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Tension thickens as the family grapples with each other's emotions and the deteriorating world outside. A gas station encounter with a desperate man spirals into violence, illustrating the lengths people will go to in this new world order. Glenn, Hugh's best friend, makes a fatal choice that puts the family in further danger as they escape.
As the journey progresses, fear grips Jude, and their narrow escapes only deepen the emotional wounds. With the vesps close behind, a dark moment reveals the horrific speeds of despair when Glenn becomes a sacrifice to save the family. In a heart-wrenching decision, Hugh chooses to push Otis out of the car, desperate to stifle any noise that could draw the creatures to them.