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S3E35: Precious Cargo Part 2

Season 3, Ep. 35
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S3E35: Precious Cargo Part 2

The road to Blackwater isn't getting any safer.

After surviving everything the night has thrown at him, Cal has learned one very important lesson:

Whatever is inside his trailer, everything out there wants it.

But now his cargo is talking.

And it knows far more about the creatures hunting them than it's willing to admit.

With sunrise approaching and Blackwater still miles away, Cal's delivery becomes a desperate race through a world he never knew existed. Vampires stalk the highway. An entire town seems to know exactly what he's carrying. The dead refuse to stay buried.

And with every mile, one question becomes harder to ignore:

What happens if he actually completes the delivery?

The people at Blackwater hired Cal to transport precious cargo.

They never told him why.

They never told him what it was.

And they certainly never told him that the monsters might have a very good reason for trying to stop him.

Tonight, Cal has a delivery to make.

But before the sun rises, he'll have to decide whether finishing the job is worth the price.

Content / Trigger Warning

This episode contains strong language, graphic violence and gore, violence involving animals, disturbing descriptions of injured and deceased animals, body horror, supernatural creatures, vampires, references to children in peril/death, blood, death, and intense scenes of supernatural violence and peril.

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