Recaps

Lin Mo froze Doug’s arm and revealed that he had another ability, then used Super Smell and Super Brain to trace the Original Body’s scent. He found a distant trail, leaving Doug’s true location identified but not yet reached.

• Lin Mo froze Doug’s arm with his breath, surprising Doug, Maeve, and Joanna.
• Lin Mo explained that he had deliberately kept the ice from reaching its full strength so Doug’s controlled body would not be destroyed.
• Lin Mo challenged Doug’s confidence that he could hide the Original Body, then considered searching across a vast area using his other abilities.
• Lin Mo used Super Smell to separate the scents on Doug’s body and trace the faint scent of the Original Body.
• Lin Mo found the Original Body’s scent far away from Godolkin.

Lin Mo revealed that Doug was actually Thomas Godolkin, the supposedly dead founder of Godolkin University, and announced that he would go after him. Lin Mo flew off with Joanna and Maeve, carrying Maeve by the collar as he took them toward his target.

• Lin Mo identified Doug as Principal Thomas Godolkin, shocking Doug and Maeve.
• Doug tried to dismiss the revelation and persuade Lin Mo to end their confrontation, while Joanna mocked him for hiding.
• Lin Mo decided to go straight to Doug's real location and told Joanna and Maeve to come with him.
• Maeve worried Lin Mo would have to hold her as he held Joanna, but Lin Mo said he would carry her by her clothes instead.
• Lin Mo flew away with Joanna and Maeve, gripping Maeve's collar as they traveled through the sky.

Lin Mo brought Joanna and Maeve to the hospital where Thomas Godolkin was hiding. Thomas spotted them on the surveillance cameras, and the trio entered without resistance as Maeve grew uneasy about the hospital’s silence.

• Lin Mo shielded Maeve with his Bioelectric Field as he flew her and Joanna from Godolkin University to a New York hospital.
• Maeve complained about being carried by her collar, but gave up when she could not decide where Lin Mo should hold her instead.
• Lin Mo revealed that Thomas Godolkin was hiding at the hospital and stopped Joanna from rushing inside.
• Thomas switched into a man in a white coat, saw Lin Mo smiling at the surveillance camera, and realized Lin Mo had found him.
• Lin Mo led Joanna and Maeve into the hospital without anyone stopping them, and Maeve asked why it was so quiet.

Lin Mo, Joanna, and Maeve explored the hidden underground facility and found Thomas’s Original Body alive but helpless inside a life-support device. Lin Mo asked Joanna to break through the protective wall, leaving her ready to act.

• Lin Mo led Joanna and Maeve into the empty underground facility and sensed only Thomas and Marie inside.
• Joanna saw an old, nearly immobile man connected to life-support tubes behind a thick wall and learned he was Thomas.
• Joanna questioned how Thomas could expect to control her, while Maeve decided to follow Lin Mo as a tagalong.
• Lin Mo refused Maeve’s offer to smash through the wall and told Joanna to do it; Joanna asked whether she should punch through.

Lin Mo, Joanna, and Maeve found Thomas Godolkin alive in a hidden life-support chamber, but he could not speak when Joanna tried to question him. Maeve discovered an adjoining room and found a newborn baby girl lying alone there.

• Joanna used Heat Vision to cut through the protective wall, revealing Thomas Godolkin in a life-support chamber.
• Maeve struggled to believe the frail, badly burned man was the mastermind behind Godolkin University.
• Maeve went to investigate a lit room behind Thomas's life-support machine while Joanna shattered the chamber lid and demanded answers from him.
• Thomas opened his eyes but could not make a sound, leaving Joanna to wonder if he had gone mute.
• Maeve called Lin Mo over and showed him a newborn Black baby girl she had found alone on a medical bed.

Lin Mo identified Maeve's baby as Marie Moreau and explained that Thomas could not speak because of his severe injuries. Thomas then called Lin Mo through Doug's body and pleaded to put their conflict behind them, arguing that their interests did not conflict.

• Lin Mo identified Maeve's baby as Marie Moreau, and Joanna examined the child and played with her.
• Lin Mo explained that Thomas could not speak because his body and vocal functions were badly damaged.
• A landline rang, and Lin Mo answered Doug's call, recognizing that Thomas was controlling Doug to make it.
• Thomas spoke through Doug and asked Lin Mo to set aside their conflict, saying he had not harmed Lin Mo or Joanna and their interests did not conflict.

Cornered in his life-support chamber, Thomas offered Lin Mo control of Godolkin University and all his secrets in exchange for his life. Lin Mo began questioning him about the Odessa Project and what Thomas knew about Joanna and Marie, leaving Maeve confused as Thomas started explaining Vought’s early experiments.

