1Pilot
Ben Matheson returns home to his Chicago apartment in a panic telling his wife that the electricity is about to go out. Before it does, he manages to contact his brother Miles and also to download something from the Internet. When the blackout hits, it's a global phenomena - and permanent. Fifteen years later, Ben is living with his children Charlie and Danny is a small rural village. Life is good, even without electricity, until Capt. Tom Neville of the local militia arrives to arrest Ben. Several are killed in the ensuing skirmish and with her brother Danny taken prisoner, Charlie sets off for Chicago with two others from the village, Aaron and Maggie, to find her Uncle Miles.
2Chained Heat
Miles, Charlie, Aaron and Maggie head to Pontiac, Michigan. Miles is hoping to find and old friend, Nora, whose expertise he says is absolutely required if they're to rescue Danny. He learns the hard way that General Monroe has put a hefty bounty on his head when a bounty hunter tries to capture him. Miles is prepared to execute the him but Charlie convinces him not to, something they will later regret. When they do find Nora, she's working as a slave laborer but she has her own plans. On the way back to their encampment, Captain Neville shows what happens to people who break the law. Meanwhile, Monroe calls on one of his prisoners.
3No Quarter
Miles, Nora and Charlie arrive at the rebel camp only to find that many of the fighters were wounded when they walked into a trap earlier that day. They are soon under attack by the militia, led by Jeremy Baker, but the rifle Nora stole keeps them at bay for a good while. When the militia finally get into the building, Miles takes Jeremy prisoner and Miles' own past is revealed. Flashbacks show how Miles, Sebastian Monroe and Jeremy first met. Danny meanwhile comes up against one of the militia soldiers who is bent on revenge. Meanwhile, Aaron and Maggie seek out Grace as per Ben's instructions and find something very interesting.
4The Plague Dogs
Miles, Charlie and Nora learn that they are within a day's walk from catching up to Tom Neville and Danny. They keep their rendezvous with Aaron and Maggie but Aaron insists they not tell them about the device. They are beset by mad dogs and their owner who seems intent on killing the trespassers. When he kidnaps Charlie, Miles has little choice but to rescue her. One member of the group will not survive. Danny meanwhile takes shelter with Neville when a storm takes shape. He is presented with an opportunity to escape. Flashbacks reveal when Rachel Matheson surrendered to the Militia and explain how Maggie came to be trapped in the USA.
5Soul Train
After burying their friend, Miles, Charlie and the others continue their quest to rescue Danny. They learn that Monroe now has a working train and Miles is certain Danny will be transported to Philadelphia. Nora contacts a fellow member of the militia and she decides to blow up the train, even if it puts Danny's life in danger. Danny meanwhile is having a hard time with Captain Tom Neville. In flashbacks, Neville's life at the time of the blackout is revealed. He is clearly prepared to do whatever is necessary to protect his wife and son. In Philadelphia, Rachel tells Monroe about the pendants.
6Sex and Drugs
Miles, Charlie and Aaron are en route to Philadelphia with an unconscious Nora whose knife wound from the train incident has festered and is in dire need of medical help. Miles decides to stop off at a former partner's armed compound to get Nora the help she needs. His friend Drexel is a heroin dealer who loves to play mind games. He provides Nora with the help that she needs but demands that Charlie kill a neighbor, O'Halloran, who has taken to burning his poppy crops. Charlie has become overly cynical and agrees to do the job despite Miles' objections. In Philadelphia meanwhile, Danny is safely delivered to Bass Monroe and Captain Tom Neville is appropriately rewarded for having delivered him safely. Rachel and a stunned Danny are reunited.
7The Children's Crusade
Still on their way to Philadelphia Miles, Charlie, Nora and Aaron come across a band of children who have been on their own since the death of their parents some years before. The eldest among them, Peter, has been forcibly recruited into the militia and taken away. Miles and Charlie agree that they can't set off and leave the children and so decide to try and rescue Peter. At Monroe's headquarters meanwhile, the General and his new intelligence chief Major Tom Neville are unhappy that the information Rachel gave them has yet to produce any of the pendants. In flashbacks, it's revealed that Rachel, her husband Ben, Grace Beaumont and another scientist, Brad were all working on a way to produce cheap electricity. What they found was something else completely.
8Ties That Bind
Miles, Charlie, Aaron and Nora arrive at Freeport, Pennsylvania some 290 miles from Philadelphia where a major bridge will let them cross the Allegheny river. They walk into a trap however where militia Sgt. Will Strausser and his men are waiting for them. Strausser has taken Nora's sister Mia prisoner and his price for freeing her is simple: the pendant and Miles Matheson. They free her, but still have to find a way to get across the river. In Philadelphia, Jason Neville is being harshly interrogated and there is little that his father can do - until he gets hold of some information about another militia officer. Flashbacks reveal how Nora and Mia survived after the blackout. Mia has found their long-lost and Nora must choose between reuniting with her family or keeping her promise to Miles and Charlie.
9Kashmir
Having reached the outskirts of Philadelphia, Miles manages to convince the rebels that he can deliver Monroe's head to them. They agree to work with him and are soon traveling through the city's subway system to get into town. They begin to hallucinate when their oxygen supply thins out. They also have to deal with a traitor in their midst. Charlie learns why Miles left the militia. Rachel has agreed to build an amplifier that will expand the power and range of the pendants. Major Neville begins to doubt her sincerity and has a way to test what she's doing.
10Nobody's Fault But Mine
Miles, Charlie, Aaron and Nora finally make it into downtown Philadelphia and seek shelter with one of the militiamen who might be prepared to help them. Major Tom Neville is one step ahead of them and manages to arrest everyone but Miles who had gone out to explore their surroundings. An imprisoned Charlie is shocked to find her mother in the same cell. Miles forces Neville to release Aaron and Nora and they set off to an old power plant where Charlie, Rachel and Danny are being kept. Munroe get Rachel to build him an amplifier by threatening to kill one or both of their children. With a working amplifier, Monroe unleashes a new weapon.
11The Stand
Open with the gang facing down the helicopter and its high-powered guns. They race to safety in an abandoned diner and the copter promptly hits the building with a missile. The diner pretty much is destroyed and the chopper leaves. We see they found safety in the walk-in freezer.
In Philadelphia Tom tells Monroe no bodies were recovered. Monroe brings up the fact Tom let Miles get away at the prison. Monroe has other things on his mind and tells Tom it's time for them to put their new military superiority into play.
The group manages to get by security checkpoints hiding in coffins. Nora and Miles are still romantically involved. Rachel promises she'll give all of them an explanation about the necklaces in due time. They spot helicopters on their way to a militia camp.
Cut to the militia camp being cut to pieces by the helicopter's machine guns.
The gang arrives at the camp later and surveys the damage. Every militia member was killed. Nora thinks they need to go to rebel command and warn them what's coming. Aaron wants them to "go home," and Rachel tells him there will be no home to go to if they don't stop Monroe. Rachel thinks she'll be able to get the rebels' surface-to-air missiles. There is a former co-worker she wants to visit about getting power. Miles will be going with her.
We flash back to a year before the blackout. A very young Danny is getting a shot and Rachel helps keep him calm. An experimental procedure is being performed on Danny that sounds like it is that last hope for saving his life.
Tom and Jason look at the damage they've just caused at a particularly gruesome camp and discuss the collateral damage. Tom has captured a rebel and is trying to find the closest rebel base.
Nora leads the rest of them to the rebel base. Nicholas and Ramsey are in charge. It sounds like the rebels were planning to give up, but Charlie tells them they have an idea.
Miles tells Rachel he saw her body and says he'd never have left if he thought she was alive. He says everything that's happened is his fault and he apologizes.
Tom and his unit arrive at the rebel base. Tom spots Charlie walking around outside, smiles and wants Jason to order the air strike. Jason balks because of how many people are there. Tom thinks it's all about Charlie and that Jason has gotten soft. But Jason refuses to follow orders. This leads to father and son fighting one another. Tom gets the best of Jason and tells him "don't ever come home again."
Rachel arrives at the home of her friend, John. John says there has been total radio silence and she tells him about giving Monroe the amplifier. He takes her and Miles downstairs and shows him his arsenal.
Jason finds Charlie walking through the woods. He tells her his real name and gives her the head's up about the air strike. He's finished with the militia but she says he can't come with her.
John shows Miles and Rachel some of his toys. He tells Rachel that Randall got to both Grace and himself, just before shooting them with a "sonic canon."
We see Randall at some type of base of operations. Grace is trying to fix the elevator while being carefully observed by a man named Austin. Randall tells her he's leaving for a mission.
Charlie tells the rest of the rebels about the strike. Ramsey thinks they should make their stand and asks for volunteers to be the first line of defense against the choppers.
Rachel and Miles come to and find themselves tied to chairs. John says Randall will be there soon. He says that Randall "got into the tower" and is making him help him. Miles gets free and knocks John to the ground. He unties Rachel and they rush to grab weapons and leave.
Tom gives Monroe his report and Monroe orders the strike. He tells Monroe that Jason is dead.
Charlie thinks back to childhood and Danny having an asthma attack. She helped him through the attack. In present day she walks over to Danny and asks her brother not to be on the front lines when the choppers come. She says he owes her for traveling 1,000 miles to find him. He says he has to do it for himself.
The choppers arrive. They pause before opening fire and the rebels fire back. Nora manages to take out one of the machine gun operators and the choppers leave the scene briefly. One returns and starts cutting them down from a lower level. Miles and Rachel arrive just in time. Miles grabs and RPG and prepares to take out the chopper with the amplifier. At the last second the other chopper arrives and hits Miles' position with a missile. It knocks him violently backwards into a concrete wall. Daniel makes a break for the RPG and destroys one of the choppers. The other chopper loses power, but manages to hit Danny with four bullets in the chest before crashing.
Charlie tells a despondent Rachel there was nothing she could have done to stop Danny. And Charlie is now dead-set on finishing what Danny started.
Randall and John drive to Monroe's compound and offer their assistance.
The episode ends with a teary Rachel cutting into her son's stomach and pulling out a blinking electric device of some kind.
12Ghosts
Open with Danny being buried.
Miles is adamant the only way to make a difference against Monroe is to hit him hard. He tells the rebel leadership he'll help, but wants to go after some of his former militia guys. Specifically he wants to find Jim Hudson.
Rachel tells Miles it would be better for Charlie he stayed.
Everybody else is brought to one of the rebel bases. That night heads out for a raid, against the wishes of Rachel.
Randall is able to track the signal of Rachel's pendants when they're turned out. He tells Monroe this, along with promising he can deliver everything he wants.
Miles and Nora leave to find Hudson.
At a North Virginia militia camp a man comes forward to tell leadership Miles is headed to Culpepper to find Hudson. He's promptly killed after ratting out Miles.
Charlie returns home from the raid and Rachel is concerned for her safety.
In Culpepper Miles and Nora ask about Hudson. They go to the library and find that Hudson is calling himself Henry Beamus. He has a wife named Sophie and is working as a librarian. Hudson pulls a gun on Miles and tells him to leave. He's still mad about and incident when they were supposed to kill Monroe and Miles balked. Miles wants them to finish the job they started.
Rachel and Charlie again argue over her safety. Rachel doesn't want to lose her and Charlie reminds her she hasn't been around enough to be a parent. Rachel ends up slapping her daughter. Aaron walks in and they notice the pendants have started flashing.
Two humvees approach from the distance. Monroe must have power again.
Hudson tells Miles he can't be "that guy again." He has a life there and isn't leaving.
As everybody begins to scatter Rachel starts trying to destroy the pendants. She tells Charlie to leave her. Inside the pendants are flash drives. Randall arrives and finds the pendants destroyed.
This leads to a flashback to a year before the blackout. An army rep arrives to inform Randall and his wife that their son Edward has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
Miles and Nora see that a kill squad has arrived in Culpepper. They believe it's there for both Miles and Hudson.
