While Artie cares for the boy, Pete and Myka follow-up on a police call about an individual eating a squirrel reported as having the same symptoms as Kevin.
Pete theorizes that the people are zombies, and Artie learns from Kevin's son that the artifact responsible is from a taco truck both victims visited.
Pete realizes that this is the artifact causing the problems: the tip jar is from the Donner Party's ill-fated journey.
Claudia is also told that "death comes for you this night" by Sallah, the Soothsaying Sultan, a fortune-telling booth, and an additional artifact.
She is rescued by Leena, who explains that the fortune-telling booth artifact works by overwhelming the user with dread, so if Claudia ignores it, she will be fine.
The episode concludes with Steve Jinks in a bar, unable to pay his tab because Mrs. Fredric has cut his credit.
[2] tvfanatic.com gave the episode a negative review saying the zombie plot was "pretty bland" and that "some character actions simply didn't make sense".