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This article is about the World Beyond character. For other pages with the same name, see: Elizabeth

I came to see myself as an ancestor to a future world that would be indebted to my sacrifices. So, I did things... I did monstrous things... so that civilization could reign again. So that the others, the humane, could ascend. But what if after all that... it just isn't possible? Hm? What if it never was, Jadis?
―Elizabeth expresses regret to Jadis.[src]

Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Emily Kublek is a main character and an antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond. She was an officer of the Civic Republic Military, and the mother of Jennifer. After the fall of the Civic Republic Research Facility, Kublek is arrested and imprisoned to stand trial for treason by Jadis. She served as the primary antagonist of Season 1, but has also been present as a recurring antagonist of Season 2.

Overview[]

Elizabeth is a powerful figure in the post-apocalyptic world, being part of a large organization, and exudes a high degree of charisma as a result. Elizabeth firmly believes in the Civic Republic's cause, and has gone to great lengths to ensure that its goals are carried out, even considering the high amount of risks involved.

Despite this however, Elizabeth has shown genuine regret and remorse for the brutal actions that she has taken on behalf of the Civic Republic, most notably the complete annihilation of the Campus Colony. Elizabeth justified those measures by stating that the brutality of their actions ensures that those under the Civic Republic's auspices can remain safe, as well as helping ensure humanity's survival, showing that she at least has a skewed moral compass.

Elizabeth cares deeply for her daughter, Jennifer Mallick, who she has placed great trust in as a spy for the Civic Republic within the Campus Colony, as well as ensuring that Hope Bennett survives her journey to the Civic Republic Research Facility.

Although willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of humanity, Elizabeth has shown herself to be less rigid and extreme than many of the other CRM leaders such as Major General Beale and Jadis. Despite initially deciding to eliminate the Endlings, after being convinced that they aren't a threat, Elizabeth agrees to Jennifer's request to allow them to live at the facility, even "Elton" who was of no value to the CRM beyond being one of Hope's friends. She also formed a non-aggression pact with the Perimeter instead of wiping them out and was happy to coexist alongside them, something that Jadis later listed as one of the things that Elizabeth was in trouble for.

Elizabeth has also shown genuine compassion for others, helping Indira get medical treatment with no strings attached out of a genuine concern for her life. Elizabeth admits that her main motivation is to prevent another family from going through what she and Jennifer suffered when Elizabeth's husband died. Indeed, despite the deal putting Indira's life in the hands of the CRM as she becomes reliant on the treatment, Elizabeth kept her word that the deal was a secret between them and not something that she was doing to further the CRM's goals.

While fighting with Jadis, Jennifer states that her mother had lost her way and that she wasn't truly evil. Indeed, following the defeat of the plan to destroy Portland and Jennifer's death, Elizabeth expresses remorse for her actions and wonders if it was all really worth it in the end.

Pre-Apocalypse[]

England, United Kingdom[]

Not much is known about Elizabeth's early life, but she was born and grew up in England.

Albany, New York[]

At some point, Elizabeth moved to the United States to work as an attaché for the UK Ministry of Defence, in Albany, New York. She also married Mr. Mallick and had a daughter with him, Jennifer. Her husband eventually divorced her and left his family.

Post-Apocalypse[]

New York[]

Nothing is known about Elizabeth as the outbreak began. At some point, Elizabeth reunited with her daughter, and eventually became the lieutenant colonel of a large organization known as the Civic Republic Military. Alongside Major General Beale, Elizabeth created Project Votus about two years into the outbreak to study reanimation as it happens, even sacrificing innocent people for the greater good of finding a way of stopping the Wildfire Virus.

Season 1[]

"Brave"[]

A helicopter lands. Soldiers get out and lieutenant colonel Elizabeth Kublek gets out with them. She greets Felix Carlucci. He welcomes her as the head of the security at the Campus Colony of Omaha. Huck simply says her name is Huck, hinting at a story behind it. Elizabeth says that there were some government officials lined up to come but they could only spare one helicopter for the trip. She tells Felix that she is honored to join them for Feast Day as she looks over to see Hope flipping her off, and Felix says she must be tired after her trip from "wherever she's from", suggesting they have no idea where the Civic Republic is based either. A group of empties approaches and Huck and Felix prepare to take them out but Elizabeth has her soldiers do it in one efficient shot. She says they fire disruption charges to distract the empties from the noise. They're good at this, she says smugly. She sees the sign Iris is holding, which now reads "The Civic Republic Us" and Iris explains that the Civic Republic represents everyone including the Portland, Omaha, and the Campus Colony. Elizabeth agrees that they're all in this together.

The next day, Elizabeth is touring the campus grounds, followed by two of her bodyguards. Hope sees her and implores to Iris to leave, but Elizabeth catches up to them. Elizabeth confirms that they are Hope and Iris Bennett, because she knows who they are and thanks them for sacrificing their time away from their father. Elizabeth implores that this first "science exchange" is critical for the Alliance, as well as the future of the planet. She notes that Iris is studying biochemistry and immunology like her father and offers praise for Hope's distillery, but Hope has had enough of the niceties and walks off.

