The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Iris Bennett breaks into CRM compound to rescue father and sister

Iris Bennett broke into the Civic Republic Military compound to rescue her sister and father on Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead: World Beyond on AMC. 

Before Iris [Aliyah Royale] could stage her family’s rescue, she went with Felix Carlucci [Nico Tortorella], Will Campbell [Jelani Alladin], Elton Ortiz [Nicolas Cantu] and Percy [Ted Sutherland] on another mission to find Silas Plaskett [Hal Cumpston], who was stationed at the nearby zombie culling outpost.

When they arrived, they heard the music blaring from the outpost to lure in the zombies. Felix told them that it wouldn’t be long before the music filled the whole area with the dead. As more zombies approached Will told them that they needed an exit strategy. Will and Felix decided to stay back to fight off the dead while the others went to the outpost.

‘Stay low, keep to the shadows,’ Felix instructed them.

‘And watch for spotters, we will,’ said Iris.

When they neared the outpost’s perimeter, they spotted Silas examining the broken chain link fence with some of the others. When he was alone, Iris, Elton and Percy ran to him.

‘What are you doing here?,’ Silas asked them.

Teenage hero: The teenager put together a team to rescue her sister Hope and scientist father Leo Bennett from the Civic Republic Military compound

Elton ran up and hugged him, while Percy said, ‘Good to see you big guy.’

Silas then brought them inside the compound where they told him that everyone in Omaha was dead. Percy told him that Huck was really CRM Staff Sergeant Mallick ‘Huck’ [Annet Mahendru] and not on their side. 

They explained to Silas that they needed his help to get Dr. Leo Bennett [ Joe Holt] and Hope [Alexa Mansour] out of the CRM compound. 

Together again: When they neared the outpost’s perimeter, they spotted Silas Plaskett examining the broken chain link fence with some of the others

Silas hesitated and told them that the people at the outpost facility actually treated him okay and that maybe Leo and Hope were also being treated okay.

‘Silas, an entire city is gone,’ said Iris. ‘If we are right about this, what they did was genocide.’

‘If, you are right,’ said Silas.

Iris said she didn’t have proof but that she knew they were guilty. Elton told Silas that they already had a way into the CRM compound and that Will knew a way out. They told Silas that they needed him to take Dennis’ key card, borrow one of his trucks and then at exactly 2pm the next day to use the key card to open a back door at the CRM allowing them to escape.

Escape plans: They told Silas that they needed him to take Dennis’ key card, borrow one of his trucks and then at exactly 2pm the next day to use the key card to open a back door at the CRM allowing them to escape

Once she had her family with her, Iris said that they would all head straight for Portland to warn them about what the CRM did.

‘You’re the only chance we have,’ said Iris.

Silas said Dennis [Max Osinski] was just starting to trust him. He suggested instead that they loop in Dennis on their plan and believed that he would actually help them. Percy said that Dennis was the enemy.

Trust gained: Silas said Dennis [Max Osinski] was just starting to trust him

‘If you tell him any of this, we’re dead,’ said Percy. ‘They’re liars. They are the reason the only family we have is dead.’

Iris asked Silas if he was in, but Silas just walked away.

Iris went to talk to Silas alone . She told him they had to get Hope and her father out and begged him to help them. He changed his mind and told her that he would. Iris hugged him and thanked him. She then handed him a drawing she made of all four of them carrying weapons.

Over at the CRM, Huck went to a library to conduct research. She was reading a newspaper that had the headline ‘CRM Requests Emergency Delay of Civilian Oversight’ when Dennis walked in and brought her a cup of coffee. Huck thanked him for trusting her in lending her his truck and key card and Dennis reminded her that they were still married. She told him everything was different now.

Torn loyalties: Over at the CRM, Huck went to a library to conduct research

At the same time, Hope, who was in her father’s apartment at the CRM, thought she was being woken up in her room by Leo. He told her that there was a team going out to look for Iris and that he was going to go with him.

‘No, you can’t,’ Hope said. Then a soldier shot Leo from behind.

Hope then actually woke up and it turned out that she only dreamt that the CRM shot her father. Shaken, Hope went to see her father and was surprised to see her biology teacher Dr. Ellis [Allan Edwards] from school in her father’s lab. 

Biology teacher: Hope went to see her father and was surprised to see her biology teacher Dr. Ellis [Allan Edwards] from school in her father’s lab

Dr. Ellis told her that he had applied her yeast theory that she had mentioned in class to her father’s fungal decay theory. He told her he had also identified three strains of yeast that could accelerate deterioration of the dead that could neutralize the dead as a threat.

‘It’s early, but this could be big,’ Leo said.

Hope pulled her father aside and revealed that she saw Iris the other night. Leo was stunned. She told him that Huck took her to the nearby Perimeter compound and that Will and the others were there, too.

Potential breakthrough: ‘It’s early, but this could be big,’ Leo said

Secret mission: Hope pulled her father aside and revealed that she saw Iris the other night

‘There’s a lot that I haven’t told you,’ Hope said.

Back at the Perimeter compound, Iris shared with the others her plan for getting into the CRM to rescue Hope and Leo. She told them that she would turn herself in along with Felix. 

Asha [Madelyn Kientz] suggested that it would look less suspicious if her mother, Indira [Anna Khaja], the leader of the Perimeter, turned them in instead. Indira agreed but also told them escaping from the CRM would be dangerous. 

