‘Truth Seekers’ Episode 4 recap: ‘The Incident at CovColCosCon’
By Maria Alicia
Truth Seekers Episode 4 recap: Where do Gus and Elton go from here?
In the previous episode of Truth Seekers, Gus and Elton solved Astrid’s ghost problem. Elton wants out of the ghost game. In Truth Seekers Episode 4, we find out if that can happen, or if Gus and Astrid keep him in the game.
We begin this episode with a man putting a mouse into a maze. They have programmed the mouse to complete the maze. They use the radio frequencies and an incantation to activate something in the mouse.
The mouse then blows up, and we see the same transference happen from the dog Pepper from earlier in the season. The mouse’s soul goes into the radio. Gus is now listening to a book on tape about transference. Dr. Peter Toynbee writes it. Gus and Richard are talking about the video Richard accidentally posted to his youtube channel.
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Gus says he has deleted the video, but we don’t buy it. Then, he says he is on his way to the CovColCosCon. We pivot to Elton’s house. Helen is getting ready to go to the Con, and Astrid is still living there.
Gus and Richard go into the truck. Gus gets a facetime call from Elton. He is going to pick them up. During the call, Helen realizes that Richard is Gus’s father. They have seen each other on Youtube. So off to CovColCosCon they go!
When they arrive, Helen does not want to get out of the car. Richard says he can stay with her, but she turns him down. She claims she needs to get ready for the Con. The rest of them go into the Con. Gus has 1 ticket to listen to Dr. Peter Toynbee, the author of his audiobook. He gives it to his father to hold for a minute, but his father was ushered into the theater.
Astrid and Elton take a walk. Elton tells her what happened to Helen when they were younger. All we get is that there was a traumatic experience and that she hasn’t been the same since. Back in the van, Helen uncovers her costume. But still does not get out of the van. Gus returns to get his ticket from his father, and he is nowhere to be found. So he is stuck on the outside.
Truth Seekers Episode 4 recap: What is up with Dr. Toynbee?
Dr. Toynbee comes out, and Richard is already confused. Gus is trying to call him, but he isn’t answering. Gus then tries to go in through a back entrance but is caught by security.
Astrid and Elton wind up in the basement for an interactive experience, but we think this will take a turn. Dr. Toynbee is saying that the audience has been chosen. A bunch of pictures start to flash on the screen behind him. Toynbee reads an incantation, and everyone is put in a trance. Even Richard is put under the spell.
Remember the mouse from the beginning? The same thing happens to Richard. Meanwhile, in the basement, Astrid and Elton come upon some people in the basement reading an incantation from the book. The page that they are reading from is the ripped out page of the magic book.
Richard and the rest of the audience have chips put in their eyes, just like the mouse. Astrid and Elton leave the basement because Helen says that she is going to come inside. Gus goes back to the truck, and Helen is still sitting there. Gus gives Helen a pep talk about putting on the costume and going inside. He tells her to listen to her heart.
Inside, Elton and Astrid are filming the cosplay contest for Helen. Helen made it on stage, and she wins the cosplay competition. Right after she wins, she goes straight back to the van. Astrid and Elton follow. At the van, Helen pops out of the van and is excited she won. Well, she wasn’t in the costume. Gus was. Gus tells Elton about Dr. Toynbee when they get home, but he can’t remember anything apart from a slideshow.
Then his eye activates, and that is the end of the episode.
Truth Seekers Episode 4: Final Thoughts
This is what I’ve wanted to see! Puzzle pieces starting to come together. In this episode, we begin to have some loose ends begin to be tied.
From the Pepper transference to the ripped out page and the spellbook, we are starting to see how they connect. I would give this episode an A-. I like how things took a turn, and now we are beginning to see a bigger picture unravel.
What did you think about Truth Seekers Episode 4? How do you think these puzzle pieces will come together? Leave a comment below!
You can watch the entire first season of Truth Seekers on Amazon Prime Video.