The Jethroverse: Court of Law

***The Jethroverse: Court of Law*** was the epilogue to *The Jethroverse*, initially set to premiere in 2021 before pre-production was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The miniseries was intended to include "a brand-new story" and "returning characters."

## Plot Points

* Vincent Kane is charged with embezzlement from the Parliament, where he used to work, and is summoned to the Interdimensional Courthouse
* Ezra Thorne and Claire Martin, still together, are attacked and beaten by Caspian Steele
	+ Caspian kills Ezra and keeps Claire as leverage for Vincent
	+ Vincent arrives, but is unable to stop Caspian from killing Claire
* There is a murder in the Parliament, and President Kassel Smith investigates
	+ Kassel teams up with a past version of Ezra to stop a duplicate of Geoffrey the Puppet,
* Vincent calls the Superintendent for help finding Caspian, and so they dispatch Drake and Wayne to visit Richard D. Johnson, released from prison, and he gives them Caspian's location
	+ However, the duo find Mr. Bishop, who ends up giving them Caspian's name
* Vincent reluctantly goes to the courthouse to use their database
	+ After a deliberation by the Judge, Rose Callas and Raegan Cassell help Vincent access the database
* The Superintendent's boss Charlotte reveals that she is working with Caspian, and leaves the Superintendent for dead
* Vincent is lured by Tyrelius and Mary Jackson to a warehouse, where he is captured by Jayde
	+ Caspian explains her backstory: she didn’t exist before Vincent reset the timeline (in *Tipping the Scales*), and because she didn’t, she was never meant to exist; her existence is constant pain, and when suicide failed, she vowed to find the one who did this to her, so she invented the persona of Sarah Stark in order to search through the MVPD’s database
	+ Caspian kills the Jacksons, who "outlived their purpose"
	+ Caspian wants Vincent to help her summon a god-like creature called the Kivuli who, since no human can harm her, can finally make her die
		- The Kivuli plotline is going to be adapted in *The Jethroverse: Perfect World* and *Hollow Victory*
* Raegan goes into the Dreamscape to see potential outlines for the coming battle against Caspian
	+ She meets Oliver, an AI who agrees to help her even though she loses to him at pool
* Jethro breaks Vincent out, referencing Geoffrey's directions from the time of his death in *The Jethroverse* Season One
* They go to The Core of the Multiverse, where Vincent's powers would not work and Caspian would be able to die
* Raegan and Rose enlist a virtual Salazar Valentin's help in defeating Caspian, but Salazar is actually working with Caspian
* Raegan, the Superintendent, Drake, Wayne, Rose, Salazar, Aaron & Andrew Palmer all appear to help Vincent fight Caspian and Jayde
	+ Aaron Palmer dies protecting his brother
	+ Drake and Wayne help Vincent capture Caspian and she begs for Vincent to kill her
	+ Vincent is poised to strike the killing blow when he stops, and decides Caspian doesn’t deserve death, knocking her unconscious instead and imprisons her in Ezra's cells
* Rose executes Salazar for his future crimes
	+ The Superintendent also deems Rose the new Superintendent in 2032
* MVPD guards arrest Charlotte for treason
* Drake and Wayne finally tender their official resignation from the MVPD
* The Superintendent (who now has Charlotte’s job) pulls some strings and gets exoneration for Vincent’s criminal charges
* Jethro travels back in time and tells Geoffrey what to tell him
* Vincent buries Claire next to Ryker
* In a post-credits scene, Oliver is finally beaten at pool by a virus that has Ezra Thorne’s appearance
	+ In another post-credits scene, Caspian reveals on Vincent’s visit that she succeeded in summoning the Kivuli before she was captured

## Elements that Remain Canonized

* Caspian Steele appears in the second and fifth episode of *Multiversal*
* Elements involving Geoffrey the Puppet and Moloch were used in *Beyond Help*
* Footage shot on December 30, 2019 and January 20, 2020 is utilized for the third and fourth episodes of *Multiversal*
* Jayde Ackerman, a character created for *Burn*, is a main character in *Multiversal*

## Format

* The series was originally conceived to have five episodes, then it was stretched into seven, and the final plan was ten 20-30 minute episodes
* The events of *Burn* would have been folded into episodes four and five
* Episodes seven and eight featured Sebastian Rieckehoff as the Superintendent's brother Salazar Valentin, and were comprised of the initially-planned story for the Rose Callas spinoff
* The tenth episode and finale would have been feature-length

## Cast

* Xander McInerney - Vincent Kane
* Brennen Savery - Various Parliament officials
	+ Savery also would have likely appeared as Jethro Smith, tying up plot threads introduced by *Blood of the Dead* and *The Geoffrey Situation*
	+ Agent Smith, a deceased Jethro doppelgänger from Seasons One and Two of *The Jethroverse*, would have appeared in episode nine
* Annalise Langelier - Claire Martin
* Rowan Wood - Ezra Thorne
* Mia Sylvia - Caspian Steele
	+ Sylvia was originally supposed to debut in *Burn* as Sarah Stark, who would have been revealed to be Caspian in disguise by the end. *Court of Law* was intended to bring Caspian's story full circle, leaving it open for future appearances
* Carmela Davies - Raegan Cassell
	+ Revealed in the epilogue to be the niece of Doctor Somnus
* Cayd Barrera - The Superintendent
* Olivia Wilson - Rose Callas
* Mariana Furner - Ellie Martin
* Lir Wood - Geoffrey the Puppet
	+ This role was folded into *Beyond Help*
* William Benoit - Moloch
	+ This role was folded into *Beyond Help*
* Alan Rust - Voice of Moloch
	+ This role was folded into *Beyond Help*
* Tim Wood - Tyrelius Jackson
* Jenny Wood - Mary Jackson
* Casey Paulding - Charlotte Verrat
	+ Would have debuted in *Burn*, but the character was eventually reduced to a mere mention in *Multiversal*
* Macklin Devine - Andrew Palmer
* Quinn Schuyler - Aaron Palmer
* Missy Bridgewater - M
	+ An assassin, debuted in *Burn*
* Olivia Alberta - Jayde Ackerman
	+ The role was recast, with Bethany Davies playing Jayde in *Multiversal*
* Bernard Cornwell - The Judge
	+ Cornwell is a bestselling author, and this is his second *Jethroverse* appearance that ended up being canceled
* Corinne Cole - Spencer Smith
	+ Spencer was a new worker for the MVPD who was intended to debut in *Burn*
* Caleb Petty - Richard D. Johnson
	+ Reprising his role from *Drake & Wayne*
* Jack O'Haire - Mr. Bishop
	+ Reprising his role from *Drake & Wayne*
* Sebastian Rieckehoff - Salazar Valentin
* Noah Whelpley - Carl
	+ Footage shot pre-pandemic, used in *Multiversal*
* Jonah Mesple - Oliver the AI

### Characters from the Rose Callas flashback episode

* Sean McQueen - Jack Valentin
* Ryan Thompson - Leo Holland
	+ Intended to reappear in future episodes
* Kea Trudeau - Lyla Taylor
* James Moran - Kellen White
* Maeve Pappas - Zora Hayes
* Emma Marczak - Jenna Diaz

### Uncast Characters

* The Queen
	+ The head of the organization that Mr. Bishop and Mr. Rook belong to

## Marketing

The miniseries was officially announced on May 20, 2020, via the official *Jethroverse* Instagram and blog. However, the series was canceled not too long afterward, and *Beyond Help* began production.

## References

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1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAaUAeHnzIC/
2. ↑ https://starlightfilmproductions.blogspot.com/2020/05/jethroverse-epilogue-court-of-law.html