After weeks of tracking, the Mandelalorian has finally caught up with our hapless heroes. But binding, tagging, and abandoning them for retrieval only leaves the boys prone to the machinations of circumstance. Before the crew can catch up with them, Tucker and Todd are radicalized and indoctrinated by the preposterous Alphabetical Order. In the real world, tensions have peaked as world leaders unanimously agree to turn the War dial up to 11. The global sum of thermonuclear power is launched into the Outside. But Columbo and his companion are on the cusp of uncovering the catastrophic consequences of that cross-dimensional conflict.