On the last episode of Wayward Pines, Margaret learned from Theo how to get out of her cage. She slips out and kills of Megan who is her last jailer. She is going to return to her people and they will kill all humans.
Jason talks to his people and tells them all will be fine. Carrie talks to Theo about Margaret. Theo was hoping to build trust between the two sides but Jason’s shooting destroyed it all in 3 flashes of gun powder.
It seems Carrie is unable to have children which means she can’t help Jason. Theo heads to the lab and sees Margaret is gone and Megan is dead. He presses the alarm button to alert everyone.It is clear Margaret aims to take out Jason because of his actions.
The soldiers look for Margaret everywhere on Jason’s command. After seeing what she did to Megan they have to find her. Margaret is outside now, and climbing down a cliff. She jumps off and continues to run. Her agile animal like body is far more robust and she clearly has not suffered.
Theo wants to tell the town now, but Jason doesn’t believe that is best. Carrie is shaken up by the events. Xander goes after Rebecca again because he loves her and because she is pregnant with his child.
Lucy and her brother run to see Rebecca. Margaret remembers the brother as he was the one who found her. She attacks a soldier in town and kills him brutally. Margaret runs along the roofs of the buildings in town after carrying the dead soldier away. She is apparently hit but they don’t find her.
Jason mourns the loss of Megan but is tipped off that Margaret is close by. Xander takes out his guns that he hid and he and Rebecca lead a ragtag group.
Theo and Adam search for Margaret in the woods. Really these two are the best chance for finding her. Rebecca goes to the castle to gather something important from Pilcher’s house. Rebecca can tell the Abbies are going to use an abandoned tunnel. Carrie comes into object to Rebecca’s actions and is put in her place.
Theo stops an armed standoff after an accidental shooting. Carrie and Jason head to Jason’s bunker. Jason wants them to be the new Adam and Eve. Carrie finally tells him that she can’t have children.
Rebecca heads outside and is met by Margaret. Margaret senses that she is a mother to be. Xander appears and shoots Margaret in the arm before kissing Rebecca. Adam finds Margaret who was wounded. He doesn’t want to hurt her and lets her escape.Adam follows her into the pipe that she escapes into. Rebecca leads Jason and Carrie to the pipe and they throw grenades in when they hear Abbies in the distance.
Adam crawls out of the pipe and is met by a force of Abbies. Margaret pacifies them and he follows her. Theo is annoyed that Xander gave weapons to civilians especially since Margaret got away and people were hurt.
Margaret is close to death having lost so much blood. What will happen in the next episode? Tune in to episode 9 called “Walcott Prep.”