The worrying water shortage and 8 other revelations

Notice! This article contains spoilers for episode 4 of Earth Abides.The Earth Remains'Episode 4 begins slowly, revealing what happens to Ish after he is attacked by a mountain lion in Episode 3. However, the longer the episode progresses, the more intense it becomes as Ish and the survivors face a new set of setbacks, conflicts, and challenges. The opening moments of the episode revolve exclusively around the consequences of The Earth Remains the shocking ending of episode 3, in which Ish was viciously attacked by a mountain lion.

After revealing Ish's fate, the episode shows how a few survivors depart the main crew while several new ones join the community. While characters like Emma welcome the new survivors with open arms and can't help but feel grateful to be surrounded by many humans in their dark post-apocalyptic world, Ish becomes increasingly distant. He struggles to trust the new members of his group and even hates the direction in which all humans seem to progress.

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All survivors join forces to save Ish

Ish somehow manages to survive the lion attack

After Ish is attacked in The Earth Remains' episode 3, all the survivors band together to save him in the opening moments of episode 4. Together, they all put pressure on his wounds as Molly cleans him and stitches him up. During the procedure, Ish also briefly stops breathing. However, Molly performs CPR to ensure he remains with them. Although Ish suffers many fatal injuries to his body, he miraculously lives to see another day. For obvious reasons, your injuries take time to heal. However, he eventually appears to make a full recovery, with only a few scars left on his body.

To avenge Ish's death, Emma goes into the woods with her gun. As soon as she spots the mountain lion in the distance, she shoots it several times. She does this to make sure the lion doesn't attack any of her loved ones again.

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Molly reveals she failed medical school

Ish gives her credit for saving him

When Ish finally starts to show signs of recovery, Molly visits him and tells him she can't believe he's still alive despite having suffered many fatal injuries. She praises his strength and says he wouldn't have survived if it weren't for his ability to keep fighting. Ish responds by saying that he just stayed in bed while everyone did all the heavy lifting. He gives Molly all the credit for using her strong doctor and saving him. That's when Molly reveals that she never finished medical school. She remembers how she flunked out after the first year and always felt incompetent.

However, when the pandemic destroyed almost the entire human population, she adopted the label of doctor and lived the dream of her previous life. She also says that she is surprised that she was able to save Ish. Ish then assures him that she was able to save him because she accepted his setbacks instead of running away from them.

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Earth Abides presents another huge time jump

There comes a time when Ish is fully recovered

Since The Earth Remains is about survival and community and not about Ish's individual journey, it makes sense for the series to jump forward a few years in the future rather than just down Ish's road to recovery. After your first arc, The Earth Remains moves to a timeline where Ish has almost fully recovered and the survivor community is back and thriving again. Many younger community members also grow up to become direct contributors to the community. Although Ish and Emma's responsibilities as parents have been significantly reduced, they still work hard to ensure humanity's survival.

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Two younger survivors leave home to explore the world

The Elders Say Goodbye to Them Happy

After growing up in the community of survivors, two younger survivors, born after the pandemic, decide to go on a journey. Because they are old enough to take care of themselves, their parents don't stop them from exploring the world and learning more about it. One of the two survivors who left is Emma's daughter. Because of this, Emma worries about whether she will be able to stay safe in the outside world. Her daughter assures her that she has taught her enough skills to be able to stay safe and survive in the world beyond the confines of her sheltered home.

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The remaining survivors realize they are running out of water

They visit a nearby dam to check what's going on

Soon after the young survivors leave, the others realize that they are short of water. Ish and Jorge visit a nearby dam, hoping to understand what happened to the water. Not only do they find a dry river, but also note that a pipeline from the dam has been severely corroded and destroyed. Ish estimates they only have a week to survive on the remaining water unless it rains. Moments later, some vehicles pass over them in the dam, forcing them to flee the scene.

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Ish and the team encounter a new set of survivors

The new survivors bring the resources Ish and her people need

Although Ish and her team leave before the survivors can speak to them, the new group of survivors follows them to their home and approaches them warmly. Ish, as always, is apprehensive about letting them stay. However, their leader, Charlie, peacefully offers him the remaining water and also promises to help them dig a well with a drill. Since Ish and his people really need a source of water, he is forced to agree to let them stay.

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Ish becomes suspicious of Charlie, but Emma refuses to believe him

Ish wonders if his position of power is in danger

Ish tries to convince Emma that there is something wrong with Charlie. Emma brushes off his claims saying he said similar things about previous survivors who joined them. Although Ish agrees that he was once wrong about people and their motives, he refuses to believe that he is wrong about Charlie. Emma firmly believes that Ish only feels threatened by Charlie's arrival because he questions his position of authority by influencing everyone with his charm. However, deep down, Ish genuinely believes that Charlie is up to no good.

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Charlie and his team successfully dig a well

Ish's greatest fear materializes

While Emma wonders what will happen if they fail to dig the well, Ish fears that successfully digging the well will lead to more dire consequences. Almost throughout the The Earth Remains episode, Charlie and his men struggle to successfully dig a well. However, just when everyone starts to lose hope, a fountain of water splashes from the ground, revealing the exact place where they must set up the well. To Ish's dismay, his greatest fear materializes, forcing him to reconsider his position in the community.

Ish was considered something of a leader of the clan before Charlie arrived. However, after Charlie finds a solution to one of the biggest problems experienced by the survivors and successfully provides them with a resource essential to their survival, he questions Ish's place as leader.

He also fears that they are following his primordial methods

Since the start of the pandemic, Ish has relied heavily on her prior knowledge and her ability to learn to survive. Emma's arrival initially forced him to adopt several primary roles to ensure they survived in a world where society had collapsed. Although over the years he has managed to create a fine balance between returning to his original roots while maintaining modern methods to support himself, Charlie's arrival and potential leadership threatens his approach. In The Earth Remains At the end of episode 4, Ish fears that Charlie will take over and lead everyone to return to a more primitive existence.