- When the 2nd mass destroys a crucial Espheni base, a relentless enemy is taken down and the Mason family is reunited with those who had been lost.
- Weaver, Anthony, Pope and Lyle are in the cabin of a train with Lourdes cuffed in a bar heading to Chicago while Tom, Conchise and Dr.Kadar are inspecting the controls of the Volm's weapon. But is plan to trick the Espheni since the weapon is indeed in a boat heading to Boston with the 2nd Mass that destroy the Espheni fortress and grid. Soon the Volm's spaceship arrives and there is a party to celebrate the victory. The Volm commander schedules a meeting with Tom and Weaver and they have a surprise with his attitude.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Weaver, Pope, Lyle and Anthony drive a train to Chicago. They're decoys.
Cochise and Kadar prep the Volm weapon.Tom worries about the plan, that the Volm ship will come when they see the heat signature of the explosion as it's supposed to.
They've brought Lourdes as bait for Karen, to lure her out.
Hal talks to Maggie about the prospect of war possibly being over. He wants a house and big back yard, which seems to sound like hell to Maggie. If she survives she expects to just keep fighting.
Three mechs appear in the train's path and Weaver prepares to blast them.
Meanwhile, Tom and the attack team open the doors and reveal that they're on a ship in the bay outside Boston. It looks like a ghost town; they hope their plan to fool the Espheni into thinking they're in Chicago worked.
Kadar fires the weapon, a blue ball of energy flies out and hits one of the tower's legs. But nothing happens. They need 10 minutes to recharge, during which they're practically sitting ducks.
Two beamers fly out at the ship and Hal fires a giant gun at them, taking them down. Just as everyone on the boat is starting to get really nervous, they notice that the tower is starting to crumble. It collapses in a giant heap of alien rubble and the grid disappears from the sky.
Moments later, a giant Volm ship emerges from the sky and settles on top of the rubble, in an ominous alien swap.
Later that night, they celebrate their victory around a camp fire.
Tom prepares to meet with the Volm commanders. He wants to introduce them to the rebel skitters, but Ben says they've left their encampment because they're nervous about working with the Volm.
Weaver and the train crew return to cheers. Cochise asked the Volm commanders to send help and they bailed them out. Tom makes a toast, noting that they're at "the beginning of the end."
"To the fish heads -- may they freeze their asses off at the North Pole!" Pope adds.
In the morning, Cochise takes Tom and Weaver to meet the Volm commander, who turns out to be Cochise's father. Tom is eager to discuss their strategy, but the Volm commander tells them the Volm will take over the fight from here on out.
"Commander, with all due respect, our planet, our fight," Tom says.
They're informed the Volm plan to relocate the humans to Brazil and the Volm will provide security. Tom argues, saying they don't need the Volm help and there's no way they're leaving. The commander says it's settled, they will be relocated. He turns to leave and when Tom grabs him to stop him, he backhands Tom to the floor.
Weaver returns to camp and tells everyone to be packed up in an hour before they can be shipped to concentration camps. The Volm are holding Tom.
Weaver goes into his tent, but feels weak. He grabs his arm as he tips over. Jeanne helps him take a nitroglycerine pill for his heart. He's been taking them for a few months, but begs her not to tell anyone.
Cochise shows up with help to move people. Pope wants to fight, but the Volm are armed with superior weapons. Cochise tells Weaver he's just following orders. Weaver has no choice but to tell his people to lay down their weapons.
Pope is angry. "Congratulations, Colonel. The Volm have just done what the fish heads never could: brought us to our knees," he says.
On the Volm ship, Tom seethes over Cochise's betrayal. The Commander tells Tom that no species they have "liberated" has ever resisted relocation and they're confused by the humans' "tenacity." Tom makes a pitch for the human spirit, saying they'd rather die than have their rights taken away. He asks again that they be allowed to fight.
The commander struggles with questioning his orders and tells Tom they'll talk further.
Hal checks on Lourdes, who is ravaged by the Espheni worms in her head. She screams at him, pleading for him to take them out. He promises he'll find a way. Maggie suggests they might have to put Lourdes "out of her misery," so that Karen can't track them.
Cochise returns to lead them. They're reunited with Tom.
They're all stunned when Cochise leads them to a cache of weapons and tells them they're free to go, they just have to leave Boston right away.
Tom notes they'll probably end up in the Volm's way, but says he hopes they meet again.
Cochise and his father have never left an indigenous people in harm's way, but hope the humans are different and will survive.
The remainder of the 2nd Mass heads out on foot. Maggie revels in the fact the war isn't over.
Suddenly, Ben tells everyone to stop. Something big is coming. Lourdes collapses, twitching. A beamer ship lands nearby.
Karen walks toward them, waving a white flag. She says they need to talk.
"It's about the Volm," she says.
"I am confident there will be more unpleasant discoveries about the Volm. This war has gone on for centuries and it will continue for a long time to come. And as you know from your own history, there might be a day when our interests will coincide, so I want you to know my door will always be open," she says.
To prove her good faith, she says she's brought a gift.
"That's funny, I have a gift for you," Tom says.
He shoots her. Her skitters attack, but Tom, Weaver, Hal and Maggie take them out.
Karen reaches out to Hal as she bleeds on the ground. She tells him she's sorry. He goes to hear her out, but Maggie shoots her twice more to finish her off.
Tom watches the Espheni ship fly away, then turns around to see Anne standing there. He asks about Lexi. They didn't do anything to her, but....
Tom sees a six-year-old girl. It's Lexi.
In the morning, there's clear tension between Hal and Maggie over her shooting Karen.
Kadar isn't surprised over what's happening with Lexi, saying he saw hints of it in her DNA. Anne doesn't remember anything about her captivity.
They plan to return to Charleston, and maybe look for Hathaway's people to form a new human resistance movement.
Tom notices Lexi checking on Lourdes, who is in a cage in the back of a truck. Lexi puts her hands through the grate to Lourdes' face. Tom and Weaver watch in stunned silence as the worms infecting Lourdes pour out of her eyes and into Lexi's hands. And then Lexi calmly crushes them to dust.
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