Love Yourself

## "**Love Yourself**"*Season three, episode five*

"**Love Yourself**" is the penultimate episode of the third season of *The Rain*, and the nineteenth episode overall. Directed by Kasper Gaardsøe, and written by Lasse Kyed Rasmussen, the episode premiered on August 6, 2020.

## Synopsis

As Rasmus grows weaker, a worried Sarah asks Fie for help. Reunited, Martin and Simone begin the long trek back to Apollon.

## Plot

Simone ends her kiss with Daniel and leaves him to be alone. There, Martin finds her and they reunite with a hug. In Apollon, Rasmus develops more lacerations and his health begins to deteriorate more in general, but he refuses to admit anything wrong and won't even confide in Sarah, concerning her. Martin, meanwhile, tries to convince Simone that Rasmus has changed, that Sten is dead, and that they can all be one group together again. He argues that Simone's last remaining vial of nectar from a now-dead flower cannot possibly cure all the world, but Simone becomes hysterical if the concept of contracting the virus is even broached, and she leaves.

Martin, left behind, suddenly has an odd reaction to the flower, and leaves behind a swathe of virus-infected plant life by accident. He catches up with Simone, who introduces him to Daniel. Despite having seen Simone and Daniel kiss the night before, Martin is quite amicable to Daniel and even shakes his hand. Simone at last admits that one vial cannot save humanity, and so she decides to return to Apollon with Martin.

Meanwhile at Apollon, Olivia comes before Rasmus to ask him what is wrong with the virus, what is wrong with him, and why everything isn't as perfect as it once was. She can see his emotions and that he is lying, but he refuses to be questioned and insists that nothing is wrong.

Despite his insistence, Rasmus' health continues to worsen, and so Sarah loyally takes care of him, promising to be there for him always. In her concern, Sarah also goes to Fie and asks her to run tests on Rasmus to figure out what is wrong.

Back with Simone's old group, Kira is depressed after learning that someone killed Sten before she could, so Jean comforts her. Later,

Fie tries to convince Rasmus to figure out what's wrong with himself. Although he goes on an angry tirade, his failing health is serious enough that he swallows his pride and asks Fie to take a blood sample. She hypothesizes that infecting others with the virus is draining Rasmus and causing his virus and body to weaken/break down.

While Simone and Martin march to Apollon, Simone is surprised by Martin's tireless pace, never running out of energy thanks to his buoyant good health from the virus. Simone cannot keep up and has to stop, but she tells Martin that she loves him; he responds that he loves her too.

While Daniel, back at his home, is comforted by his mother for his own crush on Simone, they are both surprised to see a random patch of virus near the flower, where Martin was. Martin is terrified of Simone discovering the virus within him, and has Simone promise to love him no matter what.

Sarah later confronts Fie about her findings, and although she promised Rasmus she wouldn't tell Sarah, Sarah convinces Fie to tell her of Rasmus' condition. Sarah then confronts Rasmus and stops him from infecting anyone else, lest it harm his health further.

Daniel, back in his home around the flower, also surmises that Martin has the virus, given that he was the only new person who could have spread it. Martin himself is in a panic trying to hide it, and runs from Simone so that she won't see the virus on him.

Rasmus learns that the patients he could not give the virus later died. Enraged that Fie told Sarah, he forces Fie to be prepped to receive the virus herself, and tricks Sarah into a locked room so that she cannot interfere anymore. In the woods, Simone wakens and finds Martin, who has only just now managed to suppress his virus. They walk and talk, with Martin revealing to Simone that Sarah is alive, saved by the virus. Rather than evaluate her hysterical reactions to even considering adapting to the virus, she starts to panic once again when Martin speaks well of it, agitating him and bringing out the virus, revealing to her that he is infected.

Simone's promises to always love Martin go out the window when she sees him infected. She becomes emotional and refuses to even listen to him, and when he does force the issue, she doesn't actually consider anything he says and instead taunts him until he goes out of control, as she repeatedly did with Rasmus. She demands that he drink untested nectar to prove his love for her, but the virus finally slips free and tries to attack her. Panicking and unable to control himself, Martin struggles mightily to reach the vial of nectar, and drinks it. This kills the virus within him — and him with it.

Rasmus, miles away in Apollon, feels Martin's death and lets out a flood of virus in his rage. Simone herself cries over Martin's death, even though she was the impetus for it. Rasmus, meanwhile, rallies the infected to avenge Martin's death by killing Simone in preemptive attack, before she kills them. Patrick overhears this, goes to find Fie (who is being prepped to be infected), so he saves her and escapes with her.