Count Orlok (episode)

**"Count Orlok"** is the ninth episode of the first season of *Supercrooks* and the ninth episode of the show overall.

## Synopsis

*While confronting their old friend Praetorian, Carmine and the crew realize they've made a major miscalculation and have to think on their feet.*

## Plot

At the Union of Justice, people run out as The Praetorian approaches Johnny, who says that he had never met The Praetorian before, and complains that it had been him who had found them. Praetorian realizes what their plan had been all along and wants to take care of things. Praetorian shoots water at Kasey, but Johnny protects her. Carmine tells them they should run while they can, so he picks Kasey up and they run. Praetorian throws a large rock at the villains as Johnny tells Carmine to leave. The Diesel Brothers complain that Praetorian has too many powers and did not even know which one would be next.

Praetorian reveals his next power was laser eyes and starts shooting around, killing many civilians in the process. Roddy and Sammy try to attack him, but even as Sammy sticks his finger into Praetorian's eye, it gets shattered. Praetorian crushes Sammy's arm and throws him towards Johnny, who had just shot at him.

Ghost makes it all the way underground into a big warehouse and tries looking for the helmet. He reaches a sign that says "danger", which rings an alarm as he walks past it.

Praetorian shoots at Johnny as Carmine and Kasey hide.

In Pittsburgh, The Flare II arrives along with Ruby Red and other heroes, who prepare to defeat the zombies. The Utopian and Lady Liberty make it as well, defeating many zombies as well.The Gladiator makes it there as well as the heroes realize that the zombies were not really fighting. All of a sudden, the zombies drop since Molecule Master had changed their clothes to steal. The Utopian believes somebody was controlling the zombies, and Necromancer reveals himself. The Utopian chases after him and threatens to kill him.

As Forecast and TK prepared to spice things up, they are approached by The Gladiator, who shocks them. However, he believes they are civilians and tells them to get out of there. TK has his back to the Gladiator, who asks him if they had met before; TK turns around and runs, telling Forecast that The Gladiator had arrested him in Florida.

Johnny gets out from being buried under rubble as Ghost coughs confused. He sees that The Praetorian was chasing after Johnny and miraculously is able to find Count Orlok's helmet.

Praetorian tells Johnny that he is pathetic, while Johnny asks if he does not think he's doing a but much. He asks Praetorian how he could do that to his own HQ, but the latter does not care, telling him he never goes easy. Praetorian tells Johnny to prepare to die as he lights up two fireballs in his hands; however, Johnny turns on the fire sprinklers and manages to turn him off for a bit.

Johnny and Ghost reunite, also seeing Carmine above them. He tells Ghost to put on the helmet and say the magic words, but Ghost refuses because of the helmet's reputation of being cursed. After a bit of convincing, Ghost agrees to do it, but nobody knows the spell. However, inside the helmet "supercalifragilistic expialidocious" was written, which made Ghost realize that must be the spell. As they argue who has to put it on, Praetorian wakes up and gets ready to face them. Ghost says the spell, puts the helmet on and it turns on. He wishes to be taken somewhere far away and safe, and they vanish from The Praetorian's sight. TK and Forecast are also taken to safety.

The Utopian hits Necromancer and throws him to the ground, telling him to go back to hell and stay there. He gets a call and realizes that HQ had been attacked.

Ghost, Carmine, Johnny, TK, the Diesel brothers, Forecast, and Kasey all make it away, as Ghost tries to remove the helmet. Johnny asks Kasey if she is okaym but she asks where they are. Carmine tells her that they are in Black Rock, Romania. Kasey tells Johnny that that was too close, but they are all happy they had been successful in the end.

A butler approaches the crew and tells them to make themselves at home. Carmine says that they should probably start celebrating with a toast in which they say that Count Orlok would be returning as the greatest supervillain ever, unstoppable even by The Network. The butler agrees and tells them that they were all invited to be part of the new Syndicate, which Kasey remembers hearing of. Carmine tells them that the Syndicate had predated the Network and Kasey goes to take a shower.

Carmine tells the group about the Syndicate, which was formed by The Heat, Count Orlok and The Bastard. In the meantime, the Union of Justice was starting, so they decided to go to Europe. Carmine says that they were a great group, but Orlok and The Bastard had never gotten along. However, as all supervillains all of them ended up betraying each other and The Bastard formed The Network. Later, the castle became a club and a movie studio. It had been 30 years since the Syndicate had been founded.

Kasey gets out of the tub, but is being watched by someone who likes her body. Kasey walks into the room, where she sees that everybody was already wasted. The doorbell rings and the Diesel Brothers get very excited about the pizza getting there. However, as Roddy opens the door, he gets punched in the face by Praetorian, who stops all of them from moving. He laughs and tells his boss everything was clear. The Bastard, his boss, walks in and wants to know if he had interrupted a celebration. He tells Carmine he could not believe his hideout and Praetorian says that they probably could not believe that a superhero like him was with a villain like him and reveals that he was a double agent.

The Bastard says that he would have never thought that The Heat would gang up with Count Orlok again and tells them that their behavior needs to be rectified. Praetorian says that they knew where they were because Carmine had shouted "The Rock" right before they disappeared. Praetorian is impressed with the power Count Orlok's helmet has, but The Bastard says it is not to be underestimated and adds that even if he was just about to retire, he needed to protect The Network. Praetorian tells them that they needed to give them more than the usual 30% because they could not operate from behind The Network's back.

The Bastard tells them that he would take everything and adds that betrayal also warranted paying extra in blood as well. He says that normally he would kill a family member, a friend, or a lover, but he was not in the mood. While, they were being watched, The Bastard makes the butler's head explode. The pizza makes its way to the front door and Orlok reveals himself, saying he had been hiding in the attic. He does not see The Bastard standing behind him and asks where his helmet is. He turns around and sees The Bastard, who tells him he hates surprises; he is in shock that The Bastard is there and starts yelling, but The Bastard makes his head explode as well. Praetorian and The Bastard walk away with all the money, but before he leaves Praetorian tells them to not tell anyone what happened or they would kill them.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Johnny Bolt - Jonah Scott
* Kasey - Abby Trott
* Carmine (The Heat) - Doug Stone
* The Bastard - Jason Marnocha
* Josh (The Ghost) - Bill Butts
* The Praetorian - D.C. Douglas
* Roddy Diesel - Bruno Oliver
* Sammy Diesel - Ben Pronsky
* TK McCabe - Bill Rogers
* The Gladiator - Cam Clarke
* Forecast - Zeno Robinson
* Utopian - Matthew David Rudd
* Paragon - Greg Chun
* Count Orlok - Paul Mercier
* The Flare II - Kacie Rogers
* Ruby Red - Katie Leigh
* Lady Liberty - Nancy Linari
* Molecule Master - David Sobolov
* Butler - Michael Pizzuto

### Additional Cast

* Jack McLoughlin
* Kellen Goff
* Wilber Saldivar
* Nathan Turner
* Vicki Syal
* Barbara Goodson
* David Cooley