The Powells are in the TV equivalent of Walmart during an earthquake. But it turns out not to be an earthquake after all, at least not the natural kind. It's being caused by Rebecca -- erstwhile super-something who gives a whole new meaning to "jazz hands." She's holding up big stores with pharmacies, in hopes of finding an anti-epileptic to control her evil hands.
Elsewhere, Stephanie FINALLY catches on to the fact that JJ has newbilities and is just fronting as a mundane. And Daphne, well -- when she sees classmate Olivia out with teacher Mr. Robbins, she immediately assumes the two are sleeping together, so any evidence she manages to glean from their minds only confirms her presuppositions; eventually, Daph drops a dime. It's like midterm politics, but less draining. It doesn't take long before she screws up Olivia and Mr. Robbins' lives, because baby, that's what super-powers are all about. JJ ends up confessing his newbilities to his parents, who immediately declare it's cheating for him to play on the football team. Believe you me -- I will hit that like a 300 pound tackle in the recap.
Jim finally gets to confront Earthquaker Rebecca at Steph's Global Tech wonder-plant presentation. He tries to get Rebecca (who figures out he's a super) to trust him, but then Dr. RevCam King's minion (The Watcher) screws it up.
The episode ends with the Powells at JJ's football game. They're there to cheer him on, but only if the 5-foot-nothing, 100-pound weakling totally eschews his understanding of trajectory (etc.) whilst playing. The other team tackles the heck out of him and JJ succumbs to his physical limitations, which I guess is supposed to be a happy ending. This show! I keep watching it and waiting, but I'm starting to feel like it's all carrot and no stick. I'm glad JJ's secret is finally out, but take issue with the Powells' conclusion that using his brain is the same as cheating at football.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!The Powells are in the TV equivalent of Walmart, which is apt, because this show which showed so much promise is turning into the Walmart equivalent of a series. While Daphne helps Stephanie choose her umpteenth pair of running shoes, and Jim fits JJ for football cleats, an earthquake strikes. Once the dust settles, the Powells realize a clerk is stuck beneath a pile of rubble. Jim moves to pull it off her, but JJ does some insta-engineering and realizes dear old Dad will just make things worse if he doesn't attack the problem in the right way. After some magical math, he figures out which piece Jim should pull out first, and voila, the pile falls down and away from the poor, trapped clerk. Everyone is happy, except for Stephanie who FINALLY realizes JJ is probably hiding some newbilities of his own. Back home, Stephanie discusses her concerns with Jim, but he trusts the boy. The morning though, Steph tells JJ he has to pee in a cup -- allegedly to serve as her control for the tests she's running on the super-powered members of the family. JJ is now too smart to fall for that, so he essentially pleads shy bladder and runs off to school, promising to drop off his sample at Global Tech, later.
D.A.'s Office: George works a You Keep Me Informed; I Keep You Caffeinated play on a pretty redhead at work, but not just because she's a pretty redhead. She's his source on the inside. The person who knows what's what. No, since he's an A.D.A., I don't get the point of this, either. At any rate, he learns from Ginger that the earthquake wasn't actually an earthquake at all.
Global Tech: Dr. RevCam King is chatting up Steph about a reception honoring her work, when The Watcher calls him to talk about a "sector 7 breach" whatever that means. King is freaked, noting they're dealing with a deadly weapon that needs to be contained. Meanwhile, Katie is working on Dr. Volson's research, in hopes that she'll find insight into the Powells' newbilities. Volson's files are still encrypted, so Katie's trying to break the code. Stephanie then tells Katie her suspicions about JJ.
Daphne and Megan head across town to apply for a job at a cafe, and run into their friend Olivia, who is with Detective Leo from Veronica Mars. Only here, Detective Leo is pretending to be their English teacher, Mr. Robbins. You can't fool me and Veronica, Leo! You always liked the high school girls. Daphne reads his mind as Leo thinks that he's screwed for meeting with Olivia in public. Once the girls are alone, Megan tells Daphne that she's sure Mr. Robbins and Olivia are totally doing it. Daphne tries to remain in denial.