This is an interesting episode - a little break before the two-episode season finale two weeks from now. I also accidentally deleted the episode before I can finish the recap, so I apologize if things are a bit out of order and if I miss anything.
This episode begins with a couple of teenagers making out. They were getting really into it when they heard a noise in the woods. The guy went into the woods to investigate with a flashlight. He heard the noise again and then something jumped at him. He ran out bleeding to the girl, and the thing attacked her, too.
At the Warehouse, Pete kept questioning Artie about his mom. Artie said that she was protected by Regent Security, and he had no say in what they did. He sent Pete and Myka to Ithaca to investigate the bitten humans. Artie had given Claudia a couple of days off. She sang again at the open mike at the coffee shop, and after she was done, she was approached by Dwayne, the lead singer for the band Dead End. He said their guitarist had left and he wanted her to replace him. She tried calling Jinks afterwards, but he did not pick up again.
Pete and Myka went to Ithaca and talked to the victims. They showed Pete and Myka the bite marks that they got. Pete was convinced it was either vampires or werewolves, and Myka was skeptical. They went to the woods where the attack happened, and heard the same noise. They investigated and found a guy looking like a zombie. He flinched at the bright flashlight shone on his face (important later). Myka Tesla-ed him and found his wallet. His name was Kevin Monroe. They brought him to the hospital, and he was very blue and freezing. He also tried to tell them something, but they did not understand him. They showed Kevin to Artie over the Farnsworth, and Artie said he was flying over. Artie called Claudia as she was leaving to jam with the band, and told her to start researching living dead artifacts.
Artie had told Pete and Myka to go to Kevin's house, and when they got there, they found Kevin's son, Danny, hiding in the closet. They figured out that Kevin had tried to tell them to help his son. They brought Danny back to the hospital and met Artie, and told Artie that Danny hadn't said a word. They got word of another zombie attack at a frat house. Myka and Pete went to investigate while Artie reluctantly stayed behind with Danny.
When Myka and Pete got to the frat house, they talked to the victim and the other frat brothers who told them that the guy started complaining of being cold and hungry, and then he started attacking him. Myka and Pete went into the house and there was a bit of bickering about the lack of light bulbs in the hallway. Pete also noted all of the taco wrappers on the floor (important later). They ran into the zombie frat brother, who was eating everything in sight. The zombie attacked them and ended up biting Pete, who freaked out. Eventually they Tesla-ed him but he got back up. Pete had to pull his gun on the frat brother, who eventually collapsed again. When they went back outside, Pete was freaking out about being bitten, but then he got distracted by how hungry he was. He spotted a taco truck and went to buy some tacos. Myka had to spot him and paid for his food. The zombie frat brother was eventually brought to the hospital.
At the hospital Artie was attempting to talk to Danny, but did not get anywhere. Kevin's body temperature kept falling, and the nurse was worried that pretty soon his organs were going to fail. When the nurse left to get the doctor, Artie pulled the curtains around Kevin's bed and pulled out a pair of glasses. When he put the glasses on Kevin, Kevin's body temperature immediately went up again. The nurse came back and was surprised at the change, and asked where the glasses came from.
After Myka and Pete got back to the hospital, Pete was obsessed about changing into a zombie. But Artie found out that the couple from the beginning of the episode was fine and was already sent home, so it did not seem to be passed by biting. Instead Myka started to feel really cold, just like the other victims. Artie talked to Danny about helping out, and Danny eventually told them that Kevin started exhibiting symptoms last night after dinner. Danny said they were going to go for burgers, but the line was too long, so they went for tacos instead. Pete pulled out the menu from the taco truck and asked if that was where they went, and Danny said yes. They decided something in the taco truck must be causing the symptoms, but they were not sure what since Myka did not eat anything from the truck. Pete found through Twitter that the taco truck was now at a construction site not far from the hospital.