• Thomas offered Lin Mo the school, its research, funding, facilities, and connections, and promised to obey any terms to stay alive.
• Lin Mo agreed to talk with Thomas but chose to ask about the Odessa Project before discussing Godolkin University.
• Lin Mo asked Thomas how much he knew about Joanna and Marie, and Joanna leaned in to hear his answer.
• Thomas said he knew the Odessa Project better than almost anyone in Vought’s upper ranks.
• Maeve asked what they were discussing as Thomas explained that the Odessa Project aimed to create the most powerful superhuman.

Thomas revealed that Vought’s Odessa Project used infants and children to manufacture powerful, controllable Supes, identifying Joanna and Marie as its most successful subjects. Maeve learned that Vought had created the vast majority of Supes with Compound V and hidden the truth behind a public story of divine gifts.

• Thomas explained that Vought’s Odessa Project aimed to create stable, powerful, loyal Supes through experiments, and that many early subjects died or suffered severe defects.
• Thomas identified Joanna as the project’s most perfect result, while Joanna said she already knew Vought had experimented on her as a child.
• Thomas revealed that Marie Moreau was also a successful Odessa subject whose blood-controlling ability had extraordinary potential.
• Maeve realized that Vought had experimented on infants and asked whether Supes were born with their powers.
• Thomas told Maeve that Vought had created the vast majority of Supes with drugs and concealed it through religion, media, and the Superhero industry.

Maeve learned that her powers came from childhood injections of Compound V rather than divine selection, leaving her shaken as Joanna remained unconcerned. Lin Mo pressed Thomas for information about Marie and other children, and Thomas explained that Vought had abandoned the costly Odessa Project in favor of expanding Compound V use.

• Maeve struggled to accept that Vought had given her powers through childhood injections, while Joanna said the source of their powers did not matter to her.
• Thomas offered to reveal Vought's early experiments and secret projects, and Lin Mo warned that his survival depended on how fully he cooperated.
• Lin Mo asked why Marie had been brought there and whether Vought had hidden more children like her.
• Thomas said he knew of no other Odessa subjects and explained that Vought had abandoned the project because its failure rate and cost were too high.
• Thomas said Joanna and Marie were the project's most successful results, and Vought had shifted to broader Compound V use as a cheaper way to find valuable Superheroes.

Lin Mo questioned Thomas about the Odessa Project, Marie, Joanna, and the earliest Compound V. Thomas revealed that he had no sample of Original Compound V, while Lin Mo’s interest in it was actually for Joanna, a motive Thomas did not know.

• Thomas said the Odessa Project had ended, explained that he had privately kept Marie’s research records and an experimental sample, and admitted he viewed her as a test subject.
• Thomas told Joanna he knew little about her past because her experiments had been handled by people with higher clearance.
• Lin Mo questioned Thomas about how he had survived severe bodily damage and prompted him to explain the history of Original Compound V.
• Thomas said he had no sample of Original Compound V and that Marie had received the latest version of Compound V.
• Thomas assumed Lin Mo wanted Original Compound V to extend his life, unaware that Lin Mo wanted it for Joanna.

Lin Mo forced Thomas to reveal what he knew about the Original Compound V, learning that it could strengthen the body and extend life but carried severe risks. After Thomas admitted he knew neither where a sample was nor anything beyond the basics, Lin Mo decided Thomas was no longer useful and left his fate to Joanna.

• Thomas tried to bargain for his life by offering information about the Original Compound V, but Lin Mo told him he was only proving his usefulness.
• Joanna threatened Thomas and made clear she would support Lin Mo, while Maeve quietly held Marie and struggled to follow the discussion.
• Thomas explained that the Original Compound V was meant to strengthen the body, improve recovery, slow aging, and extend life, but its failure rate was extremely high.
• Thomas said Lin Mo would likely withstand the compound because of his unusual physical abilities, but he did not know where any sample was or anything more about it.
• Lin Mo told Thomas his information had been of some use but that Thomas was no longer useful, then told him he would not kill him and suggested Joanna might.

Joanna killed Thomas Godolkin, and Lin Mo decided to remove Marie from the underground base and use Vought to take control of its valuable equipment and records. The chapter ended with Maeve recognizing the contact Lin Mo gave her as Vought’s Edgar.

• Joanna struck Thomas Godolkin’s life-support pod with Heat Vision, killing him and destroying the pod.
• Maeve asked Lin Mo what to do with Marie and the underground base, and Lin Mo said they would take Marie out first.
• Lin Mo received 5,000 energy points for changing the world’s course, and his fixed daily energy income increased to 80.
• Lin Mo rejected selling the base’s equipment or simply handing it over to Vought, then said he could use Vought to handle it.
• Lin Mo gave Maeve a phone number to call, and Maeve recognized the contact as Edgar.

After learning about the underground experiments at Godolkin University, Maeve reported the situation to Vought CEO Edgar at Lin Mo’s request. Lin Mo decided Marie should be left in Edgar’s care, while Joanna rejoined them after staying apart.

• Lin Mo told Maeve to call Edgar and report the underground base, Thomas, the experimental records, and Marie.
• Maeve told Edgar that Joanna had already dealt with Thomas, and Edgar calmly said he would handle the situation.
• Maeve asked Lin Mo why he had made her call Edgar, and he said she was better suited to handling such matters.
• Lin Mo decided to leave Marie with Edgar because he believed Edgar knew how to raise children and could keep her safe.
• Joanna came over while Maeve held Marie and Lin Mo discussed what to do next.

After Thomas’s death, Lin Mo freed Doug from Thomas’s control and arranged for him to remain Principal of Godolkin or leave quietly. Lin Mo left Maeve to hand the underground base’s records and Marie over to Vought and Edgar, then departed with Joanna to get lunch and look around.

• Doug spoke to Lin Mo through the landline, and Lin Mo explained that Thomas was dead and offered him a choice to remain Principal of Godolkin or leave quietly.
• Doug eagerly chose to become Principal, and Lin Mo told him not to cause trouble or reveal what had happened.
• Lin Mo told Maeve to coordinate with Vought’s people, turn over the base’s files and equipment, and hand Marie to Edgar.
• Lin Mo left with Joanna to get food and look around instead of returning to school.

After leaving Maeve to look after little Marie, Lin Mo took Joanna out for a date, where her attempt to drink coffee ended with her choosing a milk-flavored drink instead. On their way back to the university, Lin Mo considered finding Original Compound V to secure its strength and lifespan benefits for Joanna.

• Lin Mo and Joanna left Maeve behind with little Marie while they went out together.
• Joanna tried coffee at Lin Mo's suggestion, found it bitter, and asked for milk instead.
• Lin Mo ordered Joanna a milkier drink, and they spent the afternoon exploring shops and food stalls.
• As they headed back to the university, Lin Mo thought about locating Original Compound V for Joanna.

Lin Mo planned to find something for Joanna while Vought took control of Thomas's underground laboratory. Stan Edgar arrived, reviewed Marie's records, and decided to raise her alongside Neuman.

• Lin Mo considered asking Edgar about a sample and told Joanna he was finding something for her.
• Vought employees secured Thomas's underground laboratory and collected its records and equipment.
• Stan Edgar arrived and took Marie from Maeve.
• Edgar read Marie's records and learned of her unusual blood-manipulation abilities and potential.
• Edgar considered raising Marie alongside Neuman, and Maeve felt reassured when she saw his affection for the child.
• Edgar returned the report and told Maeve she had done well.

Edgar told Maeve that Vought would disguise the underground experiments as a criminal organization’s illegal research and use the incident to promote her, Lin Mo, and Joanna. Maeve questioned whether she wanted to be a hero marketed as a product, while Lin Mo and Joanna skipped their afternoon classes and headed home.

• Edgar explained that Godolkin University and Vought would publicize the discovery while concealing Thomas, Compound V, and the underground experiments.
• Edgar said the staged account would portray Maeve, Lin Mo, and Joanna as heroes who destroyed a criminal organization’s base and rescued its victims.
• Maeve accepted Edgar’s praise and promotion but began seriously questioning what kind of hero she wanted to become.
• Edgar held Marie and told Maeve to leave the rest to them and return to the university.
• Lin Mo and Joanna returned to Godolkin University, decided not to attend afternoon classes, and went home together.

Lin Mo and Joanna returned to Godolkin University after missing Crimefighting class, where their absence had prompted the instructor to change the subject. The Deep eagerly asked where they had been, leaving A-Train embarrassed by his friend’s lack of tact.

• The Crimefighting instructor noticed Lin Mo and Joanna were absent, then smoothly continued the lesson without discussing Lin Mo.
• The Deep repeatedly asked A-Train where Lin Mo and Joanna might have gone, while A-Train chose not to pry.
• The Deep spotted Lin Mo and Joanna and immediately asked where they had been and why they missed class.
• A-Train stepped in to greet Lin Mo and Joanna, and Lin Mo teased The Deep for seeming eager to see him in class.
• The Deep explained that he had only been curious about the instructor’s request, and Joanna joked that he loved studying.

After returning home, Lin Mo kept the truth about his outing from A-Train, The Deep, and Joanna, while A-Train steered The Deep away from them. Joanna then tried to sleep in Lin Mo’s room, but he rejected her excuses and sent her toward her own room.

