Outside, once Victor's been brought up to speed on Arcane, he suggests going on the offensive and taking him out. Considering the badassery quotient of this group, no arguments are forthcoming, only Echo's warning that they have to stop him before he gets to Priya. Victor perks up at the mention of Priya's name...

...unaware that Zombie Nolan is now coming at her with a knife. After a joke about rigor mortis being the new Viagra that absolutely did not make me laugh (HA!), Priya tries to tell herself it's all in her mind, and if she came to this conclusion without any assistance she gets the Smarty Award for the episode. It's amber and comes in a large can. Anyway, her mental efforts seem to have worked when she sees Nolan back on the bed lying still, but then Arcane shows up and tells her there's no reason to be afraid. Except for the part where HE WANTS THEM TO BE AFRAID, RIGHT? I'm starting to think the ease of his job up to this point has made Arcane kind of an idiot as well as a candy-ass. Priya's face goes steely: "You sure about that?" Awww, yeah, because the three ass-kickers have appeared, and they tackle Arcane out into an alleyway filled with garbage. When they fish him out, though, they find nothing but a nerdy middle-aged white guy, who asks what they've done. I could use some clarification myself. Laurence uncertainly asks, "Arcane?" but the guy corrects him that it's actually "Clyde," and I thought "Arcane" was kind of a dumb moniker but now I see the problem, at least. Echo asks if the chaos around them is Clyde's worst nightmare, but he tells her no -- "This is the shape of things to come." And where is that? The post-apocalyptic world of Epitaph One, of course! Man, that is awesome. They had to tie it in at some point, but I wasn't expecting that now. Also, the stock of the act breaks is back on the rise.

In the lab, Boyd takes a hearty swig of a flask he's been carrying around, and Topher asks if that takes away the fear. Topher, surely you've heard the expression "liquid courage" at some point in your geeky existence, no? Boyd confirms it, "and the pain too, sometimes," prompting Topher to note that that's what they're going to do to Ballard. Boyd opines that he'll be even more pissed off than usual, but Topher's like, not if I take away his anger. If you do that, might I inquire as to what will be left? Turns out he was kidding, though, but after Boyd tosses him the flask and he takes a big sip, he says in all seriousness, "That woman is going to drag us straight to Hell." Probably true, but not by the path you're thinking.