Avocato has lost his memory, and Gary is unsure how to help.
Ash suggests using a method from her home planet; tie up the amnesiac and beat him with pain sticks till he remembers something.
Since they don’t have those on the Crimson Light, Clarence lets the team borrow his whips.
Clarence in particular seems rather aroused by the whole whipping.
Even Tribore drops by to participate in the whipping.
Surprisingly, it works. Avocato begins to remember.
What Tribore actually came to tell them, is that he intercepted a message from Quinn.
The message is severely corrupted by an unknown kind of radiant energy. Clarence believes it to be a trap.
Avocato remembers how Lord Commander once sought out the Order of Twelve to learn how he could reach Final Space.
He was instructed to drink from the clearwater, so he could mentally enter Final Space.
Avocato shares this information with the rest of the Team Squad. It might be a way to reach Quinn.
Little Cato is upset that Avocato remembers this information, but not his own son.
The team sets a course for Kanopus Prime, where the clearwater can be found.
The sight brings back a memory of Avocato’s days as the Lord Commander’s right hand, when his master ordered him to kill the entire population of the planet.
A.V.A detects something on her Anomaly Convergence Scanner. H.U.E. tries to help with a holographic presentation of it.
Naturally, A.V.A. upstages him again.
There is a bump in time, where space flows over a cliff like a waterfall, though A.V.A. doesn’t know how this works.
Gary will check it out, and needs backup. Avocato and Little Cato both volunteer, but both also refuse to go if the other goes.
Both Cato’s end up going, after Fox forces them to.
Their jetboots are no match for the waterfall, and they end up plummeting down.
They make a rough landing.
Clarence sees a chance to steal his ship back, but H.U.E. zaps him with a taser.
Even A.V.A. is impressed by H.U.E.’s attitude, but there is no time to enjoy it. A large fleet is approaching the planet.
The crew is in uprising space. Fortunately, the fleet confronting them is led by Shannon Thunder, who is delighted to see Tribore again.
She boards the Crimson Light to ask for Tribore’s help. And to confess her love for him.
On the planet, Avocato instructs Gary to drink the Clearwater.
Bottoms up.
Suddenly, Gary finds himself in a strange realm, full of shadowy creatures that tell him to “climb”.
The thing they want him to climb is a tree made of corpses.
On the Crimson Light, Tribore confesses he changes gender every 6 months, and his two selves are in love with the other.
On top of the tree, Gary finds a pool filled with wailing ghosts.
Then a creature named Phil shows up and offers to help Gary.
He has a map, and Gary can have it if he takes it out of Phil’s pocket.
Phil is a man of his word.
The map dissolves into a glowing line that Gary has to follow.
It ends at a glowing pool, in which Gary sees Quinn.
But then black goo wraps itself around Gary and pulls him into the pool.
When Gary breaks free, he is in another place.
A gate to Final Space opens, and Quinn is there.
Quinn warns Gary he shouldn’t have come. This is a place of death. Her point is proven by the dozens of death Gary’s floating in Final Space.
Then Invictus appears.
Quinn screams for Gary to leave, as Invictus reaches out for him.
On the planet’s surface, the Cato’s are startled by a large flock of Vagori.
They’re after Gary. The Cato’s try to defend him.
Little Cato is caught.
Which makes Avocato remember why he betrayed the Lord Commander.
He thus remembers Little Cato. After freeing him, father and son can finally properly reunite.
Gary tries to return to his body, but Invictus is close behind.
He doesn’t make it in time.
And wakes up possessed by Invictus.
On the Crimson Light, Shannon found a way she and Tribore can have a romantic date.
But dinner is interrupted when Tribore’s ship calls. He has to leave.
On the planet, the Cato’s try to subdue the possessed Gary, but Invictus made him remarkably strong.
He also isn’t above fighting dirty, like using the Cato’s own equipment against them.
When Avocato finally gets the upper hand, Invictus decides he likes Avocto’s body better and switches.
Invictus then pits Avocato against Gary by feeding him lies about how Gary turned Little Cato against him.
He shoots Gary and plans to finish him.
Little Cato tries to stop the out of control Avocato.
Gary is hit again, and only Little Cato can defend him now.
Little Cato is forced to shoot his father.
Avocato renounces Little Cato as his son.
Invictus disappears with his host.
Little Cato takes Gary to the Crimson Light’s medbay, then collapses in despair.
