Recaps

Henry returned home after three days away and explained to Skye and Gwen Stacy that he had unsuccessfully searched for Gwen in Raccoon City. He left Skye’s questions unanswered as he turned to question Gwen about what had happened.

• Henry arrived at the Hepburn Family home smelling foul and went to shower before addressing Gwen Stacy.
• Henry recounted traveling to Raccoon City, waiting out the military blockade, and learning that Gwen had already left with the military.
• Henry explained that he had fabricated surveillance footage and travel records to cover his whereabouts as Green Arrow Duck.
• Gwen Stacy was reassured by Henry’s concern and stopped questioning his account.
• Skye challenged Henry about why he had gone to Raccoon City alone after alerting the X-Men, but Henry interrupted her to question Gwen.

Gwen Stacy explained how a routine military assessment in Raccoon City became a zombie outbreak, and how she and Professor Ross helped the X-Men and military respond. After the crisis ended, Gwen returned to Virginia and reassured Katharine Hepburn and the others that she was safe.

• Gwen Stacy initially brushed off Henry's concern, but Katharine Hepburn urged her to explain what happened and reassure those who cared about her.
• Gwen recounted joining Professor Ross in Raccoon City to assess suspected Vampire attacks for the military, where soldiers began transforming into Zombies instead.
• Professor Ross kept Gwen and the team in the city because they feared they might already be infected, while the military struggled with ammunition and the outbreak worsened.
• The X-Men arrived, defeated the Zombies, identified the virus, developed an Antiviral Serum, and dispersed it to stop the disaster.
• Gwen and Professor Ross stayed behind to confirm they were virus-free and assist General Ross's epidemic response before returning to Virginia by military transport.
• Gwen visited Katharine Hepburn after seeing George and explained that she was safe.

Gwen Stacy returned safely after a terrifying ordeal, and Katharine Hepburn comforted her before Henry treated everyone to dinner. On the drive home, Henry explained that Little Red had sensed Gwen was in danger, leaving Gwen to reconsider how seriously she should take the spiders’ warnings.

• Katharine Hepburn hugged Gwen Stacy, who quietly cried before composing herself and thanking her.
• Gwen Stacy joined Henry, Skye, and Lorna for dinner, and Henry made pineapple pizza after Gwen requested it.
• Henry drove Gwen home and told her that Kate had ordered him to bring her back safely.
• Gwen asked how Henry knew she was in danger, and Henry said Little Red had warned him.
• Henry explained that the spiders had an exceptionally accurate sense of danger and urged Gwen not to ignore their warnings.
• Little Red threw a pack of tissues at Henry after he called the spiders jinxes.

Henry helped Alice adjust to life after removing Umbrella’s control devices and began searching for Alicia Marcus, Umbrella’s major shareholder. He and Alice planned to investigate likely locations and watch how Umbrella responded to the exposed data.

• Henry returned to the secret base and found Alice studying Umbrella’s files while questioning her identity.
• Henry told Alice that her surgery had removed Umbrella’s control chips and explained why she still needed to disguise herself in public.
• C Mei found records for Alicia Marcus, revealing that she was James Marcus’s daughter, an Umbrella shareholder, and Dr. Isaacs’s ward.
• Henry explained that Umbrella’s headquarters, laboratories, and secret facilities offered possible places to search for Alicia and Dr. Isaacs.
• Henry and Alice decided to investigate those locations while monitoring whether Umbrella’s leaders came forward to distance themselves from the company’s wrongdoing.

Henry and Alice discussed how to find Umbrella and protect Alicia Marcus, then questioned the Red Queen after she offered to reveal Alicia’s location. They rejected her deceptive lead and prepared to investigate Umbrella’s New York branch.

