We open with an epic
and disgusting zombie fight - because Z Nation always brings the icky.
Doc, George and Warren are following the markings of the Talker hiding and it
leads them to Limbo
Yes, the same place
the blends told Murphy they were waiting. It’s a… club. A casino. And general
place of debauchery ranging from the standard table dancers and roulette to
chainsaw duels and whack-a-mole.
Murphy runs the place
now wearing a ridiculous outfit which honestly he kind of makes work and he’s
much beloved by his people (there’s also a moment where he says he’s in a
bisexual threesome relationship which would be more noteworthy if it wasn’t a
single throwaway line for comic relief and to emphasise the debauchery of Limbo
rather than actual representation.)
We have lots of
scenes of the general ickiness and it’s notable that there are a huge number of
Talkers in Limbo. Murphy claims to be apolitical and not involved in Altura’s
issues but Warren notes that his is the only settlement in Newmerica which
allows Talkers to move around freely. AND Limbo is marked as a safe place for
Talkers - so it seems Murphy is not nearly as apolitical as he claims
They do have a gang
of Talkers now, but they’re very very hungry and Murphy isn’t THAT kind - most
of the Biscuits in Limbo are used for stakes in gambling. Among the Talkers is
Marjorie - Dante’s wife.
He insists that the
Talkers are just dropped on his doorstep from a truck and he knows nothing.
George changes her opinion of Murphy and hits him with the full weight of her
super empathy and gives him one of her awesome speeches
Murphy is impressed -
but not buying. Even George’s beautiful idealism runs aground on Murphy’s
cynicism. Murphy also remembers Estes from Zona - and thinks he was dispatched
on a secret mission not that he left as Estes claimed. There’s also a hairy
moment when the near zombie Talkers need to be corralled
They’re interrupted
by the arrival of the truck Murphy mentioned - and he has a psychic sense of
Lucy. He hurries down, thinking his dead daughter has somehow come back and
opens the door to find…
ADDIE
ADDIE
Yes it’s Addie! I
called it last episode! That spiky mace had to be Addie! She’s back! She’s
back. And… perhaps a little broken. She’s deeply sad about Lucy’s death and
she, Murphy and Doc drink to her passing, reminiscing and sounding deeply sad
(the least said about the booze they’re drinking, the better). She resists the
idea that she’s a saviour for the Talkers despite clearly being so - and angrily
backs off when they mention Dante. She thinks there’s absolutely no way he’ll
get anything resembling a fair trial and she leaves angrily
She’s delayed
fighting zombies with an almost manic glee when Warren and George join her -
and there’s something deeply joyful seeing how quickly Warren and Abby stand
back to back to fight like they’ve never been parted. And they talk about Addy
as her lieutenant, their willingness to die for each other and generally really
hammering their deep and profound bond which makes me so happy to see them back
together
Warren takes that
trust and uses it to endorse George who promises she absolutely won’t hand
Dante over to Altura.
She takes them to
where Dante’s hiding and he naturally declares his innocence to the bombing and
he doesn’t want to go back to Altura
While they’re
collecting Dante, Doc and Murphy are going through all kinds of shenanigans
with the Talkers, getting more emergency biscuits having to win them back in a
card game which involves Doc nearly losing all his clothes, Murphy using the
psychic bonds with his blends to win… followed by the man eating all the
biscuits and exploding like a Monty Python scene. It’s just nasty
When everyone is back
in the bar a captain from Altura arrives… Warren and Murphy both try to hold
him off but Marjorie escapes again saying Dante’s name. He holds a gun to her
head and Dante surrenders - George offered to fight for him but Dante refused
to let her risk her life as he refers to her as their “hope for the future”.
He surrenders but,
despite Warren intervening and Murphy protesting Altura has no authority in
Limbo, he still shoots Marjorie in the head as he leaves
George is duly
shaken… maybe her idealism has finally taken a hit
10k also joins them -
for reunion, exclamations over his hand - and him revealing the trucks full of
zombies that are being shipped into Newmerica territory.
