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On the surface, life at the Commonwealth seems pretty sweet.

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A refreshing lack of zombies?

This city offers all of that and more.

Connies fixated on uncovering the truth behind Trooper Daviss party-crashing and his beef with Governor Pamela Milton.

(Yes, you read that correctly.)

The guys go fishing, shoot the breeze, and negotiate drug prices.

Meanwhile, Carol gives a suspicious look to one of Motos henchwomen, whos looking rather suspicious herself.

Sure seems like hes a man with a cause the question is, where exactly does his loyalty lie?

Eugene, of all people, gets close to an answer.

But man, this poor guy cant catch a break.

Nothing in her body language earlier suggested Eugene was moving too fast.

What the hell is going on?

Stephs disappearance leads Eugene into a rabbit hole thats partCSIprocedural and partHomelandparanoid.

Further blowing his mind is the appearance of Lance.

was a setup and that hes going to expose Lance for the creep he is.

After a long, intense pause, Lance replies with a Pete Davidsonesque shrug: Okay, he says.

Eugene already signed a release admitting hes suffered a breakdown, so who would believe him?

Theres a kernel of truth in that Commonwealth is certainly safer than anywhere else the survivors have hunkered down.

Enter the double twist, as Eugene hears his radio handle (Blue Weevil to Taterbug!

Was this Steph discovered by the powers-that-be and then replaced byfauxStephanie to draw in Eugenes people?