When Hope and Iris are arguing outside, Elizabeth walks up to them and wants to know how the Civic Republic, one of their Alliance partners, is "bad". Iris says they don't tell anyone where they are from and no one can go in or out. Elizabeth reveals that she has a daughter who is a soldier in the CRM, so she rarely gets to see her, but it makes her "brave" knowing that her daughter is trying to help bring the world back to what it was. Elizabeth wants them to trust her, so she reveals that their father is in New York teaching at a CRM research facility. She gives them a coded map that reveals where he is without revealing exactly where the facility is in New York. She also states that she’s been drinking their booze and is tipsy, having been given Hope's alcohol as a "generous" gift from the Campus Colony. She praises them for being their father's daughters for being brave. After she leaves, the girls head to their father's office to drink some of his booze.

On Monument Day, Elizabeth delivers a message for the CRM about solidarity about how they stand with Portland and Omaha, and how Dr. Leo Bennett will help lead a team to bring the world back. She praises his daughters and introduces Iris, who is almost catatonic. Iris starts her speech, but she falters. Hope looks on knowingly. Iris starts talking about her dreams and how Dr. K told her to talk about it. Felix looks on in wonder, Hope doesn't look surprised. Iris' speech focuses on "now" and the "truth" and she says that she doesn't trust CRM. Elizabeth assures her that she will trust her and her father will show that to her, too. Iris says someone told her she was brave (Elizabeth's prior words the night before), so she is going to keep working in the now to show them that they can rebuild the future.

Later at the Campus Colony, the CRM soldiers have massacred the Campus Colony, with soldiers going around putting down empties, and piling up bodies. Elizabeth stabs a blue-painted empty in the head. Barca informs her that her soldiers have searched around the campus, as well as the surrounding areas, and that they can't find "her". Elizabeth says "Good."

"The Tyger and the Lamb"[]

Elizabeth is in her apartment when Barca knocks on her door. She invites him in where he explains that he is having second thoughts and is trouble coping with what they did in Campus Colony, referring to the massacre they carried out. Elizabeth proceeds to turn on every single appliance in her apartment and reminds Barca all of the accomplishments the Civic Republic managed to secure in the post-apocalyptic world. She then orders the upset Barca to sit down at the kitchen table and they proceed to eat soup in silence. When a knock is heard at the door, she instructs him to open it. Two of her bodyguards step into her apartment and take Barca into custody, where Elizabeth informs him that he is being relieved of his military duties and sent to the the CRM Health and Welfare Complex for help before being reinstated in a civilian role. After he is taken away, she returns to her kitchen table and drinks from a glass of wine before breaking down into tears.

"Shadow Puppets"[]

Lyla Belshaw is working in her lab when she receives a call from Elizabeth who asks whether Dr. Bennett or his security detail will be a problem as his daughters continue their journey to the New York State research facility. Lyla confirms that there will be no problem and thanks Elizabeth before hanging up.

"The Sky Is a Graveyard"[]

In a flashback, Elizabeth waits in an abandoned office with Lieutenant Frank Newton. Elizabeth gets a radio message from one of her soldiers that they have eyes on the person that Elizabeth is waiting for and she orders her brought in. Frank complains that the person is late, but she had made it. Elizabeth is pleased that the person had made it "this far at least" while Frank warns her that things will only get harder on this side of the Mississippi River. However, Elizabeth is aware and so is the person that they are waiting for. Frank wonders if there isn't a better way, but Elizabeth is sure that there isn't which they know because this person is the one on the ground "watching and listening and doing the very hard thing of becoming someone else to find out there isn't." Elizabeth reassures Frank that "she" knows how dangerous it is and that they could both die. However, she's out here risking everything because there isn't an easier way.

On Elizabeth's nod, Frank exits the office and Huck is let in. Huck tells Elizabeth that she was only able to get away for about 48 hours and if she isn't back soon, the Endlings will come looking. Huck reassures Elizabeth that "the asset" is safe and Elizabeth asks after Huck's safety. Huck promises that she's fine too and Elizabeth orders her daughter to clean up before they debrief. Elizabeth gives her daughter her husband's watch so that next time she won't be late.

"The Deepest Cut"[]

In a flashback, Elizabeth provides her daughter with a sandwich in the abandoned office, impressing Huck that Elizabeth had remembered not to put lettuce on it. Huck reveals that while things are going good with "the asset", she is not yet ready for integration. Elizabeth warns Huck that the timeline can't and shouldn't drag on and that the longer that she takes, the more Huck is exposed to potential scrutiny, however minor the expenditure it entails. Huck orders her mother to remind anyone that doubts her about what she did to her own face and arm and the days that she had spent on the raft to earn trust in Omaha. Huck insists that she can make it work and that she just needs more time with "the girl."