While hiding from Randall and his men Rachel tells Aaron and Charlie she had been working for Randall and the Defense Department on a weapon. Randall grabs a megaphone and begins talking to Rachel. He says he came for her, not the pendants.
Miles tells Hudson he and Nora were followed by a militia kill squad. Miles tries to convince Hudson that he's a killer, just like himself. Sophie overhears Miles call him by a different name.
Tom asks Monroe why he wasn't on the mission to retrieve Rachel. Monroe thinks Randall has it covered and wanted to give Tom time to grieve.
Another flashback to Randall, this time a month before the blackout. Randall wants to push forward with their program faster than Rachel would like. Randall argues that soldiers are dying.
Rachel and Charlie are cornered by several gunmen. Charlie takes several of them out as Aaron and Rachel escape.
Hudson and Miles present themselves to Flynn. A fight ensues and Hudson joins the fray. Sophie sees who her husband really is.
Charlie finds Aaron, but he is no longer with Rachel. We see Rachel cornered by Randall and several guards. Randall tells her he's working for Monroe. His plan seems to be to keep the power in the hands of the powerful. Randall thinks they can build a better world. When they walk outside Rachel and several other rebels open fire and help Rachel escape.
While Miles and Hudson take out a dozen or so members of the militia, Sophie is captured. Hudson arrives at the last minute to save her, in the process killing another man in front of her.
Hudson tries to tell Sophie he loves her, but she just walks away. He turns to Miles and tells him he's "ruined my life. Again." But he feels he has no choice now but to help him kill Monroe.
Charlie apologizes to Rachel and they embrace.
We flashback to the White House on the night of the blackout. With his sons dog tags in his hand Randall gives the final order.
Aaron tells Rachel he deserves to know what's going on. She says she'll tell him everything that she knows. She starts with: "There's this place, it's called the tower."
13The Song Remains the Same
Open with Monroe and Randall telling Tom they want him to run an errand. Randall isn't impressed with Tom's recent performance and Tom doesn't care for the critique.
Tom leaves home. Julia wants to know where he's going and they argue about pretending Jason is dead. Julia appears to have reached her breaking point and Tom reminds her that if Monroe knew Jason went AWOL they would both be killed.
Miles is helping train some members of the group, including Charlie.
Rachel shows Aaron her notes. She tells him that they are literally surrounded by trillions of tiny devices designed to absorb electricity and replicate. She says something went wrong in The Tower but she never found out what. Aaron thinks they should go there in an attempt to turn the lights back on. Rachel says it won't work and she doesn't want to leave Charlie.
Miles gets word that a convoy will be passing through soon. We see that it is Tom's group. The lead vehicle in the convoy hits an explosive. Tom's driver is killed and he falls to the ground, dazed. He looks up and sees Miles and Charlie.
Tom is brought into camp with a hood. Rachel isn't thrilled to learn Miles doesn't want to kill their prisoner. Miles tells Tom he'll get him to talk, but Tom seems confident he won't say anything. Miles asks where he was going with a truck full of loose diamonds. Tom starts asking taunting Miles about Danny's death and his guess that Miles was attempting to wipe his conscious clean by saving the boy. Miles begins pounding on Tom and promises him it is just the beginning.
A group of rebels containing Jason arrive at camp. He tells Charlie he's with the rebels now. He's aware Tom is inside and tells her that he wants to talk to him. Miles wants Jason to leave and says if Jason goes near his father he'll bash his face in.
Rachel brings food for Tom. She proceeds to knock out the guard, but before she can go into the room Charlie stops her. Rachel tells her daughter point-blank that she's about to kill Tom. Charlie asks her daughter to walk away but Charlie won't do it before Miles is finished questioning him. Charlie reminds her that Danny died fighting the war in which they are involved and they can't get overly emotional.
Charlie falls into Miles' arms in tears.
Jason goes to see Tom. Jason wants to know "What did I do wrong?" Tom answers he didn't want him to be like him, which is why he was so hard on him. Tom tells Jason that if he doesn't return to Monroe he will kill his mother. Jason takes off Tom's cuffs and says "where are we going?" Tom tells him the location and Jason reveals that he was working on behalf of Miles to get him to give up the information.
Monroe tells Randall they've gotten no word from Tom. Randall says he'll make the pick-up, "personally."
Miles and Hudson plan their trip to the cement factory Tom was headed to. Miles tells Jason they'll send somebody to help get his mother out. Jason doesn't seem to buy it.
Rachel is going on the mission. Rachel tells her daughter she'll try not to kill anyone while she's gone.
Jason has good things to say about Danny while he walks with Charlie.
Tom tells Nicholas he'd like to make a confession. He says he wants to go to his maker with a clean conscious. Tom asks to kneel, then jumps up from his chair. He quickly takes out the guard and kills Nicholas.
The rebels arrive at the cement factory but are unable to stop Randall from making the pick-up. A firefight ensues and the rebels take out a ton of militia, but in the process lose a few of their own. Afterwards they go inside and see what looks like equipment for making some kind of weapon. Miles says "this is not good."
Tom bursts into his home and tells Julia they have to leave.
Rachel asks about the briefcase Randall was carrying. She thinks it was some type of bomb. Rachel says "there's one thing we can do."
Rachel tells Charlie she has to leave. She's headed to The Tower and Miles tries to talk her out of it. Rachel says the good guys need power too and makes Miles promise to look after Charlie.
One her way out Rachel tells Charlie she doesn't think she's coming back. Aaron goes with her.
14The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Open with Monroe being told that Tom and his wife have disappeared and by all accounts Nate is alive. The man who told him was close to Tom and Monroe asks how he can possibly trust him. The man says he's loyal to Monroe, but is promptly shot in the head.
A spy returns to rebel camp with word that three of Monroe's men have managed to sneak into Atlanta with the nuclear bomb. Miles is convinced he'll use the weapon if the Georgia Federation doesn't surrender. Miles' plan is to take Charlie and Nora to Georgia to find the bomb.
Charlie tells Aaron the doctor they're looking for, Jane Lloyd, knows the tower better than anyone.
The trio arrives in Georgia. Miles tells Charlie that the Georgia Federation has become strong. They are rich in crops and trade with Europe. The find a house full of federation soldiers killed. Their back-up uniforms have been stolen, meaning Monroe's men are now in Atlanta posing as soldiers. Monroe has them steal the uniforms from the bodies. He notices a knife and tells Nora it belongs to him. It means Alec was there.
We flash back to seven years before the blackout. Alec is a captain that Miles took under his wing and helped become a great leader. Miles gives him the knife, which had been in his family for generations.
Rachel and Aaron run into two men in the woods. They attack them and one seems prepared to rape Rachel. At this point they both begin to smolder and burn and fall the ground dead. A woman walks up with a device in her hand and Rachel says "Jane." Rachel says they're there to see her and they're invited back to the house.
Miles, Charlie and Nora walks around Atlanta with flashlights, realizing that when they get close to the nuke there will be enough power to turn them on. Miles finds a bag inside a grate and is immediately approached by Alec. They fight and Alec gets the better of him. Miles is saved from death by Charlie hitting Alec in the shoulder with an arrow. Alec grabs the nuke and runs off. Miles corners Alex in an alley. Alec grabs a cop, shoots him and runs off, making it appear as if Miles committed the crime. Police immediately corner Miles.
Jane brings Rachel and Aaron back to her home. She introduces them to her partner Beth, who Rachel seems surprised to see. Outside Rachel tells Jane they need to turn the power back on. Jane points out that the nanites are what is keeping her son alive, and she shows her the chip she removed from his body. Jane mentions that Beth has had Stage 4 cancer for 16 years. If the switch at the tower is switched the nanites will stop working and Beth will die.
Alex and Charlie get locked up. He warns her that Miles will eventually screw her over. When he learns she is his niece he tells her to asks Miles what he did to Rachel.
Monroe has pamphlets dropped on Atlanta. They say that unless President Foster surrenders by midnight they will detonate the bomb.
Mile is brought in front of Foster. He tells her about Alec and the bomb. Miles tells her that Monroe wants her prime southern real estate and offers his help.
Foster lets Miles go and he joins up with Charlie and Nora to find the bomb.
Another flashback. This time it's Alec returning from a mission to assassinate someone named General Blanchard. Alec failed in his mission and Miles gives Alex to the enemy.
Jane catches Rachel looking through her books. She thinks Rachel would make the same mistakes over again if it meant keeping her loved one alive. Rachel says she wouldn't, but Jane thinks she's lying. Beth overhears this and comes into the room. Jane tells her she'll die if Rachel gets what she wants, but Beth says she'll kill herself if she doesn't. Jane hands Rachel a book and tells her to leave.
Miles finds Alex with the bomb. Alec gets a message that his "mission is a go" and he is to detonate. This leads to another brawl between Alec and Miles, this time, however, Alec ends up with the knife in his chest.
Outside Charlie asks Miles what he did to her mother. He tells her that when people count on him, "people get hurt."
Miles meets with Foster. She wants to know why she wasn't given the radioactive portion of the nuke. Foster tells Miles that if Monroe wants war, "he's got it." She wants him to help her by hitting Monroe from the inside as she goes after his southern border. She offers him several hundred men and a thousand guns.
15Home
Open with Miles and Hudson reflecting over a recent battle victory over the militia. A captain named Dixon has been sent to work with them, primarily as a pair of eyes for the president. Neither men like Dixon.
Monroe thinks it's important they kill Miles right now to prevent the rebels from gaining more traction. He has a plan.
Rachel and Aaron cross the Mississippi and leave Monroe territory.
Monroe brings a bunch of men to a small town. Monroe orders everyone be rounded up and we learn that this is Monroe's home town.
Rachel sends Aaron to pick up supplies while she does some work on Warren's diary. Aaron spots what appears to be his wife Priscilla across a crowded outdoor square.
A militia runner shows up wanting to speak privately with Miles. He has a message for Miles. He says he if doesn't meet Monroe in their hometown Monroe will kill everyone he knows, starting with Emma. Via flashback we see that Miles and Emma were a couple and had to separate before he left for the military.
Emma comes to see Monroe. He tells her there has been a terrorist threat and he's there to protect them. She thinks he's lying. A friend of hers named Dwayne is beaten mercilessly and Monroe does nothing to stop it.
Charlie walks in on Nora and Dixon beating the runner. He agrees to tell them everything.
Monroe stands in front of a house and starts to flash back. Miles is asleep and he and Emma are talking in the kitchen. We see that they are having a relationship behind Miles' back.
Charlie tells Nora she wants them to follow Miles to make sure that he actually kills Monroe this time.
Aaron assures Rachel that he saw his wife and won't leave until he speaks with her. He sees Pricilla sitting at a bar and approaches her. She doesn't seem overjoyed to see him. She introduces Aaron to her current husband Steve, as an "old friend." Aaron wants to talk in private but she blows him off. After Rachel and Aaron walk out we see that Steve is holding Priscilla at gunpoint.
Rachel tells Aaron that they should leave town. She doesn't think he'll be able to apologize and make things better with Priscilla. He counters that "something wasn't right" and he won't leave her again.
Emma tells Monroe that Dwayne has died. She's figured out that Miles is the reason for his actions. She reminds him that they loved each other once and wonders if there any part of him that is still kind.
Miles takes out one of Monroe's snipers.
Monroe hears gunshots and tells Emma "he's here." Monroe compliments Emma on seeing the best in people and kisses her. But he says nothing is going to change about his plan. He orders everybody be placed in the basement.
Aaron sees Priscilla in the back of a truck and Steve tells him that she is a fugitive. Aaron takes a few steps away, turns and tackles Steve. Steve begins pummeling Aaron, but Rachel comes from behind and hits him in the head with a shovel.
The home where the townspeople are being held is set on fire. Miles makes his way through Monroe's men and gets into the house. He lets everybody in the burning home out of the locked room and sees Emma in the process. Monroe's men aren't going to let Miles and the rest of the townspeople out of the burning building. Things look bleak until Charlie, Nora and Hudson arrive with automatic weapons. The townspeople are sent to safety and a shootout begins. Monroe walks towards Miles with a gun to her head. Miles is worried about shooting at Monroe in case he might hit Emma. Monroe begins a countdown and Emma tells him they have a son together. Her parents wouldn't let her tell anyone after he left for basic training. Monroe asks where the child is, but doesn't get an answer.
