Richard is on the phone with the producer he's working with on his latest film. Francine is just sitting on the couch watching 24 while Richard is pacing back and forth angrily.
Richard: (angry) No, Robin. I told you I'm not gonna be in for the rest of the week...dude, no man. My girlfriend's in town from California...I don't give a shit if it's for 30 minutes or a goddamn hour. I can't work on the film tonight...fuck, man! Are you fucking kidding me right now?!...(sighs angrily) I'll give you a call back.
Richard hangs up the phone and Francine looks at him.
Francine: You can go, Richard.
Richard: No. I told the producer I wasn't going to work for the rest of the week.
Richard gets a call and he sighs.
Richard: (answers the phone) What, Jen?...yeah, I know, but I can't...no, no, Jen, I'm not...(long sigh) This is crazy, you know that? I sent in a notice 2 weeks ago...fine. Fine...okay. Bye.
Richard hangs up and shakes his head.
Francine: You gonna go?
Richard: Yeah, I have to. Scheduling conflicts. I'm real sorry about this, Francine.
Francine: (smiles) Hey, no worries. Just come back to me when you're done.
Richard leans down and kisses Francine on her lips. She watches him leave the apartment, and she takes out her laptop. Francine sees her siblings are online, and she Skypes them. Francine smiles seeing Jenny, Philip, and Johnny crowd around the computer to fit into the screen.
Francine: Hey guys!
Jenny, Philip, and Johnny: Hey Franny! How's Canada?
Francine: It's good. It's real beautiful here. How's home?
Philip: It's fine. Mom and dad are back from Europe, but they're sleeping. They're dead tired from their trip.
Francine: Tch. Old people.
Johnny: That's why you travel when you're young.
Jenny: Where's Richard?
Francine: Out at work.
Philip: Why's he working when you're there?
Francine: He had to. Something about a scheduling conflict.
Philip: Didn't he plan this ahead of time? You paid a lot of money to get to Canada, and this guy is off working?
Francine: (rolls eyes) It wasn't his fault, Philip. He just got the phone call right now. And just to let you know, he gave the people at work a notice 2 weeks ago that I was gonna be here. Shit just happens sometimes.
Johnny: You'd think the guy could've put in a little more effort to get out of work for you.
Jenny: (hits Philip and Johnny in the arm) Shut up, you two. Richard didn't plan for this to happen.
Francine: Yeah!
Johnny: Well you know if it was me, I could've gotten out of work.
Francine: (sarcastic) Oh yeah, with your manly charm and undeniable way of words, huh. Yeah, you could totally get out of work whenever you want. Oh! But I seem to recall my 21st birthday when a certain someone couldn't get out of work to celebrate with me. Hm, now who was that again?
Johnny: Dude, that was a long time ago.
Francine: That was 2 years ago. Not that long ago, man.
Johnny: Whatever. I'm just saying Richard should've been more thoughtful. At least bring you with him or something.
Francine: Why? So I could watch him direct a movie when I can just sit here comfortably watching 24? Yeah, what a great boyfriend you'd be, Johnny.
Richard walks to the Tombs in Cell Block A, and he stops at the window looking into the cell block. He knocks on the window, hoping someone will hear his knocking. He doesn't see anyone walking out of their rooms, so he pounds on the window. Richard sees Faron trotting out, its white fur in stark contrast with the darkness of the Tombs.
Richard: (smiles) Hey, buddy.
Faron stops in front of the window and looks up at Richard.
Richard: Are Mina and Francine okay?
The wolf just looks up at Richard, and he sighs. Richard wishes he could just walk into Cell Block A to check up on Francine, but he knows it won't be wise because Francine would just be pissed at him for putting his life at risk like that. He knows it's never wise to piss off Francine with such stupid, selfish, and thoughtless decisions. Richard smiles at Faron and walks off to the courtyard of the prison. He spots Daryl first.
Richard: Hey.
Daryl: Hey kid.
Richard: So, are you ready to head out?
Daryl: In a bit. Waiting for Tyreese, Bob, and Michionne to show up. D'you check up on Franny and Mina?
Richard: Yeah, but they weren't awake. I only saw Faron.
Daryl: Where's Eldin?
