Blaine is arrested, suspected of murdering his neighbor, juvenile millionaire Bitcoin investor Harris Burrows, whom he threatened publicly for a loud party, but his greedy attorney gets him bail after his retainer is raised through Don E, whose dogsbody Tanner is murdered by the ingrate. A newspaper publicizes the zombie cure, Ravi feels guilty. Brain tubes made from dementia patients distributed throughout Seattle affect dozens of zombies including Major; a blockade of brain dispensaries triggers a violent response from FG personnel while he recovers at home. Clive is immobilized with an injured back, so Liv and Ravi step in, setting up a sting that nets the surprising killer, Harris's disgruntled lackey Hamm. Al stands Blaine up and runs her story, accusing Peyton and the city of covering up his crimes. Hearing that Commander Enzo was responsible for the violence, Major orders him cryo-frozen and outsmarts Blaine and, tipped off by disgruntled Don E, his supplier, reporter Al's zombie kin, cuts Blaine off tried world hospital harvest, just as he learns about the existence of the zombie cure and contemplates capitalizing on it. Major learns that seventeen prisoners disappeared from FG custody, for no known reason. Graham Moss is forced to train a militia infiltrator to the 'ophanage' to pose as zombie.
—KGF Vissers