Black Summer Season 1 chronicles the early events of a zombie apocalypse. The story centers around
a mother called Rose, who is separated from her child in episode 1. Her man dies, becomes
a Zombie, and tries to eat her. A man wearing a military uniform that says Spears saves her life,
and they spend the rest of the season not only surviving, but moving forward. Making their way
to the Stadium, where supposedly, her daughter was taken. Supposedly, the military was there.
Of course, none of it is true. Spears isn t actually Spears. He is a man named Julius James
who was being held prisoner by Spears. But Julius tricked Spears, killed him, and took his uniform.
And the Stadium dream was a like as well. There was no safety at the Stadium, at least, not by
the time that Rose, Spears, and Sun got there. But at least Rose was reunited with her daughter
Or did she? Earlier in the season, Rose saw her daughter in a hallucination.
So is possible that the final scene of the show was just that. Another hallucination.
But let s take a step back and remember everyone else who helped Rose directly or indirectly
along the way, starting with the other two people in her group of four.
Ryan was a very kind and deaf survivor whose instinct was to help people.
Sun pulled him away from this dying woman, who turned into a zombie shortly after, he almost gave
away their position in this scene, and eventually, he had enough of running. He was determined to
save the little boy. Turns out, the boy was part of a Lord of the Flies type child gang,
and the boy who he wanted to save, shot him. Lance was a loner, who just tagged along in the
beginning. But just like Ryan, Lance didn t want to leave the school without the boy. Lance was
separated from Julius, and went on a little adventure of his own, during which, he briefly met
dog. Who we will get back to. Lance reunited with the group during the Heist episode, but
during the madness of the finale, he ran off. So once again, Lance is alone.
Now let s remember Sun s group. It all starts with Barbara. This guy Ben pretended to be one
of the good guys, but in truth, he tried to steal Barbara s van. But then William Velez ran over,
beat up Ben, and took the Van for himself. As he did so, Barbara had gotten into the
back of the van, and in the nick of time, Sun ran up and got into the passenger seat. This
trio was fun. When Sun got out to dislodge a bike from their van, Velez could have driven away,
but he didn t. He gave Sun time to get back in the van. And shortly after, she saved his life
as well. But then they were assaulted by the mysterious black truck. Unfortunately, Barbara
didn t put on her seatbelt. She died, changed into a zombie, and chased them to the Diner.
And for better and worse, they let the people form the black truck join them:
Carmen, her boyfriend Manny, and crazy Phil. Crazy Phil wanted to sacrifice Sun, but
since he had gotten scratched, he was sacrificed instead. Manny was shot while he and Sun were
crawling through the Vents with bags of weapons. He turned into a zombie and tried to eat Sun,
but Spears saved her in the nick of time. Carmen almost survived until the end, but unfortunately,
she was a victim of friendly crossfire downtown. William Velez also almost made it to the end. But
during the climax, he was hurt, he was slowing them down. He knew he was done,
and he knew that everyone was done if they tried to help him, so he said to kill him, and Rose
did just so. Seemingly brutal, but actually just necessary. She made the right choice.
So the only three to survive were Rose, Spears, and Sun. Rose is a mother,
looking for her child. And Sun is a child, looking for her mother. So that dynamic is pretty cool.
Rose and Spears have chemistry. Whether as lovers or just friends, that s cool.
And shout-out to the mystery bearded man. The guy who was always whistling. Turns out, he was just
looking for his dog. And they found each other. Black Summer Season 1 was well done.
And Season 2 drops in two days. So we may find out soon what Spears did or was accused of doing.
And more importantly, we will likely find out if Rose s daughter was an illusion or not.