SHAT

Heather believes John has abandoned her. She’s pregnant with John’s child. She starts injecting SHAT. Garret and John talk. John’s not impressed. John meets Max. . . sort of. Ozzie tries to learn how to swim; he learns how to sink. Max saves Ozzie. But what will Max do with him? Alex must find out.

Gord gets new glasses. John goes for a walk along the beach. He hears things he shouldn’t hear. He gets blown up. He wakes up in a prison cell, his head half melted. Garret is keeping him prisoner.

John tells Heather all about Garret. Heather’s not impressed. A voice on the radio. John and Heather are offered their first dose of SHAT. SHAT can be injected! John and Heather resolve themselves to spending the winter in The Park. Alex is fishing. He runs from Ozzie. Skidge, Treemont, and Barley want to eat Alex. Ozzie intervenes. Alex fishes for Ozzie; now they’re friends.

A march for amnesty led by Greg and Darcy. A sniper shoots; Ernie dies. Garret's a hero with the tank. Another cafeteria speech. The Park is under siege! No one can leave. It is resolved to allow the prisoners to become regular citizens of The Park. Some people are not impressed. More sniper fire. Chad gets hassled. Garret struts like a rooster.

The cafeteria at suppertime. Terrance tells a story about cats and distemper. Then he tells a story about SHAT. Rudy explains the technical details. John is not impressed. Sasha has SHAT! John and Heather realise they’ll have to stay in The Park. Waylon and Greg watch cannon training exercises. Greg is stressed—one of the prisoner women was raped by Core and then committed suicide. Ernie says he’ll bear witness.

Waylon is head gardener. Gainer is his assistant. Waylon’s cat died last night. And now there’s no cats left to replace him! Darcy’s pissed at Greg. John returns to his haven with Garret. Garret likes John, but John’s not impressed. John’s home has been ransacked; Alex is not there. John returns to The Park to be with Heather. Heather believes everything that has gone wrong is her fault.

Alex talks to Ozzie. Pelter and Spook are Ozzie’s wingmen. The pogrom begins. Spook gets splattered. Cats are getting blown to chunky bits all over the place. Ozzie leads Pelter and Alex out of The Park. Alex leads them to his home. His sanctuary has been violated! Alex, Pelter, and Ozzie squat in a basement apartment. Night passes. Ozzie and Pelter go hunting. They’re hunting Alex. . . . John and Heather on the night of the cat pogrom. John is not impressed. Where is Alex? Is he dead?

The cafeteria at suppertime. Garret gives a speech. A forager army is on the way. All Park people will begin weapons training. John and Heather learn about SHAT. John is not impressed, but Rudy is convinced Sasha has SHAT. Alex looks for Ozzie. John and Heather will spend the night in The Park. Drake and Barry on patrol in The Park. Cats in heat. Barry kicks a cat. Cats attack. Barry unloads with a full clip from an Uzi. A cat pogrom begins.

Maria and Ming. Sasha and Ming. So who’s really Mom? Sasha causes excitement, then runs away with Alex. John and Heather and Sasha. Rudy, Maria, and Terrance want John and Heather to stay in The Park (and Sasha, too, of course, but where is she?). Heather meets Doc Sheridan and gets a stamp of good health. Alex senses something gone wrong in The Park. He wants to leave, but Sasha won’t go—not without Heather. Alex introduces Sasha to Skidge. Skidge is impressed; Sasha isn’t. Alex needs to talk to The Park’s dominant tom, Ozzie.

John and Heather in love. John and Heather visit The Park. Park renovations (lots of nice barbed wire). Prisoners in a wire compound. Alex and Sasha make their way to The Park. Alex shows Sasha that he can swim. . . and catch fish! Sasha’s impressed. Then Alex makes Sasha swim. Sasha’s not impressed. Alex introduces Sasha to Simon. Neither Simon nor Sasha are impressed.