- Hal takes the lead fighting an unexpected threat against the children of the 2nd Mass.
- Pope succeeds to flee from the camp and Mike finds backpacks and clothing hidden in the barn. Terry invites him to join his team in the camp, but he warns Hal to wake the children and run back to the 2nd Mass. They are hunted down by Terry and his men, but Mike stays behind protecting their escape. Hal and the children stop to rest with the children in a house and Ben offers to run to the 2nd Mass to inform their situation. Terry and his men find the place where Hal is hidden with the children, but they are surprised by Tom and Pope. Tom surrenders to them to protect Hal and the children and they head back to the camp, but something happens.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The kids play a soccer game at the ranch. Jimmy sees Ben is wide open but won't pass to him. A girl named Tessa chats up Hal and Lourdes intervenes.
Lt. Clayton leaves to lead the adult military escort back to the rendezvous point. Hal assures Ben that they'll see their dad when the 2nd Mass meets up with the 3rd in about two days.
Tessa's dad calls her over and reminds her that she knows why the kids are there. He tells her not to like him (Hal) too much.
Back at the 2nd Mass high school HQ, Weaver hopes that Sarah doesn't go into labor until after they move out even though she's overdue. Maggie assures Weaver that Sarah will keep up.
At the ranch, Hal makes food from the garden. Clayton tells Mike he saw his friends on their way. He brought back apples. He tells them he didn't see any skitters nearby.
Lt. Clayton and Tessa's dad make up an excuse to go to the barn and check on Pope. Clayton thanks Pope again for the intel. He explains that he knew Weaver wouldn't question orders if he thought they came from Porter. Pope questions Clayton's decision to trust the skitters.
They caught Pope breaking into their supply shed, where he killed Tessa's uncle to get in. Clayton leaves Tessa's dad alone with Pope. He takes out knife and Pope shows him he's broken free of his restraints. They fight and Pope gets the knife and the upper hand. He thinks about stabbing him, but leaves him unconscious instead.
Pope makes his way free with a rifle. He finds the 2nd Mass military men Clayton "escorted" home lying dead in a field.
Back at the high school HQ, Dai and Tom prep the motorbikes. Tom wants to go on patrol. He's anxious that the escort isn't back yet. Tom wants to do the half day walk to check on the kids. Weaver lets him and Dai go check, but orders them to come back.
Tessa's dad is back up on his feet and Clayton tells him not to worry about Pope. They plan to pretend like everything's normal until the next exchange tomorrow.
Clayton notices Rick's not eating. He remembers how he was sick all the time before the skitters took him. He looks at Ben and asks him how he can eat "their" food.
Lourdes notices a backpack in the other room -- it belongs to Eli, the kid whose parents tried to steal medical supplies and who Clayton turned over to the skitters.
Hal and Tessa check out the night sky. He's nervous there aren't even patrols. He says it's the first time he's been apart from his dad since the attack.
Lourdes interrupts. She shows Hal and Mike the backpack. Hal notices where the sentries are posted and says it looks more like they're watching the ranch than for signs of attack. Mike says he's known Clayton for a long time and thinks there's nothing to it.
Later that night, Mike goes to check out the locked up barn. He breaks inside and sees where they were holding Pope. He finds other backpacks and kids things, including Eli Russell's jacket. He turns around to find Clayton holding a gun on him.
Clayton tells him Eli was there.
Then he tells Mike about the 7th Mass getting wiped out by skitters. They retreated and lost track of a girl named Megan. The skitters stopped attacking for a week and they realized they only wanted the kids. Megan came and talked to them later, harnessed and speaking for a skitter.
Clayton tells him they're trading kids for immunity for his men and their families.
Mike realizes the story about the 3rd Mass was all a ruse. Clayton asks him to make a choice and think about Rick.
Anne wheels Sarah on a gurney. She's in labor. The dad was a sperm donor. Maggie holds her hand.
