[delicate, uneasy music playing]
[dog barking faintly]
[narrator] This is a story.
A story about the last men.
The ones who wanted to go back.
[ominous music playing]
[angrily grunting]
[yelling]
[narrator] Back to another time.
Back to the way things used to be.
[unsettling stinger]
[door hinges creak]
But what happens if it's too late?
[ragged breathing]
[inhales deeply]
[echoing gasp]
[Last Men, Animal Army clashing]
[sounds of struggle fade away]
[Tiger] The others.
Abbot killed them all.
[grunt echoing]
I should have been there.
You should be with your sister.
[distressing, melancholy music playing]
[exhales softly]
[Becky breathing shakily]
[chilling music playing]
[light buzzing erratically]
[soldier] Johnny.
Boss man's looking for you.
This ain't over, you know.
I know.
[chilling music swells]
[tense, uneasy music playing]
[grunts]
[tense percussive beat playing]
[Abbot] My brother.
[music halts abruptly]
[uneasy music playing]
Hey, John.
Let's go.
The chopper's ready for us.
Just the two of us.
Like when we were little.
John.
Hey.
We're going to go to Evergreen.
When all of this is said and done,
we're going home.
We never leave family behind.
Oh.
Don't forget this.
[music intensifies]
After you, sir.
[harsh, suspenseful music intensifies]
[music trails off]
[tense, eerie music playing]
[deep, eerie music reverberating]
[phantom breaths echoing]
[haunting vocalizations]
[panting]
[low, distressed music playing]
Why am I alive?
[music intensifies, fades away]
[Aimee] I'm not running this time.
We have to take a stand.
You said it.
Abbot isn't going to stop.
Not until we stop him.
I have spent too long hiding my kids from the world.
But now I have a chance
to make it a safer place for you kids.
It's your world, after all.
That's something I can fight for.
Come on.
We need a hideout for all these kids.
I'm staying with you.
I brought everybody here. Now Abbot's coming because of me.
But this is my home.
I know every rock and I know every tree.
Pubba protected our home with his life, and that means it's mine to defend now.
And I know how to.
Young man, you got to do what we tell you to, when we tell you,
no matter what.
You got that?
What have I ever not listened to you?
Literally every time.
[Jepp chuckles]
[somber music playing]
[kids clamoring in distance]
[radio squawks]
[Aimee] I'm so sorry about your friend.
-[radio squawks] -[Becky] After the Crumble,
Tiger was right there by my side.
The first to join the Animal Army.
We were gonna protect the hybrids.
But what you did…
It was braver than any battle we fought.
You took them in as your own.
Gave them a loving home.
You kept them safe.
[somber, melancholy music playing]
Thank you.
If only we had known to do that.
It's not too late.
My army is gone.
But you're still here.
I won't be much longer.
Tiger made sure we had a fair warning.
There's time for you to get out of here with my kids before the Last Men get here.
Get them to safety.
Do that for me.
It's your turn to watch over them.
We have a surprise for you.
Surprise!
Oh! [Aimee laughs]
You made these…
For me?
Oh, I already feel so much better.
But we just got you back.
[delicate, rueful music playing]
It's okay, Pigtail.
This won't be like last time.
You won't be alone.
You'll have Becky.
It's not fair.
Life doesn't wait for us.
We have to catch up to it sometimes.
[Aimee] Mmm.
Come on.
We have to get a head start before sunset.
[whispers] It's okay.
[exhales shakily]
Wait.
[hesitantly] Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm sure.
Come on.
[tender, emotional music playing]
[harsh, martial music playing]
Look how they flourish!
Now there's a tribute to the herd.
How'd they even survive this long at all?
Or it's because there's no one left to hunt them.
Or it's simply because they stuck together,
come what may.
I recognize that look, you know?
Dread.
The exact same doe-eyes you'd make as a frightened little kid…
whenever Dad came home and he was in a mood.
It was those eyes that prayed they were elsewhere.
Somewhere safe.
How many times would you hear the garage door open
and you'd start trembling?
How many times would you run and hide under the bed?
How many times before--
[hoarsely] Before you killed him?
Yes.
For you.
Don't say that.
I protected you.
I protected you from a world that preys on your kind.
Because you're human.
More human than I could ever be.
Sing for me.
Sing for me
the way we used to when things were rough.
Please.
[singing sweetly] ♪ I am just a poor boy ♪
♪ Though my story's seldom told ♪
♪ I have squandered my resistance ♪
♪ For a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises ♪
♪ All lies and jest ♪
♪ Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest ♪
This it?
