Black Widow

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First episode with Jordan
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Script differences Monica Sztybel
Michael Lowry (Temple, Time Prisoners) was in the script but not in the episode. Monica Sztybel
I have a feeling the flashbacks were written with Nathaniel Moreau in mind.
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There is more to the scene where young Peter insists on going after his father. After Kahn says, "This is not a mission for a child", Peter says, (exploding) "They've got my father! I can't stay here and wait! Listening to my own heartbeat in this mausoleum. I can help you! I've been training for years!"

Lowry moves into the room.
Lowry: "It's too dangerous."
Peter: "Why is it not too dangerous for you?"
Lowry: "It is. But I have to go."
Peter: "So do I! Ping Hi is old. These black widows will sting and his matchstick limbs will break. I'm young! I can fight! You know that!" Kahn zips up the canvas bag and turns to young Peter.
Kahn: There's nothing I can do."
He moves out of frame. Lowry puts a hand on young Peter's shoulder.
Lowry: "We'll be back with your father."
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Later on during Peter's waking nightmare, young Peter does some fancy fighting against the Black Widows before he's knocked unconscious by Ky Mal and carried off. They show him being thrown into the room with the spiders. He comes to and hears them, his eyes wide with terror. He pulls out a matchbook and strikes a match revealing them as in the episode.
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According to the script, it's the sound of the spider on Punch's face that catches Peter's attention. I had thought he instinctively sensed it.
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When Peter and Kermit split up to go after the sect, there is a shot of Peter exiting an elevator. He draws his gun. "The hand holding he gun is trembling." They go to a flashback, which occurs before he finds Ping Hi in the room:
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"Fragmented shots: Young Peter's terrified face. Black widow spiders crawling over his body. Arms reaching out and pulling young Peter up. Glimpse of Mike Lowry's face. Then old Ping Hi. Part of a disjointed fight. Kahn in the fight. Using his special 'weapons'. A shadowy corridor. Young Peter being pulled along. Turning around. Ky-Mal's face floating in the darkness."


I get the impression that young Peter was affected by the Black Widow poison, hence the fragmented shots. Too bad they didn't elaborate on this more in the episode.

Then we go back to the present. Peter stops, then turns suddenly, running past the camera.

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