Catacombs of the Moon
a.k.a.
Definition
The 12th
episode of Y2;
and 36th episode overall.
Written by
Anthony Terpiloff and
directed by Robert Lynn.
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Summary
Michelle Osgood
is dying of a heart ailment and needs an
artificial heart transplant,
but that requires some tiranium metal for it to work properly.
Her husband,
Patrick Osgood is the
chief engineer in charge of the search in The Catacombs underneath
Alpha.
He, however, has been seeing visions of fire,
which he interprets as Alpha's destruction.
Stressed on multiple fronts, he reacts poorly,
lashing out at friends and others, getting himself injured,
donning an explosives vest to get a weak Michelle out of
Medical Center to "safety" in The Catacombs,
where they are tracked down.
Finally,
Helena persuades a reluctant
Tony
to release a little of Alpha's critical store of tiranium,
an artificial heart ends up finally working,
and she has life-saving surgery.
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Details
- 1196
DAB close to the beginning of the episode.
- Michelle Osgood is dying, and needChief engineer in charge of the search for tiranium
(scarce metal needed for medical and life support)
is Patrick Osgood, husband of the dying woman.
- Tony is in
temporary command for much of the episode as
John is checking out space ahead of
Alpha.
- Sandra is
on watch at least once in this episode.
- Maya is seen little in this episode.
Dressed in some light casual clothing,
she happens across Tony and Pat fighting,
the latter trying to use a stun gun on the former.
She transforms into a dog and bites Pat;
he gets away, bloodied, later collapsing in the Solarium(?).
Later, she is called on by Tony to track the Osgoods in
the Catacombs, shows up in a jumpsuit,
and transforms into a tiger.
- As the heat climbs, most Alphans end up in lighter clothing,
in some cases very light.
This includes most or all of the
officers seen.
- Alan is not seen in this episode.
Comments
- There is a firestorm of sorts, partially verifying Patrick's visions,
but only to a point. He saw (or interpreted) much worse results
than actually occurred, though there was nonetheless
damage to Alpha.
However, his exaggerated responses frequently put others in danger,
including his best(?) friend and especially his wife
(creating more stress in her, prompting her into more
physical activity while she was weak,
and exposing her to further dangers in The Catacombs).
After this episode, how much responsibility might he
be granted in the future?
