Dry

Jacqui was watching the boys harass the old men, hoping she’d be led to some water, and she decided to intervene when she saw Kelton pull his gun. She thinks about the riot that happened yesterday at the beach and decides not to tell the kids about it. She’d been squatting in a house on the beach, which was where she cut her arm. When the desalination machines were supposed to produce drinking water, many people showed up to the beach. The machines quickly broke down, however, when the FEMA volunteers were unable to work them properly—and people rioted. The police broke up the riot, but Jacqui thinks now about how Alyssa and Garrett’s parents could be anywhere, dead or alive. Jacqui thinks about how she’s usually successful on her own, but now she has three kids to supervise. Eventually, they all find the older man’s BMW, and Jacqui has Kelton sit up front with her because she considers him less of a threat than Alyssa.

In the car, Alyssa thinks about how dangerous she thinks Jacqui is. Kelton tries to put on the radio, but there’s no updated news, and the music annoys Jacqui.