Jeeze, a lot happened on this episode... Jason is the worst leader alive. Why do so many of them believe every single thing Pilcher said??? Do they really think he was this infallible just perfect human that never ever was wrong about anything. The female is clearly intelligent, they didn't have to test that to see it l, they scanned her brain and the evidence was right there. Makes no sense... But one thing I think tho is that the ground must be poisoned from all the abbies they killed to take over the settlement. That's the only explanation I can think of since the area outside the fence is fine. Seeing how Pilcher was, he probably used their bodies for fertilizer. That man seriously had no soul smh...