The Doodad

**The Doodad** is the seventh episode of the first season of *The Peripheral*. It premiered on November 25, 2022.

## Synopsis

Flynne, Burton and Conner meet with Lowbeer and are put to the test. Meanwhile, Ella’s life is in danger, and Tommy deals with the Sheriff and Corbell Pickett his own way.

## Plot

Ella’s vision starts to fade again so Reece takes her to Dee Dee. Bob follows along behind. Meanwhile, Detective Ainsley takes Flynne, Conner, and Burton away from Lev to the Met Police training facility. Wilf tags along, at Flynne’s request. Ainsley creates some tests for Conner and Burton. They have to fight robots. They go on their test mission while Ainsley asks Flynne questions about the timeline discrepancies. Flynne asks about her future in this alternate timeline and Ainsley tells her she married Tommy and had children with him. Beatrice beats both Conner and Burton in their test mission.

Tommy goes to the police station and realizes that there is no recording of his collision with the SUV. His suspicions of the police chief grow. He goes to the impound lot to look through his car for clues. He finds Bob’s guns.

Bob goes to Dee Dee’s clinic and kills Reece. He holds both Dee Dee and Ella hostage. When Flynne and Burton go home, they see a note from Reece that he’s taken Ella to the clinic so they go as well.

Tommy gets a call from Corbell Pickett and rushes over. Mary is dead on the floor because of Bob. Jackson demands Tommy charge the Fishers because Bob is only in town because he’s after them, but Tommy refuses the request.
Lev asks Ossian and Ash to hack Flynne, Burton, and Conner’s peripherals so he can see what’s going on, but Ash says no because she thinks Ainsley will be on to them.

Cherise visits Ainsley and Beatrice. She talks to them and concludes that Beatrice is likely a replica of Ainsley’s child. Ainsley demands to know why she’s playing mind games with them. Cherise eventually demands that Ainsley kill the Fishers, Lev, Ossian, Ash, and that crew so that the stolen data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Ainsley says no but Cherise reminds her it’s been done before and can be done again.

Lev catches Ash and Ossian extracting bacterial data from Flynne’s brain. They realize Aelita downloaded data from the Research Institute in Flynne’s brain. Ash and Ossian want to sell it to the Neoprims. Lev agrees to help.

Ella tries reasoning with Bob but it doesn’t work. Burton, Conner, and Flynne arrive and shoot Bob.
Tommy kills Sheriff Jackson with Bob’s gun. He also blasts Corbell with a sonic gun, who goes flying through some windows.

## Quotes

> I’m so sorry Beatrice. I’m going to have to ask you to power down now.
>
> Ainsley

## Cast

### Starring

* Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fisher
* Gary Carr as Wilf Netherton
* Jack Reynor as Burton Fisher
* Eli Goree as Conner
* Charlotte Riley as Aelita
* JJ Feild as Lev
* Adelind Horan as Billy Ann Baker
* T'Nia Miller as Cherise
* Alex Hernandez as Tommy Constantine
* Austin Rising as Leon
* Amber Rose Revah as Grace

### Guest Starring

* Louis Herthum as Corbell Pickett
* Chris Coy as Jasper
* Melinda Page Hamilton as Ella
* Katie Leung as Ash
* Alexandra Billings as Detective Ainsley Lowbeer

### Additional Cast

* Ben Dickey as Sheriff Jackman
* Anjli Mohindra as Beatrice
* Ned Dennehy as Bob O’Connell

## Music

* "Me & My Dog" - Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers