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All Good Things Must Come to an End is the season finale, so I guess its aptly named. The episode starts with Citizen Z, almost out of batteries, burning papers for warmth. He desperately tries to warn Addy, and Team Murphy to abort the mission. Whoever was tracking Murphy through Camp Northern Lights knows exactly where he is.

We then cut back to the diner. The old woman is feeding Warren tea while Vasquez looks around. Something is tickling his suspicion, but not enough to keep him from letting Warren call in the rest of the team.

Bounty

Team Murphy settles in for some tea just as a group of Bounty Hunters shows up. They have a “Murphy” to hand in for the bounty.

The leader of the Bounty Hunters talks to Warren. One of the others finds cross dressing Murphy attractive. This leads to Team Murphy’s cover being blown.

The lead Bounty Hunter figures out Murphy has some tie to their fake Murphy, which results in a little shootout. Team Murphy takes out the Bounty Hunters but 10K was hit in the process. As Doc and Addy work on 10K, Auntie goes outside with Murphy and Warren. Warren puts a flare up, signaling for Dr. Merch and the Mount Wilson CDC lab. Dr. Merch apparently has a submarine.

While Team Murphy tries to make sense of what is happening Citizen Z puts his pooch on a sled and begins to pull. I think he’s got that reversed, but I’m guessing poochy is hurt.

Dr. Merch

Back at the diner, the military has shown up, and brought Dr. Merch with them. She tries to verify it’s Murphy, but can’t remember until Murphy jobs her memory a bit about their last encounter.

The military only has room to take Murphy and 10K back to the sub, which leads to heartfelt goodbyes. The team has been through a lot together.

Murphy and 10K have just left when La Reina and her Zeros show up. They want revenge on Warren for her betrayal, and to collect Murphy.

Things do not look good for the team, they are pinned down and outgunned. How did La Reina find them? She’s got Dr Kurian’s head in a box, and apparently he’s connected enough with Murphy to act as a compass. Good thing for the remnants of Team Murphy that Auntie has her MAC-10 handy. Aunti lays down some cover fire so they can flee into the diner.

Lucky for the team, Auntie has a stash of weapons to help even things up a little.

On the sub the medical staff agree to treat 10K and get him back to the mainland. Meanwhile Murphy learns about Zona, and why the people on the sub are so interested in him. The soldiers are infected, and they look like they are starting to turn.

The Vaccine

As Dr. Merch is taking blood from Murphy we find out that all the Zona staff were infected with an early version of the vaccine. Unfortunately its wearing off, and all those people are starting to turn. It doesn’t take Murphy long to figure out he’s not interested in being Zona’s blood supply.

Back at the diner La Reina tries to bargain, telling the team they just want Murphy. La Reina will do anything to get to Murphy. Even sacrifice the front ranks of her soldiers to create walking Z shields.

Auntie gets hit and turns, then gets an axe to the skull from outside while she tries to eat Doc. As the two sides spray lead at each other Addy, and the creepy masked Zero end up going mano a mano, breaking the Z-Whacker in the process!!!

This leads to La Reina and Warren going toe to toe as well. It looks like Warren is about to lose when Escorpion shows up and puts a stake through La Reina. Only he’s not Escorpion any longer, he’s Hector. How did he survive? The last time we saw him Vasquez pushed him into a basement full of Z’s.

Vasquez

Hector tells Vasquez he’s not Escorpion anymore. He also understands if Vasquez wants to kill him. He is sorry, but he’s not the same man anymore. In the end Vesquez couldn’t do it. For Vasquez it’s the end of the road, they finished their mission. Warren, Doc and Addy end up rolling out with Hector, heading for the beach to pick up 10K.

Back on the sub, 10K wakes up to distant alarms before we cut to Warren and team at the ocean’s edge. What they see doesn’t look good, the sub is burning.

A moment later they see a boat heading away from the sub, and they can clearly see Murphy, but no 10K. When we get a close up of the boat its clear that Murphy is in control, he’s bitten everyone on his ride.

All Good Things Must Come to an End, ends on a cliffhanger on multiple fronts.

Where is 10K?

Who are the Chinese soldiers that swarm Warren and team? Do they mean Team Warren harm?

Is Citizen Z going to survive his deep freeze?

And what is going to happen to Murphy’s daughter Lucy?

All Good Things Must Come to an End Scoring

So many things are going on in the last few minutes of this season ender, but it was really well done and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time, which is why All Good Things Must Come to an End scored a 94/100 and is Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

Corporate Retreat has one of the most awesome opening scenes ever. This is just a kick *ss few moments of Zombie Violence. I loved the segment where 10K covers Doc and a through and through shot bounces off Doc’s necklace to kill another zombie.

