Over there.
What's wrong ?
You hear that ?
Hear what ?
Don't move. Do not move.
Here. Take the wire off of that.hurry up.
Spool it up.
-What is that? -Dinner.
It's like he's protected somehow,
like there's nothing that can touch him.
He's just a fucking man.
You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.
Still warm.
No more than a few hours dead.
He can't be far.
Son of a bitch!
Solara.
Are you sure you still want her?
It's gonna be dark soon. We can't track them at night, they'll see us coming.
We could drive right past them and never know it.
He's right.
They're on foot, tired. They'll have to sleep.
We'll make up the ground tomorrow. We'll have them before morning's out.
That better be a guarantee.
Do you really read the same book every day?
Without fail.
Will you read some to me?
Please?
"The Lord is my shepherd.
"I shall not want.
"He makes me to lie down in green pastures.
"Leads me beside the still waters.
"He restores my soul.
"He leadeth me in the path of righteousness, for his name's sake.
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
"I will fear no evil, for thou art with me."
-That's beautiful. -You like that?
-Did you write that? -Yes, I did.
Really?
No, no. No.
No, that was around a long time before you and I got here, that's for sure.
What did you mean when you said it's not just any book?
It's the only one.
Really?
After the war, people made it their business
to find and destroy any that the fires didn't get already.
Some people said this was the reason for the war in the first place.
Anyway, it's the only one that survived.
How'd you get it?
They said that the war
tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.
Yeah.
Tore a hole in the sky, sun came down
and burned everything.
Everything and everybody.
You were lucky to hole up and hide in a place like this or underground.
Most people weren't lucky.
So, a year later, we started coming out,
and people wandered around.
I, not knowing what I was gonna do, trying to find a place to survive.
One day, I heard a voice.
It's hard to explain, but it was like it...
Like it was coming from inside of me.
But I could hear it as clear as I can hear you talking to me now.
What did this voice say?
It led me
to a place where I found the book
buried under some rubble.
The voice told me to carry the book out west.
Told me that a path would be laid out for me,
that I'd be led to a place where the book was safe.
Told me that I'd be protected
against anyone or anything that stood in my path.
I've been walking ever since.
And you did all that because a voice in your head told you to?
Yes, I did.
I know what I heard.
I know what I hear.
I know I'm not crazy.
And I know I would've never made it without help.
-What's that? -One question too many.
Go to bed, we got an early start in the morning.
Hey.
What are you doing?
-I'm sorry, I thought you were sleeping. -I wasn't sleeping.
What are you doing?
I just wanted to see the book.
Nobody touches it but me, you understand me?
Do you understand me?
-Yes, I understand. -Good. Go to sleep.
You said you don't know how to read anyway. It's no use to you.
Yeah.
So teach me.
Hold up. Hold up! Stop!
You know, you say you've been walking for 30 years, right?
Right.
Have you ever thought that maybe you were lost?
Nope.
Well, how do you know that you're walking in the right direction?
"We walk by faith, not by sight."
What does that mean?
It means that you know something, even if you don't know something.
That doesn't make any sense.
Doesn't have to make sense, it's faith. It's faith.
It's the flower of light in the field of darkness
that's giving me the strength to carry on. You understand?
Is that from your book?
No, it's Johnny Cash live at Folsom Prison.
What?
-Do you think anyone lives there? -I don't know.
Maybe there's water.
Stay behind me.
This is weird.
Who are you?
We're travelers, that's all. Don't mean any harm.
No trespassing! Haven't you read the sign?
We're very sorry. I didn't see it.
What's your business?
-We were just... -No business!
Just... We're very sorry, and if you let us, we'll be on our way.
George, look at them. One of them is just a girl.
Yeah. It's an old story, I've heard it a hundred times before.
We get so few visitors these days. George is suspicious of everybody.
I'm Martha. Would you care for some tea?
How about some music? It's so soothing.
George!
How do you like it? It's nice. Please.
-Is that good? -Good, good. That's... Taste is rich.
It's amazing that you two have survived out here all by yourselves.
Well, now, George is something of a handyman.
He did a lot of work on this place, making it safe.
We may be old, but we're resilient.
We've known more than a few who've tried to take this place from us.
-Haven't we, George? -Yes, we have.
-Right. -I wanna show you something. Come on.
George, no! Not now!
Come on!
-Are these... -Graves? Sure.
Be uncivilized not to bury them.
Besides, it's good for the soil.
Come on back inside. I think I might be able to rustle you up some sandwiches.
Well, thank you, thank you very much.
-We gotta go now. -They killed all these people.
They didn't just kill them, they ate them.
-Her hands... Her hands were shaking. -Too much human meat. Let's go.
I found some meat. I hope you're hungry.
Nope. No, thank you.
Well, we... We gotta be going.
-So soon? -Yeah, I'm afraid so.
-Are you sure you won't stay? -I'm sure, I'm very sure.
Put the gun down.
Solara, you take this. Open the door for us, please.
-Solara, say thank you for the tea. -Thank you for the tea.
Thank you so much for the tea.
Go back inside.
George, what's wrong?
Whole company of armed degenerates, that's what's wrong!
And they led them straight to us.
