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Mason Beale is a survivor of the outbreak and later an antagonist in AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond. He is the son of Major General Johnathan Beale.
Overview[]
Mason is initially a benevolent and sincere young man. He is quite intelligent, at one point debating Hope about a theory in class. He seems to be well-liked and is very friendly with Hope, with the two often flirting with each other. However due to being the son of Major General Beale, the Endlings decide to use him as a hostage against the CRM. He understandably feels angry and betrayed by this, especially Hope who was a close friend of his. Even after finding out the horrific acts of the CRM and his father, he still sides against the group. His disdain for the group becomes so great that when Percy dies, he shows no sympathy and states that he deserved it.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Nothing is known about Mason's life prior to or as the outbreak began.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season 2[]
"Foothold"[]
Mason finds Hope Bennett outside of a door marked Authorized Military Personnel Only, offers her his help and is dubious about Hope's bathroom story given where she is trying to get into. Calling Hope out on her lie, Mason introduces himself and recognizes Hope as the new girl who had gotten flown in the day before. Hope is surprised that Mason knows who she is, but he simply states that it's a pretty small place and offers Hope his condolences over the destruction of Omaha, explaining that it's why they're wearing armbands. Mason opens the door, revealing it to only be a supply closet, much to Hope's disappointment. Mason explains that the CRM takes their things very seriously and doesn't want anybody stealing from them, but he offers to break the rules for her if there's something that Hope wants. Hope jokingly asks for a mop and then admits that she just wanted to see if Mason would actually do it when he tries to give her one. Even though he was planning to meet his study group later, Mason offers to show her around, but Hope refuses as she is already in the middle of a tour. Mason asks for Hope's name, but she tells him that he probably already knows since it's a pretty small place. Addressing Hope by name, Mason promises to see her around and leaves.
"Exit Wounds"[]
Mason attends a class given by Dr. Terry Ellis at the research facility, which Hope is also in. After Ellis notices how distracted she is, Hope brings up the fermentation angle of decomposition. Hope suggests that if fermentation of yeast could create "an awesome bottle of vodka, then there has to be more good that can come out of it." Hope wonders why they should focus on the negatives when there's also some positives. Mason agrees that Hope makes a great point, but he corrects her that in yeast fermentation carbon dioxide is released before ethanol. Hope and Mason bicker about the ratio of ethanol produced by fermentation before Ellis agrees that Hope is right and pauses their debate. Ellis tells Hope that her father has been researching fungi as a means of accelerating decay and suggests that if Leo hasn't already looked into yeast, maybe Leo and Hope can put their heads together about it. It's divergent thinking like Hope's that makes this place what it is, pleasing Hope.
After class, Mason approaches Hope and asks if she's busy later. Having gotten word that the students are getting the rest of the day off in honor of the destruction of Omaha, Mason and a few of the other students are going to get together later on to get their minds off of things. Mason invites Hope to join them, but Hope refuses in favor of staying in and studying instead. Although disappointed, Mason provides Hope with directions in case she changes her mind before he leaves.
At the party, Mason raises a toast to Omaha as Hope joins the party. Mason welcomes Hope to the Bunker and offers to show her around. Mason offers Hope his condolences about her home again and she asks if they got the stuff in the bunker from the Civic Republic of Philadelphia. Mason explains that they got the parts from the CR while some of the rest came from Portland just like some of the students. Stating that they had built everything themselves, Mason has Ian tell Hope about his work on constructing the bunker. Hope asks about Mason's own claim to fame and he tells her that the previous month, in computer engineering class, Professor Verschuren helped Mason build a master control panel for all of the labs. However, Mason had co-opted it to install the Bunker's sound system.
Mason reveals that he's been at the research facility for about three years now, having done well on a bunch of tests and ended up there from the Civic Republic itself. However, that's about all that he or anyone else can say about the Civic Republic. Hope wonders if Mason does keeps quiet about the Civic Republic because it's what he wants to do or because he believes in what they're doing and Mason guesses that it's a little bit of both. Hope asks if Mason is ok with being away from his family forever, but he tells her that everyone from the Civic Republic gets to go home for two weeks every year. Mason finds it a real honor to learn from people like Leo Bennett and Dr. Ellis though and Mason likes it there. Hope asks if Mason likes the soldiers too and he reveals that his dad had wanted Mason to go into the military, but it wasn't for him. Instead, Mason focuses on the science, "the stuff we're learning here is going to unlock the future." While it's not perfect and the people from Portland don't even know when they're gonna go home, Mason reminds Hope of her words in class about not focusing on the negative when there's so much positive.
