Mech-X4 S2 E20

## Plot

Ryan appears to have a flashback to when he couldn't bring himself to hurt Harris in Brazil, except this time, Harris is his normal self, and Ryan *does* end up killing him. He flinches when Grace touches his shoulder, which brings us back to the present day, and reality. He asks her if she's ever had to hurt someone she really cared about before. She's had to make some tough choices, but nothing like what he's dealing with. She tells him that sometimes you have to hurt the people you care about for their own good. Whatever he chooses to do will be the right thing. When they get to London, Veracity scans Grey's giant monster form and sees that the Red Bloom is stored in her big claws. When she tries to put the spike in it through Mech-X4's head though, it shatters when it hits a forcefield thanks to Ryan's power up. He uses the plasma ax to cut off Grey's claws. When she tries to make a run for it, he punches her, and her monster form turns into ooze. Traeger tells Harper and Harris that she's gone. He can't feel her connection to the ooze anymore, which enrages him. Harris tries to tell him that they can always get more henchpeople, but he just sends him to the far east. The ooze migrates underground towards Traeger so he can make more Red Bloom to infect another city. Veracity tells the others that Grey has been completely purged of ooze, but she's hardly reading any vitals. She's not made of ooze like Traeger. Spyder asks if they're gonna do that to Harris, and Ryan says they'll do whatever they have to if it's the only way to save the world. They bring Grey onto the robot and examine her in the infirmary. Veracity confirms that her body is okay, but she's not sure what the strange marks on her neck are. There's no brain activity. It's like she's in a catatonic state. Veracity speculates that the marks could be ooze tendrils connected to her brain. Ryan says he thought Grey and Harris transformed into the giant monsters like the Hulk. Veracity says she created the monster around her body, and the ooze tendrils connected to her brain so she could pilot the monster, like how Ryan pilots the robot, or how Harper piloted his monster. That means that Harris is inside the shark monster, and if they can free him, the monster will die without him ending up like Grey. Ryan tells Veracity to figure out a way to get him out. He checks the news feeds and says that Harris is currently spreading the bloom over Shanghai. He's powerful enough to fly the robot from anywhere. Veracity says that Harris is essentially the monster's heart, so if they go inside it and rescue him, no more heart; no more monster. She made an extremely powerful tranquilizer. Just one dose will knock Harris out for a few minutes without any permanent damage… hopefully. Spyder wants to go inside the monster to get Harris out because it sounds crazy, but Mark says he'll do it, since he's the reason he's in there. Ryan gives him two more tranquilizers. All three might be enough to kill Harris, which they both know. Ryan thinks he screwed up in Brazil. If he had taken Harris down then, they could've destroyed the blooms and stopped Traeger, Harper, and Grey before things got this bad, but Ryan wanted his friend back. Mark says he was trying to help him, but he insists that he put what he wanted above everything else. He was selfish, and the world is paying the price. He can't let that happen again. If something goes wrong and Mark can't get Harris out, then he has to do it. Mark says he can't, and Ryan reminds him that he kept his Harris plan from him because he thought he couldn't make the tough calls, and now he's making one. When they get to Shanghai, Ryan barely avoids being grabbed by the shark's jaws. Mark is inside the fist Harper made so they can launch him into the monster. He finds Harris, who tells him that coming here was a mistake as he ties him up with tentacles. Ew! Meanwhile, the others have to fight the monster, but they can't hurt it too much. Mark is able to snap Harris out of it by telling him that they're family. The shark calms down and stops attacking. Harris tells Mark that he's himself again, but not for long. He can't just pull him out because his body is fully merged with the monster. Mark tells him what Ryan told him and shows him the tranquilizers, and Harris agrees with Ryan. He starts losing control again. Before the shark can attack the others, it turns into ooze when Mark uses the tranquilizers. Traeger tells Harper that Harris is gone, and Seth actually seems sad about it. This will require a change in tactics though. Traeger summons the ooze back. In the robot, Veracity says that Harris's heart isn't beating, and he's not breathing either. Mark starts giving him CPR, and Spyder asks him what he did. Ryan says he did what he needed to do, and he tells them that Harris told him to do it. He said that the only way to