Huck tells Elizabeth that they have others with them and that it was unavoidable. Elizabeth states that nothing is unavoidable and that getting the asset alone and isolating her from the others is critical which Huck is annoyed by as she already knows this. Elizabeth orders Huck to do whatever it takes to make that happen and warns her that if Huck can't, the CRM will. Huck is surprised by this as Elizabeth had told her that the CRM hadn't wanted to put any more resources into this, but Elizabeth tells her that while the CRM and Elizabeth doesn't, she wants this and Huck to succeed. To this end, Elizabeth had given Hope and Iris the map so as to "keep things on course."

Fed up, Huck promises that they are and turns away from her mother. Elizabeth accepts this and asks her daughter to get a good night's rest and to take her father's watch before she goes. Huck questions this, stating that Mr. Mallick had left them and Elizabeth, getting slightly emotional, tells Huck that he had left the watch for them and it had brought the two women back together safe and sound despite everything. Elizabeth suggests that it might again in the future.

In another flashback, when Will Campbell tells Huck that she will be undergoing a battery of psychological tests, Huck asks if she can't "just blame everything on my mother and be done with it?"

"In This Life"[]

Hope and Huck walk into a field where a CRM helicopter lands with Elizabeth and two soldiers emerging. Hope realizes from Elizabeth's presence and Huck's earlier comment about how mothers can be complicated too that Elizabeth is Huck's mother. Elizabeth greets Hope warmly and has her men take Hope's belongings from her.

Elizabeth privately congratulates Huck, noting that although they will need a bit more work with Hope, she's not fighting it at least. Huck reassures her mother that Hope won't as she knows what's at stake. Elizabeth asks about the loose ends, specifically the CRM truck and the others still out there. Having heard Elton's transmission, Elizabeth wonders what the Endlings know. Huck reassures her mother that the others that are still out there are not a threat, but Elizabeth states that she's taking care of them and the CRM has caught one of them and they'll get the rest. Huck is less than pleased, having wanted to ensure that the rest of her friends get back to the Campus Colony. Elizabeth tells her daughter that she didn't want to step in, but the incident back home before Huck left for Omaha has put her judgment into question, at least in the eyes of others. Elizabeth had to see that Huck bringing the asset to them was an unmitigated success with no loose ends, so she did and she is. Elizabeth states that they'll have to talk about the Campus Colony because a lot's happened since Huck left. Elizabeth leads Hope to the helicopter, stating that she's excited to have Hope at the facility and that the Bennett's are going to accomplish great things together, something that Hope agrees with.

Season 2[]

"Konsekans"[]

Six weeks ago, one day after Monument Day, Elizabeth stands on a hillside with Frank Newton, watching as a massive herd, guided by the CRM approaches Omaha. Frank warns Elizabeth that both the Campus Colony and Portland are concerned about the communications break and that there's talk that the two are sending an envoy to investigate. Having expected this, Elizabeth orders Frank to reach out and clear Major Mullins to offer to collaborate on the investigation. Frank confirms that the lane to the Campus Colony has been cleared and that they will have the herd there within 72 hours once its work is done in Omaha. Frank begins to voice his opinion on Elizabeth's decision not to inform Huck of their plans, but Elizabeth cuts him off, stating that Huck's mission is separate from this and with any luck, Huck has reached a minimum safe distance.

Elizabeth and Frank watch as the CRM detonates C4 placed along the wall protecting Omaha, opening the city up to the herd. Elizabeth hands Frank new orders from Major General Beale, informing him that doing this to Omaha and then the Campus Colony is only just the beginning. A burned and weakened Galbraith crawls up to Elizabeth and Frank and she orders Frank to alert Delta Team that they've found their escapee. On Elizabeth's signal, Frank shoots Galbraith in the head with a silenced pistol, killing him.

In the present, the CRM helicopter carrying Hope, Huck and Elizabeth lands on an overpass in the ruins of Albany, much to Hope's surprise. Hope asks if the research facility is there, but Elizabeth tells Hope that there has been a change of plan. Emerging from the helicopter, both Hope and Huck are confused by this and, putting down an empty, Elizabeth states that this is a lesson or rather a field trip as she knows how much Hope hates school.

Hope demands to know if Elizabeth's promise to take her to her dad was a lie too and Elizabeth confirms that she's not taking Hope to Leo yet. Hope angrily confronts Elizabeth, reminding her that Elizabeth had given them the map and told them that the research facility was located in New York, pushed them towards the facility and lied about it. Cutting herself off and remembering something, Hope recalls Elizabeth telling her that she had gone to the Campus Colony alone and asks about what the other helicopters had been about. Elizabeth tells Hope that they are now ten years into the outbreak and both the continent and, as far as the CRM can tell, the entire world, have herds roaming through it which are now so big that they just break through everything, run through everything, including whole cities. The day after Monument Day, the CRM was on their way to Omaha and they saw a herd so big that they had never seen anything like it before, "it was unimaginable." Elizabeth claims that the herd had run through Omaha and was headed for the Campus Colony and while the CRM was coordinating the rescue effort, a second herd nearly as big merged with the first, forming a herd that must've been over 100,000 total. While the CRM had done everything that they could to save as many lives as they could, it wasn't enough. The CRM airlifted the few survivors out to Portland, but both Omaha and the Campus Colony have been destroyed.

