Unbalanced

**"Unbalanced"** is the seventh episode in the second season of *The Hollow*.

## Overview

The tension between Reeve and Adam reaches a tipping point, sending them plunging into the ocean — where a hungry sea monster awaits.

## Plot

Stuck on the platform, Kai becomes upset because what has happened to them isn't fair and the game is supposed to have rules. Reeve and Adam start to argue about it and the platform tilts when Adam steps forward. It balances again when he steps back. Adam tries to make another plan, but Reeve becomes angry with him. They argue as they step closer to one another. Mira confirms to Kai that Adam and Reeve always argued while she did all the hard work. Adam and Reeve both charge toward the center and end up in each other's corners. Reeve is upset because he overheard Adam telling Mira he was holding the team back and Adam wanted to kick him out. Mira says it wasn't like that. Reeve says it felt good to have Vanessa want him to join her group. Adam says he admits that he wanted to cut Reeve from the team because Reeve was reckless. Vanessa starts to hyperventilate and takes off, with Kai following her. As Kai chases her, Reeve and Adam continue to argue. Vanessa and Kai argue and he accuses her of just looking out for herself until he notices she's crying.

Mira tries to get them to stop fighting. Their arguing eventually causes the platform to fall, plunging them into the abyss below. Vanessa and Kai notice them falling and Vanessa is able to catch Mira, but can't get to Adam and Reeve before they fall into the water below. Reeve quickly surfaces, but not Adam. Reeve finds him floating facedown and pulls him out of the water.

The other three dive to retrieve them just as a sea monster emerges from the water. Vanessa and Kai try to pull up, but they freeze in mid air, the monster jumps off the water, eats them plus Mira in their entierty without chewing, then leaves. Reeve grabs Adam's unconscious body and, upon prompting from a viking on a ship, starts to swim toward the ship.

The sea monster swims into an underground cave, where she regurgitates Mira, Kai and Vanessa onto a dry surface. Mira tries to talk to the monster, who just spits fish out at her: she says to Kai that this creature only saved them from her belly to eat them back at midnight. The monster then settles into the water and falls asleep. Kai asks Vanessa if she has any ideas.

Reeve pulls Adam to the ship and Brynhilda pulls them both out of the water. She revives Adam with a sardine, then makes introductions. She tells them that the sea monster is Tursas. She guards the exit to the bay, making their passage impossible. She also tells them their friends are okay as Tursas only feasts on the full moon, which isn't until tonight. Brynhilda invites them to feast.

In the cave, Tursas is still sleeping. They see a nearby spot on the wall that looks like some kind of puzzle. Kai tries to solve it, but it doesn't work. They notice Vanessa's been quiet and ask her about it. She denies anything being wrong and asks them to drop it. Kai asks why she won't be part of the team and she says she's trying.

Adam and Reeve decide to combine their powers to defeat Tursas, calling a truce between them. They tell the vikings their plan. The vikings don't believe it's possible until Reeve and Adam show off their powers.

As they get ready to set out, Adam says the conversation he overheard was incomplete. If he had heard the ending, he would have heard Adam say that he couldn't kick Reeve off the team because they're friends. As they take off, they see the vikings have prepared a funeral pyre. Reeve says they won't need it.

In the cave, Kai tries to convince Vanessa to work with them. Tursas suddenly wakes up scaring the three little teenagers and staring greedily at them, but instead of chewing them like treats, as she intends to do, she leaves underwater. Mira decides to jump in and follow her, even though Kai thinks it's too dangerous. She thinks it's their only chance and tells Kai to keep an eye on Vanessa. Once Mira's gone, Vanessa admits she knew all along it was a game. Kai doesn't believe her. Then she admits she thinks they're trapped in The Hollow because of her.

## Cast

* Ashleigh Ball as Mira
* Connor Parnall as Kai
* Adrian Petriw as Adam
* Diana Kaarina as Vanessa
* Alex Barima as Reeve

*Additional Voices By*

* Brian Drummond as Gorm
* Nicole Oliver as Brynhilda

## Notable Quotes

Read the full transcript here.

* *"Any chance there's an exit, you know, for guests or fire code?"* – Mira to Tursas
* *"Vikings sure have a messed up sense of humor."* – Reeve

## Gallery

 **Season 2** | "Home" • "Hollow Games" • "The Return" • "Puzzled" • "Alchemy" • "Dead End" • "**Unbalanced**" • "Fang" • "Fire" • "Race"