really save him was to trick Traeger into thinking he was dead, so he would remove all the ooze from his body like he did with Grey. He said it was up to them to bring him back after Traeger was gone. Spyder asks what will happen if they can't. Harris said it was better than being a slave. Veracity says they didn't go through all this just to lose him. Ryan yells that they're not losing him. With his power up, he can see the electricity inside his body. Veracity says that the heart has nodes that conduct electricity and make it beat. Ryan uses his power to make Harris's heart beat. He instantly wakes up. He's finally back to normal, and he claims that he can't believe that Mark actually killed him and Veracity gave him mouth to mouth. She didn't. Harris says that's not how he'll tell the story, and Veracity says she'll allow it. Also, Nathaniel, Raymond, Alyssa, and Pearce (the actors for Ryan, Mark, Veracity, and Spyder) did a great job during this scene. Nathaniel and Raymond also did a great job when they were discussing tough choices. About an hour later, they're all hanging out in the lounge, and Harris is wearing his normal clothes. They're heading back to Bay City, and Veracity is tracking the ooze that disappeared underground back to Traeger, so they should know where he is soon. The other red spots on the map are probably places that have already been hit with the Red Bloom. There's at least one dot on every continent except Antarctica. At least New Zealand was spared all of this. I consider it one of the best countries in the world. Ryan says it feels good to win again, but they still need to defeat Traeger and Harper, and figure out how to cure everyone that's already been infected. Harris tells them that when he was possessed, he could hear Traeger's voice in his head. If they take him out, everyone will get their free will back, and the ooze in their bodies will burn out. Veracity tells Ryan that he has fifty percent of his power up left. Harper asks Traeger why he can't just turn into a giant monster and spread the rest of the Red Bloom himself. Traeger tells him that with both of his champions defeated, the wisest course of action is to go somewhere Mech-X4 can't follow: Outer space. Mech-X4 arrives at the launch site, but they're too late. Egypt, Florida, and Buenos Aires were just infected by the bloom. Africa, North America, and South America. Veracity realizes that Traeger, Harper, and the bloom are in space. That's the only way they could hit so many places so far apart all at once. Traeger tells Harper that soon, the whole world will be theirs. Everyone will have his voice in their head, with only one purpose: To live and die for him. Harper is having second thoughts about changing everyone's personalities. Mech-X4 doesn't have a space mode, but Ryan points out that it *is* airtight, and it has its own oxygen supply, like when they're in sub mode. With his supercharge, they can use the jet to get into orbit. The jet is detached, and they reach space. Harris picks up a space station on his screen, and Ryan activates stealth. Harris adjusts the gyroscopes to create an artificial gravity. The flowers are all in massive cylinders in the space station, waiting to be launched. The second level has hallways and an observation deck. If Ryan uses his power to shut the station down, then Traeger and Harper will know they're here. Harris thinks they can take out Trager with the X-weapon, but the others tell him that he broke it as a monster, and if they use it, it'll overload and blow up the robot. The station has a huge power core. If Veracity connects the cannons to it, she could create an explosion, which will radiate the anti-ooze energy from the arm cannon and vaporize Traeger and the blooms. Harris confirms that he and Veracity are friends now, which flusters her, and she once again recognizes an awkward moment. They just need to get in and out without anyone noticing them. There's no surveillance around the exhaust port. They dock with the station by using the cannon arm. Right, because it just so happens to *perfectly* fit into the exhaust port. When they enter the station, Ryan puts the cameras on an endless loop so the bad guys won't be able to see them. Harper is in the room though, and locks them in. Mark tries to punch him, but he knows martial arts. Veracity points out that he hasn't triggered an alarm yet. Harper reveals that he was never on Traeger's side, but on theirs. He claims that he's been a double agent this whole time, but I don't buy that. At first, Harris thinks that's why there was no surveillance around the exhaust port, and Seth claims that was intentional, but it clearly wasn't. He just had an extremely last minute change of heart. Ryan asks him why he's suddenly a good guy, and he says he never saw himself as the bad guy, even though he clearly was. Then his DNA literally became the bad