We work ourselves to the bone.
And when we die, they replace us.
And when we die, they replace us.
Sarah, a manager at a shipping company, suggests the idea to make the laborers work overnight to fulfill the quota for Christmas Day, just in time as a deadly plague infects the whole factory.
Tropes featured in this episode:
- All for Nothing: Tina burns the factory to the ground, preventing the infection from spreading to the outside world. Then the ending reveals a kid's Christmas gift turns out to be the same toy box that Doyle rubbed his mucus on...
- Anyone Can Die: Aside from Daniel, every named character dies in this episode.
- Face Death with Dignity: Sarah simply stands still as a horde of the infected workers go after her. Similarly, Tina calmly turns on her lighter before burning the whole facility to the ground.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Because the company refused to disinfect the facility regularly to save money, it led to an infestation of rats that caused the mutation in the first place.
- Take That!: It’s pretty much a jab at warehouse shipping companies like Amazon.
- The Plague: Doyle is the case zero of a mysterious infection which turns him into a mindless, murderous creature whose fluid can infect other people. Within an hour, the entire facility has been infected by the virus.
- Zombie Apocalypse: A small-scale version, as the infection only spreads in the factory. However, the ending implies that it will become global.