Hope breaks down crying at the news, rejecting the stunned and devastated Huck's attempts to comfort her. Elizabeth offers both Hope and Huck her condolences, but Hope isn't interested. Elizabeth reveals that she brought them to Albany because it was her home when the world ended. Elizabeth had been working in Albany as an attaché for the UK Ministry of Defense when everything fell apart. She had realized then just how quickly the chance for a future can crumble, even when everyone does their best. Elizabeth wonders if Hope believes that a future is still possible and she admits that she did. Elizabeth states that Hope should because, despite all of the fallen cities, a future is still possible. Getting Hope to think differently and more positively about the future was why the CRM had pushed Hope to go on this journey. Now that Hope has seen how fragile civilization is, Elizabeth trusts that Hope is understanding that no one can make it on their own, it takes everyone coming together to get to that future.

Hope again brings up the fact that Elizabeth had told her that she was taking Hope to her father, but Elizabeth tells her that she hopes that she can. Much to Hope and Huck's shock, Elizabeth states that Hope isn't ready. For a community with a long-term plan predicated on generational education and scientific progress, geniuses are an invaluable resource. However, a genius who is a rebellious, strong-willed troublemaker is a risk. Used against the CRM, those qualities can spread like rot and make any kind of common goal unattainable and the CRM can't bring in someone who would jeopardize that. The CRM wants Hope to work with them and she has a lot to offer, but Elizabeth can't bring Hope to her join father until she knows that despite Hope's grief and anger, she is fully committed to being an asset to the future, to learning and furthering Leo's research and handing that knowledge onto the next generation. Only then will Hope be an asset to the future. While Hope insists that she's ready, Elizabeth believes that she needs more time to think about what she truly wants. Providing Hope with a radio and her belongings and S-Pole, Elizabeth states that she will need Hope's answer by dawn.

Hope is shocked at the idea that, after everything that the CRM put her through, she can just walk away and Elizabeth will let her. Elizabeth confirms that she's giving Hope that option, admitting that Hope would have every reason to given the extent of the CRM's manipulations. Hope shrugs off Huck's attempts to stop her, stating that she'll take her chances alone. However, Elizabeth warns Hope that, not only won't she be able to find her sister and her friends, she won't even be able to make it out of the city alone, never mind to any kind of a future. Being alive today is a gift and Hope can choose to waste it alone or she can fight for a future with others for others so that what happened in Albany and the 100,000 souls in Omaha and the Campus Colony won't happen again. While Hope doesn't have to like the CRM, she does have to embrace what they're fighting for and the choice is hers. Without another word, Hope walks away and Elizabeth calls after her that the Dunn Memorial Bridge is the only way out of the city. However, it's eight blocks east and Elizabeth doesn't recommend it. As Hope walks away, Huck angrily confronts her mother about doing this after everything that Huck did to get Hope here. Huck points out that Hope could die, but Elizabeth merely states that Hope could die or she could choose to join them and they need her to make a choice. Disgusted, Huck walks away from her mother, leaving Elizabeth looking out over the ruins of Albany.

After suffering a concussion, a hallucination of Elizabeth appears to Hope and tells her to think about what she truly wants. Hope stabs the hallucination of Elizabeth who vanishes.

That night, Huck impatiently waits with Elizabeth who asks her daughter if Huck is thinking of going after Hope. Huck reminds her mother that she had told her that they need Hope to keep Leo motivated, maybe even take over Leo's research some day. Elizabeth simply states that she had said that they could use Hope for those things and Huck demands if none of that matters anymore. However, Elizabeth tells Huck that it matters that Huck succeeds. It was Huck's idea to get Hope across country this way and she had insisted that Hope was worth the risk. Huck had convinced her mother that this trip was the only way to change Hope. While it did change Hope, it didn't change her enough. Elizabeth believes that with this little nudge, Huck's mission will be a win and it will all but erase what happened before Huck left. An unhappy Huck turns away and Elizabeth states that she's only ever wanted the best for her daughter. Elizabeth notes that Hope reminds her a bit of Huck at that age and she wonders if that's why Huck took her on. Huck explains that Hope was lost and angry and she had needed someone to look up to, someone to believe in her which Huck can relate to.

