Draft:Runaways season 3

Runaways
Season 3
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Hulu
Original release	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Season chronology

The third season of the American streaming television series Runaways, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, sees . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the other television series of the franchise and acknowledging the continuity of the franchise's films, and is produced by ABC Signature Studios, Marvel Television, and Fake Empire, with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage serving as showrunners.

The third season released entirely on December 13, 2019, running for 10 episodes on Hulu.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
24	1	"Smoke and Mirrors"	Larry Teng	Tracy McMillan	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Jonah's family place Chase, Karolina, and Janet in stasis to live out their greatest desires, though Janet eventually realizes that she is in the algorithm and tries to escape. Gert, finally fed up with Dale trying to protect her, convinces him to let her go. In turn, he teaches her how to control Old Lace more effectively. Nico has a vision of Morgan le Fay before Xavin informs her, Molly, Alex, and Leslie that Jonah and his family have possessed Victor, Stacey, Tina, and an unknown fourth individual. Catherine takes the blame for Darius' death so Geoffrey can go free. Xavin poses as Gert to distract Jonah and his family while Alex and Nico sneak into their home to find the captured Runaways. Once they find them, they're able to communicate with them in the algorithm, but can't get them out. Molly manages to get to Stacey long enough for her to flee. Victor and Tina return just in time for Alex and Nico to hide, but notice that something is off. Leslie begins to have labor pains. When she heads to the hospital to have an ultrasound, she discovers that her baby is part alien.
25	2	"The Great Escape"	Philip John	Warren Hsu Leonard	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Janet and Chase discover that they can manipulate the algorithm based on their desires. Karolina is forced to watch an ailing Nico as Jonah gives her an ultimatum. As Gert prepares to leave with Old Lace, Stacey arrives to warn her and Dale about Jonah, but converts back; forcing Gert to knock her out as she and Dale flee separately. Alex and Nico learn they must retrieve the Abstract from Jonah, which they do so successfully. However, Jonah finds Nico's staff and breaks it. Tina convinces the scientists at WIZARD to develop a new vehicle for space travel while Molly and Xavin steal some alien detecting inhibitors from her. Janet and Chase manage to seep into each other's algorithm and reunite with Karolina. They find the door, but need to wait for Alex, who is trying to unlock the algorithm while Nico fights Jonah. Molly arrives and knocks him out as Xavin, Gert, and Old Lace reunite with the group. Chase and Karolina escape, but Janet chooses to stay to let them escape; becoming part of the algorithm. As the Runaways reunite at the hostel, Nico believes she is one of the aliens.
26	3	"Lord of Lies"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Kirk A. Moore	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Xavin wants to kill Nico, but the others prevent her, as they believe she is jealous of her relationship with Karolina. Nico decides to finally destroy her staff, but gets another vision from Morgan. Catherine tells Geoffrey to contact Alex by getting his number from Tamar, who is still mad at him. Once he gets it, Geoffrey asks Alex to see his mother while the rest of the Runaways go to Nico's house to get the inhibitors to determine which of them is Jonah's son, only to later learn that they are all clear. Nico sees a photo of Tina with Morgan and visits Robert, who does not know who Morgan is. This turns out to be an illusion as the real Robert is in the hospital. Leslie meets with her mother for protection but only gets advice. Jonah and his family continue to build their new ship, though it requires all four of them to power it. Catherine is killed by fellow inmates hired by Tamar. Just as Alex learns of his mother's death, he is revealed to be the son and takes Leslie to bargain with Jonah to stay on Earth while the Runaways watch from their hidden cameras.
27	4	"Rite of Thunder"	Jeremy Webb	Russ Cochrane	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Leslie begins to go into labor. Instead of going to the hospital, Alex takes her to Tamar's house. Leslie secretly tells her that she is aware that something is wrong with Alex and tries contacting Karolina. Chase uses the inhibitor technology to place a coating over weapons they plan to use against Jonah and his family. He and Gert stay at the hostel while the rest of the Runaways head to Tamar's. Alex flees from Karolina and Nico while Molly and Xavin help Leslie give birth to a daughter she names Elle. They find the Abstract and head back while Xavin stays with Leslie. She learns that her prophecy meant that she was to raise Elle as her own, but Alex returns and kidnaps Elle. The Runaways face off against Jonah and his family; managing to retrieve Elle before Xavin uses the transport device to send the two of them into space. Jonah and his family attack the Runaways, but Nico summons the Staff of One and makes them all disappear, though she assures the others they are not dead. Morgan arrives at the hospital to awaken Robert so he can serve her.
28	5	"Enter the Dreamland"	Rob Hardy	Quinton Peeples	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
The Runaways wake up in a refurbished Hostel and meet Quinton the Great, who reveals that they are in "the thin place", which preys on their fears as they all end up in different scenarios. Karolina meets Destiny and the other sacrificed teens, who use her as bait to quell a monstrous version of Nico, though she manages to escape when she realizes that Jonah's death should have been her burden. Nico is guided by Amy to save Tina from reliving Amy's death, who identifies their surroundings as the Dark Dimension. Molly witnesses her parents happily poisoning Church of Gibborim members and escapes. Chase rescues Victor from his abusive father while Gert convinces Stacey to trust her by allowing her to feed Old Lace. Amy reveals that she is Morgan's pawn before Tina and Nico open a portal back to the real world, though the Runaways are forced to leave a still missing Alex behind. As they leave, Amy is revealed to be Quinton in disguise. The group soon learn that they have been gone for six months.
