The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s two-hour season finale ties up a lot of loose ends.
What is the “asset”?
What is Huck’s or is it Jennifer’s real mission?
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And, for that matter, what is Col. Kublek and the CRM really up to?
Who killed Tony and framed Silas?
Episode 9, “The Deepest Cut”
Let’s start with that first question.
The asset is Hope.
At least, that’s who the Civic Republic believes to be the asset.
Huck’s whole mission has been to bring Hope to the CR.
The CR didn’t want to put a lot of resources into this.
Military spending and budget cuts must be tight.
But first, Huck has to separate Hope from the others.
They are tangled in barbed wire, making it difficult to escape.
He doesn’t tell the others the true extent of his injuries.
Gratuitous bedroom make-outs are appreciated.
The group scouts the house for supplies.
The next day, they are out walking and attempting to hop a barricade in the road.
That’s when Felix can no longer hide his injury.
This strikes a bigger rift between the sisters.
Turns out, this is just part of Hope’s plan to keep Felix and Iris safe.
Hope wakes up Huck and tells her they need to leave because Iris just won’t depart without Felix.
It’s revealed Hope had cracked the codes found in that CRM pamphlet by herself earlier on.
Hope had taken Felix’s gun in secret with her to defend against Huck.
While all this is going on, there’s Elton.
He’s barely hanging on to life and losing more blood by the second.
Elton examines the body and finds a bullet wound in Percy’s shoulder.
He bandages the wound and defends Percy from a pack of empties that are approaching.
Elton then finds a walkie in Percy’s jacket and calls out over the radio.
Percy wakes to the sound of Elton talking with Huck and cuts them off.
Huck is the one who shot Percy and killed Tony.
Why do they need Hope?
Will also went out on an expedition with someone named Scotty and they haven’t returned.
Cut to the present and Hope is holding Huck at gunpoint, demanding answers.
They were drawn to the gunshot Hope fired as a warning to Huck.
Once it’s safe to continue talking, Huck confesses Leo was not in danger.
That’s why she killed Tony and tried to kill Percy.
So, she decided to kill two to save five.
Hope still has one lingering question: “Why me?”
Frankly, I’m asking myself the same.
So, Hope is smart.
Iris and Felix, meanwhile, are figuring things out, too.
If they know, they become targets for the CR.
When Iris and Felix find them out, they have a go at play it cool.
They agree to go their separate ways peacefully.
Hope quietly tells Iris that she’s only going with Huck because she knows she’s not the asset.
The real “asset” is both Hope and Iris together.
That’s when we go back to examine some of the flashback scenes more thoroughly.
It turns out it was both girls working on the computer together when they were 6.
Leo just didn’t realize Iris was a part of it.
The next day, Huck brings Hope to the rendezvous point.
A CRM helicopter touches down in an open field and Kublek emerges.
Hope doesn’t fight back though the colonel gathers there’s still some kind of resistance from her.
Those would be Felix, Iris, Silas, and Elton.
So, despite Huck’s efforts, the other four are now targets.
She also mentions the Campus Colony but just says “a lot has happened since you left.”
Silas, too, has also been taken into CRM custody.
Elton and Percy manage to find Silas living alone, barbecuing rabbit he hunted.
They start making their plans but are forced to flee when CRM soldiers start swarming the area.
Elton fears they may have heard his radio call out to Huck and decided to intervene.
The trio give a shot to sneak out later that night, but there are too many soldiers.
Silas instead decides to turn himself in so the other two can get away and save the others.
They turn to see a group of hooded figures, one of which turns out to be Will.
It’s for the best that this show is only two seasons long.
