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|season = [[Runaways (TV series)/Season Two|2]]
  
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|writer = [[Jake Fogelnest]]
  
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'''''Rock Bottom''''' is the fifth episode of the [[Runaways (TV series)/Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]'', and the fifteenth episode overall.
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'''''Rock Bottom''''' is the fifth episode of the [[Runaways (TV series)/Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]''.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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[[Topher]] tells his story to the [[Runaways]], and claims to have found [[Gibborim Rock]]s in an abandoned terrarium after he was rejected by his family, which gave him superhuman abilities. [[Alex Wilder]] wonders how such rock samples could have been found in another location than the [[PRIDE Construction Site]], and [[Molly Hernandez]] insists that Topher should be allowed to stay in the [[Hostel]] due to his honesty. Although reluctant, the Runaways accept and go back to their own plans, while Topher asks Hernandez for some details about the dig site mentioned by Alex.
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[[Karolina Dean]] enters the hole located on the dig site with [[Jonah]], who explains to her that she is partly of [[Gibborim|extraterrestrial]] origin, and that several members of Jonah's family, meaning her family as well, are trapped in the bottom of the hole. Karolina then returns to the Hostel and, out of fear that Alex's plan of hacking into the construction site's systems could endanger the Gibborim, she attempts to sabotage his computer, but is stopped as she is found by [[Nico Minoru]].
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Later however, Hernandez realizes that Topher is gone, after he promised [[Gert Yorkes]] that he would bring back medicines for her. The Runaways quickly discover that Topher stole the map of the dig site, meaning that he probably wants to find more Gibborim rocks, which he has become addicted to. The Runaways take their car near the dig site, where they see Topher leaving with his bag full of rocks after he violently attacked one of the workers. As Topher carjacks a passing driver, the Runaways decide to follow him.
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The Runaways track Topher down to a residential area and find him inside a house where they learn the truth: Topher was actually rejected by his family ''after'' he found the rocks, which caused him to permanently injure his [[Joseph Vasquez|father]]. Sensing a lot of tension, the Runaways attempt to defuse the situation, but it rapidly grows out of control as Topher attacks them and attempts to leave. Hernandez does her best to keep her teammates from retaliating and tries to calm Topher down, but to no avail. Topher eventually throws a [[Hudson Rubbish & Disposal|dumpster]] at them, and when [[Chase Stein]] attempts to deflect it with the [[Fistigons]], he accidentally directs it towards Yorkes. Topher saves her, but is heavily wounded in the process, and the Runaways are forced to leave as an ambulance arrives.
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Back to the Hostel, Hernandez laments that what happened to Topher is their fault, and she blames Minoru for not having trusted Topher and making him feel unwanted. Minoru insists that Topher was dangerous and unreliable, only for Hernandez to remark that Minoru sounds more like her [[Tina Minoru|mother]]. Later, Minoru is comforted by Karolina, as the two girls begin to passionately make out, while Yorkes goes to see Hernandez and praises her moral strength. Nevertheless, Yorkes later leaves the Hostel during the night without telling anyone in an attempt to get some medical support.
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Meanwhile, [[PRIDE]] interrogates [[Eiffel]], as they have learned that she encountered Chase, and despite Eiffel's disrespectful demeanor, they are told that the Runaways [[Infiltration into Atlas Academy|stole]] a computer from [[Atlas Academy]]. They figure out that the Runaways want to use it to hack into the dig site. As they discuss, [[Dale Yorkes|Dale]] and [[Stacey Yorkes]] reveal that they saw Karolina and Jonah earlier on the dig site, which makes them fear that Jonah might know where the Runaways are. [[Robert Minoru]] decides to carry an [[Attack on Jonah|assassination attempt]] on Jonah on his own, despite PRIDE doubting that it is a good idea.
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Jonah summons [[Frank Dean]] to his office and reveals to him the [[Ultra Project]], ordering Frank to find someone to [[Rite of Blood|sacrifice]] so he can regain some life force. While Frank struggles to find the strength to carry on Jonah's orders, Jonah is confronted by [[Leslie Dean]], who blames him for having kept silent the fact that he regularly met Karolina and told her the truth about her heritage without consulting with Leslie. Leslie later finds Frank and learns that he has to pick someone to be kille for Jonah. As they discuss Karolina, Frank decides that he will not follow Jonah's orders, much to Leslie's pleasure. Leslie is later approached by Karolina, who wants to ask her questions about Jonah.
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[[Janet Stein]] keeps decoding the [[Abstract]], and discovers that Jonah owns a [[Magistrate's Ship|spaceship]] with an anti-gravity engine which could seriously endanger the whole [[California]] if misused. She returns into the [[Healing Algorithm]] and asks her husband [[Victor Stein|Victor]]'s help to destroy it, which he agrees to. Meanwhile, Robert fails to kill Jonah using [[Inhibitor Pods]] as he is attacked from behind by [[Aura]] and [[Frances]]. Jonah, although weaker than ever before, brings Robert back to the [[PRIDE Headquarters]], much to PRIDE's astonishment.
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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*[[Jan Luis Castellanos]] as [[Topher]]
  