Richard: I don't know. Out in the forest probably with Michionne or hunting. Eldin's getting big, huh?
Daryl: A lot bigger than the other two, that's for sure. More powerful too. I took him hunting once, just pounced on a deer and killed it right there with one bite to the neck.
Richard: Yeah, Eldin's definitely the strongest out of the 3.
Richard spots Rick and Hershel walking out of the prison with Glenn waking up a bit later. Richard, Rick, Daryl, Glenn, and Hershel are in the courtyard discussing Daryl's trip to the college South of the prison to retrieve medication for the sick. During the middle of their conversation, Tyreese storms up to the 5 angrily. Tyreese looks like he's going to punch someone in the face.
Tyreese: Karen and David are dead!
Rick: What?
Tyreese: I went to go see Karen in the Tombs, but I saw trails of blood that led out of the cell block to the back of the prison. Karen and David's bodies are there, burnt! They were murdered in cold blood!
Richard: J-Just Karen and David?
Tyreese: (to Rick) You better find out who killed them and bring him to me.
Rick: Look, why don't we just calm down-
Tyreese: (furious) Don't tell me to calm down, man! Somebody in this goddamn prison murdered Karen! They set her body on fire! They burned her and David!
Daryl: Look man, we'll find out who killed Karen and David, alright? You just need to take a break for a while. We gotta get ready for the supply run, remember?
Tyreese: Screw your goddamn supply run.
Tyreese storms off angrily.
Richard: I'll talk to him.
Richard walks towards Tyreese while Daryl walks off to gather Michionne and Bob for their trip to the college for medical supplies. Richard sees Tyreese starting to dig up two graves for Karen and David. Richard walks over to Tyreese cautiously.
Richard: Hey, man.
Tyreese: (doesn't look up from digging) Francine and Mina are fine.
Richard is secretly very relieved of this news, but he knows he has to encourage Tyreese to go on the supply run because Mina and Francine depend on it.
Richard: I'm sorry about Karen.
Tyreese doesn't answer. He just continues digging feverishly.
Richard: You know...a lot of our people depend on those medical supplies.
Tyreese: (glares at Richard) Like who? Franny and Mina? Just the two people you care about?
Richard: It's not only them. I mean, there's a chance other people could get sick. What if Sasha got sick? That medicine is the only thing that could save her and the other people who'll get sick later.
Tyreese shakes his head and continues digging. Richard can see he's slowly getting into Tyreese's head.
Richard: And what if I get sick, man? Who's gonna play basketball with you and hand your ass to you on a silver platter?
Tyreese pauses and wipes his sweat from his forehead. Richard can see he got to Tyreese.
Richard: Come on, Tyreese. The people here need your help. Will you help us?
Tyreese: (looks at Richard) I'll go. Only after they're in the ground.
Richard nods and grabs the second shovel to help Tyreese dig Karen and David's grave.
Tyreese: You don't have to help me, kid.
Richard: Why? Cus I got one arm? I can still help around here.
Tyreese looks at Richard digging with his left arm as effectively as he can, and Tyreese continues digging too.
Francine finishes the 4th season of 24, and she sighs. She looks at the time, and it's 8:30 PM. Richard's home phone rings, and she doesn't answer so that it goes straight to messages.
Richard: Francine, Francine, answer the phone.
Francine leans over and answers Richard's home phone.
Francine: Hey.
Richard: Hey. I just finished work. Wanna drink tonight?
Francine: Sure!
Richard: Good. Cus my friends wanna buy us some drinks. That's alright with you, right?
Francine: Yeah, yeah that's fine.
Richard: Alright. I'll be there in about 20 minutes. Get ready babe.
Francine: (giggles) Alright. See you.
Francine hangs up and quickly gets ready. While she's putting on her make-up, she hears Richard enter his apartment.
Francine: Richard?
Richard: It's me.
Richard walks into his bedroom and sees Francine putting on her make-up and fixing her hair. Francine smiles at Richard from the mirror. Richard watches Francine as he leans against the wall, hands in his pockets and a smile on his face.
Francine: (smiles) Hey.
Richard: (smiles) Hey.
Francine: So, which one do you like? This?
Francine puts up an outfit to her body.
Francine: Or this?
She puts up a different outfit to her body.
Richard: They both look good.
