Draft:Runaways season 1
| Runaways | |
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| Season 1 | |
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| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | Hulu |
| Original release | November 21, 2017 – January 9, 2018 |
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The first season of the American streaming television series Runaways, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, sees . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the other television series of the franchise and acknowledging the continuity of the franchise's films, and is produced by ABC Signature Studios, Marvel Television, and Fake Empire, with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage serving as showrunners.
The first season began airing on November 21, 2017, running for 10 episodes on Hulu, and concluded on July 20, 2018. The series was renewed for a second season on July 20, 2018.
Episodes
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| 1 | 1 | "Reunion" | Brett Morgen | Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage | November 21, 2017 | |
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A girl named Destiny is "rescued" by the Church of Gibborim from two muggers, who were actually trying to save her. Friends Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Gert Yorkes, Chase Stein, and Molly Hernandez have grown apart since the death of Nico's sister, Amy, two years earlier. Alex uses a meeting for their parents' group the Pride to reach out to the others, but they turn him down. They later change their minds: Karolina removes her Church of Gibborim bracelet at a party, sees her hands glowing, and loses consciousness. Chase rescues her from being raped; because of this, Chase stands Gert up for a study session, and she picks up her adopted sister Molly, who has discovered that she has super strength and that their parents have a creature in the basement; and Nico arrives after failing to contact Amy's spirit in a ritual. The gathering is awkward, but they soon discover a secret passage in the house that leads to their parents sacrificing Destiny in a ritual. Molly's camera flash is seen by the parents. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Rewind" | Roxann Dawson | Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage | November 21, 2017 | |
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Before the ritual, Geoffrey Wilder had confronted an old associate from his time as a criminal, threatening him against interfering with the Pride's construction project. Victor Stein is having issues testing the container used in the ritual; Leslie Dean convinces Destiny not to leave the Church of Gibborim until she reaches the stage of "Ultra", which involves the then-upcoming secret ritual; and her husband Frank, an actor who is not a member of the Pride, loses his agent due to his role as cofounder of the Church. The group are all reluctant to sacrifice someone the same age as their children, but go ahead anyway. When they see the flash, they race to investigate, but are convinced by the children that there was an electrical problem in the house. Geoffrey later finds Molly's hairpin outside the entrance to the secret passage, while Victor realizes that his container malfunctioned and Destiny is still alive inside it. Meanwhile, Frank unsuccessfully attempts to enter Leslie's private study, where a decrepit figure lies in another of Victor's containers. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Destiny" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Kalinda Vazquez | November 21, 2017 | |
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Karolina is told that Destiny is officially in London for a Church trip. Nico investigates the Staff of One, but is unable to control its power and calls Alex for help. Chase and Gert use some of Victor's inventions to search for Destiny in the Steins' house, and then discover that the creature in the Yorkeses' house is a dinosaur genetically engineered by Gert's parents. Tina and Robert Minoru attempt to deal with their deteriorating marriage, due to Amy's death, but it ends with Robert continuing a secret affair with Janet Stein, and Tina returning home to find Nico and Alex (who pretend to be romantically and sexually involved to avoid suspicion, but later start to genuinely love each other). Catherine Wilder confronts Molly, but the latter lies; saying she had been sneaking around to steal alcohol for the other children. Catherine promises to tell Molly about her parents, who died in a fire when Molly was young (the Pride members blamed each other for doing this). The Yorkeses plan to move with Gert, Molly, and their dinosaur to a remote ranch in Yucatan now that the Pride is over, but then Destiny's body is found. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Fifteen" | Ramsey Nickell | Tamara Becher-Wilkinson | November 28, 2017 | |
