Kieren's dad has Kieren locked up in his room. He still wants Kieren to sign the confession and think it would be best for him to go back to the treatment centre. He also doesn't want him to talk to Amy or Simon, saying they're bad influences.

Amy wants to keep her body's changes secret and Philip tries to reassure her that everything will be okay. He agrees to keep things under wrap. Despite being afraid of being turned into a lab rat, she's also excited at being able to feel physical sensations again. He says he'd love her whether she was Undead or human.

Gary meets with Maxine. He wants to go after Simon but she tells him he's not a threat and to leave him alone. He says that Simon needs to be stopped and she orders him to go home.

Some mysterious people come to Roarton looking for Amy and ask about her whereabouts at the treatment centre. The doctor refuses to give up her address.

Gary comes storming into Kieren's home. He ties him up and questions him about Simon, wanting to know where he is and what he's planning. Kieren genuinely has no idea what Simon is up to but Gary doesn't believe him. Gary goes tearing Kieren's room apart and finds the bottle of Blue Oblivion he had taken from Simon's place. He drags Kieren out to his truck telling him if he wants to go rabid, then he'll go rabid. Simon watches the scene unfold from afar.

Amy and Philip go into town to enjoy the local festival. Kieren's mother is there and Philip's mother tells her how sorry she is to hear about the injustice Kieren is facing. Sad when someone else is defending Kieren more than his own mother. Philip's mother spots Amy with Philip and the fact that she takes a bite from a toffee apple. When she asks Amy if she's alright, having eaten, Amy feigns having forgotten that she doesn't eat and excuses herself to be sick. She tells Philip that he's done good by being with Amy and it's so heart-warming to finally see someone who isn't completely overrun by hate speak.

There's a parade consisting of Jem, Maxine, and other extremists. They're marching to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly completed perimeter fence. MAxine even appoints Jem to lead it since Gary is MIA. But when they arrive at the cemetery, the blonde PDS sufferer and the rest of Simon's followers are chanting with bottle of Blue Oblivion in their hands, refusing to leave. Also, Gary has driven Kieren out to the woods near the cemetery and shoves the Blue Oblivion pill up his nose, after which Kieren takes off running. Despite his efforts to fight it, he turns full Rotter and comes across Jem and the others. She holds a gun to him but their father steps in, finally standing up for his son. He says no one is going to hurt his son and tells Kieren that he can fight this, that he's sorry and that he loves him no matter what he is. He refuses to let anyone take away his son and Kieren is indeed fighting it off.

Simon is walking towards the cemetery and Gary comes up from behind him with a knife to his throat. He breaks free and goes running towards Kieren and there is a gunshot. Maxine has also spent the last chunk of the episode over her brother's grave and pleads with him to wake up. As it turns out, some awful woman had shot at Kieren but Simon jumped in front of him. He looks at Kieren with all the love in his being and tells him he's all right. Kieren asks if he hurt anyone and he says he didn't. The blonde is yelling out to Simon about the Second Rising and he tells him it's not going to happen.

Amy is with Philip in the cemetery and she's gained a bit of colour to her complexion. She gleefully tells Philip that she can feel her heart beating and he reaches out to feel it. Maxine comes from out of nowhere, believing Amy to be the First Risen and stabs her with a pair of scissors.

Simon and Kieren go to the clinic to make sure Kieren is okay. Simon tells Kieren he's never seen anyone fight off Blue Oblivion before and Kieren brushes off the compliment, saying he's just someone who didn't want to hurt anyone anymore. He says he's not a messiah or someone with mystical powers. It's then that Philip comes charging in with Amy in his arms, begging for someone to help.

At the festival, Maxine walks on stage and says that her brother died at a young age in an accident and that with the Second Rising, he and everyone who was pure could come back. She says she already "took care of the girl" but nothing happened so she suggests they wipe out all PDS sufferers in Roarton. She tries to make a move on Sandra's mother-in-law but Dean comes up from behind and tases her. The tides have turned and no one in Roarton will be following Maxine anymore.

