Don't Wake the Dead Man Episode 2

Episode 2 · 58 episodes · Cole Andrews, Kira, Renko

Episode 2 recap

In a flashback, Roman Asher finds baby Kira in a nursery crib. His Syndicate handler orders him to kill her, but Roman refuses. The baby reaches out and touches his gun barrel. Roman drops his earpiece, wraps her in a blanket, and walks away. He brings Kira to Dez's workshop. Dez supplies him with travel rations and fake dockhand credentials. Dez cuts out Roman's tracking chip, implants a replacement, and registers him as dead.

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Episode 2 scene by scene

00:00: Flashback in the Nursery
Roman points his pistol at an infant inside a nursery crib. His Syndicate boss commands him to eliminate her over the comms. When the smiling baby touches the barrel, Roman removes his earpiece, wraps the infant in a blanket, and flees.
01:14: Supplies at the Workshop
Roman arrives at Dez's underground workshop carrying baby Kira. Dez hands him travel rations, survival supplies, and forged documentation. The paperwork sets up a new identity for him as a station dockhand named Cole Andrews bound for Tidewater Station.
02:18: Erasing Roman Asher
Dez slices open Roman's wrist with surgical tools. He extracts the Syndicate tracking chip and inserts a replacement ID chip. After a scanner confirms Roman Asher is officially dead in the network records, Cole packs his silenced gun into a case.

Key lines from episode 2

“There's a baby here.”
Roman Asher · Roman reports what he found in the nursery crib to his handler.

“No loose ends. You know what to do.”
Syndicate boss · The Syndicate boss orders Roman to murder the infant over the communicator.

“I'm not killing a fucking baby. I'm out.”
Roman Asher · Roman refuses the execution order and announces his immediate departure from the Syndicate.

“According to the system records, Roman Asher is officially dead.”
Dez · Dez scans Roman's wrist after swapping the identity chip in the underground workshop.

How episode 2 ends

Dez finishes the scan and confirms Roman Asher is officially registered as dead. Cole packs his silenced handgun into a secure container, shuts the lid, and locks it shut. Can Cole truly bury his violent past as a Syndicate hitman while raising baby Kira under a false identity on Tidewater Station?