Chapter Summaries

After Galahad was killed outside the Peace Hotel, Alvin let Beckett investigate while hinting that Hell’s Kitchen’s police should take a more active role against outside threats. Beckett responded to a report that Natasha had been attacked and asked Alvin whether people would remember her work when she died.

• Alvin told Beckett he would not give a statement, but encouraged her to investigate Galahad’s death and pursue the man who escaped.
• Castle identified Galahad as an Agent linked to the Knights of the Round Table after a weaponized umbrella injured an officer.
• Beckett asked Alvin whether she should investigate, and he supported her efforts to bring open law and order to Hell’s Kitchen.
• Beckett received a call that two women had attacked Natasha and tried to kidnap her, and Alvin advised her to question Dylan instead of Shirley.
• Alvin urged Beckett to confront those who brought trouble to Hell’s Kitchen and to give struggling good people a chance; Beckett asked whether people would remember her name after she died.

Alvin learned that Beckett’s police force was hunting the Angels and Eggsy while Hell’s Kitchen gangs bet on the outcome. He backed Beckett’s chances and sent Shang-Chi to place a large wager before taking the children to the Stark Estate.

• Little Ginny woke Alvin and persuaded him to get up so they could visit the Stark Estate.
• Shang-Chi told Alvin that Beckett had mobilized police to corner the Angels and Eggsy in the Dock District, with Jessica, Misty, and Barbara helping her.
• Alvin realized Natasha had used a newspaper report falsely linking him to Galahad’s death to draw out Kingsman or Hydra allies who might approach Eggsy.
• Alvin ordered Shang-Chi to find and sue the newspaper writer, then asked about the betting pool on Beckett’s pursuit.
• Alvin gave Shang-Chi money to bet on Beckett succeeding, and neighborhood regulars pooled more than a hundred thousand dollars to join the wager.
• Alvin agreed to take the children to the Stark Estate and pick up Fox at the Flower Shop.

Alvin drove Fox and the kids to the Stark Estate, joking with them about work, cars, and Gisele’s interest in him. Nick and Richard discussed buying cars, while Ginny offered to lend Nick her allowance for a road trip.

• Alvin picked Fox up from the Flower Shop and persuaded her to leave the bookkeeping to Wesley and join him at the Stark Estate.
• Fox agreed to go, and Ginny eagerly promised to help care for Morgan, recalling how she had made Pepper sick by changing the baby’s diaper beside her salad.
• Alvin suggested buying Richard a car and encouraged him to learn to drive, while Nick enthusiastically proposed a Raptor pickup and later a shared road trip.
• Richard said he preferred to start with a used car and mentioned Tej’s lot, prompting Nick to recommend cars and enlist Gisele to help.
• Fox teased Alvin about Gisele pursuing him, and Alvin threatened to reduce Nick’s car budget after Nick repeated the rumors.
• Ginny offered Nick her allowance for a car in exchange for rides, and Nick proposed that she and Mindy help fund an RV trip.

Alvin visited Stark Manor and found Stark exhausted after Pepper had kept him talking all night while he was under the effects of Hellbird Soup. They discussed Nemo II’s spaceship, the Dark Aster, and plans for humanity’s future in space, before Stark finally fell asleep.

• Alvin arrived at Stark Manor, teased Stark about his bedraggled appearance, and sent Ginny and the other children inside to keep the baby company.
• Stark explained that he had drunk concentrated Hellbird Soup expecting a romantic reunion with Pepper, but she had talked with him all night instead.
• Alvin and Stark sat in the Backyard with frozen beer, and Stark said he and Nemo II planned to inspect the Nautilus and work on Nemo II’s spaceship.
• Alvin warned that others might covet Nemo II’s spaceship, and he and Stark discussed the Dark Aster’s ecosystem and Dr. Otto’s environmental work.
• Alvin gave Stark the Attilan Force Field plans and information, and Stark admitted he felt overwhelmed by how much he still had to learn.
• Alvin reassured Stark that he only needed to help get things started, and Stark fell asleep in his Lounge Chair.

Stark, Alvin, and Pepper celebrated Morgan’s first “Da-da” calls, believing she had recognized Stark as her father. The moment turned out to be a misunderstanding because Morgan was calling for Captain, and Stark asked Alvin to give him the footage so he could destroy it.

• Ginny put Morgan in Alvin’s arms and brought Captain over to keep the crying baby occupied while Stark woke up and asked for milk.
• Morgan called Alvin “Da-da,” and Stark eagerly tried to get her to say the word to him while Alvin filmed.
• Captain barked, startling Morgan into calling “Da-da” toward Stark, and Stark celebrated as Morgan cuddled and chewed on Captain.
• Ginny returned with a bottle of milk and warned that Richard had been poisoned by Albus’s cooking, while Pepper arrived and tried to teach Morgan to say “Mama.”
• Morgan cried “Da-da” while watching Captain in Stark’s arms, revealing that she had been calling for the dog rather than Stark.
• Alvin moved Captain away, and Stark, realizing the misunderstanding, asked for the footage so he could destroy it.

