War Pt 1

"**War, Part 1**" is the eighth episode of the Seventh season of *Powerhouse*, and the ninty-second episode overall. It aired on March 31, 2021.

The episode is the first of the four-part crossover, *War* with the eighth episode of the second season of *Saltire*, the special episode of *Legion of Heroes* and special episode *Protectors of Time.*

## Synopsis

The gang comes together for Ray and Nora's wedding, but the ceremony is crashed by villains from Earth-X.

## Plot

In a Nazi-ruled universe, Earth-X, a resistance group comes under attack by Overlord. He wipes out all resistance members, and also kills the Earth-X version of the Defender, but not before he says someone will end the Nazi regime. Overlord finds a device on the resistance hideout.

On Earth-1, heroes of Team Saltire, the Legion of Heroes and the PoT contemplate about going to Ray and Nora's wedding, and they all agree to go. On Earth-38, Alexandra is fighting an alien and defeats it. Afterwards, she and Lucy Lane are brooding over their lives in Alexandra’s apartment, until Lucy sees the invitation to Ray’s wedding. Initially Alexandra isn’t keen on going, but she decides she will, and takes her interdimensional extrapolator and opens a portal to Earth-1.

In McLance Mansion, Nora tried her dress and Arthur Wentworth encourages her that no matter what happens as long as she and Ray keep holding hands then everything will be fine. Arthur bumps into Charles and asks everyone’s ETA. Charles replies saying everyone is on the way and Ariel is on his way to collect Jonathan.

In a manicure shop at Glasgow, Rosie, Alice, Ruby, Alexandra and Nora are having their nails done and discuss about Nora’s wedding (and the manicurist breaks her nail-maker on Alexamdra’s fingers). In a dress-shop, Ray, Freddie and Henry are proving their suits, and Henry is happy Ray is taking the step, and he also wishes the same for him. In Array Industries, Davies and Leo have managed to create a formula that can separate the Jetstream Matrix from Norman so he can power up alone.

At the rehearsal dinner, Ray asks Charles for a favour and Charles says “What else do you want, I’m already paying for all of this?” Ray asks if Charles would sing at the wedding. He agrees.

As the ceremony begins, Charles sings *Runnin' Home to You* as he walks Nora down the aisle. The official ceremony begins, but when the minister asks if anyone is against this marriage, he is vaporised by a heat vision blast. Nazis from Earth-X, led by Brutus, Overlord and Earth-X version of Persephone enter the church (with Charles, Henry and Professor Duncan unanimously saying "I hate Nazis!"), and a fight breaks out. With no other choice, the heroes are forced to fight with their powers to save everyone. Grant and Ben use their speed to catch bullets, assist in evacuating the guests and take down Nazi soldiers while Ruby takes on Overlord, who has the same abilities as her, both landing solid blows on each other. Jetstream powers up and engage the Nazis. Henry and Ray take down a group of soldiers together before taking on Persephone; Charles unsheathes his portable sword and saves Harry from Brutus’ arrows. During the fight, Charles tells Leo to breach him to the Brutus, but finds he is equally matched against him. Ruby and Overlord continue to struggle to get one over each other until the latter throws the former throws the side of the church with enough force to launch debris everywhere, knocking Leo unconscious, who is only saved at the last second from Nazis by Grant’s intervention. Overlord floats back into the church thinking he has won and tells Ruby to stay down, however Ruby rushes back up and claps her hands together, producing a powerful thunderclap, knocking Overlord to the floor along with disorienting everyone else. Before Overlord can recover, Ruby grabs her and punches her hard in the stomach across the room, stunning her enough to prevent her getting back up. Brutus jumps to help him and the Nazis retreat. Meanwhile, Henry and Ray have defeated Persephone and take him captive.

On a rooftop somewhere in Glasgow, Brutus and Overlord meet with Carter Matthews/Reverse-Blur, wearing the face of Harrison Davies. He scolds the two for attacking recklessly and allowing Persephone to be captured. Brutus is revealed to be the Earth-X counterpart for Norman known as Alexander Dell, and he tells an opportunity came with the wedding. Carter and Alexander nearly clash, but Overlord breaks up the fight. Overlord is revealed to be Ray’s Earth-X counterpart, and he claims they will try again, and they will kill all the heroes of this Earth.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Hamish Clarke as Jonathan Kent/Powerhouse
* Carole Day as Sarah Kent
* Jamie Jarvis as James Matthew/Defender and Persephone (archive sound)
* Katie McKelligan (credit only)
* Michael Kelly (credit only)
* Nicole Sullivan (credit only)
* Matthew Baker as James Armitage
* Peter Vance (credit only)
* With Jamie Smith (credit only)
* With Gene Sargent as James Schott
* And David Harper as John Jones

### Special Appearance By

* Emily Danvers as Alexandra Kent/Heavy-Duty

### Special Guest Starring

* Bash Dinsmore as Charles McLance/Saltire, Dr Harry Davies, Carter Matthews/Reverse-Blur, Matthew Caldor, Peter Davies and Webster
* Martin Walker as Arthur Wentworth/Orion
* Alice Caitlin-Bell as Nora Thomas
* Mhairi Henley as Rosie Williams
* Kate Gargiulo as Eleanor McCarthy
* Tony Maez as Dr Freddie Parkhurst
* Thomas Grant as Sebastian Duncan
* Charlie Jane as Ruby Sawyer/Reign
* Jack Meldan as Jack Wilson/The Beast
* Ben Davies as Ray Jones and John West-X/Overlord
* Tom Brown as Leo Ramon/Breacher
* Mark Thomas as George West
* Danielle Bradbury as D.A. Bella Smoak
* George Wood as Arthur Wood and Remy Duprie
* Kevin Davis as Ben West/Kid-Blur
* With Rhys Dell as Norman Hayes/Jetstream and Alexander Dell E-X/Brutus
* And Ryan Hemingway as Henry Watson/Justice

### Guest Starring

* Gabby Gregory as Angelica Potter
* Edward Tracey as Ariel
* Jaidon Wolf as Lumos Griffin
* Noah Tate as Charlie Horse
* Anja as Alice
* Jenna Dawn as Zed Smith and Lucy Lane
* Jamie Evans as Balthazar Blake
* Jordan Banbrook as Captain David Allen
* Theresa Smith as Anne Wentworth
* Julia Holland as Julia Wentworth
* With Taj Choudhury as Tommy Lance

### Co-Starring

* William Katt as Priest
* Susan Tyler as Wedding Planner
* Jack More as Christopher McLance