28 Weeks Later (2007) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Don abandons Alice, the boy, and the remaining survivors because he panics when infected individuals surround the cottage. When Alice refuses to abandon the terrified boy who knocked on their door, Don makes the desperate choice to escape by boat alone, leaving them to face the infected. This decision haunts him throughout the film and sets up the tragic reunion with his family.

• don
• alice
• abandonment
• cottage
• rage virus

Alice somehow survives the initial attack at the cottage despite being abandoned. Twenty-eight weeks later, Tammy and Andy discover her alive but in a delirious, semi-conscious state in their old family home. She has survived this long while carrying the Rage virus asymptomatically, which is later confirmed through medical testing by the U.S. Army.

• alice
• survival
• asymptomatic
• cottage
• rage virus

Alice is not technically immune but is an asymptomatic carrier of the Rage virus. She carries the highly contagious virus in her bloodstream without displaying any symptoms of rage or violence. Medical officer Scarlet explains that her genetic makeup allows her to harbor the virus while appearing healthy, making her a silent vector for spreading the infection.

• alice
• asymptomatic
• carrier
• immunity
• rage virus
• genetics

Don becomes infected when he sneaks into Alice's quarantine chamber to apologize for abandoning her. Overcome with guilt, he shares a kiss with her, and the virus is transmitted through this contact. Immediately after, Don enters a violent rage and kills Alice, marking the beginning of the outbreak's resurgence.

• don
• infection
• alice
• kiss
• quarantine
• rage virus

The military orders a firebombing of District One to contain the Rage virus outbreak after Don's rampage spreads the infection throughout the fortified safe zone. With infected individuals multiplying and soldiers unable to distinguish between panicking survivors and the infected, the military makes the desperate decision to incinerate the entire area to prevent the virus from spreading further.

• military
• district one
• firebombing
• containment
• u.s. army

Andy is bitten by Don in the London Underground but does not develop symptoms of the Rage virus. Like his mother Alice, Andy becomes an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. He escapes with his sister Tammy and is airlifted to safety, but the final radio transmission reveals the virus has already spread to Paris, suggesting his carrier status poses a continuing threat.

• andy
• bite
• carrier
• asymptomatic
• tammy
• survival

Don kills Alice because the Rage virus induces uncontrollable rage and violent behavior in its hosts. When Don is infected through their kiss, he immediately transforms into a violent infected individual. He savagely murders Alice in his frenzy, turning the person he came to reconcile with into his first victim.

• don
• alice
• murder
• infection
• rage
• violence

The film ends with a chilling radio transmission received during the survivors' helicopter escape, revealing that infected individuals have been spotted in the Paris Métro near the Eiffel Tower. The exact mechanism of how the virus reached Europe is left ambiguous, but it suggests either an asymptomatic carrier like Andy traveled there or the infection spread through other means before District One was destroyed.

• paris
• ending
• eiffel tower
• virus spread
• europe
• radio transmission

Doyle sacrifices himself because the group becomes immobilized by nerve gas released by American soldiers as a countermeasure against infected individuals. With the car stuck and flamethrower-wielding soldiers closing in, Doyle exits the vehicle to manually start the engine, allowing Scarlet, Tammy, and Andy to escape. He is killed by the soldiers in the process.

• doyle
• sacrifice
• nerve gas
• volvo
• soldiers
• escape

Scarlet is killed by Don in the London Underground after the group escapes District One. While fleeing through the tunnels, Don catches up to them and attacks, biting Andy and ultimately murdering Scarlet. She becomes one of the many victims of Don's continued rampage after he escapes the firebombing.

• scarlet
• death
• london underground
• don
• bite

The U.S. Army releases nerve gas throughout the area surrounding District One as a countermeasure to kill infected individuals. When Doyle, Scarlet, Tammy, and Andy attempt to escape in an abandoned Volvo V70, they become trapped in the gas cloud. The gas causes severe physical distress and immobilizes the vehicle, forcing Doyle to make his fatal sacrifice to get the car moving again.

• nerve gas
• volvo
• escape
• paralysis
• u.s. army

Tammy shoots and kills her father Don in the London Underground after he has murdered Scarlet and bitten her brother Andy. In a desperate moment to protect her still-alive brother, Tammy uses a firearm to put an end to Don's violent rampage, ending the immediate threat but not preventing the virus from spreading further.

• tammy
• don
• shooting
• death
• london underground