Beckett sealed off Hell's Kitchen's Dock District to pursue three teenagers and demonstrate the police's presence, while Castle visited John Wick. When Mrs. Barton reported armed men heading toward the docks, John Wick and Castle geared up, and Dahlia invited Mrs. Barton to stay with her.

• Beckett dispatched every Hell's Kitchen police officer to seal off the Dock District and delayed Duke and the others to keep the sirens blaring.
• Castle left Beckett and visited John Wick, where he talked with Wick and Dahlia about the police operation and Wick's financial troubles.
• Mrs. Barton brought Dahlia muffins and reported seeing armed men come ashore and head toward the docks.
• John Wick and Castle went inside to get their gear, while Dahlia invited Mrs. Barton to stay with her and bring her Remington.

Eggsy, Jane Connor, and Elena fled through Hell's Kitchen’s Dock District while Natasha used their escape to draw out possible Hydra agents. A sandstorm created by Flint Marko left the three lost and covered in concrete dust, and after he rescued them, gunfire near the beach drew him away to investigate.

• Eggsy explained that he needed to escape with information about Nick Fury and warned Jane Connor and Elena that they could not trust the police or use their phones.
• Jane Connor led Eggsy and Elena through a dusty construction site as police pursued them.
• Flint Marko created a sandstorm while mixing concrete, and the three fled until they lost their way and sheltered beneath a truck.
• Flint Marko found Eggsy, Jane Connor, and Elena covered in dust, carried them to clean water, and offered them a ride.
• Eggsy asked for directions to the beach, but Flint Marko heard gunfire and headed toward it after recommending the Peace Hotel.

Alvin watched the Dock District battle livestream as John Wick and Flint Marko stopped an armed attack, while Eggsy and two young women escaped by Speedboat. Eggsy was soon captured by Duke as part of a plan to draw out more important agents, and Stark invited Alvin to visit the Nautilus and Nidavellir.

• Alvin watched John Wick fight the armed men in the Dock District and entertained Hell's Kitchen viewers with fireworks from his account.
• Eggsy and Jane Connor escaped with Elena by Speedboat, and Flint Marko's sand attack killed the invading armed men while letting the three young people go.
• John Wick and Chief Beckett learned that Eggsy and the two women had escaped, while Flint Marko refused to give a statement and hurried back to his daughter.
• Duke and the Coast Guard intercepted Eggsy's Speedboat, captured the three fugitives, and returned them to Hell's Kitchen.
• Alvin explained to Stark that Eggsy was a useful lure to draw out more important agents, and he noticed Jane Connor secretly throw something into the sea.
• Stark asked Alvin to visit the Nautilus and then Nidavellir, where Bazel had repaired War God 4 and designed new metals with Energy Circuits.

After Beckett’s police operation in Hell’s Kitchen enraged the gangs, they hired lawyers to challenge the arrests and undermine her victory. Alvin and Chief George worked to keep the case from collapsing while Beckett faced intense media scrutiny.

• Alvin left the Stark Estate and fielded calls from gang bosses angered by Beckett’s police parade and new alarm signs around Hell’s Kitchen.
• Bruto and the other gang bosses pooled five million dollars to hire lawyers for the arrested suspects, and a legal team arrived at the police station before Beckett returned.
• Alvin drove toward Hell’s Kitchen with several kids and advised Chief George to keep the District Attorney’s Office occupied so the lawyers could not quickly secure the suspects’ release.
• Chief George ordered Assistant Baker to arrange a closed-door meeting and continuous calls to prosecutors, aiming to hold the suspects for 48 hours while Beckett handled the gathered media.

Duke and Ripcord brought Eggsy, Jane Connor, and Elena to the Hell's Kitchen Police Station as reporters publicly identified the women as suspected CIA agents. Natasha and Beckett discussed how to handle the suspects, and Beckett planned to hold Eggsy and the women before handing them to the FBI.

• Ripcord told Jane Connor that their arrest had been livestreamed, while Duke warned her that accusing Natasha and Alvin of working with Hydra was foolish.
• Duke arranged a guarded passage through the reporters outside the police station, where journalists questioned Jane Connor and Elena about alleged CIA operations.
• Jane Connor realized the reporters' accusations could leave her and Elena facing criminal charges, then hurried into the station.
• Natasha objected to Beckett's apparent effort to frame the women, but Beckett said she had only told reporters she would ask the Langley Center to confirm their identities.
• Natasha offered to help Beckett tie Eggsy to the two women, and Beckett said she would hold all three for 48 hours before handing them to the FBI.
• Natasha recognized that Beckett was using Eggsy's injuries and surveillance footage to justify involving the FBI, and remarked that Hell's Kitchen had changed her.