At this point captain Dixon takes a shot but hits Emma. Miles turns and shoots him. Monroe goes crazy and starts shooting wildly before he's dragged to safety.
Emma dies. Miles tells Hudson he had been engaged to her, adding that Monroe "has no idea what he's in for."
Monroe was hit by the bullet by doesn't appear seriously injured.
Priscilla tells Aaron she's being sought for murder after stabbing a militia sergeant. She's furious with him for leaving her and tells him she has a family. She has an 11-year old daughter and her family is waiting for her in Texas. He tells her she has to go to them and they part ways.
President Foster has decided to send somebody else to watch Miles. It is Tom.
16The Love Boat
Open with Miles and the gang breaking into a facility, abducting a doctor of some kind and blowing up the building.
TWO DAYS EARLIER
Miles interrogates a Monroe soldier. The man won't tell Miles what he wants to know, so he has him shot.
Tom comes to see Miles with a letter from President Foster. Tom is now a commissioned officer of the Georgia Federation. He tells Miles that Monroe is weaponizing anthrax and a doctor named Ethan (from the opening) is key to the process.
Charlie and Nora don't like that they are working with Tom. The plan is to take a steamboat over the border.
On their way West, Rachel and Aaron are having trouble finding food.
Tom asks Jason for a truce. Jason isn't interested, telling his father he doesn't care which side he's on. Tom responds that the reason he's with Georgia is that Jason is a traitor.
Monroe tells Randall they must do whatever it takes, including anthrax. Randall is worried he's going to radicalize more people against him.
Miles and his group get off the boat, leaving Tom behind. We see them grab Ethan and bring him to the boat.
Aaron is caught stealing food. The punishment is death. But just before the man can shoot them, Rachel kills him first. As they run away Rachel falls and breaks her leg.
Tom tells Miles he enjoys working with good people again and offers him a drink. Miles then interrogates Ethan, telling him that they have his family. He says Ethan can see his family only if he helps them.
Aaron carries Rachel to a truck.
Nora is furious about Miles kidnapping people. She wants to transfer.
Aaron puts the bone back in her leg and splints the leg. She wants him to leave her and take the book. He won't leave her.
Ethan tells Charlie about his family, begging her to help him. A Monroe boat approaches their steamboat for an inspection. The Monroe troops take a look around the boat, but don't find Ethan. Tom hit Charlie for pointing a gun at him. Miles responds by threatening to kill him if he touches her again.
Two soldiers find Rachel and Aaron's van. They're able to fight them off.
Charlie tells Miles they have to get rid of Ethan. She doesn't like what they've resorting to, but he reminds her there is nothing Monroe won't do to win. She locks him in a room and Jason knocks his father out. Charlie, Nora and Tom grab weapons and take control of the boat. They demand to know where Ethan's family is being held. They are able to rescue Ethan's family from another boat. Below deck Tom wakes up and starts to work on freeing himself. Just before they can send Ethan and his family to safety, Tom comes up with a gun and stops them. Miles points his gun at Charlie, at which point Miles appears and hit him. Tom orders everybody be killed, when Monroe troops open fire on the boat.
Miles, Nora, Charlie and Jason are able to escape in the other boat with Ethan and his family.
TWO DAYS LATER
Tom barges in with his gun pointed at Miles. Ethan and his family are gone and he has promised not to work for anyone again. Tom wants to take the troops back, but Miles reminds him he's been winning and that's all Foster really cares about.
Nora pays Miles a visit in her underwear. The two of them have sex.
Rachel continues to ask Aaron to leave. She explains that it's important that he go to the Tower. She shows him a specific page of the journal. There is a newspaper clipping of him in there.
The man guarding Grace goes down in the elevator and is killed by something terrible. The blood-soaked elevator returns to her floor as the episode ends.
17The Longest Day
Monroe realizes the rebels are winning the war and decides they must eliminate Miles. They launch a drone attack against the rebel camp but most and Miles believes they have a mole in their midst. Charlie is trapped in the rubble leaving Miles and Nora to rescue her while Neville rescues his son. The tide turns and the entire Georgia Federation is threatened. There's an attempt on Monroe's life and Jeremy Baker pays the price. Meanwhile, Aaron tries to use the device Rachel took out of her son Danny to heal her badly broken leg. They are taken prisoner by people who want them to save their son but Aaron and Rachel reach a crossroads. In a flashback to 7 years after the blackout, Rachel joins Miles in his military camp intent on turning the lights back on. Miles wants his brother Ben but Rachel refuses to reveal his location. Written by
18Clue
Open with Nora in custody. A guard brings her a dress and tells her to put it on. She's brought to a candlelit dinner with Monroe. After some small-talk he asks Nora for Miles' location. She attempts to attack him but Monroe quickly gets the upper-hand and warns her that she's missing a chance to avoid weeks of pain.
We watch Nora endure 21 days of physical and chemical torture. After three weeks she tells guards that Miles is in Atlanta, Tom is working for Georgia and Rachel is in Colorado searching for the Tower.
Randall tells Monroe the Tower is nothing to worry about. But Sanborn has already told Monroe it is a location where the power can be turned back on. Monroe tells Randall he doesn't trust him and orders him to be killed. Randall is able to beg for his life by telling him there is far more to the Tower than just turning the lights on. Monroe and Randall board a chopper for Colorado.
Sanborn arrives at Nora's cell with orders to "put her down." He apologizes and injects something into her neck.
Jason suggests it might be a good idea for Rachel to leave Atlanta in case the city is taken. Jason spots a man watching them kiss.
Miles rushes to Nora's side in a hospital. She wakes up, badly beaten, and apologizes for telling Monroe "everything."
Sanborn brought Nora to the hospital. He tells Miles he got her out by injecting her with something that made her appear dead. He says he's there to help. Sanborn tells Miles that Rachel is in danger and agrees to take him there.
Tom will be joining Miles, Hudson, Jason and Charlie on the mission. Nora talks her way onto the chopper as well.
Monroe sets up camp in Colorado Springs and begins looking for Rachel. He sees that the Tower is in fact a structure that goes underground for a mile. Randall is unable to gain access to the Tower.
While sitting in the chopper Jason flashes back to speaking with the man who watched him earlier. His name is Billings and he has a Monroe brand on his wrist. He told Jason he had a job for him.
Miles' chopper stops for fuel at an airfield. Sanborn is acting strange. Nora appears to witness him giving her the "shhh" finger but her vision seems shaky. Charlie finds their pilot has been killed and placed in a compartment. He has an X on his neck, which is a sign of local tribes. The chopper's engine has also been tampered with. Miles thinks Nora can fix and goes "hunting."
Aaron and Rachel watch the Tower from the woods. She gives Aaron the codebook and tells him she plans to kill Monroe that night. During the chaos she think he'll be able to get inside. She demands he let her carry out the plan even though she'll almost certainly die.
Charlie tells Miles she doesn't think locals are behind what's been happening. They find another member of their party with his throat cut. He's able to Miles only that it wasn't local tribes before he dies.
Miles tells the group that one of them is behind what's been happening. Nora is missing. Miles asks for everybody's weapon, including Sanborn's knife, and locks the bag in the chopper before going looking for Nora.
Miles finds Nora face down on the ground with a knife in her hand. She wakes up and asks Miles what happened. She says she blacked out after going looking for fuel.
When Miles returns Sanborn warns that the cocktail in Nora's system means it's possible she committed the acts. Nora then says she thinks they might be right. Nora doesn't trust her memory after what happened during her torture. Miles vows to find out what happened, then spots a bloody switchblade on Jason's person. He swears it's not his. Charlie asks him about his the conversation she saw him have with Billings. Jason tells him that Billings told him if he killed Miles he could have anything. But Jason says he told him 'no.' Jason runs off when Miles goes after him.
Rachel begins making her way to Monroe.
Sanborn tells Miles that the knife had an Annapolis stamp on it. Hudson pops out and shoots Sanborn before getting into it with Miles. Hudson says the militia has his wife and told him they'd kill her if he didn't help. Hudson needs to kill all of them to get his wife back. Hudson and Miles fight more with Hudson getting the better of things. Hudson is about to kill Miles when Jason shoots him from behind.
Nora is able to fix the chopper enough to get them off the ground.
Rachel approaches Monroe's tent with a grenade in her hand. She walks in and removes the pin. A guard points his gun at her and tells her not to move. She pops off the handle as the episode ends.
19Children of Men
Open with Rachel popping the pin on the grenade inside Monroe's tent. She is tackled by one of Monroe's guards and the grenade is tossed outside. Both she and Monroe survive.
Miles and his gang land in their helicopter four miles from the Tower. Jason and Charlie still maintain their sexual tension.
Monroe has Rachel use her hand to gain access to the Tower. She (and Randall) are surprised when it works.
We see two Monroe officers discussing what the general is up to. One seems concerned about the direction he's taking things.
We see that a group is watching Monroe's team. They grab guns.
Tom and Miles look at Monroe's camp. Tom makes a crack about his interest in Rachel's well-being. Tom sneaks up behind Aaron and scares him half to death.
Randall sees that Grace has fixed the elevator. He shows Monroe a bank of monitors and tells him that the Tower was the "crown jewel" of the US Military. Any person in the world can be spied on or killed with the push of a button. Randall tells Monroe they need to get to level 12 to make that happen.
Aaron tells Charlie and Miles about Rachel's plan to blow up Monroe. Aaron tells them he can get them into the Tower using the journal.
The elevator stops at level 11. As soon as members of Monroe's team walk onto the floor they are cut down by high-powered weapons of some kind. Rachel sneaks into vaulted room, but Monroe manages to follow her.
Tom takes out the power source in Monroe's camp. At the same time they fight their way to the front of the Tower, where Aaron begins entering a 62-character override code. He, Nora, Miles and Charlie get through the front door, but have to leave Tom and Jason behind, surrounded by militia.
Rachel tells Monroe she doesn't know who attacked them when they got out of the elevator. She basically doesn't tell him anything and reminds Monroe she was willing to die in order to kill him. Monroe then goes on a rant about how people who survive suicide attempts always say in retrospect they regretted the decision. There are weapons in the room and Monroe wants her to open the case.
Rachel flashes back to a conversation with Ben a week before the blackout. She wants them to stop the launch. He thinks it is too late in the process for such a conversation, she responds by saying they should separate.
The two officers from earlier, Franklin and Riley, go to see Tom and his son in custody. Tom knows them both. Franklin wants to know how they can get into the Tower. Tom begins to point out Monroe's recent decisions to turn on his own men.
Miles, Charlie, Nora and Aaron find the carnage on level 11. The elevator heads towards them and they run. They manage to duck into a large air vent in a lab of some kind.
Monroe still can't get into the gun locker. Rachel says she wants to see her daughter again, but can't help him because he killed her son. He tells her about his son.
We next flash to four months after the blackout. Ben uses one of the medallions to send a computer message asking" "Is anybody there?" Rachel returns from town and has a disturbing report of what is happening to the people. She feels they are responsible for what has happened. We see that Grace responded to his message.
Aaron says they are being shot at with high-tech, "coil guns." On a map Aaron spots an armory nearby. Miles finds it's completely empty.
Tom asks to speak with Riley. Tom says Monroe is paranoid and erratic, no longer fit to lead. Jason tells Riley his father is a natural replacement. Tom thinks a revolt is possible since most of those really loyal to Monroe are dead.
With help from Nora, Miles is able to get one of the guns away from a member of security detail.
Rachel sees Charlie on the monitor. Monroe promises to help her save Charlie.
Charlie ends up pinned on the ground under a large shelf. Just before she is killed Monroe takes out the man from behind. Rachel leads Charlie and Aaron right into three armed men. Miles and Monroe ends up facing one another with guns drawn.