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The Pride holds an emergency meeting, though the Yorkes are out searching for their missing dinosaur. Victor accepts responsibility for the failed sacrifice; so he and Robert go to find a new one. They attempt to kidnap a homeless man, but they bungle the act and are arrested. Karolina is labeled a slut at school, and Chase is told to apologize to his lacrosse team; who he injured when he stopped them from raping her. He instead quits the team. Karolina reveals to Chase how her body glows without her bracelet. She and Gert also look for proof of their parents' innocence, but with Alex's help, they realize that Leslie has been selecting people from her church to sacrifice for years. This does not include Amy, who appeared to commit suicide, though Nico believes she was murdered by the Pride. She goes to the police, but leaves when she sees Victor and Robert talking with a policeman apparently on their payroll. The Yorkeses find the dinosaur, doing what Gert tells her to do, and are threatened by Tina who knows about Yucatan. Alex is kidnapped. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Kingdom" | Jeffrey W. Byrd | Rodney Barnes & Michael Vukadinovich | December 5, 2017 | |
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In flashback, Geoffrey makes a deal with the mysterious Jonah to buy up land and has to convince his cellmate Darius to take the blame for shooting someone to get out of prison. In the present, Darius has kidnapped Alex as ransom for Geoffrey to pay one million dollars. Nico gets Karolina, Gert, Molly, and Chase to come to the rescue, using the staff to find Alex. Geoffrey shows up with LAPD officers to take out Darius and his men, Alex shoots Andre, one of Darius' goons, but he gets taken again. Alex's friends show up and use their newfound abilities force Darius to run. Alex makes it back to Geoffrey, who tells him to go home while he preps Andre for a sacrifice. The kids barge into the secret room, only to realize that the Pride has moved the sacrifice somewhere else. Tina reveals that she knows Nico used the staff, but allows her to use it. Victor's time machine shows Los Angeles crumbling in the future. Frank fails to achieve Ultra. The sacrifice succeeds this time, revealing that the man the Pride was reviving is Jonah, who asks Leslie to meet "her". | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Metamorphosis" | Patrick Norris | Kalinda Vazquez | December 12, 2017 | |
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Jonah has all the parents recorded during their first sacrifice so as to keep them in check and to prevent them from leaving the Pride. The Pride hosts their annual gala and the kids use the time to download footage of the previous sacrifices from the Minorus' servers. Gert walks in on an intimate confession between Karolina and Nico, and asks Karolina if she likes her. Karolina ignores her comment and tells her that she would love that since it would allow her to be with Chase. While drunk on the roof, Karolina discovers she can fly and Chase kisses her, which she is placid to. Alex and Nico break into Tina's office to get the footage, causing Nico to become suspicious of him as he knew the password rather easily. During the Pride members' speech, Victor reveals his knowledge of Robert and Janet's tryst and collapses from his brain tumor. Jonah uses his experimental medicine to revive him, making him happily euphoric with his family. Frank appears to know about Leslie and Jonah's secret relationship but keeps this information to himself. Molly, in an effort to learn more about her parents, accidentally lets slip to Catherine about her knowledge of the Pride. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Refraction" | Peter Hoar | Quinton Peeples | December 19, 2017 | |
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Victor sees a message from Chase from the future telling him not to pick up the fistigons. Frank gets healing gloves from Jonah, causing Leslie to become suspicious. Molly becomes distant from the others and tries joining the cheerleaders, but finds solace with Karolina's friendship with her. Dale and Stacy discover that Jonah's cure makes people hyperactive and euphoric, but gives them a drawn-out hangover. At an open house, Leslie gets Janet to break up with Robert, who agrees due to Victor's changing behavior and has Tina take Robert back. Geoffrey and Catherine tell Dale and Stacy that they must do something about Molly as she knows about the Pride's activities. They tell Molly she is going to be sent away, which angers her. Gert comforts her and convinces her to leave to keep the group safe. Frank discovers that Jonah has been living for a long time and finally confronts Leslie about what she and Jonah have been doing. Nico forces Alex to reveal how he knew Tina's password. Victor suddenly becomes violent again and attacks his son with the fistigons, only to get shot by Janet. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Tsunami" | Millicent Shelton | Rodney Barnes & Michael Vukadinovich | December 26, 2017 | |
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Victor bleeds out as the Pride members arrive to try and patch him up, though this proves to be ineffective and he slips into a coma. Leslie summons Frank to use his healing gloves, but they fail and Victor dies. Tina contacts Jonah, who instructs them to sacrifice Janet for Victor, causing the Pride to argue. Robert decides to sacrifice himself instead, but Tina destroys the pod; reaffirming her devotion to him. Victor is carried away to be revived later. Karolina decides to tell Frank everything she knows about the Pride, getting him to her side. Alex reveals to an angry Nico that he was aware of Amy's snooping and was told to keep her information secret. Molly ends up living with her relative, Graciela, who gives her a letter containing a key. It leads her to a locker with a VHS tape. Nico finds Amy's things and Alex successfully gets the footage of their parents, but his laptop is destroyed by Chase because Pride is the only way to save his father. In flashback, Amy learns from Alex that her laptop was hacked and confides her findings to Kincaid. Amy tries to run away from home, but is caught by an unseen man. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Doomsday" | Jeremy Webb | Jiehae Park & Kendall Rogers | January 2, 2018 | |
