Official Episode Discussion: "Hacking Stockman"

**Machias Banshee** · 10-15-2008, 12:20 AM

Good Day, one and all..!

I present to you a new teaser for this week's upcoming episode, now with 50% more meat!

Last we saw the boys, they were helping Casey and April with the whole Ring of Yin fiasco. Now the two are engaged, and the boys return to their struggle to regain the broken pieces of their father. If only it weren't so literal...

By now, Donatello must be getting into that range of 'over-stressed, under-slept, obsessed green pile of guilt', standing at the computer for ungodly amounts of hours. And you know what that means...

RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS!

...or at least Donnie the Cybernaut. CyberDon, anyone...?

So while Donnie's surfing the net and pulling Splinter's chunks out of the local soap opera fansites, the remaining brothers are up on the streets. And you know, Don doesn't really NEED that HELP to get THEIR FATHER. Pff.... it's a one turtle job now, apparently...

So the other three are out, seeing how the city's changed during the year (or two?three? Depending on if you consider 2005 and 2008 aren't quite accurate for 'gone for one year'..). Now we'll get a bigger look of the scale that the Purple Dragons have obtained during a year of no interference. Being a thug is a much better paying job now than it used to be, having seen Hun and some of his henchmen – not to mention the firepower he had when going after April.

And as with the City at War arc, the battle for top spot continues on. Purple Dragons versus the Foot. But this time, there's not been anyone to stop them...

How's the Foot Clan been doing during this time? The last we saw (During the Tribunal Arc) Karai leaving hand-in-hand with Dr. Chaplin (quite contently, I might add). We can only assume that she continues to lead the Foot clan, with the aid of Chaplin's technological firepower. And let us not forget last week's episode where we learn that Karai knew of Ch'rell's digital copy on the Foot database. What other back-up systems did they set up in case of this situation?

Which finally brings up Baxter Stockman. And I've done a bit of research on his character for this week's ep.

Now, the last we saw Baxter in present time was Enter the Dragons part one and two. He had been reduced to a salvaged brain in a strange robot body to work for Bishop (who wasn't all that much better than Shredder). This was after his 'Flowers for Algernon'-esque trauma in “Insane in the Membrane”, of having the utter joy of regrowing a body and enjoying the pleasures of life (eating, touching, belching), only to have it decompose before his very eyes (eyes included). How does that mess with one's head?

Physically, Baxter's gone through a hell that you wouldn't wish on anyone, even your worst enemy. He's been taken apart piecemeal by Shredder AND Hun's hands. He's fought and wished and struggled to be allowed to die and finally rest in peace, only to have his rotted corpse pulled from the river and put into another strange device by Bishop.

“Why can I not be allowed to expire in peace!?”

“It seems the pain will never End.”

It makes you wonder what his mental/physical state is after a year of no major battles with the turtles, and if he's still under the employment of Bishop – alien technology in the near future? You bet. We know they've been working in the future from 'Head of State' in the FF season... There's a considerable chance that we'll get a Bishop sighting in this episode, folks!

The technology that once protected Baxter... will be turned around and used against him. The evil CyberShredder will manage to hack into his body, and come into the REAL World.

This puts everyone in danger, good and bad.

In the meantime, Donnie's going to be continuing his work to help regain his father's remnants. How successful is he going to be? Will he have a majority of the data fragments by now? Is the time running out on those data fragments? What's the chance of some of it being overwritten by the time Donatello gets to all of them? If there was one time Donatello was needed...

But now he is going to be put to a dire test: Do you save your father's data from the internet... or do you go and save your brothers from the wrath of a Baxter possessed by the Shredder that has nothing to lose?

So I leave you with these questions:

Will the progress of the teamwork from the Tribunal arc be forgotten after a year of no turtles?
What will Baxter's mental state be now that a year has passed?
Which will Donatello chose... his father, or his brothers?

And even though a Dromer throws a voodoo doll of me into a furnace everytime I say it...

STAY TUNED!!!

((Many thanks to Gobo for some better sources so I can do these better..

