Shadows - Recap

At Leena’s B&B, Pete demands to know how his mother Jane can be a Regent. She insists that it was complicated and tries to explain. However, Mrs. Frederic arrives and tells her to hold the explanation until they deal with the attack on the Regents. Jane remembers something about the name of the holding company, A to Z Technologies, but can’t place it. Pete realizes that she gets vibes just like him and wonders if he knows anything about her. Jane tells him to put it on hold and tells Mrs. Frederic that the name is important. Pete persists and asks if either of them would have ever told him that his mother was a Regent. They don’t respond, confirming his accusation, and Pete walks away. Jane tells Mrs. Frederic that Pete needs time, but Mrs. Frederic warns that they don’t have time.



In Portland, Jason Kinser is mowing his yard as his wife leaves to run some errands. Suddenly there’s a flash of light and Jason disappears in a burst of light while all of the local electrical system short out.

At the warehouse, Claudia and Myka ask Artie why he fired Steve. He insists that he didn’t fire Steve and says that they have to deal with warehouse defenses and the new case of Jason’s disappearance. When they continue to protest, Artie tells them to go, now. Myka stops off at the B&B to talk to Pete, who wonders why Jane kept secrets from him. She suggests that Jane was trying to protect him but he thinks that he was using her as a pawn in the Regents’ game. Myka asks if makes a difference to Pete as long as he’s happy and he insists that it does make a difference.



Jane wonders if she’s doing the right thing to Mrs. Frederic, and points out that his son isn’t an agent. Mrs. Frederic insists that Jane raised Pete to be a Warehouse agent without realizing it and tells her to concentrate on A to Z Technologies. When Jane wonders if there’s a way to dig out the memory, Mrs. Frederic gets an idea.

In Portland, Claudia examines the lawnmower that Jason was using when he disappeared. Myka has spoken to Mrs. Kinser and confirmed that the power sources blew out. Claudia calls to check with Artie while they drive to the T-shirt store that Jason owned. They meet with Viola, the clerk, who wonders if alien abduction is involved. As she scans some t-shirts with a laser scanner, the manager, Stan, complains that one of the designers, Jeff McMasters, is using too much glitter. He explains that Jason fired a lot of the staff artists and Jeff says that Jason was tough to work with and had no respect for the art or artists. None of them know of anyone who was angrier at Jason than anyone else.

A young man, Brandon, arrives at an apartment and calls to be buzzed in. The person at the end refuses to let him in and Brandon goes to the window. He sees that the person he’s there to see has covered her window. When Brandon refuses to leave, there’s another flash and Brandon vaporizes as the nearby lights explode.

Later, Artie calls to inform Myka and Claudia that there’s been another disappearance but there’s no connection to Jason. He then talks to Mrs. Frederic and Jane, who insist that the only way to get a lead on the enemy is to use an artifact. Artie warns Jane that she could be trapped in her own memories, and Mrs. Frederic says that the danger can be reduced if she accompanies Jane. However, Pete comes in and says that he’ll do it. Artie gets out the artifact, a pair of bronzed baby shoes, and warns that they can only observe. He also points out that the memories can be overwhelming and if someone falls victim to them, they’ll be trapped forever.



Pete and Jane grasp the artifact and find themselves at their old home. Jane has no idea what it has to do with A to Z Technologies, but Pete says they may be there for him. He goes into the house to see his father. Meanwhile, Jane realizes what day it is in and follows him in... to where they are holding the funeral for his father.

In Portland, Brandon’s roommate tells Claudia and Myka that Brandon was going to meet his new girlfriend. Brandon couldn’t stop describing his girlfriend, Megan Reese, and Myka realizes that the name is on the list of Jason’s former employees. They go to Megan’s apartment and see a shadow burned into a nearby dumpster. Myka recognizes it as the kind of shadow left by someone hit by an electromagnetic pulse, and they wonder if something nuclear is involved.

They have the landlord take them to Megan’s apartment, but Megan tells them to go away. Myka sends the landlady away and tries to get Megan to let them in, but she refuses. The agents kick in the door and find Megan crouched on the floor. She tells them to leave before she kills them like the others. Claudia and Myka duck, but nothing happens. Myka puts up her Tesla and asks for the artifact, but Megan says that there is no artifact and she’s the one who killed Jason and Brandon when she got upset. Myka backs away and tells Claudia that Megan clearly isn’t in control. Claudia disagrees but reluctantly agrees to go along with Myka’s approach.



In Jane’s memories, Pete and Jane watch and see a younger Jane, torn with grief. Meanwhile, Pete watches as Ralph Brunsky, the local bully, comes over and gives a young Pete his toy back. Mrs. Frederic is there, much to Pete’s surprise, and expresses her condolences. She tells Jane that there was no artifact involved in her husband’s death and asks Jane to come back to work as an agent. Jane refuses and walks away.

Myka and Claudia search Megan’s apartment while the girl looks at her yearbook and wishes she could laugh like that again. Claudia assures her that she can overcome the weirdness and that she’s been in the same position as Megan. They find nothing and Megan says that the deaths first started happening when a mugger attacked her a couple of months ago in her hometown in Indiana. She killed the mugger and then her boyfriend later when they fought. Megan came to Portland to get away from it and it worked for a while. She got a job at the t-shirt shop and met Brandon, but then a woman rear-ended her. She disappeared and then Jason when he fired her, and then Brandon. Myka realizes that the yearbook is involved and tosses it into a neutralization bag, but nothing happens.



