Season 1 Episode 24: Endless Endless Iowa

## Cast

Somewhere in Iowa, amidst endless corn fields, there's a Wendy's and a gas station. Em and Chip drive past it, but come across the same Wendy's and gas station again. Strange, but maybe they all look the same around here. But they drive past it again, and again. Something strange is going on here.

They step inside the Wendy's, and find Agent Franklin and another hunter, a tall blonde socialite-looking woman dressed in a werewolf fur coat. Em and Chip decide to sit together, and introduce themselves. The hunter introduces herself as Berlin. Up at the counter is the cashier named Wendy, with the uncanny resemblance to the company mascot. She recommends corn burgers, with cornbread buns. Chip particularly likes it.

Team tries to figure out what's going on here. Em and Franklin drive around, finding out that there's nothing else around, and that they end up back at the restaurant and gas station. It isn't a time loop, because time is still passing.

Meanwhile, Em and Berlin are doing tests of their own. Though there's no cell phone signal, but there isn't some sort of electrical interference. Berlin reveals to Chip that she's from the state of Superior, next to the Lake Superior, from a different Earth. Just before Em and Franklin return, Berlin goes to use the bathroom. When they come in, however, the team notices that everyone in the restaurant has gone missing. Chip tells they haven't noticed anyone leaving, and that Berlin is using the bathroom. Em goes to the bathroom to investigate, and finds that Berlin has gone missing too. She discovers a hidden chute, and calls the team over. The hole is closing when the team arrives, so they jump into the hole.

The team falls for a very long time, and lands on Berlin's fur coat, in some sort of prison cell in what appears to be an abandoned church. There's someone else in another prison cell, who ended up there with a broken ankle while looking for their partner. Chip picks the lock, but a very large person in gas mask and other protective equipment appears before them, holding a censer. Agent Franklin tries to take them down, but gets hit by a censer and gets knocked to the ground. Chip pulls out their gun and points at the figure to threaten them. When the figure continues approaching, Chip shoots the figure in the shoulder to show that they mean it. Em is knocked into a different room.

In that room, Em finds gas pumps, surgery equipment, and Berlin soaked in gasoline. There are people hanging on chains on the railing up top as well. Em tries to free Berlin, but Wendy comes down and puts her at gunpoint.

Meanwhile, in the other room, the creature is revealed to be Dave, the husband of Wendy. After the first shot, Dave is still standing, and Agent Franklin and Dave continue fighting.

Wendy's shotgun goes off in the other room, so Chip rushes in and tries to help Em. They also find Berlin and other people who are captured. Chip narrowly dodges out of the way of the shotgun, sliding past under Wendy, but the sliding feels like it takes forever, with a sense of a vertigo. This sensation feels like this connects to other things. This stretch ... it's happening in other places too.

Meanwhile, Dave and Agent Franklin are still fighting each other, both struggling, but Dave is too big and slow. Agent Franklin cuts off the keys from Dave's belt, and throws it at the other prisoner who's still in the cell. Then Franklin enters the room and keep Dave's attention away from the prisoner. Now the whole team is in the same room.

Chip climbs various furniture onto the railing and unshackles people from hanging chains. Berlin is freed too, and Chip returns her fur coat. Berlin is happily reunited. Wendy directs Dave to get the gasoline, but Franklin pushes a cabinet towards Dave and buys some time for everyone to get out. Em is still struggling over control of the shotgun with Wendy, and Chip is still up on the railing. Berlin escapes along with other people there.

Chip jumps down to help Em, but accidentally lands on Em instead, freeing Wendy. The shotgun goes off, hitting a gas pump and spraying gasoline all over the place. Wendy mutters "I guess it's time for an early retirement!" and rides the chain on the railing toward the stairs. The team follows her up the stairs, Em and Chip using the railing. They slide upward, but can't quite catch up to Wendy. Wendy tries to flee through the kitchen and get into her car to drive away. Em hits her with a well placed shot on her hunting rifle, but Wendy still drives away.

Downstairs, Franklin is trying to get the last of the prisoners out. Dave lets out a loud roar, and starts blasting with his shotgun. They make haste and get out of the basement.

With the fight over, Em is treating her grievous wound with DIY surgery, when they notice Wendy's car return from the opposite side. Wendy slumps over the wheel, crashing into the gas station, causing a huge explosion and engulfing the basement and the restaurant in fire.

As everyone gets ready to leave, Chip and Berlin exchange phone numbers, wanting to talk more in the future, and Em leaves Berlin a word of advice to not wear werewolf fur unless she can back it up.

After the crew drives south into the sunset, the gas station collapses in on itself, creating a bottomless pit, with something deep inside.