Francine: No, pick one.
Richard: I can't. They're both pretty on you.
Francine: (smiles shyly) I can't decide which to wear. Ugh, I'll just finish my make-up first then.
Richard walks to his bed and rests on it while watching Francine finishing her hair and make-up. Richard smiles watching Francine debate to herself which outfit to wear. He notices it's getting a bit late, but he doesn't mind. He'd rather spend his time alone with Francine than to spend it with others. Francine can see Richard looking at her through the mirror, and she gets shy again seeing the look on his face. She turns around to look at him, holding her two outfits in each hand.
Francine: Can't you just pick one for me?
Richard: Babe, you'll look good in anything.
Francine: (chortles) Babe?
Richard smiles and Francine sighs.
Francine: Fine, I'll go with this one. (looks back at Richard) Turn around.
Richard: Turn around?
Francine: Yeah, don't watch me dress.
Richard: You serious?
Francine: (giggles) Yes. Look away.
Richard rolls to his side so that he doesn't watch Francine changing. She looks at Richard while she's changing into her outfit, and she feels an urge to leap on top of Richard and kiss him. Francine suddenly gets this uncontrollable urge to get on top of Richard and make love to him. All they've done so far was kiss and foreplay, but Francine desperately wants Richard to be inside her.
Francine: Okay, you can turn around now.
Richard rolls onto his back and looks at Francine. He smirks seeing her in her nice outfit. Francine twirls once prettily, and it grabs Richard's heart.
Francine: You like?
Richard: I like.
Francine is sitting beside the bed watching Mina sleeping. Mina coughs in her sleep and wheezes terribly. Francine hears footsteps behind her, and she turns back to see Faron and Nayru trotting into the room. Faron whimpers and Nayru sits by Francine's side. Faron lies down on the bed right next to Mina. Francine pets Nayru.
Francine: Nayru, go help Daryl with the supply run. Make sure they bring back the medicine, okay?
Nayru whimpers lightly and trots out of the room. Faron just lies next to Mina. Mina coughs so violently she wakes herself up. She groans in pain, and she starts to cry helplessly.
Francine: Hey, hey Mina. I'm right here.
Mina: (crying) It hurts, Franny.
Francine: What hurts? Where does it hurt?
Mina: Everywhere. Everywhere hurts.
Francine: Sweetheart, Daryl and the others are going to get medicine right now. They'll come back and make you feel better, okay?
Francine hears the front metal door open, and she steps out of her room to see Glenn, Sasha, and Lizzie walk into the cell block with Carol wearing a bandana over her mouth.
Francine: What's going on?
Glenn, Sasha, and Lizzie are all starting to show symptoms of the flu as they all look terribly pale and are coughing.
Francine: You're all sick too?
Glenn: (weakly) How's Mina?
Francine: Not good. Did Daryl leave yet?
Glenn: When Tyreese and Richard are done burying Karen and David.
Francine: W-What? What do you mean burying Karen and David?
Glenn: You...don't know?
Francine: What happened? They died from the virus?
Glenn: No. No, they were killed. Their bodies were burned.
Francine: (shocked) What?
Glenn: Someone came in last night and killed them.
Francine: W-Why?
Glenn: I don't know.
Francine watches Glenn walking off to get some rest. Francine wobbles back into Mina's room, and she sees Mina sleeping with Faron by her side. She sits down next to Mina and wonders why the killer left Mina and Francine alone...Richard helps Tyreese bury Karen and David into the ground. They both look at the burned bodies in the hole.
Richard: Wanna say a few words?
Tyreese: No.
Tyreese just stares at the graves, and after a few moments he walks off to Daryl, Michionne, and Bob. Rick walks up to Richard as they both watch the 4 preparing the car for the run.
Richard: D'you find anything yet?
Rick: I haven't started. There was a problem with the water supply.
Richard: How are you gonna start investigating?
Rick: Start with the people close to Karen.
Before Tyreese heads off with Daryl, Michionne, and Bob for the supplies, Richard and Rick walk up to Tyreese.
Rick: Tyreese, I know today's been a difficult day for you, but I have to ask you something about Karen. Did you notice anyone she didn't get along with?
Tyreese: No, no she's a sweet girl. Never had a problem with anyone.
