RW660 - Star Trek Films - Section 31

 

In this episode of The Star Trek Film Series Rewatch, Cory and Tom are out of federation control as they discuss Star Trek: Section 31.

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In the Terran Universe, a young Philippa Georgiou returns from a series of trials in which she and many other young children were pitted against each other in order to find who would become the next emperor of the empire. In the end, only her and her friend San survived and were sent on their final quest to determine the winner. Her family rejoices that she made it this far but while they eat a dinner together, their happy reunion ends as they all painfully pass out and die, having been poisoned by Georgiou, who by the terms of the competition needs to have no connections to her former life in order to become emperor. Her friend San could not bring himself to do the same to his family and loses the competition, receiving a large disfiguring scar on his face from Georgiou, her first act as the new emperor. 

Eventually Georgiou would travel across dimensions to the Prime Universe and become involved with the starship USS Discovery before traveling into the far future and discovering that her existence was unraveling there. The Guardian of Forever sends her back into the past when her existence would be less threatened due to the timelines of the two universes being closer in divergence, a time shortly after Captain James T Kirk and his crew were put on a trial for conspiring to kill Klingons and disrupt the peace talks, a crime they were eventually cleared of and exonerated and before the time Jean Luc Picard takes command of the Starship Enterprise NCC1701-D.

In that time period, Georgiou eventually sets herself up as the head of a luxury bar/resort/nightclub before being approached by Section 31, a black ops organization that operates outside of Starfleet jurisdiction. She herself was a member of Section 31 before her journey into the future and is curious as to why they need her now. They reveal their plan to capture a device from an arms dealer Dada Noe but she makes her own plan and retrieves Dada’s package using a phase inverter so that he can’t touch or shoot her to retrieve it. Unfortunately, an unknown assailant appears, also armed with a phase inverter and he and Georgiou fight for the package. The assailant eventually wins and opens the package, retrieving its contents, which Georgiou is shocked to see as it is a weapon named Godsend that she believed she had destroyed years prior to her coming to the Prime universe but instead had been filed away in a weapons facility. Section 31 takes Georgiou captive at a safe house to aid them with retrieving the device but she leverages her knowledge of the weapon to get on equal footing with the team.

Georgiou explains the Godsend’s abilities to destroy anything in its path, similar to the way a virus infects creatures from one to another. In this case, a weapon of mass destruction that would travel from planet to planet, eventually destroying anything entire quadrant. She created it so that if anyone ever assassinated her, the weapon would be deployed to insure that the ones who killed her would have nothing left to rule over. She remembers when San presented her with the weapon, he revealed that the others who created it killed themselves. He then takes his own life, using the same poison she used on her family years earlier, in defiance of what his old friend has become. 

To retrieve the device, Georgio joins up with the Section 31 team, consisting of the team leader, Alok Sahar an augmented human from the 1970’s that survived in suspended animation until joining Section 31, Zeph, an exoskeleton armored soldier, Quasi, a shapeshifter, Fuzz, a tiny alien known as a Nanokin, and Rachel Garrett, a Starfleet officer who is part of the team to ensure things go as planned and not off the book with death and destruction. Melle, a Deltan with the power to influence thoughts, was part of the team but was killed during the fight for the Godsend.

Georgiou offers to interrogate Dada, reasoning he is from the Terran universe, but the team fights about why they shouldn’t allow it. Instead, Georgiou and Alok go together and after she whispers to him how she has interrogated precious captives, he gives up the information of how he got to the Prime Universe with the Godsend: an ion storm that happens regularly, enabling easy passage between the universes. He explains that the Terran universe has used up its resources and they are looking for new worlds to conquer and take over. Dada claims that whoever the masked assailant learned of its existence from one of Section 31’s team. Suddenly the wall behind them explodes as Section 31’s ship explodes and destroys the building. Alok and Georgiou reveal to the team that one of them is a mole. They all begin arguing about who could be the mole, while Garrett interrupts and explains she earlier found a garbage scow that they could take to use as transport. While Georgiou goes with Quasi and Fuzz to retrieve the scow, the rest stay behind to fix the antenna array so they can tell section 31 the danger they’re all in with Godsend.

Georgiou and company discover they need a coil to power the ship and head off to the cargo hold, while Garret and Alok stay behind at the safe house and determine the problem with the array, Zeph goes missing. Alok and Garret try to find him and split up, but meanwhile someone activates the antenna array. Georgiou, Fuzz, and Quasi SUDDENLY return to the array and they theorize that Zeph took the part missing from the array, used it to send a message and then destroyed it. They head out to try and find him with Alok and Georgiou trade barbs about doing what they’re doing for redemption for all their own previous atrocities but soon come upon Zeph, already dead.

