The Third Way

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**The Third Way** is the sixth episode of *gen:LOCK* Season 2. It premiered on December 9, 2021, for HBO Max.

## Summary

Returning to the The Anvil, Chase "knocks" on Miranda's door and they talk. Miranda tries to convince Chase to return to the Polity, while King Demon raises counterpoints, leading Chase to believe he's trying to break him. Fighting off his breakdown, Chase warns Miranda that Marin copied his Gen:LOCK team's souls and uploaded them into the Holons. Before leaving, he pleas to Miranda to free the souls of his copied teammates and disappears.

Marin has a meeting with a hologram of Holcroft in her office and she confronts him over the video evidence left by Brother Tate. Holcroft tries to brush it off as a necessity to not only keep order in the Polity, but prevent people from siding with the Union. This is followed by a brief debate between the two, whereas Holcroft suggests they continue doing their respective jobs for the Polity, while Henry unlocks the secrets to UnLock. Once Holcroft is gone, Miranda enters the room and reports that Chase made contact with him and couldn't trace his signal. Furthermore, she reports that Chase intends to destroy the RTASA in order to stop the Holon Frame production. Although Marin wants to eliminate the team, Miranda hopes to convince Chase to return to the Polity, with the help of his sister Driana, who's currently locked in the base.

Meanwhile, Chase regroups with Val and Yaz and who review the plan over as Miguel hacks into the RTASA system. The group then discusses the plans together and both Val and Yaz learn that Chase plans to detonate the Holons simultaneously. Within the Anvil, Driana is visited by Miranda who informs her of Chase's instability and how she can help them bring Chase back to his senses. Elsewhere, Holcroft accompanied by Henry, take a constrained Rob to an underground hanger where they plan to scan his brain and use him for their UnLock plan.

Inside Caliban's mind, Dr. Weller's AI talks with Caliban who wants to join the Gen:LOCKTeam with their mission. However, Dr. Weller denies Caliban permission in doing so, stating the risks factors involved with the mission and his responsibility for humanity's hope. Back at the hangar area, Holcroft along with Marin and his Mars expedition sponsor look in awe at the nearly completed new Holon that's aptly named Odin. Hoping that Marim will be able to get Rob to help them with their endeavor, Marin reassures Holcroft that she will as she gazes at Rob's unconscious body in a tube.

Brother Tate watches some footage of Staten Island submerged in water with Holon frame parts and dead bodies floating in it. He sighs sadly as Mr. Cook offers him some eucalyptus leaves and eats some, but notes that their palates differ. Dr. Fatima enters the room and is informed of the loss of Staten Island, raising the number of places lost to Marin to three. Fatima then reports that she successfully completed the patch for the Twilight Project and how it'd work when activated. She then goes onto to explain her changed morals and beliefs, which elates Tate. After the two briefly talk, Tate offers Fatima to join him with some others for lunch and she agrees. Once she's left the room, Tate contacts his satellite team to perform an experiment on a highly populated team in No Man's Land. At the Anvil, Miranda and Marin prepare for the upcoming battle, where Miranda is assigned her own platoon and pleads that she get Driana to get Chase and his team to stand down. If all else fails, then Odin would most likely have to be released into the battlefield.

Disguised as a scientist, Miguel manages to infiltrate a restricted area in the RTASA and contacts Val. Amid their conversation, Miguel gets into trouble as the shields are lowered, and Yaz and Chase disguised as Holons try and infiltrate the base, but Chase's outburst blows their cover. Marin notifies Miranda who's accompanied by Driana in a Strider, about the attack, and soon Val's cover is blown forcing them out of hiding. It's then that Miranda and Driana are taken out by Chase who only learned who was piloting the mech after the fact. Motivated by Yaz to continue who says she's coming, Chase rallies forth and makes his way into the hangar. Agitated that Chase has made his way into the hangar, Able informs Marin of the formerly largest populated area consumed by the Union's Nanotechnology. Wasting no time and despite Miranda's admonishment, Marin orders the Holons to eliminate the Gen:LOCK Team. Setting down the explosive, King Demon claims this isn't the way, but Chase is obstinate as the Holons start to fire at Chase, but are ordered to stand down by Miranda. This gets her a nasty rebuke from Marin who is cut off by Miranda who then reveals to Chase that his sister Driana is alive. Driana beseeches Chase to reconsider and let them be a family again, but Chase is again obstinate and continues to set the explosive up only to be shot at once again by the Holons, by Marin's orders. Just as Chase was going to activate the explosive, the Flow surrounds the area and from it appears Cammie.

## Characters

Heroes

* Valentina Romanyszyn
* Julian Chase
* Yasamin Madrani
* Kazu Iida (Mentioned)
* Cameron MacCloud

Villains

* King Demon
* Raquel Marin
* Brother Tate

Others

* Miranda Worth
* Marc Holcroft
* Heng Li Wu
* Miguel Garza
* Driana Chase
* Rob Sinclair
* Roberta Chase (Mentioned)
* Dr. Weller's (AI)
* Caliban (Chibi)
* Mr. Cook
* Able