Shaun of the Dead with his stepfather Philip, and his girlfriend Liz breaks up with him, unhappy they spend every evening at his local pub, the Winchester. After the break-up, Shaun drowns his sorrows there with his housemate and best friend Ed. At home, their housemate Pete, complaining of a bite wound from a mugger, berates Shaun to get his life together. By morning, a zombie apocalypse has overwhelmed London, but Shaun and Ed are slow to notice until they encounter two zombies in their garden and kill them with blows to the head. They form a plan to rescue Shaun's mother, Barbara, and
Barge of the Dead Seven of Nine's in "Survival Instinct", writing that they both "deal with issues of life and death, with dramatic results". He referred to "Barge of the Dead" and "Survival Instinct" as "equally dark episodes". "Barge of the Dead" was also one of three episodes that featured Torres' relationship with her parents, with the episodes "" and "" resolving her estrangement from her father. "Barge of the Dead" was the first episode to provide a detailed account of Gre'thor, which was previously referenced only in "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The title was developed from "the Klingon belief that the dead