29	6	"Merry Meet Again"	Vanessa Parise	Ashley Wigfield	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
WIZARD releases a new free phone called Corvus, which seems to have a violent effect on people when it breaks. Gert befriends a WIZARD intern named Max, whom Chase quickly becomes jealous of. Karolina learns that Leslie has reformed the Church of Gibborim while Molly decides to volunteer at the Church. She finds Dale working there, but he wants to distance himself from everyone. Victor and Stacey try to recollect themselves and learn of Janet's fate. Nico meets with Tina, who tells her to stay away from Morgan. She later finds out that Robert has recovered and is dating Morgan. Geoffrey has repaired his relationship with Tamar and the two are working on a project with WIZARD. Chase, Gert, Nico, and Karolina attend a WIZARD party, where Robert introduces Morgan as the new CEO, much to Tina's anger. Gert and Chase decide to take a break while Nico takes up Morgan's offer to train under her to save Alex and breaks up with Karolina. Gert, Chase, and Karolina head back to the Hostel, where they find Molly trapped in a trance by the Corvus phone.
30	7	"Left-Hand Path"	Katie Eastridge	Tracy McMillan & Kendall Rogers	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Karolina destroys the phone and saves Molly, who is horrified to learn that she almost hurt her friends. They make a video warning people about the phones at the church, but Morgan immediately removes it. Still upset with Leslie, Molly confides in Bodhi, a volunteer, by revealing her powers to him, unaware he's working for Morgan. Nico learns that Tina is in a psychiatric hospital and breaks her out. They return to Morgan's hotel to retrieve her grimoire, the Darkhold. Tina frees Robert from Morgan's spell so he can help find them. He successfully locates the Darkhold, uses his glasses to record the necessary pages, and hands them off to Nico before Morgan catches him and kills him. Victor and Stacey learn about the phones, but Geoffrey captures them. Karolina, Chase, and Gert run into Dale while trying to look for Molly, but Morgan's coven arrives and captures them as well. Nico returns to the Hostel to return to the Dark Dimension, only to be interrupted by Ty Johnson and Tandy Bowen's arrival.
31	8	"Devil's Torture Chamber"	Jeff Woolnough	Warren Hsu Leonard & Stu Selonick	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Ty and Tandy take Nico to rescue her friends, but drop the parents off at the Hollywood sign. The group returns to the Dark Dimension to locate Alex, only to end up in a decimated Los Angeles. Alex is trapped in a prison to be tortured by Darius into committing murder, but he refuses at Catherine's behest. The group run into Quinton, who guides them to the prison, but he is killed immediately afterwards by the local gangs. As they navigate their way through the prison, Ty learns that Gert still cares for Chase and fears losing him along with Molly and Old Lace while Tandy learns of Nico's continued devotion to Karolina. They soon face a possessed Quinton and several gunmen. Once Alex sees them in trouble, he gives in and kills Catherine, freeing himself and his friends. As they escape the Dark Dimension, Tandy sees that Alex wants his friends' powers, but he claims it was the dimension's doing. As Tandy and Ty leave, Molly is revealed to be in the company of Morgan's coven, who induct her into their group.
32	9	"The Broken Circle"	Geeta V. Patel	Russ Cochrane & Kirk A. Moore	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Geoffrey spots Molly being used by Morgan and overcomes her control. He contacts the remaining Pride members to come aid him in rescuing her. While they successfully manage to do so, Tina learns that Morgan plans to combine the Dark Dimension with Earth. The Pride takes Molly back to the Hostel, where everyone learns that Morgan also plans on using her new phone service to subjugate everyone into her new army for a global takeover. Chase and Gert make up with one another while Dale uses Karolina's blood to make everyone immune to Morgan's phones. Stacey and Leslie tend to Geoffrey, who was injured during the rescue, while he has a tense conversation with Alex. Morgan arrives to force Nico to join her and tries to have the Runaways submit. However, Janet manages to knock out the Los Angeles phone service, ruining Morgan's plans. A fight breaks out, with Gert drawing a salt circle around her and Tina using her magic to finally banish Morgan back to the Dark Dimension. However, Gert is critically wounded during the fight and dies in Chase's arms, causing Old Lace to break free from the closet and roar upon discovering Gert dead.
33	10	"Cheat the Gallows"	Ramsey Nickell	Quinton Peeples	December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
Three years after defeating Morgan and losing Gert, Molly is on her way to graduating from Atlas, Karolina has entered a relationship with a girl named Julie, Nico has traveled abroad and mastered her magic, Alex and his family have founded Wilder Innovators, and Chase has holed himself up while trying to perfect time travel. An evil Alex from 2028 arrives to kill his friends in the past, but his version of Chase arrives to stop him. Future Chase gathers everyone, minus his past self, and travels to the day before they discovered their parents' basement and infiltrate their school to find Future Alex. They manage to capture him, with present Alex taking him back to his time so Nico can put him in prison while everyone else travels back to the fight with Morgan to rescue Gert. They successfully do so, though Future Chase is killed. All of the future Runaways disappear, hopeful for a better future. As the gang get ready for breakfast, Alex finds a note from the future mentioning Mancha, as well as telling him to kill Nico, which he pockets and joins his friends.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Runaways (TV series) characters