Strategy session: Back at the Perimeter compound, Iris shared with the others her plan for getting into the CRM to rescue Hope and Leo

Will said that after they got out they would lie low for a while and then head west. Will and Felix kissed goodbye. Felix told him that this wasn’t goodbye. 

Iris also kissed Percy goodbye. Indira loaded Iris and Felix into a covered wagon and drove them to the checkpoint to turn them in.

Percy and Elton, who both stayed behind, sat around a fire and talked. Percy asked him about Asha. Elton said it was messy. Percy then decided he couldn’t let Iris go without him. He got on horseback and rode to catch up to the wagon. He told Iris he would do whatever he needed to do to get her out safely. 

Staying behind: Percy and Elton, who both stayed behind, sat around a fire and talked

Will told him that they couldn’t risk it but just then a CRM convoy pulled up and they were all apprehended. They were taken to the CRM compound and held in custody while Elizabeth Kublek [Julia Ormond], Civic Republic Military leader, checked out Indira’s story of finding them. Elizabeth also told her soldiers to get Huck.

Huck was at that moment breaking into her mother’s office and rifling through her desk. She opened the room’s safe and found a field log that shocked her. Just when she walked out of the room, a soldier approached and told Huck that her mother was looking for her.

When Huck was brought to the jail’s observation office, Elizabeth had already entered the custody pen to talk directly to Iris and the others. Percy, who was wearing Elton’s signature caramel colored corduroy jacket, fooled Elizabeth into thinking that he was Elton. Iris told Elizabeth that they had been in the holding cell for 10 hours and they were hungry and tired. Elizabeth asked to see Felix’s ankle and saw that it had been freshly bandaged.

Custody pen: When Huck was brought to the jail’s observation office, Elizabeth had already entered the custody pen to talk directly to Iris and the others

‘Are we good?’ asked Iris. ‘I’d really like to see my Dad.’

‘I’m sure you would,’ said Elizabeth.

After Elizabeth returned to the observation room, Huck was there waiting. Elizabeth asked her if she considered Iris, Felix and ‘Elton’ to be a threat. Huck said that they wouldn’t be happy finding out who she was or that she faked Dr. Leo’s messages, but she said things would be put in perspective for them when they realized the have no other home.

Ten hours: Iris told Elizabeth that they had been in the holding cell for 10 hours and they were hungry and tired

Elizabeth said that they needed to keep a close eye on them. Then Elizabeth asked Huck about what she was doing in her office. Huck lied and told her she was only seeing if she was available for lunch.

At that same moment, Leo’s phone rang with the news about Iris and Felix. He ran to see them in custody and hugged them. Leo took Felix, Iris, and Percy back to his apartment where they told him and Hope about their escape plan. Iris told Hope that Silas was coming to help them. Leo said that it was a long walk to Portland.

‘We got here and we will get there,’ said Iris. ‘They need to know what their alliance partner did.’

Sweet reunion: At that same moment, Leo’s phone rang with the news about Iris and Felix

Leo reminded them that if the CRM caught them that they could kill all of them. Iris argued that this was their best and only chance to be a family again on their own terms. Hope agreed. Leo said before he left that he needed to say goodbye to his girlfriend Dr. Lyla Belshaw [Natalie Gold] . He told them that she was the only person outside this room that they could trust.

At the culling outpost, Silas asked Dennis if he could use his box truck to tow zombies to the dump site. Dennis gave him the keys and his pass. He told him to have the truck back by 3 pm and Silas agreed.

Elizabeth then went to Huck’s apartment for lunch. Elizabeth said she was happy that they were doing this. Huck told her she was tired from her undercover work. Elizabeth talked to her about what she was like as a little girl, but Huck told her that she didn’t remember.

Box truck: At the culling outpost, Silas asked Dennis if he could use his box truck to tow zombies to the dump site

‘You were so gentle then, so trusting,’ said Elizabeth. ‘I couldn’t bear the thought of anyone else destroying that in you.’

Elizabeth almost revealed to Huck a secret but then stopped herself.

Back over at the Perimeter, Elton talked to Asha. He told her he appreciated that she had been honest with her which prompted Asha to come clean and revealed to him that it was actually her mother who was sick and the one who needed dialysis. She said if the others knew her mother had a private agreement with the CRM that it would be used against them. She asked Elton not to tell anyone. Asha grabbed Elton’s hand and said goodbye to him and told him it was nice meeting him.

Lunch break: Elizabeth then went to Huck’s apartment for lunch

Meanwhile, Silas drove the truck outside the outpost towards the CRM.

Leo then went to tell Lyla about the plan, but Huck stopped him and told him she needed to talk to him about something of the utmost importance. Huck showed him the papers that she took from her mother’s office and said they were coded CRM transmissions that proved that the military brought in test subjects. 

Huck told him that she didn’t know what was going on except that some of the people killed back home were being used for research by the CRM. She told Leo she wanted his help to find out who was involved so she could stop it.

Human research: Leo then went to tell Lyla about the plan, but Huck stopped him and told him she needed to talk to him about something of the utmost importance

Silas stood outside the CRM door at the appointed time to pick up and rescue Iris, Hope, Felix, Percy and Leo, but instead he was greeted by soldiers who came out and pointed their rifles at him. 

The soldiers told him that if he made one false move that they would shoot.

The Walking Dead: The World Beyond will return next Sunday on AMC.

Weapons drawn: Silas stood outside the CRM door at the appointed time to pick up and rescue Iris, Hope, Felix, Percy and Leo, but instead he was greeted by soldiers who came out and pointed their rifles at him