Pouring herself a drink, Hope challenges Mason to a game of giant Jenga. The two play until Hope successfully removes a block blindfolded and, acknowledging that he can't beat that, Mason removes a block that causes the whole tower to fall and the other students' cheer.
"Family Is a Four Letter Word"[]
Upon returning to her father's apartment, Hope finds a package from Mason containing a Jenga block with a message telling her that it was good hanging out with her and asking Hope for a rematch.
"Blood and Lies"[]
In the Bunker, Mason runs into Hope. Hope lies that she was just looking for Mason who has been wondering how Hope has been and has heard that Hope's sister was coming in and that her yeast theory might've sparked something. Hope admits that it's just been a lot in general which Mason understands. Hope tells Mason that she was looking for him to see if Mason wanted to hang out together later and Mason tells her that he'll be back in the Bunker later tonight to catch up on some microbiology and Hope can stop by any time. Hope agrees and she leaves after the two teenagers say their goodbyes.
That night, in the Bunker, Mason tells Hope that he wasn't sure that she was going to come. Hope admits that she wasn't sure either, but it's not because of Mason but because of this place. Mason recognizes that the research facility can take some getting used to with it sometimes feeling normal and sometimes like a prison. Mason laughs about how his father wouldn't take him saying that well, drawing Hope's interest. Mason comments that he's sure that he's a big disappointment to his father due to Mason not being all in on the military. Mason asks Hope about what's going on with her, but Hope is stuck on the mention of Mason's dad and asks if he's in the military. Much to Hope's surprise, Mason reveals that his father is actually Major General Beale which Mason had thought that Hope already knew.
"Returning Point"[]
As an evacuation order sounds, Hope finds Mason in the school part of the facility. Mason wonders what's going on and Hope asks him to get Ian or somebody that Mason trusts to sign him in with the evac guards while Mason comes with her. Mason is confused and Hope asks him just to trust her as it's life or death. After a moment of hesitation, Mason agrees. As the facility enters full lockdown, Hope arrives at the biocontainment unit with Mason just in time before the door seals. Looking around at the gathered people in alarm and confusion, Mason asks Hope what's going on. Hope apologizes, wishing that there was another way, but the Endlings' plan doesn't work without Mason. Felix and Percy grab Mason and drag him away, calling out for Hope and Percy welcomes Mason to the biocontainment unit.
Tied to a pillar, Mason notices masked figures moving around through a window and is startled when one comes up to the window, revealing that it's an empty. Approaching, Hope explains that it's one-way glass and they can see the empties, but the empties can't see them. Mason demands answers and Hope explains that the CRM isn't what he thinks it is and that they've done horrible things. Mason insists that whatever the CRM has done can't be that bad and that his dad would know about it. Mason realizes from Hope's reaction that she took him because of Mason's dad and Hope insists that there was no other way. The Endlings are going to leverage Mason to get what they want and then, once they do, they'll let him go. Mason wonders what they want and what they will do if they don't get it such as feeding him to the empties, but Hope promises Mason that no one's going to hurt him and walks away. From nearby, Iris silently observes this interaction.
Hope and Iris go over a blueprint with Felix and Leo, mapping out the direction that they will be traveling in. Leo warns the others that they only have 12 minutes until the CRM gets in and Leo heads off to get everybody ready while Felix goes to set the C4. Nearby, Percy unties Mason who angrily refuses to go anywhere until they tell him where they're taking him. Hope tries to intervene as Percy roughly drags Mason away, but Iris stops her. Hope protests that Mason didn't do anything, but Iris tells her that neither did and they and that there is too much at stake and they need to get it done.
When the CRM soldiers enter the biocontainment unit, four of them are killed by C4 that Felix had set. They discover that everyone has escaped into the old mining tunnels beneath the facility, having counted on the CRM initiating lockdown protocols. The Endlings had known that sealing the containment door would buy them time to escape into the old mining tunnels and used the explosives to stop the CRM from following them in. They also stole all of the research to take it with them and wiped it from the facility's central server. Jadis realizes that their actions are not just an escape plan, but a rebellion. Jadis orders Corporal Diane Pierce to shoot to kill if she sees the Bennetts or any of the scientists.