Rachel is taken to a room filled with people. She is surprised to see both Grace and Dan there. The group, which was left at the Tower the night of the blackout, rescued Grace. Their goal is to protect the Tower, specifically preventing anyone from getting to level 12. The group has been down there for years.
Riley tells Tom he's interested in helping take down Monroe. There are 12 others on the same page. Riley sets Tom and Jason free and tells them to take out Franklin.
Dan prepares to burn the diary. They don't want to turn the power back on. Aaron and Rachel talk about safety and clean water, but he drops a match anyway. Grace then says there is a possibility if the switch is pulled it will set the world "on fire."
20The Dark Tower
Open with Monroe and Miles pointing guns at one another. They end up teaming up to shoot their way out of danger and flee with Nora to a tunnel filled with rushing water. They fall in and we see Nora is able to grab onto something.
Randall finds a hidden key card behind a framed photo.
Aaron asks for an explanation as the danger of turning the power back on. Grace says they simply don't know what will happen. Rachel is warned that if her group tries to make it to Level 12 they'll be killed.
Tom kills Franklin and places a gun in his hand to pretend it was an act of self-defense.
Miles wakes up on a beach and immediately Monroe starts pummeling him. They fight until someone in a militia uniform starts shooting at them. This allows Miles to flee.
We flash to ten years after the blackout with Miles and Monroe sharing some drinks and memories. An explosion goes off and both men are knocked to the floor.
After some snooping on the Tower's computer Aaron finds a code he wrote when he was in college. Without knowing it Aaron wrote the Tower's operating system. Grace tells him that Ben found him on purpose.
Tom tells Jason they need to stop Rachel from turning the lights on. He tells his son they need to put their personal differences behind them. Jason's request is that Charlie and Rachel are left alive. They are informed Monroe is nearby.
Rachel tells Grace the militia must be stopped, in part so her son doesn't die for nothing. She tells Grace the chance of everybody dying is one in a billion but Grace still says no. Rachel then covers her with a napkin and knocks her unconscious. She grabs her key card and tells Charlie and Aaron "let's go."
While staggering through the woods Miles thinks back to recovering from the bomb blast ten years earlier. It was a U.S. rebel bomber and Monroe tells Miles he's killed the man's wife and three children to make an example of him.
Aaron tells Rachel there is a virtual backdoor in his code. He thinks the blackout was done intentionally.
Monroe and Miles continue their fight. Miles knocks him down and walks away, saying they have more important problems then kicking each other's butt. The two start rehashing their divide. Monroe says everything he's done was for Miles. A helicopter approaches and opens fire. A Monroe militia soldier knocks Monroe out with his rifle.
Nora tells Rachel she knows she loves Miles. She tells her that Miles loves her.
The stairwell to level 12 is heavily guarded. Nora has an idea.
Monroe is brought to Tom who tells him "there's been a change in management." Monroe tells Tom he's going to have him and his wife killed. Tom's response is that he's lost his mind and has a "borderline erotic" fixation on Miles. The plan is for Monroe to stand trial.
A trip wire, explosive and well-thrown fire extinguisher is enough to take out the guards at level 11. But Nora appears to be badly injured.
Miles takes out the men guarding Monroe and cuts off his handcuffs. He tells Monroe "we're still brothers," something which will never change. He tells Monroe to run.
Grace wakes up but runs right into Tom and his men.
While working on Nora Rachel notices that the militia has arrived. It basically comes down to a decision between saving Nora's life or turning on the life. Charlie wants to take Nora to the infirmary, but Rachel thinks the priority is turning on the lights. Charlie pleads with Rachel to help Nora but her mother says no. She takes Aaron with her and leaves Charlie to help Nora. A militia soldier hears Nora and knocks down the door. He begins choking Charlie until Miles arrives to save the day. Miles attempts to carry Nora to medical assistance but she dies in the hallway.
Tom and his men appear to have Rachel and Aaron stopped. But Miles arrives and helps take most of them out. Rachel, Charlie Aaron and Miles are able to get into the level 12 Command Center and lock the door behind them. While Tom searches for a way in Aaron enters the code and turns on the world's lights.
Immediately plans are made in Georgia to go after the militia.
To everyone's horror Randall has locked himself in a different part of the Command Center. He tells Rachel he wanted he to turn on the power so he could launch nuclear weapons. He sends ICBMs towards Atlanta and Philadelphia, then shoots himself in the head.
We see that the US President has been hold up in Guantanamo Bay. He's told "Randall did it" and "it's time to go home."
1Born in the U.S.A.
Open with Miles watching a monitor and counting down as the ICBMs head for their targets. As the number get close to 0 Rachel says they need to cut out the power to knock out missile guidance. Aaron is working on it...
SIX MONTHS LATER, SOMWHERE IN PLAINS NATION
We see Charlie hooking up with a bartender named Jeff.
TEXAS
Miles walks out of a shed with his hand and face covered in blood. He sets the structure on fire. We see him enter a heavily guarded community, walking past and ignoring Aaron. Miles heads towards a house where inside Rachel is working as a doctor's aide to her father Gene. They treat a patient who was hit by one of the missiles.
Tom and Jason are showing Julia's picture around what looks like an enormous refugee camp.
Gene works on the huge cut on Miles' hand, which he said happened while slicing an apple. She leaves the room and Gene talks to Miles about Rachel's history of choosing bad men. Gene makes reference to them having an affair while she was married to Miles' brother and tells him he's the last thing Rachel needs right now.
The next morning Jeff and Charlie make small talk. She says she has no family. They both have Monroe Militia brands on their wrists and Jeff says he recently saw Monroe. She asks "which way did he go?"
While doing work Rachel flashes back to Flynn's death. She's obsessing over what he was up to and Gene tells her to stop. He dismisses Flynn as a "wackjob," but Rachel wonders if perhaps he was following orders. Cut to the White House.
Miles prepares to leave and Rachel suggests he could stay, "a little longer." He points out that bad things happen when they're together.
SIX MONTHS AGO
Miles brings Charlie, Rachel and Aaron to see Gene, saying he didn't know where else to go. Rachel says "It's my fault, Dad. The bombs."
In present day Miles watches several men grab some people by a barn. He rushes to help and ends up killing one of the attackers.
Charlie goes to visit "New Vegas," which has a low-budget carnival atmosphere. She watches Monroe compete in (and win) a bare-knuckle boxing match.
Aaron is upset that one of his students has contracted polio. He goes outside to get firewood and spots hundreds of nano machines in the air. The next day he tells Rachel what he saw. He asks about the "insane" things that have happened to them since the night the bombs dropped.
Miles tells the sheriff the man he killed he from a war clan, down from the Plains Nation. He thinks they are in big trouble, that everybody will be slaughtered if they don't get help. It seems Miles will stick around for awhile.
Tom seems to be considering suicide, having come to the realization Julia would have been killed by one of the bombs. Jason talks him out it. The two of them see a large ship arrive.
FOUR MONTHS AGO
Charlie wants to leave and Miles tries to talk her out of it. It doesn't work, she needs to be away from Rachel.
In present day Charlie follows Monroe at a casino. A man tells her Monroe's name is Jimmy and he's been there for a few weeks. She pays him some money to arrange a meeting.
Miles and Rachel talk about Charlie. He assures her that Charlie will eventually "find her way home."
The man Charlie spoke with gets Monroe out of his tent. Charlie is watching from afar with bow drawn. At the last minute another man knocks Monroe down and puts him on a horse-drawn cart.
A U.S. government rep addresses the camp where Tom and Jason are staying. She says they have proof that Monroe launched the missiles and the president is making his way to the White House. She asks them all to join the government, saying "we want this country to be great again."
Men break into Aaron's home and grab his girlfriend. He fights back but is slashed across the chest. Rachel and Miles run to his side and call for Gene. As Rachel works to save his life Miles fights off the invaders. A new group arrives and knocks out the sheriff. Gene arrives at Aaron's side just as he dies.
Tom shaves, appearing ready to return to the fight. He thinks there is conspiracy afoot, that the people blaming Monroe for using weapons are probably the ones actually behind the bombings. He blames them for Julia's death and plans to "rip them apart."
Miles and the sheriff are brought the war clan's head quarters are introduced to their leader, Titus.
Aaron's eyes open and he gasps.
2There Will Be Blood
Open with Aaron somehow seeming to be alive. Gene and Rachel rush to his side and give him oxygen. He coughs up some blood but appears to be okay. Gene tells his daughter: "This isn't possible."
"Somewhere in the Plains Nation" we see Monroe is tied up in an empty pool. Charlie knocks out the guard and pulls out a gun. She takes her eyes off Monroe's other captor for a split second and he shoots her.
Miles and Mason the sheriff are both being held in cages on Titus' compound next to a mysterious red door. A woman being held with them knows only that "people go in and they don't come out." Titus' guards come out of the red door and take blood samples from both Miles and the sheriff. After looking at the blood the men shoot Mason in the head and leave Miles alive.
Aaron and Rachel talk about what has happened. His heart was stopped for more than two hours and they agree it has to be related to the nanotech. Aaron doesn't understand what is happening to him.
Mason's dead body arrives back at the town on his horse. This sends the community into a panic. Everybody is bunkering down together for a few days until some reinforcements arrive. Rachel tells Gene they need to send someone after Miles. She offers to go herself, saying she owes Miles. Gene won't let her.
Charlie wakes up tied next to Monroe in the pool. The men who have them are bounty hunters planning to take Monroe to the U.S. government for a reward. They want Monroe alive. Charlie warns that Monroe will escape and kill them.
Miles manages to free himself and get out of his cage. Before leaving he decides to help free the woman who was being held with him. While helping her Titus' men arrive. Miles fights his way though several but is stopped when a knife is put to the woman's neck.
After drinking with some of the government men Tom tells Jason he's now convinced Allenford, who was with the Defense Department before the blackout, was responsible for the missile attacks. His plan is to assassinate her.
Cynthia brings a pastor to see Aaron. She's convinced this was a miracle.
Monroe tells Charlie he's still bothered by the bombings and feels guilty he wasn't able to protect his people. Charlie doesn't buy this and reminds him he no longer has any power.
Rachel asks Ken to join her and go after Miles. He ultimately says there is too much to do at home and declines.
Miles is brought before Titus. Titus was a former headmaster at a boys school who it sounds like was near arrest for child porn when the lights went off. Miles asks him why he's in Texas. Titus says he's not going to kill Miles, but has a guard break his hand to make him less dangerous.
It appears Tom, Jason and a Rebel accomplice are going to take out Allenford. But at the last minute Tom yells "gun" and shoots their accomplice, seemingly saving her life.
Aaron hears a gunshot and finds a body in the hallway. To his shock it's Ben Matheson, who proceeds to die in a pool of blood. Cynthia arrives and Aaron sees that he imagined the whole thing.
The bounty hunters lets Charlie go.
We then see the bounty hunters leave in a horse-drawn carriage with Monroe in the back. Monroe is able to get his hands free and unlock the back. Monroe runs into the woods and starts to climb a fence. The older bounty hunter catches Monroe, who quickly kills him. The other bounty hunter arrives and begins to fight Monroe. Charlie shows up to help but Monroe still manages to escape.
Gene approaches Rachel as she prepares to leave. When it's clear she's going to go after Miles no matter what, he says he'll join her.
Aaron tells Cynthia how real his vision of Ben was. He thinks he's losing his mind and she wonders if perhaps it was a miracle. He tells her that he knows what bought him back, but isn't sure why it happened. He then tells her he knows what caused the blackout.
We flash back to Aaron attempting to turn off the power before the bombs land. He appears to have it, but the system crashes with just seconds to go before impact. The doors are blown and Tom arrives with his men. The power then goes out and the computers begin sparking. Miles, Rachel & Co. head for the door.
In present day the woman in captivity helps bandage Miles' badly broken hand. The guard tells him "it won't hurt for much longer" then goes into the red door room. There he writes a letter and seals it in wax with a triangle seal.