Huck asks her mother why she hadn't told her about the destruction of the Campus Colony and Omaha before when they met for the debriefing. Elizbeth claims that it would've only been a needless distraction that would've only made Huck's mission that much harder. It's easy to form attachments while being under for an extended period and blur the lines. If Huck wants to go after Hope, Elizabeth won't stop her. Huck asks about the others that the CRM had found and Elizabeth tells her that, based on the description that Huck gave them, the CRM believes it to be Silas Plaskett. Huck calls Silas an innocent who knows nothing and Elizabeth reveals that Silas has been interrogated, but he is stonewalling and they've gleaned nothing which is why they're focused on finding the others. The CRM needs to learn if the rest of the Endlings know too much or if they are still resolved on saving Leo and now Hope. If they do, the Endlings will need to be dealt with. Elizabeth asks how much they know about the CRM and the mission.

At dawn, Hope is led to Elizabeth and Huck by two CRM soldiers who rescued her from the herd that had trapped her after Hope called Elizabeth. Hope admits that Elizabeth was right that Hope wasn't going to make it all alone, but she doesn't want this to be all that there is. Hope doesn't know if it's what Elizabeth wants to hear, but it's the truth and she asks if she passed Elizabeth's test. Elizabeth tells Hope that it's alright to hate the CRM and that she should, but that the bad things they do must be done and they carry that burden so that others don't have to, so there can still be good in the world and so that maybe some day this won't be all that there is. Elizabeth is willing to offer Iris and Felix a home with them since they don't have one to go back to which she imagines Hope understands very differently now. Elizabeth has the CRM soldiers lead Hope away. Once they're gone, Huck realizes that her mother had wanted to see if Huck would go after Hope, if Hope and the others had changed her. Elizabeth simply states that she's really glad that she was wrong and leaves followed by Huck.

Walking across the research facility's grounds with her mother, Huck tells Elizabeth that she's been thinking about Silas and what they can do with him.

In Leo's apartment, Elizabeth delivers to him the tragic news that the Campus Colony has been destroyed as well as some good news about his family.

"Foothold"[]

As Elizabeth looks through some paperwork, she receives word that Leo Bennett is asking to see her and has Frank Newton send him in. Elizabeth asks after Hope and Leo tells her that Hope found out that everyone back home was killed after she was tricked into coming to the research facility so there won't be any settling in until Iris and Felix are brought to safety. Elizabeth reassures Leo that finding them is the CRM's top priority, but Leo wants to join the team that's going to get them, pointing out that they should be met by a familiar face rather than by a bunch of helmets. However, Elizabeth tells Leo that that's not going to be possible as she had already dispatched the extraction team as soon as she had heard. Although Elizabeth promises to update him personally, a dubious Leo points out the lack of information she has given him on his security detail. Elizabeth lies that air reconnaissance had shown a large herd passing through the area which had delayed their return, but she is sure that, like the others, she's sure that they will get to the research facility safe and sound soon.

However, Leo is not satisfied and confronts Elizabeth about manipulating his daughters into traveling over a thousand miles completely unprotected, but Elizabeth states that Staff Sergeant Mallick is more than capable of dealing with any threat. This only makes Leo angrier as he now knows that Huck was the CRM's mole and he accuses Elizabeth of the CRM caring so little about Hope and Iris' safety that she sent only one soldier to protect them. Elizabeth reveals that that one soldier means more to her than one million soldiers as Jennifer Mallick is her daughter. Leo demands that Iris and Felix be brought to him by tonight or he will stop working for her. Elizabeth tells Leo that he doesn't work for her and that his efforts are for the Civic Republic as are her own. The CRM protects the Civic Republic and secures resources with Hope being one such resource. When they had opted to deliver Hope to Leo, it was on the condition that she change. They knew that both Hope and Leo would eventually discover that. Hope was raised behind walls and Elizabeth needed her to experience and see the world as it really is in order for her to understand the stakes and see her role and they were willing to do that even if it meant Leo forgetting his. The CRM wouldn't enter into a plan like this without running a full psychological profile on both Leo and Hope. They knew however angry and betrayed they would be, Leo and Hope would still continue working towards what was most important -- building an apparatus of knowledge and research to save humanity. Leo reiterates that nothing is more important to him than his family and Elizabeth reveals that the CRM had intercepted the transmissions that Leo had sent to his daughters. Leo had left his daughters despite them being more important to them than anything and he broke the CRM's laws and put his family at risk. The CRM chose to look away and Leo called it an error in judgment and Elizabeth warns him not to make any more such errors in judgment. Leo leaves, less than happy with the outcome of the meeting.

Once Leo is gone, Frank reenters the room and Elizabeth asks for an update on their missing soldier. However, Frank informs her that six teams have been scouring all morning and have found nothing. Elizabeth asks after the missing member of Leo's security detail and Frank admits that the trail has gone cold. Frank wonders if there's a connection and Elizabeth orders him to ready a transport.