Outside the smoke is thick and so are the Z’s. Once Team Murphy makes it to the hotel they find themselves in the midst of a work retreat. The survivors left in the hotel were there for a conference. They’ve been stuck in the hotel with a self help corporate guru since the Zombie Apocalypse started.

Team Murphy

Shortly after Team Murphy has joined the survivors in the hotel there is a shooting. Murphy and another hotel guest have been shot. To make things worse, the bullet went through Murphy. This means the wounded hotel guest is now on the same path as Cassandra.

This leads to a crazy “trust circle” scene. The hotel guests and Team Murphy pass along a didgeridoo to decide who gets to talk.

After the initial “trust circle” kicks out one of the hotel guests to face the Z’s in the smoke, Doc explains how he’s been feeding the wounded man Murphy’s blood. You have to love Doc.

As Warren discusses the situation with the Corporate Retreat Leader they wander down to the kitchen to find that there is a Z in the deep freezer.

Know what happens when Z’s are around? People get bit, and then you have more Z’s. Good thing 10K and Vasquez are both good shots. Otherwise the Corporate Retreat Guests may have lost more than they did.

Shots

Shots are heard close by and the team rushes in to find that Doc has been shot at while he cared for Murphy. The stash of food was stolen.

The team splits up to search the hotel. This leads to Addy and one of the female guests, Dana, being alone together. The woman seems to know something about what’s going on. She’s anxious and begs Addy to take her with her when they leave. As the two are hiding, Warren and Vasquez come in and clear the room.

As Dana and Addy spill out of the closet I love Warren’s “Everything all right?” comment. There is just something about the drawl that says so much more than the words.

The moment is then shattered as whoever stole the food makes some noise. All the attention gets drawn back to the main lobby. Vasquez and Warren charge in and find themselves face to face with the Corporate Retreat Leader. He asks them if they caught the thief?

Yes, I thought his sudden appearance was suspicious as well.

As the survivors sit in lobby, trying to make sense of everything that’s happening we get a moment where Addy and Dana are looking at each other across the room. Clearly they have a connection.

Glory Hole

Out in the lobby the situation isn’t so good. The horde seems attracted to the hotel, and some of them are starting to break through. This leads to a wonderful Glory Hole kill.

Lots of bad things happen after that. The Z’s already trapped in the hotel break free of their quarantine wing. Then the glass in the lobby shatters. Everyone flees into the kitchen where Doc is performing medical experiments with his two patients. The stress and anxiety turns the survivors into a bickering mass of name calling until Warren puts her foot down.

It’s time to find out who the killer is.

Doc has been giving the wounded hotel guest Murphy blood, all so he can ask the now Zombie Guest who shot him. It wasn’t the Corporate Retreat Leader after all, but Dana’s hotel beau instead, who wants Dana to leave with them. The look on Addy’s face is shock and pain. At least Dana had the good grace to say she never wanted anyone to get hurt. Well Dana, Addy got hurt! (And some people where shot and killed, but Addy got hurt!!!)

Revenge is taken however as the Zombie Guest takes Doc’s gun and kills the grocery thief, then gets shot in return.

Wrap Up

This is just about when Murphy wakes up from his concussion and the story quickly wrap up. With Murphy awake the zombies are released from whatever was pulling them to the hotel, and Ziggy ends up back at the door, covered in gore. They thought he was the killer originally and exiled him, but he did just fine with his hammer.

The Corporate Retreat Leader pays for his decision by getting his head crushed with his talking stick. Good for you Iggy!

Corporate Retreat ends with a little bit of a heartache.

There is clearly longing here for Addy, but she doesn’t really trust Dana for good reason, but still, you can’t just force a feeling to stop. They say their goodbyes, and they both hope they get to see each other again. Sadly, there was no kiss. Come on, be brave, show a peck on the lips or a hug, right? Then Addy climbs into the van to find all eyes on her.

Corporate Retreat Scoring

Corporate Retreat scored an 85/100. It opened with some solid action and then kept the pace and mystery up throughout, making it Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

The team is in Springfield, Illinois, and things aren’t good. Zombie Baby Daddy starts with the team surrounded. The only thing left to do is to kick some Zombie ass. This fight also confirms a few things we learned from last episode, Zombaby. The Zombies are attracted to Lucy, and Murphy’s power over them doesn’t work when they are locked on her.

This leads to several awesome Zombie Kills in the first three minutes of the episode.

First we see 10K using gears as sling shot projectiles…

Followed up by Warren with some slick machete work…

A Lot Of Lincolns

Doc also has a brief moment where he’s not sure if he’s having a bad trip when he comes fact to face with a bus full of Abraham Lincolns. I love Doc and the fun he brings to every episode.