We see Allenford open the letter, read it and burn it. Just then Tom is brought in to her tent. Tom gives her a false name and she says she owes him a debt. Tom told her his gut told her the man was dangerous and admits he used to be security for the Monroe Militia. He wants to help Allenford with her "security problem" and is adamant he wants to be an American once again.
Rachel, Gene and a few other men stop their caravan. They see the road is essentially paved with dead rats. "Holy hell," Gene says.
Miles is brought into the red door room next to the cages. There are appears to be strange experiments involving blood taking place.
3Love Story
Open with Titus telling Miles that his Jessica wife is a diabetic and the only way they've been keeping her alive is by replacing her poisoned blood with that of others with o-negative. He is killing people to keep his wife alive. Miles' blood begins being pumped directly into Jessica's veins. Rachel sneaks into the room and knocks out the person performing the "procedure." Gene walks in with several others and Miles tells him to grab Jessica.
While grabbing Sara one of the men shoots a Titus guard. This noise draws attention and more of Titus' men arrive. They retreat to the Red Door room and escape through the floor. They're able to get to their horses with Jessica.
Tom tells Jason he's got them jobs working with the patriots. He burns a picture of Julia, saying they need to cut all ties to the past as they begin the process of killing "them all." After a shift working the food line they are jumped in their tent by two men who knocks them unconscious.
Aaron explains to Cynthia what happened with the nanotech. She still is crediting a deity, saying he must have been "chosen." Miles, Rachel and the team return. Miles is stunned to see Aaron alive.
We see an enormous group of Titus' "family" arrive at the gates. Miles tells sheriff Riley this means they have a chance to survive and tells him to "follow my lead." Titus yells that he wants his wife back. Miles responds that if any of his men enter their compound he'll kill Jessica. Miles wants to two of them to have a chat.
A man who appears to be one of Titus' lieutenants takes him aside and says he's not being paid to kill everyone in the town. It seems many of them are from the U.S. Government and are using Titus to scare people. Titus says all he cares about is his wife.
The bounty hunter tells Charlie that the government people who want Monroe has his father. The only way he gets his father back is to bring them Monroe. Therefore he's not willing to let her kill Monroe.
Gene helps take care of Miles' hand as they discuss strategy. Riley is unsure of trusting Miles.
Jessica tells Rachel she doesn't want to return to her husband. She feels like a prisoner and hates that Titus has been killing people to keep her alive.
Rachel tells Miles she doesn't want to return Jessica to Titus. He says there is no other way to keep the town safe.
Miles opens the doors and shows Titus that Jessica is okay. Miles walks outside to talk.
Jason wakes up and is able to get the jump on the three men who took them out. Tom tells Jason that they're being vetted and tells him to give them their gun back. The commanding officer walks out and makes it clear that he knows their real identities.
Miles tells that Titus that if he lets everybody in the town go he can have both Jessica and himself.
Rachel walks into Jessica's room to find she's attempted suicide by slashing her wrists. She's dead.
Monroe pops out from behind a tree and knocks out the bounty hunter. He shows Charlie a wanted poster with his name on it in the man's truck, as well as one for Rachel.
As the townspeople prepare to leave Rachel takes Miles aside and tells him about Jessica. Miles thinks they need to pretend nothing's happened so the townspeople don't panic. Miles tells Aaron to make sure Cynthia gets out. Aaron puts her on the final seat in one of the first wagons.
Tom tells the men who have him that he tried to trick them because he knows who dropped the bombs and killed his wife. He says he it was Monroe and he wants revenge. Tom says he wants to help them find Monroe. It doesn't work and the man puts a gun to Tom's head. At this very moment Allenford walks in and says she thinks Tom's skills could come in handy at some point. She tells them to let Tom and Jason go. She says they have a "very special plan" for Jason.
One of Titus' men has snuck into the town. He goes into Jessica's room after Gene leaves and sees that she is dead.
Charlie and Monroe ask the bounty hunter why he's looking for Rachel. All he knows is that a group of well-financed people from Cuba want these people. The story about his father was a lie, but Charlie keeps Monroe from killing him. Monroe thinks Miles is with Rachel and they need to warn them. He shows her an eye insignia on the wanted poster, telling her Flynn had a ring with the same symbol. Monroe thinks her family needs his help, but Charlie declines. She walks away by herself.
Riley spots Titus having a conversation with the man who snuck into their town. Meanwhile Rachel puts together the final wagon out of town. Miles tells her the deal is for him to stay, but she doesn't want to leave. Gene doesn't give his daughter a choice.
The wagon leaves town and we see that Titus is very much aware what is going on. The wagon is attacked. Miles, Rachel and Gene retreat further into town and detonate explosives. Aaron is able to get into a bar with several others. Titus goes to Jessica's bedside. While he weeps over her body he is killed by the man he spoke with earlier about their deal.
Miles and Rachel attempt to fight off several men. During the battle Rachel is hit in the chest with an arrow. A distracted Miles is knocked to the ground. Before he is killed the men are hit with machine gun fire. A man arrives, calls Miles "sir" and saying he's with the U.S. Government. Rachel seems to be alive. Miles watches as more heavily-armed soldiers walk into the town. An American flag is flown.
4Patriot Games
Open with Charlie drinking in a bar in Texas. A man wants her to stick around but she says she needs to leave. She sees that he's locked the door and begins to feel as if she's been drugged. She starts to fight off him and his friends but the drug is too strong. Monroe ends up bursting in and saving the die, killing all of the men.
Rachel wakes up slightly confused. She walks out into Willoughby and is surprised to find it full of people and seeming to be like it was before the Titus incident. Miles tells her she's been out for a few days. She spots U.S. Government troops walking around and is introduced to Ed Truman. She is polite but clearly doesn't trust him.
After Tom breaks up a fight he has a conversation with Cook, who makes it clearly he doesn't trust him. He tells Tom that he's going to be waiting for him to screw up, at which point he'll be first in line to put a bullet in his head.
Rache talks to Miles and Aaron about the government guys. Since they are calling themselves "Patriots" (like Randall) and are lying about having proof Monroe launched the nuclear weapons, Rachel thinks this is the next big thing. Since the Patriots have been saying Titus' guys are still outside the walls Miles' plan is to check things out. He wants Rachel to lay low.
Rachel sneaks into Truman's office. She finds a file with the triangle logo and something about the "Willoughby Trainyard" before being caught. Gene assures Truman it won't happen again.
Truman is told there was a man found outside the wall. He thinks this is an opportunity. They kill the man in order to pretend he was murdered by Titus and keep the rest of Willoughby in fear.
Gene lectures his daughter on being so single-minded and making everything her fight. He says he doesn't think he can take something happening to her.
Miles gets outside the walls and approaches Titus' camp.
Charlie wakes up from her drug-induced slumber. Monroe is there with water. He talks about wanting to help Rachel and Miles but Charlie doesn't buy it. She thinks he's a heartless sociopath. She goes for a knife but he stops her, reminding her that for the moment they're on the same team.
Tom spots track marks on Cook's arm.
While staring at some torches Aaron falls to the ground unconscious. While he's under he is able to watch Miles from above as he's looking through Titus' camp. It appears Aaron is able to see through the nanotech.
Miles runs into Titus in his office. Titus pulls a gun and starts to blame Miles for everything bad that has happened in his life. Titus references his men being held on a train of some kind. He pulls the trigger but nothing happens. They fight for a knife and Miles ends up killing Titus.
Ken finds Rachel drinking alone and asks her what is going on. He presses her and she begins to tell him all about the Patriots and Randall.
Tom goes to the drug den and pays a prostitute to show him the room where Cook has been getting high. He goes inside and blocks the door.
After hearing Rachel's story Ken thinks they need more wine. He asks her to join him downstairs in the cellar. Once they get down there Ken unlocks a back room and Rachel realizes something is going on. She makes a break for the steps and he trips her, knocking her head against the steps. Rachel wakes up chained to the ceiling as Ken digs a hole. He tells her he's been a Patriot for seven years and can't have her messing up their plan. Before he can kill her Rachel manages to briefly knock Ken out. She is able to pull one of hands from the cuff and grab the knife, killing Ken and knocking him into the grave.
Cook wakes up chained to the bed with Tom standing over him. Tom demand to know the location of his son. When it becomes clear Cook doesn't have that information, Tom injects him with an excess of drugs, killing him.
We see a montage of both Tom and Rachel covering their tracks as they dispose of the bodies.
Cynthia is worried about Aaron and sits awake watching him sleep.
Miles finds the train Titus spoke of. Patriot soldiers are guarding a train full of shackled people. They pull two out and shoot them. Miles is discovered by a Patriot soldier. He kills the man and jumps the fence. At this point he's caught by two other soldiers and held at gunpoint. Once again Aaron is able to view this through the nanotech. But this time the pieces attack the soldiers, setting them on fire and allowing Miles to escape.
Tom shows up at work the next day and begins handling Cook's responsibilities. Ellenwood arrives and says Cook's been "transferred" and lets him continue.
Miles tells Rachel about the nanotech incident. She thinks them getting to Ken means they must be more careful.
We see that Monroe and Charlie are ten miles away from Willoughby.
5One Riot, One Ranger
Open with Monroe and Charlie watching the Willoughby compound through binocular and seeing all the soldiers. They watch people approach on horseback.
Truman is shown the two men who were burned by the nanotech.
Rachel tells Miles about burying Ken's body. Aaron knocks on the door and asks Miles if he was at a railroad the previous night. He makes it clear that he saw exactly what Miles did, including the men bursting in flames. Aaron is "pretty sure" he is the reason the men are dead. Miles thinks the discussion is crazy.
The men on horseback enter Willoughby. They are Texas Rangers and the leader Fry asks for Truman. Fry wants to know what an armed force is dong on sovereign Texas soil. Truman, who summoned Fry and his men with a letter, says he wants a chance to explain himself.
Miles tells Rachel and Aaron that he had experience with Fry while with Monroe and once tried to kill him. Miles thinks they need Fry to help start a war with the Patriots.
Allenford is taking Tom with her on a new detail to DC.
The Texas Rangers promise Truman they'll talk to their general. When they leave his office Truman orders the gates open and the patrols stopped.
Miles meets with Fry. They both know Truman is dangerous and isn't to be trusted. Miles thinks they can stop the government right here if the general sends everything Texas has. Fry says his boss will need proof of the Patriots being dangerous. Miles says he'll show him proof that night.
Charlie sneaks into Willoughby and embraces Miles. She shows him the wanted poster featuring Rachel. Rachel tells him she wants to show him something.
Going through some drawers Aaron flashes back to six months earlier when he first met Cynthia during an interview to be a teacher. Even though he's the only applicant she passes because he smells like liquor and never smiles. He told her if he didn't do "something" he'd lose it and begs her for the gig. She gives in.
Charlie brings Miles to see Monroe. Monroe tells the initially angry Miles that he saves Charlie's life. Monroe offers his help as he goes up against the Patriots. Monroe thinks Miles needs him, but Miles tells him to get lost. Monroe says he wants payback for what the Patriots did to his city. Charlie suggests grabbing Rachel and leaving, but Miles thinks this is good place to make a stand.
Cynthia tells Rachel that Aaron has packed and left. She's been told about the nanotech and is worried for Aaron's safety.
Cynthia flashes to Aaron's first day teaching. She gave him a pair of chattering teeth to help him find a smile. Aaron meets Carl, who is both Cynthia's boyfriend and kind of a jerk.
Miles brings Monroe to the trainyard and finds it to be empty. The Patriots are covering their tracks. Charlie walks over and finds some tracks. We see that Patriot troops are watching them.
On the way to DC Allenford's detail runs into some armed troops who say there were sent to meet her. They attack the convoy and Tom tries to fight them off, helping Allenford attempt to escape. She appears to be shot in the altercation.
Rachel finds Aaron, who says he doesn't think he's coming back. He reminds her that this has happened before. Aaron had accidentally found Carl with another woman. Carl punched Aaron in the face, warning him not to tell anyone. As Aaron walked away the car became engulfed in flames, killing both Carl and the other woman. In present day Rachel convinces him that they need him and will figure out what's happening with the nanotech.
The wounded Allenford tells Tom about a reprogramming center that uses drugs. She protested the practice and the assassination attempt followed. When Tom tries to leave her there she says Jason is at the reprogramming center. She says she'll take him there if he helps her escape.
While following the trail Miles, Monroe and Charlie are ambushed by Patriot soldiers. Miles and Monroe team up to systematically take out all of the soldiers. They are left with the former Titus No. 2 who broke Miles' hand. They grab him as proof to show Fry.
While Rachel walks Aaron back he falls down into a nanotech blackout. He tells her "I saw something."
Rachel and Aaron arrive at the Fry meeting point. They explain to Rachel what is happening with Monroe. Miles demand they leave him since he's supposed to be meeting with Fry alone.
Charlie and Rachel catch-up, with Rachel angry that Charlie didn't kill Monroe.
Miles's prisoner had a cyanide tooth, so he is dead when Fry arrives. Fry thinks his boss is going to sign a treaty. While he talks Monroe shoots him. His plan is to frame the Patriots for Fry's death.
6Dead Man Walking
Open in Willoughby with the Texas Rangers talking about Fry having gone missing. They walk out
Rachel comes home with Charlie to see Gene, who has been worried sick.
The Rangers track Fry to his last location and find a shell casing that belongs to a Patriot gun. They find his body in the river with a corresponding bullet wound. They say they need to "do this right" and leave. Monroe and Miles look on from the bushes and Monroe tells him "you wanted a war, you got one."
Gene talks to Rachel and Charlie about the rift between them. They won't tell him what's going on.
Monroe brings a dead Patriot scout to Miles, telling Miles he got significant information off of the man before killing him.
Tom forces a reluctant Allenford to take him all the way to reprogramming center. On the way they come across bodies which appears to be torn apart by animals and she tells him the cadets were responsible. They are in their training area. Shots are fired and Tom and Allenford flee. Tom comes face to face with Jason and has to duck as his son opens fire on him.
Rachel makes it clear to Miles that she still isn't happy to be working with Monroe. He makes it clear that Monroe is the kind of person they need in this situation.
Monroe is arrested by a group of Patriots and Texas Rangers. Truman places him under arrest on behalf of both groups.
A group of Texans and Patriots parade down the middle of Willoughby. Monroe is with them in a cage. The Texas president addresses the crowd and congratulates the Rangers for arresting the "continent's most wanted man." The plan is for Monroe to stand trial and if guilty be executed.
Aaron runs into Bonnie Webster, a former Forbes reporter who is part of the press corps following Carver. She says that in Monroe, Carver has caught his Bin Laden.
While in custody Monroe flashes back to
While hiding Allenford tells Tom that Jason is no longer his son, "not anymore." She said the same thing happened to her son back in Cuba. Her husband is Patriot high command and she had no choice but to play a role in the organization. Her son is an officer now but will "never be the same." She thinks the only options are killing Jason or Jason killing the two of them. Miles and Charlie watch as Monroe is moved to the bank. Miles thinks this means they can't get him out and Charlie wonders why the Rangers moved him all of a sudden. Miles goes to Rachel, who confirms that she tipped the Patriots off to the potential jail break. Rachel says she doesn't want to lose another child, but Charlie counters that her mother hasn't even asked her how she's doing. Monroe is sentenced to death by lethal injection.
Tom is able to sneak up on Jason and puts a gun to his head. This leads to a fight and Jason very quickly gets the better of his father. Jason starts choking Tom to death and it is only Allenford coming up from behind with a pipe that keeps from Tom from dying.
Monroe flashes to the birth of his child. The delivery starts to go poorly and Miles is told to bring water and towels. He grabs Tom to help him. When Miles and Tom return Monroe collapses in his arms covered with blood.
Monroe is given one last request and he asks for Miles. Monroe tells Miles the Patriots probably know Miles' real identity. Monroe wants to shake hands and say good-bye. Before Miles leaves Monroe tells him that he has a son he's never met before. He wants Miles to find him and take care of him. Miles said he knew about the son and hid his existence from Monroe. Miles said he did it because "nobody was safe around you," and Monroe goes crazy with rage.
Monroe is brought the area where his execution will take place. Carver and Truman are seated in the front row. Gene tells Monroe that he's being asked to prepare him for execution, adding that "it's an honor."
We flash back to Monroe having become an increasingly sadistic military leader. Miles is shocked when Monroe tells him of a massacre.
Just before the injection Monroe apologizes to Gene. Monroe shakes and appears to die. Gene closes Monroe's eyes with his fingers and checks for a pulse. A bell sounds.
Jason wakes up and finds himself tied to a chair. He's been drugged and Tom says they're going to wait until he comes out of this state. Jason responds by accusing his mother of being unfaithful. Tom says Jason is "still my son."
Monroe is buried.
Webster tells Aaron she doesn't think the Rangers are smart enough to have tracked down Monroe. She thinks he was "handed to them."
We see a meeting between Gene and Truman. Gene has been keeping tabs on everyone's activity and reporting to the Patriots. Truman is irritated by Rachel, but Gene makes it clear the Patriots are not to touch Rachel, Charlie and Miles.
We see Rachel walk to Monroe's grave and starts digging.
7The Patriot Act
We open with Rachel digging up Monroe and telling him "don't move." He's brought to a house just outside of Willoughby where we learn that Rachel gave him enough barbiturates to make it seem like he was dead. Monroe is groggy, sounding almost drunk, but he should be okay in a few days.
Aaron and Cynthia walk down the street arguing over the restrictions the Patriots are placing on their teaching. Suddenly a bomb blows up the building just behind them. They are okay but dozens of people are badly injured.
Gene goes to see Truman. He's convinced the Patriots are behind the bombing and wants to know why. Truman doesn't appreciate Gene's tone and reminds him his job is to be loyal.
Truman addresses Willoughby, telling everybody that another outside element has infiltrated the town but they are doing their best to find who is responsible.
A Dr. Calvin Horn arrives in town, wanting to speak with Rachel. He worked with her back at the Defense Department and is now the President's chief science advisor. He's responsible for the Wanted poster with Rachel's name, saying he wanted to seek her out for info on the nanotech. He's there because of the two men who burst into flames and thinks it's possible the nanotech could be engineered to release the energy it stores. Rachel says she's not responsible but Horn doesn't seem convinced.
Rachel and Miles warn Aaron about Horn snooping around. They suggest he disappear and let Monroe take care of him. He demands they find a way for Cynthia to come with him. We see that Gene is listening to this entire conversation through a grate in the next room.
SEVEN YEARS AFTER BLACKOUT -- Gene and dozens others stand over a mass grave and lights the bodies on fire. Gene walks back to his home and finds a man waiting for him. He has a high quality vaccine for cholera, the very disease that killed all of those people including Gene's wife. He says he has hundreds of vials and his interest in Gene helping him take his country back.
Jason wakes up and Tom gives him something to help wash out the drugs. Jason seems better, but Allenford thinks it's an act. She says "you can't fix him." They hear gunfire in the distance and Jason asks Tom to remove his leg restraints so he can help. Over Allenford's objections he does it.
Monroe gets dressed and sees Miles signaling him from town with a mirror.
Gene meets Horn with Truman at Patriot HQ. The insignia on Horn's jacket flashes Gene back to terrible memories that include torture. Gene ends up lying to Truman and Horn and says Rachel hasn't said anything yet.
While watching people in town Gene flashes back to nine years after the blackout. He watches as a man being water boarded begs to go home. Gene is asked by the man who approached him with the vaccines, Shaw, to keep this man awake chemically so he can be tortured further. Later he tells Shaw what they're doing goes "too far." Shaw reminds him they are the "good guys."
Rachel, Miles and Charlie discuss some strange movement of Patriot troops. They don't know how to get Aaron out of town, but Gene walks in and says he'll help. Gene's plan is to sneak Aaron out during his regular trip for meds. Rachel hates it but Gene says he has to do something to help.
Tom, Jason and Allenford are fired upon by some of the cadets. Tom ends up being pinned down in the open and runs out of ammo. Jason stands up and shows his cuffs, saying he's a Patriot and a captive. He walks towards the cadets and calls for Tom to come out. Jason has killed the two cadets who were firing on them.
Aaron and Cynthia prepare to leave.
Shaw walks into Gene's office and tells him Horn wants to see him. Horn wants to know about Aaron. Horn wants to know how he was able to come back to life after Gene pronounced him dead. Horn thinks the explanation must be nanotech and wants to know how Rachel did it. Horn can't find Aaron and wants information from Gene. Gene is having doubts about his work with the Patriots but Horn reminds him of his past. Horn says if Gene doesn't give him information he'll start killing townspeople while he watches. Gene tells Horn and Shaw that Aaron is the one controlling the machines, not Rachel. Horn asks again for Aaron's location.
Horn and several Patriots wait around the corner while Gene waits for Aaron and Cynthia. The couple is a no-show.
We see that Miles and Rachel are watching this from afar with binoculars. Miles had suspected that Gene was working with the Patriots. Miles figured out that Gene must have been supplying them with info for some time.
Allenford tells Tom she wants to head north and seek out her son. She's amazed by what happened with Jason and want to give it a chance with her child. She passes out.
Horn rightly guesses that Gene's cover has been blown and asks "I wonder what your daughter will think of you now?"
Miles and Rachel see if they can move Aaron through the sewer. Simultaneously Horn looks at the city plans and wonders about the sewer. Aaron and Cynthia get down the manhole just before Truman and Horn arrive.
Aaron and Cynthia arrive at a ladder. They climb it and open another manhole, finding themselves staring at two men with assault rifles. Monroe arrives to kill both of the soldiers. But even more arrive and Monroe runs off. As they attempt to place Aaron and Cynthia in custody they explode into flames. Monroe comes back in time to survey the scene. Aaron and Cynthia stare at one another.
Tom wakes up Allenford, who is in cuffs. He wants to know where her husband is located.
Cynthia seems now to be fearful of Aaron.
Gene promises Horn he'll find Aaron. Horn makes a threat that he may hurt Rachel if he doesn't.
Rachel begins crying and Charlie comforts her. They embrace.
8Come Blow Your Horn
Open with Miles beating the snot out of a Patriot solider looking for information as to Horn's location. He's not getting anywhere.
Charlie sneaks to the city limits and hears Truman telling the citizens Miles's true identity. He says Mile blew up the building and that he was working with Aaron and then Gene addresses the crowd. Gene says that if any of them find his daughter or any of the rest they should report it.
Monroe tells Aaron it's clear the Patriots were waiting for them and they should change their plan. Aaron wants to stay put and wait for Miles.
Charlie tells Rachel what she heard. Rachel thinks they're only option is to kill Horn.
Tom shows up at a Patriot regional outpost. He says he wants to meet with Allenford's husband, Roger, and hands the guards her wedding ring. Tom's brought to see Roger and tells him that his wife is an enemy of the U.S. Roger thinks she should be punished and thinks she should be brought in. Tom thinks if Roger brings his wife in by himself it would solve all of his problems. Tom wants something in return and offers to bring him to her.
Horn suggests to Truman they start executing people in order to get information about Aaron's location. Truman wants to be more patient.
Charlie tells Rachel she doesn't hate Gene for what he's doing. Miles walks in and tells them the info from the Patriot he tortured was accurate, he's found Horn's HQ. But he says he saw Gene and Truman walk in there together.
Cynthia asks Aaron if he killed her husband in the car. He admits to it, but says he can't control what happens. She's upset he lied about it.
Charlie and Rachel make a gas bomb that should be fatal to anyone inside the bunker. Charlie wants to know if they'll go through with it if Gene happens to be down there.
Monroe leaves to find Miles. Aaron tries to stop him when a car approaches. Monroe takes out a small group of soldiers single-handedly, then leaves. Cynthia is grabbed by some soldiers and another injects Aaron with something.
