Bob the Butcher escapes Corbell Pickett's custody, killing Mary Pickett in the process, and attacks Dee Dee's clinic where Ella Fisher is staying. The Fisher siblings arrive just in time to stop him, with Burton finally shooting Bob down.
Lowbeer reveals that the R.I. has been manipulating Flynne's timeline (the "stub") much longer than previously thought, even causing divergences like Conner's limb loss, which didn't happen in the original timeline. The Peripheral Season 1 - Episode 7
Watch a detailed breakdown of the episode's major events and how they set up the Season 1 finale: Bob the Butcher escapes Corbell Pickett's custody, killing
Dr. Nuland justifies her extreme actions by claiming human nature inevitably leads to "The Jackpot" (a series of global apocalypses), and she views her experiments as necessary to preserve societal order. has been manipulating Flynne's timeline (the "stub") much
The mysterious vision loss and seizures Flynne has been experiencing are confirmed to be caused by R.I. data stored in her DNA, which Ash and Ossian plan to sell to the highest bidder.