This episode continues the plot of Part 1.Escaping, Amos goes to see The Man and learns that he is wanted for murder. He returns to Sorrel and finds the secret that Harlan O'Brien knew: the town has been brainwashed by subliminal tapes broadcast from station KJHS. Hawkes is behind the entire scheme - he has stolen an atom bomb from the plant, piece by piece, and hidden it inside a statue in Washington, D. C. Burke allows himself to be arrested, then manages to get the zombie-like citizens to turn on Hawkes. The bomb squad finds the stolen atom bomb and successfully defuses it.