Season 2, Episode 2 Though Peter is still in Cranford Matty now lives alone. Following his wife and baby's death in childbirth Jem goes to Manchester for better work prospects and Mary moves to London to pursue her writing career. Following Lady Ludlow's death her greedy son sells land to the railway company and wealthy in-comer Buxton also lets its construction onto his property. His unpretentious son William angers him by falling for lower class Peggy Bell - whose shifty brother Edward is Buxton's land agent - and also by working with Captain Brown on the railway. Mrs. Jamieson's widowed sister-in-law Lady Glenmire arrives in Cranford and, to her snooty relative's annoyance, is charmingly down-to-earth, captivating everyone, notably Captain Brown, whom she marries after a whirlwind courtship. Edward Bell steals money given him by Buxton to compensate families made homeless by the railway building and goes on the run.He is killed in a train crash which also injures Harry Gregson, fleeing school bullying, but Miss Galindo nurses Harry back to health and becomes his landlady, permitting him to attend day school. Jem returns with his daughter and, as Peggy and William prepare to marry, everyone attends a Christmas magic show at Cranford's newly-restored Assembly Rooms.

2009年，世界突发异状，本意长眠地下的死者突然复生，自此丧尸肆虐横行，死者众多。为了保护自身安全，人类成立志愿军向丧尸宣战。而相关药物的开发则宣告这场灾难的结束。丧尸从此被称作“部分死亡综合症患者”，通过药物注射他们得以找回作为人的记忆和情感，并慢慢回归社会。青年吉伦·沃克（卢克·纽伯里 Luke Newberry 饰）曾是丧尸中的一员，他满怀期待与父母家人见面，然而家乡充满了不安气氛。虽然志愿军早已解散，但他所在的诺顿村民风彪悍，思想保守，坚决反对任何回归者，而吉伦最疼爱的妹妹洁迈玛（哈丽特·肯斯 Harriet Cains 饰）正是当地志愿军的一员。 漫漫回家路，期间所承受的痛苦远甚于每日的药物注射和非人时期的残酷回忆。吉伦开始了另一种形式的战斗……