EPISODE CONTEXT

Directly following the identification of the outbreak in 'The Black Death,' this penultimate episode escalates the crisis as Farma and his allies mount a desperate containment effort before the disease can reach the capital. It serves as the dramatic crescendo of the season's final arc, threading together the medical, political, and conspiratorial tensions that have been building. Everything here funnels into the season finale, 'Those He Couldn't Cure,' which promises to confront both the limits of Farma's power and the deeper forces at play behind the epidemic.