The team embark on a risky plan to thwart their unseen foe. An old face returns with a request for help. Rick’s perma-powers start to be a concern.

So, the gang now know that there are hidden surveillance cameras throughout Blue Valley monitoring them all, and they need to do something about that without alerting their unseen foe that they know they’re being watched. Cue a plan which, when you stop to think about it even for a moment, doesn’t really make any sense. It’s all well and good acting as if everything is normal while not saying anything which might help their enemy, but the very fact of their suddenly being so careful would cause suspicion to anyone watching them that closely. Furthermore, however intricate your plan might be, when the ultimate goal is destroying all the cameras anyway, then one might safely assume the game has been very much given away…

Still, it’s an excuse for everyone to go off on their own discrete missions and get into scrapes, and that’s exactly what happens. Pat and Courtney, on duty stripping cameras out of the basement, get a visit from a familiar face who requires Courtney’s assistance – note, Courtney’s, not Stargirl’s. Pat ends up tagging along for the ride and another familiar face reveals a tragic backstory, a pressing need and a ticking clock. Of course Courtney is happy to help, but things rapidly get a lot more complicated than they first appear.

Back in Blue Valley, Beth and Rick team up to take out the cameras at the school, and Rick’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. I was surprised in the last episode that his removal of the limiter on the hourglass wasn’t really addressed beyond his lifting a lot of weights but here we start to see the impact. I recall Pat mentioning some time ago that the original Hour Man had imposed the one hour time limit on his super strength for good reason, and here we see why. Drunk on the power that he has at his disposal all the time, Rick starts to get reckless, and when you’re that strong, recklessness is dangerous to all those around you. One senses that tragedy is on the way to emphasise that point.

As for Yolanda, she’s ironically got more to deal with at home than she has as Wildcat. Her mother suspects that her sneaking about and poking in corners is evidence of her being up to something, and having already spied on her daughter’s working habits and caught her in a lie, a confrontation ensues. Does Yolanda have the strength to stand up for herself now?

Slightly nonsensical main plot aside, it’s another enjoyable episode with welcome returns from some characters and decent progression for others. Nearing the halfway point of the season, it’s difficult to see exactly how all this will be tied up with the satisfying conclusion the writers assure us they were able to put in place prior to the show’s cancellation, but they haven’t let me down so far.

Verdict: Not going forward as quickly as I had expected but still entertaining. 7/10

Greg D. Smith