Detailed Review -

• The citizens of Rawlinsville are being forced to work in a local cobalt mine by Garrison and his biker cohorts.  Trapped in their neighbourhood behind chain link fence and barbed wire, Garrison forces them to work for Diana - cobalt is required for Visitor laser weapons.  When one of the citizens protests that another cannot work, he is allowed to go free - and shot in the back as he runs through the open gates.  A woman, Glenna, uses this as a diversion to steal one of the motorcycles and escape from the town.

• Aboard the Mothership, a priest and follower of Zon activates a signaling device to speak to Amon, the high priest of Zon.  Kenneth, the Visitor, confesses a killing to Amon, who offers compassion and promises that the time will soon come for his arrival to deliver the Visitors.  Kenneth is soon attacked by a group of Visitor guards.  On the bridge, Lydia expresses her concern over the lack of cobalt for Visitor ground forces and blames Diana.  Diana is unconcerned and orders that Kenneth be brought to her quarters.

• Glenna goes to Club Creole for help in locating the Resistance.  After proving that she is not a Visitor, Elias brings her to Mike and Ham, who keep their faces in shadow while they question her.  By a vote of 2-1 (Ham is the dissenting vote) they decide to aid the town.

• Juliet is able to send Mike a coded message from Science Frontiers to inform him of Nathan's next munitions shipment.  Nathan confronts Julie about a traitor at Science Frontiers - but says he would never accuse her ... without proof.

• On a downtown street in Los Angeles, the Resistance is able to use Julie's information to raid another munitions truck to get explosives with which to blow the cobalt mine.  Willie, dressed as a woman, shoves a baby carriage in front of the oncoming truck.  While he wails about his "baby", Mike and Ham arrive in a stolen police car and the three men steal the munitions truck.  When Nathan gets the report, he authorizes Mr. Chiang to obtain proof that Julie is the traitor.

• Garrison meets with Diana on the MotherShip and demands increased payment for the cobalt he will deliver.  As a warning to Garrison about reneging on a deal, she has him witness the death of the Zon priest, Kenneth - eaten by a crivit.

• At Juliet's apartment, Robin begins complaining to Julie about her life - and Julie lets all her frustrations out on Robin, especially about Robin's constant complaints and self-indulgence.  Robin runs out, and Julie hides the latest computer disk that she has taken from Bates' office.  When Robin returns later to apologize to Julie, she discovers Mr. Chiang searching Julie's apartment, and is able to warn Julie, who discovers that the disk is missing.

• Ham, Elias, Mike, and Kyle plan the attack on Rawlinsville with Glenna.  Elizabeth demands to go along but is overruled by Kyle in his zealousness to protect her.  Kyle, however, is overruled himself by Mike.  Elias, meanwhile, sets up a date with Glenna for after the raid.

• The Resistance members head into Rawlinsville by raft.  When Kyle and Elizabeth are briefly separated from the others, Elizabeth confesses her love for Kyle and tries to explain to him why she felt that she had to go along.  Kyle has a deeper understanding of Elizabeth.

• Aboard the Mothership, Diana has a flirtatious dinner with Ensign Daniel, who is investigating the source of the Amon transmission.

• At Science Frontiers, Mr. Chiang inserts the computer disk that he stole from Juliet's apartment and confirms that it contains information on the munitions shipments.  While he is doing so, a cleaning woman enters the room and begins cleaning the desk until he orders her to leave.  When Julie is brought into the office to be accused of treason, the disk is revealed to hold only Julie's tax return.  Juliet slaps Nathan and leaves ... while down the hall Robin slips out of her cleaning woman disguise and sneaks out.

• The Resistance members have holed up in an empty storefront.  Mike mentions that a diversion will be needed to overpower the guard, so Elizabeth heads outside despite Kyle's belated attempt to stop her.  Elizabeth tempts the guard from his post where he is knocked unconscious by Mike and Ham.  Glenna then frees some of her friends from the jail.  Once the other guards have been taken care of, the freedom fighters confront Garrison at the mine entrance.  Glenna cuts off Garrison's escape - and kills him when he goes for his gun.  Elias is shocked when Glenna forces the Resistance members to throw down their weapons - she has been planning to take over the mine herself!

• Glenna contacts Diana and makes plans to deliver the cobalt and the Resistance members that afternoon in a non contaminated area.  Diana instructs Ensign Daniel to send a hyper light cable message to the Leader informing him that the L.A. Resistance has been crushed and that the Visitors have Elizabeth.

• The Resistance members are locked in the Rawlinsville jail, where Elias is despondent about Glenna.  Ham, however, has planned for all eventualities - he has hidden some explosives in his boots, and blows the door to the cell.  The freedom fighters are spotted as the make their escape, and a firelight ensues in the town square between them and Glenna's people.  When Elias sees Glenna running towards a garage, he follows her and is forced to shoot her when she attempts to ride out with a Visitor laser rifle.

• With the Resistance now out of ammunition, the bikers come out from behind their barricades just as Elias fires the laser rifle into the street.  They retaliate and he is shot in the side - the Resistance members use this to jump out and attack the bikers.  While most are knocked out, one gets the bead on Kyle with a rifle - and Elizabeth uses her powers to open a car door behind the biker, knocking him out.  Ham, who is leaning against the car, stares at the door incredulously.  Elias manages to stop the cobalt truck before collapsing.

• While waiting at the rendezvous point, Diana is informed that the mine has been destroyed.  Before leaving, she pulls out a laser pistol and kills Ensign Daniel, because "someone has to pay for misinforming the Leader."

• In Rawlinsville, Elias is patched up by the local doctor while the townspeople tear down the fences and barbed wire that has surrounded their homes.

Freedom Network Medal of Valour -  The Freedom Network Medal of Valour is awarded this week to
Dr. Harvey Wachman of Kansas City, Missouri.  Dr. Wachman freed 12 boys from a Visitor Youth Corps Camp and reunited them with their families in Chicago.
 
 

Bloopers and Nitpicks -

• When Garrison shoots the man running from the town, his first shot hits the street and the second shot hits a parked car.  Yet the man falls dead to the ground!

• During the firefight with the bikers, the Resistance shoot at a sniper on the roof.  The bullet hits the            edge of the roof, yet the sniper falls as if shot.

• When the bikers come out from behind their barricades, they are still holding their weapons.  Yet                      when the Resistance members jump them, there are suddenly no guns anywhere to be seen! (Guess                  it wouldn't have been a very good fight if the bikers just pulled out the guns and shot everyone!!)

• The set used for the town of Rawlinsville is, according to Michael, the same set used for the town of                 Hazard County in The Dukes of Hazard.  The Resistance escaped from the same jail as the Duke boys!

• Tracy noticed that the crivit shown in this episode looks nothing like the one shown in "Breakout".

Memorable Moments -
 

• (Kenneth recites The Covenant of Zon)                                                                                                     Kenneth:  Zon is the cause for which I would die.  But there is no cause for which I would kill.

• (Juliet loses her self-control with Robin)                                                                                                         Juliet:  You're tired?  Well I'm tired too, Robin.  I'm tired of the Visitors.  And I'm tired of                          Bates.  And I've  had it up to here with this war!  And I'm tired to looking over my shoulder                               every time I leave Science Frontiers because Chiang or somebody else is following me.  And I'm tired of you.                                                                                                                                                                        Robin:  What?                                                                                                                                                   Juliet:  Yeah ... I'm tired of a whimpering, self-pitying child who continually puts her own needs in front of everybody else's.

• (Elizabeth confesses her love to Kyle on the trip to Rawlinsville)                                                                           Kyle:  I tried to tell you this wasn't such a good idea.                                                                                      Elizabeth:  I'm here because I wanna be.                                                                                                          Kyle:  What are you trying to prove?                                                                                                         Elizabeth:  That I'm not some freak!  Some 'thing' that you and the others have to protect!                              Kyle:  What?!                                                                                                                                              Elizabeth:  I love you!  If you're out there risking your life for me, I wanna be there.  I might be able to help.

• (Ham realizes he's out of ammunition)                                                                                                               Ham:  This is my last clip.  And that cobalt truck's coming down the road any minute.  You got                            any ideas?                                                                                                                                                                  Mike:  I was kinda hoping for the cavalry myself.

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