Main

Recurring

• Elizabeth Hurley as Morgan le Fay: A powerful sorceress of the Dark Dimension.
• Scarlett Byrne as Bronwyn: A member of Morgan le Fey's coven of witches.

Guest

• Anjali Bhimani as Mita Nansari: An employee at WIZARD.
• Emily Alabi as Cassandra: A member of Morgan le Fey's coven of witches.
• John Ales as Quinton the Great: A once great magician and the original owner of the Hostel.
• Marilyn Tokuda as Akari Minoru: Tina's mother and Nico's grandmother.
• Minae Noji as Tokiko Minoru: Tina's sister and Nico's aunt.
• Brianna Ishibashi as Judith Minoru: Tina's sister and Nico's aunt.
• Granville Ames as Curtis Stein: Victor's father and Chase's grandfather.
• Elliot Fletcher as Max: An unfortunate WIZARD intern who befriends Gert.
• Martin Martinez as Bodhi: A member of the renovated Church of Gibborim who befriends Molly.
• Claudia Sulewski as Julie: Karolina's girlfriend from an alternate future.
• Olivia Holt as Tandy Bowen / Dagger:
  A teenager with the ability to emit light daggers that can inflict bodily pain, dazzle, and purge addictions from her targets from a distance. Additionally, she can see the greatest hopes of those she touches and even steal them for herself. Holt starred as the character on the show Cloak & Dagger.
• Aubrey Joseph as Ty Johnson / Cloak:
  A teenager with the ability to generate and engulf others in shadow and transport them to the Dark Dimension. In addition, he can see the greatest fears of those he touches as well as teleport over long distances. Joseph starred as the character on Cloak & Dagger.

Introduced this season is Jonah and Leslie's infant daughter Elle.

Production

The season featured a crossover with the Freeform series Cloak & Dagger.

External links

• Runaways at IMDb

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