At the Perimeter, Elizabeth enters with two CRM soldiers and apologizes for her unannounced visit and explains to Indira and Brody that she's there because the CRM is looking into something. Elizabeth's attention is drawn to one of Indira's paintings on the wall near where Iris' code books are hidden, and Brody notices the wind blow the papers covering them up off. As Elizabeth reminisces about the painting that Indira had done of her daughter, Indira distracts her by asking about Jennifer whom Indira's people haven't seen in two years. Elizabeth tells Indira that Jennifer has just returned home from assignment and that it's a lot of responsibility to be entrusted with the well-being and survival of so many people.

Elizabeth explains that she has come because of a security issue: one of her soldiers had vanished not far from there the night before, worrying the hiding group. Elizabeth suggests that its someone at the research facility who is causing them trouble, not believing that anyone at the Perimeter would risk their agreement, but Indira claims that the Perimeter hasn't seen any new faces around. Citing the Perimeter's damaged wall, Elizabeth asks to be allowed to have her soldiers search the community to make sure that no one slipped in unnoticed, but Indira refuses, stating that the wall has been fixed and the Perimeter's lookouts do a fine job. Stating that you can never be too careful, Elizabeth has her soldiers search anyways. While admiring some of the paintings hanging up, Elizabeth unknowingly stands just a few feet from where Iris, Felix and Will are hiding. After a tense moment, Elizabeth receives a radio call that her men have eyes on their missing soldier in Watkins Glen and on Indira's silent nod, Brody takes the opportunity to hide the code books once again. Satisfied, Elizabeth leaves, apologizing to Indira for the intrusion and expressing a hope that they can talk more next time, much to everyone's relief.

At Watkins Glen, Elizabeth and Frank observe the bodies of the dead CRM soldiers and an empty that Iris, Felix and Will have disguised as Will. Frank tells Elizabeth that evidence points to a struggle that led to both of their deaths. Elizabeth asks if he's sure it's them and Frank suggests deploying a recovery team to examine the bodies, but Elizabeth knows that the bodies are likely to wash away before the recovery team can arrive. Nevertheless, Elizabeth decides that they should try and she orders Frank to limit this to authorized CRM personnel only and to keep the news from Leo as "Dr. Bennett doesn't need more bad news tonight."

Later, in her lab, Lyla Belshaw reports to Elizabeth that Hope seems to be coming around which is good because they might need her help to bring Leo around. Elizabeth is sure that Leo will come around, stating that Leo is anxious about finding his other daughter, but the CRM will find her. However, Lyla warns Elizabeth that the manipulation to get Hope to the research facility has eroded some of Leo's enthusiasm towards the CRM and the very promising work that he's doing. Lyla believes that they will need Hope to keep Leo motivated, but Elizabeth thought that that was what Lyla was for. Lyla promises that she's doing her best and Elizabeth hopes that it's good enough for both Leo's sake and Lyla's. As Elizabeth starts to leave, Lyla asks when she will be receiving her next test subject as it has been awhile since her last premortem and Lyla is assuming that Major General Beale's plans are moving ahead as scheduled. Elizabeth confirms that they are and tells Lyla that she thinks that Lyla will have what she needs in time. As Elizabeth leaves, Lyla looks through her observation window at her zombified colleague Dr. Samuel Abbott.

"Family Is a Four Letter Word"[]

As Huck enters her mother's office, Elizabeth gives a video address to the Civic Republic and Portland honoring the fallen part of the Alliance of the Three: Omaha and its Campus Colony. Elizabeth calls the tragedy that befell their sister city an immeasurable loss that reminds them just how precious each and every life is. Elizabeth claims that as the CRM's emissary to Omaha, she feels this loss very personally and deeply. However, now is not the time for doubt or to question their resolve. Now more than ever they need to stand strong and united as one alliance. Elizabeth states that the Civic Republic and its military are forever bound to Portland as Portland is to them. On behalf of Major General Beale, Elizabeth pledges to the citizens of Portland and the Civic Republic that these tragedies will serve as a clarion call for the CRM to stand even more firmly resolved, ready to fight for their survival and the survival of their alliance and for the survival of humankind. As they pray for the souls that they've lost, the CRM says to their allies in Portland to stay strong and vigilant and may God bless them all.

As the camera is shut off and the lights turned back on, Elizabeth takes a moment to compose herself. Spotting her daughter, Elizabeth asks if she was watching, hoping that she didn't come across as nervous. Huck reassures her mother that if she was, Elizabeth did a good job of covering it up. Elizabeth admits that "it's been a bloody awful, difficult three days" and apologizes for not making it to Huck's reinstatement. Elizabeth had gotten called to the CR on an urgent matter at the Civic Republic Health and Welfare Center which is handled now. Huck asks her mother how many people had actually survived in Omaha and if she has their names. Huck reminds Elizabeth that she had said that they were airlifted out, but Elizabeth counters that that kind of confidential information is above a Staff Sergeant's rank. Huck clarifies that she's not asking as a Staff Sergeant, but Elizabeth sharply shuts her down. "You only just got back. What you lost after a horrendous error in judgment, I would hate for someone to think that you haven't learned your lesson," Elizabeth states before she walks away.