Alvin tried to keep Beckett and Bruto from escalating their feud while Hydra’s search for Nick Fury and the Phone App continued. Bruto announced that his people had discovered professional mercenaries hiding in Hell’s Kitchen, and Natasha joined Alvin as the situation grew more complicated.

• Alvin faced reporters outside the police station and refused to comment on Eggsy’s arrest.
• Alvin stopped Bruto from harassing Beckett and watched as Bruto’s lawyers took Eggsy and the two Angel girls for questioning.
• Bruto explained his hatred of the police, recalling that a cop had knocked out his teeth after he refused to become an informant.
• Alvin warned Bruto not to push Beckett too far, then heard that Alexei was negotiating with Army officials and that Bruto had funded a survey in Peru.
• Bruto received word that his people had found professional mercenaries who had rented rooms in Old William’s neighborhood, and he invited Alvin to see them.
• Natasha sat beside Alvin as he dismissed Bruto and complained that Hell’s Kitchen was too hard to manage.

Natasha discussed her worries about the captured agents and her difficulty trusting Alvin, then used playful selfies to present them as friends. Eggsy and the others remained in custody as Hydra grew more anxious, while Beckett stayed to watch them and prepared for tensions with Bruto's crew.

• Natasha worried that the two captured girls could be killed if they could not prove they were not CIA, and she asked Alvin why Hell's Kitchen's gangsters attacked the mercenaries trying to rescue Eggsy and the others.
• Alvin told Natasha he could not read or trust her because she adapted herself to whoever she was speaking with, and Natasha admitted that being sincere had repeatedly cost her what she wanted.
• Natasha took selfies with Alvin and said the photos would help her make connections in Hell's Kitchen and keep gangsters from bothering her.
• Natasha said Nick Fury was helping Dr. Arnold reverse-engineer the Phone App and that Hydra would grow more anxious as Eggsy remained in custody.
• Beckett chose to stay and watch Eggsy and the others while Duke and his team went to Old William's street, and Alvin warned her not to provoke Bruto's people by arresting their suspects first.

Alvin agreed to become Duke and Anna's son's godfather and named the boy Edmund. He also offered to speak with Coulson about Ripcord's girlfriend, leaving the men on their way to Old William's bar district.

• Duke told Alvin that Anna had given birth to their son and explained he worried Anna's past would limit the boy's future.
• Alvin suggested changing Anna's identity or seeking a pardon, but Duke said Anna would refuse and asked Alvin to be the boy's godfather instead.
• Alvin accepted and chose the name Edmund for his godson.
• Alvin drove Duke and Ripcord toward Old William's bar district and invited Duke to bring Anna and the baby to his restaurant.
• Ripcord told Alvin that his girlfriend Scarlett, a former NATO Special Forces soldier and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, worked for Coulson, and Alvin offered to call Coulson about giving her more time off.

Alvin saw mercenaries chased into the Demon Hunters Guild’s headquarters, then learned Stone Banks had recruited them and was likely operating from Sokovia. He suspected Hydra was manipulating European governments and decided to contact someone he knew in Sokovia.

• Alvin warned Duke and Ripcord away from the fighting as gangsters pursued mercenaries into the Demon Hunters Guild’s headquarters.
• Yan Shuangying threw a mercenary from the building to warn the gangsters, while Alvin told Duke to remain in Hell’s Kitchen and support Beckett.
• Castle told Alvin that he, John Wick, Mockingbird Barbara Moore, and Iron Fist Officer Misty Knight had uncovered the mercenaries’ supply network and identified Stone Banks as their recruiter.
• Castle said Stone Banks had recruited the mercenaries in Sokovia and was helping fund rebel groups there in hopes of staging a coup.
• Alvin concluded that Stone Banks was working for Hydra and suspected Hydra had used compromising information to pressure European governments into interfering in Sokovia.
• Alvin parked outside the restaurant and decided to call someone he knew in Sokovia.

Alvin called Victor von Doom to warn him about Sokovia’s worsening situation and ask him to capture or kill Stone Banks, a Hydra-linked mercenary broker. He offered to help Sokovia join the alien Joint Command, and Doom vowed to make the most of Alvin’s friendship as artillery sounded outside the city.

• Alvin called Doom with intelligence about Sokovia and offered to help secure the country a place in the alien Joint Command.
• Doom accepted the offer, explaining that Sokovia’s soldiers and agricultural exports could benefit from the protection and trade access.
• Alvin asked Doom to find Stone Banks, a Hydra mercenary broker who had funded Sokovia’s rebels and sent fighters to cause trouble in Hell’s Kitchen.
• Doom revealed that he knew Stone Banks and that the broker controlled two rebel armies with nearly five thousand soldiers.
• After the call ended, Doom watched the distant artillery flashes and vowed that Sokovia would astonish the world.

