miles (Billy Burke) is about to put down Ed (Adam Minarovich) but Carol (Melissa McBride) says "I'll do it. He's my husband" and he hands her the pickaxe. She stabs him multiple times, initially in a hesitant but then furious manmer, venting out the anger that she had kept inside of her for many years. Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) sits beside Andrea to pay his respects for Amy's death. He tells her about his wife's battle with cancer, how he dragged her to every specialist even though she'd accepted her fate. Her death left him feeling angry and cheated. "Since she passed," he says, "You girls were the first people that I cared anything for." Andrea smiles and pulls out the mermaid necklace, wrapped in pink tissue paper. Today would have been Amy's birthday. She tells Dale how guilty she feels for having missed so many of Amy's birthdays. "She'd call all excited. I always said that I'd make it home, and I really always meant to. But I never made it past that phone call," she says. Dale tells her not to add guilt to how hard things are for her already. Andrea clasps the mermaid necklace around Amy's neck and Dale leaves her alone again. Amy then reanimates and Andrea says "I'm here now, Amy. I love you." Andrea pulls out her gun and shoots her reanimated sister in the head. Jacqui (Jeryl Prescott) and Jim (Andrew Rothenberg) pile up bodies, and she notices blood on his shirt. He tries to convince her he just got some blood on him by moving bodies but she presses. "Please don't tell," he begs her, but Jacqui's too terrified not to. "A walker bit Jim," she announces, as Jim insists that he's fine, but he grabs a shovel to press the group away from him as they demand to see his stomach. T-Dog (IronE Singleton) runs up behind him and grabs his arms as Miles (Billy Burke) runs in and lifts his shirt, revealing a bite wound on his abdomen. "I'm okay," Jim says, with far less conviction. The group is discussing what to do with Jim but Rick refuses to kill the living. Rick says that the CDC is Jim's best chance of living and they all agree to go to the CDC. Charlie is in her tent crying and Glenn comforts her. Charlie says she is afraid she'll lose her family and Glenn tells her that she will not lose her family. Charlie then kisses him and they break away. Glenn then kisses her and they have sex. Rick, Shane, and Dale depart to sweep the forest for walkers. Alone, Shane tries to convince Rick to change his mind about the CDC. "I've gotta do what's best for my family. If it was your family, you'd feel differently," Rick says. This offends Shane. "I kept them safe," he snaps at Rick. "Looked out for them like they were my own." Rick tries to calm him down. "You're hearing it wrong," he says, as they're interrupted by a sound in the bush and draw their guns. Rick walks forward, and from a distance, Shane's aim lands on Rick. He holds it there for just a few seconds, glaring, his breath heavy, but he hears a sound and his focus breaks. He drops the gun and then notices Dale's been watching him. "Jesus," whispers Dale. Shane shrugs it off, musing that they need to get reflective vests for the woods. Back at camp, Shane announces that he thinks they should trust Rick's instincts, and those that agree will be leaving for the CDC in the morning. As the group is preparing to leave, Shane is giving instructions on how to stay with the caravan when Morales announces that his family won't be joining the group. They have family in Birmingham and want to be with their people. "I gotta do what's best for my family," he says. Rick hands Morales a .357 with Shane's terse assumption that the rest of them will fare no better out there, anyway, and they part ways. Everyone says their goodbyes to the Morales family and the group leaves the campsite behind for good, Glenn with the map and Jim's fever worsening in the bedroom of the RV. En route to the CDC, the RV's radiator hose bursts. While Shane and T-Dog drive ahead to find replacement parts, Rick checks on Jim, who is in agony. "My bones are like glass. Every little bump - this ride's killing me. Leave me here," Jim says. "I'm done." Rick suggests he's delirious, but Jim insists his head is clear: "I want to be with my family" he says. They say their goodbyes to Jim and the group departs.