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Ten years prior, Leslie murders Gene and Alice Hernandez with a bomb while Tina listens on the phone. Molly survives due to strange glowing rocks that she is holding. In the present, Janet covers for Victor's absence to the public as Jonah tasks the remaining Pride members with his current plan; to use Geoffrey's drilling company to dig a hole underneath Los Angeles. Darius monitors the area and voices his suspicions to his wife. Molly returns to the group with the VHS tape, which contains a video from her parents warning her about the Pride's activities. The kids decide to use the school dance as a cover to infiltrate the drilling site. Before leaving, Gert and Chase have sex while Karolina kisses Nico, revealing her feelings for her. Frank reveals everything he knows to Jonah, who relays the fact that the kids know everything to their parents. The kids arrive at the drilling site and manage to stop the drill. The Pride arrive to confront their kids, who have all decided to finally take a stand. The kids reveal their powers and the Pride is shocked. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Hostile" | Marc Jobst | Quinton Peeples | January 9, 2018 | |
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Karolina is kidnapped by Jonah while the rest of the Runaways hide. They make it to the woods outside L.A. and Gert lets her dinosaur, now named Old Lace, go. Finding new disguises, Chase and Molly sneak into the Church of Gibborim to rescue Karolina while Alex waits outside and overhears his parents announcing their intent to find him themselves. Leslie and the Yorkeses discover that Jonah is digging for something "alive". Leslie reveals that she was indirectly responsible for Amy's death and that she is unsure of Frank's loyalty. She manages to convince the Yorkeses, the Minorus, and Janet to join her in killing Jonah. Alex makes a deal with Darius; telling him everything about the Pride. In return, Darius gives Alex hundreds of dollars and a gun. Jonah plans his next move with Frank over Victor's body and notices that he needs another sacrifice. The Runaways make it to a bus stop and are reunited with Old Lace, but are forced to run upon seeing that they have been framed for Destiny's murder. | ||||||
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder: A nerd who longs to reunite with his childhood friends. He has a high intellect and is the leader of the Runaways.[1]
- Lyrica Okano as Nico Minoru:
A Wiccan who isolates herself with her gothic appearance and is a member of the Runaways.[1] - Virginia Gardner as Karolina Dean:
A human-alien hybrid burdened by her religious upbringing who wants to pursue her own desires instead of following in her mother's footsteps, and is a member of the Runaways.[1] Karolina has the ability of flight, to glow with rainbow-colored light, and to shoot beams of light.[2] - Ariela Barer as Gertrude Yorkes: A riot grrrl, social activist, and a member of the Runaways. She also has a telepathic link with her genetically engineered dinosaur, Old Lace.[1]
- Gregg Sulkin as Chase Stein:
A high school lacrosse player who is often dismissed as a dumb jock, but displays brilliance in engineering and is a member of the Runaways.[1] Connor Falk portrays a young Chase.[3] - Allegra Acosta as Molly Hayes Hernandez:
The youngest member of the Runaways who is characterized by her positive attitude. Molly discovers she has the ability of superhuman strength and invulnerability.[1] Evelyn Angelos portrays a young Molly.[4] - Angel Parker as Catherine Wilder: Alex's mother, a successful lawyer, and a member of Pride.[5]
- Ryan Sands as Geoffrey Wilder: Alex's father and a self-made business man who had a grueling path to his success and is a member of Pride.[5]
- Annie Wersching as Leslie Ellerh Dean:
Karolina's mother, one of the leaders of the cult-like religious group the Church of Gibborim and a member of the Pride.[5][6] Mia Topalian portrays a young Leslie Ellerh, while Charlie Townsend portrays her as a toddler. - Kip Pardue as Frank Dean:
Karolina's father, a former teen star who is struggling in his professional acting career and becomes one of the leaders of the Church of Gibborim.[5][6] - Ever Carradine as Janet Stein: Chase's mother who has a brilliant mind, is "a perfect PTA mom", and a member of Pride.[5] Sorel Carradine (Ever's cousin) portrays a young Janet.[3]
- James Marsters as Victor Stein:
Chase's father, an engineering genius and a member of Pride.[5] - Brigid Brannagh as Stacey Yorkes: Gert's mother, a bioengineer, and a member of Pride.[5]
- Kevin Weisman as Dale Yorkes: Gert's father, a bioengineer, and a member of Pride.[5]
- Brittany Ishibashi as Tina Minoru:
Nico's mother who is a brilliant innovator, ruthless CEO, and perfectionist "tiger mom" who is a member of Pride.[5] - James Yaegashi as Robert Minoru: Nico's father and a member of Pride who is a brilliant innovator.[5]
Recurring
[edit]- Danielle Campbell as Eiffel: A girl who attends Atlas Academy and looks down on Karolina and has a crush on Chase.