It's too late for Amy. She dies and the doctor mentions that her heart was indeed beating before she died. Kieren shares a moment with Jem as they prepare to attend Amy's funeral. He tells Jem to wear something flowery and fun because that's what Amy would have wanted. Jem says she's not sure if it would be proper for her to go after all the bad she has done but Kieren assures her that she is a VIP-attendee. Kieren adds that Gary isn't invited and Jem replies that she has broken up with him. It's Kieren's word against Gary's and she has chosen Kieren's. They attend the funeral together wearing flower corsages to honour Amy.

Kieren heads to the after-party and performs his duties as her best friend by thanking everyone for coming to mourn her. The other followers are at a pub and discuss the fact that Simon has been labelled a traitor and that the First Risen is still out there. Kieren is in Jem's room and finds the bracelet Henry made for her. He asks where she got it and she lies by saying Gary made it for her. He tells her that's a lie and that Henry made it for her and had showed it to him the night he disappeared. She breaks down in tears, realising Gary's lie and also being unable to take the guilt any longer. She confesses to Kieren about the circumstances that led to her accidentally killing Henry. He asks what she wants to do and she says she needs help. He hugs and comforts her, promising they'll get her some help then.

Simon asks Kieren to run away with him but Kieren says he's finally okay with being where he is and Simon accepts that. Kieren's father comes over to thank Kieren for saving his life and shakes his hand. Kieren's mother comes over and asks if he has a place to stay and he says he's still staying at Amy's place. She says she hopes he's not going away and he says he's staying put. Indeed, all seems well with the exception of Amy being dead.

Philip is still sitting at Amy's grave, having been sat there all night. He is about to walk away when he thinks he hears a sound but finds nothing. After he leaves, the two people who had been looking for Amy earlier head to her grave. One asks the other if there's still time and the other person says there is. They put on biohazard suits, bag the teddy bear Philip left atop her grave and then begin digging it up.

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Simon meets another Undead Prophet follower in a hotel room. The follower brings a video message from the messiah that tells him he must sacrifice the First Risen in order for the Second Rising to occur. The follower leaves Simon with a large pouch full of weapons. Simon is shaken up by this new order and freaks out about it after the other follower leaves.

His breakdown transition into flashbacks of his being at the Treatment Centre and having multiple tests run on him. Eventually, the doctors find that the medication is working well on him. He was the first to respond to their chemical compound and he is becoming more like a human. He agrees to let them continue their experiments in the hope of further developing a cure. He also says he doesn't want his family to see him like that before he is fixed.

Kieren's father is having difficulty dealing with Kieren's recent admissions regarding his time before he was medicated. His family also struggles with Kieren's decision to no longer wear his mousse and makeup. They struggle to even look at him. He's then arrested for the crime of breaking into the Treatment Centre (which was actually done by the blonde girl who wanted to impress Simon). He and Simon are being blamed for the crime. Kieren is threatened that he'll be sent back to the Norfolk Treatment Centre if he doesn't (falsely) confess. They plan to do the same to Simon once they find him. Kieren doesn't care about their threats and refuses to comply.

Continuing on with Simon's flashbacks, we see Simon meet another PDS sufferer, the same man who brought him the weapons in the hotel room. He starts talking about the Undead Prophet and all his teachings. Simon is full of self-loathing by his condition at that point in his life.

Kieren's dad tries to get Kieren to sign a written confession. Kieren's mother doesn't strongly side with him or Kieren and it's clear that this family is falling to pieces.

Amy worries that she may be dying. She takes Philip out for a cute little mini-golf date.

The Undead Prophet follower from the top of the episode had set his bag down in the hotel lobby briefly, during which Gary managed to steal the video message and a notebook. He shows it to Maxine who knows that the clock is truly ticking to get to the First Risen.

Flashback-Simon has to see his father and he's not happy about it, having wanted to be cured completely before doing so. Their relationship is on bad terms because Simon's father can barely look at him. Simon had killed his mother while rabid. Simon continues to be tested and experimented on until he is released. His father reluctantly brings him home but eventually kicks him out because he's unable to get over the fact that Simon killed his mother.

Kieren sneaks out and goes to Simon's place. He meets Amy there and apologises, but she's not mad. She tells him to take care and it's evident she's saying goodbye because she believes she's not long for this world. Kieren goes snooping around Simon's room and finds Blue Oblivion, which he pockets before returning home. He gets into an argument with his parents about sneaking out and there's far more tension due to his parents no longer "recognising him."