♪ When I left my home and my family ♪
♪ I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers ♪
♪ In the quiet of the railway station Running scared ♪
Will these help?
♪ Laying low Seeking out the poorer quarters ♪
What did you say your Pubba did again?
[proudly] He was a janitor.
Right.
[tender, heartfelt vocalizing]
♪ In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade ♪
♪ And he carries the reminders Of every glove that laid him down ♪
♪ And cut him 'til he cried out ♪
♪ In his anger and his shame ♪
♪ "I am leaving, I am leaving" ♪
♪ But the fighter still remains ♪
[Johnny vocalizing]
Hey.
We got to keep moving.
[Aimee] What if they come at us from here?
[Gus] They won't. The sage is too high this time of year.
So they'll have to take the migration paths around here and here.
You know your woods.
That means that we have to head them off here and then…
[unsettling stinger]
I wish I knew how to make you better.
I'm human, Gus.
It was always just a matter of time.
Mine just came a little sooner than I thought.
Does that mean…
Someday, but not today.
He's strong.
But he's stubborn.
More than me, even.
And he thinks he's taking care of you, you know?
But grownups get it backwards sometimes.
I heard that.
[Gus] You guys ready?
Let's show 'em where to find us.
[determined music playing]
[resolute percussive beat playing]
[Beverly] George.
[George] I don't like the look of that.
-[branch snaps] -My God!
[kids clamoring]
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson?
Who are you?
Jepperd and Gus sent us.
Rusty is not gonna believe this.
-Where's Gus? -[Becky] Long story.
He's okay. But the Last Men are after us.
After him.
These kids and I could use a place to lay low.
[Beverly breathes shakily]
Gus said we could trust you.
[gentle, wondrous music building]
Who wants to ride the gondola?
[kids clamoring in excitement] Me! Me!
Oh, and that's how Gus's antler got chopped off.
But then there were these purple flowers coming from the sky.
Bobby learned how to drive a tank.
This is why we are never leaving the house.
You ready to hop on?
-[kids] Yeah! -Whoa, whoa, not so fast.
[Beverly] The cable can only support a few at a time.
Hey, pair up, just like meal time.
[Earl] Okay. Let's go.
[wondrous music continuing]
[excited clamoring]
-[Earl] Go, Max! -[Haley] Yeah!
[cheering, whooping]
[helicopter blades whirring]
I hope they're ready.
[harsh, foreboding music playing]
[Last Man] General.
Why are we waiting?
[fence links snapping]
[gun cocks]
[Johnny] We can't do this.
Never point a gun at a man's back, Johnny.
What are we doing?
Look at yourself. Look at us.
What the hell are we doing here?
You have to stop.
I can't let you do this anymore.
I do this for us.
Once I have the cure--
There is no cure.
It failed. Dr. Singh failed.
Then he'll start again.
I let him go, Doug.
-Then I will find another Dr. Singh. -You don't get it.
There is no cure and there never will be.
Let the kids go.
You have to let the kids go, and you have to let me go.
I've had enough.
It's over,
and everyone can see it but you.
It's never over, Johnny.
You don't get it, do you?
It's not about Dr. Singh,
it's not about the cure, it's not about the virus.
Winning.
That's all there ever really is.
[ominous music playing]
Maybe that's what separates me
from you
and the millions who were too weak to survive.
I tried to teach you, Johnny.
But you just refuse to understand,
at the end of the day,
it's about who has what it takes to win.
[music intensifies]
[empty chamber clicks]
It was for your safety, John.
I would never hand you a loaded gun.
I don't think I could live with myself if you had an accident.
Come here.
Come here, it's okay.
[Johnny whimpering]
[Abbot] It's okay.
You want to go?
You can go. There's nothing more I can teach you.
You don't need me anymore.
Let him go.
[gunshot]
[gunshot echoing]
[startled birds cawing]
[resounding thud]
[Abbot] Bury him when this is over.
Make it nice.
We're not animals.
[heavy footfalls echoing]
[distorted, unsettling music warbles]
[snare whips]
[Last Man exclaiming]
[stone clatters]
[soccer ball deflating]
[grunts]
I got one!
-Chalk me up for a pair. -[Aimee] Leave some for me.
-Any sign of Abbot? -[Jepp] Nothing yet.
He'll hang back and let the others do the dirty work first.
[gunshot]
[Last Man] What the hell?
[shock prod sparks]
Make it four.
[Last Man yelps]
[Jepp] Five.
Six.
[Jepp] Seven.
Eight for me.
[winch gears creaking]
[tense music playing]
They're gonna be okay.