*[[Jan Luis Castellanos]] as [[Topher]]
 
*[[Danielle Campbell]] as [[Eiffel]]
  
*[[Danielle Campbell]] as [[Eiffel]]
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*[[Efrain Figueroa]] as [[Joseph]]
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*[[Efrain Figueroa]] as [[Joseph Vasquez]]
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*[[Rose Portillo]] as [[Eileen]]
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*[[Rose Portillo]] as [[Eileen Vasquez]]
 
*[[Heather Olt]] as [[Frances]]
  
*[[Heather Olt]] as [[Frances]]
 
*[[Pat Lentz]] as [[Aura]]
  
*[[Pat Lentz]] as [[Aura]]
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*[[Veronica Diaz]] as [[Sofia (Nurse)|Sofia]]
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*[[Veronica Diaz]] as [[Sofia Vasquez]]
 
*[[Devin Kawaoka]] as Nurse
  
*[[Devin Kawaoka]] as Nurse
 
*[[Lindsey Hutchison]] as Attorney #1
  
*[[Lindsey Hutchison]] as Attorney #1
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*[[Portia Bartley]] as Teenage Neighbor
  
*[[Portia Bartley]] as Teenage Neighbor
 
*[[Paul Lacovara]] as Driver
  
*[[Paul Lacovara]] as Driver
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*[[Angelique Kenney]] as LAPD Officer [[Nichols]] <small>(uncredited)</small>
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*[[Angelique Kenney]] as LAPD Officer Nichols <small>(uncredited)</small>
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
  
*[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
 
**[[Hostel]]
  
**[[Hostel]]
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**[[PRIDE Foundation Facility]]
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**[[PRIDE Construction Site]]
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**[[PRIDE Headquarters]]
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**[[Church of Gibborim Executive Offices]]
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**[[Church of Gibborim Executive Office]]
 
**[[Stein Mansion]]
  
**[[Stein Mansion]]
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**[[A.S. Memorial Medical Center]]
 
**[[Goodman University]] <small>(flashback)</small>
  
**[[Goodman University]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
***[[Geosciences Research Center]] <small>(flashback)</small>
  
***[[Geosciences Research Center]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
**[[Atlas Academy]] <small>(picture)</small>
  
**[[Atlas Academy]] <small>(picture)</small>
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**[[Dean Mansion]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
**[[Minoru Mansion]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
  
**[[Minoru Mansion]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] <small>([[Healing Algorithm|virtual reality]])</small>
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*[[Compton]], [[California]]
  
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**''[[Odyssey Diner]]'' <small>([[Healing Algorithm|virtual reality]])</small>
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**[[PRIDE Construction Site]]
  
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*{{WPS|Area 51}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Area 51]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
   
 
===Events===
  
===Events===
 
*[[Chase of Topher]]
  
*[[Chase of Topher]]
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*[[Attack on Jonah]]
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*[[War Against Jonah]]
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**[[Attack on Jonah]]
 
*[[Assassination of Gene and Alice Hernandez]] <small>(flashback)</small>
  
*[[Assassination of Gene and Alice Hernandez]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 
*[[Assassination of Graciela Aguirre]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
  
*[[Assassination of Graciela Aguirre]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*[[Gibborim Rock]]
  
*[[Gibborim Rock]]
 