Alvin woke to Fox, Ginny, and Nick getting him ready for a visit to the Nautilus, then joined the neighbors celebrating their betting winnings and heard Yan Shuangying explain the deaths in the battle. The chapter ended with Alvin and the children setting off in pirate costumes to visit Nemo II.

• Fox got Alvin out of bed after Ginny threatened him with an iron hook, and he joked with Fox while getting ready.
• Shang-Chi distributed the neighbors’ betting winnings, and Alvin teased Old Kent and Shang-Chi about their money.
• Alvin admired Yan Shuangying’s custom pistols and asked about the battle, learning that two of Yan Shuangying’s men and two of Bruto’s men had died.
• Alvin warned Yan Shuangying about balancing brotherhood with family, then affirmed his support for Yan Shuangying becoming president of the Demon Hunters Guild.
• Ginny and Nick came downstairs dressed as pirates, and Alvin left with them to visit Nemo II.

Alvin took Fox and the kids to the docks to meet the Nautilus, where Stark and Pepper joined them. The submarine surfaced and approached the dock, leaving Stark impressed by its advanced technology.

• Alvin learned that Hell's Kitchen gangs were helping the police search for suspicious people after mercenaries had infiltrated the neighborhood.
• At the dock, Alvin saw Alexei's armed men inspecting a cargo ship and told Fox to arrange Alexei's payment after his negotiations in Washington.
• Alvin and Fox joked about her wealth and his lack of interest in money while they waited for the others.
• Stark and Pepper arrived in their Iron Man Armors, and Ginny took Morgan to play pirate with the kids.
• The cloaked Nautilus surfaced, and Nemo II waved Alvin's group aboard as Stark identified its electric propulsion, sound-dampening armor, and cloaking technology.

Alvin and his friends boarded the Nautilus, where Nemo II showed them its advanced technology and people-centered design. The children prepared to explore the Atlantic seabed while Ginny got the chance to act as captain.

• Nemo II welcomed Alvin and the children aboard the Nautilus, and he agreed to take them treasure hunting near New York.
• Ginny eagerly accepted Nemo II's offer to be captain for a day, while Stark scanned the submarine and identified its advanced hull and technology.
• Nemo II told Stark that Atlantis had been highly advanced and asked for help developing his ideas for a spaceship.
• Alvin explored the Nautilus's spacious, artistically decorated interior and praised its design and the family's efforts to protect the ocean.
• Nemo II started the Nautilus moving and proposed that the group explore the Atlantic seabed.

Alvin, Stark, and Nemo II discussed the Nautilus’s stealth and the Nemo family’s efforts to return recovered treasures and fund ocean cleanup. Nemo II then led them to see how the ship gathered food, while Alvin learned its chef served nearly every fish as sashimi.

• Stark told Alvin that the Nautilus was nearly undetectable by sonar and described how his father had tracked missing Hydra submarines.
• Nemo II explained that his family recovered looted treasures, reunited 14,795 of them with their rightful owners, and used proceeds from unclaimed goods to fund ocean cleanup.
• Stark praised Nemo II’s work and offered his help, while Nemo II thanked him for helping upgrade the Nautilus.
• Nemo II invited Alvin and the others to see how the Nautilus survived underwater, and Alvin agreed, eager to try its salmon.
• Alvin helped adjust little Morgan in little Ginny’s arms and told Nick to watch his sister.
• Nemo II explained that the Nautilus’s chef served fish as sashimi, then invited Alvin to catch Atlantic cod and cook for the crew.

Nemo II showed Alvin, Stark, Pepper, Fox, and the children how the Nautilus used seaweed and seawater to provide clothing, food, and power. He explained that the Heart of the Ocean boosted the ship’s systems and asked them to help protect the sea and support his plan to free creatures trapped at the thermocline.

• Nemo II showed Alvin and the others the fishing nets and explained how the Nautilus processed seaweed into clothing, then gave them shirts and hats.
• Alvin, Fox, Stark, Pepper, and the children tried on the green seaweed garments, and Fox explained the meaning of a green hat to Nemo II.
• Nemo II explained that the Nautilus used seawater to make batteries and provide essentials, while its original main power source had been installed in his Spaceship.
• Stark realized the Heart of the Ocean had made the seawater machinery operate far more efficiently, and Nemo II said it allowed Nemo to control water.
• Nemo II asked Pepper to keep an eye on Stark and invited the group to witness his plan to free creatures trapped at the thermocline, urging them to help protect the sea.