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Bullets Fired into Slocum's Heart

Projectiles fired into Harry Slocum's heart during a lethal attack, later examined by the Doctor and Benton to demonstrate the green liquid's ability to override fatal trauma. Embedded in Slocum's corpse during the medical examination in the nuclear reactor switch room (Episode 20: Inferno Part 2).
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Purpose

Kill Slocum through direct gunshot wounds to the heart

Significance

Clue exposing unnatural post-mortem vitality in Stahlman's drilling victims, linking isolated deaths to systemic transformation threat

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S7E20 · Inferno Part 2
Doctor examines Slocum’s unnatural death

The bullets—fired point-blank into Slocum’s heart—are a stark contrast to his unnatural survival. The Doctor’s observation that ‘both bullets right through the heart’ underscores the grotesque irony: fatal wounds that should have killed him instantly instead allowed him to move for minutes, his body defying biology. The bullets are more than just ammunition; they’re proof of the retrogressive transformation’s power to override human physiology. Their presence in the corpse is a chilling detail, a reminder that even direct trauma can’t stop the ooze’s hold. The bullets also serve as a forensics clue, linking Slocum’s death to the broader pattern of violence tied to the green liquid.

Before: Embedded in Slocum’s chest, their entry wounds still fresh, the metal warm from the body’s residual heat.
After: Remain in the corpse as forensic evidence, their significance noted by the Doctor and Brigadier.
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