The End?
Are Gwi-Nam and Cheong-San dead?
Episode 12 of “All of Us Are Dead” begins with a grim shot of the construction site. Numerous bodies line the floor, including the infected horde and both Gwi-Nam and Cheong-San. These guys are definitely deceased. ..
Assemblywoman Kim rips up her resignation letter, unwilling to be a part of this devastation. Meanwhile, the poor girl Jae-Ik saved sobs while Jae-Ik himself looks on in shock at what’s happened. ..
Meanwhile, On-Jo and the other survivors head back to the construction site in search of Cheong-San. She’s still holding out hope of finding her childhood friend. Nam-Ra can’t smell anything and encourages On-Jo to leave, but that might be for the best. ..
What happens in town? Who survives the fight?
As the soldiers move through the area, they notice something moving in the distance. It’s a zombie, and it seems to be moving quickly. The soldiers start to fire at the zombie, but it seems to be dodging their shots. Suddenly, the zombie turns and runs towards a store nearby. The soldiers fire again, but this time they hit the zombie in the head. It falls to the ground, dead.
Nam-Ra and the others are quickly made to feel at home in town. They marvel at how clean the area is and how little blood lines the streets.
Nam-Ra seems to be able to sense zombies, on top of her heightened hearing and unexplained superhuman craziness. She leads the group down the back alleys into town where all the kids decide to gear up and fight back. There are a lot of zombies too and this really does feel like a last stand.
Nam-Ra is in a state of chaos after slaying Wu-Jin. She’s struggling with her own dark desires, which are urging her to feed on the life force of others.
What happens with Nam-Ra?
Nam-Ra realizes she’s hungry and tries to compose herself away from the group, bashing her head repeatedly and biting her wrist to stave off her cravings.
Su-Hyeok and On-Jo find Nam-Ra eating one of the deceased infected. Nam-Ra eventually leaves after pouncing on On-Jo, determined to get away from the others and not succumb to her need to feed on them.
Meanwhile, the other survivors make it to the soldiers and surrender. They’re immediately brought to the quarantine zone, and without Seon-Moo around it looks like they’re not going to kill them either.
The kids are less than cooperative though. After being abandoned on the rooftop and left to die, they all remain tight-lipped about what’s happened, beyond admitting that Byeong-Chan started this by kidnapping Hyeon-Ju. They just want to be let go.
What happens during the time jump?
Four months have passed since the Hyosan bombing and the leaders of the country have decided to end martial law. The survivors are finally allowed to leave quarantine, but it’s not a perfect ending. ..
On-Jo heads over the wall in the middle of the night to pay her respects to Cheong-San and the others. Leaving snacks by a tree, she is overcome with a feeling of unease. A campfire from the looks of it seems to be flickering in the distance. ..
Who started the fire? Where is Nam-Ra?
On-Jo and Su-Hyeok meet up in the quarantine camp. Su-Hyeok tells On-Jo about the fire and how she believes it could be Na-Ra. On-Jo decides to go with Su-Hyeok that night, and all of the other kids gear up to go too.
The gang finds a fire on the roof of the school. Nam-Ra, who had been missing for a while, appears and admits she’s missed them. She says she won’t be joining them on their adventure anymore. ..
How does All Of Us Are Dead end?
Nam-Ra breaks the news that there are others like her and she’s joining up with them. Could these others be those who Gwi-Nam infected? On-Jo tries to keep her around but after smiling weakly, Nam-Ra promises to stay friends… and jumps off the roof. She senses others nearby and leaves them all to gawp in shock.
The Episode Review
So All of Us Are Dad ends with a conclusive final chapter, although there are teasing glimpses of where this could go for a second season. However, based on this showing, this is going to be very much a love/haste afar for many people and I can’t see this being renewed any time soon. ..
The first half of “The Walking Dead” has been well-written and exciting, with good action shots. However, there are parts of the show that have been poorly written and the action has been lackluster. ..
The contrived writing late in the story has given some characters unbelievable amounts of plot armor, like So-Ju running from the guards and Cheong-San evading being killed for ages after being hit with the blunt end of a knife. ..
This one has been a bit of a mixed bag, but at least the ending does close things off as best they possibly can. It’s always tricky to close out a zombie show without feeling like there are loose ends and I guess bombing the city is a good enough way of killing off most of the zombies there. ..
It has been an enjoyable ride, despite its flaws – and boy have there been flaws. For now, All of Us Are Dead ends with a closing chapter that’s likely to be as decisively received as the series as a whole.