))

10-15-2008, 12:20 AM	#1
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Official Episode Discussion: "Hacking Stockman" Good Day, one and all..! I present to you a new teaser for this week's upcoming episode, now with 50% more meat! Last we saw the boys, they were helping Casey and April with the whole Ring of Yin fiasco. Now the two are engaged, and the boys return to their struggle to regain the broken pieces of their father. If only it weren't so literal... By now, Donatello must be getting into that range of 'over-stressed, under-slept, obsessed green pile of guilt', standing at the computer for ungodly amounts of hours. And you know what that means... RETURN OF THE CYBERNAUTS! ...or at least Donnie the Cybernaut. CyberDon, anyone...? So while Donnie's surfing the net and pulling Splinter's chunks out of the local soap opera fansites, the remaining brothers are up on the streets. And you know, Don doesn't really NEED that HELP to get THEIR FATHER. Pff.... it's a one turtle job now, apparently... So the other three are out, seeing how the city's changed during the year (or two?three? Depending on if you consider 2005 and 2008 aren't quite accurate for 'gone for one year'..). Now we'll get a bigger look of the scale that the Purple Dragons have obtained during a year of no interference. Being a thug is a much better paying job now than it used to be, having seen Hun and some of his henchmen – not to mention the firepower he had when going after April. And as with the City at War arc, the battle for top spot continues on. Purple Dragons versus the Foot. But this time, there's not been anyone to stop them... How's the Foot Clan been doing during this time? The last we saw (During the Tribunal Arc) Karai leaving hand-in-hand with Dr. Chaplin (quite contently, I might add). We can only assume that she continues to lead the Foot clan, with the aid of Chaplin's technological firepower. And let us not forget last week's episode where we learn that Karai knew of Ch'rell's digital copy on the Foot database. What other back-up systems did they set up in case of this situation? Which finally brings up Baxter Stockman. And I've done a bit of research on his character for this week's ep. Now, the last we saw Baxter in present time was Enter the Dragons part one and two. He had been reduced to a salvaged brain in a strange robot body to work for Bishop (who wasn't all that much better than Shredder). This was after his 'Flowers for Algernon'-esque trauma in “Insane in the Membrane”, of having the utter joy of regrowing a body and enjoying the pleasures of life (eating, touching, belching), only to have it decompose before his very eyes (eyes included). How does that mess with one's head? Physically, Baxter's gone through a hell that you wouldn't wish on anyone, even your worst enemy. He's been taken apart piecemeal by Shredder AND Hun's hands. He's fought and wished and struggled to be allowed to die and finally rest in peace, only to have his rotted corpse pulled from the river and put into another strange device by Bishop. “Why can I not be allowed to expire in peace!?” “It seems the pain will never End.” It makes you wonder what his mental/physical state is after a year of no major battles with the turtles, and if he's still under the employment of Bishop – alien technology in the near future? You bet. We know they've been working in the future from 'Head of State' in the FF season... There's a considerable chance that we'll get a Bishop sighting in this episode, folks! The technology that once protected Baxter... will be turned around and used against him. The evil CyberShredder will manage to hack into his body, and come into the REAL World. This puts everyone in danger, good and bad. In the meantime, Donnie's going to be continuing his work to help regain his father's remnants. How successful is he going to be? Will he have a majority of the data fragments by now? Is the time running out on those data fragments? What's the chance of some of it being overwritten by the time Donatello gets to all of them? If there was one time Donatello was needed... But now he is going to be put to a dire test: Do you save your father's data from the internet... or do you go and save your brothers from the wrath of a Baxter possessed by the Shredder that has nothing to lose? So I leave you with these questions: Will the progress of the teamwork from the Tribunal arc be forgotten after a year of no turtles? What will Baxter's mental state be now that a year has passed? Which will Donatello chose... his father, or his brothers? And even though a Dromer throws a voodoo doll of me into a furnace everytime I say it... STAY TUNED!!! ((Many thanks to Gobo for some better sources so I can do these better.. ))