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** Yet-uglier thought: Ruth apparently resorted to trading sexual favors for food to sustain herself and Jane. It's entirely possible that ''Jane wasn't her only pregnancy'' ... just the only one that '''survived'''.

** It's possible that, before she died, Ruth did teach her a bit, though, perhaps, Jane did learn a little from observation, as people can reproduce (not well, but still).

!!That pregnancy timeline ain't right.

!!Jane post-nukes.
* On the subject of her infant daughter, it’s amazing that she survived into becoming a teenager what with the radiation - chances are Ruth would have struggled to breast feed (malnutrition, radiation, ptsd etc.). Again it just seems so strange that a baby would survive with all the odds stacked against her.

** It's possible she might remember something from before the world getting obliterated and so retained that memory for more context as to what's happening. She was a young child at time and it wouldn't be much out of bonds to presume she's been around pregnant people before that.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "baby" and "coming". But how does she know? Her education is far below the level of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the symptoms of pregnancy and the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how does she know? Her education is far below the level of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the symptoms of pregnancy and the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how does she know? Her education levels are far below those of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the symptoms of pregnancy and the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how does she know? Her education levels are far below those of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how dord she know? Her education levels are far below those of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how did she know? Her education levels are far below those of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watching ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

* Also, when Jane's about to give birth, it's clear that she knows what is happening since she repeatedly says the words "babby" and "coming". But how did she know? Her education levels are far below those of a pre-war teen like her Aunt Alison, having consisted of little more than watched ropey videocassettes of educational programmes like ''Words and Pictures'' with a "teacher" who just sits mouthing along with the dialogue on the tape and makes no attempt to engage the kids she's meant to be teaching. So presumably Jane's sex education has been essentially non-existent, meaning she wouldn't necessarily associate the signs of labour with her encounter with Gaz and Spike, much less what happened between her and one of the boys in the barn.

** Her name is mentioned in the credits (played by Victoria O'Keefe).

* And how do we know that child's name is Jane, since we never hear another character use it? AllThereInTheManual, such as the script?

** Assuming that the strategic fuel reserves did survive the war, we can assume that what remained of the military and law enforcement would get most, if not all, of it. The machinery used for the first post-war harvest would then use local supplies from places like farms and rural petrol stations.

** Assuming that the fuel reserves did survive the war, it would be safe to assume that only what remained of the military and law enforcement would be allowed to use them.

* on the subject of her infant daughter, it’s amazing that she survived into becoming a teenager what with the radiation - chances are Ruth would have struggled to breast feed (malnutrition, radiation, ptsd etc.) again it just seems so strange that a baby would survive with all the odds stacked against her

* There is also a scene set at least a year after the war where one of the characters steals grain from a storage building. We hear a helicopter hovering overhead. Why are the authorities wasting precious fuel on patrolling the air instead of posting guards around the site?