Richard: Not even a little argument with anyone? Even about the most insignificant thing?
Tyreese: (stern) She got along with everyone just fine. She didn't have any enemies, if that's what you're asking. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go get that medicine.
Rick and Richard watch Daryl drive off with Michionne, Bob, and Tyreese. They then head to the Tombs with Eldin trotting by Richard's side, and they follow the blood trails with their flashlights. There's a bloody hand print on the back door leading out of the prison, and Richard puts his hand up to compare the hand print to his own hand.
Richard: It's a lot smaller than my hand. You think it could've been a woman's hand?
Rick: Yeah, I do. C'mon, let's get out of here.
Richard: Yeah. Place gives me the creeps.
Richard and Rick walk back out into the sunlight.
Rick: That was pretty good work back there.
Richard: It's all just details, something a director needs to be good at.
Rick: (nods) I'm gonna go finish fixing the water problem. Why don't you go see how Francine and Mina are doing? You had a long day, kid.
Richard: Yeah.
Rick walks off while Richard walks back into the prison. He looks through the mirror into the darkness of the Tombs of Cell Block A. He knocks on the window, and Eldin howls. Francine walks out of the room, and Richard smiles seeing that she looks just fine. She walks to the window and places her hand on it wanting to touch Richard. She's relieved to finally see Richard after voluntarily walking into the Tombs to be with Mina.
Francine: (smiles) Hey.
Richard: Hey. How are you feeling?
Francine: I'm fine. Mina's not doing so well.
Richard: Do you think she'll make it?
Francine: (face darkens) I don't know. I hope so. How are you?
Richard: I'm fine. I'm helping Rick find out who killed Karen and David. I'm just glad whoever did it didn't hurt you and Mina.
Francine: I've been thinking about that. It doesn't make any sense. Why would this person kill Karen and David but not me and Mina?
Richard: I don't know. You should make sure Faron and Nayru are with you tonight just to be safe.
Francine: I sent Nayru to go with Daryl for the medicine. You know, hopefully she'll kinda be like Balto, right?
Richard: (smiles) Yeah. Real symbolic, babe.
Francine: (chuckles lightly) I miss you, babe.
Richard: I miss you too. I'm sorry I didn't come by earlier. I was helping Tyreese dig Karen and David's graves.
Francine: It's okay. You should go and help Rick find out who killed them. We can't let that person continue living with us.
Richard: (nods) Right. I'll come back to see you again soon. I love you, Francine.
Francine: I love you too.
Richard walks off but can't find Rick anywhere. He knows Rick is working on the water supply, so Richard decides to just train with the sword as Eldin trots to his side to watch him...
Richard and Francine arrive at a bar that reminds Francine of Cheers. Richard and Francine walk into the bar hand-in-hand, and he spots his friends immediately.
Friends: Richard!
Richard puts his hand up and walks over with Francine, still holding hands. Richard introduces Francine to the people she never met yet: Tessa and Jen. Richard and Francine take a seat with his friends.
Richard: Where's Robin?
Trevor: He said he was too tired to come out tonight.
Jared: Yeah, he was a real dick about it too. Acts like he's such a big hot-shot now.
Tessa: Hey, you two need to catch up to our level. Hurry up and drink.
Tessa pours Richard and Francine a shot of vodka, and they take it. They take a few shots together and the guys plus Tessa make Francine feel comfortable. But Francine can see Jen eying her at times.
Richard: I'm gonna head to the bathroom.
Richard excuses himself and walks off. Jen excuses herself too, and Francine watches Jen following Richard from behind towards the bathrooms.
Francine: So did Jen and Richard have something before?
Lance: He didn't tell you?
Francine: No. So he did?
Lance: Yeah. It didn't last long. They were together like, what, a week? Maybe less?
Francine: A week?
Trevor: Jen was really into Richard, so she kept making moves on him. Richard just gave it a try to see how it would play out, but he wasn't really into it.
Francine: Huh...she liked him a lot, huh?
Jared: Dude, Jen was ALL over Richard. She wouldn't go to parties unless he was there, and she would try to grab a drink with him every time after work. She REALLY liked Richard, man. It was pretty crazy.
Tessa: She was really upset when Richard just wanted to be friends with her. But I mean, no one blames her. He was totally leading her on.
