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[Ms. Lucas, distorted voice] What is it that Florian knew?
Hand it over!
I-I-I'm sorry, Ms. Lucas.
Why'd Florian tell you to bring me this?
I'm not sure.
[normal voice] Ugh.
Doesn't your family believe in detergent?
My family believes in me?
[dramatic chord]
Hmm. I think you need some more VR training.
Now go back to your class.
What have I done?
[sighing]
[Jennie] We need to find an image of baby Nick's blanket.
It must have been captured on the CCTV somewhere.
The museum is surveillance central,
but the rest of the house?
No CCTV.
Great, that's the only thing Erik's
security system doesn't do.
Let's go over the footage again.
We don't have time, we have to deal with Florian.
Well, let's hope Jasmyn has been able to keep him occupied.
[sly music]
♪
Checkmate.
Another game?
What? That's, like, five games of chess.
I know. I could play all day. In fact, we should.
Mm-hmm.
Who taught you to play chess so well?
Oh, I taught myself and I had to get really good.
My mom-- I-- no, I mean both my parents...
Mm-hmm.
... expect me to be excellent at whatever I do.
Sounds pretty tough.
It's not that bad.
Checkmate.
You are good! Another game?
[pensive music]
Anika, where are you going?
-To the bathroom? -Sit down, please.
Good afternoon, everyone.
I'd like you all to buddy up in pairs to
complete the practical side of this summer's course.
So, if you could all find a partner?
Hey, you need a buddy?
Josh, am I a bad person?
What do you mean, "a bad person"?
I have to do something.
[Anika exhaling nervously]
[tense music]
[knocking]
[Ms. Lucas] Come in.
Anika, I didn't call you.
Yes, well, um, I still don't feel so good,
Ms. Lucas.
And?
And I would like to go home.
Plus, I think Florian could use the backup.
[phone vibrating]
Yes? Tell me you have some good news.
[dramatic suspenseful music]
[camera snapping]
♪
[Ms. Lucas] Okay. Okay, thank you. Bye.
Why are you still standing there, then? Go home.
Right. Thank you, Ms. Lucas.
Oh, and I still need that missing piece
of the Amber Oscillator.
Yes, Ms. Lucas.
[sighing heavily]
[mysterious, energetic music]
♪
So, Nika, how are you feeling?
Terrible. I mean, I feel fine.
I told the school I was sick so I could go
home, but I feel fine.
But I also feel terrible.
Yeah.
I did something really, really bad with--
No! Don't come near me.
You can't trust me.
No, we can't.
[somber music]
Evie, I'm so sorry.
Please let me make it up to you.
Isn't this a bit much?
Nope. In fact, it's not enough.
What are you doing?
I'm tying myself to the chair.
-You're really not. -I'll help.
I'm just a little tangled.
-You just have to trust me. -No! We can't and we won't.
Not until we get answers.
You worked for Ms. Lucas, you brainwashed me against my will,
and now you took the one clue that could help find
baby Nick's parents and gave it to the enemy.
How do you plead?
Guilty.
Just what bad Anika
would say to convince us she's good Anika.
I'm good! Well, I'm not good. I'm normal.
I'm not brainwashed anymore and I can prove it.
-See? I took a photo. -A photo?
Yeah, I took a photo of baby Nick's blanket.
-See? -[Evie] No, don't touch it!
It could be a trap.
It's a phone, Evie.
Or it's a Trojan Horse.
It's not a horse.
No, a virus. A computer virus.
-We activate your phone and-- -[snap]
Our computers get brainwashed.
I'm me! I am. I'll do everything to prove it. See?
[Jennie] Oh, Nika, you dropped your badge.
[whispering] You crazy?
If Ms. Lucas sees this, she'll know somethings up.
I don't care!
I'm never going back there again
and I'm never talking to
Ms. Lucas-- wait, where's Florian?
Still with Jasmyn, hopefully.
Guys, listen to me. You cannot trust him.
Tell us something we don't know.
I'm serious, Evie. He's working with Ms. Lucas.
He's been brainwashed, too.
Jasmyn's with him all alone.
We have to warn her.
So... hmm.
They need a dark, cool, moist environment,
and I've been feeding these with coffee grinds.
Oh, dark or light?
Hand-pressed Ethiopian.
Mushrooms are total coffee snobs.
-Mm. -Hey!
Did you hear the one about the mushroom
who walked into the coffee shop?
And the barista says, "Sorry, we can't serve you."
And the mushroom says, "Why not? I'm a fungi."
[Jasmyn snickering]
Fungi? Fun guy?
Oh, right, right.
-[phone beeping] -Okay.
[ominous music]
What's that?
Uh, nothing.
-It's my pet chihuahua. -Oh.
You know, those electronic animals.
You have to feed them and pet them and....
Machines.
Sometimes I feel like they control us.
Oh?
Do you ever feel like you're being
controlled, Florian?
By an electronic chihuahua?
By any kind of machine?
Or even the people behind the machines?
Hey, maybe you could tell me some more mushroom jokes.
Does anybody tell you to do things?
Like maybe a voice inside your head?