In a flashback, Huck enters her cell in the Health and Welfare Center after scarring her own face. Elizabeth is alarmed by what Huck did, but she simply tells her mother that the raft's ready and the team's waiting and Huck asks to just get this over with. Agreeing, Elizabeth tells her daughter that she's going to miss her and to always know that she loves her. Laying Huck's arm out on two cinderblocks, Elizabeth signals a CRM soldier who uses the butt of his gun to break her arm.

"Quatervois"[]

As Huck sits in a coffee shop, she notices her mother walking by outside.

The next day, reading a report, Elizabeth observes Iris, Felix and Percy pacing around the research facility's holding area from a surveillance room. Elizabeth asks Corporal Diane Pierce if Indira said that she found them the day before and Diane confirms that Indira's story checks out with theirs. Elizabeth notes that there's no apparent inconsistencies in their stories and orders Diane to send for Huck and Diane leaves.

Elizabeth enters the holding area and greets Iris, Felix and Percy with Percy giving her a sarcastic salute when Elizabeth misidentifies him as Elton Ortiz. Iris asks if Elizabeth is the one keeping them there and she claims that she thought that it wouldn't be polite not to stop by. Elizabeth notes that they've made quite the journey of over a thousand miles of perilous miles only to have the people of the Perimeter apprehend them. Elizabeth suggests that that must've been quite concerning and Felix claims that the Perimeter residents had blades at their necks, and they thought that they were screwed until they showed their captives the map that Elizabeth gave to Hope and Iris. They told their captors that they were looking for the CRM research facility and now here they are. Iris and Percy tell Elizabeth that's it's been over ten hours and ask for something to eat. Elizabeth asks about Felix's injured ankle, noting that it must be quite odd for Felix to be on the other end of the intake questioning. Felix shows Elizabeth his ankle which she points out is freshly bandaged and asks if Indira's people helped him with it. However, Felix claims not to know who Indira is and that right before they found "Elton," they stopped at a retirement home miles back that was fully stocked, and they got lucky. Elizabeth begins to leave, and Iris asks if they are good as she really wants to see her father. However, Elizabeth tells her that while she's sure that Iris would, it's a process.

As Elizabeth reenters the surveillance room, Huck, who has been watching the interrogation through monitors, comments that the CRM finally found them and asks if that's why her mother wanted to see her. Elizabeth asks if the place that Huck left Iris and Felix at had medical supplies which Huck confirms. Elizabeth asks if Huck still stands by her belief that they aren't a threat and Huck states that they won't be happy finding out who she really is or that Huck faked Leo's messages, but when they realize that Hope's there and they don't have a home to go back to, it'll help to keep things in perspective. Elizabeth decides that they will need to keep a close eye on the group and their trust will need to be earned. As Diane enters the room, Elizabeth asks if Huck wouldn't agree that trust is everything between people and, when she agrees, Elizabeth reveals that Diane said that she found Huck in Elizabeth's office. Huck simply states that she was curious if her mother had lunch plans and, smiling, Elizabeth asks if she does now.

In Huck's apartment, as Huck cooks them lunch, Elizabeth tells her daughter that she's glad that they're doing this as Elizabeth is going to be leaving again on some official business with Major General Beale. Huck apologizes for questioning her mother before about Omaha, claiming to be exhausted from the weight of everything. Huck suggests that being undercover for so long had taken more out of her than she thought. "Secrets, lying to everybody all day every day." Elizabth states that she can only imagine and that she tends to favor the tough side of tough love, but she only hopes that when Huck has her own child one day, she will understand what you will do to protect them in this world, make them stronger so that they can do the excruciatingly hard things that need to be done to protect the world from itself. Elizabeth reminisces about happy summer memories from when Huck was a little girl. Although Huck can't remember, both mother and daughter wish that she did. Getting emotional, Elizabeth tells her daughter that Huck was so gentle and trusting then that she couldn't bear the thought of anyone else destroying that in her before changing the subject.

Jadis later tells Lyla Belshaw that Elizabeth has been called to the Civic Republic indefinitely, leaving Jadis in charge of the research facility.

"Returning Point"[]

In a flashback to two years ago, Indira and her people build the globe sculpture outside of the research facility. Elizabeth approaches and admires their work, telling Indira that it's exactly the finishing touch that the facility needed. The CRM had asked them for something that would be a reminder of why they're there and what's at stake that will stand for generations to come, and the sculpture fills that role very well.