After the team takes care of the immediate Zombie threat they flee into the woods. Team Warren finds itself with two objectives. The first is for Warren to track down Vasquez. Meanwhile Addy, 10K, and Doc try to assess whether Lucy is going to become a threat, or a savior as she grows.

Addy, Doc, and 10K’s attempts to get Murphy to let them hold the baby only spooks Murphy. This forces him deeper into the woods, where Lucy’s Zombie attractive powers brings out a few Zombified woodland critters.

The Zombie critters end up chasing Murphy deeper into the woods. This leads him to a small homestead protected by a man and woman. Murphy realizes he can’t take care of Lucy with everyone so focused on her, so he does what every Zombie Dad would do. He makes two zombie slaves to take care of his baby.

While Murphy is taking care of his child care situation, Warren and Vasquez are forced to fight for their lives, all while Vasquez reveals how was originally a federal agent before he was compromised by the cartels, and both Warren and Vasquez get to do some surgery on the other. They both make it, but everyone else isn’t so lucky.

Cassandra is blindly loyal to Murphy, and in the process of trying to protect her maker, she hurts Addy, then pushes 10K too far. He’s forced to protect himself, or die, and in the end, it costs Cassandra her life.

Doc tries his best to make 10K feel better, but 10K had feelings for her, which makes her death even harder to deal with. She was 10K’s 3255th kill, and Murphy is pissed, but Warren keeps things from devolving into a fist fight.

Team Murphy has to continue on, for humanities sake.

Zombie Baby Daddy Scoring

Zombie Baby Daddy scored an 86/100 and is Worth Your Time.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

Zombaby finds Team Murphy moving through a small town in Wisconsin. The Zombie apocalypse must have hit during their cheese festival, because the town is decked out with everything from a massive cheese wheel, to people in cheesy costumes. This reminds Warren about how they turned the Liberty bell in Philadelphia into a weapon back in Season 1, Philly Feast. Thus we get an epic rolling cheese wheel of death:

After escaping the horde in Cheesy Town, Murphy’s baby Momma, Serena, continues to suffer with horrible nausea.

Baby On Board

Team Murphy is trying to help with Serena when they are ambushed. This leads to Serena’s awesome rage killing spree as she opens up with an M4, screaming that there is a baby on board. Good times.

Serena is about to pop, so Team Murphy heads for a local Mennonite community, hoping to find friendlies and supplies. This introduces us to another great moment in Zombie Television history, the Zombie Sheep!!!

As if Zombie Sheep wasn’t bad enough, the local zombies spew white powder when they are killed. That white powder just happens to be Anthrax spores, which takes 10K down for the count. The Mennonites have some cipro, but not enough for everyone.

The Search For Antiobiotics

This leads to the next two acts of Zombaby. Addy leads a small group to a local town to find more antibiotics as Doc and Murphy stay back to help Serena give birth.

Unfortunately for 10K, Addy isn’t able to find any antibiotics, and when she makes it back to the farm, 10K looks bad, and Addy collapses. Warren, Doc, and the bounty hunter are all ex military, so they have been vaccinated against Anthrax, but 10K and Addy didn’t serve, so they are suffering.

Warren comes to a difficult decision. The Mennonites have enough antibiotics to save 10K and Addy, but only if they take what they need, which will leave the Mennonites to die. The Mennonites don’t resist because its against their beliefs, they just let Warren take all the meds.

Back in the barn, Serena gives birth to a very Murphy-esque baby. I died laughing when the zombie wise men showed up.

While everyone was focused on the new baby, a horde of zombies showed up to great the baby, leading to Serena making the ultimate sacrifice so Murphy and their baby can escape.

After escaping the farm, we also get to see Addy giving 10K a box of condoms, and giving him the “don’t be stupid” talk. FYI, I did look for Billy Brand condoms for fun, but they appear to be made up for the show. It was very touching that Addy cares enough about 10K to give him the talk. We also learn that apparently 10K is a virgin, but Addy assures him there are girls out there for him.

Zombaby ends with Murphy naming his little girl Lucy. The episode ends with the giant wheel of cheese rolling along, taking out a cow before the credits roll.

Zombaby Scoring

Zombaby scored an 85/100 and earned every one of those points.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70

The Murphy kicks off Season 2 of Z Nation.

The nukes are coming down, and the team is about to face some fall out.

Murphy has run, and Team Warren barely escapes the initial blast, and Cassandra appears to crawl out of the crater of the lab, or at least what was Cassandra.

Citizen Z isn’t faring too much better at Camp Northern Light. The nuke aimed at him appears to have hit a plane, bringing down a horde of zombies. Citizen Z survives, but the base is in bad shape. He barricades himself off from the undead long enough to send out an urgent call to whoever can hear him. He knows Murphy is on the loose, and tells anyone listening that there is a huge reward for getting Murphy to the west coast.