guy, and it was like a dark reflection of himself. He had given up on humanity, but then he saw a world worth saving in them. Now that they're here, they can save the world together. Ryan believes him, gives him a Mech link, and tells him their plan. He tells them that the door to the power core is locked and protected by six highly encrypted magnetic locks. Even with Ryan's power, it would take forever to unlock it. Harper can open it from the observation deck though. The kids will signal him when they're at the door. Ryan confirms that even with his power up, the lock would've taken him days, and Mark signals Harper. Traeger notices that the cannon stopped firing and says something's wrong with it. Harper tells him to look out the window to see if he sees anything, and while he's not looking, he opens the locks. He claims that the cannon is jammed and something must be clogged down there. Mark places and arms the bomb while Ryan holds back the energy, which drains more of his power up, but he still has some left. They'll detonate the bomb from Mech-X4. Spyder signals Harper, who claims that he has to leave and check the actual mechanism. Traeger says he's acting oddly. He has all his memories, including his knowledge of this station. The cannon starts firing again. Traeger realizes that Harper sabotaged the rain gun. He's working against him. He even knows how he'll try to lie. This is what betrayal feels like. He doesn't like this emotion, and attacks Harper, who contacts the kids. They're surprised at how bummed out they feel. He was trying to help. Ryan says he could still be alive, and this is now a rescue mission. The others point out that Harper has tried to kill them a bunch of times. They could just go back to the robot, detonate the core, and save the world. Ryan says they were only able to do that because of Harper. Every big loss they've had since Grey came back was when they weren't united. They're stronger when they're a team, and Harper's a part of that team now. The other agree and go back for him. Before Traeger can kill him, Harris blasts him with an arm cannon again, and then punches him with the force field belt as bronze knuckles. Veracity shared the idea with him. There have been so many callbacks and jokes in this double length episode, and I genuinely love and appreciate a majority of them. I honestly can't think of another show that does callbacks as often or as well-integrated into the writing and plot as this one. Harris says he upgraded the belt with anti-Traeger energy just for this moment. The others leave, and he says he'll meet them back at the robot. When the bronze knuckles burn out though, Harris runs away. Traeger sees that all six locks are open. Before they can get back to Mech-X4, Ryan feels Traeger take out and destroy the bomb. They get back to the robot and uncloak. Traeger enters space and turns into his giant monster form to fight them. He sees that no one is in the control room. They're still on the station. Ryan uses the last of his power up to overload the X-weapon, which finally kills Traeger once and for all. Everyone is freed from the Red Bloom's influence and celebrates. The kids and Harper sadly watch as Mech-X4 burns up on re-entry. Spyder tells him that when this is all over, Seth had better try to be worth it. He says he will, and he'll start by trying to figure out how to get them all home. Ryan tells the others that he can't feel the connection to Mech-X4 anymore. He feels like he lost a friend. It wasn't just a cool weapon or battle suit. It was like a second home to them. Veracity tells them that Mech-X4 didn't just save the world. It saved them too. They have no idea what happens next. Whatever it is though, they'll be ready for it. Technically speaking, what comes next is nothing, since this is the series finale. Which really sucks, since there were still unresolved plot threads, and I don't just mean boring Cassie reporter ones. Leo was apparently going to show up at the end of the episode, probably to rescue them, but it was cut in the final version because the episode was too long. Also, what happened to Grey? Last we saw her, she was unconscious in the med bay on the robot, which has now been destroyed. Also, I think that the last time Grey actually showed up and had a speaking role in her human form was all the way back in episode 13. They used her actress's stand-in for roles where she appeared as human after that, and had her wear a mask or only showed the back of her head. Which really sucks, since if I did have a major flaw with this show, it's that the cast, both protagonists and antagonists, have a lot of men, but not a lot of women. I get it, the show aired on Disney XD, which is a channel designed specifically with tween boys in mind, like how Disney Junior airs content aimed at preschoolers, but that doesn't mean that other people can't watch and like it.