"Death and the Dead"[]
Having escaped into Lyla Belshaw's secret lab, Leo passes around controllers for the viral recorders strapped to the backs of several of the CRM test subjects which the Endlings have released into the mining tunnels with C4 strapped to their backs. Leo declares to the others that the CRM is sending them a signal so they're sending one back, reassuring the group that the CRM has brought them to this. While the others watch, Leo, Iris, Terry Ellis, Amanda Siegel and Dr. Ebersol detonate the C4, killing the fireteams searching for them in the tunnels who have just encountered and put down all of the empties. "No going back now," notes Felix. After exchanging a look with Mason, Hope detonates hers last.
Leo calls in over the radio, asking to speak to Jadis. Answering his call, Jadis admonishes Leo for killing her men, telling him that their lives might mean nothing to Leo, but they had dedicated their lives to fighting for a future, a future that the Endlings are putting at great risk for every living person on the planet. Leo tells her that the trap was only for show, and they're prepared to escalate even further. Jadis states that Leo has crossed a very serious line, but Leo tells her that the CRM destroyed their home and an entire surviving city full of living people and then tried to hide that from everyone.
Leo announces that they're done with the CRM and that they're all leaving today. Jadis doesn't think that Leo is any position to bargain with her, but Leo reveals that they have Mason Beale, giving Jadis pause. After a moment, Jadis accuses Leo of lying as Mason had left on an evacuation transport with the other students. Leo holds up the radio to Mason who hesitates to respond before Hope pleads with him to. After a moment, Mason speaks to Jadis and asks her to get him out of there. Increasingly angry but unable to do anything but bargain, Jadis asks what Leo wants and he asks for the two biggest transport trucks that she has with full tanks of gas and no tricks.
Jadis asks where they plan on going and if Leo plans on abandoning his role in finding a cure and in someday saving their entire species. However, Leo reiterates that the CRM are murderers and liars, and the scientists are no longer willing to continue working for them. Leo promises that if the CRM lets them go, the scientists will find another way to save everyone eventually, even the CRM. Jadis questions if everyone with him feels the same way and if they are all so quick to abandon the safety and security that the CRM has given them. Jadis insists that they won't find that outside of the CRM's walls and that "there is no progress out there. Only death and the dead." Jadis tells Leo to ask Hope as she's seen it. Iris, Felix and Leo give Hope surprised looks, but Leo simply tells Jadis that she has 30 minutes to get the trucks backed up to the service entrance near Guard Gate 1 and while they don't want to hurt Mason, they're prepared to escalate, causing Mason to give a worried look to Hope. Jadis agrees to give the Endlings the trucks and, as Felix heads off to meet them, furiously congratulates on Leo on roping a lot of smart people into a breathlessly stupid suicide mission.
Looking at the empty test subjects, Mason asks Iris and Percy what goes on in the lab. Percy suggests that Mason ask his father, sarcastically calling Major General Beale a real standup guy. Iris is then called away by Leo to where Hope is packing C4 into a bag and the others are preparing to leave. Felix tells Leo that the trucks are ready and Leo states he and the others are heading out and they should keep radio communications to a minimum. Iris promises to let her father know when they've made it out and reassures him that he's got this. Leo tells Hope, Iris and Felix that as long as the CRM thinks that they're all leaving and that they've got Mason, they shouldn't try anything. Hope tells her father to be safe and he jokes that he should be saying that to her and Iris. Iris promises Leo that, if this works, they'll be right behind him. The three agree to no goodbyes and Leo asks Felix to take care of his daughters which Felix agrees to and asks Leo to take care of the other scientists, reminding Leo that all eyes are going to be on Leo for this part. Stating that that's the plan, Leo and the scientists leave while Felix prepares to depart with Hope, telling Iris to watch Mason and that they'll be back in 10 minutes.
Mason interrupts their departure, calling to Hope that there's nowhere that she can go that's better. As Percy orders him to shut up, Mason asks what if the Endlings never find this kind of safety again and what if this is their last chance at a future and they blow it. Seeing Hope wavering, Iris orders her sister to ignore Mason as he doesn't know anything about what the CRM has done, and Percy suggests that it might be time to tell him. Felix gets Hope moving, leaving Iris and Percy alone with Mason.