Gus is fast,
and your mom is strong.
But she's sick.
-We should go back and fight. -Absolutely not.
Look, I promised your mom that I would keep you safe.
I can't let anything happen to you.
[music swells]
[music trails off]
[gentle birdsong]
It's been quiet over here.
Here too.
I don't like it.
That just means the first wave is over.
[harsh, threatening music playing]
[Jepp] It's out of bullets.
I used them on those dudes.
I was saving the last crossbow for you, but that dude snuck up on me.
I guess we're both unarmed.
[Abbot] Ah.
The traitor.
So nice to finally meet you.
How's your chest?
Nah, you're not gonna do that thing you do.
What exactly would that be?
Talk.
-[Abbot gurgling] -[radio squawks]
[Gus] No sign of him. I'm heading back home.
Stay put, Sweet Tooth.
I got him right here.
[Abbot laughs] Sweet Tooth!
God, he's naming them now! [laughs]
You know, sticking up for those beasts is not gonna bring your family back,
Tommy.
[Abbot laughs wheezily]
It's coming. You ready?
I thought the Animal Army fought bad men.
I know it seems like fighting is the only answer.
I hate feeling helpless too.
But sometimes you have to be there for those you care about.
For family.
So you have to be there for your siblings.
Right?
[determined music playing]
Wendy!
No!
Wendy!
Wendy, come back.
Wendy!
Come back!
[grunting]
Assholes like you've been trying to get inside my head my whole life!
-[Abbot wheezing] -But all you got is words.
And words don't mean shit anymore.
And neither do you.
[Abbot] Know where we found them?
Your wife?
Your son?
Shut up.
At your house.
[struggling] They were looking for you
while you were working for me.
They died waiting for you to come home.
You're lying.
Maybe, maybe not. What you gonna do?
Kill me? Then you'll never know.
[mocking laughter]
But it'll be worth it!
[Jepp seething]
How's your knee?
The bad one?
-[bone crunching] -[yelps]
[no audible vocalizations]
[Gus, echoing] Jepp?
[grim, foreboding music playing]
No! No!
Sweet Tooth, he's coming.
-Stay off the radio. -He's coming!
Time for plan B.
[Gus] No! No! No! No! No!
You've done more than enough.
It's between me and him now.
But I want to fight.
I've already got the Sick.
Can't do anything worse to me, right?
[heartfelt, emotional music playing]
I'm glad you and Wendy found each other.
Now, hurry.
[trap door clatters]
Wait! No, no! This wasn't a part of the plan!
[Aimee] It's for your own safety.
[grunts]
[Gus straining against hideaway]
-[startling stinger] -[gasps]
I've got a live one! [laughs]
[Wendy] Let me go!
Anyone copy?
[grunts]
Go!
[blows land forcefully]
[tin clatters]
[blade rasps]
You okay, Wendy?
Open it.
I didn't create the Animal Army in order to fight.
I did it to find my little sister.
She was taken away from me a long time ago.
Now that I got you back, I'm never letting anyone take you away from me again.
[gunshot]
[startled gasp]
Where are you?
[tense music playing]
[gunshot]
Come on!
[tripwire alert rattling]
[yelps]
Aimee Eden!
What a treat.
Mmm, I don't think so.
Everyone wants to shoot me today.
Maybe you should take a hint.
Now, we have some unfinished business,
you and I and your little mutts.
You'll never find them.
-You lost, remember? -Yes!
You have quite literally stolen our future,
and there's very little I can do about that,
but I can make damn sure…
[bellowing] …you don't have one!
[Aimee exhales shakily]
It's already been taken.
You have the Sick?
You've got the Sick.
[distraught music playing]
[music intensifies]
[Abbot wails]
Now so do you.
[Abbot gurgling]
[Aimee grunting]
[Abbot gagging]
[Abbot] The treatment.
-You! -[Aimee, desperately] Go!
[rapid, staccato beat playing]
[Abbot reloads]
[pained yelling]
[disconcerting music playing]
[grunts]
Someone did not learn the lesson.
[Gus] Maybe not,
but whatever you do to me, you're dead already.
Kid, this hunt…
is over.
[Gus] Sweet Tooth!
[grunting]
Welcome, Tommy.
Stop!
[Gus's cry echoing]
[sadistic chortling]
No.
[deep, guttural lowing]
[intense, ominous music building]
[bison huffing]
[hoofbeats accelerating]
What the…
Run, kid, run!
[herd lowing]
[Jepp] Gus, run!
Gus!
[bison bellowing]
[herd thundering]
[panicked whimpering]
Did you do that?