5. Somewhere We Belong

It starts off with the group driving to the CDC and Rick (Andrew Lincoln) tells Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), Carl (Chandler Riggs), Carol (Melissa McBride) and Sophia (Madison Lintz) that they are going to be okay. The RV then stops and Rick, Lori, Carol and the kids are confused. Rick opens his window and sees a group of walkers surrounding the RV. Rick, Shane (Jon Bernthal), Miles (Billy Burke), Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos), Maggie (Sarah Carter), Glenn (Steven Yeun), Nora (Daniella Alonso), Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn), T-Dog (IronE Singleton) and Danny (Graham Rogers) manage to kill them. Rick says that they got to move the bodies off the road so that they can get through and everyone helps out. They manage to clear off the roads and continue down the road. Rachel is then attacked by a walker and Rachel's arm is twisted. Rick stabs the walker in in it's head and forcefully puts her shoulder back in place. Shane says they need to keep moving and they all get back in the vehicles. Rachel tells Charlie and Danny "I want you both to know if I die I want to say that I love you both and I am so proud of what you've both become." and Charlie tells her "you're not going anywhere. You are not leaving us." Rachel hugs her kids and cries. Jacqui tells Andrea "I realized that there isn't any hope anymore." and Andrea tells her "There was never hope and I didn't want to face that it was true but after Amy died. It just doesn't feel right anymore." Maggie tells them "That's bullshit. If you don't think there is hope then you need to believe that you can make it through another day. When I was 16, I was diagnosed with brain tumor and there was a 50/50 chance that I was going to live. I survived after three operations and chemo therapy but I got 3 holes in my head. There is always hope. You just got to believe it and accept it." Rick spots a food store and tells the others. Rick, Shane, Miles, Charlie, Glenn, Nora, Maggie and T-Dog go inside and start taking food. 24 walkers then come out from the back room. They all run outside and manage to kill the walkers. Rick says that they got food and just need to get to the CDC. They all get in the vehicles and drive to the CDC. They then find a man (Noah Emmerich) outside the CDC and two walkers get near him but Rick and Shane shoot the walkers. Rick asks for his name and he says that it's Dr. Edwin Jenner. Dr. Jenner invites them inside and they all enter the building before the doors close. The lights turn on and Dr. Jenner welcomes them to the CDC.

6. Nothing Left

It starts off with the survivors eating dinner and everyone is happy to finally feel safe. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) makes a toast to Dr. Jenner for giving them a new home and they all say thank you. Dr. Jenner (Noah Emmerich) excuses himself from the table and leaves to cry. He then flips on a switch and you see everyone who worked at the CDC are walkers. He stares through the glass and turns off the switch which closes the door. Everyone then goes to sleep and Rick tells Jenner that he wants to thank him for everything. Rick tells him that he is glad someone still has hope of fixing things how they use to be and Jenner smiles. Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) hears Andrea (Laurie Holden) in the bathroom throwing up and goes to comfort her. Andrea tells him that there is everything is gone and Dale says that they have an opportunity to make a fresh start but Andrea says "There's nothing left." Glenn (Steven Yeun) goes to his bed and lays down but Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) comes in and kisses him. Charlie says that she is glad she met him and likes him a lot. Glenn tells her that he likes her too and they continue making out. Glenn flips her over and they have sex for the night. Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) comes in and asks Carol (Melissa McBride) if she found any good books to read. Carol tells her that she could read them all and tells Carl (Chandler Riggs) and Sophia (Madison Lintz) it's time for bed. They go to bed while Lori looks at books and Shane (Jon Bernthal) enters the room. Shane tells her that he thought Rick was dead when he left him and would've brought him back himself if he was still alive. Lori says that you shouldn't tell someone their family is dead and let them find out that they're alive. Shane apologizes and says he loves her. He forces himself onto her but she scratches his face and throat. She is horrified by his behavior and he leaves while Lori sobs. The next morning, everyone eats breakfast and Rick asks Shane why he has scratches but Shane tells him that he must've done it in his sleep while he looks at Lori and looks away. When Jenner arrives in the kitchen, Miles (Billy Burke) asks Jenner if their is a cure and Jenner says that they should eat first. Rachel and Andrea says that they want answers and he tells them to follow me. They follow him but Carl and Sophia see a door and run to it. Jenner explains to them that his wife was infected and allowed the process to be recorded. He explains how the walker virus works and tells them how it started. They then see a bullet file through his wife's head in the video playbac and Andrea remembers putting down her own sister. He admits he doesn't know what the disease is or how to treat it, and that he's lost contact with other research facilities. Dale interrupts the stunned silence to ask Jenner about a clock on the far wall, which is counting down from an hour. At that point, Jenner says, "the basement generators, they run out of fuel." At zero, Vi explains, plant-wide decontamination will occur. Lori and Carol notice that Carl and Sophia are gone. Carl and Sophia flip the switch and scream while looking at the walkers. The others run to them and find the walkers in another room. Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) asks who the walkers are and Jenner tells them that they all worked here. Rick, Miles, Shane, T-Dog (IronE Singleton) and Glenn head to inspect the generators. While they're in the basement, the building's emergency lighting switches on, bathing the foursome in darkness. Upstairs, Lori and Carl are in their room when the building's air cuts off. In his office, Jenner stares at a photograph of a woman, asking her to understand that he did the best he could in the time that he had, and he says he hopes she'd be proud of him. With the lights now shutting themselves off inside the panicked survivors' rooms, they confront Jenner in the hallway, who explains that the building is shutting itself down. Rick, Miles, Shane, Glenn and T-Dog return from the basement and Jenner says the system is designed to keep the computers running until the last possible second. "It was the French," Jenner says. They stuck it out the longest before they too ran out of power, he says, but the building would decontaminate in thirty minutes, and it was too late to stop it without any fuel, he assures them. Rick yells at the group to grab their things and run as the emergency alarms start blaring, but Jenner locks them inside the control center. There's no point in struggling, Jenner explains. Everything topside is automatically locked down. "When that door closes, it wouldn't open again - you heard me say that," he points out as Rick tries to demand he open the door. "It's better this way," Jenner says. When Rick presses him about what happens when the clock gets to zero, Jenner reminds the survivors where they are. To prevent strains of disease from getting out if the building's security was ever compromised, HITs would deploy, setting the air on fire. It would decimate the building and everything inside. Death would be instant, and painless, Jenner points out as he tries to convince Rick to accept his fate. "There's no hope. Last night you said you knew it was just a matter of time before everybody you loved was dead," Jenner argues. He calls the Outbreak humanity's "extinction event." Rick's family and friends look on fearfully. Miles and Shane attempt to break through the door with axes and guns. Rick, T-Dog, Charlie and Dale throw Miles (who is holding an axe) off Jenner then Rick talks down Shane as he points an automatic in Jenner's defeated, unaffected face. "If you kill him, we'll never get out of here," Rick reasons with his partner. Jenner agrees to open the door, but maintains they still won't be able to get past the lockdown upstairs. The group rushes, panicked, to the open door. Before Rick leaves Jenner whispers something in Rick's ear which frightens him and the group head for the exit but Andrea, Jacqui (Jeryl Prescott) and Rachel decide to stay. Rachel tells Miles to take care of Charlie and Danny (Graham Rogers) but Charlie says "You are not staying here. You are coming with us. I need you. We need you. Please, I don't want to lose you too." Rachel then hugs Charlie and tells her "Lets get the hell out of here." Dale tells the others to go along and they do. Dale tries to talk Andrea out of it but she made her choice and wants to stay. a resigned Dale sits in front of Andrea. "If you're staying, I stay too," he tells her. She's furious, but he continues tearfully as Jenner and Jacqui look on in silence. "You don't get to do that. Come into somebody's life, make them care, and then just check out." In the CDC lobby, the group finds the doors locked and they pound helplessly on the windows. Shane shoots a rifle at the glass, to no avail. "I think I have something that might help," Carol says, fumbling in her purse while Shane cracks, "I don't think a nail file's gonna do it." Carol ignores him. "Your first morning at camp," she tells Rick. "When I washed your uniform? I found this in your pocket." She pulls the hand grenade that Rick found in the tank from her bag. Nervously, Rick detonates the grenade, blasting out one of the windows with mere minutes to spare. The survivors run to the cars while Rick, Miles, Charlie, Nora (Daniella Alonso), Rachel and Shane are shooting walkers as they go. The survivors run to the cars, shooting at walkers as they go. They pile into their cars and are getting ready to drive away when, from inside the RV, Lori sees Dale and Andrea emerge from the building. Just ten seconds left, Jenner and Jacqui hold hands, smiling hopefully, resigned, as they watch the survivors evacuate on the security monitor. The CDC erupts in a fiery explosion, and Dale and Andrea take cover behind a military blockade. Andrea looks numb, but follows easily as Glenn desperately beckons them to the RV. Shaken, Rick starts the engine, and the caravan drives away from the smoldering rubble, thick black smoke rising up behind them.