Amy has gone and set up a tent and calls Philip to join her. She worries that she is turning rabid, due to the fact that she isn't responding to the treatments. She asks Philip if he ever killed anyone during the rising and he says he's never killed anyone. She pulls out a pair of handcuffs and asks him to put them on her, which he does. She doesn't want to go around as a rabid, saying it's no way to live. She has brought a screwdriver and wants Philip to save her from a "fate worse than death."

Maxine goes downstairs to watch a show with the family she is staying with. Grandma gets sassy with Sandra and then Sandra says she should have killed her mother-in-law when she saw her rise. Maxine is amazed to learn that she saw the rising. Maxine brings her up to her room and asks her to identify the First Risen. She points to a photo, but we're left to wonder if it was in fact Kieren she pointed at.

Amy is telling Philip to kill her but then she stops him when she begins to feel, yes feel, the rain on her face. She realises that she's not turning rabid. She says she doesn't know what's going on but it would seem that she is turning more human!

Finally, flashback-Simon is shown to be wandering the streets before calling the man he had met in the Treatment Centre. He meets him at an abandoned apartment building, where he is welcomed by a large group of PDS suffering Undead Prophet followers. This explains why he feels such a strong sense of loyalty to the group; they were his family when he had none.

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Philip has a naughty dream about Amy but is interrupted by his mum. He's still very much swept up in this fantasy and it leads to him being caught up on tape visiting the Undead brothel.

Amy's health is deteriorating. Simon is rallying other Undeads into walking around without makeup or contacts on, promoting self-acceptance. Henry's mother is still upset because her son is missing and she's convinced Maxine is spreading lies.

Philip is reprimanded by Maxine for missing the meeting (he had taken a post-coital nap and overslept). She tells him to deal with Henry's mother and convince him that Henry has been spotted at an extremist camp. She doesn't want Henry's mother interfering with her plans by sending the town into a tizzy over Henry. Maxine has seen the footage of Philip at the Undead brothel and if he doesn't do as she asks, she will reveal his secret.

Gary and Jem have gotten involved with one another and go on patrol together. Jem has a vision of Henry in the woods; she's clearly still traumatised and guilt-ridden.

Amy is seeking treatment for her symptoms. She returns home and spots Kieren and Simon kissing. She doesn't confront them, or even get angry. Instead, she looks devastated. Kieren and Simon are on their way to Kieren's house. Kieren invited him to come and see his world, but asked that Simon mousse up for the comfort of his parents.

Some of Simon's followers went to a treatment centre wielding cans of spray paint and they also free the Rotters from their cages.

The family get-together is going well until Jem comes home with Gary. It doesn't take long for Gary to launch into gruesome stories about hunting and killing Rotters. Even Jem looks uncomfortable, sending Kieren a sympathetic look. Kieren retaliates by sharing his stories about ripping people apart after he rose, saying that if they had to listen to Gary's stories, then he can listen to his. He then shares his rising story, something he's never done before. Kieren's parents are uncomfortable with the awkwardness but Jem seems intrigued. Kieren says that no one else was around when he rose. It's a minor detail in the point he's trying to make but Gary interrupts for clarification, and you can see the recognition dawn on his face. Kieren's father gets angry, telling Kieren to stop, and Kieren tells him off for allowing Gary and Jem to share their stories while he gets told off for finally speaking up.

Maxine rallies a protest in front of the Undead brothel. Gary and Jem are tasked with rounding up the workers from inside along with their customers. Everyone is brought outside on the front lawn where the protesters begin verbally abusing them. Philip arrives and steals the megaphone, telling them all off for pointing fingers at them. He says that none of them are pure or free of sin and that they're just using the PDS sufferers to make themselves feel better. The protesters boo him and he goes to stand with the workers and customers. Amy witnesses the whole thing.

Kieren sits quietly, removing his contacts and beginning to wipe off his mousse. He then goes over to Simon and begins wiping the mousse from his face as well.

Amy gets "drunk" (but not really), likely self-medicating following her not-yet official makeup. She runs into Philip at a bus stop where he is also having a drink. They chat about the recent events and Philip outright admits his feelings for Amy. They end up in bed together again.

