With the command center now destroyed the resistance has little, if anything, left to combat the alien's onslaught. Steven Koch remains trapped in a cellar by the Black Smoke, while Lewis and Mother McFadden try to dig their way out from what's left of the command center. At Haven the Hellweed begins to absorb the Haven Medical Center with disastrous results. Can the people of Haven stop the ravaging weed before it envelopes the entire town? Meanwhile Julie and Dr. Smith face the Haven Town Council as it tries to decide what action they will take against them for bringing the terror of the Hellweed to Haven.