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N has a dream of himself working as a butler alongside J and V, when his owner Tessa shows up along with another Worker Drone behind her. The sight of this other Drone jolts N awake, who is later called into the landing pod by Uzi. Uzi takes notice of the strange symbol appearing in her eye, which causes mirrors to shatter, before telling N he was the pilot of the landing pod.

N questions Uzi's plan to destroy all of humanity, but Uzi retorts that it's what they deserve, accusing them of causing the death of her mother. V, who is chained to a chair, sinisterly remarks that the Worker Drones aren't as innocent as they seem. Back at Outpost 3, a Worker Drone is tasked with fixing the hole left by N. He notices J's dead body move on its own, and when he investigates, he's attacked by something growing out of her body.

At the Murder Drones' nest, Thad arrives to tell Uzi and N of several disappearances happening at the bunker, prompting them to go investigate. In Outpost 3, the creature that emerged from J's body uses holograms to trick and assimilate other Drones. Arriving at the bunker, Uzi, N, and Thad investigate the area where J was killed and find a box of something known as Absolute Solver. Uzi suspects that Absolute Solver is an program within the Murder Drones that rebuilds its host whenever their body is destroyed. Suddenly, Thad is taken by J's Absolute Solver, which has grown into a massive robotic creature.

The two rescue Thad and confront the Absolute Solver, which claims to know about Uzi and her mother. When Uzi remains unintimidated, the Absolute Solver kills Khan in front of her. Shocked and unable to fight back, Uzi is saved by N, who destroys the Absolute Solver. However, she recoils in fear of him, causing a hurt N to run away. The dead Khan is revealed to be a hologram as the real Khan arrives to investigate the scene. Back at the landing pod, it's shown that V's chain is actually broken.

A flashback shows that Doll, one of Uzi's classmates, possesses telekinetic powers, which produces the same symbol of the Absolute Solver that has begun appearing in Uzi's eye. At the classroom, Doll sits by herself, staring at a photo of V.


This episode contains examples of:

  • Disney Death: Khan gets torn apart by the Absolute Solver, to Uzi's horror, only for it to turn out to have been part of the hologram the Solver was projecting.
  • Easily Forgiven: The guard at the front gate of Outpost 3 decides to let N in after he committed murder because N gave him a hand drawn card saying he was sorry.
  • Irony: It's revealed N, V, and J, who were programmed to murder all Worker Drones, used to be Worker Drones themselves.
  • Sinister Silhouettes: N, V, and J's old masters when they were servants in a creepy mansion are rendered as glitchy shadows with glowing white eyes.
  • Too Dumb to Live: The hologram of one of the Absolute Solver's assimilated victims beckons one of his former friends to come stand nearby him. His friend lists several suspicions, such as the victim standing in strangely low resolution, before flipping and deciding to join him. Said friend gets mauled by the Absolute Solver soon after.
  • Wham Shot: A few throughout the episode:
    • The Absolute Solver taking on the form of Uzi's mom, much to her discomfort.
    • At the end of the episode, the camera pans to V's chains, to reveal she broke them at some point offscreen and is only pretending to still be captured.

Alternative Title(s): Murder Drones Heartbeat

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