*[[Church of Gibborim Bracelet]]
  
*[[Church of Gibborim Bracelet]]
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*[[Healing Algorithm]]
  
 
*[[Dematerialization Box]]
  
*[[Dematerialization Box]]
 
*[[Abstract]]
  
*[[Abstract]]
 
*[[Staff of One]]
  
*[[Staff of One]]
 
*[[Fistigons]]
  
*[[Fistigons]]
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*[[Anti-Gibborim Inhibitor]]
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*[[Healing Algorithm]]
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*[[Inhibitor Pods]]
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*[[Anti-Gibborim Serum]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*[[Book of Gibborim]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
  
*[[Book of Gibborim]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 
*{{WPS|Quetiapine|Seroquel}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
  
*{{WPS|Quetiapine|Seroquel}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
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===Vehicles===
  
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*[[Jonah's Ship]]
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*[[Magistrate's Ship]]
   
 
===Sentient Species===
  
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*[[Wizard]]
  
*[[Wizard]]
 
*[[Los Angeles Police Department]]
  
*[[Los Angeles Police Department]]
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*''[[California (newspaper)|California]]''
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*''{{WPS|Forbes}}''
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*''[[Hudson Rubbish & Disposal]]'' <small>(logo)</small>
   
 
===Mentioned===
  
===Mentioned===
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*[[Amy Minoru]]
  
*[[Amy Minoru]]
 
*[[Livvie]]
  
*[[Livvie]]
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*[[Priscilla Cordoba]] <small>(newspaper)</small>
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*[[Erin Bailey]] <small>(newspaper)</small>
 
*{{WPS|One Direction}}
  
*{{WPS|One Direction}}
 
*{{WPS|Lil Yachty}}
  
*{{WPS|Lil Yachty}}
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|[[Tor Lundvall]]
  
|[[Tor Lundvall]]
 
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*[[Topher]] tells his story of how he got the rocks.
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*[[Topher]] tells his story of how he got the [[Gibborim Rock]]s.
 
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|{{WPS|My Baby Loves Lovin'}}
  
|{{WPS|My Baby Loves Lovin'}}
 
|[[White Plains]]
  
|[[White Plains]]
 
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*[[Janet Stein]] returns to [[Victor Stein]]'s virtual reality to ask if he could build something to destroy a gravitional wave engine. Victor gets to work on a new device.
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*[[Janet Stein]] returns to [[Victor Stein]]'s [[Healing Algorithm|virtual reality]] to ask if he could build something to destroy a gravitional wave engine. Victor gets to work on a new device.
 
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|Twilite Speedball
  
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*End of Episode.
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*End credits.
 
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*{{IMDb title
  
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*{{Disney+
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*{{Marvel|Marvel's Runaways Season 2 5|Rock Bottom}}
  
*{{Marvel|Marvel's Runaways Season 2 5|Rock Bottom}}
   

Revision as of 14:17, 14 May 2020

"I was fortunate enough to eject right before impact. They've been trapped here this whole time. It's taken me so long to reach them. Soon they'll be free."
―Jonah to Karolina Dean[src]

Rock Bottom is the fifth episode of the second season of the television series Runaways.

Synopsis

When the kids discover that Topher may be more dangerous than they could have imagined, addicted to the rocks that give him superhuman abilities, will they help him or will they turn their backs on their new friend?

Plot

Topher tells his story to the Runaways, and claims to have found Gibborim Rocks in an abandoned terrarium after he was rejected by his family, which gave him superhuman abilities. Alex Wilder wonders how such rock samples could have been found in another location than the PRIDE Construction Site, and Molly Hernandez insists that Topher should be allowed to stay in the Hostel due to his honesty. Although reluctant, the Runaways accept and go back to their own plans, while Topher asks Hernandez for some details about the dig site mentioned by Alex.

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Karolina Dean enters the hole located on the dig site with Jonah, who explains to her that she is partly of extraterrestrial origin, and that several members of Jonah's family, meaning her family as well, are trapped in the bottom of the hole. Karolina then returns to the Hostel and, out of fear that Alex's plan of hacking into the construction site's systems could endanger the Gibborim, she attempts to sabotage his computer, but is stopped as she is found by Nico Minoru.