Maxine is shown to e standing over her son's grave, telling him it won't be long now. Finally, we've gotten a reason for her interest in a Second Rising.

Simon goes to a phone booth in the middle of the night, calling someone and telling them he's found the First Risen and that he's beautiful.

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In this episode, we're introduced to Freddie, who is living with his ex-wife Haley and her new husband Amir. Things are complicated, as Freddie is undead and a three-way relationship isn't exactly what Amir had in mind when marrying his lady love. Freddie is also friends with new character Zoe, who is also undead. Freddie wants a normal life back and spends much of the episode trying to get his life and wife back. He asks her to run away with him but she has matured and is now looking to build her way up in her career and turns him down.

Kieren tells Simon off for leading Amy on but Simon tells him that Amy is someone who needs to be loved and he does in fact love her, just not "like that." He's shown to be trying to keep Kieren in Roarton but it's unclear what his true motives are. Is he simply interested in a relationship with Kieren or are there darker reasons?

Jem goes to visit Maxine and confesses her killing Henry. Maxine drives them to the woods, wanting to see the body instead of going to the police. Maxine tells her she hasn't done anything wrong and that Henry was a killer. But when they get to the spot, Henry's body is nowhere to be found. As it turns out, Gary has disposed of the body by burning it. He's interested in Jem and even kisses her but she doesn't reciprocate his feelings. He also gives her the bracelet Henry had made, pretending like he had made it.

We also see Amy working for Phillip, an arrangement he has orchestrated. It's all very strange and complicated. He's interested in her but she's having none of it. He can see that she's not going well and turns up the heat when he sees that she is cold. His responsibilities are to the ULA, enforcing unjust anti-undead policies but his seemingly genuine affection for her further exemplifies the show's tackling grey morality.

Maxine reveals that the ULA wants the First Risen, because apparently it's somehow connected to a Second Rising. Maxine is suspicious that Kieren was the First Risen. Kieren has to take care of some rabids at the treatment centre, which proves particularly stressful.

Freddie gets Haley to come to his workshop and yet again tries to woo her. She tells him he needs to leave. They hug and say their goodbyes on good terms but then Freddie begins to go rabid, apologetically telling her that he forgot to take his neurotriptyline shot. She calls for help and Amir comes running and begins banging on the door, trying to get Haley out. Freddie gives Haley a hammer and pleads with her to take it and knock him out to protect herself. But she can't bring herself to do it.

Kieren is called by Gary, and they manage to get the door open. Haley is freed and Kieren goes in, trying to talk Freddie down. It doesn't help so Gary shoots him in the leg. Kieren administers the shot and Gary hauls Freddie away. He says that Freddie will be (unjustly) taken to a non-compliance centre.

An upset Kieren goes to see Simon. Amy is upstairs in her room. Kieren says nothing but kisses Simon.

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Jem is still suffering from nightmares that show no sign of letting up.

Amy goes off to try to convince Kieren from leaving Roarton. His parents had insisted on throwing a cheesy going away French-themed party. Amy meets Kieren at the train station, where he asks her if she'd like to go with him. She chides him for putting so much mousse on and for hiding who he really is. He tries to buy a ticket but Maxine has put an Undead travel ban on Roarton. Maxine had promoted Philip and he comes to the station to tell Kieren that all PDS sufferers are required to come to the kickoff seminar event happening that day.

Henry, the Undead boy at school who has a crush on Jem, outs her as an ex-HVF war hero. It ends up impressing her peers and gets her in with the popular girls in her class.

At the seminar, a video is played that announces that PDS sufferers must now do tremendous amounts of volunteer work. Maxine has put together a 'Give Back' scheme. Kieren also learns that his passport is out of date and that he won't be able to fill out the new forms pertaining to his condition until he first completes the program. Maxine also wants to know Kieren's time of rising. Kieren tells her that he doesn't know. Kieren learns from his parents that at the very least, he'll be stuck in Roarton for another six months. His family tries to comfort him but it does little to help.

Philip's mother tells him she has created a dating profile for him and he is mortified, opting to walk out in the middle of the night. He heads to a secret club where there are Undead womyn galore for him to enjoy the company of. He ends up roleplaying with one of them, where she pretends to be Amy.

