An Explosive Finish

Episode 11 of “All of Us Are Dead” begins with So-Ju catching up with his daughter. The pair are finally reunited while the other kids scramble to safety and manage to escape the horrors of the gymnasium. ..

The group is trapped on a construction site with zombies surrounding them. So-Ju encourages them to head back the way he came, through the tennis courts and then to the construction site and beyond. Unfortunately, when they get there, the zombie horde has already caught up and it has them surrounded.

So-Ju uses a signal flare to distract the zombies so the kids can escape. So-Ju starts blowing his whistle and eventually sacrifices himself to make sure the kids make it to safety. Why? Well, it turns out he’s been bitten. After saying goodbye to his daughter, So-Ju is killed.

The kids continue on, making it to the construction site and, after hiding from more zombies again, find themselves on the scaffolding outside.

Gwi-Nam interrogates Min-jae for information about the zombie virus. He is able to escape the others with the bow and arrow, so he must have been in the gym when it happened. Gwi-Nam bit him, which means he will turn into a zombie like Nam-Ra right? Well no, he just turns into a mindless zombie instead.

While Gwi-Nam goes on the hunt for the kids, Seon-moo and the others are briefed on what’s about to transpire. The officials are going to launch sound-emitting drones to target locations in a bid to lure all the zombies out into the open. Specifically to key areas where they can launch missiles to blow them up.

The areas of Hyosan and Hyosan High that are being targeted for the 50,000-person eradication campaign include downtown and the high school district. They believe that this number—which includes both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals—will result in a 10,000-person reduction. ..

Nam-Ra uses her super hearing to understand what’s going on from the helicopter flying overhead. With numerous drones released and sent across town, a recurring joke returns. Gwi-Nam shows up, he bites Cheong-San’s arm and then he’s thrown off to the groun below.

Cheong-San refuses to let the others succumb to his horrible fate and decides to sacrifice himself. Hey, does anyone remember when Nam-Ra was bitten and ended up absolutely fine? Anyway, moving on. Nam-Ra’s bite didn’t turn him into a zombie like it did with most of the others. So why is Cheong-San so scared of him? ..

Cheong-San hugs On-Jo one last time and confronts his bully in the building site below. This time, Gwi-Nam really does gouge Cheong-San’s eye out. It’s gruesome and pretty gnarly but it’s nothing compared to what happens next. ..

The four main areas of the city are destroyed in a massive explosion, including Hyosan High School, the sports complex, and the downtown area. The children manage to escape while Gwi-Nam and Cheong-San are presumably killed in the ensuing fire. ..

After the successful operation, Seon-Moo decides to take some rest. In the morning they will send in troops to ground zero to check on what’s left and see if there are any survivors. ..

For Seon-Moo, the heavy cost of all those lives weighing on his conscience is just too much and he kills himself in his office. In fact, this comes off the back of watching the final video from Byeong-Chan, which includes him killing his wife and son as a last resort when he couldn’t find a vaccine.

As the episode comes to a close, we pan across the devastation of the bomb blasts, including Cheong-San’s corpse which holds On-Jo’s nametag.

The Episode Review

The army blows up key hotspots in the town, causing Seon-Moo to commit suicide in order to stop the spread of the infection. This action has killed a number of people as a last resort.

The whole thing with Gwi-Nam and the super zombie stuff has been quite disappointing. There’s not been a lot of explanation for this beyond the whole “no fear/immunity” stuff and the inconsistency with biting people and giving them powers (or not) is another grey area that should have been expanded upon.

All of us are dead.

However, after the shocking bomb blast, things are about to simmer down and potentially see the survivors try to pick up the pieces of their fractured life. ..