NBC’s La Brea wraps up with season three episode six, an episode that begins with a flashback of Gavin (Eoin Macken) learning Eve was pregnant with their first child. The action then switches to 1965, with Gavin, Izzy, Sam, and Helena hoping that they’re getting closer to finding Eve.
Helena (Emily Wiseman) believes they should head to Reisander’s base in Pasadena. There’s a detention center there and that might be where they’re keeping Eve. Helena thinks they can kill two birds with one stone – rescue Eve and destroy their research on the microchip. She’s going to use an electromagnetic pulse explosive to wipe out their research.
Sam (Jon Seda) believes he found Riley at Cedar’s Hospital, so they decide to divide up, with Sam going off on his own to check on his daughter.
Meanwhile, back in 10,000 BC, Ty (Chiké Okonkwo) suggests that Lucas, Veronica, and Scott should step through the blue aurora to 2021 right now. Veronica (Lily Santiago) doesn’t want to leave without everyone, and Ruth volunteers to retrieve the clearing people from the fort.
Scott (Rohan Mirchandaney) also wants to find Petra before they leave, so they wind up searching the soldiers’ Jeep. Ty discovers his wife’s wedding ring and some of her belongings and demands to know where it came from. One of the soldiers reveals it was with a group of villagers who were killed in a dinosaur attack. He describes the location as five miles away.
Gavin, Izzy (Zyra Gorecki), and Helena break into the Pasadena research facility, but Eve’s not in the detention center. Helena finds a manifest that says Eve was transferred to the Ladera base in 10,000 BC. They just left, so the group splits up again, with Gavin and Izzy chasing after the transport and Helena remaining behind to destroy the servers.
Sam was right about Riley’s whereabouts and finally reunites with his injured daughter. He apologizes for taking so long to find her and confirms he hasn’t found Josh yet. Riley still has a fever because antibiotics weren’t commonly used in the ‘60s. Riley demands to know his diagnosis, and Sam believes she has a torn diaphragm from the raptor attack.
Sam thinks the only way to save her is to go through the blue aurora to 2021.
Before he can move her, Riley says, “Dad, I’m having trouble breathing!” Sam springs into action and performs an exploratory laparotomy, which isn’t common practice yet. He’s locked the door and swears he’s the only one who can help her. He also swears he’ll be a different father and husband if this works.
Back in 10,000 BC, Ty’s group takes the Jeep to the location five miles away and splits up to search for the dead villagers. Ty claims he’ll be lost without Paara, and Scott can relate. They discuss Scott’s breakup with Emily and how he let her drift away by not being brave.
They spot the dead villagers, and Lucas (Josh McKenzie) assures Ty that Paara isn’t among them. Smoke’s seen from the abandoned village nearby, and Scott and Ty rush off to find its source.
Lucas pours his heart out to Veronica while waiting for Ty and Scott to return. He confirms he wants to go home to 2021 and knows she’s made him a better man. As they’re talking, Veronica experiences cramps. She admits she should have gone through the aurora, and Lucas comforts her, assuring her their baby is going to be fine. He also promises to get her through the aurora ASAP.
Ty hears Paara scream and finds her trapped under a fallen shelter. Ty and Scott try to lift it off as Paara explains they were attacked by a pack of dinosaurs. She knew he’d come, and Ty reveals he was pulled back to 2021 but this is his home – here, with her forever.
Scott and Ty use leverage to free Paara, and thankfully, she’s not gravely injured. Unfortunately, the noise drew a T-Rex and Scott tells them all to stand still since they have horrible vision – per Jurassic Park. However, they discover Steven Spielberg was wrong and have to run from the approaching dinosaur. Lucas and Veronica race up in the Jeep and the group barely escapes being the T-Rex’s lunch.
In 2021, Gavin and Izzy crash into the transport vehicle to stop it, and it’s Josh (Jack Martin) in the back of the vehicle – not Eve. They’re happy to be reunited, and Josh explains that after they took Riley to a hospital, men grabbed him and put him in a cell with his mom. They wanted to know everything about Gavin.
Today, they fought with the guards, but Josh was grabbed and sedated. Josh has no idea what happened to his mom. That means she’s still at the research facility with Helena, a name Josh doesn’t recognize.
Izzy leaves to check on the aurora just as Sam arrives with Riley in the backseat of his car. Her wound’s infected, and they need to get to 2021 right away. Gavin knows Sam needs to do what’s best for his daughter and says this is where they part ways. They shake hands and thank each other before Sam sprints back to his car with Josh.
Josh doesn’t leave; he just says goodbye to Riley.
Helena drives up with news that she saw Eve, they fought some guards, and she got pinned down. Eve took the EMP and is going to finish destroying the microchip research. Helena just left her there on her own because she swore she’d do the job and then step through the aurora to 2021.
Gavin decides they’ll head back to 10,000 BC and get the microchip. That’s what Eve wants them to do.