- Pat Lentz as Aura: A member of the Church of Gibborim who works for the Deans. Sarah Ann Vail portrays a young Aura.
- Heather Olt as Frances: A member of the Church of Gibborim who works for the Deans. Alexa Marie Anderson portrays a young Frances.
- DeVaughn Nixon as Darius Davis: An old associate of Geoffrey's who holds a grudge against him.
- Cody Mayo as Vaughn Kaye: Leslie Dean's assistant at the Church of Gibborim
- Alex Fernandez as Flores: An LAPD lieutenant who works under the Pride.
- Ozioma Akagha as Tamar Davis: Darius' wife who is pregnant with, and eventually gave birth to, his son, Xerxes.
- Julian McMahon as Jonah:
Karolina's biological father, a member of the alien race known as the Gibborim who is the Pride's benefactor.[7]
Old Lace, a genetically engineered Deinonychus telepathically linked with Gert Yorkes, appears in the series. The character is portrayed by a puppet that was operated by six people, including one person pumping air through the puppet to show the dinosaur breathing. Barer called the puppet "incredible ... You see her emotions. We don't not make use of that."[8]
Guest
[edit]- Zayne Emory as Brandon: A member of Chase's lacrosse team.
- Timothy Granaderos as Lucas: A member of Chase's lacrosse team.
- Nicole Wolf as Destiny Gonzalez: A young woman who joins the Church of Gibborim and is sacrificed soon after by the Pride.
- Nathan Davis Jr. as Andre: An associate of Darius' who is used as a sacrifice for the Pride.
- Lee Fraley as David Ellerh: The founder of the Church of Gibborim and Leslie's father. Nathan Sutton portrays a young David.
- Ryan Doom as Alphona: Chase's lacrosse coach.
- Devan Chandler Long as Kincaid: A man hired by Tina Minoru for devious purposes.
- Kimmy Shields as a supporter of Gert's club.
- Anjelika Washington as a supporter of Gert's club.
- Cooper Mothersbaugh as a supporter of Gert's club.
- Amanda Suk as Amy Minoru: Nico's sister, Alex's best friend and Tina and Robert's daughter who died prior to the beginning of the series. Chandler "ChaCha" Shen portrays a young Amy.
- Vladimir Caamaño as Gene Hernandez: A geologist who is Molly's father and a former member of Pride who died in a fire.
- Carmen Serano as Alice Hernandez: A geologist who is Molly's mother and a former member of Pride who died in a fire.
- Jorge Diaz as Earl: A friendly social activist that Gert befriends.
- Marlene Forte as Graciela Aguirre: A distant relative of Molly's.
Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance as a limo driver.[9]
Production
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Strom, Marc (February 2, 2017). "'Marvel's Runaways' Finds Its Cast". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Erao, Matthew (November 1, 2017). "Runaways Fans Won't Be 'Disappointed' In Karolina's Powers". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Peeples, Quinton (December 19, 2017). "Refraction". Runaways. Hulu.
- ^ Vazquez, Kalinda (November 21, 2017). "Destiny". Runaways. Hulu.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dinh, Christine (February 9, 2017). "'Marvel's Runaways' Sets Remaining Cast For Television Project With Hulu". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ a b Pitts, Ciara (October 9, 2017). "Should We Be Concerned About The Changes Made To Karolina Dean In Marvel's 'Runaways'?". Moviepilot. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (August 15, 2017). "Marvel-Hulu Series 'Runaways' Casts Julian McMahon (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ Erao, Matthew (October 8, 2017). "How Marvel's Runaways Brings Old Lace to Life". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ Abrams, Natalie (December 11, 2017). "Marvel's Runaways first look: Stan Lee to make cameo". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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