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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