Camp Cretaceous S2 E7

## Plot

Darius and Sammy are leading a very irritated, snappy, and angry Tiff and Mitch to Main Street. They need to take their guns away, and then run, preferably without running into the T-Rex. Yaz sees a grown up Bumpy and hugs Ben when she sees that he's alive. Kenji points out that there's no way they'll get to Main Street before the others do, but Brooklynn says they can take the maintenance tunnels. They can go even faster thanks to the motorbike and Bumpy. Unfortunately, even Bumpy can't take down the gate. Darius and Sammy take the guns and run away. Mitch and Tiff still have tasers though, and the wife is feeling especially murdery. Meanwhile, Brooklynn hears the whirring sound again, and everyone decides to follow it. This means that there's electricity down here. They need to follow the hum, and then maybe they can find a way to open the gate. Brooklynn gets them into a colder section of tunnels with the keycard. They enter the room where the hum is coming from. Kenji theorizes that it's a secret backup power center. His dad might not even know about this place. He's able to turn the power on. They turn on the lights all over the park and get access to the security cameras… but this puts Darius and Sammy at a disadvantage. Kenji repeatedly presses a green button, but nothing seems to happen. It actually burns out the cooling unit for… something that was cyrogenically frozen. They sees Darius and Sammy on the cameras… as well as Mitch and Tiff, who find them. Darius refuses to hand over the guns. Now that the power is back on, their tablet works, so they know where the watering hole is… which means they don't need to keep the kids alive anymore. Luckily, the T-Rex shows up, but this results in the adults getting their guns back, and they run into the jungle. Darius and Sammy can't leave Main Street with Rexy blocking the way out. The others distract her with the P.A. system, flashing lights, and even a hologram of herself. They finally get the speakers to work and talk to Darius and Sammy. They're able to tell them that Tiff and Mitch are heading to the watering hole, and they're going to kill the dinosaurs. Since this is a rather short plot description, let's talk about character arcs, goals, and motivations. Obviously, all of the kids want to get home, but they also go through individual personal arcs that last throughout the entirety of the show's five season run. Darius goes from blaming himself for things that aren't his fault and being cautious and pragmatic towards certain dinosaurs (he didn't want to free the baronyx at first) to understanding dinosaurs and people much better and letting go of his feelings of guilt for things going wrong by the time the show ends. Brooklynn goes from being obsessed with fame and unraveling the mysteries of the park to being true to herself and helping her friends over getting what she wants. Yaz learns to open up to other people and show her true feelings, even when it's hard. Ben learns how to be brave and confident. Kenji gains a found family that actually loves and appreciates him despite his faults and screw ups. Sammy… I honestly think she more or less stays the same. Out of the whole group though, she's the one with the biggest heart and the most empathy, at least towards animals, her friends, and her family. I can't wait to see how they continue to grow and evolve as characters in the sequel series.