• Henry warned Alice that Umbrella might abandon its public assets and hide, and proposed investigating its bases while monitoring its public activity.
• The Red Queen spoke from Henry’s isolated computer and asked whether they would protect Alicia Marcus.
• Henry explained that the Red Queen had a possible audio-data loophole, and she failed to transmit a message through the poor speaker.
• The Red Queen said Alicia was her model and offered an address in New York in exchange for a promise of fair treatment.
• Henry recognized the address as the FBI New York office director’s private residence, shut down the Red Queen, and concluded she had lied to manipulate them.
• Alice decided to investigate Alicia’s whereabouts herself and chose the Umbrella Corporation branch in New York City as her first destination.

Henry offered Alice advanced equipment for her solo journey to Umbrella’s bases, including a bullet-deflecting enhancement suit and two Support Mechs. Alice accepted the suit and had to choose between the Mechs as she prepared to set out alone.

• Alice insisted that she travel alone, explaining that she needed to find what she was looking for herself.
• Henry offered Alice an enhancement suit that boosted strength, resisted bullets, and concealed body heat; she tested it by firing a pistol and rifle at it.
• Alice put on the suit, felt her strength increase, and learned that she would need training to control the boost safely.
• Henry explained the suit’s camouflage functions, and Alice teased him about its tight fit.
• Henry presented Alice with floating and ground Support Mechs, and she struggled to choose between them.

Henry spent a peaceful afternoon in Central Park with Katharine Hepburn while Skye and Lorna practiced nearby and Kitty lounged in the shade. Virginia Potts found them and approached Hepburn, leaving Henry to wonder what had brought Tony Stark’s assistant there.

• Alice traveled under the identity Janus Prospero while Henry considered Umbrella’s uncertain fate and Tony Stark’s possible plans.
• Henry helped Katharine Hepburn set up to paint a pond in Central Park.
• Skye and Lorna practiced their abilities nearby while Kitty rested in the shade.
• Virginia Potts found Hepburn by asking where people walking a tiger had gone.
• Potts defended Tony Stark, but she struggled to explain why he was not as bad as outsiders thought.

Virginia Potts invited Katharine Hepburn and her companions to Tony Stark’s housewarming party at Malibu Manor in Los Angeles, offering to arrange their travel and care. Henry persuaded Skye and Lorna to come along, and the group prepared to visit Tony’s new home.

• Virginia Potts delivered Tony Stark’s invitation to Katharine Hepburn and explained that he had rebuilt his Malibu villa and moved to the West Coast.
• Katharine asked about Tony’s reasons for moving and whether she could bring others; Virginia said she could bring as many companions as she wished, with Tony covering their expenses.
• Katharine sent Henry to ask Skye and Lorna whether they would come to Los Angeles, and Henry found them playing with Kitty.
• Skye tried to stay in New York and asked for the car keys, but Henry refused and warned that Katharine would keep them under supervision if they stayed behind.
• Henry persuaded Lorna that Tony’s party, expensive food, and private beach would make the trip worthwhile, and she asked if she could come too.

Virginia Potts arranged a smooth flight to Los Angeles, where Happy Hogan collected Henry and the others and drove them to Tony Stark’s cliffside villa. There, JARVIS welcomed the group and discreetly guided them toward Tony, giving Henry a glimpse of Stark’s intelligent home and the surprise he had prepared.

• Virginia Potts secured special treatment for the passengers and Kitty on their flight to Santa Monica Airport.
• Happy Hogan met Henry and the group at the airport and explained that Tony Stark had a new invention he wanted to show Henry.
• Skye and Lorna Dane asked to visit the beach, but Henry and Katharine Hepburn persuaded them to wait and use Tony Stark’s private beach instead.
• Happy Hogan drove the group past the cleared site of Tony Stark’s old house to his new cliffside villa, which impressed Skye and Lorna Dane.
• JARVIS greeted the guests, explained that it was an artificial intelligence rather than Edwin Jarvis, and directed them to the basement gathering while hinting that Tony Stark was there.

Henry and his companions arrived at Tony Stark’s Malibu Manor, where they admired the modern cliffside villa and encountered its artificial-intelligence butler, JARVIS. JARVIS welcomed them and directed them downstairs, leaving Henry impressed by Tony’s sophisticated smart home.

• Henry and his companions drove through the Stark Family grounds, and Happy Hogan explained that Tony Stark had built his new villa at the cliff’s edge rather than on the old mansion’s site.
• The group saw Malibu Manor, and Henry described its distinctive design while Skye and Lorna Dane admired the house.
• Katharine Hepburn entered the living room with Virginia Potts and questioned the voice that greeted the guests, mistaking JARVIS for Edwin Jarvis.
• JARVIS introduced himself as an artificial-intelligence butler, withheld Tony Stark’s location under a protection protocol, and directed the guests to the basement gathering.
• Henry observed JARVIS’s clever handling of the protocol and recognized that Tony Stark had likely designed the smart home to impress him.

Henry Brown joined Tony Stark, Katharine Hepburn, and James Rhodey at Stark’s home, where Rhodey and Tony traded stories about their MIT days. Rhodey revealed that Justin Hammer was the first person Tony had complained about, leaving Henry unsurprised.

• Virginia Potts helped Katharine Hepburn into the basement, where Tony Stark and James Rhodey greeted her.
• Tony introduced Rhodey as his best friend and described their shared time at MIT.
• Rhodey recalled stepping in when older students cornered the teenage Tony, and Hepburn praised him for protecting Tony.
• Henry Brown greeted Rhodey, who said Henry was the second person Tony had complained about.
• Rhodey named Justin Hammer as the first, and Tony angrily called Hammer shameless.

At Tony Stark's home, Henry learned why Hammer Industries remained in business despite its inferior weapons: the U.S. military needed a supplier for foreign aid that Stark Industries refused to serve. The group then watched a household robot pour whiskey, and Skye compared it to bb, prompting Tony to object.

• Henry teased Tony Stark about having to respect the military, and James Rhodey complained about repeatedly facing generals after Tony missed meetings.
• James Rhodey explained that Hammer Industries supplied weapons for U.S.-backed foreign groups because Tony Stark refused to sell Stark Industries' weapons to them.
• Henry realized Hammer Industries survived because the military needed its low-end products and suspected Obadiah Stane might already be exploiting that market.
• Tony Stark called for whiskey, and a small tracked robot brought a decanter and precisely poured three glasses.
• Skye compared the robot to bb, and Tony Stark sharply insisted that the two robots were not the same.

Tony Stark showed Skye how his household robots worked and explained why specialized machines were more efficient than humanoid robots. After Skye, Lorna Dane, and Katharine Hepburn left for the beach, Tony and Henry were left with a chance to discuss matters privately.

• Skye praised Tony Stark’s household robot over Henry’s bb and asked Tony why his robots were not humanoid.
• Tony explained that specialized robots were more stable and efficient, while machines could not replace people in every flexible task.
• Tony suggested that Pepper show Skye and Lorna Dane around, and Katharine Hepburn invited them to the beach.
• Tony offered the girls surfboards from his collection, and Virginia Potts led them away after Katharine Hepburn approved.
• Katharine Hepburn left for the beach with the girls, and Tony asked Happy Hogan to watch over them.

Tony Stark confronted Henry about C Mei’s exposure of Umbrella’s secrets and explained that his efforts to attack the company had driven him from New York to Los Angeles. Henry realized that powerful interests were protecting Umbrella, leaving Tony determined to find another way to dismantle it.

• Tony Stark accused Henry of involving C Mei in exposing Umbrella’s secrets, while Henry denied understanding how the leak had forced Tony to move to Los Angeles.
• Tony Stark described Umbrella’s dangerous bioweapon projects and said influential people had blocked his attempt to expose and attack the company.
• Henry suggested using the Continental Hotel to kill Umbrella’s executives, but Tony rejected the idea because removing leaders would not change the corporation.
• Henry explained that Umbrella’s structure and power had to be dismantled, not merely its executives eliminated.
• Tony Stark said he had planned to absorb Umbrella into Stark Industries and bury its research, but others had stopped him because they suspected he wanted to expand into bioweapons.