Indira thanks Elizabeth who notices that she looks upset, and Indira asks for Elizabeth's word that she will continue to honor the non-aggression pact that the CRM and the Perimeter had struck when the CRM first arrived after Indira is gone. Indira admits to a concerned Elizabeth that her kidneys are failing and Indira might not have much time left. Indira's mother had died of kidney failure when she was young and while Indira has been ignoring the signs for months, she's now at the point where she can't anymore. Elizabeth offers the services of the research facility's doctors, medicine and dialysis equipment, but Indira refuses to put her personal health over the best interests of her community. Elizabeth points out that Indira's survival is in the best interests of her community and promises her that she's not asking for anything in return. Indira wonders what Elizabeth has to gain and Elizabeth admits that it's peace of mind by sparing Indira and her family the ordeal that she and Huck had gone through when Elizabeth's husband had died. In addition, Elizabeth would be spared the uncertainty of dealing with whoever Indira's lesser successor would be. Elizabeth promises that they would be the only ones who needs to know about this and that there would be no strings attached and Indira accepts the deal.

"The Last Light"[]

At a park in the Civic Republic, a grieving Elizabeth sits on a bench, watching a mother interact with her young daughter. Jadis approaches Elizabeth and expresses her condolences for Elizabeth's loss. Jadis tells Elizabeth that she just got back to the city and that it's been days of debriefing. Jadis lies that she had ordered her team to bring Huck to justice alive and unharmed, but she didn't give them a choice but to kill her which Elizabeth knows, having read the report. Jadis states that they haven't found the missing scientists yet, but they will. However, Elizabeth states that the scientists know that the CRM needs them and they now know what the CRM has been doing. Elizabeth muses that she had seen herself as an ancestor to a future world that would be indebted to her sacrifices and as a result, did monstruous things so that civilization could reign again and the humane could ascend. However, Elizabeth now questions her choices and whether such a future was ever possible.

Jadis tells Elizabeth that survivors, whether they be individuals or entire civilizations, find opportunity in calamity and they don't break and let the weak become strong. Instead, they wait for the strong to become weak. Jadis is sitting here now because she took the moment that she saw the strongest person that she's ever met become entirely vulnerable and she used it. As a group of soldiers approaches, Elizabeth asks Jadis what she's doing. Standing up and drawing her gun, Jadis announces that Elizabeth is hereby remanded to the Civic Republic Health and Welfare Center until which time Elizabeth will be tried for Article 94 of the Uniform Code of Civic Republic Military Justice. Elizabeth demands to know what for and Jadis states that it's for treason. People are looking for someone to blame, but Elizabeth tells Jadis that this happened on Jadis' watch, not hers.

Jadis states that Elizabeth's own daughter was a traitor and, although Elizabeth angrily tells Jadis to stop, Jadis continues on that, if anyone should've seen it, it should've been Elizabeth. Elizabeth yells that Huck made Jadis, but Jadis continues on that the Bennetts were a threat and Elizabeth brought them in anyways and she let the people of the Perimeter live. Everything that happened happened because of Elizabeth and her actions and Elizabeth did nothing to stop it when things went wrong. Elizabeth states that she did not do nothing to stop it: Elizabeth believed, and she brought Jadis in to do a security audit. However, Jadis accuses Elizabeth of bringing her into a world of shit and then leaving as things got out of control. Jadis suspects that Elizabeth brought her in to take the fall when things went wrong and suggests that that's Elizabeth's own version of survival. Either way, the worse that Elizabeth looks, the better Jadis does.

Elizabeth recognizes that Jadis just revealed her true motives in arresting her and Jadis continues on that she can usher in the new world better than Elizabeth can. Jadis doesn't have friends or a child like Elizabeth, she has her ambition and the Civic Republic. Elizabeth demands to know if Jadis honestly believes that people won't see through what she's doing, but Jadis simply signals her soldiers who draw their guns. Laughing, Elizabeth tells Jadis that Major General Beale is going to have her head for this, but Jadis reveals that it was Beale who signed Elizabeth's arrest warrant. Elizabeth promises that Jadis won't win, but Jadis tells her that she has won, and she had to because the Civic Republic is the last light of the world. Jadis walks away, leaving her men to take Elizabeth into custody.

Later, Elizabeth lies in her cell, unable to sleep.

Killed Victims[]

This list shows the victims Elizabeth has killed:

Relationships[]

Allies

Enemies


Appearances[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Season 1
Season 2
Appears Voice is heard
👁 Appears with no lines Appears in a flashback
Appears as a walker 🖼 Appears in a photograph/video
Appears as a corpse Appears in a hallucination/dream

Gallery[]

For more images of Elizabeth, please visit Elizabeth Kublek (World Beyond)/Gallery.

Trivia[]

International Dubbers[]

Language Dubber Other Characters Voiced
Czech N/A N/A
French Odile Cohen N/A
German Christin Marquitan Andrea Harrison
Hungarian N/A N/A
Italian Tiziana Avarista N/A
Japanese Mami Horikoshi N/A
Portuguese Cecília Lemes Andrea Harrison
Spanish (Latin America) Adriana Casas Ilene Stowe
Carol Peletier (Fear)
Spanish (Spain) Teresa Manresa N/A

References[]

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