Sisters Of Mercy

Mack and Addy are still at the Sisters of Mercy, but the nukes and one of their exiled children have torched the place, killing almost everyone. Mack and Addy drive away on a four wheeler as the woman that Murphy slept with back in Season 1, Episode 11, creeps out of the tree line, and guess what? Murphy is going to be a daddy!!!

Murphy on the other hand is buck naked after shedding his skin, and decides to go clothes shopping, with a few zombies in tow. It’s not long before a scavenger finds Murphy, and tries to take him prisoner so he can collect the bounty.

The plan doesn’t go so well after Cassandra shows up. She’s not quite herself, but she does seem to recognize Murphy. This kicks off an interesting bit of Murphy’s quirks as he uses his “Zombie Whispering” to try and get two of the female zombies to kiss.

Team Warren

Warren, Doc, and 10K are somewhere out on the plains with no vehicle and no supplies, and Doc is hurt. Warren leaves them to go find supplies, help, or both. She doesn’t get far before fatigue and depression make her question whether she wants to survive any longer.

Warren is about to pull the trigger when she hears a girl’s scream, and it renews Warren’s purpose. All she needed was someone to save, and she goes into b*dass mode.

Warren really was at the end of her rope though. Once the girl is safe Warren passes out, hitting the ground hard.

Lucky for Warren, the kid is kind enough to take her home to safety after she passes out.

While Warren is enjoying the hospitality of the girl’s family Mack and Addy are reunited with Doc and 10K.

Lucky for Warren, she meets back up with Doc, 10K, Mack, and Addy and the team is able to make up some ground using Mack’s 4 wheeler to pull them along.

Team Warren finds Murphy a little ways down the road in Cheyenne Wyoming. Murphy has taken over the local strip club.

Practical Clothing?

I think Addy has the best one liner of the episode when she looks at Cassandra’s gold hot pants, and says, “I’m sorry, what is she wearing? Is that mildly impractical for the apocalypse?” Unfortunately for 10K, Cassandra doesn’t seem to really recognize him, and she’s clearly keeping herself between Murphy and the humans.

The episode ends with a zombie strip show that ends in a centrifugal force amputation that leaves the team distracted and vulnerable, giving another band of bounty hunters just the opening the newcomers need to get the drop on Team Murphy.

The confrontation ends with Murphy hitting the Zombie Panic button, leaving all the humans to fight for survival as Cassandra and Murphy flee out the back of the bar. This leads to the third awesome zombie kill of the episode with 10K using a fire extinguisher.

The episode ends with Team Warren going to follow Murphy before cutting away to Murphy’s Baby Momma. She’s standing on the road, looking left and right, before she asks her belly, “Which way is daddy?”

We then see the outline of a little hand move across the inside of her belly, pointing the way.

The Murphy Scoring

Wow, the Season 2 opening episode was packed with awesome scenes and storyline. I’m giving The Murphy a 90/100.

Now on to important questions. Let me know in the comments bellow which kill you think was the Best Zombie Kill. We have Warren’s machete work, 10K’s headshot, or 10K’s fire extinguisher kill. For me the fire extinguisher takes it.

Fight me if you disagree.

Season	Episode	Episode Name	Score
1	1	Puppies and Kittens	95
1	2	Fracking Zombies	80
1	3	Philly Feast	80
1	4	Full Metal Zombie	81
1	5	Home Sweet Zombie	75
1	6	Resurrection Z	81
1	7	Welcome to the Fu-Bar	83
1	8	Zunami	64
1	9	Die Zombie Die… Again	29
1	10	Going Nuclear	79
1	11	Sisters Of Mercy	82
1	12	Murphy's Law	80
1	13	Doctor of the Dead	91
2	1	The Murphy	90
2	2	White Light	81
2	3	Zombie Road	90
2	4	Batch 47	60
2	5	Zombaby	85
2	6	Zombie Baby Daddy	86
2	7	Down The Mississippi	87
2	8	The Collector	63
2	9	Rozwell	69
2	10	We Were Nowhere Near the Grand Canyon	72
2	11	Corporate Retreat	85
2	12	Party with the Zeros	64
2	13	Adiós, Muchachos	69
2	14	Day 1	90
2	15	All Good Things Must Come to an End	94
3	1	No Mercy	90
3	2	A New Mission	77
3	3	Murphy's Miracle	80
3	4	Escorpion and the Red Hand	70
3	5	Little Red and the Wolfz	79
3	6	Doc Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	73
3	7	Welcome to Murphytown	67
3	8	Election Day	80
3	9	Heart of Darkness	70
3	10	They Grow Up So Quickly	85
3	11	Doc’s Angels	70
3	12	The Siege of Murphytown	70
3	13	Duel	90
3	14	Everybody Dies in the End	70