Finding a hair on Zeph that matches Garrett’s leads them to investigate her further, finding traces of Zeph’s blood under her fingernails. They manage to retrieve footage from Zeph’s mech suit which shows him actually killing himself. Georgiou thinks back over the events and realizes that Fuzz likely set his Vulcan body on autopilot and then took over Zeph’s suit, who took control of the array and subsequently destroyed it. Having been discovered, Fuzz reactivates Zeph’s exoskeleton to attack them while he escapes with everyone except the tied up Garret chasing after him  on flying platforms throughout the safe house. Alok and Quasi fight Zeph’s suit while Georgiou takes on Fuzz.

Fuzz thinks he’s tossed Georgiou over the edge of the platform but she comes up from behind and stabs him as he reveals that San is still alive, having built up an immunity to the poison, and is out for revenge. Fuzz is then transported away to safety.

San on his ship pulls the dagger from Fuzz’s back, and reveals a countdown to the next ion storm portal opening soon, his desire for Georgiou to marinate in her own defeat foremost in his mind. Alok reveals that he has a backup plan, revealing he took the coil out of the garbage scow in an attempt to stop the mole from using it. With the ship powered up, Alok, Quasi, Garret and Georgiou head off to find Fuzz and San at the portal location. San fires on them but they push through and use the scow’s tractor beams to drag San’s ship away from the portal. It starts to work, but the radiation will destroy both ships. With San’s ship’s shields down, they beam over and Georgiou faces off against San and Alok fighting Fuzz. During their battle the Godsend is knocked over and begins activation. Fuzz leaves his body on autopilot in the fight and goes to the garbage scow to attack Garret and Quasi. Luckily, Alok manages to take out Fuzz.

San monologues about the Terran Empire ruling over the Prime universe with righteous mercy. Georgiou tries to talk sense into him, recalling their past together,  but he continues to fight. Garret finds a toy in the garbage scow that is powered by a dangerous fuel source. Quasi manages to open the cargo bay, sending all the contents out into space with the fuel, which when combined explodes and kills Fuzz. The fight between San and Georgiou continues but she manages to flip his weapon around on him, mortally injuring him. They share a moment of regret together as he dies and Georgiou mourns her former friend.

With the Godsend still active and ready to fire, Georgiou decides to send the device through the portal to the Terran universe, and she and Alok share a moment as they realize they can’t escape the Godsend as the ship is inching towards the portal. Luckily, Quasi managed to transport Georgiou and Alok out at the last second, and they all watch as the portal closes and collapses. 

Three weeks later, Georgiou resumed her job as head of her resort. Alok meets up with her, and she reveals Section 31 made her an offer which she is considering. She reveals she knows Alok is actually Quasi pulling a joke on her before the real Alok and Garret show up to talk and celebrate their success. Suddenly Fuzz shows up but reveals that she is actually Wisp, Fuzz’s wife in the same Vulcan shell, and is looking for revenge, knowing that Fuzz likely survived. The group is then contacted by Control who gives them their next mission.

Our Favourite Trivia:

This film was originally planned as a television series, but after Michelle Yeoh won an Academy Award for Best Actress, this was redeveloped into a television movie.

The character Rachel Garrett, played by Kacey Rohl, first appeared in the season three TNG episode Yesterday's Enterprise (1990) as Captain of the USS Enterprise-C.

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Georgiou's assistant Virgil in the first bar scene is from the planet Cheron, which is from the TOS episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969). It can be inferred that he was from that planet's ruling class in that he is black on the right side which is the same as Frank Gorshin's character Commissioner Bele.

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Virgil is the first appearance of an inhabitant of the planet Cheron since the TOS episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969). Quasi is the first Chameloid to be seen since Martia from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

It is never stated what is used to power the Godsend, only that its destructive force was powerful enough to affect an entire quadrant. The only thing previously seen in Star Trek with that level of destructive force that could fit into such a small device, is the Omega molecule, first seen on the season four VOY episode The Omega Directive (1998). Omega is a highly unstable molecule and the most powerful substance known to exist, with each molecule containing the same amount of energy as a warp core. Federation cosmologists theorized Omega once existed in nature for an infinitesimal period of time at the instant of the Big Bang, acting as the primal source of energy for the formation of the Universe. Omega was first synthesized by a Federation scientist working at a remote research outpost in the Lantaru sector during the late 23rd century, a single molecule was synthesized but was only stable for a fraction of a second before exploding, destroying the station and killing 126 of the Federation's leading scientists. The explosion had an unexpected secondary effect of rupturing subspace throughout the entire sector, rescue ships trying to reach the Lantaru sector discovered they weren't able to create a stable warp field and could only travel at impulse. Starfleet scientists soon realized that a chain reaction of even a handful of molecules would not only destroy everything for dozens of light years it would destroy subspace across the entire Alpha Quadrant making traveling at warp speed impossible, without warp drive spacefaring civilization would essentially come to an end. After this, all knowledge of Omega was classified at the highest level, with only Starfleet captains and flag officers being made aware of its existence.

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Omari Hardwick played Alok. Most recently he was in a movie called Xeno, releasing this year. He looks to be a part of Army of the Dead: Las Vegas.

Quasi was played by Sam Richardson. He has a number of upcoming roles as well, like Angry Birds 3 and John Cena’s Matchbox. He was in 22 episodes of Velma playing Norville (Shaggy). He was a main cast member in Apple TV+’s The Afterparty. Yes We Cannabis is another movie he starred in, and he even had a few roles in Star Trek: Lower Decks and was in 8 of the 10 episodes of Patton Oswalt’s MODOK.

Robert Kazinsky was Zeph. Coming up he’s a lead in a movie called Iron Ribbon. He was a main cast member in the British soap opera Eastenders playing Sean for 267 episodes, and a lead in season 9 of The Dream Team. He is also the lead in Do You Want To Die In India, and The Assent, both of which are on Tubi. He’s a bit higher on the cast list in Pacific Rim, Warcraft, and Hot Pursuit. Apparently, he was cast as Fili in The Hobbit series, but left the role during the first movie for unknown personal reasons. He was replaced by another actor, though he can apparently be seen in one scene in a background shot.

Kacey Rohl plays Rachel Garret. She was the lead in a number of movies now showing on Tubi or Hallmark like The White Lie, Killer High, The Wedding Veil Inspiration, Fortunate Son (Roku series) and Flicka Country Pride. She’s been in a number of series as recurring role like Arrow, Hannibal, and Clue.

Sven Ruygrok was Fuzz. He was the lead in a movie called Just Now Jeffrey, and Breathing In. He was also the lead in 6 episode series Pulse.

James Hiroyuki Liao played San. Most recently, he plays General Mori in the new Superman movie. He appeared in Star Trek before in Star Trek: Into Darkness. He was a main cast member in Unforgettable, and was in Orphan Black: Echoes as a main supporting cast member.

Michelle Yeoh is of course Philipa Georgiou. Previously she was the lead in Everything, Everywhere All At Once for which she became the first Asian woman to win such an accolade. She was also a lead in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Wicked, Kung Fu Panda, Crazy Rich Asians and Shang Chi, to name a few credits. She was also a Bond girl in Tomorrow Never Dies, and turned down The Matrix Sequels. She is a main cast member in Amazon’s series Bladerunner 2099, and will be in Avatar 4, set to debut in 2029.

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RW659 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E13 - Project Reborn

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom ctrl-alt-del the end of the world as they discuss episodes 13, Project Reborn.

Chapter Thirteen 'Project Reborn':

Volume: One

Written by: Tim Kring & Zach Craley

Directed by: Jon Jones

Original airdate: January 21, 2016

Synopsis: 

As Carlos, Micah, and Jose get Farrah to the hospital, they find it abandoned but Micah uses his powers to get the electricity going again. Carlos uses his army medical training to slowly nurse her back to health with Jose using his power to remove the bullet from her. Soon more people arrive at the hospital in need of medical aid, with Carlos and company staying to help them.

Emily learns that Tommy is trapped in Evernow, with Ren explaining that Miko is the only one that can go into the game. Meanwhile Tommy tries to figure out his prison, an endless maze of repeating corridors. As Dr SciGuy and Erica power up the machines, conduits reach out to Tommy within his prisons and attach themselves to him, forcing him to teleport a large number of people wearing their watches into the future. Afterwards, the cables retract and Tommy is left trying to find a way out. He eventually runs into a double of himself, seemingly caught in a time loop and who is somehow more clueless about the prison than the first smarter Tommy. Smart Tommy tells Clueless Tommy that they can be in two places at once and that their memories exist in this place, and that they need to think about their past and try to find them. Clueless Tommy begins to remember his past when he first saw Claire Bennet revealing her power on tv, with Anne revealing to Tommy that Claire is his birth mother and tells Tommy the truth. Clueless Tommy then  starts remembering more and more from his past, notably his father Hiro. He also sees the memory of the time he was taken to level 5 in Primatech and met his sister, and touched hands which caused a giant pillar of energy to explode into the sky through the building.

Erica and Dr SciGuy leave their lab and discover that the transfer worked with dozens upon dozens of people, including Ren and Emily, having been teleported to the future city of Gateway. Ren and Emily explore the facility and eventually find Ottomo and release him from the Evo machine tables. They wake up the real Miko who has no knowledge of who Ren is. DrSciGuy appears and holds them all at gunpoint but Ottomo comes from behind and kills him. Ottomo explains that Ren risked his life to free her and she is very appreciative. Otomo sends Ren into the game to find Miko in the game and rescue Tommy. Once inside, he finds Miko immediately and they set off on their quest. Eventually they find the prison and Ren removes the sword from the prison, with Miko saying they will meet again. As the video game shuts down, Tommy is freed along with Ren and they are confronted by Erica and her guards. Erica monologues about how this future will cease to exist if he goes back and stops the HELE. Tommy calls himself Nathan and as Erica fires a gun at him, he freezes time, creating a double of himself to go back in time and help Malina while he stays in the future and gets Ren, Otomo, Emily, and his mother, all teleported away to safety.

Back in the present, Phoebe discovers she has been left behind. Quentin, Luke, and Malina arrive at the clock tower and see the first solar flare approaching. Luke forces them to take cover, deciding it is his destiny to stop this flare himself and absorbs the power from the flare, floating up to it and destroying it in a spectacular explosion as he merges with it.

Quentin starts to take Malina to the clock tower, but they run into Phoebe who attacks them, pulling Malina up through the air, threatening to drop her. Quentin pulls out his gun, torn about shooting his sister, telling Phoebe they were used by Erica. Quentin begs her to stop, but she won’t and Quentin shoots her as she backs into a window and falls to her death. Malina falls as well but manages to hold onto the ledge and pull herself back up. 

As the second solar flare approaches, Malina readies herself against it but finds that she can’t stop it. Nathan suddenly appears and the two join hands to try and fight the flare but the power is too erratic, not working. Nathan decides to go back in time to Level 5 and see what happened. He learns that the beam that shot through the building only happened because a technician tried to pull them apart and became a conduit for their power. The man unfortunately died.

Bennet finds himself teleported to that same moment, learning what Nathan saw as well. Nathan appears and explains how he’s been trying to save the world but nothing has worked. Bennet volunteers to be the conduit. As he takes both of the twins’ hands, their power shoots through him  and reaches up to the flare, destroying it. The twins cradle their grandfather as he speaks to them, telling them he’s proud of them before he passes on.

In the future, the other Nathan cuts off Erica’s watch, enters the machine, and starts time again, sending everyone wearing a watch back to the present where they belong, leaving Erica behind in a world that will no longer escort. That Nathan… disappears?

Three months later, Quentin is in prison for reasons, and being interrogated by agents about what happened at Gateway. The agents are unbelieving that Evos would have saved the role without wanting credit, wanting to know who they were. Quentin tells them in a passionate speech that the Evos are all around them and chose to be heroes in that moment. He tells them that when they are needed, they’ll be here, without anyone having to ask them and that is who they are, that they are all of them on their best day.

Carlos continues his fight as El Vengador with Farah at his side and Jose wanting to help them. Emily and Nathan run the Ice Cream Shop, while Malina attends school. Both Nathan and Malina receive a mysterious tarot card, and when Angela is asked about it she tells Malina it’s from her father, who is coming for her and Nathan, and that no one can protect them.

Back-issues:

Michael Iliadis is credited as “trench coat man” (in the ice cream shop) and is the one who is assumed to be Malina and Nathan’s father. However, he could be an agent working for their father as well. 

Check out the story of "Hammer" (Nathan and Malina's father) over a KRAD Readings. Click here

As discussed for Tom's intro this week, check out Jack Coleman (and other cast members) back in the day when he was in Dynasty:

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Thanks for joining us for The Heroes Rewatch! We'll be off for several weeks while we get some life stuff sorted, but we hope you'll join us again for out next series rewatches-

Tom will be jumping in on the Star Trek Film Series Rewatch, and we'll be discussing the recent Paramount+ instalment Star Trek: Section 31.

Then we're delving into a fun British sit-com from the 90's, Men Behaving Badly. Hopefully we'll have some laughs and lagers.

The next big series rewatch will be Eureka after that. There's certainly no other town quite like it, and is a first time watch for Tom. We'll see you there soon.

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RW658 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E11-12 - Clone Company

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom transmit their feelings and burn all the trash as they discuss episodes 11 & 12, Send in the Clones and Company Woman.

Chapter Eleven 'Send in the Clones':

Volume: One

Written by: Peter Elkoff

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Original airdate: January 7, 2016

Synopsis: 

Malina reasons that since Erica took Tommy, she might have also taken Bennet and so she and Luke stop to gather supplies, most notably a gun, since Luke says his powers are unreliable without sunlight.

Two Harrises travel with Phoebe and Quentin to find Malina, watching footage from the day before when she unleashed her powers on the giant storm. Phoebe is ready to kill her, which unsettles Quentin who questions that method, suggesting they bring her into Renautus instead like the other Evos, but Harris asks if there’s going to be a problem and he backs down. 

Erica pushes Hachiro to finish rebuilding the prison fortress in Evernow lest she kill his daughter, and then him. 

Tommy and Miko escape to another part of Gateway and she explains her mission to save him and he explains how 9th Wonders predicted they would meet, as Erica’s security men close in on him, they escape again, and talk more about the comic book and her partner Ren. Tommy sends Miko back to Sunstone Manor to play her part in a fight against Harris, telling him to tell Ren she loved him. She gives Tommy her bow as proof that he defeated her to try and fool Erica. Erica then has Tommy take them back to the present in Odessa. 

Meanwhile, Matt’s voice plays on a loop at Sunstone, making sure the Evos are compliant. Farah explains her job was to protect Malina who would be able to save the earth by stopping the HELE. The Haitian and Taylor go to deal with Parkman while. Carlos and Farah go to find Father Mauricio, Carlos, and Micah. Carlos and Farah take out several Harrises and eventually find the radio room and shoot the equipment to stop Matt from influencing everyone. Carlos puts on the El Vengador costume and together they find the captive Evos, Father Mauricio and eventually Jose, who leads them to Micah’s cell. As Carlos uses his suit to try and break through the glass, a Harris clone shows up but Father Mauricio intervenes with his power, taking him out. As Carlos thanks him, a guard appears and shoots Father Mauricio as Carlos punches the guard out. He mourns the pastor, but with renewed strength he finally frees Micha and has Farah see to Jose while he hides the body. 

As Matt complains on the phone to get the transmitter working again, the Haitian and Taylor come inside to confront him, turning off Matt‘s powers. The Haitian, Taylor, and Matt spar verbally with Matt telling them how his family walked out on him. He monologues about how he's doing a good thing, and earns a ticket to the future, but Taylor tells him that Erica is lying and just using him. The Haitian tries to get Matt to join them, relaxing his power, which enables Matt to shoot a gun near his ear and implanting a thought for him to leave, and then taking Taylor captive to use her as bargaining chip with Erica. He uses his power to learn about her relationship with Francis and her unborn child.

Outside on the grounds, Harris Prime shows up, calling off his clones so that he can fight Miko himself. The battle is evenly matched until Harris gets the jump on her, holding her from behind, ready to kill her but Miko takes her spear and impales herself all the way through so that it also impales Harris and kills him, instantly destroying his other clones as well.

Meanwhile, Team Quentin has the Harrisses using the Epic Glasses, eventually finding and stopping Luke and Melina. As the two flee into a cornfield, Malina tries using her powers but Phoebe is canceling both of theirs out. Luke has Malina run away but she comes back to help, and is quickly captured by Phoebe‘s darkness with Harris telling her to make her death quick. Luke rushes in and knocks Phoebe out and sets one of the Harrises on fire. A Mexican standoff happens between Quentin and Luke with Quentin eventually giving up. Malina shunts Phoebe, and they begin interrogating the two siblings for information about Tommy. Phoebe could care less, egging Luke on to shoot her. Quentin eventually gives up the answers they seek. Luke still wants to kill the two, but Malina convinces him not to, citing the many regrets he already has. Luke and Malina continue their journey with Phoebe and Quentin as their captives. As they reach the car, a Harris appears to try  and stop them but promptly disappears as Harris Prime was just killed elsewhere.

Back in the present day, Erica continues to manipulate Tommy, but lets him see his mother and Emily. Anne wants to talk more with Tommy, but Erica needs him for the moment, promising to return him later. They show him the new device that they’ll be using to amplify his power to send many more people to the future as long as they are wearing a tracking watch. Erica learns that Sunstone has been compromised and Parkman is on his way to her with Taylor in tow. Harris informs her that Miko is there as well, and Erica realizes that Tommy is playing both sides

Micah accesses Matt’s computer and shows the world the truth about Erica and how she manipulated everyone into hating Evos, showing the behind the scenes footage of the shapeshifter that impersonated Mohinder. People, including Tommy, his mother, and Emily, all watch the reveal, shocked at what they are seeing. 

As Eric watches the footage, she has Joanne brought to her, and reveals she has been manipulating the new stories so no one would try and find her, allowing her to continue hunting Evos. She then tasks her with a new assignment: kill Malina and Luke.

Chapter Twelve 'Company Woman':

Volume: One

Written by: Holly Harold

Directed by: Jon Jones

Original airdate: January 14, 2016

 

Synopsis:

Emily pleads with Tommy to not continue working for Erica, but he says the HELE is coming and he has to help where he can, telling her to get her gateway watch while he heads back to Erica. He asks her if the broadcast was true but she simply asks if it matters. He takes his place in the machine and manages to send a large group of people into the future. Erica tells Dr SciGuy that she just needs to keep Tommy complacent for the next 14 hours, when she’s interrupted by a guard, telling her she’s needed upstairs. Upstairs, Matt confronts Erica and has Taylor hold the gun on herself, threatening to have her shoot herself. Erica tries to defend her choices due to Matt not succeeding at Sunstone, but he presses her, revealing that she would lose not just her daughter if he killed Taylor, but also her grandchild. Erica decides to give him the watches he needs to save him and his family. 

Erica flashes back to her youth when her father was very sick and near death, but the town doctor showed her that he had a healing ability and could heal her father, if she wanted him to. She agrees but then learns the price for the service, allowing the doctor to have sex with her. Later, she learns she is pregnant, but her very alive father tells her that he is there for her no matter what. As her child Taylor grows, she falls ill, and Erica is forced once again to call the doctor for help. He heals her, but this time, his price is not sex, but the daughter herself, who he says will be safer with him. Erica kills the man with a pair of scissors but Taylor sees it. A young Hatman shows up at the door, telling her they’ve been tracking the doctor but then sees she has taken care of the problem herself. He offers to erase her memory of the incident, but she refuses saying she never wants to forget, instead asking him to erase her daughter’s memory of the incident.

Dr SciGuy talks with an assistant and mentions that they need to get 12000 people across the portal or else they won't have enough genetic diversity to sustain a population. Tommy overhears this and teleports away. Meanwhile, Erica comforts Taylor but is interrupted with news that Tommy left, telling her guards to find his mother and leaving. Taylor gets angry that she’s leaving again and suddenly all the glass in the room breaks. She thinks she’s an Evo but Erica said she’s had her tested and she doesn’t have powers, but her baby likely does. She aims the gun at Erica and forces her to take her to Francis, the two arguing and sparring verbally the whole way, but Erica’s guards show up and stop her. Taylor asks her mother why she haters her so much, but Erica breaks down telling her she loves her more than anything.  Erica surprisingly tells the guards to leave and tells Taylor she is still the greatest thing that ever happened to her. Taylor asks what is next, and Erica says they start over in the future, but Taylor says she would rather die than live in an empty world with her, something that absolutely breaks Erica’s spirit.

Tommy sees his mother being taken by Erica’s guards and freezes time to rescue her, getting her away from the area and showing her the future. Tommy doubts the prophecies, instead thinking Erica’s plan is the best way to save a large amount of people. Anne tells him that his father believed he was capable of so much more, regarding his powers, but Tommy is frustrated that he can’t remember any of what he learned. He drops his mother near the clocktower where he and Malina are destined to meet. 

Luke, Malina and their captives, Phoebe and Quentin, are in a long line of cars being checked by the authorities. Rather than sit around for them to find Malina, Luke suggests going to Union Wells High School, where everyone is being evacuated to, and try to get Tommy’s attention there instead of trying to get into Gateway to find Tommy. Luke pulls off the road and decides to finally end things and kill Phoebe and Quentin. Malina begs him not, saying he isn’t that same guy anymore. As Luke marches them into the woods to kill them, Phoebe pushes him about not being able to kill her and then runs away. Luke pulls the gun but Quentin knocks him over to stop him. As Phoebe breaks her bonds and pulls out the shunt, regaining her powers, Quentin breaks his bonds as well and grabs the gun Luke dropped after being knocked down. He stops Luke from going after Phoebe, but then hands him the gun, telling him that that girl isn’t his sister anymore. Together they go to Union Wells High School and Malina uses her abilities to get the attention of a news crew interviewing evacuees and sends a message out to Tommy to come find them.

Farah, Carlos, and Micah see the news broadcast, and Micah sends the message out on anything that can receive a signal on a loop so Tommy will see it.  Tommy returns to Anne but says he couldn’t find Malina, deciding to go back in time to find his sister. She warns him against it, citing his father’s warnings about changing the past. They then see the broadcast, and he teleports away immediately. Unfortunately, Erica and Dr SciGuy also saw the broadcast, and sent Joanne there, along with Otomo. 

Tommy shows up and starts looking for Malina, but Otomo finds him first and uses his powers to capture Tommy and place him in the same prison Hiro was trapped in inside of Evernow. Joanne also shows up and shoots while everyone panics and runs. Luke holds off Joanne and while they trade some barbs back and forth, she shoots Malina and Luke ends up killing her by unleashing his power on her. They check on Malina but she is safe because Farah turned invisible and jumped in front of her, taking the bullet. Carlos, Jose, and Micah take Farah to the hospital. 

Matt drives from the place, calling Janice and begging her to meet him so they can be saved, but ends up swerving to avoid a falling power line on the road and crashes his car into a ditch near a river. As his watches are washed away, Matt yells for help, until he breaks down mentally, and starts laughing, knowing his time has likely come.

 

Ren makes it to Odessa and is surprised to find his name is on the list for entry, and for receiving a Gateway watch. He ends up meeting Emily, and she realizes he is looking for Tommy and the two head off to try and find him together. As they explore the building, Ren recognizes the layout from Evernow and finds an elevator that will take them to the core after he uses his helix necklace as a key. They find Otomo and Erica talking about having imprisoned Tommy, and then witness DrSciGuy inject a sedative into Otomo, knocking him out. He activates the computer and Tommy finds himself trapped inside the digital prison. 

Back-issues:

Tom Melissis played the doctor. His biggest claim to fame is Degrassi: The Next Generation. He was also a lead in the series Due South (the adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago).

Caitlin Carver was Young Erica. She’s been in a small handful of episodes of Chicago Fire, Dear White People, The Fosters, and Hit The Floor. Most recently, she was in Call of the Void in 2025 (after the death of her brother, Moray tries to escape to a cabin in the woods when her retreat is derailed by a college band and their suspicious professor. They encounter a mysterious hum that once heard, there is no return).

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RW657 - Heroes Reborn Rewatch E09-10 - Sundae 11:53

 

In this weeks episode of The Heroes Reborn Rewatch, Cory and Tom scream for ice cream and future proof their plans as they discuss episodes 9 & 10, Sundae Bloody Sundae and 11:53 to Odessa.

Chapter Nine 'Sundae, Bloody Sundae':

Volume: One

Written by: Marisha Mukerjee and Sharon Hoffman

Directed by: Gideon Raff

Original airdate: November 12, 2015

Synopsis: 

Carlos gets into Sunstone Manor as Dearing’s plan works perfectly, however, while Carlos is being processed, Dearing learns that they have to also swab him to make sure Evos aren’t turning in their own kind. He fights back but the nurse subdues him with a sedative.

Carlos manages to get the jump on one of the guards and steals his uniform as he sneaks around looking for his nephew and the pastor. He finds them, but Jose is seeing his father and doesn’t want to leave. The pastor says he has seen the light and wants to stay and help Erica. Carlos tries to get away but is captured by the Sunstone guards.

Dearing is interrogated by Matt who totally unironically condemns him for using his own powers against other Evos, before letting him commit suicide as his punishment. He then questions Carlos and learns about his time in battle in Afghanistan and tries using that to find out more about his secrets, learning about Farah’s involvement. 

Luke and Malina talk about fate, which she strongly believes in, and Luke refusing to talk about what made him lose his purpose in life. Later as they drive on, he does open up about his son however. 

Meanwhile, almost 8000 years in the future, Miko appears in a large desert, making her way towards a building in the distance. 

Taylor cuts and dyes her to try to hide from her mother. Hero Turther contacts her for a secret meeting. When she arrives, she finds herself taken captive by two assailants. When she awakens, she sees her mother there, but quickly finds out it is just a shapeshifter. The Haitian reveals himself and together they formulate a plan to try and rescue Francis and Hero Truther, Micah from Erica. 

Tommy and Emily walk hand in hand to the ice cream parlor, kissing before he leaves to see his mother. Hatman goes to see Emily and while he places a spinning penny on the counter, he stops her from touching it, letting her keep her memories of her first love of Tommy. Unfortunately, they are interrupted by Joanne who has returned to find Tommy. Hatman tries to distract Joanne and drops a number of pennies, hoping she will pick one up and thereby lose her memories, but Joanne notices a look between Hatman and Emily and cuts them off by flashing her gun menacingly. Hatman talks to Joanne, playing on her thoughts of losing her son, trying to convince her to pick up the penny so he can help her forget all about it.

Elsewhere Tommy talks with his mother who begins to tell him all about his past and where he comes from and who his family is and the true nature of his powers. Bennet shows up to confirm that Tommy can actually time travel just like Hiro. He tells him that he needs to get him and his sister to Odessa, but asks for a minute to talk with Anne. As Tommy goes outside, he runs into Quentin who talks with him, helping him get a candy bar out of the machine. He then gets a call from Emily but it turns out to be Joanne, leaving Tommy to teleport to the ice cream shop, leaving Quentin, who had hoped to take Tommy to Erica, empty-handed. Tommy then teleports into the ice cream shop and faces off against Joanne. Hatman tosses his briefcase of pennies as a distraction but Joanne reacts instinctively and shoots him dead. Luke and Malina, just having arrived outside the shop, hear the gunshot. Luke races in and faces off against Joanne who is surprised he didn’t burn inside their house. He burns the wall behind Joanne as a warning but she says Luke can just kill her so she can be with her son again and she will then kill Emily. As Joanne shoots and Luke launches fire towards her, Tommy reacts and freezes time. He then moves the bullet and redirects Luke’s flames, and restarts time while teleporting him and Emily to safety, though he does notice Malina in the back of the shop. Joanne escapes with Luke following behind her, chasing her, but Harris shows up and helps Joanne get away. 

Tommy returns to the hospital, and tries to teleport him and Bennet away but he can’t as it’s revealed Phoebe is there. Bennet draws his gun on her but Quentin draws his gun on Tommy, holding him captive and revealing to Bennet that he is working for  Erica now. Bennet gives up his gun as Quentin and Phoebe escape with Tommy as their captive. Back at the ice cream shop, Bennet finds Malina, introducing himself as her grandfather. Tommy meanwhile is brought to Erica, who invites him to sit for dinner with her as she tells him she will tell him how he can save the future.

Chapter Ten '11:53 to Odessa':

Volume: One

Written by: Seamus Kevin Fahey

Directed by: Larysa Kondracki

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

 

Synopsis: 

As Bennet talks to Malina about their next moves, Luke approaches them, wanting to help but Bennet is standoffish and refuses assistance. As Bennet and Malina make their way to Midian, talking about Claire and everything that happened for the twins’ safety and Erica’s plans, Luke follows them and he and Bennet exchange words again later with Bennet telling him they are fine on their own, despite Luke’s earnestness at wanting to help.

Miko enters Gateway and is confronted by the workers there, attacking them and beating them. Inside she subdues a guard and creates a makeshift spear as she investigates the building, eventually finding her father and his real life daughter who is hooked up into the Evo tables alongside others. He tells her how Renautus kept his daughter alive as long as he did what they said. He reveals that he sent Ren to her for reasons, and that she must find the master of time and space to get her final mission. Hochiro then apologizes, calling for the guards for fear of losing his real life daughter as Miko runs away.

Tommy awakens in a bed with a scar on the back of his neck as Erica greets him good morning. She explains he passed out after dinner and they ran some tests on him to be sure he was ok. Nathan asks about Phoebe and his family, assessing the situation, as Erica tries to manipulate him against them. She explains what her plan is, referring to Hiro and the idea they could send people to the future, hoping that Tommy will reopen the bridge that was cut off. He wants to see the future she is referring to so she agrees to show him. He ends up seeing the vast desert wasteland and the start of Erica’s new city called Gateway and decides that he will help her. He asks her about the scar and she admits the truth: that she tried to steal his powers but it didn’t work. Later, as Tommy sends some of Erica’s people back to the past for more supplies, she tells him to send back Quentin and Phoebe, convinced that Tommy is fully on board and not worried about him escaping. After he follows her instructions, reiterating that he wants to bring his family and friends here, Miko suddenly appears and grabs Tommy, telling him she is there to save the master of time and space and he teleports them both away. 

Quentin comments regretfully on the craziness going on but Phoebe shows no remorse and a much more aggressive attitude as she believes she is only useful to Erica, saying this is who she is from now on. 

The Haitian and his crew keep watch as their shapeshifter, Mr. Changeroo, now transformed into Erica, and Taylor, now with undyed hair and full length tresses restored, begin their ruse to get into the facility, easily bypassing security. 

Matt uses the information he pulled from Carlos to interrogate Farrah, and eventually brings him in as well to threaten so Farah will talk and tell Matt where Malina is headed. While Farah said she would never reveal it, the possibility that Carlos, whom she loves, would be killed by Matt, convinces her to give up Malina’s location. Matt meets with fake Erica and Taylor but with his ability working when they ask to see Micah, he suspects something is up, leaving Taylor to tase him unconscious. While Mr. Changeroo looks for more information they can use, Taylor goes off to find Micah.

As Matt awakens, Mr. Changeroo shifts into a copy of him. Harris walks in and shoots Mr. Changeroo immediately. Matt asks how he knew and Harris says he took a chance, which upsets Matt. He tells Harris about Malina’s destination but Harris says they’ve got it handled. Matt heads off to the captured Micah and makes him reveal if his and his family’s names are on the escape list.

Meanwhile Ren is desperately searching online for news of Katana Girl when he sees a shogun and starts following him. He finally tracks him to a dojo where samurai are fighting with wooden swords. The shogun unmasks to reveal himself as Hachiro Ottomo and Ren asks if this is real. Hachiro responds that they are constructs sent here by the real Hachiro in the future. He tells Ren to take a helix necklace, a key, and get to Odessa where there is a gateway that can take him to the future. He chases after Hachiro but he is gone as well as the fighting Samurai. he goes outside and soon sees a bus going to Odessa. 

Later, as Malina and Bennet drive they see dozens of cars stopped and giant black clouds filling the sky. She uses her powers to push the clouds away, and chaos ensues. As a car flies through the air towards Bennet, an unseen person suddenly appears and teleports him away. Malina eventually succeeds in saving everyone nearby, but people begin blaming Evos for the starting incident in the first place. She tries to find Bennet but only recovers his broken glass, and Luke convinces her to run away when someone fires off a gun.

Carlos, being led back to his cell, attacks the guard and gets the upper hand, releasing Farrah, and the two reconnect and begin escaping through the building together, armed and dangerous. They soon run into Taylor and the three of them team up. They escape and reunite with The Haitian and his team but they are then approached by dozens upon dozens of Harrises.

Back-issues:

Larysa Kondracki directed The Whistleblower (2010) starring Rachel Weiz (a drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal). She then moved into steady TV work, including episodes of Covert Affairs, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Gotham, Legion, and Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Heroes EU:

Damen Peak

Episode Title: A New Target Part 1

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

Joanne Collins tracks down her newest target, successful businessman Damen Peak, who might be an evo.

Episode Title: A New Target Part 2

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: November 19, 2015

Joanne chases Damen in a frantic car chase. Meanwhile, Damen attempts to reassure his wife, Lilly.

The first two parts can be viewed together here:

Episode Title: A Modest Talent

Written by: David Hartwell

Directed by:  David Hartwell and Tom Krueger

Original airdate: January 7, 2016

Damen confronts Joanne in a desperate attempt to save his life.

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