Cabe Fight

**Cabe Fight** is the sixth episode of the first season of NBC's *Iron Man*. It premiered on October 31, 2011. It was directed by Alrick Riley and written by Brian K. Vaughan. It was also the sixth episode of *Iron Man* overall.

## Synopsis

Tony meets Bethany Cabe, the newest employee at Stark Industries. However, Pepper and Olivia are suspicious of her. In flashbacks, Yinsen's past is revealed.

## Plot

### Present Day

An attractive woman enters a bank. She mind-controls the guards and banker to let her into the vault, where she steals all the money in there. She leaves as all the men in the bank let her go, while all the women try to stop her, but the men hold them back. Tony, Pepper, and Stane try to work out a solution to a possible financial crisis they are facing when Bethany Cabe enters the room. Tony introduces her to Pepper and Stane as the newest employee at Stark Industries. She will be handling all their financial decisions, and hands the papers over to Bethany who thanks Tony for the job. Stane obviously finds her attractive and makes a move on her, which she dismisses. Pepper, however, does not trust her. Meanwhile, Olivia is secretly seeing an older man named Craig.

The woman from the bank forces a man to leave his family to help her find her way to Stark Industries. The man shows her to the building, where she kills him after finding him useless now. As she prepares to enter, Iron Man appears and tries to stop her. However, she manages to sway Tony on her side and he flies away with her. Pepper reveals what she thinks of Bethany to Olivia, who agrees with her. The two women spy on Bethany to see what she is doing and they find her secretly recording herself giving updates on the lives of Tony, Pepper, Stane, and Happy. Pepper is creeped out and the two decide to confront Bethany the next day. Tony and the woman, who finally introduces herself as Andrea Wilbers, buy a room at New York's finest hotel and bet nearly all of Tony's money on a poker game, which they win and Andrea takes the winnings for herself.

Rhodey manages to fix the original Iron Man suit that Tony escaped in and uses it himself to try and stop Andrea. After a fight, where Andrea reveals she has the power to enthrawl men to do her bidding, Tony is released from her control and slips into his suit and the two heroes stop Andrea, turning her over to the police. Pepper and Olivia reveal what they saw Bethany doing and want answers. Bethany reveals she is writing a book about her experiences there and is recording herself to write about it that night. Pepper apologizes for thinking something else, but Olivia is still suspicious of her. Bethany tells them to stop spying on her and leaves the room. Pepper realizes she has now damaged her friendship with Bethany. However, Bethany is revealed to be reporting the information to a secret organization called S.H.I.E.L.D.

### Flashbacks

A year before Yinsen was captured by Raza's group, he had a wife and two children, a son and a daughter. He was drafted to fight in the military, so his wife, Samara, begged him to move them to another country so he wouldn't have to fight in the war. However, Yinsen chose to stay loyal to his country so he went into fighting. A big explosion killed most of Yinsen's squad. Yinsen was taken by Raza's group and the survivors of the explosion presumed Yinsen and the others, most of whom did die, dead. Samara and her children were devastated by the event.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rupert Friend as Tony Stark/Iron Man
* Kate McKinnon as Pepper Potts
* Edi Gathegi as James Rhodes
* Sarah Hyland as Olivia Stark
* Maggie Grace as Bethany Cabe
* Maxwell Caulfield as Edwin Jarvis
* Dave Legeno as Obadiah Stane

### Guest Starring

* Naveen Andrews as Ho Yinsen
* Evan Peters as Craig
* Andrea Gabriel as Samara Yinsen
* Adrianne Palicki as Andrea Wilbers
* Oded Fehr as Raza Pike

## Trivia

* This episode takes place in January 2010, October 31, and November 1.
* This episode achieved 11.98 million U.S. live viewers.
* The episode received great reviews. It scored 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 85 out of 100 on Metacritic, and a 8.3/10 on IGN.
* This episode is rated TV-14 for D-S.
* This is the first episode to feature Maggie Grace as Bethany Cabe.