Mech-X4 S1 E12

## Plot

Picking up where we last left off, the guys are still reeling from the discovery that Seth Harper was behind the monsters the whole time. Leo regains consciousness. He promises to answer all of Ryan's questions once they stop Harper. There's a huge pocket of primorphous gel hidden somewhere, and they have to find it and get rid of it before Harper gets it and uses it to destroy the world. Only Harper knows where it is though. Leo draws up a neural splicer that Ryan could use to basically hack into his brain. There's no way they'd get Harper to wear that though. But he has a huge product launch the next day, and they get tickets for it. Harris uses a holographic disguise on his Mech link to look like Harper. Leo builds the neural splicer, and a remote to get Ryan out. Their plan works, but Harris is a very nervous Harper. Spyder eventually goes onstage to replace him when Mark needs his help. Leo tells Ryan that if he uses the neural splicer too long, he could suffer brain damage. The color of the light on the remote will tell him how long he has. Green is good, yellow is meh, red is bad. Ryan starts out going back too far, all the way to Seth's college days. His roommate was Leo. He was expelled for interrupting a speech from a guy from a company that polluted the bay. And he genetically modified the dean's plant to eat him. Hmm, impressive and scary. I kinda like it. Harper was mostly still a good guy back then, just with slightly extreme methods. Over time though, slightly extreme went to super extreme. It's too bad we don't get to see that slow progression though. After this, he's just a full on bad guy. I love how the window, or large mirror, doesn't show the outside or a straight reflection, but rather some sort of psychedelic space based on what's happening in the room. It's like multiple fun house mirrors. It's both weird and awesome. Props to the effects team for such a cool illusion. Some black smoke appears behind Ryan. He notices it and jumps back to reality. He tells Mark what he saw. He goes back in though. This time, he sees Harper first discover the ooze and start his lab. He makes his first monster heart and puts it in the ooze. It creates a monster. Harper wants to get more ooze and asks for Grey. She was stationed at the high school to protect the primorphous gel. It's under the school. Ryan is attacked by the black smoke. It turns out to be Seth Harper, who noticed him in his head. He takes the remote and shows him what the world would be like with no wars or pollution. Yep, definite Wonder Woman vibes. And a god complex. He offers Ryan the chance to join him. Obviously, he refuses. So he just uses a bunch of mind powers to kick his butt. Mark wants to take the neural splicer off, but Harris points out that with Ryan still inside, that could kill him. Anyways, back to the fight. It's so cool! You'd think that when the fights for most episodes are CGI that they wouldn't know how to stage a fight between people, but boy do they ever! They go through different time periods, get smashed through a ceiling, a door, and glass, fly in the air, fight duplicates, etc. It's all so awesome! Whoever choreographed this deserves a raise! Ryan realizes that he can do all the things that Harper can do in his mind too. He gets his remote back and gets out just in time. Also, the footage when going in and out is so cool too! Ryan tells the others what happened and they leave. However, their hope that Harper wouldn't remember what happened or dismiss it as a dream is dashed when he calls his new dragon Morris, saying that he knows who the pilots of Mech-X4 are, and what their next move is.

## Review

I loved this episode! Especially the fight! I'll admit that the fakest looking part is when they fly, but even then they hide the wires well. And they have a sort of Peter Pan feel to it, and I love Peter Pan, so it's all good.