The Gladiator (episode)

**"The Gladiator"** is the sixth episode of the first season of *Supercrooks* and the sixth episode of the show overall.

## Synopsis

*Carmine and his crew steal a plane and fly off to rescue TK, who's on a heavily guarded aircraft protected by Gladiator.*

## Plot

On a Supermax plane, security taunts TK, who is trapped and being tortured. However, Gladiator reaches the guards and tells them that he would be going with them on the plane because he needed to go back to HQ, riding on the top part. A guard tells TK that he has the worst luck ever, getting caught by the most powerful superhero in he Union of Justice.

Carmine walks into a plane rental, walking straight to reception, but is told that he would need to wait for his Cessna. However, Johnny walks in saying that they needed to call 911 since somebody had been caught by the Cessna's propeller. The receptionist leaves and so do Carmine and Johnny, walking past the man who had been killed by the small plane. They walk to a bigger plane, and walk inside, where Ghost was already waiting for them. The Diesel Brothers join them on the plane, excited to be leaving.

Johnny joins Carmine in the cockpit as they prepare to leave and they are given the cue to leave. Carmine tells him not to be worried, but Johnny says that he lives for that type of thing. He hands him the plane's manual with the wirings so he could learn them and advises him not to compare his powers to other people's because he would drive himself crazy and tells him that what was best was to find his own style.

Kasey reads on a small boat and tracks TK's plane.

On the plane, a Supermax guard feels a small power surge as Carmine flew above their plane. Carmine asks Johnny if he could deactivate the restraint device TK was in, but Johnny says it was impossible. The crew prepares for Plan B. While the Supermax plane tried communicating, Johnny deactivated their comms as Ghost and the Diesel Brothers throw themselves onto the Supermax plane. Their shouting alerts The Gladiator, who watches in shock as one of the brothers throws himself at a propeller. The bigger brother tries attacking The Gladiator, but receives a punch to the face which dislocates his jaw, but he tells Ghost that he had gotten rid of The Gladiator. Ghost flies down to the Supermax plane and prepares to attack the guards inside the plane.

The Gladiator reaches the top part of the plane again and punches Roddy. The Gladiator asks who he is and punches him relentlessly, but the brother manages to swing away and heals automatically. The Gladiator says that he hates that kind of power and both of them run towards each other.

Ghost is shot at, but he simply lets the bullets fly through him, and counters by shooting the guards back calmly. He tells TK that he is there with The Heat.

The pilots say that they need to get to Supermax as fast as possible and start flying up. Carmine asks Johnny if he could slow them down, which he says he can do. It takes a lot of his concentration, but Johnny says that that was nothing, also mentioning that he could not think of a better way to show his style off.

Roddy fights The Gladiator, but is taken down, while told that people like him were nothing without their powers because they had no discipline. Ghost was trying to open the lock, while being laughed at by the guards. However, Carmine tells Johnny that Ghost was a famous safecracker.

The Gladiator tells Roddy that he was always letting his powers use him and only living a life of scum because it was easy. He also tells Roddy that he did not deserve to live and steps on him. The Gladiator reaches for Roddy's arm and rips it off as they drove into a big cloud. After that, The Gladiator tells him that he would sqash his head, but Roddy uses his newly healed arm to throw them both off the plane. They fight in mid air until they crash into the ocean.

Underwater, The Gladiator awakens when a few fish start talking to him; two mermen approach him and ask him to save them, which he reluctantly accepts. He is dragged away by all the fish and moves forward with them.

Roddy reaches Kasey's boat, where his brother was waiting for him. Looking to his side, he sees that The Gladiator was asleep, dreaming about saving an underwater kingdom thanks to her powers. Kasey tells Carmine that everything was alright with them, but does not get an answer.

Ghost cannot open TK's lock, so Carmine tells them to change to Plan C, which they say does not exist. Johnny tells Carmine to fly them closer to the Supermax place and manages to turn it off. The plane starts falling fast, with Carmine and Johnny chasing after it.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Johnny Bolt (anime) - Jonah Scott
* Carmine (The Heat) - Doug Stone
* Josh (The Ghost) - Bill Butts
* Roddy Diesel - Bruno Oliver
* Sammy Diesel - Ben Pronsky
* TK McCabe - Bill Rogers
* The Gladiator - Cam Clarke

### Additional Cast

* Kasey Rogers
* Michael Sorich
* Kellen Goff
* Wilber Saldivar
* Nancy Linari
* Jackson Gutierrez
* Michael Pizzuto
* Jack McLoughlin
* Flynn Platt
* Katie Leigh
* Michael Scott
* Barbara Goodson
* David Cooley