Horn injects himself in the arm, then stares at a box with medical implements. He flashes back to 18 years before the blackout, when his mother was dying. His father does not believe in seeking medical attention, instead leaving it in God's hands.
Charlie uses a dog whistle to agitate the dogs guarding Horn's compound. They move into position, then spot Gene walking around. Miles motions to Rachel they should call it off, but she moves in. As Rachel readies the bomb Aaron and Cynthia are brought in shackles.
Aaron and Cynthia are brought to Horn, who says Gene was the one who suggested they search the area where they were found. Aaron is devastated that Gene is working with him. Gene asks that Cynthia be freed, but Horn says no.
Just before Rachel can drop the bomb down an air shaft Mile finds her and tells her Aaron is in there.
Another flash back to Horn's childhood. He gave his mother some pills behind his father's back, but she died anyway. Horn's father hits him.
Horn prepares to interrogate Aaron and tells Gene to leave. Gene can hear Aaron's screams as he walks away.
Jason catches Allenford trying to escape. She tries to tell him that Tom doesn't care about him and Jason smacks him. That action triggers something in Jason's brain and he seems confused. Allenford thinks the deprogramming hasn't worked.
On their way to see Allenford, Roger pulled a gun on Tom. He says when they get inside Tom will let them go. Roger is worried that if he brings her in they'll kill her. Tom says that's not going to happen, suggesting that his son will be in trouble if it's known he has two traitor parents.
Gene is tied up and brought to Miles and Rachel. He tells them Aaron is still alive, for the moment. Miles tells Gene he is going to help them get Aaron out of there. Gene tells Rachel he did what he did in order to try and save people, then tells her the story of getting medicine after his wife died. He wonders if Rachel and Miles ever did something they weren't proud of to save people. Gene doesn't want her forgiveness, but tells them to run. They hear Truman outside with his men.
Gene goes outside and tells Truman Horn promised to lave his daughter alone. Truman wants Miles. Gene then pulls a knife on Truman, but it doesn't last very losing. The distractions does allow Miles, Rachel and Charlie manage to flee out the back.
As quickly as Horn can make large cuts in Aaron's arm, that's as quick as they heal. Horn wants to know why this happened to Aaron and wants him to teach him how he's doing it. Aaron says he doesn't understand. Horn responds that he has a brain tumor and this is his hope for survival.
Tom and Roger arrive. Roger tells her they are both in trouble and she tells him to kill Tom so they can both run. Roger says he loves her, then shoots his wife in the chest.
Horn's plan is to create emotional trauma in order to stimulate Aaron's power. He brings in Cynthia and has one of the soldiers stab her in the stomach.
9Everyone Says I Love You
Open with Miles, Rachel and Charlie about to rush the Patriot compound to free Aaron. But when Miles looks around the corner he sees the ground littered with unconscious soldiers. They go inside and find more passed out soldiers. Gene is nowhere to be found. Charlie spots Aaron's boots prints leaving the building and they follow the tracks. A hole has been blown in the side of the building. As the soldiers begin waking up Miles yells that they need to leave.
Before Roger gets on a train Tom tells him he's like some help with Jason. Roger leaves and Tom tells his son: "Smile boy, we're going to the White House."
Horn is told Aaron and his girlfriend left through the tunnels.
Miles asks Rachel is the nanotech is behind what happened with passed out soldiers. Rachel says she wants to go back and find Gene. Miles says they need to find Aaron first. A caravan drives by with Horn guarded by dozens of men.
Aaron wakes up on the floor. He finds Cynthia next to him. She's alive and her knife wound has been healed. He wonders out loud: "Did I do that?" A young boy walks up and tells Aaron they are in his house. He says Aaron brought Cynthia there in his arms.
Miles, Rachel and Charlie fight off several soldiers, then run into two more with rifles. But Monroe sneaks up from nowhere and kills the two men.
Tom looks out the window of the train and sees Julia kissing a man.
The boy tells Aaron he's been looking for his parents.
Horn comes across the bodies of the slain soldiers. He orders Truman be contacted and to have him sends "everyone he's got" to find Aaron.
Monroe doesn't want to help Miles find Aaron. He wants to know where his son is. Miles takes Monroe aside and shows him his arm is infected and says he needs the help. He says if Monroe doesn't help them find Aaron he won't help him find his son. Rachel tells Charlie she needs to find Gene. She's worried they may die and tells her daughter she loves her. Monroe is going to help them.
We flash back to six years before the blackout. Miles is leaving for a military assignment and tells Rachel "we can't keep doing this," advising her to start a family with his brother. She says if Miles tells her he loves her she'll leave Ben. Miles says he doesn't love her.
A scout tells Horn he's found Aaron.
Tom and Julia go into a side room on the train and she immediately begins kissing him.
Monroe and Miles realize that the Patriots are gone and therefore must have found Aaron.
Cynthia wakes up in Aaron's arms. He says something to the boy and she tells him there is nobody standing there. The kid turns to Aaron and says "We fixed her. We brought you back to life. We just want to talk." Aaron grabs Cynthia and starts to walk out. She tells him he needs to face what is happening and wants him to go back and talk to the boy.
After a quickie Julia tells Tom she left Atlanta and was south of the city when the bombs fell. She thought Tom was dead and re-married because she thought she needed to in order to survive. He tells her he was on his way to kill the president "for you." She tells him not to do that, and has a plan for them to get what they wanted.
Aaron recognized the boy's name is Kevin, a friend of his from childhood who is a visual representative of the nanotech. Kevin tells Aaron "you woke us up." Aaron tells Kevin to stop killing people and asks him to leave him alone. Kevin says "they're here" and we see the Patriot soldiers descend on the location.
Tom shows Jason that Julia is alive and orders him to bring her back to her husband without acknowledging she is his mother.
While searching for Aaron inside the building with Rachel, Miles collapses. He shows her his arm and tells her to leave. She won't do it. Somebody begins pounding on the door and Miles tells Rachel he never should have let her go. Rachel starts shooting and Miles passes out.
Horn runs into Aaron and Cynthia in the hallway. He holds them at gunpoint and tells Aaron to get rid of the tumor in his brain. He points his gun at Cynthia.
In the halls Charlie and Monroe battle the Patriot soldiers.
Horn counts to three and then shoots Cynthia in the chest. She appears to die and we see Kevin has appeared at Aaron's side. Aaron tells Kevin to kill Horn and Horn immediately becomes engulfed in flames. Aaron says "kill them all" and all of the soldiers begin to burn. Kevin asks Aaron why he didn't ask him to heal Cynthia. Kevin says he's confused and tells Aaron he's leaving, "like you wanted."
10Three Amigos
We open with soldier finding Horn's charred corpse.
Monroe and Charlie break Gene out of his holding cell. They bring him to a barn where Rachel is waiting. Gene apologizes and is quickly sent to help Miles. He uses maggots to clean the wound on Miles' arm.
We see Aaron standing at a grave. Rachel joins him and he mentions Spring City, which the Nanotech kid told him about. Rachel hasn't heard of it and thinks he's in shock. Gene tries to apologize but Aaron wants no part of it.
Miles wakes up and Monroe demands to speak with him. He wants to know the location of his son, saying he held up his end of the bargain. Miles says the kid's name is Connor and he'll take Monroe to see him.
We see Tom is part of a large group of people heading towards the White House.
Miles tells Rachel he wants her to come with him to find Connor. She doesn't think it's a good idea, but Miles says he's worried. We see the three of them leave on horseback.
Tom watches Julia and her husband glad-hand some bigwigs. He finds her later in the hallway and shows her a vile of odorless poison. The plan is to kill the Chief-of-Staff, but Tom's worried that her husband is next in line. She this he should do it "for us."
Miles talks to Monroe about his expectations for the meeting. He warns him that the now-25 year old young man may not even be happy to see his father. Rachel points out angrily that Monroe killed her son.
Charlie wakes up Gene and shows him a note from Aaron. He's taken off and they set out to find him. While searching Gene comes across a caravan of horse-drawn wagons which are let into a secure facility.
Miles, Monroe and Rachel arrive at the border. Miles took Monroe's son to Mexico and Monroe is surprised. He says the reason was that he had relatives there and they wanted him as far from Monroe as possible. To get across the border they volunteer to be day laborers.
Charlie and Gene both strike out looking for Aaron. Gene asks why she doesn't seem mad at him and she says she doesn't see the point. He thinks they should investigate the patriot wagons he saw.
While Julia distracts him Tom prepares to poison the Chief of Staff. But at the last moment he's distracted.
Against the wishes of the other two Monroe hijacks the wagon. They are now armed and have an automatic weapon.
Gene and Charlie hijack the third Patriot wagon which was headed to the destination Gene witnessed earlier. She kills the two drivers and Gene is stunned. To their surprised it's filled with oranges.
Miles is surprised to see the Mexican town has fallen into disrepair. They knock on a door and ask for two names. They are told Connor's aunt and uncle died eight years ago. When they ask about Connor the door is slammed in their face.
Julia is upset with Tom for not taking advantage of the opportunity and demands he help her reach the life he promised her.
The group asks about Connor at the bar. They see cartel members and are told the town is very dangerous. One of the armed cartel members approaches the table. It is Connor and he tells Monroe that he was told his father was dead. Miles confirms that Monroe is his father and that his mother is dead. Connor is furious and demands that Monroe leave town or he'll kill him. After Connor brags about having a crew of 30 working under him, Monroe tells him his true identity. Connor leaves.
That night at the campfire Miles tells Monroe they need to leave. Monroe is upset with what his son became and Rachel says it was simply a matter of genetics.
Jason, who is guarding the Chief of Staff, is about to look at his private files when Tom breaks into the Chief of Staff's bathroom and forces the poison down his throat.
Monroe sneaks into town to see Connor. He asks for five minutes. Connor says he now realizes that he was sent there to be kept safe from Monroe. Monroe tells Connor he's not aiming high enough and suggests he should be leading the republic. Monroe thinks the two of them can take it back. Connor's men surround him at gunpoint and he tells Monroe the head of the cartel wants to meet him.
Julia's husband is told something happened with the Chief of Staff. Tom tells Julia that once they've gotten to the president he's going to kill her husband.
We see Truman passing out oranges, telling the people that it is a token of their promise of good times ahead with the Patriots. We see images of the fruit being injected with something the night before.
Aaron arrives in Spring City, which looks like a ghost town. He looks up and sees Grace, who is holding a shotgun.
11Mis Dos Padres
We open with Grace telling Aaron she lives in Spring City "alone." She brings him into a building where Priscilla is lying on a couch.
Connor brings Monroe to the compound of his boss.
Outside Rachel tells Miles she isn't thrilled about having to rescue Monroe.
Connor's box tells Monroe it's an honor to meet him He says he always knew Connor was special and asks Connor what they should do with his father and Connor suggests selling him to the highest bidder: "Someone's gonna pay a lot for his sorry ass."
Outside of Willougby Charlie and her grandfather watch a group of Patriots building a facility of some kind.Gene spots a good friend of his named Lloyd and wants to go down there. Charlie says they need to wait.
Tom asks Julia about joining her husband's security detail. She deflects the question.
Tom and Jason talk in one of the tents. Jason shows his father a document indicating more reeducation camps are opening up and Julia's husband Doyle is behind it. Jason is adamant Tom do something to stop it.
Miles pretends to be a delivery guy to get inside the compound.
Priscilla's dead father told her to come to Spring City and she thinks she's losing her mind. They've both been seeing the fireflies. Grace is secretly listening to their conversation.
Monroe, who is in a holding cell, warns Connor that Nunez is a psycho and he should get as far away from him as possible. Connor tells Monroe that Nunez has treated him like his son. Miles sneaks in from behind and knocks Connor to the ground, telling Monroe "let's get out of here." Monroe tells Miles he has to stay or Connor will be killed. Miles leaves and Monroe gives Connor back his gun and gets back in the cell. Miles is caught on his way out of the compound.
Charlie tries to convince Gene they have to wait for Miles before going in to help his buddy.
