25 - Inadequate Strength

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The episode starts with a muted repeat of Burt falling and of the helicopter taking off from episode 24 followed by Michael's 'I didn't fear death, that was then this is now' speech.
We then hear gun fire in the distance. Victor and Saul are running around at the base of the tower and see the helicopter take off from the next door tower. They see something hit the Tower and it falls towards them. They take cover inside a shop as they try to avoid dust. As they wait insode they hear more crashes. Victor is sure that everyone couldn't have made it out as they saw the other smashed helicopter so know there was only one. He wonders if it is just him and Saul now. Saul is sure his Mum got out, and grabs his gun and runs outside where they can't see much but can hear the chopper leaving. Saul is sure his mum is on board and when Victor asks what they are supposed to do now the chopper is gone, Saul replies with "What do you mean we, I still got stuff to do".
After heading back inside Saul heads out again. They are coughing lots and can't see more than 2 feet. Victor is worried about being out and their ammo supply, and Saul and Victor start to argue as the walk.
Saul accidently leads them back to the hummer because of low visibility. While they haven't seen anybody they hear a zombie call in the distance. Victor wants to leave straight away, but Saul wants to grab the 50 Cal from the hummer first. While Victor goes looking for a car, Saul starts to detach the 50 Cal and realises that the feed is broken. As Victor comes back with a car they hear the grumble of a behemoth nearby. Victor doesn't know what it is, and as they are loading the 50 Cal into the car, the behemoth comes around the corner. As they try to drive away the behemoth grabs the car. Victor manages to get the car free, but because of debris and the dust they can't go fast enough to get away from it chasing them. As Victor keeps driving they hit something that gets blood on the windscreen.
Saul realises that he can feed the 50 Cal with one round at a time. He misses as they are driving but then shoots it and the behemoth falls. Saul doesn’t see any blood from the behemoth but is sure it is down. He also mentions that he nearly lost his Picc line. Victor notes that the rounds for the 50 Cal go through solid concrete so questions that it didn’t go right through the behemoth
Victor asks Saul where they are going and Saul says to just drive. Saul tells Victor that it is not worth going back to the tower because whoever was on the helicopter wouldn’t have seen them through the smoke, so they are gone. They can't use the CBs to contact them as they will be out of range, and Saul doesn’t want to go to Fort Irwin because 1 - he won’t leave and 2 - if the chopper gets there and there is nothing they will move on. Saul finishes by saying "No matter where they go, we can’t follow. We’re on our own."
We switch to the helicopter. Michael is watching them follow a highway that is totally packed with stranded cars below them and knows that there is no way anyone could drive out of LA. Pegs checks the directions and Michael tells her to keep following the 15. Pegs wants to get there before dark and Michael says they should be there within the hour and tells her she is doing great. He goes to the back to see everyone else. Riley still out and seems like Lady is being passed around. Everyone is quiet. Datu asks how far away they ar and Michael tells him they are about 30 minutes out. He asks how Riley is and Tania says she thinks Riley has a concussion. Kelly asks how Pegs is doing, and Michael says she can handle anything you throw at her, when the chopper suddenly starts to leak hydraulic fluid and Pegs says they have to go down. We end with Pegs trying really hard to control the helicopter as it falls and Michael tells Pegs to head for a field he can see.

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The original "air dates" of Chapter 23 were:

• Part 1: Jan 2, 2012
  
• Part 2: Jan 9, 2012
  
• Part 3:
  

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