Call to Arms (Grimes)

"Call to Arms" is the fourth episode of the first season of HBO's Grimes. It was released in April 2028 and was written by Ivan Evangelista, with Laura Belsey directing it.

Plot
With a sense of doom rising; Reece must once again make the decision to sacrifice his own well-being for the sake of others, although; this time, he may be too far gone.

Synopsis
Reece threatens Lillian, she laughs and he misdirects her before attacking Abel, knocking him off his feet while Clementine disarms Lillian, Judith grabs the two youngers and runs back in the direction of the school.

Reece and Clementine head in the opposite direction to lead the two away. They stumble down a hill and end up near a horde. They quickly cover themselves in guts and move through it. Reece blames Clementine for Lillian wanting to kill them, although she objects, he doesn't listen.

Judith and the two arrive at the school gates. They beg to let them in but they just watch from the tower. A small horde approaches and Judith fights it, she is eventually joined by Grace and her brother who gets the courage to help his friend. Louis and Willie joins them. Broady and Adrian watch on, Broady goes to join them and eventually so does Adrian. Katy, Ruby and the rest look on disapprovingly. Adrian demands to know why they are back, she tells them that Lillian mentioned him by name and that she knew of the school already. He demands to know how and Broady interrupts, she accuses Adrian of meeting Lillian before and trading away Bonnie for safety, Adrian angrily punches her and she falls to the ground, Grace and Louis restrain him. Everyone looks worried, they put Adrian in the basement before Grace announces she's going to help Reece and Clementine, Louis and Willie agree to help while the others stay back. Judith comes with them.

Reece and Clementine reach a cave where they take shelter, they go deep into it and climb up high. He tells her that she is dangerous and he still doesn't trust her. They chat and decide they don't like each other. Eventually, an arrow comes whizzing through the air and Reece ducks out the way, accidentally pushing Clementine down to ledge near the horde, she keeps back from the ledge while trying to work out where the shooter is. Reece spots Pauline before crawling along to get a shot at her, however, he realises his gun is out of bullets, with Clementine nearly falling off he throws his knife into Pauline's back and she falls into the horde below. Reece looks for others but cannot see any. He calls out to Clementine and she curses him for shoving her, he objects stating it was an accident and he saved her life. They regroup and she punches him in the face.

Meanwhile, Judith leads the others to where they got split up, Rosie helps track Reece and Clementine to a ledge which they slipped off. Grace notes they may have perished in the horde, but Judith knows Reece wouldn't die like that. They begin to scale it after slathering themselves in guts. Once at the bottom, Judith notices a Delta soldier in the horde, she silently kills them while Louis looks on disapprovingly. Suddenly, Grace spots Lillian and Abel move towards a cave, Lillian sends Pauline in ahead. They get closer before getting above them to a vantage point. Louis shoots a flare in the air from the opposite side of the horde to attract most of it, it works and only a few walkers surround the Delta soldiers.

At the foot of the cave, Reece sees the flare and stops Clementine, he notices Ben standing in the horde and sinks deep into it. Once out of the cave and past the initial ambush, there is barely any cover. Lillian, Ben and Abel find the two and hold them at gunpoint. She is about to execute Reece when suddenly an arrow comes flying through the air and penetrates Ben's shoulder, Lillian duck and rolls before hitting her head, Abel and Ben help her flee. Judith attempts to chase but Reece stops her. They thank them for the help before they all head back.

Back at the school, everyone apologizes for casting them out, Judith apologizes for telling Lillian where the school is but Broady reminds her Adrian did that first. Reece questions this and Broady informs him. Reece tells them they should expect an attack before suiting up to leave, Clementine agrees with his decision and readys R.J. Broady and Judith demand he stay since he's probably made things worse, he eventually agrees to help. Although, Clementine and R.J. leave. Reece is happy with this.

Grace and Clementine say their goodbyes, Clementine tells Grace she could come with them. Grace considers it but decides to stay. In the main building, Reece, Louis and Broady plan the defense. He instructs Willie to take the younger ones to the basement to hide and protect them. Broady asks about Adrian, Reece orders them to bring him. Reece questions a secured Adrian. Adrian says he did it to protect the school, however, Reece tells him he should never trade the life of another, otherwise you lose yourself. Adrian agrees, although Reece is unconvinced and he locks him in the upstairs office.
 * Judith, Ruby, Scott and Willie go to the greenhouse so Willie can make bombs, they find a zombified Ms. Kate which upsets Ruby, Jude puts her down and Ruby thanks her.
 * Reece and Broady discuss battle plans with Grace and they get everything into positions.

Co-Stars

 * Cameron Olsen as Willie
 * Peter Vindikar as Samuel
 * Freeya McCarr as Abi
 * Callum Yon as Abel
 * Karen James as Pauline

Deaths

 * Ms. Kate (Zombified)
 * Pauline (Alive and Zombified)
 * One unnamed Delta Soldier

Trivia

 * First (and Last Appearance) of Ms. Kate (Zombified).
 * Last Appearance of Pauline.
 * This episode's title is based on the Comic of the same name.
 * Although the plot of the episode is actually based on the Telltale Game's Season Four episode, "Suffer the Children".