<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I didn't realize it was on until I watched Dr. Who and the last minute of SJA got recorded. What did I miss? I'd like to catch the next episode but if it part 3 of a long-running story I'll not know what's going on. <br /> Posted by Leovinus</DIV></p><p>Good 'ol Wikipedia:</p><span style="font-family:'-webkit-sans-serif';font-size:13px;line-height:19px" class="Apple-style-span"><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">The episode starts with a thirteen year old girl, </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Maria Jackson</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Yasmin Paige</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">), and her recently divorced father </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Alan</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Joseph Millson</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">) moving into a house opposite journalist and </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">former time-traveller</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Sarah Jane Smith</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Elisabeth Sladen</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">). The night after they have moved in, Maria is woken by an ethereal light emanating from Sarah Jane's house, which she discovers, to her amazement and later horror, to be Sarah conversing with a </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">butterfly-like alien species</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">The next morning, her neighbour </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Kelsey Harper</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Porsha Lawrence Mavour</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">) visits and welcomes her. She invites Maria into town, using the free "Bubble Shock!" bus to travel there and tour the factory. Once they arrive at the factory, they are lead to a security scanner, which surreptitiously collects their DNA to transfer to an "</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Archetype</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">" (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Tommy Knight</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">) under the supervision of the factory's owner, </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Mrs Wormwood</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Samantha Bond</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">).</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Sarah Jane, having overheard the girls making plans, follows them to the factory and interviews Mrs Wormwood, and how she was able to get approval for the drink so fast, and why the Bane, an ingredient unique to the drink, was "resisting" analysis, to which she is told that all that Bubble Shock! is doing is satisfying the needs of the Western world. On Sarah's way out, she is almost killed by Wormwood's secretary.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Kelsey wanders from the tour and attempts to phone her friend, but disturbs an unknown beast, the Bane Mother, to the annoyance of the staff, to which Wormwood orders the alarms switched off and Sarah Jane killed. Maria attempts to phone Kelsey, but sets off the alarms again, causing the Archetype to escape, transferring the focus upon him. Maria, while escaping, encounters him, who just mimics her, and they escape into a women's bathroom. Sarah Jane then enters, and although they are surprised to see each other, they manage to escape the factory, albeit without Kelsey. When they arrive back on Bannerman Road, Sarah warns Maria not to get involved as her life is too dangerous.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Meanwhile, Kelsey is accosted by the factory guards, which causes her to rant about the treatment she has received. Wormwood subdues her by revealing her true form, and having discovered Kelsey and Sarah Jane live on the same street, uses her </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">PR</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> representative Davey (</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Jamie Davis</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">) to escort her home. Once there, Maria realises upon sight of Kelsey that Davey had discovered Sarah and tries to runs into Sarah Jane's house. Eventually realising their intent, Sarah Jane brings them inside, with Davey, now as a Bane, giving chase. Sarah Jane is able to repel Davey and then, upon discovery of the attic by Kelsey, tells the teenagers about aliens: years ago, she met the </span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Doctor</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">, a man like no other, who took her through time and space. The adventures suddenly ended, but when they met by chance (in "</span></span>
<span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">School Reunion</span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">") not long ago, they realised they were still fond for each other.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">Once Sarah Jane has analysed that the Bane ingredient was sentient, she contacts Wormwood and politely requests that she leaves Earth. Wormwood refuses, and in retaliation takes control of the majority of the human race. Sarah Jane races to the factory, but cannot enter until she drives the bus into a wall. Wormwood reveals the Bane Mother, and explains the Archetype is a conglomerate of human DNA designed to be investigated so that Bubble Shock could be improved. The Archetype uses an alien communicator Sarah Jane had been given, realising that the signal would be strong enough to kill the Bane Mother, and Sarah Jane, Maria, and the Archetype escape as the factory explodes.</span></span></p></span><p><span style="font-family:'-webkit-sans-serif';line-height:19px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">The following evening, Sarah Jane agrees to adopt the Archetype and agrees with Maria to call him "Luke". The episode closes with a monologue by Sarah Jane that while space may be strange, adventures may be had on Earth, if one knows where to look.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:x-small" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p><p>In a somewhat poignant moment, Sarah Jane briefly reminisces about her travels with the Doctor, whom she feels somewhat bitter over, obviously (I think he dumped her, to put it bluntly). She decided that she had to keep on doing something to make her life meaningful after she lost him. Her mechanical dog, K-9, is re-introduced, which is left guarding a microsingularity that Sarah has stashed in some kind of closet holding device....I'm sure we'll see more of him in later episodes. And Sarah has some kind of sophisticated alien computer that assists her in her research, but it's not explained in detail just how she came about it. </p><p>Maria's dad is a real looker, and I'm wondering if they are setting things up for him and Sarah to eventually get together. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>