The real Amy is shown to be having some health problems and downplaying the severity of them to Simon. She had a tremendous headache and displays hand tremors.

Kieren begins his work for the 'Give Back' program and ends up bonding with Simon, who reveals scars not unlike those that Kieren had when he killed himself. He also tells Kieren that the program is a scam.

Henry and two other Undead students decide to take Blue Oblivion as a prank. When the first boy snorts his pill, the other two run out as he turns rabid. The class locks themselves in the classroom but Jem is given a giant machete and told to go out and take out the rabid because of all her stories of killing rabids. She becomes terrified and pees herself as the rabid approaches. She begins crying, pleading to be let back in and the Blue Oblivion wears off, causing the student to return back to normal. Needless to her say, all the credibility she had built up disappears. She also learns from one of the popular girls that one of the Rotters she had killed in the supermarket was her father, for which she had earned a medal.

The Undead students are forced to give Maxine the Undead Prophet website and any information on how to access it, since that was where they obtained the Blue Oblivion from.

Amy and Simon are having an Undead party, and Kieren attends, having been invited by Simon. When he arrives, nearly everyone is intoxicated, having consumed bits of sheep brain. Kieren has another heart-to-heart with Simon, who is not intoxicated, and Simon tells him how he was just like Kieren, wanting to escape. He did so by going to the States, but the novelty wore off quickly and it didn't help. Gary also reveals to Simon that he is also gay.

Jem is picked up Gary to go hunting for rabids in the woods. They also have a chat in which he assures her that she is brave and had even saved him on previous hunts. She spots a PDS suffferer from afar, and shoots and kills him. Gary catches up, and Jem is horrified to find that it is Henry.

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A group of four PDS sufferers on board a train take some of that infamous blue-powder drug and become rabid and crazed before attacking those on board the train, including Ken Burton, whose wife we saw shot dead last series. Ken is killed along with several others.

Kieren is working hard at the Legion pub to save up money in order to get out of Roarton to find a life somewhere more conducive to his living without fear and hateful vitriol constantly spewed at him.

A PDS sufferer at school has a crush on Jem. She and Kieren are on much better terms now and she is no longer involved with the HVF and their activities. However, she's still having nightmares. Jem later accompanies her mother to the grocery store and begins to suffer from flashbacks of her encounter with Kieren while he was still rabid. She breathes deeply to maintain her composure but then she becomes frightened when one of the employees is shown to be a PDS sufferer not wearing his contacts because they were growing uncomfortable.

Enter Maxine Martin, the newly elected Pro-Life MP in town, who is anti-"rotter" just like the church elders. She's part of the radical pro-life party, Victus.

Amy returns to Roarton after being tasked with some secret mission and staying with some other PDS sufferers who follow the Undead Prophet. She reunited with Kieren, who is understandably thrilled to see her.

Maxine is searching through the town's records and is insistent that there are some missing. She and Vicar Odie aren't getting along very well but after she disposes of a rabid Rotter with a power drill, he invites her over for a glass of scotch. He tells her he knows why she wants to have the town records but before the two of them can reveal more details, the Vicar has a heart attack. Maxine runs inside to call for help but when she finds the town records on his desk, she grabs them and leaves him outside to die. She's then shown to be putting up headshots of the undead on the wall of her hotel room.

Kieren meets Amy's new beau, Simon, and the two clash somewhat over differing ideologies regarding their condition and how to deal with the mistreatment they receive. Simon is also like Amy, in his refusal to hide his condition using mousse and contacts. They later come to the Legion pub where Kieren is doing a shift. They're dressed up and mouse/contact-less. They're heckled by Gary and some other hateful townsfolk friends of his. Kieren's had enough and he sticks up for Amy and Simon, ordering them out. Gary tries to attack Kieren but Simon comes up from behind and begins choking him out. The pub-owner pulls out a gun, telling Simon to get off him. Kieren puts his keys to the pub on the bar and leaves with Amy and Simon. It's clear now that he needs to get out and he begins putting some of his belongings together and looking at his passport.

In The Flesh airs on Sundays on BBC Three at 10PM.

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