When Madison, the high-school guidance counselor confiscates a knife from a nervous Tobias, she thinks he’s carrying it because he's been bullied, a logical conclusion. But the zombie-aware viewer who mutters about "reports in five states" and "it's spreading," knows exactly what he is afraid of.
A wise-beyond-his-years senior at the school who believes the outbreak is Doomsday. During his years in school, Tobias has been bullied[
“ Reports in five states, they don't know if it's a virus, or a microbe, they don't know but it's spreading. ”
— Tobias to Madison, Pilot