Fannish girl at work

E1: Wheel of Fire A post apocalyptic story after a devastating flu runs rampant through the world and spotlights some characters trying to find their way back.

Jeevan, who definitely suffers from panic attacks finds himself carrying for a little girl named Kirsten who was part of the play he was watching when the lead man had a heart attack.  Kirsten was seemingly left alone and he escorts her home but that doesn’t go as planned and they end up spending 10K at a grocery store.  Why?  Because Jeevan’s sister called warning him the flue was going to decimate the world and was real - not sure how she knew that.  What made this different, why was she following the news so much?  She just sounded so definitive.  

The way Jeevan cares for Kirsten, barely knowing her, telling white lie to get her to stay with him, was so sweet.  And also (if there wasn’t an apocalypse coming) kind fo worrisome since this young girl went with a complete stranger.

The Christmas carole as a backdrop to the swarm of cars arriving at the hospital was disconcerting.  As was the plane crashing, I assume because the pilot was sick.  The call from the sister, expressing that she’s happy they’re together… was very sad.  I did appreciate that Frank did not argue with Jeevan (usually that happens when one character knows something and the other character doesn’t believe.)