The Walking Dead (TV Series)

The Grove (2014)

Kyla Kenedy: Mika Samuels

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• [Carol tells Mika that she needs to toughen up or she can get killed] 

  Carol Peletier : You're little and you're sweet and those are two things that can get you killed. You can't change how big you are...

  Mika Samuels : I wish I could.

  Carol Peletier : But you can toughen up.

  Mika Samuels : I don't have to be tough. I can run. I'm good at that.

  Carol Peletier : No. My daughter ran and it wasn't enough.

• [Mika tells Carol that she doesn't want to hurt anyone] 

  Mika Samuels : I don't want to hurt anyone. I don't want to be mean.

  Lizzie Samuels : [Lizzie looks to Mika]  You have to be sometimes. But just sometimes.

• [Carol tells Lizzie and Mika how the story of Tom Sawyer ended] 

  Lizzie Samuels : Did 'Tom Sawyer' have a happy ending? We never got to finish it.

  Carol Peletier : Well, Tom and Huck, they stop Injun Joe and his partner and wind up getting all his gold.

  Mika Samuels : So they wind up rich?

  Carol Peletier : Mm-hmm. And the Widow Douglas adopts Huck.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika smiles]  Like you adopted us?

  Carol Peletier : [Carol smiles]  Yeah, just like the Widow Douglas.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika smiles]  And I'm Huck Finn.

  Lizzie Samuels : [Lizzie looks to Mika]  I think you're more like Tom Sawyer.

  Mika Samuels : Yeah, you're right. You're way more like Huck Finn. You're not even grossed out by dead rabbits.

• [Mika tells Carol that she will never kill people] 

  Mika Samuels : I can kill Walkers. I mean, I've tried. I'm not like my sister. I'm not messed up. I know what they are. But I can't kill people. I could never do that. When the bad people were at the prison, they were right in front of us and I held up my gun, but I couldn't pull the trigger. Killing people is wrong. Someone killed Karen and David. They just killed them. They were nice.

  Carol Peletier : What about people who try to kill you?

  Mika Samuels : I don't even wish I could.

  Carol Peletier : [Carol looks into Mika's eyes]  People came in and killed our friends.

  Mika Samuels : And I feel sorry for them.

  Carol Peletier : Why?

  Mika Samuels : Because they probably weren't like that before.

• [Carol tries to tell Mika that sooner or later she will have to kill] 

  Carol Peletier : Sooner or later you're gonna have to do it. You'll have to do it or you'll die. So you're gonna change the way you think about it. You have to change. Everyone does now. Things don't just work out.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika points into the woods]  Look.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika smiles when she sees a cabin]  My mom used to say everything works out the way it's supposed to.

• [Lizzie and Mika stand watch outside the cabin while Carol and Tyreese clear the inside] 

  Lizzie Samuels : They're gonna find one in there and they're going...

  Mika Samuels : Stop it. They aren't people.

  Lizzie Samuels : But you're wrong. All of you.

  Mika Samuels : They aren't people, Lizzie. They're just dead.

• [Mika sees Tyreese nervous while in the living room of the cabin they found] 

  Mika Samuels : What's wrong?

  Tyreese Williams : I'm not used to this.

  Mika Samuels : Used to what?

  Tyreese Williams : We're in a living room in a house.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika smiles]  Yeah, so relax.

  Mika Samuels : [when Tyreese slowly sits on the chair]  We should live here.

• [Mika sees the fire still burning in the distance] 

  Mika Samuels : The fire's still burning.

  Carol Peletier : It could have gone out.

  Mika Samuels : Nope. The smoke's black. If it was white, the fire wouldn't be burning anymore. I miss science class. Except for when we had to do stuff like cut up planaria worms.

  Carol Peletier : You've got to do worse than that nowadays, Mika.

  Mika Samuels : I don't gotta.

  Carol Peletier : You do. Lizzie's bigger than you and in some ways she's stronger. But you're smarter and you understand these... things. You've got to look out for her.

• [Carol and Mika find a deer in the woods while hunting] 

  Carol Peletier : [Mika aims her rifle at the deer]  Just like I showed you at the prison. Go ahead.

  Mika Samuels : [when Mika lowers her rifle]  I can't.

  Mika Samuels : [Mika smiles up at Carol]  We have peaches.

• [Mika catches Lizzie feeding the dead rat to the Walker stuck in the train tracks] 

  Mika Samuels : Lizzie. When we were giving them names, we were just pretending things weren't bad. Things are bad. Those things, they're bad. They are. We can't pretend anymore.

  Lizzie Samuels : I'm not pretending. You were. I know. I can hear them.

  Mika Samuels : [the Walker snarls at the two girls]  They want to kill you.

  Lizzie Samuels : They just want me to change. They can make me be like them. Maybe I should change.

  Mika Samuels : [the Walker growls]  Stop it.

  Lizzie Samuels : [when Lizzie holds her hand out to the Walker's teeth]  I can make you all understand.

• [Carol teaches the sisters how to cook pecans] 

  Carol Peletier : I used to make these with my grandma when I was little.

  Mika Samuels : They smell good.

  Carol Peletier : There you go. All right. I think you guys are ready to start doing the cooking around here. Who wants to put 'em in?

  [as both girls smile to cook]