Yeah, yeah.
Right now it's telling me you're acting weird.
[scoffing]
That's me!
Yeah.
[Oliver] Okay, the virtual copy of Anika's
phone is up and ready.
We should get access to her photos without
triggering any viruses.
My phone doesn't have any viruses-- or horses.
-We'll see. -[Oliver] Ah!
There's the photo.
See? I told you, Evie.
Can you blame me for not trusting you?
No, of course not. Evie, I'm really sorry.
Yeah, yeah. Apology accepted. I guess.
Okay, let's see if this QR code works.
[trilling]
It's the passcode!
What does that timer mean?
[Jennie] Oh, no. Quick, we need to save the password
before the link expires.
Here, let me screengrab it.
-[screengrab clicking] Got it!
All we need now is the hologram
device and just input the passcode.
Yeah, mm-hmm. About that....
Don't tell me evil Anika gave it to Ms. Lucas.
[sighing]
[suspenseful music]
I know how this looks.
Yeah, you do.
And I'm not saying that being brainwashed makes
it sound any better.
No, it doesn't.
But Ms. Lucas doesn't know
that you guys found a way to block the VR
conditioning. So, I can go back as a double agent.
You can't go back there.
[Oliver] It's a risk.
We don't want to see the return of Badika.
[Jennie] Plus, there's Florian.
We still have to convince him we don't know what he knows.
Look, I know the academy.
I know Ms. Lucas, and we beat the VR before,
we can beat the VR again.
Okay, then we need a plan.
Ms. Lucas is building something called...
... Amber Oscillator?
What does it do?
I don't know, but it sounds really bad.
[Jennie sighing]
[exhaling]
[crunching]
[tense music]
Nika, are you asleep?
Nika?
I was asleep.
What if Ms. Lucas makes you put on that VR headset
and brainwashes you all over again?
Don't worry, Evie, I'll be fine.
Jennie said we needed a plan.
It's okay, I think I have one.
[cheerful music]
Nice to see you, Anika.
[Anika laughing]
You look really funny dressed as Ms. Lucas.
Nika, if you're going back to that school,
can't risk getting brainwashed again.
Now, take this seriously.
Yes, Ms. Lucas.
Oh, Oliver, keep an eye out for Florian.
Yes, sir.
-[clearing throat] -Ready for your top-up?
Are you supposed to be Mr. Simmons?
I am Mr. Simmons.
Take a seat, Anika.
Yes, Ms. Lucas.
Pass her the headset, Mr. Simmons.
Oh, no. That's okay. I have my own right here.
No, not that one.
Pass her the new one.
-Uh, no. I can't wear that. -Fail!
How is that a fail? I never even put it on.
If you react like that they'll know something's wrong.
Well, at least it shows Anika doesn't want
to be brainwashed again.
Look, Anika.
You can't react in any way that seems
suspicious or obvious.
If they want to top you up at any point during the day,
you need to just take the headset they give you
and swap it with the one we've rigged.
Okay, let's try again.
Nice to see you, Anika.
I'm here for my top-up.
Oh great. Mr. Simmons?
Yes, I've got the headset ready.
Oh, look, a bear!
[headset clattering]
Let's try it again, Nika.
And this time, try not to mention bears.
Shh. Florian's coming.
You look like you've just been caught robbing a bank.
[laughing]
I-- who robs a bank in person these days, right?
It's all digital hacking.
Evie, why are you dressed like that?
I'm, uh, rehearsing for a play, and the others
were helping me, right?
-Right! -[Anika] Right.
Oh, I heard you trashed Jasmyn
at chess yesterday, Flo.
More like annihilated.
And don't call me Flo.
[Jennie whispering] Oh, Nika.
Remember, all you need to do is get the holo-device.
So, no heroics.
No trying to save the world.
No confronting Ms. Lucas. Got it?
I will be in and out before you can say brainwashed.
And you're going to need a badge.
Right.
-Hey, Nika are we all-- -Shh!
I mean, have fun at the academy.
Always do.
[Oliver] Hmm.
She's not ready.
Maybe not, but we're out of time
and I'm sure Nika won't let us down.
So, what do we do while she's gone?
We visit Diane.
See if she knows anything about this whole
Oscillator thing.
-Okay. -Yup.
[Jasmyn] No! No!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
No!. Mm-mm.
You cannot leave me with Florian again.
I think we should just call the police and turn him in.
That's actually a pretty good idea.
Why haven't we done that yet?
Because he specifically told us not to.
Man, he really played us.
Yeah, he did.
Tell Evie to call Daniel, okay?
And keep Florian busy.
Yeah.
Florian, it's time for a Hunter tradition!
[soft, suspenseful music]
Anika, hope you're feeling better this morning.
Better? Oh, yeah. Much better.
Hmm.
I think you need another VR session.
Come with me.
Okay.
[Florian groaning]
Isn't this a bit overkill?
It's a Hunter tradition apparently.
A putzen party. A spring clean.
But it isn't spring.
Yeah, that's what makes it unique. Oh, oops.
-No. Whoa, whoa, whoa. -Here you go.
