Where Has Beth Been at 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Season 5, Episode 4 – 'Slabtown'

'The Walking Dead' Recap: Season 5, Episode 4 – 'Slabtown'


Beth Greene is in trouble on "The Walking Dead, " but she's absolutely no damsel in distress.

Sunday night's episode of Season 5, titled "Slabtown, " caught up with Maggie Greene's little sister, for the first time since she had been mysteriously taken in Season 4. Where Beth has been is at a hospital : Grady Memorial, in Atlanta - where everything has a price, and no you can afford freedom.

Beth, In A Hospital Bed: Opening her eyes, Beth discovers she's in some sort of medical facility. It's Dr . Steven Edwards who involves greet her when she screams out. Everything's okay, he tells the girl, before introducing her to the gruff Officer Dawn Lerner. It's Dawn who else explains how Beth got here. Dawn's officers found Beth on the side from the road. "The man I was with, is he here too? " Beth asks, referring to Daryl Dixon. No, she was alone, Dawn explains, additional patting her group's backs by noting that they saved her and Beth owes them.

Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd and Andrew Lincoln on the set of ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 5

It's Dr . Steven who shows Beth around the facility where she's going to work as an orderly/ward/do-whatever-is-needed kind of helper. They treat people here at Grady Memorial, but if patients don't display signs of improvement, they cut their losses and dump the bodies via a shoot. And as for the walkers? Here, they call them rotters.

Beth, Within the Cafeteria: A sleazy officer named Gorman tells Beth she's looking "better and better. " Just like Dawn, he tries to impress upon Beth which they did her a favor saving her, and, "if someone does a favor, it's a courtesy to show some appreciation, " he adds, as this individual preps some food she's retrieving for Dr . Steven. Walking back to the doc's office, Beth passes a young man (Noah), who like her, is being told how to proceed by Officer Dawn.

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Beth & Dr . Steven, In His Office: Sitting in Doctor Steven's office, Beth says she doesn't plan to stay long so the girl didn't take any food from the cafeteria (so she won't owe the actual officers). A seemingly friendly guy, the doc says he won't inform if she tries a bit of his guinea pig.

A badly injured individual interrupts their talk. Dawn needs this man -- Gavin Trevitt -- who fell from his first floor apartment trying to get away from rotters, stored. Dr . Steven doesn't think he's worth saving - he has internal accidents. He may die. So angry about Dr . Steven's prognosis, Dawn slaps Beth across the face. Hard.

"Is she always like that? " Beth asks because Dr . Steven tends to her face a short while later in another room. "Only on her behalf bad days. Unfortunately for us, those are the only kind she has, " Doctor Steven says as the two bond. He leaves so she can change in to clean scrubs Noah left for her as Dawn likes the wards to appear clean. As she picks up the clean top, Beth finds Noah remaining a lollipop in the pocket.

Heading outside of her room after changing, Beth stands next to Dr . Steven as they watch Joan, another female ward, becoming dragged in by the officers. She's been bit by rotters. To save the girl, she's going to have to have her arm removed. She doesn't want any help from (especially Gorman, who abuses her). Dawn doesn't care about anything Joan says, and orders Dr . Steven to get to work, while Beth holds the shouting Joan down.

Beth & Noah, In A Hospital Back Room: After a brief, official introduction between Beth and her fellow orderly, Noah gives her their story. Pulling up his trouser leg, he reveals a large cut. Having been with his dad when Dawn's people found him. "They said they could just save one, " Noah tells her. "For the longest time, I seriously believed them. Now, I get it, " he adds. His dad had been stronger and he could have fought back, Noah says. Noah explains the setup of the hospital too: "Dawn's in charge. But just barely. " Noah doesn't wish to be here and he's hoping to escape when the time is right.

Beth & Police officer Dawn, Beth's Room: "You shouldn't see this as a sentence. I'm providing you with food, clothes, protection, " Officer Dawn explains as she sits along with Beth for a heart-to-heart. "When have those things ever been free? " she provides. Dawn believes one day, things will change and they will all be rescued, and her team will be the ones helping to rebuild.

Beth & Joan, Joan's Room: Hearing Beth's humming makes a weary, recovering Joan happy. "I'm so sorry, " Beth tells her. Feeling an opening, Beth asks the woman what Gorman did on her. "It doesn't matter, " she says. "I guess it's easier to make a cope with the devil if you're not the one paying the price, " she says, hinting at the Gorman situation.

Beth & Gorman, In A Hospital Room: After finishing up cleaning, Beth reaches under the mattress of the bed for the lollipop Noah usually leaves the girl. It's not there. "Lose something? " Gorman says, popping into the room, keeping Beth's sweet. He pops it in his mouth, then, as a show associated with dominance, he takes it out and pushes it toward Beth's mouth. "Leave her alone, " Dr . Steven says, coming in as Gorman harasses Beth. "The girl shudda been mine, " Gorman replies. The two men sq . off, the doc standing up for Beth, reminding Gorman he can't whatever it takes to him because he's the only doctor around. Not forever, Gorman smugly notes.

