Daryl and Morgan head back to Virginia with their new family. The two men must reunite with their friends and show them the men they have become and help their new and old family get to know each other and deal with new problems as they arise as they build their new home and try to save as many people as possible. Trust, will, and love will be put to the test as they return home.

Jake Griffin takes precautions when he finds out about the system failure on the Ark. After being caught he must escape with Raven Reyes and his daughter Clarke. After getting to the ground they must learn to survive on the world they believe to be abandoned. On the Ark, Wells Jaha forms an unlikely alliance to find out the truth about what happened to Clarke, Jake, and Raven.

T-dog makes a different decision on the roof in Atlanta. He decides to risk his life for the man who threatened to kill him hours ago. This choice sets up a string of events that will result in death, life, love, and trust. As the Dixon brothers learn to trust, Shane must come to terms with his best friend being alive and losing the woman and child he loves.

After Mount Weather Murphy is kicked out of Arkadia. After running into Clarke who is haunted by what she had done in Mount Weather. The two broken souls must learn to work together as Azgeda hunts down Clarke and Lexa calls onto the people she left to die to help save the woman she cares about and their friend. They have to come together and learn to trust each other once more.

It has been a month since the end of the war. Daryl decides to leave the communities to find the woman who let him out of the cell and saved his life. Out in the world, Sherry runs into a group of people that she will have to learn to trust and a man who reminds her of the man she saved. Rick and Maggie must work together to destroy the treats to the people they love.