Later however, Hernandez realizes that Topher is gone, after he promised Gert Yorkes that he would bring back medicines for her. The Runaways quickly discover that Topher stole the map of the dig site, meaning that he probably wants to find more Gibborim rocks, which he has become addicted to. The Runaways take their car near the dig site, where they see Topher leaving with his bag full of rocks after he violently attacked one of the workers. As Topher carjacks a passing driver, the Runaways decide to follow him.

The Runaways track Topher down to a residential area and find him inside a house where they learn the truth: Topher was actually rejected by his family after he found the rocks, which caused him to permanently injure his father. Sensing a lot of tension, the Runaways attempt to defuse the situation, but it rapidly grows out of control as Topher attacks them and attempts to leave. Hernandez does her best to keep her teammates from retaliating and tries to calm Topher down, but to no avail. Topher eventually throws a dumpster at them, and when Chase Stein attempts to deflect it with the Fistigons, he accidentally directs it towards Yorkes. Topher saves her, but is heavily wounded in the process, and the Runaways are forced to leave as an ambulance arrives.

Back to the Hostel, Hernandez laments that what happened to Topher is their fault, and she blames Minoru for not having trusted Topher and making him feel unwanted. Minoru insists that Topher was dangerous and unreliable, only for Hernandez to remark that Minoru sounds more like her mother. Later, Minoru is comforted by Karolina, as the two girls begin to passionately make out, while Yorkes goes to see Hernandez and praises her moral strength. Nevertheless, Yorkes later leaves the Hostel during the night without telling anyone in an attempt to get some medical support.

Meanwhile, PRIDE interrogates Eiffel, as they have learned that she encountered Chase, and despite Eiffel's disrespectful demeanor, they are told that the Runaways stole a computer from Atlas Academy. They figure out that the Runaways want to use it to hack into the dig site. As they discuss, Dale and Stacey Yorkes reveal that they saw Karolina and Jonah earlier on the dig site, which makes them fear that Jonah might know where the Runaways are. Robert Minoru decides to carry an assassination attempt on Jonah on his own, despite PRIDE doubting that it is a good idea.

Jonah summons Frank Dean to his office and reveals to him the Ultra Project, ordering Frank to find someone to sacrifice so he can regain some life force. While Frank struggles to find the strength to carry on Jonah's orders, Jonah is confronted by Leslie Dean, who blames him for having kept silent the fact that he regularly met Karolina and told her the truth about her heritage without consulting with Leslie. Leslie later finds Frank and learns that he has to pick someone to be kille for Jonah. As they discuss Karolina, Frank decides that he will not follow Jonah's orders, much to Leslie's pleasure. Leslie is later approached by Karolina, who wants to ask her questions about Jonah.

Janet Stein keeps decoding the Abstract, and discovers that Jonah owns a spaceship with an anti-gravity engine which could seriously endanger the whole California if misused. She returns into the Healing Algorithm and asks her husband Victor's help to destroy it, which he agrees to. Meanwhile, Robert fails to kill Jonah using Inhibitor Pods as he is attacked from behind by Aura and Frances. Jonah, although weaker than ever before, brings Robert back to the PRIDE Headquarters, much to PRIDE's astonishment.

Cast

Main Cast:

Guest Stars:

Appearances

Locations

Events

Items

Vehicles

Sentient Species

Creatures

Organizations

Mentioned

Music

Song title Artist Location(s)
Haunted By The Sky Tor Lundvall
My Baby Loves Lovin' White Plains
Twilite Speedball Mos Def
Buckets Kodacrome
  • End credits.

References

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Season One Reunion • Rewind • Destiny • Fifteen • Kingdom • Metamorphosis • Refraction • Tsunami • Doomsday • Hostile
Season Two Gimmie Shelter • Radio On • Double Zeros • Old School • Rock Bottom • Bury Another • Last Rites • Past Life • Big Shot • Hostile Takeover • Last Waltz • Earth Angel • Split Up
Season Three Smoke and Mirrors • The Great Escape • Lord of Lies • Rite of Thunder • Enter The Dreamland • Merry Meet Again • Left-Hand Path • Devil's Torture Chamber • The Broken Circle • Cheat The Gallows
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