The Jewish Question

**The Jewish Question** is the eighth episode in the first season of Hunters.

## Synopsis

Mindy Markowitz kills the man who murdered her son after burying Murray, who she was surprised to find out wanted a Jewish funeral when he finally died. Meyer tells Jonah why he and Ruth never married: at Auschwitz, Meyer chose to shoot a series of eleven prisoners in order to stop the Wolf from shooting Ruth, ignoring her pleas to let the Wolf shoot her instead. The Hunters find Nazi and NASA scientist Wernher von Braun via Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal, who is diametrically opposed to Meyer's team killing the Nazis rather than bringing them before legal tribunals.

## Plot

The city is plunged into chaos as episode 8 of Hunters begins. The blackout causes violence and anarchy to erupt in the streets, as Millie immediately heads in to see an irate Meyer telling her he’ll tell her everything he knows about the Fourth Reich if she lets him go. Eventually she agrees to his terms and follows him back to his house again, while Jonah continues to see ghosts as he stumbles through the streets.

Lonny returns alive to HQ while Meyer introduces the group to Millie, who joins them in their base of operations as Jonah heads back and apologises to Mindy repeatedly about what happened, revealing that Murray met an untimely end. This leads them to a beautiful funeral where they say goodbye to him. Afterward, Jonah apologises to Mindy again and heads outside, where he and Meyer come to blows surrounding how he feels and the guilt consuming him inside.

Millie arrives in the hospital and finds her Mother in a poor state. However, she awakens and gives her daughter some words of wisdom as they embrace in a touching segment. Maria’s also there too but before she can discuss much with her they’re interrupted, leaving things tense between them.

Tobias and Travis finally come to blows, with Travis berating his colleague for calling him weak and kicking him repeatedly in the head until he dies. At the same time, Biff goes on the run and calls for help.

As the group start closing in on those who are pulling the strings, they set their sights on a man called Von Braun. After speaking to Simon, who berates what they’re doing and tells them they need to stop hunting for the sake of their own heritage, Jonah begins questioning what they’re doing too. It’s here Meyer admits to killing 11 men the night in the camp, in a bid to save Ruth, and admitting he hasn’t been the same since.

Mindy meanwhile, contemplates what to do with Moritz and after a particularly beautiful segment involving her son and Murray, she makes her choice and shoots him after telling him he deserves so much worse.

At the same time, Meyer, Joe and Jonah descend on Von Braun and question him over his morality and the Fourth Reich. When he fails to talk, Jonah looks set to torture him with electrical cables until he finally reveals what’s going on and who’s pulling the strings – it’s The Colonel. He was the one who helped create “The Solution” – a weapon that’s in absolutely everything and happens to be corn syrup. However, Jonah doesn’t believe him and begins shocking the man until Joe cuts the power and forces him back into the car.

As Jonah heads out, we cut to a commercial for corn syrup as we learn what Von Braun’s saying is true. This is The Solution.

## Trivia

* During the 1977 New York Blackout, all hell broke loose. Over 1,000 fires were lit, 2,000 properties were vandalized around 3,000 people were arrested, and 1,600 stores were looted. All told, it caused $350 million in damages, nearly $1.5 billion in 2020 dollars.