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Escorpion and the Red Hand: Season 3, Episode 4
1 of 13WARNING: If you don't want to know what happens in this episode, don't read this photo recap!
What fresh hell is this? Roberta, Hector, Sun Mei, Addy and Doc come across some gutted zombies hanging from a bridge, with the word THIEVES written in blood on the wall. Damn.
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Escorpion and the Red Hand: Season 3, Episode 4
2 of 13After the Zs are cut free and dispatched, the gang meets a few of the gun-toting locals, who claim their town was overrun by the Red Hand, a crazed group of vigilantes who take their orders from a mythical figure known as 'Escorpion.' Say, didn't Hector used to call himself that ...?
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5 of 13Upon discovering a wounded Red Hand member, Roberta asks the locals, Clive and Ryan, why their town has been targeted by this gang. Apparently they kind of had it coming, as they robbed the Red Hand of their food supply, prompting the exclamation of THIEVES back at the bridge.
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Escorpion and the Red Hand: Season 3, Episode 4
6 of 13The Red Hand attacks again, storming the factory with molotov cocktails and Zs strapped with dynamite. Roberta almost buys it in the resulting explosion, after which Clive and Ryan notice the tattoo on Hector's arm that identifies him as Escorpion.
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Escorpion and the Red Hand: Season 3, Episode 4
9 of 13Murphy's been feeling weak due to all the blood he's been donating to the research, and Merch informs him that he needs periodic shots of the original Z-virus vaccine or else he'll end up like Patient Zero back in Colorado (remember him from Season 1? He kind of looked like a Z version of The Fly).
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Escorpion and the Red Hand: Season 3, Episode 4
13 of 13Finally, Dr. Merch takes desperate measures to escape Murphy's control once and for all. She wanders into his Zombie Moat and stabs herself with the vaccine, causing the Z's to swarm and overtake her as Murphy screams in protest. Whoa!