Three weeks after the “Horde” incident, David Dunn, a superhuman who survived the Eastrail 177 train wreck nineteen years ago, now operates as a vigilante dubbed the “Overseer” alongside his son Joseph. Together, they track down Kevin Wendell Crumb, the “Horde”, at an abandoned factory where he holds four cheerleaders hostage. David engages Kevin in a brief battle until armed forces led by Dr. Ellie Staple intervene and imprison them at the Raven Hill Memorial Mental Institute. Also being kept there is David’s “destined” foe and global terrorist Elijah Price, who is kept under sedation and is considered completely harmless.