Family Is a Four Letter Word

Family Is a Four Letter Word
Season 2, Episode 4
Air Date	October 24, 2021
Written By	Maya Goldsmith
Directed By	Aisha Tyler
U.S. Viewers	0.69 million
Episode Guide
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Cast Guide
Starring Aliyah Royale as Iris Bennett Alexa Mansour as Hope Bennett Hal Cumpston as Silas Plaskett Nicolas Cantu as Elton Ortiz Nico Tortorella as Felix Carlucci Annet Mahendru as Jennifer Mallick Joe Holt as Leopold Bennett* Natalie Gold as Lyla Belshaw* Jelani Alladin as Will Campbell Ted Sutherland as Percy Julia Ormond as Elizabeth Kublek
Also Starring Maximilian Osinski as Dennis Graham Anna Khaja as Indira Madelyn Kientz as Asha * does not appear in this episode

"Family Is a Four Letter Word" is the fourth episode of the second season of AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond. It is the fourteenth episode of the series overall. It premiered on October 24, 2021, the same night as "Six Hours", the second episode of the seventh season of Fear the Walking Dead. It was written by Maya Goldsmith and directed by Aisha Tyler.

Plot

Tensions rise as the group questions past events and plans for the future. Things get explosive as someone's abilities and loyalties are put to the test. A surprising discovery is made.

Synopsis

In a flashback, a couple discovers Huck washed up on a river dock. They welcome her to Omaha.

In the present day, Indira greets Huck and Hope in the Perimeter. Iris and Hope reunite.

Felix and Will kill empties around the Perimeter. Felix sees Hope and tells Will to stay back, worried that Huck might harm Will.

Hope tells Iris that their dad, Leo, is doing well. Felix reunites with Hope and stares coldly at Huck.

Elton watches the reunion from a distance. Asha asks why Huck is with Hope. Elton says he doesn't know.

Huck tells Indira that she's come without Elizabeth's knowledge. She asks to speak with Felix and Iris in private. Once alone, Hope tells Iris and Felix that she and Huck want to bring them back to the CR facility.

At the culling outpost, Webb, Grady, and Tiga lure empties to the kill zone with loud music. They kill the empties with explosives. Dennis barks out orders as the crew leads a chosen empty through the gate and into the warehouse. Silas gets distracted by a chopper overhead. Dennis orders Silas to pay attention, then notices his bandaged hand.

Hope tells Iris and Felix that she's worried about what Leo will do if the CR doesn't bring Iris to him. Felix accuses Huck of trying to entrap them.

Elton panics at the sight of Hope and goes into the woods alone. He has flashbacks to Hope's confession about killing his mother.

Dennis stitches the cut in Silas' hand. He asks about the wound, but Silas changes the subject and asks if the loud music ever attracts people from the research facility. Dennis evades the question and says Silas will soon need to play a bigger role on the crew. Silas spots a brochure for an underground research facility.

Huck assures Felix and Iris that they'll be safe at the CR facility, as long as they pretend they don't know anything about the CRM code books. Iris accuses the CRM of destroying Omaha, but Huck doesn't believe it. Huck says she secured Silas an assignment at a nearby maintenance post and that they can see him if they join the CR. Iris asks to speak with Hope alone.

Silas sneaks out of the culling facility in the middle of the night, with the brochure in hand.

Elton discovers a shed in the woods. Inside he finds a cooler filled with medical supplies from the CRM. Asha finds him and tells him that she's sick.

Webb, Grady, and Tiga catch Silas sneaking out.

Huck takes a walk while waiting for Hope and Iris to wrap up. Felix joins her to keep an eye on her.

Hope tells Iris that she believes in the research that the CRM is conducting. She mentions that Leo has a girlfriend. Iris urges Hope to leave the facility, but Hope says the CRM would surely hunt them down before they ever reach Portland. Iris is unconvinced.

Huck tells Felix they lost Will during a reconnaissance mission. Felix knocks Huck to the ground and nearly kills her with an empty, but spares her life in the end.

Webb, Grady, and Tiga take Silas to a warehouse and instruct him to kill anything that moves. Silas starts whacking empties with a bat, then realizes all the empties are on leashes. Webb, Grady, and Tiga praise his kill count and explain it's a training facility. They explain that Dennis tells his bosses about those that perform well in his crew, giving them a shot at joining the CRM.

Felix storms back to town and sees Percy sneaking around. He and Will realize that Percy is going to kill Huck—and get them all killed as a result.

Percy strides into the woods with a gun.

Dennis finds Silas packing a backpack and asks where he's going. He says Webb just got accepted into basic training, so he'll need Silas to step up. Silas explains that he's looking for his friends, who are with a killer named Huck. Dennis says his friends are probably stronger than he thinks and warns Silas that he only gets one chance to mess up.

Percy aims his gun at Huck from a hiding spot in the woods. Will considers shooting Percy with an arrow, but instead jumps in front of Huck, who is shocked to see him alive. Felix runs up to join them. Will tells Huck that the CRM tried to kill him.

Asha tells Elton that only her mother and brother know about her illness. She asks what happened between him and Hope. Elton explains that he recently found out his mother and sister were dead. Asha comforts him.

