Thomas leads a mission to rescue Minho and find a permanent cure for the Flare.
The final chapter begins with a high-stakes train heist to free captured Gladers, which fails. Newt is revealed to be infected with the Flare, his condition worsening. To find a cure, Thomas, Frypan (Dexter Darden), Jorge, and Brenda decide to infiltrate WCKD’s walled city. They are aided by an underground resistance led by Lawrence (Walton Goggins). Inside WCKD’s headquarters, Thomas confronts Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson) and learns the final secret: the cure can only be synthesized from a specific brain pattern—Newt’s. In a tragic climax, Newt succumbs to the Flare, forcing Thomas to kill him. Minho is freed, and Thomas destroys WCKD’s lab. The survivors escape to a safe haven, where they finally live without walls. maze runner all movies in order