Trevor: God, shut up about that, Tessa. Richard just wanted to see how it would be with Jen, but she was obsessed with the guy and it creeped him out.
Tessa: He shouldn't have tried anything with her in the first place then. He led her on to think they were actually gonna work out.
Jared: It's not like Richard knew they weren't going to work. He knew Jen liked him, so he just wanted to give it a try. It didn't work out, and Jen should've moved on.
Tessa: Oh yeah, so it's totally Jen's fault-
Francine ignores what Richard's friends are arguing about as she keeps her eyes on Jen talking to Richard near the bathrooms.
Jen: Hey Richard.
Richard turns around and sees Jen walking towards him.
Richard: Hey.
Jen: She's real pretty.
Richard: Yeah. You know, you didn't have to come out tonight if it's making you uncomfortable.
Jen: No, I wanted to see who she was. Just curious, you know?
Richard: Yeah. Well uh, I gotta use the bathroom so I'll see you there.
Jen watches Richard walk into the mens' bathroom, and she walks off into the womens' bathroom.
Rick sees Richard training by himself with a sword as Eldin is resting on the grass under the warm sun. Richard notices Rick so he stops training. Richard runs to Rick sweating from the meditation and training.
Richard: Hey man, I was looking everywhere for you.
Rick: It was Carol. She killed Karen and David.
Richard: How do you know?
Rick: She told me.
Richard: She just...told you?
Rick: I had a hunch it was her. So I asked her, and she confessed.
Richard: Wow. Great police-work man...so what are you gonna do about it?
Rick: She can't continue to live here with us. I can't risk that for Carl. Mina and Francine, they were lucky.
Richard: Do you know why Carol didn't kill them?
Rick: I didn't ask, she didn't tell.
Richard: (sighs) So...you're gonna send her away?
Rick: Yes.
Richard: When?
Rick: Today. By tonight. Maybe now...I'll be right back. Take care of the prison while I'm gone.
Richard: You got it, man.
Richard watches Rick walk away, and Eldin trots to his side looking at Rick too.
Richard: (sighs) Man, this is bat-shit crazy, Eldin.
Mina wakes up coughing, and she needs to go get a glass of water. She quietly gets out of bed, and Faron stirs awake. He trots by Mina's side, and Mina walks out of the room. Mina rubs her eyes as her vision is blurrier than normal. As she's walking and rubbing her eyes, she pauses when she hears an odd noise resonating in the cell block. It sounds like a snarl of a walker. Mina walks towards the source of the sound with Faron by her side, and she peeks into a room seeing the turned figure of a man named Caleb walking towards Glenn on the floor. She can see a pool of blood around Glenn's head as he coughed on his own blood and passed out. Mina knows the walker is going to eat Glenn, and she doesn't want her friend to turn into a walker.
Mina: (weakly) Hey. Hey you.
The walker stops going for Glenn and turns around to look at Mina standing there in the doorway.
Mina: Come and get me.
The walker walks towards Mina, and she takes a step back to let Faron kill off the walker with ease.
Richard and Francine arrive back at his apartment, both very drunk. They plop onto Richard's bed together, and Richard closes his eyes. But Francine can't stop thinking about what he and Jen had.
Francine: Richard...why didn't you tell me about Jen?
Richard looks at Francine and doesn't respond.
Richard: (looks away) I don't know...I just thought it wouldn't really matter.
Francine: Why?
Richard: Cus I never even liked Jen like that. And it was so short. She and I were together for only a few days. (looks at Francine) Are you upset I didn't tell you?
Francine: A little.
Richard: I'm sorry, Francine.
Francine: Jen still likes you, doesn't she?
Richard: Yeah.
Francine: But she knows not to mess with you. Or I'll mess her up.
Richard laughs and holds Francine close to him. He looks into her eyes.
Richard: I always knew Jen and I wouldn't work out. She's not the kind of girl I've wanted. You are.
Francine chortles and kisses Richard on the lips. Richard snuggles with Francine.
Richard: (closes his eyes) You make me real happy, Francine.