Holy shit.
[incredulous laughter] You're damn right, holy shit.
[Aimee gasps]
Pigtail.
How…
[Wendy] Are you hurt?
[Aimee] No.
I want to show you something.
Look up.
[gentle, wondrous music playing]
[Aimee] What do you see?
Stars.
I'll be joining them soon.
If you ever feel lost,
remember to look up.
Mama Bear…
will always be watching over you.
Wherever you are.
-[piercing thwack] -[grunts]
Big Man…
[Jepp] No.
No!
-[Jepp] No! -Gus!
[Jepp] No!
Oh God. Oh God!
Hold on, Sweet Tooth. Come here. Please!
Stay up. Sweet Tooth, stay with me.
Stay with me.
Stay, please. Don't. Please.
Stay with me. Stay with me.
Sweet Tooth, Sweet Tooth, listen to my voice.
[Becky] Gus? Gus?
[Jepp] Come on.
Gus. Come on, Gus.
Please don't close your eyes. Sweet Tooth!
[distorted] You hear me, please?
[hoarsely] Sweet Tooth! Gus!
Gus, hear me. Please. Don't…
[intense, aching music building]
[music trails off]
What if we could have gone back to the way things were?
Before… everything.
Those first few days after the Great Crumble,
we all stayed in our homes.
Like we all agreed to mourn the loss.
["Line By Line" by The Walkmen playing]
[Jepp] Loss of lives.
The loss of innocence.
The loss of love.
I lost a lot.
Along the way I lost myself.
I thought most people did after the Crumble, until I met you.
You never lost anything.
You only found.
And the world
is a better place for it, my friend.
Now, I'd say goodbye…
but I see your spirit in these kids.
Aimee Eden lives on.
[crisp wind blowing]
[somber, elegiac guitar melody playing]
[singer vocalizing mournfully]
♪ Line by line ♪
♪ Oh, we all scrape by ♪
[pensive music playing]
[narrator] The Big Man knew the truth.
But even if he couldn't go back to the way things were…
there's always something to go towards.
What's it about?
Growing up.
[Wendy] What?
Can I see that a sec?
[delicate, wondrous music playing]
What are you doing?
[plucky, inquisitive music playing]
[Becky] Why did Pubba have this?
[Wendy] Alaska.
What's in Alaska?
[music halts abruptly]
[wind whistling]
[steady, rhythmic beating]
[steady beating continuing]
[eerie, unsettling music playing]
Hello?
[ethereal, otherworldly vocalizing]
Who's there?
[figure muttering indistinctly]
[strong, steady heartbeat]
Mom?
[Birdie whimpers]
[shivering] Help me.
Birdie.
Welcome back to the land of the living.
I saw her.
Birdie.
It was cold and white.
I saw these hoofprints.
I followed them. They led me to her. She was in the cave.
Something was calling to me.
It was like it knew me.
Telling me that I have to find Birdie.
What?
-What's that look? -I listened to your tape.
Your mom,
I think she wanted to do the right thing.
If you want to find her, we thought you'd need all the help you can get.
-So will she. -And we know where to look for her.
It's an outpost up in Alaska.
Wait. "We"?
You'd come too?
What about your siblings?
The Andersons asked to watch them till we get back.
I'll miss them, but they're happy there.
Now, it ain't gonna be easy.
-I know. -[Jepp] But who knows?
Maybe we can help her fix the world.
[brave, determined music playing]
We're going to Alaska.
[piercing raptor's cry]
[narrator] The Last Men's story may be over.
But the story of the very special boy continues.
And this time,
he's not alone.
You ready, Sweet Tooth?
[brave music continuing]
[strong, steady exhale]
Ready, Big Man.
[brave, resolute music building]
[horse whickers]
[sweeping, dramatic music playing]
[narrator] It's also the story of the doctor
who saw how special the boy was.
Together, they would change the course of the world…
forever.
[exhales]
[steady, rhythmic clanging]
[sinister music playing]
Abbot's dead.
[music trails off]
And the cure?
Couldn't find it.
Or he never had one in the first place. Damn fool.
But we did find this in the wreckage.
An audio tape. It belonged to Abbot's doctor.
What's on it?
Well, it's some damage,
but we think we can get a full transcription.
-Go. Get on it. -Yes, ma'am.
[sinister music resumes]
[low growling]
I'm just gonna have to take care of this myself.
-[cage rattling] -[growling, snarling]
Eat up, boys, eat up!
You're gonna need it.
Come on!
[flesh rending, tearing]
[bestial snarl]
[ominous outro music playing]