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Sammy's X-O-X forehead design |
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Technos search the Mall for Sammy whose name appears
on the new work-schedule. In panic he explains his situation to Jack &
Ellie before fleeing the Mall.
He lies low in the City, at one point hiding behind a car. But he's spotted.
Two Technos haul him to the new security perimeter and dump him in the Zootist
zone.
Goof: Sammy's X-O-X marking, in particular the horizontal line linking
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Sammy wasn't in the Zootist zone long. Mega located
him and brought him back to the Mall.
In Ep.23 He is still avoiding work at the power plant... Also note
his new forehead design and new top, blue instead of red. |
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 Amber
finds him under his bed. He accepts her offer to join the work crew with
him. The X-O-X design is now 3 stars, top orange, bottom green. |
Amber gets firsthand experience of
being herded like cattle by the Technos. They are on their way with many
others to the power plant. Still the two-tone star design. |
Goof: At the power plant Sammy's got his
original X-O-X design back, plus the red top. Who thinks this is footage
taken from Season 4?
Me for one! |
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| Sammy keeps his new two-tone star triplet for some
time. But Cloud9 makeup dept. don't always get it quite right, as In Ep.
29... |
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| Sammy wakes up bleary-eyed and joins everyone to
watch the CityNet broadcast assigning duties to the Tribes and outlining
the new anti food hoarding policy. And maybe whoever applied the orange
and blue was also bleary-eyed? |
Not to worry. When Sammy alerts everyone
that "They're here—They're here—They're here—They're
here— " [Meaning a bunch of Technos have arrived], those stars
on his forehead now have the orange on top as normal. |
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| And again in Ep.30... |
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| Sammy drops in to see Jack who is making a detector
to find the "bugs" that Mega has planted. Orange is back at the
bottom. |
And the same when he watches a CityNet
broadcast with Gel. |
| Then the orange is back on top when he's in the
Café with Gel. |
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| Ep.32. Jay has been detained by Mega at
the Hotel... |
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| Sammy comes to tell everyone to go see the news
flash on CityNet. Sammy's stars are orange at the top. They all move
to the next room to watch. |
And Sammy's stars are now orange
at the bottom. |
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| But then in Ep.35 Lex returns to the Mall
with news from Liberty. |
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| Sammy looks on bemused as Gel gives
Lex a big hug! As Lex gives an account of his travels, Gel hangs on his
every word. Sammy has the usual orange-topped star triplet |
Sammy advises Gel not to trust every
tall tale told by Lex. And Look! Sammy has reverted to his original green
X-O-X. |
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Sammy keeps the green X-O-X for the following scenes
at the Mall:
Salene returns (Yay!) bringing May with her (Boo-hiss-traitor). Salene defends
her and insists she be allowed to stay.
May and Salene talk privately. Salene overrules May's doubts about staying.
But then...
Sammy and Gel creep up on sleeping (snoring) Lex. Gel wakes him. And Sammy
has the orange-topped stars back. |
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| And in Ep.36... |
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| Sammy has been helping Gel to tidy
her room, and dissuade her from chasing after Lex |
With most everyone in the Café,
Trudy is the latest to try and extract information from Jack about his new
role in Mega's plans. Sammy is only slightly interested. Oh and look! He's
got the X-O-X design back. |
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| Episode.39... |
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A trader dangles a locket in front
of Sammy that he'd so LOVE to give as a present to Gel. But first Sammy
must do something for the trader. The trader hands over a bag of "merchandise"
that Sammy knows full well is smuggled games/DVDs and highly illegal. Once
you get rid of them, bring me the loot. All of it. And you can have the
locket, and maybe, that special someone.
May comes in to ask if he's seen Salene recently. Apparently not. May continues
her search of the Mall... |
As May is thinking further afield
than the Mall, she encounters Sammy again. He needs a girl's perspective
on 'Suppose a guy gave you a present..'
He's still carrying the trader's bag, contents easily visible, and
May gives him a parental lecture on the illegality and hazard of being in
possession.
Goof: well, I don't need to point it out. But in this same episode
it keeps happening... |
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| Sammy sells the trader's merchandise
and gets that coveted locket. Stars |
The same day, Gel returns to the Mall
after a short stay in Liberty. She immediately starts taking advantage of
Sammy's obvious 'hots' for her. X-O-X |
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| Episode.40. Sammy has the X-O-X
design for the most part of Ep.40. Lex has noticed that Gel is treating
him like a slave, and has just advised him to play hard to get, so she'll
appreciate Sammy more. |
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| When Gel tries to start a conversation,
Sammy responds disinterestedly and walks away in an I've-got-better-things-to-do
kind of way. |
Gel catches up with him, he's reading
a magazine and continues to act disinterested. Gel calculatingly returns
the locket, says it's not real gold, and thinks she'll go talk to Lex instead.
Magic! Sammy's back on board answering her beck and call. Goof: back
to stars. |
The promised CityNet "Pain Game" starts.
Sammy is excited to see Ellie. Look! There she
is!
Goof: Back to X-O-X |
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| There's more of the same as the episodes go by,
and I'll admit I got a tad bored and let them go. But then in Episode
46 this happens... |
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| EP.46 Sammy chances upon one of Salene's
bottles and thinks he'll impress Gel by sharing it with her. It's evidently
powerful stuff and Gel stops after one (disgusting) sip. But to prove himself
"a man" Sammy drinks the entire bottle. He soon collapses to the
ground unconscious. Gel fetches a pillow to put under his head. |
Salene understands way better than
Gel the danger to Sammy's life. She improvises a stomach pump and pours
in salt water. It has the desired effect.
Goof: while he's unconscious, Sammy's forehead design changes, X-O-X
to stars, yet one more time. |