• Lin Mo kept quiet about what he had done, and A-Train avoided pressing him about it.
• The Deep suggested going home with Lin Mo and Joanna, so A-Train dragged him away by inventing something they needed to discuss.
• Lin Mo and Joanna returned home without being questioned by Vought or the school.
• Joanna appeared at Lin Mo’s bedroom door with a blue blanket and said she wanted to sleep there.
• Lin Mo rejected Joanna’s excuses about being unable to sleep and being afraid of the dark, then told her to go back to her room.
• Joanna lowered her head and started toward her room, stopping after every couple of steps.

Lin Mo tried to keep Joanna from sleeping in his room, but she sneaked back in and clung to him through the night. In the morning, he woke exhausted and tried to get her up for class.

• Lin Mo refused to let Joanna stay in his room, so she called him heartless and left.
• Joanna sneaked back into Lin Mo's room and slipped into his bed while he pretended to be asleep.
• Joanna edged closer and rested a wandering hand on Lin Mo, which he moved away without sending her out.
• Lin Mo woke to find Joanna sprawled across him and gently tugged her cheeks to wake her.
• Joanna resisted getting up until Lin Mo threatened to send her back to the next room, then perked up when he reminded her about class.

After Vought recast Lin Mo, Joanna, and Maeve’s raid on an illegal research facility as a heroic rescue, their rankings rose sharply and classmates watched them closely. Lin Mo and Joanna attended Crime Fighting class, where he spotted two familiar faces.

• Lin Mo and Joanna noticed students staring at them on their way to school, so Lin Mo used his Super Hearing to learn why.
• Lin Mo heard that Vought had portrayed the raid as the trio stopping a Criminal Organization and rescuing victims, while concealing the Odessa Project and Thomas.
• Lin Mo learned that Maeve ranked first, Joanna second, and he ranked third; Joanna cared more about having someone above her than about rankings themselves.
• Lin Mo and Joanna went to their Crime Fighting class and found two familiar faces in the classroom.

Lin Mo and Joanna returned to class after destroying an illegal research facility, and their classmates learned they had placed third and second in the rankings. At their professor’s request, Lin Mo presented Vought’s approved version of the operation and praised Joanna for taking down the person in charge.

• The Deep congratulated Lin Mo and Joanna on the operation, while A-Train told them their new rankings placed them third and second.
• Joanna dismissed the idea that joining The Seven would be impressive, and the crime-fighting professor invited Lin Mo to describe the previous day’s operation.
• Lin Mo chose to follow Vought’s prepared account, describing the discovery of an underground facility conducting illegal human experiments.
• Lin Mo said Joanna had handled the danger quickly and taken down the person in charge, prompting the class to turn toward her.
• Joanna smiled at Lin Mo’s praise and said he really understood her.

Lin Mo finished his presentation and avoided letting the professor call on Joanna, then talked with The Deep and A-Train about their friendship and helping him. Joanna grew jealous of their attention to Lin Mo, and the class ended with The Deep and A-Train hurrying to leave.

• Lin Mo warned the professor not to call on Joanna, so the professor praised Lin Mo and dismissed the class instead.
• The Deep praised Lin Mo and said he would have helped with what Lin Mo and Joanna did the day before.
• Lin Mo told The Deep he would let him help when a chance came, making The Deep excited and A-Train wary.
• Joanna watched Lin Mo talk with The Deep and A-Train, then quietly unsettled The Deep until he fell silent.
• The professor dismissed the class, and The Deep and A-Train made excuses to leave.

Lin Mo and Joanna prepared to visit Vought headquarters to look for Original Compound V, while Maeve asked Lin Mo to take part in a public interview about the underground experimental base. Maeve turned down the interview offer and asked to join them on their visit.

• A-Train took The Deep away from Lin Mo and Joanna, and they left the classroom.
• Lin Mo told Joanna he planned to visit Vought headquarters to look for Original Compound V, and Joanna agreed to go with him.
• Maeve arrived exhausted from handling the aftermath of the underground experimental base and asked Lin Mo to give a public interview about the operation.
• Lin Mo declined the interview because he had plans to visit Edgar at Vought headquarters.
• Maeve asked Lin Mo if she could come along to Vought headquarters.

Maeve asked to join Lin Mo and Joanna, saying she wanted to help and could clean up after them. Lin Mo agreed, but Joanna refused to let Maeve fly with them, so they set off separately for Vought headquarters.

• Joanna challenged Maeve about following them and asked whether she had feelings for Lin Mo.
• Maeve denied having a crush on Lin Mo and explained that she wanted to contribute after doing little during the previous day's mission.
• Joanna accepted Maeve's offer to help clean up their messes, and Lin Mo agreed to let her come along.
• The three left campus together as students watched them, remembering their role in taking down the underground base.
• Maeve asked how they would travel to New York, and Joanna refused to let her fly with Lin Mo and told her to take a cab.
• Maeve agreed to travel separately while Lin Mo and Joanna flew to meet her near Vought headquarters.