Okay, I'm going to use the bathroom.
[sighing]
[phone ringing]
Officer Hunter, how may I help?
Daniel, we need you to come to the house.
Florian is working for Ms. Lucas,
and she's building some kind of sci-fi equipment.
And Jasmyn's running out of things to distract him with.
[Daniel] A sci-fi weapon?
Were you up late reading one of Jake's
graphic novels again?
This is real, Daniel. I'm serious.
All right, but who's Ms. Lucas?
She's the principal at the academy where Anika's
pretending to be Sal.
Oh, wait, no, that, you have to explain.
No time. We need you to come question Florian, like, now.
[phone beeping]
Hey, they're onto me and they've just called the police.
Call me back. My time in Hunter house is up.
[mysterious music]
Now, I actually did a bit of digging into
the Amber Oscillator after Anika mentioned it
to me that time, when she dropped by
in the middle of the night.
She did?
I mean, she did. Yeah, what did you find?
It was a Relative who invented it. A Dr. Hoffman.
What did the Oscillator do?
Dr. Hoffman theorized that it was possible
to create limitless energy using his device.
Sound like Tesla's work.
I believe his work was inspired by Tesla.
How did you know about that?
Uh, lucky guess. Did the Oscillator work?
Not as he intended it.
What do you mean?
I'll show you.
The software's been upgraded.
This session should have a more lasting effect.
Right.
[chuckling nervously]
Anika?
Oh, yeah. I'll just--
Oh, no, a bear!
-[scoffing] -A bear?
Yeah, I'm sorry. Silly, silly joke.
-Oops. -[table crashing]
Klutz.
[suspenseful music]
[grunting]
[Mr. Simmons sighing]
-Well, put it on. -Mm-hmm.
[beeping]
[automated voice] Starting VR session.
[giggling]
My Amber Oscillator has the potential
to change the world as we know it.
-[Oscillator crackling] -[crowd screaming]
Get out. Please, please!
Fortunately, nobody died that day.
But it oscillated more than just the building.
Everyone present had some serious side effects.
Memory loss, headaches.
It was the first and last time
the Amber Oscillator was seen.
What happened to it?
The only record is of an inquiry
from a company who wished to
acquire the prototype-- or what remained of it.
Who wanted to buy it?
I don't know, but The Relatives deemed it
far too dangerous to sell.
So dangerous that they would dismantle
the Oscillator and hide the parts for safekeeping.
I don't know. Perhaps.
Why would you ask that?
Just a theory.
[crunching]
Ooh.
-[Mr. Simmons] You okay? -Yeah! Yeah.
Take your time.
[tense, eerie music]
♪
Ha!
Oh! Hi.
I was just about to run after you with this.
Thank you, Anika.
[Ms. Lucas over PA] Could Anika Hunter please report
to my office immediately?
Here goes nothing.
Florian's called.
Apparently your friend Jasmyn has had
him in a wild goose chase.
I'm sure Florian can lie his way out of it.
They called in the cavalry. Daniel.
That dim-witted boy in blue.
That sounds bad.
I need you to go back to Hunter house and find out
if Florian's cover really is blown.
Yes, Ms. Lucas.
Oh, what else do you have to do, Anika?
[breathing sharply]
[ominous music]
Find the missing piece
of the Amber Oscillator no matter what.
Good.
I've looked everywhere. He's not in the house.
Why do I have the feeling that Florian won't be coming back?
Danny!
Hi, Evie. Are you okay?
-Well, actually I am-- -Where's Florian?
You're too late.
I tried to make him stay, but I think he figured
out that we figured out that he figured out that-- you know.
This family, huh? We just can't stay out of trouble.
Speaking of trouble, where's Anika?
She's at Ms. Lucas' Academy for Unique Minds.
Which is actually a front
for some seriously nasty business.
Yeah, like brainwashing kids.
-Brain what? -Technical term.
Oh, and we think the academy might also be connected
to the missing Jacksons.
Wait, why am I only hearing about this now?
It's... complicated.
Complicated.
You guys stay here. I'm going to do some
digging on this Ms. Lucas and her academy.
If Florian shows up, call me immediately.
Okay.
[dramatic music]
[Anika] Florian! -Anika.
What are you doing here?
I didn't think you'd actually want me in police custody.
Did you at least manage to get the missing
capacitor before you left?
Well, how could I? The other kids were on to me--
Useless.
I would have thought my own son would be more
effective than these pawns.
[Anika] Your son?
Oh!
Did Florian not tell you?
You're not ashamed of me darling, are you?
No, of course not.
[Ms. Lucas] Don't worry.
I won't let your incompetence stop me from assembling
and activating the Amber Oscillator.
I'm sorry, Mother.
Not so sorry as Erik Hunter's going to be.
That's right, Anika.
Hunter House will be the location
for the first Oscillator's test.
Nice one.
[menacing music]
[Ms. Lucas] I can't wait to see the look on Erik Hunter's
face when I destroy everything he holds dear.
With help from his very own daughter.
[dramatic chord]
[mysterious, energetic music]
♪
[cheery music]