| See You at the Crossroads | |
| Season One, Episode 8 | |
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| Air date | February 11, 2006 |
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Summary[]
With Halloween providing a rare opportunity, Cronus takes action to summon a banished goddess who proves to be more than Theresa might be able to handle.
Plot[]
At a satellite company, Cronus has a nerdy man align a satellite to hover close to the moon. Although the man claims no signal is coming from the moon, Cronus casts a spell which sends a signal to a mysterious doorway that opens, releasing a shadowed figure and animal.
At a theater, Theresa and Atlanta are watching a movie when the screen suddenly changes to show a barren land with a single tree and with an owl. Already on alert from the change, Theresa and Atlanta, along with the other movie goers, are shocked to see the owl suddenly emerge from the screen and land on Theresa's shoulder.
At the house, Archie is questioning why they are making cakes. Athena explains that Halloween is a time of offerings to spirits as a sign of respect but Odie questions the truth of this belief.
At the divine school, Persephone and Hermes are interrupted from their game when Theresa and Atlanta appear with the owl still on Theresa. Alarmed, Persephone immediately urges Hermes to locate Hera and inform her of the situation and Atlanta to call the boys. Once everyone has arrived, they are given a rundown of how the owl appeared. Persephone believes the owl belongs to Hecate, goddess of witchcraft. Persephone suspects that the owl is sticking close to Theresa because it is attracted to her sixth sense.
As Hermes arrives with Hera, Persephone voices how she believes the owl is possibly after Hecate's torches. Hera tries to catch the owl but her hands phase right through it. As the owl begins flying around, Persephone uses a magic spell to get it under control. It's now that Persephone explains the torches were used by Hecate to guide souls to the Underworld, but she became hungry for power and her acts were described as being so bad she was banished from the Underworld. Her greatest crime is said to be when she had opened a portal between the past and the present which allowed the dead to return to the land of the living.
When Jay asks Odie if the movie theater could be a portal location, Odie goes to Hermes' office to check but finds Cronus has sent an email taunting about the upcoming holiday. However, Hermes is more worried about the new moon being on All Hallow's Eve which will make the veils between worlds the thinnest it's been for eons. Tracking the email, Odie finds it came from the DS Magic Solutions Inc network but feels the tracking was too easy considering the work the company is known to do.
In Persephone's office, Persephone instructs Theresa that it is time for her to start exploring the area of magic as it can be just as dangerous as any beast they face. She gives Theresa a book of incantations that will help but the true boost of power will come from Hecate's torches.
At the company building, the man begins mocking Cronus for thinking his plan is just a prank done with illusions, not taking him serious in the least even as he is told to work like normal so as not to draw attention.
With Odie heading back to the house since his computer is better equipped to handle the workload, Jay checks in with Hera for anything that may need to be done. His offer comes a moment too soon as the owl breaks free from its cage and flies out of the room. With Theresa trying to hone the abilities of magic with Herry and Archie spotting her as she levitates, the owl breaks into the room and grabs one of the torches that gives it enough strength to resist spells from Theresa and Persephone.
Archie managed to use his whip to grab the owl but quickly finds himself flying through the air when the owl tries to escape by phasing through the ceiling, leaving Archie and one torch to fall to the ground. Although Herry saves Archie, his ankle brace is broken and Archie is in extreme pain without it. Persephone urges the teens to find the second torch as quickly as possible at the location where the three roads meet, the movie theater. Odie rushes into the room and announces Cronus' plan to free Hecate which will allow her to summon the dead to be her army that will easily overrun the living.
After a minor assigning readjustment, it's decided that the girls will head to the theater with Herry and Neil while the others stay to look after Archie. At the house, Jay bandages Archie's ankle when Athena appears dressed as a witch and offering a cake, a treat she claims is the favorite of all witches. Archie spots a pair of gloves that Odie specifies are for virtual games but could possibly work on Hecate's owl which is why he gave a pair to Herry before they left.
As Odie successfully patches into the network Cronus is using, the others make it to the theater, where Neil and Herry are startled by the sight of a man dressed as a zombie. At Magic Solutions, Cronus notices Odie has patched in but feels it doesn't matter as the time has come to free Hecate.
