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Episode 515 "Channel 5" Spoiler Summary

This episode is filmed almost entirely using the "found footage"/documentary style of filming that we saw in 509.

The episode starts with a propaganda video created by Ginny sharing interviews with all the people she has helped. The only thing is, she has left out all the parts about how they forcibly took over Tank Town and how easily she kills people that she finds non-essential. At the end of the video Ginny comes on with her pitch about how she and her group are trying to build a better tomorrow, and if anyone needs help, just pick up a walkie and call them on channel 5. The camera pans out, and we see Morgan, Al, and Tom watching the video. Al is so infuriated by what she just saw that she take the tv and throws it onto the floor where it smashes into pieces.

Al is making a new documentary. They start off talking about why they do things the way they do. They are making this second video in an attempt to show everything that they do, both the good and the rough parts of their daily lives. They only have the one tanker of gas left, and that supply is dwindling. Grace is very sick. She is dehydrated and unable to keep food down. They don't know for sure if it is cancer or radiation sickness or something else. But they are doing everything to keep her comfortable and provide whatever medical care they can for her.

Tom is reunited with his sister Janis on tape. We find out that Janis is the woman that Wes helped rescue at the way station. Tom is now involved in filming because he believes so strongly in the group's mission. June is taking the lead in trying to find the group a new home.

Alicia is still painting trees but has a difficult time explaining why she is painting trees and how it helps her.

June is leading the group in searching for a new home. However, all the scouts are reporting back that any potential locations have been burned to the ground.

Wes is now a part of the group and during his interview on tape he says he thought what this group was doing was bullshit, but now he believes in this bullshit.

Grace and Daniel are trying to teach Charlie how to play guitar. Charlie is also one of the voices we hear behind the camera during the filming of the interviews.

Strand is becoming increasingly jaded. They are running perilously low on fuel and they struggling to find a new home. There just doesn't appear to be any viable locations anywhere.

A walker crashes through the perimeter of the camp site and they discover it is wearing a badge from Humbug Gulch. Apparently there are more than one of these attractions and John says they must be close to the original Humbug Gulch. Based on John's description of the place, the group decides they are going to make a last big push with their remaining fuel to reach that location.

Just then Grace falls unconscious and the group makes the decision to detour the convoy and head towards a retirement home that might have medical supplies they need for Grace. It is a risky move considering how low they are on fuel.

They make it to the retirement home and find what they need to help Grace. They get back on the road and to make up time/distance, they use a shortcut that Sarah found on the map. The only problem is a bridge they have to cross. Only a few of the cars make it across the bridge before it starts to come apart. The tanker and most of the convoy is on the "wrong" side of the bridge. They decide to move everyone across on foot and use a bucket brigade to to transfer fuel from the tanker to the few cars and the MRAP that are on the other side. The bridge is continue to come undone. Support wires are snapping and whipping through the air. And then Ginny shows up in a jeep. She has a faceoff with Morgan and his crew about the goals and methods. This culminates with Ginny offering to take in anyone who would want to join her. Morgan encourages this, yet no one wants to leave Morgan's group to join Ginny's. This angers Ginny so much, she has her crew fire their guns into the air in order to attract a nearby herd of walkers.

Now the group has to deal with a rapidly deteriorating bridge, and a herd of walkers. They manage to get everyone across, except Tom. Tom is so committed to "getting the story" that he is the last one on the bridge after everyone else has escaped. Everyone is screaming for Tom to run the last little bit across the bridge, but he is completely oblivious as he is consumed with the filming. The bridge collapses underneath of him and he dies.

The convoy continues their trip on foot and eventually make it to Humbug Gulch, only to discover the fencing that John thought would be an asset for their protection is actually containing a large herd of walkers. The group is completely despondent. Al stops filming because this isn't the way it was supposed to end. Strand tells them all that they are not without options. Everyone knows he means that they can call Ginny. Morgan hesitates but he sees no other way out for their group. They are out of food and water and in the middle of nowhere. So he picks up a walkie and calls out for Ginny to come help them.





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