Undead and Overpowered Episode 2

Episode 2 · Mia Reyes, Cole Mercer, Evelyn Pierce

Episode 2 recap

On day ten of the outbreak, Mia Reyes realizes she cannot eat her hoarded food. She punches a climbing zombie out her window and hides under a duvet. Captain Cole Mercer breaches the room with Task Force 3A. He recognizes Mia from high school, bundles her into a blanket, and carries her outside. Inside the armored vehicle, the squad teases him until a huge mutated mammoth halts their truck in the road.

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Episode 2 scene by scene

00:00: Punching an Intruder Out the Window
Mia laments that ten days have passed since the outbreak started and she cannot consume any stockpiled food. A zombie climbs onto her window ledge. She punches the intruder backward, sending him plunging down into the alley below.
00:20: A Surprise Rescue in the Bedroom
Mia hears footsteps and dives beneath her duvet. Outside, Task Force 3A shoots infected targets along the hallway. Captain Cole Mercer enters her bedroom, pulls away the blanket, and discovers his former high school hall monitor staring back at him.
00:59: High School Hall Monitor Flashback
In a flashback to their school days, Mia stands over Cole at his desk. She strictly orders him to wake up and finish his school assignment. Nearby in the classroom, Flynn Brooks and Nolan Hayes quietly observe the interaction.
01:08: Carried Out of the Apartment
Cole assesses Mia's reactions in the bedroom. He thinks to himself that she looks cute, but verbally warns her to stop acting cute. He wraps Mia firmly in a blanket and carries her out toward Haven Base's research lab.
01:39: Teasing Inside the Armored Truck
Inside the armored transport, Flynn and Nolan tease Cole about whether Mia is his sworn enemy or his girlfriend. Cole brushes off their remarks. Mia rests quietly in the back, dozing off while thinking back to their shared school days.
02:03: A Mutated Mammoth Blocks the Road
The armored vehicle swerves violently across the road and screeches to an abrupt halt. Marcus grips the wheel as the headlights hit a massive mutated mammoth standing directly across their path, cutting off the squad's route through the city.

Key lines from episode 2

“Day ten of the outbreak and I'm a zombie. I stockpiled all that food and I can't eat any of it.”
Mia · Mia speaks to herself in her bedroom while looking at her hoarded food.

“Ma'am, any wounds? Any bites? Answer honestly. I'm Captain Cole Mercer, Interagency Task Force 3A, official search and rescue.”
Cole Mercer · Cole speaks to Mia after pulling back the blanket covering her in bed.

“Hall Monitor?”
Cole Mercer · Cole recognizes Mia's face after pulling the duvet away from her head.

“Why are you carrying her, Cole? Sworn enemy or girlfriend?”
Flynn Brooks · Flynn questions Cole inside the armored vehicle after Cole carries Mia aboard.

How episode 2 ends

The armored vehicle skids to an abrupt stop when an enormous mutated mammoth steps directly into the street, trapping Task Force 3A and Mia inside the truck. Can Cole and his squad eliminate this massive mutated beast before it crushes their transport, or will Mia have to expose her own unnatural strength to keep them alive?