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Episode Summary
Written
by J. Cole Weston
A
gas is discovered that renders the Zone Riders suits useless,
and both sides will do anything to control the secret…
Episode
Notes
Written
by J. Cole Weston In
depth: The Zone Riders battle their way out of the Zone in
Budapest with Computer Cubes for Dr. Laurence. Suddenly, Tank
is controlled by a strange mist that seems to Zone him. Courage
pursues but is Zoned also. The others force the two towards
the Eagle, and they escape. An analysis of the armor reveals
nothing wrong, and the scientists are baffled. Overlord, having
recovered from his previous loss of spies, has once more gained
a contact in Mission Command Central. Contacting the spy,
Overlord briefs her on his plan.
As
the Zone Riders scramble, Kat picks up a scrambled transmission,
but can't be sure that it is Overlord. At M.C.C, they learn
that the farm with the mist was a chemical weapons factory
in 1987 that was too dangerous to move. The chemicals were
buried there. A technician enters the top secret briefing
and convinces McFarland to let her stay. Kat is suspicious
and pursues the technician, finding her reporting on a secret
radio. Giving chase, Kat pursues Eva Zoh, who crashes into
some boxes.
The
Riders determine the man who ran the factory, Gideon Rorshak
must be contacted about the chemicals. When the Riders arrive,
he runs and they give chase. Unfortunately the Black Widows
try to claim him also. Courage gets to him in Rimfire and
rescues him. The Zone Riders send in the robot from Laurence
to analyze the chemical. Rorshak relays his story to the team,
relaying how he made the chemicals under secret orders from
General Fazaykis, who is now in the zone. Rorshak want Fazaykis
out of the zone before he will help.
Meanwhile,
the robot analyzer is destroyed by a Sledge Hammer tank and
Max is in battle. Overwhelmed he retreats but heads into the
zoning chemicals. He escapes and foils Razorback and Duchess
Dire by destroying their tank. Hiro rescues the general with
his backpack retriever. They escape, but Bandit has attached
a homing device on one of the vehicles.
When
the Zone Riders arrive, Courage hands his needler to Rorshak
and gets the formula for the chemicals. The other Zone Riders
are in horror that Rorshak might kill the General. The General
shows remorse, and Rorshak doesn't shoot (even though it was
emptied and safetied.)
Nearby,
Bandit has fixed a container of the chemical to Hiro's backpack
drone and is sending it to Courage to Zone them. As the Zone
Riders attempt to destroy the Generator, the chemicals explode,
zoning the team except Kat. She freezes the gas with her backpack.
They fire on the Generator and end the Zone in Budapest. Back
at M.C.C, Rorshak helps protect the suits against the chemical
and forgives the General who agrees to help fight the Zone.
Items
Noticed: The Code 1 Alert makes an appearance again, and is
referenced verbally by Max. Another nice bit of consistency!
Overlord's
pronunciation of Budapest is correct - a rarity in cartoons
for ethnic words to make the translation. Tank also speaks
some German, but it's mostly what you could get out of a dictionary
or phrase book, which they clearly must have had on hand. Notes:
The spy in M.C.C. this time works in the large town complex
that is at the base of the mountain instead of within the
hardened mountain complex itself. This town area was seeen
previously in "Small Packages" as an area where
many of M.C.C.'s forces live and work. What
do we learn? The spy's (Eva Zoh) code name is "Venus".
Goof
ups: Max jumps off a still moving cycle. A moment later when
we go back to him, the cycle is next to him, upright and stock
still. Quotable
Quotes: "I'm outnumbered, outgunned and outta here!"
- Max Jones
"Nice going, woman driver!" - Razorback to Duchess
Dire after crashing a tank
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