In the theater, Theresa communicates to Jay and Odie that they are in place but are told they will need to get the torch back as Odie plans to trap the owl in the fourth dimension with Hecate when it enters the portal. As the movie plays, it suddenly changes when Hecate and her hounds appear and frighten away everyone but the heroes.
The owl appears with the torch, but Theresa manages to get it back. Despite this, Hecate breaks free and her hounds pin down Herry and Atlanta. Theresa attempts to use magic and the torches on Hecate, but the goddess easily gets her torches back while mocking Theresa's beginner level skills. Herry takes a moment to use the glove Odie gave him and successfully tosses the dogs through the portal.
Unfortunately, Hecate is now at full strength with her torches and opens the portal to revive the dead. Despite Neil and Atlanta trying to fight the zombies, they are unable to physically affect them, and the task falls onto Herry. Theresa uses the book of spells to fight Hecate, but the witch laughs at her attempt since she read the wrong spell. Herry charges over and manages to shock Hecate long enough for Theresa to get both torches back. Using the torches, Theresa gets Hecate back through the portal, but she too is dragged in right as Odie closes the portal.
As Odie gets the portal open, Herry is left to handle the zombies while Atlanta and Neil enter the portal to save Theresa. At the house, Archie is using an extra glove to defeat the zombies when Jay realizes the monitor is acting as another portal entrance. He is about to enter when Athena reminds him about her earlier statement of witches enjoying cake and that Hecate in particular enjoyed cake and was the best offering used to appease her.
In the digital dimension, Atlanta's bolas now work on Hecate when she binds the goddess. Neil catches the torches and suddenly feels empowered by them and easily sets Theresa free. Jay arrives with the cake Athena made which confuses the others. Hecate breaks free from the bolas and knocks the teens back though she prioritizes saving the cake before binding Neil, Jay, and Atlanta.
With Theresa feeling she has given everything she has, Hecate ruthlessly mocks how easy it was for her to defeat the heroes and Theresa in particular. This angers Theresa who uses the cake to knock Hecate back and reclaim the torches to give Hecate a final blow and free her friends. The heroes escape the dimension victorious, and Odie closes it while sending a mocking email to Cronus wishing him a Happy Halloween.
Trivia[]
- Since Archie broke his ankle brace, he should have been unable to walk or stand until he got a new one. However, when zombies are coming through the computer screen, he is seen standing, unsupported and without difficulty.
- Persephone and Hermes as playing an elaborate game of Snakes & Ladders and Mouse Trap.
- Neil appears to take his sleep schedule very seriously, as he was already in bed while the girls were at the movies, and the guys were baking.
- Neil wears green monogrammed pajamas and a matching green eye mask to bed.
- He also appears to have been sleeping at the school since he arrived to the meeting appearing to have just been woken up.
- In the episode, the spells are all in actual Greek:
- The spell Cronus recited at the beginning of the episode was "Me it thinami tou neou fegariou, ithe na porousiastis Ekati!"
- (English Translation: with the power of the new moon may you present (yourself) Hecate).
- The binding spell is "Me ti thinami tis kalis voulis, se thesmevo!"
- English Translation: with the power of goodwill Ι bind you.
- The spell Cronus uses to release Hecate was "Me it thinami tou skotos... Stil prothira ton psihon, is tin yee na parousiastis Ekati."
- English Translation: unknown.
- The spell Teresa fails to use is "Apolefse stin kalosini gliko mou paidi!"
- English Translation: bask in the kindness my sweet child
- The spell Hecate uses to resurrect the dead is "Me aftous tous pirsous anastatono tous nekrous!"
- English Translation: with these torches I disrupt the dead.
- The spell Cronus recited at the beginning of the episode was "Me it thinami tou neou fegariou, ithe na porousiastis Ekati!"
Errors[]
- It's stated in the episode that Hecate has been imprisoned for thousands of years but then Hermes states that it has been eons.
- One eon equals one billion years, causing a time dispute on Hecate's imprisonment.
Quotes[]
Hermes: Power corrupts, & more power corrupts more!
(Theresa is tied up in ropes, Neil is holding the torches)
Neil: Oooh let me try! Hocus Pocus, Bippity Boppity Boo! (Theresa is released)
Atlanta: ... Get outta town!
Neil: (Movie turned black and white) Awww, an art film. Booooring!
Cast[]
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