The episode opens with urgent instructions to find a woman linked to the Alpha's scent traced to a specific room. Meanwhile, Bowie and Faye face reprimand from their mother after injuring each other unintentionally due to uncontrollable urges. Their mother reveals that since their birth four years ago, they have suffered strange, undiagnosed symptoms, baffling even doctors. The immediate conflict centers on the mysterious condition affecting the children and the desperate search for the woman connected to the Alpha. The episode ends with the tension unresolved, as the search intensifies and the children's condition remains unexplained.