Station Eleven: Chapter 51 Summary & Analysis

When Sayid, August, and Kirsten walk away from the bodies, the prophet’s dog follows them. They stop to rest and Kirsten calls for Luli, and the dog approaches and stays by her side. A little while later, they find the airport. They meet sentries with crossbows, but one of them comes running towards them in joy.

There are 320 people living in the airport, making it one of the largest settlements Kirsten has seen. August takes Sayid to the infirmary, and Kirsten lies down in Charlie’s tent. The two friends discuss Kirsten’s need of a new knife tattoo, Dieter’s death, and an eerie memory of Charlie having an almost supernatural moment in the nursery of a home they were ransacking.

That night, August, Charlie, and the sixth guitar play music, during which Kirsten’s thoughts drift between the friends she’s lost, the people she’s killed, and the strange coincidence of meeting someone else with “Station Eleven” comic books.

Later, she meets Clark Thompson, who recognizes her as Kirsten Raymond. They have apparently been introduced before. Clark says he knows Kirsten is tired, but he wants to show her something. Slowly, they make their way to and then up the air traffic control tower. Clark tells Kirsten he read her interview in the newspaper from New Petoskey and wants to talk about it with her in the morning. Once at the top of the tower, Kirsten looks through a telescope in disbelief. In the distance, she can see pinpricks of light aligned into a grid. Many miles away, there is a town whose streets are lit up with electricity.