In the meantime, Claudia was able to reach Jinks while in the Warehouse, and Jinks told her to lose his number and to stay away from him. Claudia was upset and spoke out loud about what was wrong with her, and a creepy coin-operated boardwalk fortune teller (like to one in Big that turns Tom Hanks into an adult) suddenly came to life and spit out a card saying that Claudia was going to die tonight. As she walked away, a heavy statue fell and almost hit her.
Claudia was unable to find the artifact because the searches were going very slowly on the computer. Perhaps this was because of those bugs that escaped from the Van Gogh painting? She got her arm pulled into some sort of pneumatic tube, and only managed to get out when she cut the power. Leena called and told Claudia that Dwayne was waiting for her at the B&B. Claudia raced back and found Dwayne in the living room. She started doing her spazzy Claudia thing, and there was definitely some chemistry between the two of them. But a chandelier almost fell on the two of them, and Claudia freaked out. She told Dwayne to stay away form her because she was marked for death. Claudia went back to the fortune teller, who kept spitting out cards saying Claudia was going to die. Eventually she sprayed the fortune teller with some purple goo. When she was walking away, she noticed a puddle of water on the floor and water dripping from an artifact. The water went up to enclose Claudia's body and she was screaming for help. Mr. Y said that it looked like the anthropods in the movie The Abyss. Leena saw that an artifact was active and rescued Claudia. Claudia started freaking out about what a horrible day she was having and realized that she was also completely dry. Leena just rolled her eyes and reminded Claudia that it was artifact. Claudia then admitted that the fortune teller had said she was going to die. Leena then walked over to the fortune teller and asked it what she would have for dinner later in the day. The fortune teller spat out a card that Leena proceeded to hand over to Claudia. Claudia read it and the card said that Leena's tumor was terminal. Leena then told Claudia that she should not listen to the fortune teller, because he doesn't tell the future, but just creates dread.
Pete and Myka arrived at the construction site, but then Myka turned and attacked Pete. Construction workers started pouring out of the site and attacked the car. Pete was trying to hold off Myka, and eventually managed to kick Myka out of the car and locked the door. But then he realized that the keys were outside the car. He called Claudia and told her to hack into the power grid and turn the lights on because the zombies were sensitive to light. Claudia managed to turn on all the lights, and the zombies collapsed. Pete ran out of the car and to the taco truck. The taco truck operator was inside freaking out and originally refused to let Pete in because he was afraid Pete was one of the zombies. The lights blew and the zombies came back to life, and started chasing after Pete again. The taco guy let Pete into his truck, and he frantically tried to find what the artifact was while the zombies were attacking them from the outside. He eventually lit on the tip jar, and he remembered that Myka had put money in it. He asked the taco guy where he found the tip jar, and he said that it was found in the Utah dessert. Pete didn't have a static bag, so he just broke the tip jar. That broke the spell and all of the zombies went back to normal. Artie called them on the Farnsworth and showed them Kevin coming back to normal and hugging Danny on the hospital bed.
Later at the Warehouse, Artie explained that the tip jar came from the Donner Party. The Donner Party was a group of pioneers resorted to cannibalism when they were stuck in the Sierra Nevada during the winter. Only 48 of the original 87 survived to reach Sacramento. The extreme situations imbued the tip jar with the power to turn humans into zombie-like creatures. Even in the middle of tough circumstances, the pioneers were burying jars like this one to save up money in case they survived.
We ended with Jinks at a bar drinking, and he got a text from Claudia. He smiled at the text. But then the bartender came back saying that his card had been declined. Jinks was upset that his credit line was cut, too, in addition to being fired. At that point Marcus showed up and offered to pay for Jinks's bill. He said he recognized that everyone needed a friend sometimes, and called Jinks by name. Jinks became very wary. Marcus explained who he was, and told Jinks that they wanted him to work with them, because they like that he had scruples. At the end Jinks pulled out a chair for Marcus and we left them talking at the bar. Mr. Y's theory is that Jinks is undercover and was sent by Mrs. Fredericks to infiltrate Walter Sykes's organization. We'll see if he's right.
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