Miles is upset with Monroe for getting them both caught. Monroe said he feels that was all he had left to give his son.
Tom wants Julia to help get him into Doyle's files so he can get his promotion. She thinks it's too risky and Tom wonders if perhaps she's too happy in her new life. She then threatens not to protect him if he goes near Doyle's office.
Rachel poses as one of the scantily-clad compound girls to get near the house.
Nunez asks Connor exactly how he stopped Monroe. He seems dubious that Connor was able to stop him after being hit. Nunez thinks they must punish Monroe so people don't think they are weak. Connor tells him he doesn't care what happens to Monroe.
Monroe his hung from his hands above the crowd at Nunez' compound. Monroe nods his head and Connor begins to whip him violently. Eventually he tells Nunez they shouldn't destroy the value of the prisoner and the punishment stops.
Grace tells Aaron and Priscilla they are there because the Nanotech brought them. She explains that the Nanites have learned to network, essentially creating a large brain. The two of them are there, she says, because Aaron and Priscilla were the ones who worked on the thesis. The two of them are essentially the parents. Priscilla mentions their friend Peter helped as well. Grace compares the Nanotech to a deity.
Charlie and Gene sneak onto the construction site and are quickly surrounded.
Rachel sneaks into Nunez' house and Connor hands her a key so she can let Monroe and Miles out.
Priscilla tells Aaron it was worse when she thought was crazy. She says her husband took their children and left. Aaron tells her about Cynthia and what happened to her.
Julia's husband tells her someone broke into his office and went through his files. He tells her he'll get more security.
Monroe tells Miles what happened to his back. Moments later Rachel arrives with the key from Connor. The three of them run into Nunez, who has a knife to Connor's throat. Nunez knows that Connor gave Rachel the key. Nunez says he must hurt Connor because of what Monroe did. Connor breaks free of the guard and a huge fight ensues. Miles, Monroe, Connor and Rachel kill the Nunez' men and escape.
That night Connor is furious with Monroe, blaming him for losing what he had. He asks his father if he can get back his army. Monroe is confident that he can and tells him "stick with me, we're just getting started."
Julia confronts Tom in camp, accusing him of breaking into her husband's office. He swears it wasn't him and they both realize it must have been Jason. Jason tells his parents that the reprogramming is just the beginning, that even more is planned. Two officers arrive to take Jason into custody.
Truman shows Gene and Charlie that the camp has four cases of Typhus. He tells Gene if they don't work together the town will be lost.
12Captain Trips
Open with Miles, Rachel, Monroe and Connor returning to find no sign of Charlie and Gene. They spot them working in the Patriot camp and figure out that is seems like some type of quarantine situation.
We see that despite Gene's efforts more and more people are becoming infected and dying. Gene demands medicine from Truman but Truman says there's nothing he can do right now.
Rachel tells the guys they have to go down and join the quarantine efforts. She volunteers to sneak down. She quickly finds Gene and Charlie, who tells her "it's bad." Truman comes over and asks about Miles and Aaron. She says she's alone. Truman doesn't buy it but Gene tells him he needs his daughter.
Tom tells Julia that her husband has Jason in custody under suspicion of breaking into his office. Julia will do anything to get him back and Tom says she's the best chance they have to get him out.
We flash back to two years before the blackout. Tom and Julia can't find food and a young Jason is near-death. Tom tries to steal food from two men but is beaten senseless.
Rachel and Gene discuss the fact the illness isn't behaving the way Typhus normally does. He tells her this is how he lost his wife and Rachel promises they will figure things out.
Aaron looks up and finds himself staring at Cynthia. It is the Nanotech and she/they want him to travel to Lubbock, Texas. If he doesn't go there both he and Priscilla will be in danger. She disappears and Priscilla asks him what he saw.
Rachel tests some blood from one of those killed by the infection. She tells Gene that the illness is Typhus, but it is a synthetic version. She thinks the Patriots intentionally started the outbreak. And Rachel thinks they would never do such a thing without a vaccine. Gene has a guess as to where it will be located.
Rachel gets a message to Miles about where the cure might be located. Connor tells the other two guys he's seen plague up-close and doesn't want to go in there. Monroe takes Connor aside and tells him that Miles loves Rachel and they need to keep him on their side.
Julia tries to pry some info about the person who broke into his office from Doyle. He tells they are questioning the suspect but doesn't tell her the location.
Back in the flashback the beaten Tom thinks he's failing. She pumps him by telling him he's smart and they need to use their strengths.
In present day Julia sneaks into Doyle's office and finds the location where Jason is being held.
Miles, Monroe and Connor break into the Patriots storage facility but find it empty.
Rachel tells Gene and Charlie she thinks certain people are being targeted by the illness. She thinks it could be food or water. A lot of the people who are getting sick are the "undesirables," the Patriots are trying to make the town "pure." Gene falls over. It appears he has the disease.
Miles gets word back to Rachel about them striking out with the possible vaccine location. Truman tells Gene he's sorry to see him sick. Gene tells Rachel and Charlie he has a plan.
Julia tells Tom where Jason is being held. She thinks she can help by letting Tom into a dinner she's having with another couple. Tom can kill the couple and they will press Doyle for info.
We flash back again to two years after the blackout. Rachel returns to the two men and pretends to be interested in them sexually. While she distracts them Tom kills them. Afterwards they are both surprised at how far they were able to go.
Miles, Monroe and Connor abduct Truman.
Priscilla doesn't think they should go to Lubbock. She isn't scared of the Nanotech. When she tries to walk away she's almost crushed by an enormous tree. This changes her mind.
Miles asks Truman for the antidote. When he says nothing Miles injects Truman with the Typhus. Miles tells him his life now depends on him helping them.
Gene seems near death. He is saying reflective things about his life to Charlie and Rachel.
Tom breaks into the house but finds Doyle and his men waiting for him with guns drawn. Doyle tells them to say their final good-byes because they'll never see each other again. Julia is dragged away.
The plan is for Connor to bring Truman into town so he can lead him to the antidote. They get to his office and Truman shows him several containers of the medication. Suddenly several soldiers enter the room with guns drawn and Connor sticks his gun to Truman's head.
13Happy Endings
Open with Rachel and Charlie trying to get Gene breathing again.
With Connor holding a gun to his head Truman orders one of the men to "take the shot." Connor warns him not to. Before he can do anything Miles kills the man through the window with a sniper rifle. Connor leaves with the antidote and runs right to Rachel, who injects everybody in quarantine. Connor is able to talk his way past the gate guards and gets Rachel, Charlie and Gene out of there.
Truman rushes into the quarantine and finds everybody gone. He quickly injects himself.
A beaten and bloodied Tom is brought in front of President Davis. He's aware Tom has been trying to kill him and asks him about Willoughby and Monroe. Tom knows more about Monroe than anybody, which means the president needs him to help hunt the man down so he can be killed. He's using Julia's life as leverage. Tom asks to have Jason help him.
Gene seems to be recovering.
Charlie and Connor talk about the Truman operation. They seem to be connecting.
Monroe tells Miles they need to buy more men. He wants to go to New Vegas.
Tom and Jason go to see Truman.
Charlie is sent with Monroe and Connor.
Truman updates Tom on the typhus scare and asks him if he needs any help. Tom says it'll just be the two of them. Truman says his orders are to let the president know if the two of them get out of line so Julia can be killed.
Aaron and Priscilla arrive in Lubbock.
Monroe is taking Connor and Rachel to meet a warlord named Duncan Paige. Monroe runs into the man he used to work for, who says he needs to make things right. Monroe meets with Duncan, who initially wants nothing to do with him.
In Lubbock Aaron and Priscilla run into Peter, who helped them design the Nanotech. Peter has become a minister and invites them to watch him preach. Peter seems to some kind of faith healer, though it is the Nanotech that is performing the "miracles."
Monroe offers to buy 15 of Duncan's men. She tells him 30 diamonds per man and they shake on it.
Aaron tells Peter about Nanotech and their connection to its current form. Peter tells them praying was what precipitated the healing and he "knows" it is God.
Miles tells Rachel he wants to pretend they're seeing a movie so they can pretend for a night they aren't in a war. They kiss, which leads to sex.
Charlie and Connor also sleep together. Afterwards he tells her he's nothing like his father and wonders if thing will get weird. She tells him she thinks they'll be dead in a year. Monroe walks up and sees them lying together. He isn't thrilled.
Gene shows Miles and Rachel that Tom and Jason have arrived. Tom says he's there because he wants revenge on the Patriots. Jason backs up the story.
Monroe lectures Connor about Charlie.
Priscilla finds that she and Aaron have been locked in their room from the outside.
Monroe needs to steal diamonds to buy the mercenaries. He's going to take them from one of the casinos. He meets with his former boss and agrees to fight his best guy that night. He agrees.
The plan is for Charlie and Connor to steal the diamonds from the casino during his fight, when most of the guards are watching Monroe.
Peter tells Aaron and Priscilla he's worried about them telling his parishioners about the machines and ruining their faith. He doesn't see a difference between the Nanotech and God. He says they're not going anywhere until they figure out what the Nanotech wants.
Monroe finds himself up against an enormous fighter. It starts poorly.
Connor causes a distraction while Charlie steals the diamond case from the guards. She makes a break for it but drops the case while scaling a large fence.
Monroe wins his fight with a knockout.
The guys find that the case Charlie dropped is filled with rocks. We see that they made a switch at the casino and Connor pulls the real case out of a trash can when everybody followed Charlie.
One of the guards corners Connor and Monroe and get the diamonds back. They are trapped.
14Fear and Loathing
In New Vegas, Monroe and Conner are preparing to face each other in a fight to the death organized by Gould. Charlie seeks help from Duncan Page but she has another plan in mind. Tom Neville and son Jason are working with Miles and the others and are surprised to find the patriots building a new camp where the temporary hospital was located. Jason tells his father they are building a new re-education camp - and they both see that Victor Doyle is on site to supervise the construction. In Lubbock, Texas Aaron, Priscilla and Peter all receive the same message from the nanos - help us. Aaron assumes there is an error in the code which will lead to the nanos eventual destruction. Peter wants them to repair the it.
15Dreamcatcher
Aaron suddenly awakens on March 5, 2014 in his apartment with his wife Priscilla. There is no blackout and everything is functioning normally. Aaron has several attacks of deja vue however as he sees people that he knows - Rachel, Dr. Horn - but can't quite place who they are. He soon realizes - with a bit of help from Charlie, who he dug out of the back of his mind - that it's all a nano-induced dream-like state to get him to repair the deteriorating software code.
16Exposition Boulevard
Miles, Charlie and Connor discover Willoughby now has a reeducation center. Rachel and Miles clash over how to fight the Patriots. Neville and Jason gain an ally.
17Why We Fight
While Gene and Miles venture into Willoughby in search of allies, Monroe seizes an opportunity to surprise the Patriots...
18Austin City Limits
Jason turns to Miles with crucial information about the Patriots' next steps for Texas. Aaron grows suspicious of Priscilla's increasingly unusual behavior.
19S#!& Happens
On their way back to Willoughby Charlie, Miles and Monroe have to deal with a posse of Texas Rangers who want them back in Austin. While Charlie and Monroe keep heading for home, Miles undertakes to lead the Rangers on a wild goose chase. He manages to defeat them but falls into a basement and is severely injured. His attempts to escape lead to further injury leading him to think there may be only one way out for him. Back at the camp, Aaron continues to struggle with Priscilla who is still under the control of the nanites. She says she knows where Miles is but doesn't like him and refuses to help. As for Charlie, she has to deal with Tom Neville who wants to know what's happened to Jason.
20Tomorrowland
Empowered with authority by the newly arrived President, Truman launches a mustard gas attack to kill Miles and Monroe. To Rachel's disappointment, Miles agrees to join Monroe in a ruthless plot to beat the Patriots at their own game. Meanwhile, Neville faces his own challenge from the Patriots and Aaron grows increasingly alarmed by the power of the nanotech.
22Declaration of Independence
