The episode begins in Ashland, Kentucky at a makeshift Militia base and several soldiers are monitoring the skies with computer equipment. At the Rebel/Georgia camp Nora regrets spending the night with Miles because they could both die any day though Miles doesn't agree with her. Tom also confronts Jason about what happened at the boat and try to goads Jason into killing him, Jason refuses so Tom hits him and even calls him a coward. Charlie tries to comfort him by saying she doesn't have the best relationship with her mom and then it changes to the Plain's Nations where we see Rachael and Aaron. Aaron is still overwhelmed by the information in Jane's journal but Rachael doesn't have the answers and even wonders why Ben gave the pendant to Aaron, she then prepares to shove Danny's capsule into her leg in an attempt to heal it but says it could blow them both up.
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| "Relaxing Rachael while I entertain you with a festive tail" |
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| "And everything seemed to be going so well" |
At the Rebel/Georgia camp Miles, Nora and Tom head north to where Jason and Charlie where seen and they spot Militia troops coming to wipe out the survivors, meanwhile Charlie is trapped under rumble. At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Baker is confident that their drone strikes have taken out the Rebels, the Georgia army and even Miles but Monroe does not share this view. Baker convinces Monroe to celebrate with him in a nearby bar and as they are walking down the street a sniper kills all the guards and almost kills Monroe. Monroe is unharmed but is surprised that Baker is too because unlike him Baker had no cover at all.
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| Your last friend in the world Monore |
Back at the Plain's Nation Aaron fixes the capsule and it heals Rachael's leg but they are then ambushed by a group lead by a man named Lee Blackmore who wants to know what happened. Meanwhile Miles, Nora and Tom have taken out a few soldiers and have even found Jason who is badly injured and says that Charlie was in the bell tower when the missiles hit. He asks them to leave him but Tom decides to stay with him while Miles and Nora move towards the bell tower. We then have another Flashback and Miles is trying to look for Ben but Rachael says he will never find him. Rachael is really starting to hate Miles now because of the things he has done that has even earned him the nick name "The Butcher of Baltimore". Miles thought they cared about each other because of the affair they had Rachael says she regrets it, Miles says she will regret her stubbornness.
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| Go Monroe Militia!! |
In the present after taking them to his camp Blackmore wants Rachael and Aaron to heal his son since he saw what they did to her leg, Rachael says he need to them back to the electronics store. At Independence Hall Monroe accuses Baker of trying to get him killed since Baker was completely exposed for the sniper but was unharmed, Baker denies this saying he is Monroe's only friend but Monroe doesn't want to hear it. Baker than says that Monroe pushes away everyone, like Miles and Tom, and that he will be alone when he takes over the continent. As armed guards enter Monroe thanks him and leaves his office and then the sound of gunfire can be heard. At the Plains Nation Rachel knocks Blackmore out and Aaron wants to know why they are turning the power back on if they don't help people. Rachael then reveals that she is only doing it so that the other nations will kill Monroe, that she doesn't care about helping anyone and that she will leave Aaron if he doesn't help (f***ing b***h).
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| Bye Baker |
At the Rebel/Georgia camp Jason can't understand why Tom won't leave him and Tom says that even after everything he has done he won't leave his son for dead. Tom then manages to defend Jason by killing several Militia but is wounded in the arm. Miles and Nora are still getting to Charlie but they are surrounded and Nora decides to run and distract the Militia, something Miles was planning to do, so Miles can rescue Charlie. It works and Miles manages to get to Charlie and even kills someone who was trying to kill her. At Independence Hall Monroe is informed that the sniper who tried to kill him was a Georgia spy and that he was working alone, Baker had nothing to do with it.
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| "Four to try to take me down? Now that's f***ing insulting" |
Later in Atlanta Jason wakes up in a hospital and see Charlie standing over him and they kiss, Tom sees this in the hall way. Meanwhile President Foster is angry that she lost most of her army and that the Militia has threatened to carpet bomb the city unless they surrender. Foster sees no choices since she has to save as many as see can.....unless Miles has a brilliant plan. The episode ends with a captured Nora being thrown at Monroe's feet.
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| "Now what shall we talk about Nora" |
Now this was quite the great episode and that is because finally the Militia have won a victory over the Rebel/Georgia forces and almost wiped them out. I know there the bad guys but I'm just glad that Monroe now used the pendant on something that was really effective, makes you wonder why he wasted time on nukes and anthrax. Anyway I really liked the beginning when the drones strike the camp, it was so epic with some cool explosions and the results where really devastating.
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| Time for Miles to arrive in the nick of time |
All of the action post - drone strike was awesome as well, some of the best I have seen. You can really feel the desperation with Miles, Nora and Tom as they try to look for Charlie and Jason as the Militia forces hunt for them. Got some great gun fighting with Tom as he defended Jason, also looks like they might be able to repair their relationship between them since Tom confessed that he still cared for Jason. The scenes with Miles and Nora fighting where good too, especially with Nora sacrificing herself for Miles even though she is now captured by Monroe I doubt he just wants a friendly chat. We also got some great scenes with Monroe and Baker and it really shows how unhinged Monroe is and how far into paranoia he is. It is kind of sad that Baker is dead now because I really like his character but it is tragic for Monroe again because he has lost someone else and it was by his own hand. Baker is right Monroe is just pushing everyone away and he is going to be alone.
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| I'm sure there's an explanation but these should have been used at the start |
As for what I didn't like about the episode, you guessed it, Aaron and Rachael's subplot because again it just felt like filler and took you away from the more exciting drone strike storyline. Not just that but Rachael's attitude was once again annoying (and she was alright these last couple of eps), with her revealing her true colours to Aaron after knocking out Blackmore. She is just as bad, no worse, then any antagonist in the series, she cares about absolutely no one but herself; she says that she is doing it for Danny but I just don't believe because of how much malice she acts with to turn the power back on. Aaron is right; this journey to The Tower should be to help people not so that Rachael can just forget she has been the worst mother in the world to Danny and Charlie. Her stubbornness is annoying as well, why couldn't he just tell Miles everything in the Flashback? Also I seriously doubted she regrets the fling they had because of how much she obviously liked Miles more than Ben but also like in the other Flashback and she tired to be the better person over Ben when dealing with the Department of Defence she tired to be the better person over Miles over their affair. I hate that Aaron is paired with her because he is a great character but Rachael could care less about him from what she said and is really only using him to turn the power on. Annoying F***ING B***H!
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| I think it would have been better if Rachael and Aaron made friends with them and asked for help |
Overall this episode could have ranked as one of my favourites if only they just focused completely on Miles's group, the drone strikes and the scenes with Monroe and Baker because those parts where so, so good. You might think its unfair to mark an episode down because of one character and their plot but Rachael just ruins everything so damn much. I have the DVD of Season One and I always skip the part with Rachael and Aaron and Flashbacks in this episode, I don't for previous episodes because I can tolerate her and as I said before I still enjoy the whole series even with her (even when its just her scenes because I admit she's important to the plot). However I just can't in this one because this is one of those episodes where the writers just took her attitude too far.
SCORE: 7/10
Highlights: Drone strikes
All the action after the strikes
Every scene Philadelphia/Independence Hall
Let - Downs: Rachael was finally and completely unwatchable in this
Flashbacks
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