Returning to the lab, Hope and Felix reveal to Iris and Percy that the gas is gone. Iris insists that the gas has to be there somewhere, they just need to find it. However, Felix knows that there's no time to search for it as the CRM knows that they're still here. Iris suggests using the charges to do some damage on the way out, but Hope tells Iris that Silas is already leading a herd to the research facility to do that for them. Felix declares that Hope is right, and they stick to the exit plan. Percy asks what they do with Mason and Felix tells him that that part of the plan doesn't change: they drop Mason off somewhere a ways out and radio the CRM to pick him up. Angry, Iris asks if they're just giving up on saving Portland, but Felix reminds her that they can't save anyone until they save themselves. Once they get out, they'll radio the others about the change of plans and figure it out from there.
Turning to Mason, Iris demands to know where the gas is, but Mason doesn't know, and Hope asks how he could. Iris reminds Mason that his father is the head of this place, but Mason believes that his father wouldn't do any of the things that they're accusing him of without a reason and that he's a lot more sane than any of the Endlings. Iris continues to press Mason, but he insists that he doesn't know anything about the gas. Intervening, Percy reassures his girlfriend that they're going to figure this out and the group follows Felix's orders to leave.
Making their way up the stairs to the surface, Percy notes from the gunfire outside that Silas came through for them. Iris states that the more eyes that the CRM has on the empties, the less they'll have on the Endlings. Hope tells the others that they have to get out of here or the empties will be their problem as well. Returning from checking outside, Felix announces that the coast seems clear and asks which Humvee they are stealing. Percy provides Felix with the keys that he had stolen from one of the grounds crew using Tony's Ring Around the Rosy routine and tells him how to find it.
As Hope, Iris, Felix, Percy and Mason approach the jeeps, they are confronted by several CRM soldiers, including Jadis and Huck. Felix quickly turns his gun on Mason, forcing Jadis to order her men to hold their fire. Hope and Huck exchange a look as Jadis orders Team Alpha to stand fast over her radio as they have the Bennetts where they want them. Jadis asks the Endlings to talk, just them, and gives Felix instructions on how to adjust his radio accordingly. Stating that the Endlings want out of here while the CRM wants Mason Beale, Jadis asks how they will do this. Felix tells Jadis that they will turn Mason over to the CRM unharmed once they're out which will only happen when she lets them drive off in the jeep. However, Jadis calls this unacceptable as they haven't shown her anything to make Jadis trust them with Felix telling Jadis that they don't trust the CRM either. Jadis points out that there's the CRM, the Endlings and giant herd coming and challenges Felix to see who blinks first. Jadis states that the Endlings hadn't wanted to listen and now they are all in a no-win situation. Felix swears to God that he will kill Mason if Jadis tries anything and then Jadis is out of luck. Jadis reminds Felix that he will be too as the Endlings lose their leverage without Mason, causing Felix to threaten to kneecap Mason instead. Jadis understands that they're angry and blame the CRM for all of their troubles, but this is the outcome of their own actions, not the CRM's. Iris tells Jadis that the CRM didn't give them a choice, but Jadis thinks that they just don't understand.
Iris confronts Jadis about the CRM's lies and how they covered up their genocide of Omaha and the Campus Colony. Jadis tells Iris that this is the only world that she's ever known and is far too young to understand all that has been lost. Stepping forward, Iris furiously accuses Jadis and the CRM of murdering 100,000 people. Jadis tells the Endlings that all of those people were going to die anyway and the military had made the hard decision so that the civilians wouldn't have to. "Two years ago, the CRM's modeling revealed that the Alliance would soon become a drain on the Civic Republic's resources. Omaha, the Campus Colony, Portland... had become too reliant. They'd never be fully self-sustaining. So, it was only a matter of time before thousands faced a famine of devastating proportions. At best, those thousands would have died slowly. At worst, disease and conflict would have spread through the Civic Republic itself, and then? The light of the world... extinguished forever. Death wins. We made the choice to spare them that by ending it quickly for them so that there could be a chance for humanity to survive. What we did to your home was mercy," Jadis explains. The CRM made sure that all assets were extracted, including 10,000 children, and the greatest minds were sent to the research facility to contribute to scientific progress under the CRM's protection. Jadis insists that the people who died became an essential part of their study to stop reanimation and that their legacy will be stopping the dead from walking the world.
As Huck notices a CRM sniper moving in nearby, Hope demands to know what gives the CRM the right to choose who lives and who dies. Jadis berates the Endlings for looking at the world from their limited perspectives and criticizing the CRM when it is the CRM's work that made their very existence possible. The Endlings rant about injustices and unfairness while they compromise and possibly destroy the advances of the many that came before them. The CRM makes the hard choices so that other people don't have to. Jadis tells them to take a look around at their great plan at work and claims that all they're doing is stopping the march towards scientific progress and denying the world the path to its rightful future because the Endlings are mad at them for their actions. Jadis calls it cute if it wasn't so dangerous and pathetic.