Mike tells Hal what Rick was like before he was taken. He says he hated when Rick was taken, but he hates what they did to him even more. He grabs his gun and tells Hal about Clayton's deal. They get everyone up and start to leave, but run into Tessa. Hal asks her if she knew. She says she was going to talk to her dad to make an exception for him. She calls for her dad.
Mike and the kids run off into the woods around the ranch, with Clayton and the men behind. Clayton shouts that they need the little ones alive. They trade gunfire. Mike hunkers behind a truck with Rick and calls for Hal. He asks him to promise to take care of Rick.
Mike tells his son he loves him and tells him to run. Rick is stone faced and unemotional, but leaves. Mike stays behind to hold them off, but doesn't notice when Clayton sneaks up behind him.
The kids are running through the woods as a shot rings out.
Tom comes back from patrol, reporting to Weaver that Clayton's map is wrong. The escorts still aren't back. Tom is questioning Clayton's "orders". He goes back out to search.
Hal and Lourdes lead nine kids through the woods. They stop at a house to rest. Lourdes plays the piano. Ben looks at Rick's harness implants and feels his own.
He goes to talk to Hal, offering to go on ahead because he has better endurance than everyone else. Jimmy questions whether Ben will go to the school. Hal OKs the plan.
Ben runs to the school. He stops at a stream to get water and hears voices. He sees Clayton and his men on patrol.
Sarah's still in labor but Anne determines that the baby is breech. Weaver comes to check. He hears the baby is breech and offers that one of his daughters was as well and was born at home. He turned her around from the outside. He offers to help.
Tom and Dai stop on the road and see Ben. He tells them Clayton's coming and he thinks Mike's dead.
At the house with the kids, Rick stands and stares out a window. He says he's waiting.
They hear voices outside. It's Clayton and his men, heavily armed. They shout at the kids to come out. Hal shouts that he knows about his deal and opens fire. Clayton tells his man to take out Hal, but before he can fire, the man is hit. Pope is shooting from behind a tree.
"How's that skitter deal working now?" he shouts. They trade fire and Pope gets hit in the leg.
Pope looks up to see Tom opposite him. Pope catches him up on the situation. Tom says they can't get into a firefight because they'll lose. He takes Pope's magazine and tosses it and shouts that Pope is dead.
Tom comes out with his arms raised, saying he knows Clayton lied because he talked to Porter. He surrenders, shouting for Hal to come out. Hal listens, but asks his dad what he's done. Tom tells him he would have ended up dead. "First rule of combat is survive," Tom says.
Clayton marches the kids and Tom back to the ranch. Clayton orders the kids in the stable. When Matt protests, one of Clayton's guys turns on him with a gun and a shot rings out.
We see Weaver just fired. Another of Clayton's men turns his gun and Weaver takes him out too. He asks who's next. Weaver is there with dozens of men. Clayton drops his automatic weapon and asks if Weaver's going to shoot him.
"Only if I have to," Weaver says.
Clayton takes a few steps and asks Tom what comes next. Then he suddenly reaches for a gun he had tucked in his shirt and wheels on Tom. Tom shoots him dead.
Hal asks his dad if he knew they'd be waiting. Tom hoped so. Ben runs out. Tom sent him to Weaver.
Jimmy thanks Ben.
Weaver tells the traitors they can stay or go but if he finds them dealing with the skitters, he'll kill them all.
Back at high school HQ, Pope is surly to be on a bed next to the crying baby. Tom points out he could have kept running. Pope acknowledges that he probably will if given the chance. There's a spot in the kitchen for him until then.
Hal leads a service for Mike, saying he chose to fight for his friends. Maggie takes his hand. Tom tells his friend to rest easy. "We'll take it from here," he says.
Weaver says Clayton told his skitter friends he'd secure their kids, so they should have a couple of days.
Rick says he doesn't understand how people can kill each other. "We would never kill one of our own," he says to Ben. "You should understand that."
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