- After Hazel's company successfully carries out their friendly extraction of defectors from Efrafa, General Woundwart lays siege on Watership Down to carry out his deadly revenge.
- A flashback revealing the origins of General Woundwort opens the episode. In the present, General Woundwort faces Bigwig and the Watership Down rabbits escaping from Efrafa, shortly before Kehaar then comes to the rescue. In the confusion, Hazel and the group make a run for it and manage to hide in a nearby human village. The next morning, the rabbits thank Kehaar for his bravery, who counts the debt paid from his recovery before flying off, promising to return in the future. The rabbits then return to Watership Down, though their victory is short-lived after coming across an Efrafa scouting party some time later.
Hazel meets with Woundwort to strike a deal, but Woundwort shrugs him off, thinking he is dealing with a lame rabbit rather than with Bigwig, whom he believes to be Chief Rabbit. Watership Down prepares to fight Woundwort, who means to starve them into submission with a siege. However, he grows impatient as his soldiers begin to question his motives. The warren is stormed, both sides clash and many are wounded, with Holly being killed in the struggle. The tunnels are collapsed and most of the rabbits retreat to the middle of the warren, with Hazel and Bigwig meaning to pull off a final stand in order to buy the others more time.
After suffering a vision, Fiver and Hazel head to the farm, where they mean to free the dog and lead it back to the warren while Bigwig stands his ground against Woundwort. Arriving at the farm, Fiver manages to free the dog, but is captured by the farm cat. Hazel is forced to abandon Fiver and lead the dog back to the warren, where it manages to kill Orchis before confronting Woundwort. Rabbit and dog lunge for each other though Woundwort's fate is left unknown. Many days later, the farmer's daughter returns Fiver to the wild, allowing him to come home and reunite with his friends. This event convinces Hazel of humanity's capacity for good.
Years pass and the warren is shown to be prospering, with families made among the rabbits. One evening, an elderly Hazel enjoys some silence by a nearby creek. An aged Fiver comes and says goodbye to his brother, sensing Hazel's upcoming death. Hazel is then visited by the Black Rabbit, who invites him to join her Owsla, assuring him of Watership Down's perpetual safety and future. Reassured, Hazel accepts and dies peacefully. Outside the warren, Bluebell tells members of the warren Hazel's story (starting with the opening paragraph of the novel). Nearby, Fiver listens to the story before looking up at the sky, where a rabbit-shaped cloud floats on, symbolizing Hazel's spirit running forever.
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