The next scene shows them in 10,000 BC, watching as the clearing people exit the world of prehistoric creatures and return to LA in 2021. Veronica’s turn comes, but Lucas isn’t going with her. He’s decided to stay and help Gavin and the group find and destroy the microchip. He’ll catch up with her when they’re finished, swearing on everything he loves that he’ll make it.
So, with 20 or so minutes left in the series let’s recap. The mostly nameless clearing folk have gone back to 2021, Sam and Riley are also back in 2021, and Eve is the only person remaining in 1965. Gavin, Izzy, Josh, Helena, Ty, Lucas, and Scott are with Paara, Ruth, and the fort people in 10,000 BC.
Gavin believes they can use the T-Rex to help them get into the base. They lead the T-Rex to the base’s gates by racing ahead of it in the Jeep. The soldiers follow Maya’s order and open fire on the dinosaur and the T-Rex uses its little arms to rip down the gate.
The bullets have no effect, and the T-Rex takes out a few soldiers as Gavin’s group runs onto the base to retrieve the microchip. Scott hears Petra yelling while being manhandled by a soldier, and he and Lucas chase after her.
Seconds later, Gavin finds the microchip just as Scott and Lucas return after helping Petra escape. Now, if only they can escape the base and get to the aurora before it closes. Unfortunately, Maya and her soldiers have other plans.
Gavin’s group is surrounded by dozens of well-armed soldiers. Maya demands that Gavin turn over the chip and is taken by surprise when the fort people and Ty launch an attack. Soldiers fall as Gavin’s group joins the fight. Izzy’s almost stabbed when Leyla saves her.
The group escapes, but a huge flash erupts, and Gavin believes it’s the aurora closing. Josh wonders how they’ll get back to his mom, and Izzy is certain it can’t end like this. Gavin pledges that it won’t; he has an idea.
They head over to where one of the planes is stored and Gavin believes he can fly them home. Ty says his goodbyes; he’s going to remain in 10,000 BC with his wife, Paara. But, of course, they can’t just fly off. After three seasons, we’ve learned that La Brea doesn’t just deliver happy endings without throwing in a last-minute roadblock or two.
Maya wasn’t killed by the T-Rex or in the fight that followed, and she holds Josh at gunpoint. She demands the chip and Gavin tosses it to her. Maya watches it in flight and Helena uses the distraction to shoot her in the chest.
Maya’s dead, Josh is safe, and now everyone gets on board the plane. He’s starting the engine when the T-Rex charges down the runway at the plane. Helena wants to abort. Gavin disagrees and goes for it. The T-Rex opens its mouth, but the plane escapes.
Helena places the chip in the plane’s computer, and they head through the aurora to 2021. The aurora closes behind them.
They apparently landed in a field in the middle of nowhere, but at least they’re in LA and it’s 2021. Helena says a brief goodbye and Gavin wonders what her next move is. He invites her over for a family dinner, and she’s more than happy to accept the invitation.
Gavin, Josh, and Izzy think Eve might be home, but Josh wants to stop and see Riley on the way. She’s in the hospital but looking much better, and Josh smiles at her like the teenager in love that he is. He confesses that the day of the sinkhole when they saw each other in traffic, he knew right away he was going to love her. Riley confesses it wasn’t love at first sight for her.
Veronica and Lucas look at their baby’s sonogram, and it has a healthy heartbeat. Scott’s with them and reminds them he’ll see them on the weekend – and every weekend after that.
“What happens in 10,000 BC, doesn’t stay in 10,000 BC,” jokes Scott.
Scott puts on his big boy pants and speaks to the love of his life, his ex, Emily. She thought he died in the sinkhole, and he explains that it changed his life. He gave up weed, saved his friends’ lives (repeatedly), and is the man she deserves. He hopes she’ll give him a second chance.
They kiss…so we’ll take that as a yes.
Sam’s back with his family, Riley’s recovering, and he’s all smiles. Sam and Gavin finally reunite and hug it out, declaring each other friends for life. The only hitch is that they haven’t found Eve yet.
Gavin realizes there’s one special place where she might be waiting for him. They head to the tree on the hillside that they used to visit for special occasions, but she’s not there. Gavin is sure she will show up there because they always agreed this is where they’d meet if there were ever an emergency.
Back in 10,000 BC, Ty places the wedding ring back on Paara’s finger and says he feels like he has his life back.
Gavin and the kids wait for hours, and Eve still hasn’t shown up. He swears she’ll be there and they won’t leave without her. Just then, Eve runs up the hill, and Josh races down to hug her. Izzy follows, and then Gavin. The family’s finally back together in 2021!
He asks where she was and she jokes that she got stuck in traffic on La Brea. She wasn’t sure she’d see them again so she wrote them letters in 1965 and buried under the tree. Eve gives them to them now and Gavin says it’s time to go home.
They walk down the hill arm-in-arm as the upside-down La Brea logo switches to right-side up.
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