Abraham and his group are on the bus on their way to DC. Tara teases Eugene about his mullet. She asks him what's wrong. He says he was thinking about what Gabriel did. Maggie is hopeful that Rick and the gang are making their way to DC. Maggie and Glenn ask Eugene the cure and how long it will take. He gives them a vague explanation. Still claiming it is classified. Glenn asks Eugene why he has that particular hairstyle. Eugene simply replies that he likes it. As they pass a group of zombies on the road something goes wrong with the bus and it flips to the side. The zombies approach the bus.
Back at the bus everyone is getting up and getting ready to fight the zombies before the bus catches fire. Tara is tasked to stay with Eugene and come out when it's clear. Tara tells Eugene he has to be brave and gives him a knife. Eugene looks terrified and just stands there looking at everyone killing zombies. A zombie comes up behind Tara. Eugene stabs it in the back and Tara finishes it off. Abraham's hand is bleeding. An old cut opened up. Just as Maggie is about to get the first aid kit from the bus it catches on fire. Eugene suggests that they go back to the church. Abraham replies angrily that they don't go back. Glenn tries to calm him down and make sure he is okay (because Abraham is acting cray cray). Tara suggest they find some bikes since bikes don't burn. Eugene walks over to the zombie he stabbed and spits on it.
The group breaks into a bookstore and secure it for the night. Abraham hums the entire time. Rosita sews up Abraham's hand. Abraham thanks Glenn for showing up. Glenn says they made a deal. As Abraham looks out a window at the zombies outside he says, "Gotten to the point where everyone alive is strong now. We have to be.You're either strong and they can help you so you can help them or you're strong and they can kill ya. So you gotta kill them . . . It's the easiest thing in the world now." Glenn asks if the world is going to change and Abraham replies it is.
Abraham and Rosita are having sex. Rosita sees that Eugene is spying on them again. He is standing in the self help section. Tara pulls Eugene away and thanks him for having her back when they were fighting the zombies by the bus. He saved her life. He confesses to her that he caused the bus crash. He put crushed glass in the fuel line. He meant to stop the bus before it even left the church. She asks why he did it. He tells her he can't survive on his own. If he can't save the world than he has no value. He says they wouldn't keep him around if he was of no value to them. Tara says they would because they are friends. They have each other's backs. She tells him not to tell anyone else about what he did to the bus. She will keep his secret. He says he doesn't know why he told her. She replies, "I do. Welcome to the human race, asshole," Then they fist bump. Apparently Tara really likes to fist bump. Glenn asks Maggie if she is thinking about Rick and the others. She feels guilty. He tells her they get to have little vacations. She says, "It feels really good having this because it is not about what was. Not last night. It's all about what's gonna be." Glenn tells her not to feel guilty about that. Abraham stands at a window looking out at the zombies roaming outside.
Rosita wants to stay at the bookstore for the day so they can rest. Abraham doesn't want to. He accuses her of wanting them to sit around. Maggie says the store would make a good base. They could stay one more day and sweep for supplies. Rosita changes her tune and says they will continue, like they always do. Abraham says they have a vehicle that has 500 gallons of water on it. He looks out the window at a fire truck. The truck starts and Abraham is happy things are finally going their way. They go a few feet when the engine stops. The door at the fire station opens. A tire rolls out of the door. Zombies start pouring out of the station. The group start killing the zombies. Eugene starts spraying the zombies from a hose on the roof of the truck. The zombies go down one at a time. Abraham climbs on the truck and begins to laugh. On the floor next to the truck is written, "Sick inside. Let them die."
The truck is now broken down on a road. Abraham hums as he tries to fix it. Eugene is reading an H. G. Wells book. Maggie says she know why he has the haircut. She thinks he likes if for a reason. "You're not the person people think you are. You want 'em to know who you are." She says he is not like everyone else. Others at the lab would have given up. He is not like Samson (Tara compared him to Samson earlier on the bus). She tells him the story of Samson. How the riddle Samson tells was only something in his head. There was no way anyone could have known the answer. Glenn calls out about the smell. Farther up the road they see a lot of zombies in the fields. That is the source of the smell. Abraham says he will not back down or abandon ship. Abraham wants to keep going down the road but no one else does. He keeps saying he won't go back. Glenn only wants to go south a few miles. Abraham insists they can get through. Rosita says no. She agrees with everyone else. She doesn't agree this time with Abraham. Abraham grabs Eugene by the arm and starts leading him down the road. Glenn tries to stop him and Abraham pushes him away. Eugene screams that he is not a scientist. He lied. He doesn't know how to stop the zombiepocalypse.
Everyone stares at Eugene. Rosita says she has seen the hings that he can do. He says he knows things. He is smarter than most people and knows he needs to get to DC. He wanted to survive and that it was justifiable to trick people to get him there since they would be safe there too. Rosita mentions that people died to get him there. He knows. He lists all of their names. He lost his nerve as they got closer and the risk of exposing the truth made him do things like sabotage bus. He mentions that he is smarter than them and Abraham starts punching him. Eugene falls to the floor. Abraham goes to hit him again but Rosita puts her hand on her gun. Abraham looks at his bloody hand and walks away. He falls to his knees. A soldier without a mission, without a reason to go on. Eugene's face is covered in blood and he is unresponsive.
Flashback to the early days of the zombiepocalypse. Abraham is beating a man to death with a can. He calls out to someone called Ellen. He finds a woman (Ellen) and two children. As he approaches Ellen the children hide behind her. He is covered in blood. He tells them they are safe now, he stopped them. They don't have to be scared now. But Ellen and the children look terrified. He notices that he is covered in blood. Abraham wakes up from troubled sleep and calls out to Ellen and the kids. He finds a note that reads, "Don't follow us." Abraham goes outside and find his family dead. Eaten by zombies. He grabs his gun and puts it in his mouth. He is stopped by screams from Eugene asking for help. He tells him to get them and thanks Abraham. He tells Abraham he can't leave because he has a very important mission.
Final Thoughts
- I figured Eugene wasn't a scientist. He kept saying that everything was classified and that seemed like a red flag. There was no reason for him to be so secretive.
- According to the actor that plays Abraham. The people that Abraham killed in the flashback were his neighbors that had raped his wife and children.
- Abraham followed Eugene because as a military man he needed a mission. With his family dead the mission to DC gave him something to live for.
- According to the actor who plays Eugene back in season 4 when Eugene shot the military truck it wasn't an accident. He was also trying to delay arriving in DC and having to face the truth.
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