Detailed Review -

• The Resistance plants an explosive in the middle of the road, in order to ambush a Visitor sub commander.  While Ham sets the explosive, Fisher, another Resistance fighter, blocks the road.  When the bomb goes off, Ham grabs the Visitors documents while Mike pulls up in the getaway car.  Ham and Mike get away, but Fisher is stopped by the police.

• At Club Creole, Willie translates the document: a conference for all Regional Commanders of Food Processing is to be held 25 miles away, in Playa del Mar, to introduce the "encapsulator" - a device that will triple the processing speed of humans.  All agree to raid the conference.  Mike and Julie leave to meet with the Resistance in Playa del Mar, while Ham goes shopping for "party favours".

• Diana confronts Nathan about the Resistance bombing, but Nathan refuses to do anything because the Visitor was armed.  He does, however, promise to find and crush the Resistance.  When Diana leaves, Nathan sends for Mr. Chiang and puts forth following directives: a 9:00 PM curfew, and possession of a firearm punishable by death.  He also orders Mr. Chiang to find Kyle.

• Robin, Elizabeth, and Kyle go out for fast food, and are sitting in Kyle's truck when Mr. Chiang arrives.  Kyle refuses to go with him, and manages to lose Mr. Chiang in a high speed chase.

• Having had the police turn the Freedom fighter, Fisher, over to him, Nathan hands his interrogation over to Mr. Chiang.  Fisher denies any knowledge of the Resistance, insisting  that his car had just stalled at the time of the bombing.

• Kyle brings Elizabeth and Robin to a friends house where they spend the night.  Robin flirts a little with Kyle but he remains oblivious, having eyes only for Elizabeth.  The next morning, Kyle leaves to make sure everything is safe, and tells Elizabeth to stay at the house with Robin.  Before leaving he instructs her to be careful and kisses her softly on the forehead.

• In Playa del Mar, Juliet and Mike make their way to the Resistance Headquarters at the Pipeline Skate Shot.  Though Sandy Boddiker is not there, her brother lets them in, then jumps Mike and holds them at gunpoint.  The brothers, Barry and Dean, reveal that Sandy is dead, are about to kill Mike and Julie as spies - until their code names are given on Radio Free America, identifying them as members of the Resistance.

• Kyle makes his way to Club Creole, and informs Elias that he was on the run from his father.  Ham invites Kyle to go with him on a raid at one of Nathan's munitions warehouses.

• The next day in Playa del Mar, Mike et al plan their attack.  While scoping out the conference, Julie identifies several important Visitors, including General Maxwell Larson, the "Butcher of Birmingham"; and Mary Kruger, the "Dark Angel of Dallas".  They also see many humans, including Sandy - but Barry refuses to believe that she is there.  Inside the conference, Mary demonstrates the prototype Encapsulator.

• Ham and Kyle break into Nathan's warehouse - Kyle takes the bottom floor, while Ham takes the main floor.  Kyle, carried away by the excitement, decides to take extra supplies and is surprised by a security guard.  Kyle buys time by telling the guard that he is Nathan's son, and manages to overpower him and warn Ham to get out.  While trying to escape Kyle slips and falls, and is captured.

• At Science Frontiers, Nathan reads Mr. Chiang's report on Fisher's interrogation.  He is informed that the Freedom Fighter gave them a lot of information about the Resistance, but died during interrogation before he could reveal the name of the mole at Science Frontiers.  When Nathan is informed of Kyle's capture, he smashes Kyle's photo - and then decides to turn his son over to Mr. Chiang.

• Ham arrives in Playa del Mar with the explosives as Julie is comforting Dean, who blames himself for his sister's death.  They finish planning the attack on the conference.

• Elias is surprised by a knock on his door after curfew.  He lets in Robin and Elizabeth who are concerned because Kyle did not return.  Elias explains about the raid on the munitions warehouse, and tries to reassure Robin that Kyle is OK.  Elizabeth, however, can sense Kyle and knows that he is in danger.

• Kyle, meanwhile, is being held captive at the warehouse.  Nathan questions him, demanding to know the names of all Resistance members, their headquarters, etc.  Kyle replies: "I wouldn't give you my name".  Nathan then refuses to deal with his son anymore, and turns the interrogation over to Mr. Chiang.

• Back in Playa del Mar, Juliet and the others begin their attack.  After Ham takes out a guard with a crossbow, Dean puts on the Visitor uniform and takes the guards place.  Ham, Mike, Julie, and Barry then enter the house, placing explosives strategically on each level.  In the kitchen, Julie discovers a huge walk-in freezer containing humans waiting to be "processed".  When the cook returns unexpectedly, Julie is forced to hide in one of the freezers and the door locks behind her.

• At the munitions warehouse, Mr. Chiang begins his interrogation of Kyle.  While maintaining a cool demeanor, Mr. Chiang uses his knowledge of martial arts to beat Kyle, saying: "Your father has requested that I speak to you - he is very concerned about your well being".  Kyle is beaten and bloodied, but continues to fight.  Elizabeth manages to make her way to the warehouse and uses her powers to explode the light bulbs and window in the room.  While Mr. Chiang is distracted, Kyle jumps him and escapes out the window.

• At the conference, the Resistance fighters meet and find that Juliet is missing.  They go back through the house to search for her.  In the kitchen, the cook has discovered Julie's hiding place and a fight ensues.  As he is about to go after her with a cleaver, Mike reaches the room and knocks out the Visitor.  Julie and Mike rescue the humans from the freezers - one of them is Sandy, who has an emotional reunion with her brothers.  The Boddikers and the rescued humans leave in the van, while Mike, Ham, and Julie steal a skyfighter to make their escape, despite being chased by Diana.  The Boddikers watch as the house explodes, destroying the Encapsulator and all inside.

Bloopers and Nitpicks -

• During Mr. Chiang's pursuit of Kyle, at various times dialogue is spoken but the actors lips do not move.  Kyle yells "Hang On"; Mr. Chiang exclaims "After him"; and Elizabeth yells "They got cut off. All right".  All the dialogue must have been added later!

• Elizabeth simply shows up at the munitions warehouse to help Kyle.  Granted, she could sense him so she could have tracked him that way, but there was also a curfew in effect and various Visitor patrols to deal with?  Didn't her mother's lesson teach her anything?

• The final shot of the skyfighter flying over the city skyline is badly superimposed.  Looks like a flying saucer out of an Ed Wood movie!

• When Kyle jumps off the roof after Elizabeth helps with his escape... if you look at the person jumping from roof to roof it is clearly a stunt double and not Jeff Yagher.  Thanks to Rosie!

Memorable Moments

• (Diana berates Nathan about the killing of Raoul):                                                                                           Diana: I expect the terrorists responsible to be found and dealt with accordingly.                                          Nathan: The man found this morning was Raoul, your chief food processor from San Diego.  If Raoul was innocent, I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

• (Mike and Julie question Dean Boddiker about Sandy):                                                                                     Julie: We're looking for a friend, Sandy Boddiker.  Do you know where we can find her?                              Dean: Sandy? She's not here.                                                                                                                              Mike: Do you know where we can find her?                                                                                                      Dean: Beats me.                                                                                                                                                     Mike: Don't tempt me.

• (Ham and Kyle raid the munitions warehouse owned by Nathan):                                                                     Kyle: This place is a gold mine.  Let's stock up while we've got the chance.                                                     Ham: Don't get greedy.                                                                                                                                            Kyle: I can't help it.  Runs in the family!

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