Unmarked spoilers are ahead, per Spoilers Off rule.
The fate of anyone who is captured by one of the Apocalypse aliens. Once snagged, they are stripped of their clothing and forcibly assimilated into the Apocalypse’s body. Once the assimilation is complete, the person is left with their upper body sticking out of the “chest” of the alien, unable to escape. They are then mind-raped and forced to fuel the body of the alien while it slaughters other humans. To make it even worse, the person maintains full cognitive awareness even after assimilation. It’s no wonder that Leonard teaches Jonathan to specifically target the chest of an Apocalypse and kill the unfortunate soul first, as it is the only way they can save them.
The Captain Continental. Given everything listed above about the Apocalypse aliens, Continental stands out as a human being so putrid that Jonathan thinks he’s worse than the aliens they’re fighting against. Continental is a brutal, disgusting, physically repulsive sadist who abuses his military authority to rape and sexually exploit his subordinates. Those who do not submit to him are beaten and publicly humiliated until they ultimately do so. And in the case of Jonathan, who will not submit to him even after beatings and public humiliation, Continental will go as far as to frame Jonathan for treason to finally get him. And it is not only the Continental who is a sexual sadist, as he has other colleagues that outrank Jonathan who also participate in the same depravity. Though Leonard saves Jonathan and castrates the Continental in revenge, ultimately the incident is covered up and Leonard is shipped to the front lines as punishment. It really isn’t surprising that humankind was losing the war against the Apocalypse when individuals such as Continental have authority in the military.