With empties approaching from behind, Felix is forced to turn and shoot them. Headbutting Iris, Mason breaks free of Percy's hold and Jadis orders her men to make one shot kills. As Percy races after Mason, the Endlings engage the CRM with Iris killing one before Huck suddenly turns her gun on the soldiers, killing the sniper and one other before holding Jadis at gunpoint and forcing Jadis to disarm herself.
After Felix kills the last two soldiers, Iris turns to find Percy dead, having been shot in the back of the head during the skirmish. As a devastated Iris cries over her boyfriend's body, Hope retrieves her sister's dropped gun and turns it on Mason. Hope accuses Mason of being responsible, but the unrepentant Mason blames Hope and her family instead. Hope angrily tells Mason that he only had to come with them, and everyone would be okay, but Mason states that it's what Percy and Iris deserved, and orders Hope to look at what they've done. Hope realizes that Iris was right about Mason, that he is just like the rest of the CRM and that he never cared. Hope blames herself for not seeing it sooner and for Percy's death and prepares to kill Mason in revenge as Felix puts down several empties and gets into jeep. Coming up beside her sister, Iris tells her not to kill Mason as she'd only be doing something to herself all over again. Remembering how she accidentally killed Amelia Ortiz on the Night the Sky Fell, Hope finally relents and drops the gun. Felix drives up and Huck orders them to go. After a last look at Percy's body, Iris climbs into the jeep and they drive off.
Left alone with Jadis, Huck forces her to move out of the way, exchanging a look with Felix as he briefly slows down while driving by. With empties swarming around them, Jadis guesses that Huck's mother was right about her, but Huck states that her mother has nothing to do with this. Jadis states that if Huck was gonna shoot her, she would've done it by now and reinforcements are on the way. Jadis offers to give Huck a 5 to 10 minute head start if she spares Jadis' life, suggesting that with Huck's skills, she might even make it. As Huck hesitates, Mason screams for help and Huck and Jadis notice empties approaching him. Jadis rushes to Mason's rescue and, making her choice, Huck shoots several of the empties approaching Mason before she runs out of bullets. Huck jumps into a jeep and drives off as Jadis puts down the remaining empties that have gotten too close to Mason. As the research facility is overrun by the massive herd, Jadis and Mason watch Huck go.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Mason has killed:
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Trivia[]
- Mason is one of ten kids/teens in The Walking Dead franchise to become an antagonist, the others being Ben, Lizzie Samuels, Gill, Ron Anderson, Christopher Manawa, Marlon, Minerva, Gage, and Dakota.
- He is currently the only one to have an alive status.
International Dubbers[]
| Language | Dubber | Other Characters Voiced |
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| Czech | N/A | N/A |
| French | Aurélien Raynal | N/A |
| German | N/A | N/A |
| Hungarian | N/A | N/A |
| Italian | N/A | N/A |
| Japanese | N/A | N/A |
| Portuguese | N/A | N/A |
| Spanish (Latin America) | N/A | N/A |
| Spanish (Spain) | N/A | N/A |
World Beyond Characters
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| Campus Colony | Iris • Hope • Silas • Felix • Elton • Will • Leopold • Romano • Marco • Mr. Kapadia • Dani • Phoebe • Jan • Dr. K |
| Lincoln | Isaac • Amelia • Kari • Cliff |
| Civic Republic of Philadelphia | Elizabeth • Tiga • Grady • Mason • Terry • Ian • Diane • Marjorie • Amanda • Tucker • Jadis • Dr. Ebersol • Cohen • Robertson • Lowery • Armadi • Nolan • Betts • Murrow • Dennis • Jennifer • Frank • Webb • Lyla • Samuel • Mills • Barca |
| Illinois | Percy • Tony • Walter |
| Military Personnel | Dawson • Drake • Owens • Wilkins • Powlowski • Farmer • Simms |
| Omaha | Mrs. Plaskett • Ruth • Galbraith • Daniel • Margaret • Gary |
| The Perimeter | Indira • Asha • Robin • Brody • Dev |
| Miscellaneous Survivors | Candice • Beta • Edwin • Sabina • Mr. Mallick |
| Animals | Teresa |
| Alive characters appear in green. Unknown characters appear in blue. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Undead characters appear in gray and italics. | |