Allegiant

Tobias thinks back to the first time he saw Tris. He marvels that she was the first person in her initiate class to jump into the Dauntless compound. Tobias remembers her beautiful eyes when he helped her out of the net.

Tobias recalls seeing Tris in the city before she joined Dauntless, but he realizes no one saw her for who she truly was until she jumped into the net. He compares her to a fire that is too bright to last long.

Tobias and Christina walk to the morgue to see Tris’s body. She is lying on a table, and Tobias expects her to wake up. As Christina sobs, he squeezes Tris’s hand, hoping to send life back into her cold body. When he realizes she won’t come back, he falls to his knees and cries.

Tobias keeps himself moving to avoid his grief. Before she died, Tris managed to expose the Bureau to the memory serum, so the unaffected teach them the truth: Genes are neither damaged nor pure. Tobias watches the screens in the control room and sees Johana arranging transportation for those who wish to leave Chicago. He then walks through the compound and sees Reggie open a valve on the rock sculpture, changing the slow drip to a gush of water. Caleb calls to Tobias, who forces himself to look at Caleb. He tells Tobias that Tris’s last words were that she didn’t want to leave Tobias. Tobias walks away and eventually sits next to Cara, watching the sculpture.

Christina jogs toward Cara and Tobias and tells them the doctors will soon stop Uriah’s life support. When Tobias enters Uriah’s room, he sees David and lunges at him. Evelyn stops him and tells him to calm down. David doesn’t remember killing Tris, whom the Bureau considers a rebel. Tobias watches the doctor turn off the machines keeping Uriah alive, and he turns and runs out of the room.

Tobias takes a truck and returns to Chicago. He drives to his house, goes upstairs, and shaves his head as he did as a child in Abnegation. He pulls a vial of memory serum from his pocket. With the experiment over—Johana went to David’s superiors and convinced them to allow the people to stay in the city so long as they are self-sufficient and submit to the government—Tobias wants to become someone new. He hears Christina tell him to give her the vial. She says this is a coward’s choice, and Tobias is not a coward. Christina then says Tris wouldn’t want Tobias to erase her from his memory, which makes Tobias angry, and he can’t be the man Tris helped him become if he takes the serum. Tobias finally allows himself to cry and hands Christina the vial. Together, they leave Chicago.

Tobias picks Evelyn up at the compound and drives her into the city. Because so much has changed in the past two years, she can return without breaking the treaty. Tobias takes her to his apartment. As a founder of the new Chicago, Tobias could choose where he lived. He chose a place far from his previous homes. Evelyn thanks him for letting her stay with him and asks where Marcus is. Tobias doesn’t know, nor does he care, having finally wholly let go of his father. Evelyn goes to her bag and gives Tobias the blue sculpture she gave him years ago, which she has kept with her.

Tobias then drives to a train platform and takes the urn carrying Tris’s ashes out of the truck. A group of his friends waits for him. The train, driven by Cara, approaches and stops in front of the platform. Everyone gets on, and the train continues forward to another platform. Everyone gets out and walks to the Dauntless zip line. Each group member goes down the zip line until only Zeke and Tobias are left. With Zeke’s encouragement, Tobias gets strapped in. Zeke places Tris’s urn on Tobias’s back with the lid open, allowing her ashes to fall along the zip line. At the end of the line, Tobias’s friends are there to catch him.

The group returns to the train, and Christina asks Tobias how he’s doing. He says he’s okay, but things will always be hard. She sympathizes with him and tells him to look for the good moments when they come. Tobias learns that life damages everyone, but others mend that damage.