Leadership Struggles: Disagreements arise regarding whether to stay put and wait for rescue or to move inland in search of better resources.
While the first episode was about immediate survival, Episode 2 starts to peel back the layers of the island's origins. The discovery of an abandoned facility or specific markings (depending on the medium’s adaptation) suggests that the outbreak was not a natural occurrence.
A significant portion of Episode 2 is dedicated to the friction between the core survivors. Stress brings out the best and worst in the group: