Chapter Seven 'June 13th Part 1':
Volume: One
Written by: Adam Lash & Cori Uchida
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Original airdate: October 29, 2015
Synopsis:
Bennet and Hiro walk the grounds at the Odessa Summit one year ago and Bennet suggests maybe calling in a bomb threat instead of trying to find the numerous bombs already planted. Hiro rejects the idea, explaining that they cannot step on butterflies for fear of changing the future. They are greeted by a member of Primatech/Renautus named Stevens who thinks this is PastBennet and tells them about Claire having arrived at the Summit but wanting to sneak in and keep a low profile.
Mohinder meets with Angela on the outskirts of Odessa as she presents him with the content of her dreams she’s been having, namely how she has tried to make Erica believe she was working with her, and that Erica is planning on some changes to the day’s schedule, including shooting Mohinder, and already having killed his own research team. Mohinder is aghast at the very notion she suggests, explaining that Kravid has funded his research for years. She tries to explain the connections between Renautus and Primatech and about the extinction event coming that Erica wants to happen, but Mohinder rejects her and leaves angrily.
Erica heads to a house in the suburbs where they are holding Phoebe in a high tech back room. Erica tells her she needs to continue making more darkness so that it covers the whole summit area and if she doesn’t her brother Quentin will burn along with everyone else.
Meanwhile, Dennis, Luke and Joanne’s son, is messing around near a window and exposes himself to sunlight which burns his skin due to a medical condition he has. Luke is excited about the summit because he feels that one of the evos may be able to help his son and his condition so he can lead a normal life, but Joanne is more cautious. In the end, they do go to the summit and are impressed with many of the powers they see demonstrated, drawn to one evo in particular who can create snow and ice from water, impressing everyone.
PastBennet shows up to the summit and talks with Stevens asking about Claire, but he’s confused seeing as how he told Bennet earlier about her. He’s further confused when PastBennet asks about Hiro because again, earlier Stevens talked to Bennet who was with Hiro already. He then informs PastBennet that Erica made changes to the security for the event, and PastBennet heads off to find her.
PastHiro meets with Hachiro Otomo about his Evernow game and the man pleads with Hiro to follow Erica’s plan to save them all, but Hiro refuses. Hachiro regretfully uses his ability to transfer Hiro inside the game into a prison.
Back at the Summit, Bennet and Hiro go to his office and find the plans for the summit, trying to figure out which bombs they need to try and stop, but they’re interrupted when PastBennet returns. No sooner does he return, does Erica show up. PastBennet is angry at her having changed the security details, but she explains her obviously bigoted beliefs to him that he is being benched and he is taken away to be secured elsewhere on the premises. Bennet wants to save PastBennet but Hiro explains PastBennet will be fine since Bennet is here. Angela shows up and mistakes Bennet for PastBennet, telling him Claire is in the hospital. He rushes to the hospital and is met by a nurse, Anne, who tells him it’s too late as Claire died in childbirth, survived by her two newborn children, a boy and girl.
Mohinder meets Molly who senses something is wrong, and he explains he can’t reach his research team, making him uneasy given Angela’s predictions. He is then summoned by Erica, handing off his copy of his book to Molly before leaving. Erica tells him about the change in the schedule, and he calls her out, citing Angela’s visions. Harris shows up to take Mohinder into custody, tasing him.
In the hospital nursery, Angela explains about the importance of the children to the future of humanity, but Bennet is trying to get the doctor to allow him to see Claire which he won't allow. Anne comes in and introduces them to the newborns but he needs to leave because he has to see Claire.
As Harris prepares to take a drugged Mohinder away, Hiro shows up with his sword and starts to fight him. When Harris comments that he can’t fight them all, Hiro realizes he can use his abilities to look at the future (Doctor Strange Infinity War style), and he realizes that there is no future that works out for Bennet and his plan.
PastBennet, in his cell, is shocked to see Hatman show up, seemingly another tool of Erica’s. Hatman talks a big game about helping Erica, but slyly reveals he is actually there to help PastBennet, subduing the guard by getting him to pick up a dropped penny, effectively taking away the man’s memories.
Bennet goes to the morgue and mourns his daughter under the bed sheet when Hiro shows up and reveals that they can’t save the summit because there are simply too many butterflies that would be stepped on. When they go to return home however, Hiro can’t teleport them there, as Phoebe has finally made enough darkness and it has started to take over the sky, causing it to blackout as everyone stares up in wonder.
Mohinder, having chased down another Harris clone, suddenly sees that his strength has left him, while outside, hundreds upon hundreds of evos see their abilities suddenly vanish. Dennis runs after his balloon that one evo accidentally let go of when he was in shock that his powers stopped, and Erica’s bombs finally detonate and chaos ensues. Hatman and Molly help PastBennet to his feet as they take him to a hospital. PastBennet asks Molly to find Claire, but she sees that Claire’s body is in the morgue and tells Bennet she can’t find her, going off to check with the hospital staff. In Japan, Hachiro is shocked to see news reports that Hiro died at the Summit, checking to make sure he is still trapped in-game. Luke saves an evo that was trapped under debris, then returns to Joanne revealing that the workers said they can’t be out there searching due to safety.
Bennet and Hiro meet with Angela who says that rather than trying to save the past, they need to concentrate on the future, explaining that she has seen visions that one of the newborn twins will someday save the world. Anne comes in for the babies’ feeding time and lets Angela take the girl, while she hands the boy over to Hiro who is nervous but settles in easily. Bennet realizes that the birth of the babies is what he decided to erase from his mind in order to hide them from Erica. Angela then realizes that this is not PastBennet but the future one. Bennet formulates a new plan for Hiro to take the twins back in time and raise them so that they will be turning 15 at the time of the extinction event. Before he and Angela leave to go back in time, they name the children, Malina for Bennet’s mother, and Nathan for Angela’s son (Nathan, who died a few times, and was eulogized a few times, just in case anyone forgot). Meanwhile, back at home, Anne prepares a quick birthday cupcake for her son, Nathan.
At the hospital, Bennet sees Erica giving photo ops and starts to follow her. PastBennet, also in the hospital, sees Bennet and starts following him. When he sees Bennet start to raise his gun to shoot Erica, PastBennet leaps onto Bennet, causing his shot to hit Erica in the thigh. Quentin, trying to find his sister, pulls her out of harm's way into the stairwell.
Back-issues:
Hiro Kanagawa played Hachiro Otomo. In 2006, he voiced Mister Fantastic himself, Reed Richards, in the 26 episode animated series Fantastic Four. He’s a “that guy” with over 200 credits to his name including Dark Angel, X-Files, Elektra (the movie), Supernatural, Smallville, Caprica, Arrow, The 100, The Man In The High Castle, and many more.
Chapter Eight 'June 13th Part 2':
Volume: One
Written by: M. Raven Metzner
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Original airdate: November 5, 2015
Synopsis:
Erica begins her attempt to frame Evos for the disaster while the news outlets air a video of Mohinder claiming responsibility for the attack. As Erica walks out of the hospital, she is shot at by Bennet with PastBennet tackling him and causing the bullet to go astray, only hitting her in the leg. She witnesses the two Bennets however as Quentin tries to get her to reveal Phoebe’s whereabouts.
Bennet explains to PastBennet what happened and why he’s there with PastBennet, shocked he would do this. PastBennet is saddened to hear of Claire’s death but more distraught that Erica saw them which could potentially change the entire future. Molly tries to find Hiro but can only find his ability, not Hiro, but determines that his power is somewhere in Odessa. Bennet asks Hatman to help PastBennet forget everything so Erica can’t use him. However Harris shows up and knocks out Hatman, capturing PastBennet before the memory wipe. Harris brings in Matt Parkman to try and find out what PastBennet knows, revealing that he sold his power to the highest bidder so he and his family can live a good life. As Matt starts to get info from PastBennet, a penny rolls out towards his captive and PastBennet steps on it, and in doing so, all his memories are erased, causing Matt to be unable to find out more. Hatman attacks Harris, knocking him out. Matt is conflicted about what to do and decides to let them go (wow Matt. Wow. Such a great guy).
Hachiro calls Erica asking about how Hiro could possibly be dead when he is trapped within the game. She thanks him for his service and he realises he’s been locked out of the game. He quickly comes up with his own solution, Katana girl, a backdoor way of getting into the fortress to free Hiro. Hachiro uses his powers to pull Katana Girl from the video game into real life. She attacks him at first, but he quickly tells her he is her father, and then goes on to educate her about her life, telling her that she is his daughter and suffered a great accident which is why she doesn’t remember a lot. Later, while he teaches her about cooking, he sees Harris has arrived for him. He bids his daughter goodbye, telling her they both have a destiny to fulfill, and leaves, saying they will be together again someday.
Hiro and Angela end up in the past, but not in the right place. Hiro however can’t teleport them anymore as they realize that the baby boy is a Petrelli and likely has the abilities that Peter and Arthur had: the ability to borrow or steal powers, resulting in Claire’s ability being stolen, causing her to be able to die and now Hiro being stuck in the past. Angela tells them the babies must be raised separately to avoid them losing their powers. Hiro is put in charge of the boy while Angela takes the daughter.
Carlos is on trial for an incident during a military maneuver, in which it is revealed that a fellow officer, Farah, is the one who actually saved the lives of the soldiers but didn’t want the notoriety lest her powers be discovered. Carlos gets the medal but he later tells Farah he doesn’t feel worthy of it. He wants to continue seeing her romantically, but she refuses, deciding to move away to be safe, breaking up with him.
Luke and Joanne put up a picture of their missing son, fending off a bigot who tells them that evo children pictures need to be placed separately. They then see Dennis being brought in on a stretcher, unfortunately killed in the explosion. They return home and mourn their child when the evo Luke saved shows up at their door to thank Luke for saving him. Joanne is angry Luke would stop to save an evo instead of trying to find their son. Luke tries to defend his actions but Joanne is manic and aggressive, slapping the evo. He fights back, which causes Luke to jump to her defense. The evo starts to freeze Luke’s neck but Joanne grabs some scissors and repeatedly stabs the evo until he is finally dead. As Luke reasons her actions away, asking her if she’s alright, she slowly takes on a twisted smile, gaining satisfaction from killing the evo.
Erica talks with Harris and he reveals that besides two Bennets being there, there are also two Hiro’s. She tells him to get rid of the extra Hiro and Bennet.
Bennet and Molly go to find Hiro and discover him aged and old and without his powers, revealing that he has raised Nathan the past 14 years along with Anne, having their own little family together. Nathan is pleased to finally meet his grandfather and anxious to learn and meet more of his family. Harris shows up however and holds Nathan at gunpoint. Luckily, Hiro has trained his son well and he easily sends Harris away with his power to the other side of the room where Bennet manages to shoot him down. Together, Bennet and Nathan go to warn Angela that Erica is onto their plan. She tells Nathan to not get too close as he could steal his sister’s power. Angela discusses things with Nathan and how they will save the world in Odessa. Later after they leave, Angel explains to Farah what must be done to save the world, leaving her in charge of Malina.
Quentin goes to Erica in the hospital and despite playing some word games with him about the deal they made when he saved her, but she eventually lets him see his sister. They have a happy reunion but Quentin is shocked at what Phoebe has done, who defends Erica and her actions.
Bennet puts Hatman in charge of watching over Nathan and for Molly to keep tabs on the twins. Nathan sends Molly to India so she can tell Mohinder’s mother that he isn’t responsible for the Odessa incident. He then sends Bennet back to the future. Unfortunately, more Harris clones show up and Hiro tells Nathan to take his mother Anne and Hatman away while he confronts them. Hiro gives him a 9th Wonders comic and explains it helped him once and will hopefully help him. The three of them escape as Hiro grabs his swords and faces off against the clones for… reasons? Elsewhere, Nathan is distraught, wanting to go back to save his father, but Anne tells Hatman to take his memory so he won’t, unfortunately needing to erase all memories of Hiro. Together, Luke and Anne head to Denver to start a new life alone.
Bennet finds himself back at the Renautus site with Quentin looking for him. As Bennet tells him what happened, Quentin gets on the phone without Bennet hearing and reports Bennet’s plan to hide the babies for the last 15 years to Erica, revealing himself to be working for her now and making me hate the character after just sadly eulogizing him in our previous episode (Thanks Tim. That’s just greeeeat. Two characters destroyed in one episode. I’m pleased as punch).
Back-issues:
M. Raven Metzner got his start penning the script for the Elektra spin-off movie starring Jennifer Garner. Shortly after that, he created the TV series 6 Degrees (an intriguing tale of intertwined destinies reminds us that romance, success, peace, or forgiveness might be right around the corner, but they can also be lost in an instant). He has written on many other shows, some more than others, and had different producing roles, including most recently serving as a consulting producer on Star Trek Discovery.
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