- Rick flees to meet Megan and discloses the plan of the humans; however, she leaves him behind and Tom brings him back to the 2nd Mass. Captain Weaver requests volunteers to blow up the Skitter base since he does not have any information regarding Potter and the 4th and 5th Mass. Tom evacuates the civilians since the enemies know where they are. When they are attacked by Mechs, Scott and Ben jam their transmission. Tom finds Weaver and rescues him, but they are stopped on the road by Karen that invites Tom to meet her leader; otherwise the 2nd Mass will be destroyed.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- With Weaver leading several squads of fighters against the aliens, Tom remains behind to help protect the civilians as they evacuate. But a major breach in security endangers both the soldiers and the civilians. Tom is confronted with a decision that may lead him to discovering what the aliens want with the captured teenagers, humankind and the planet.—TNT Publicity
- With Weaver's volunteer army off to Boston to attack the aliens, Tom deals with issues on the home front. He has recently learned that his son Ben can hear the alien communications via Scott's radio. Tom and Ben then leave the room to find a new battery for the radio, leaving Scott alone. Scott sees a shadow ... and hears something. He looks up and finds Rick climbing on the ceiling like Spider-Man. "I won't let you hurt them," says Rick, who leaps toward Scott. Uh oh. CUT to a line of trucks and motorcycles rumbling down a leaves-strewn road. The caravan stops and Hal notices that Weaver's hands are shaking. "How much did your father tell you?" Weaver asks. Hal knows all about the pills, but explains that going to battle is the right thing to do.
Back at the high school, the gang learns that Rick is the traitor. Scott is OK, but the radio is destroyed. Ben soon seeks out Rick, who holds the stolen radio part in his hand. Rick wonders why Ben is upset considering that Ben can hear them too. "I want them out of my head," Ben says. Asks Rick: "Why? I think they're better than the humans." Rick then leaps out of the window. He runs into a little girl in the woods, who clearly has a harness in her back. "You need to tell us everything about the people you've been with," she says sweetly. Rick readily agrees.
Moments later, Tom finds a crying Rick sitting on the ground -- alone. "She left me," he says. "I wanted to be with them, but they didn't care." Apparently, Rick was abandoned by the aliens. He apologizes to Tom for telling the aliens, well, everything. Not good. CUT to Weaver, who stops the caravan at the point where all the regiments were to rendezvous. Unfortunately, the other regiments haven't arrived, so the volunteers must choose whether to continue. Everyone still wants to fight, so Weaver splits the volunteers into four squads. "Those bombs of your's better be good to go," Weaver tells Pope.
Back at the school, Tom gives the stolen transmitter to Scott and tells him to get to work. He then tells the Margaret, Annie and others that the aliens know where they are -- and will soon attack. Tom's plan: take the civilizations through a tunnel and head west. Tom then cites battles from the American Revolution as inspiration of small forces triumphing over large forces. "So let's go do this," he says. In the meantime, Weaver has ordered Hal back to the school so he can tell the his father -- and all the civilians -- that the other regiments didn't show and that they need to evacuate the school. Hal resists. He wants to fight, but Weaver is adamant. "You listen to me: there will be other battles after today," Weaver said. He obviously cares for the boy.
Back at the school, Tom tries to usher Ben out along with the rest of the evacuees. But Ben refuses, explaining that, because the skitters keep changing their radio frequencies, he needs to stay behind and help Scott try to jam their communications. "If I can use what the skitters did to me to get back at them, then I have to," Ben pleads. Tom reluctantly agrees before hustling outside to join the front lines stationed outside the school. Just then, a mech marches into view. The defense team opens fire ... and the mech is taken down. The celebration is short lived, however, as a half dozen other mechs soon march into view. It looks bleak.
Inside, Ben helps Scott find the proper frequency, but the mechs still don't stop. The signal isn't strong enough -- they need a bigger antenna. Ben notices the flag pole outside, grabs some jumper cables and makes a run for it. The mechs open fire ... and then suddenly begin to scramble aimlessly. Confused, the mechs turn and retreat. The radio jamming worked. The humans celebrate -- and Tom embraces his heroic son.
Later, Hal returns with Weaver's news: the other regiments didn't show. The makeshift army is likely walking into a slaughter. Tom then has an idea. He tells Hal to retrieve the transmitter from Scott and pack it up. Tom then visits Anne, who is packing up and preparing to leave. "I'm not going with you right away," says Tom, who explains that he is headed to Boston to help Weaver. Anne asks about his sons. "If something should happen to me, you're the only person that I trust to watch out for them," Tom says. Then, suddenly, the two passionately kiss. Later, Tom says goodbye to his boys and gets into a car that has been rigged with Scott's radio. Time to head for the front.
CUT to the front. Tom arrives to find Pope cradling an injured Anthony. The professor orders Pope to drive Anthony back to Anne for help. Tom, meanwhile, will continue toward Weaver. Pope gives Tom a rocket launcher as a deadly peace offering. "Tom, good luck to you," Pope says. Speaking of Weaver, the captain sits bleeding in the cab of a truck when Tom arrives. He notices that the alien ships are all returning to the mother station. "We rattled their cage," Tom tells Weaver. In a last ditch effort that Weaver deems useless, Tom fires the rocket launcher at the one of the returning ships. It's a direct hit! The flaming ship SLAMS into the mother station, igniting a huge fire.
A chain reaction of blasts begin. "Good shot," Weaver says with a deadpan. "We got their attention." Laughing, Tom and Weaver then get into a truck and drive away. They make it some miles down the road before Tom SLAMS on the breaks. Karen is standing in the middle of the road. "They brought me here," she says in a monotone voice. "Because they don't understand." Just then, a HUGE alien ship lowers onto the ground. The hatch opens and one of the slimy leaders steps out. "They didn't expect resistance on this level," Karen says. "They find that ... interesting. They'd like to talk." Tom then begins yelling at the extra terrestrial. "You murder millions of people, you steal our children, and now you want to negotiate!?" Tom screams.
Karen warns Tom not to shoot ... "because of Ben." "They'll call him back unless you go with them," she says. Tom lowers his weapon and -- against Weaver's protests -- and walks into the belly of the alien ship. To be continued ...
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