Richard is lying in bed trying to fall asleep, but all he can think about is Francine. He saw her before he went to sleep, and she seemed completely fine. But he was worried that it was going to be only a matter of time when she gets sick. While Richard is thinking about Francine, Eldin perks his ears up. Eldin then howls, and Richard grabs the sword wary of what's going on. Eldin runs out of the prison howling, and Richard follows. Richard quickly skids to a halt.
Richard: Holy shit.
The outer fence gave way and a hoard of walkers are walking into the prison courtyard.
Richard: Eldin, go and wake everyone up now!
Eldin runs back into the prison and howls loudly so that everyone wakes up. Rick quickly gets out of bed with his gun and looks at the wolf howling at him to get out of bed.
Carl: I think he wants us to follow him, dad.
Rick and Carl run out of the prison and they see the hoard of walkers walking towards the prison through the fallen fence. Richard is away from the walkers, knowing there's no way he can take care of all those walkers by himself unless he wants to get bit. Rick and Carl start shooting down the walkers with their guns as Maggie comes running out with an assault rifle. She helps Rick and Carl take down the walkers, but there's too many of them. Richard hears a howl from a distance, and Eldin howls again. Richard looks through the thick forest and he sees Nayru running back. He then sees the car with Daryl, Michionne, Bob, and Tyreese come back.
Richard: They're back!
Beth runs with Richard to help open the gates for the car to get in. Daryl speeds into the prison and quickly parks it so that everyone can get out to help their friends in the prison. Daryl and Michionne run to help get rid of the walkers while Bob and Tyreese, with Nayru by their side, run to Cell Block A with the medical supplies. With the help of Daryl and Michionne, the walkers are all gotten rid of within the prison. Everyone retreats behind the second fence (they're guarded by 3 fences with 1 down).
Richard: (breathless from the fight) Dude, great timing, man.
Daryl: Everyone okay?
Richard, Rick, Carl, Maggie, and Beth look at one another. No one is bit or scathed.
Richard: You guys found all the supplies?
Daryl: (nods) All of it...
Mina hears the front metal door open, and she runs out. She can't make out who the person is because of her blurry vision.
Mina: Help!
Tyreese runs to Mina and sees Faron sitting next to Glenn on the floor as if watching over him by command.
Tyreese: Over here, Bob!
Bob runs into Glenn's room with Mina and Tyreese. Bob gets the medicine ready while Tyreese rolls Mina's sleeve up.
Mina: Glenn needs help.
Tyreese: I know, but you'll get the shot first, baby girl.
Mina: No, Glenn needs it first.
Bob and Tyreese share a look. Bob helps Glenn first as Mina hugs Tyreese, hoping Glenn is okay. Mina sees Nayru entering and she smiles.
Mina: Nayru.
Nayru trots to Mina's side and rests her head on Mina's lap as Mina pets Nayru lovingly.
Tyreese: You don't know how much this wolf helped us.
Mina: Nayru is smart. She's smarter than Faron and Eldin.
The metal door creaks open as Richard walks in. He runs into Francine and Mina's room, and he only sees Francine sleeping. He kneels down to her side and shakes her gently.
Richard: Francine, Francine wake up.
Francine stirs awake and she gasps seeing Richard there. She bolts up staring at Richard.
Francine: Wha...
Richard: They brought back the medicine.
Francine: Mina...where is she?
Richard: I don't know.
Richard helps Francine onto her feet, and they see Nayru out in the hallway. Nayru runs to Francine and circles around her happily. Francine smiles seeing Nayru back, and Nayru runs into Glenn's room. Francine and Richard follow, and there they see Glenn lying on his bed while Bob is giving Mina a shot.
Bob: (takes syringe out of Mina's arm) There you go. Wow, you're a brave little girl, aren't you?
Mina: (smiles) I'm very brave!
Bob: (laughs) Yes you are.
Francine smiles knowing that Mina is going to be just fine now.
Francine: Mina.
Mina looks up and sees Francine's figure.
Mina: Franny!
Francine falls on her knees as Mina runs to her. They embrace each other, and Francine holds in her tears. Francine stands up still hugging Mina, and Richard hugs Francine and Mina with his arm. The 3 embrace each other as a family while Bob and Tyreese go to take care of the others who are sick. Eldin, Faron, and Nayru all head-butt one another, happy to see each other and happy that Richard, Mina, and Francine are okay.