-I just set out the good china. -Fuck the china!
Have you got any more weapons?
Weapons? I'll show you some weapons.
-Can you shoot a gun? -Of course.
Come on, come on!
We know you're in there!
Come on out and nobody needs to get hurt!
I'll make it easy!
Send out Solara with the book!
-What are we gonna do? -I know what the fuck I'm doing!
-Wait, wait, wait. -That's all I want, the book and the girl!
They ain't coming out.
Shit! Get down! Everybody, get down!
Hey! You know that voice you heard?
Did it say anything about this?
We'll get out alive, both of us!
What about us?
Didn't mention you!
Cease fire!
Martha? Martha?
Martha! Martha!
-Martha. -Go in on the side! Over on the side!
You bastards!
-The side of the house! -You fucking bastards!
-Hold your fire! Hold your fire! -What are they doing?
Nothing good.
Where's the book?
Check his pack.
It ain't here.
This is your last chance. You give it up or I swear I'll bury you out here.
Son of a bitch.
Let's try this again.
-Carnegie! -What?
Now, where's the book?
Give him the book, please.
Don't tell him.
It's in the house, back of the TV.
Go check the TV!
The what?
You're fucking shitting me. You, go! Go!
Ask, and you shall receive.
God is good, is he not?
All the time.
Not all the time.
No! No!
You see?
What did I tell you?
He's just a man.
No! Leave him alone!
Please, stop!
Where's your protection now?
Pray for me.
Okay?
I mean it.
No!
Shit!
Go back!
Come on! Come on!
We barely got enough fuel to make it back. You wanna go after her?
No.
-Where are you going? -I'm going west. Gotta go west.
Hey!
Here.
I'm sorry.
For what?
-This. This is all my fault. -No, it's not.
No, it is. If I didn't come with you, none of this would've happened.
It's not your fault.
I did what I had to do.
I didn't think anything could make you give up that book.
I thought it was too important.
All the years I've been carrying it and reading it every day.
I got so caught up with keeping it safe,
I forgot to live by what I learned from it.
Yeah, and what's that?
Just...
Do for others more than you do for yourself.
That's what I got from it, anyway.
You smell that?
-What? -In the air?
Salt?
We're getting close to the ocean.
That's it.
Get the Engineer!
That's far enough!
What's your business here?
My name is Eli!
I have a King James Bible in my possession.
Remain where you are!
Don't attempt to make any sudden moves, or you will be fired upon!
Be careful with it. Be careful.
Careful with it.
They're clean.
We've been doing this for a long time now.
-Feels like a museum. -No, it's much more than that.
This is where we're going to start again.
We've got a printing press. It'll be operational quite soon.
We're going to teach people about the world they lost.
Help them start to rebuild it.
I mean, look. Shakespeare. Britannica, missing only a few volumes.
There's a whole series of beautiful Mozart and Wagner records
in still very pristine condition.
But never a Bible. Well, not until now.
Well, may I ask what condition it's in?
It's beat up,
but it will do the job.
-Do you think I could see it? -Yes, you may.
-That's it. It's open. -You there?
Do you have anything to write on?
Could you get us some writing paper, please?
And a lot of it.
A whole lot of it.
It can't be.
It...
It's impossible!
It can't be!
Pay close attention and write down
everything I say
exactly as I say it.
"The first book of Moses.
"Called Genesis.
"Chapter one, verse one.
"In the beginning,
"God created the heavens
"and the earth.
"Verse two.
"And the earth was without form
"and void.
"And darkness
"was upon the face of the deep.
"And the Spirit of God
"was hovering
"over the face of the waters.
"Verse three.
"And God said,
"'Let there be light.'
"And there was light."
Where is Solara?
Out there.
Her choice.
I tried to bring her back. She refused.
What did you do when she refused?
-Read it. -What did you do to my daughter?
-Read it! -What did you do to my daughter?
You can start anytime.
I'm sorry.
It's been so long, I don't remember.
-You have to. -I have to? Really?
No, no, no, no. You have to. Please.
Your leg.
It doesn't hurt anymore.
I can smell it.
You worked so hard for that book.
You sacrificed so much, so many men.
More than you could spare.
Now all those people who were too scared to even say your name,
they're downstairs, tearing up the bar right now. Did you know that?
And there's no one there to stop them.
And you're feverish.
I can't imagine what it must feel like to have what you want so close
-and it might as well be a million miles away. -Stop it!
Are you leaving me?
Claudia?
Claudia!
Get away! Get away!
It's mine!
Dear Lord,
thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction
to complete the task you entrusted to me.
Thank you for guiding me, straight and true, through the many obstacles in my path,
and for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost.
Thank you for your protection and for your many signs along the way.
Thank you for any good that I may have done. I'm so sorry about the bad.
You don't have to leave, you know. You're very welcome to stay here.
-You'll be perfectly safe. -Thank you,
but this is something that I have to do.
Where will you go?
Home.
Thank you for the friend I made.
Please watch over her as you've watched over me.
Thank you for finally allowing me to rest.
I'm so very tired,
but I go now to my rest, at peace,
knowing that I have done right with my time on this earth.
I fought the good fight.
I finished the race.
I kept the faith.