Will tells Huck that the CRM tried to kill him because he suspected they were behind Omaha's fall. Huck says that if the CRM had really destroyed Omaha, Elizabeth would have told her. They tell her she's being lied to.

Hope says goodbye to Felix and Iris. Iris vows to help Hope and Leo escape.

Felix tells Will that it's no longer safe for them to stay at the Perimeter, but Will reasons that Huck would be endangering herself if she reported them. Felix mentions that Silas is stationed at a culling outpost. Will recognizes the location and hatches a plan to rescue everyone.

Percy visits Iris in her room and admits to trying to kill Huck. Iris empathizes with his need for vengeance and kisses him.

Elizabeth videotapes a speech to honor the fall of Omaha, and pledges to Portland and the Civic Republic that the military will fight for the survival of mankind. Huck walks into the room.

Elton lies in bed, holding his mother's necklace.

Indira sits in the cabin, hooked up to a dialysis machine. Asha says that Elton will keep their secret because she told him that she was the one who is sick.

At the culling facility, Dennis and his crew send Webb off to CRM training.

Hope finds an envelope at her apartment. Inside is a Jenga piece and a friendly note from Mason.

Huck asks Elizabeth how many people survived at Omaha. Elizabeth says that information is confidential and warns Huck against making another error in judgment.

In a flashback, Huck cuts her cheek and joins Elizabeth moments before leaving for her mission in Omaha. Elizabeth asks about the self-inflicted wound and tells Huck that she loves her. Huck holds out her arm. A soldier breaks her arm with his rifle.

In the present day, Huck cries.

Other Cast

Co-Stars

• Jesse Gallegos as Webb
• Ry Chase as Tiga
• Kellen Joseph Quinn as Grady
• Kurt Rhoads as Daniel
• Nance Williamson as Margaret

Uncredited

• Christina Brucato as Amelia Ortiz (Archive Footage)
• Ryan Hurst as Beta (Photograph)

Deaths

• None

Trivia

• Only appearance of Daniel. (Flashback)
• Only appearance of Margaret. (Flashback)
• Only appearance (in World Beyond continuity) of Beta. (Photograph)
• The title of the episode, "Family Is a Four Letter Word", possibly refers to Iris and Hope, being that both of their names are made of four letters.
• Kurt Rhoads (Daniel) is mistakenly credited as Kurt Roads.
• This episode was made available for streaming to subscribers of AMC Premiere on October 17, 2021.
• This episode is played directly after the second episode of Season 7 of Fear the Walking Dead.
• This episode begins immediately after the end of "Exit Wounds".
• In Dennis' office, a Half Moon album is visible on the wall. This is the second time that Beta has appeared outside of the TV Series in the form of a picture on an album cover.
• While talking with Dennis, Silas ironically comments that Dennis doesn't know Huck, who is actually Dennis' wife. Dennis in turn doesn't recognize the nickname.
  • It's implied that Daniel had given Huck her nickname when she first arrived in Omaha because she was too injured to talk when he and Margaret found her.

Episode Highlights

• In flashbacks, Huck prepares for her mission to Omaha by scarring her face and having her left arm broken. She is later found on the shores of Omaha by Daniel and Margaret.
• In the present, Huck and Hope arrive at the Perimeter where they attempt to convince Iris and Felix to come back to the research facility with them. However, after Huck confirms the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony, Iris accuses the CRM of being responsible rather than empties. Hope is unable to convince her sister to go back with her.
• Huck reveals that Silas is at the culling facility near the Perimeter and that she was responsible for sending him there.
• Felix makes an aborted attempt at killing Huck while a vengeful Percy tries to shoot her and is narrowly stopped.
• Will is forced to reveal his survival and the CRM's murder attempt to Huck, who promises to keep his survival a secret, although she refuses to believe their claims about why the CRM did it and their role in the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony.
• Elton grows closer to Asha and suffers a panic attack over Hope's return and his struggle with Hope's confession to killing his mother.
• Elton discovers secret dialysis equipment from the CRM, which he agrees to keep secret after Asha claims to be ill. Despite Asha's encouragement, Elton is unable to bring himself to talk to Hope.
• After learning about the attempted murder of Will, Hope is convinced of the truth, but she still returns to the research facility with Huck. Iris keeps Percy's survival a secret from her sister and later shares a kiss with him.
• After hearing of Silas' location, Will reveals to Felix that he might know a way to get their friends out of the research facility.
• At the culling facility, Silas aids in the ongoing destruction of herds, but he remains distracted by the facility's proximity to the research facility and sneaks out in search of it, getting caught by Webb, Grady and Tiga and being taken to the Parade.
• After a conversation with Dennis, Silas chooses to remain at the culling facility while Webb is taken for CRM training.
• Indira is revealed to be the one with kidney failure and in need of dialysis, which is provided to her in secret by the Civic Republic. Asha reassures her mother that Elton will keep the secret due to him believing that Asha is the one that's sick.
• After returning from dealing with an urgent matter at the Civic Republic Health and Welfare Center, Elizabeth Kublek makes an address to Portland and the Civic Republic about the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony.
• After her mother is evasive towards Huck's questions about survivors from the destroyed cities, Huck begins to have doubts about whether or not the CRM was responsible for the destruction of Omaha and the Campus Colony as Iris, Felix and Will had insisted.