Season 2 - Episode 28: Flesh and Stone

## Synopsis

The crew tries to figure out what happened in 1989 and how Judson became a zombie. They discover that Judson was friends with Miguel's wife, Lucy, and that another of Judson's friends, Virgil Preston, was killed around the time of the last outbreak. Judson doesn't have any memories from before he was a zombie, so they track down his father, Lance Stone. Sammie tries to look through his memories to find out what happened 30 years ago.

## Episode Description

Our heroes need to know what happened during the last zombie incident 30 years ago. Unfortunately, the one person that could definitely tell them is long gone. But maybe there's someone left alive that could talk... if he wants to.

## Key Events

* The crew discovers Judson was friend's with Miguel's wife, Lucy, and Virgil Preston, who was killed in October of 1989, just a couple weeks before the first outbreak.
* Salem admits he made a deal with the Empty Man to bring his mom back from the dead, he just had to bite his friend in return.
* Bjorn, Sammie, Oliver, and Judson go to talk to Judson's father, Lance, who lives in a retirement home nearby. Sammie looks through his memories to find out what happened on Halloween of 1989.

## Summary

Miguel explains that they didn't know Lucy was in the area at the time of the last outbreak, they didn't meet her until a few years later, but it had to have been her that stopped the outbreak last time. He says she never mentioned it but there's no other explanation.

They start to do some research to try and figure out how Judson is connected to the events 30 years ago and whether or not their new patient zero is connected to Judson. Sammie asks the boy his name and he replies that it's Salem Pierce. Henry finds an article on the internet that says that Salem's mom was killed in a car crash. He doesn't find any relation to Judson. He passes this information onto the group.

Bjorn asks if it's not the people themselves that are linked, but the event itself. He wonders if Judson lost someone too 30 years ago. Judson says that he can't remember anything like that. Bjorn does some research online and finds some old news archives. He finds a clipping of a newspaper of a parade. There is a photo of a young, alive, Judson with two people beside him. All three of them are in the back of a Park Services pickup truck, throwing candy in the procession. The caption reads, "Son of Park Director, Judson Stone, makes his way down main street with two friends." The article is from a year before the zombie outbreak. Bjorn shows Judson the picture, but he doesn't remember the others in the photo. When Stanley and Miguel see it they look surprised. Stanley says it's definitely Lucy in the photo, that it was definitely from before they met her. She was probably only 21 at the time.

Miguel moves away from them and begins tapping away at his own computer. He finds a copy of an old yearbook someone had scanned and uploaded. He finds a photo and turns it around to show them. It's a boy named Virgil Preston. Miguel says it has to be the other man in the photo. He shows Judson the photo but Judson still doesn't recognize the boy. Sammie starts to research Virgil and finds an obituary from 30 years ago on October 19, 1989. Virgil was killed in an ATV accident in a park. Sammie asks if that was when the zombie outbreak happened last time and Stanley and Miguel confirm that it was Halloween of '89 the last time this happened.

Stanley points out that when Sammie was looking through Salem's memories, she saw that his mom was alive that same day, but several days earlier he was at her tombstone. They start to theorize that the death and resurrection of a loved one may be the catalyst for a deal that causes the zombie outbreak. They ask Salem about it and he admits that The Empty Man said all he had to do was bite his friend, Josh, and he would bring his mom back. He says the Empty Man didn't mention anything about Salem becoming undead or the bite causing an outbreak.

Henry suggests that the way to stop the outbreak is to kill the one that was brought back to life. Salem protests, interjecting that it's his mom they're talking about killing. Henry explains that he understands what it's like to lose your mom and Salem counters with the fact that Henry would be willing to do anything to get his mom back, just like he was. Henry disagrees that he'd be okay with bringing back his mom from the dead.

Sammie suggests that they focus on trying to figure out how Lucy stopped the outbreak last time. She says she can use magic to see another time but she's never gone back that far before. They'd also need to figure out a specific place for her to look. They contemplate trying to find a way to talk to Lucy's spirit, but Miguel quickly shuts it down. They try to think of there is someone still alive that they can talk to. They theorize Virgil could be alive if he was brought back from the dead but don't know where to find him.

Bjorn realizes Judson's dad should still be alive and they could try to find him. Henry does some research and finds that shortly after Virgil's death, Judson's dad, Lance Stone, retired. He finds some records that say he's living in a nearby retirement home. Henry, weak from the bite wounds on his neck and arm, stays at the hotel. Bjorn, Sammie, Judson, and Oliver head over to Oak Harbor Retirement Home on West. It sits on the northern part of the island near the shore.

They walk up to the front desk of the home and ask to see Mr. Stone. A nurse shows them back to Room 215. They knock and tell Lance Stone they're here to talk to him. Judson stays in the doorway as Bjorn, Sammie, and Oliver step inside. They see a tall, gaunt man that looks a lot like Judson. His voice even sounds the same, just not quite as deep. He appears to be somewhere in his late 70's to early 80's. Bjorn tells him that they'd like to talk to him about about Halloween of 1989. Lance tells them that he doesn't want to talk about it. Bjorn asks him if it would change his mind if he said he knows his son and that he's here with them. The older man looks surprised, then concerned, and settles on fear. He tells them he doesn't have a son and Bjorn tells him they both know that's not true.

Judson walks into the room. Lance just stares at him and then tries to press Bjorn about who Bjorn is. Lance suddenly asks if Bjorn is one of 'them,' one of the 'dragon people.' Bjorn says that he must know who Lucy is then and Lance once again looks fearful. Bjorn tells him they need to know what happened 30 years ago because it's happening again today. Lance's face turns cold and he tells him he doesn't know what he's talking about. Sammie steps up and puts her hand on Mr. Stone's forehead, using magic to look back in his memories to 1989.

Sammie sees a much younger version of Lance driving his Park Services pickup truck. He's sitting in his truck outside of a house, engine idling. Eventually he turns the truck off and gets out. He walks inside the house and starts calling for Judson. He suddenly hears the sounds of two people laughing from the living room. When he steps in, he sees a young Judson and his best friend Virgil sitting on the couch together, laughing at whatever they are watching. The color drains from Lance's face. It is two weeks after Virgil died and yet Virgil is here in front of him in the living room with his son.

Sammie falls through time to another memory. It's a few days after Halloween. Lance walks to the back of his pickup truck to meet up with none other than Lucy herself. Lucy looks upset and angry. She's also beaten, severely scratched and bruised. She's standing at the tailgate of the truck, staring into the bed. She turns to look at Lance and tells him, "This is it. We're done. From now on, you don't have a son."

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Bjorn Olafson
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Judson Stone
* Salem Pierce
* Henry Marlowe
* Lance Stone
* Lucy Rodriguez