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First Wave Season 3 Episode 18

Episode Title: Checkmate
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Countries: Canada,
Airing Date: January 10, 2001
Runtime:43 mins
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First Wave: The Gua have struck hard. Mabus has entered the body of Jordan and taken over. The army of the Raven Nation has fallen. Its generals are dead, the survivors scattered. Even after everything we've worked for, I can't expect defeat. I choose to believe in the future. In spite of everything, we can still win this fight. I have to believe it. They're the words I posted right before we were attacked. The entire Airstream was taken down in a hail of bullets and I was suddenly on my way to a specially planned visitation with my one time partner and friend - Jordan Radcliffe. A woman we now call Mabus. I'd been hit in the attack on the trailer but a Gua Empiricist healed me. Couldn't figure it out, Mabus wanted me dead, so why were they fixing me up ... even I knew the truth -- I was on my way to hell. The answer came from the Guahead himself -- my journey had come full circle. He wanted to have the pleasure of breaking me. It was the conclusion of the same human will experiment that had started all of this. Mabus wanted to defeat me the old fashioned way ... and he wanted me to beg for my death. Tried to keep my cool but it wasn't easy. Mabus was inside Jordan's body, and she looked ... powerful, stronger ... comfortable. Freaked me out big time. Got me thinking Mabus was winning, taking over Jordan's soul. Was hard to look into her eyes and see that evil. But it was seductive too. Jordan had warned me of that after we saved a young girl recently -- one of Mabus' pawns to reach Jordan. He'd failed at capturing Jordan that time but now he had her. All I could think about was freeing my friend. Told Mabus that the Gua had tried to break me before and failed, this time wouldn't be any different. Mabus shrugged it off, said he'd show me why I was wrong. Pain didn't matter to Mabus, he was beyond that - but he was in Jordan's body, he could still harm her. Mabus put Jordan's arm in some flames and I snapped. Told him to stop. Wanted to kill him there and then. It only egged him on. Mabus told me Jordan was my weakness, said she was buried within him. She'd put up walls inside her head to keep Mabus out but he was too strong, he was chipping away at her. Soon the walls would fall and Jordan would be nothing but a memory. Didn't know how much of what Mabus was saying was true. Jordan could've been gone already. But I doubted it. She'd rather die than give into Mabus. I believed in her. That's when Mabus gave me a gun. Told me I couldn't kill him before, wanted to see it I could do it now. He told me Jordan was begging for me to end her pain. No way. Mabus wanted me to do this, which is exactly why I wouldn't. Didn't want to kill Jordan, didn't believe I could ... but if I had to, no way would it be on Mabus' terms. He had me on a leash. Told me Eddie'd given up the Nostradamus book, that I'd failed my best friend. Mabus said he'd killed Eddie. Told me I'd failed mankind. But I believed there'd be another after me, someone else to carry on the fight. It pissed Mabus off. He told me that every time he conquered a planet there was someone like me, someone who couldn't accept that they'd lost. Screw him. I was happy for it. If the Gua were so sure they were gonna win then why'd they care about the damn book. Told Mabus he wasn't all knowing -- his needing the book proved we still had a chance. And then he touched my head and showed me a future I can't believe is real. Horrible visions of an Apocalypse to come. Shoulda kept them to himself, it only made me more determined. The visions knocked me out. Woke up to find the Empiricist "healing" Mabus. Horrible scars and boils had formed on Jordan's back and shoulder - he was killing her from the inside. Mabus still needed another vessel. Offered myself up if he'd let Jordan go but Mabus said he liked Jordan's body, wondered if I didn't find it appealing? Couldn't take the bait. He was playing with my emotions, using my ... feelings for Jordan to manipulate me. Mabus was reveling in trying to break me but I got out of the leash / collar - clipped it onto Jordan's neck. Got the hell out of there. But Mabus caught me before I was through the first corridor. Grabbed the Empiricist to use as a living shield, thought it would help me make my way out of the facility. Mabus killed the Empiricist to catch me - said he didn't believe in bargaining. Put me in his incubation chamber. Thing looked like a giant tuna can, was meant to keep Mabus fresh until he could find another human body to inhabit. It would have a different affect on me. Mabus said I was about to experience "profound regret." Wasn't kidding. Heard the voices of all those who have died, Eddie and Joshua were telling me how I'd failed them. Jordan was there - she forgave me for what'd happened. We got close. It was a dream. Or maybe a nightmare. And I had a feeling I'd just given Mabus exactly what he wanted.

Rob LaBelle     , Sebastian Spence