Episode 4: Preview of Murder
"The robot truck is on the way..."
We dispose of the fiery cliffhanger, somehow, by a few shots of a pistol, which seems to make no sense: Lionel Atwill twirls his moustache splendidly as the Scarab, plotting to kill the poor professor for inheriting what he needs.... so, naturally, he fills a "robot van" which is something to do with television with explosives to control it remotely (televsion, in 1944, is super impressive tech) and crash it into the home of the unfortunate prof. This is, of course, in no way absurdly convoluted, but simply what villains in movie serials do.
Cap is there at the explosion. How on Earth can he get away from this one?
Episode 5: Blade of Wrath
"Professor Dodge has been murdered!"
Er, that's a blatant cheat with footage blatantly edited to show Cap getting away. That's very cheeky indeed, and not even the first time this movie serial has played that old trick.
Still, Professor Dodge is killed- finally- and we get a promising-looking cliffhanger with a guillotine. The whole thing makes very little sense, and we would be wise not to connect these set pieces into any kind of plot, but heigh ho: this is a movie serial.
Also, Gail is a bit badass and awesome, isn't she?
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