Beth & Dr . Steven, Hospital Ground Floor: After Beth asks why is this seemingly kind doctor stay, Dr . Steven takes her to the beginning, which has rotters/walkers, kept out by a gate of sorts. On the rooftop, the actual doc tells Beth his story. When things went haywire with the globe, Dawn kept them together and alive. Their method of helping people -- their work for future service -- developed. "As bad as it gets, it can still better than down there, " Dr . Steven tells Beth.

With his tale over, Beth prepares to head back. Dr . Steven tells her to give Clozapine to Mr. Trevitt, the patient he was working on earlier.

Beth, In Mr. Trevitt's Room: After crushing up Clozapine pills and liquefying them, Beth injects them into Mr. Trevitt. Noah comes in just around the time Mr. Trevitt starts to seize. And then, Dawn comes in too. What did they do in order to Mr. Trevitt, she demands to know. Noah takes the blame, suggesting he must possess unplugged Mr. Trevitt as he was cleaning. Gorman is told to take Noah to his office. As soon as Beth and Dr . Steven are alone, this individual asks her if she gave Trevitt "Clonazepam. " "Clozapine. You stated Clozapine, " she says. "No, I didn't, " Dr . Steven lies. Listening to Noah being hurt, Beth tries to get to her friend. "You can't quit it, " Steven says, holding Beth back.

Beth, Cleaning The Hospital: Daybreak comes in for another heart to heart with Beth. She knows Beth is the one who caused Mr. Trevitt to seize. "Every sacrifice we make must be for the greater good. The thing is, you're not the greater good. You're not strong enough, inch Dawn tells Beth, pointing out her old scar from when she attempted to commit suicide (in Season 2). "In here, you're part of a system. The actual wards keep my officers happy, " she adds.

Beth & Noah, In A Room: "It's not as bad as it looks, " Noah says from the bruises all over his face. Dawn needed Trevitt for something, that's why the girl was so upset, Noah explains.

This talk leads to their immediate get away plan. Noah directs Beth to Dawn's office to find the spare key, whilst he distracts the officer. Inside Dawn's office, Beth first finds another thing - Joan. She is dead on the floor. Suicide. Maneuvering around the body quietly, Beth breaks into Dawn's drawer and gets the key, just as Gorman walks within. Beth says she was retrieving something for Dawn in order to cover their self. Gorman knows she's lying and calls her bluff, suggesting they can function something out. As he moves in closer, Beth manages to see which Joan is becoming a walker, so just as he reaches up under the girl shirt, Beth clobbers Gorman over his head with a heavy object. Gorman falls to the floor and walker Joan digs into his neck. Whilst walker Joan is feasting on Gorman, Beth grabs his gun as well as calmly sneaks out.

Seeing Dawn in the hallway, Beth tells her Mary and Gorman are in her office looking for her. As Dawn heads 1 direction, Beth and Noah head in the other.

Beth & Noah, The actual Escape: With Dawn kept occupied by walker Joan and dead Gorman, Beth and Noah reach the elevator shaft without incident. Using bath towels tied together, he lowers her down the shaft. Noah follows, however a walker pops out of one of the sides, causing him to fall all of those other way and into a big pit of rotting bodies. Beth falls in it too.

After composing themselves, the two get up and start walking, but it's such as trying to get through a deadly Halloween house of horrors. Sure shot Beth strikes target after target and gets the two of them safely outside. Noah continues to be severely limping following his beating by Gorman earlier, and his fall down the actual chute, so Beth does her best to take care of the walkers in the backyard. Noah manages to make a break for it and gets through the fence, just as the actual officers come out and take care of the walkers and pin Beth down, handcuffing the girl. Although she is captured, watching Noah get away makes Beth smile.

Beth and Dawn, Inside The Hospital: "Who the hell do you think you are? " Dawn asks Beth. "He attacked me, " Beth says about Gorman. "Just like this individual attacked Joan. " Her confidence back, Beth tells Dawn her concept of the world changing back is a dream. "No one's coming Dawn. … We've gonna die and you let this happen for nothing, " Beth provides. Her words have an effect on Dawn, who looks down, a sad expression on her encounter. Until she snaps. Picking up a broken photo frame, she smacks Beth in the face.

Beth & Dr . Steven, Her Room: "You're healing rapidly. You should be ready to jump back into it in a couple more days, " Doctor Steven tells Beth as he patches her up. The conversation after that takes a turn when Beth asks how Steven knew Mr. Trevitt was obviously a doctor (the man she accidentally killed with the wrong drug). Steven utilized to know him. He was an oncologist. "They would've kicked me out, inch he says, by way of explanation.

After Steven walks out, Beth spots a few scissors on a table. Moments later, she's walking toward the doctor, holding all of them in her hand. But he's busy with a new patient they are wheeling within - a familiar looking woman with short gray hair.

It's Carol.

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