As the group settles into survival mode, some work on building a base camp in the woods while others go on recon missions to town in hopes of finding out about their families and what is generally going on. It's all super high stakes, and the kids know they could be caught at any moment, if they are, they could well be killed. Not wanting to just wait to see what happens, Homer concocts a plan to destroy a key piece of infrastructure that being the bridge the military uses to truck in their ammo, to which everyone agrees.