Welcome back to the wilderness, campers. Or, depending on which timeline you’re in, welcome back to the aggressively beige hallways of a New Jersey strip mall.

The x265 codec (HEVC) works by aggressively compressing video data, often smoothing out fine details to save space. In high-motion scenes or dark, grainy sequences—of which this episode has many—the codec struggles to maintain the integrity of the image.

The episode masterfully balances three eras: the 1996 survival struggle, the survivors' 1998 rescue (confirmed to be after two years), and the present-day cover-up.