Jane goes outside to sit on the porch and Mrs. Frederic tells her that there’s no such thing as someone who is just a Regent and they need her. She insists that they need Jane’s particular expertise because there’s a child involved.

As they continue to search the apartment, Claudia points out that Megan wasn’t there when Jason disappeared. They realize that something at the t-shirt shop is involved and insist that Megan come with them. She agrees but the landlady comes after her and demands the overdue rent. Megan stares at her and the landlady disappears. The girl runs away and Myka holds Claudia back from going after her in case Megan loses her temper again. Myka examines the blast shadow and determines the angle of the light and the fact that it came from a different source than Megan. While Claudia tracks down Megan, Myka goes to check the source of the blast.

Pete and Jane watch as Pete blows milk out of his nose to try and cheer up his mother. Mrs. Frederic calls Jane and asks if she’s decided, and Jane agrees to hear her out. She finally agrees to help and tells Pete that she’ll be back for dinner. Jane goes to see a young boy, Walter Sykes, who is practicing baseball on his front yard. She notices that he’s wearing a rope bracelet and tries to talk to the boy. When he asks why she’s there, Jane tosses him his ball back and walks away. Jane and Pete watch, and Pete complains that she thought the boy was more important than him. Pete wishes that she had trusted him as much as her husband after her husband died.



Claudia predicts that Megan will go to a cemetery and finds her there, staying away from living people. She explains that she’s been through a lot and her life is cursed as well, and that she recently lost her best friend. Megan warms up and admits that it’s been a while since she could talk to someone.

Myka checks the nearby roof overlooking Megan’s apartment and spots glitter. She calls Claudia and tells her that Megan isn’t the one responsible. Myka figures that it’s someone from the t-shirt shop, and that it must have been someone who followed her from Indiana. The agent goes back to Megan’s apartment and compares the list of names to the people in the yearbook. Jeff McMasters is in the yearbook and Myka calls to tell Megan that Jeff is in a lot of the photos, and is always staring at her. She warns that if Jeff is willing to kill for her, her life could be in danger as well. Myka goes to the cemetery and explains that Jeff became fixated on Megan in high school. They have to find what he’s using and they need Megan’s help

Pete and Jane watch as a young Artie and McPherson collect the boy’s artifact. Jane and Mrs. Frederic discuss whether they affected the boy’s life in a positive manner or not. Pete asks his mother what made her go back to being a Regent, and Jane says that his father helped her make the decision. They then see Pete talking to his father before his death, and Pete saying he doesn’t want his father to be a firefighter anymore because of the danger. His father explains that it may not be safe, but he’s doing what he does for Pete and his sister and his mom because someone has to choose to keep the world safe. Young Jane overhears them and listens as Pete says that he wants to do the same thing.

Jane tells Pete that they should go now. When he hesitates, she takes his hand and says they have to leave. They are returned to normal and Pete tells his mother he thought she valued her job more than him. Jane says that she became a Regent to protect him and his sister. However, she tells him that she never wanted him to be an agent, much to his surprise.



Megan goes back to the t-shirt store and talks to Jeff. She tells him that she remembered his name and he wonders why she hasn’t said anything since she got a bully to leave him alone on a field trip. When she stayed away, Jeff followed her lead and did the same. Megan asks how he’s doing it and Jeff takes her inside to show her a bag holding a pair of field glasses. When Megan glances around nervously, Jeff realizes that she’s betrayed him. As Claudia and Myka close in, Jeff grabs Megan and yanks her into the loading dock, closing the door behind him.

Myka and Claudia come in through the store and put away their Tesla rather than risk triggering a nuclear explosion. Jeff looks at them through the field glasses and tells them to stay away, and then fires a blast of radiation. Megan clubs him with a board and runs off, and Claudia finds her and leads her away. Jeff has locked the doors and goes after them, but Myka attacks him. He knocks her down and pulls out the field glasses, but Megan comes up behind him and draws his attention. Claudia shoots the laser from a tag scanner into his eyes, blinding him, and they grab the field glasses, which were on the Enola Gay.



Later, Myka and Claudia explain about the artifact and how Megan was never cursed. She thanks them for everything and tells Claudia that she hopes she hears back from her best friend. Once Megan leaves, Claudia goes to call Steve and Myka tells her to say hi for her.

At the warehouse, Jane tells Artie and Mrs. Frederic that she saw Collodi’s Bracelet, the artifact that the boy had. It was made out of the strings of a marionette and fell into the hands of the boy, Walter Sykes. The bracelet let Walter walk and when they took it away, it condemned him to life in a wheelchair. The boy was wearing an Aztecs baseball hat, hence A to Z Technology.

An adult Walter receives a report from Marcus Diamond that Jane is under constant surveillance now that she has the shackle. Walter says that he’ll soon be meeting Jane and her son in person, and tells Marcus to approach Steve now that he’s vulnerable. He points out a dead Regent, Lok Archer, and says that his last act was helpful to them. Marcus picks up a book that Archer was holding and gives it to Walter, who says there’s another way to destroy the shackle.



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