While Port Oswego is preparing for the annual Homecoming, Naomi gets in touch with the mysterious Dr. Bell to learn more about her heritage after a return to the Old Mill and Dee tries to find out if Qyeala is still alive.
Tropes featured in this episode:
- Alas, Poor Villain: Villain might be taking it too far, but when Anthony and Nathan see Esme getting reprimanded by her father, the principal, due to not winning the Homecoming contest, they decide not to confront her about the broken float and just buy some pies from her.
- Apologetic Attacker: Dr. Bell towards Naomi when she shows her true colours.
- Armor-Piercing Response: When Anthony accuses Nathan of not caring how Port Oswego's history is being erased, he sarcastically replies that he (as a black teenager) surely wouldn't know how that feels.
- Bar Brawl: Adam and Dee vs Lux and his friends.
- Big Damn Heroes: Zumbado busts into STAR Labs, saving Naomi from Dr. Bell.
- Brutal Honesty: When meeting Nathan, Dee tells him that he should make his mental and emotional health a priority.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Two of them.
- Despite being outnumbered 2:1, Adam and Dee make short work of Lux and his 3 men.
- Zumbado completely No-Sells everything Naomi throws at him and then puts her in her place with a Catch and Return.
- Ignored Expert: Naomi blows Zumbado off when he warns her about STAR Labs and Dr. Bell. Then it turns out she was Evil All Along.
- Internal Reveal: Naomi learns about Dee having found at that Qyeala might still be alive.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Dee slams Lux's head to the table when interrogating him on Qyeala's whereabouts and how he got her ring.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: When Lux comes back to the bar with a few friends to take revenge on Dee and Adam, the bar owner tells them that powers are forbidden in his place. Thus, they fight with good old fisticuffs.
- Mad Scientist: Dr. Bell, despite initially seeming benevolent, turns out to be this, planning to use Naomi as a Living Battery to be able to see and move across dimensions.
- Meaningful Name: "Lux," whose name is Latin for "light," has pyrokinetic powers.
- Not Me This Time: Anthony starts a fight with Nathan over his float being destroyed, which gets both of them a detention. However, while Nathan made fun of it, he didn't actually destroy it - they find out together that it was Esme.
- Passive Aggressive Combat: During the fundraiser check-in, all of the respective club leaders act quite hostile when arguing on who will win at the Homecoming.
- Playing with Fire: Lux's powers, though the bar owner forbids him to use them.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: After having a short heart-to-heart, Anthony and Nathan agree on finding out who destroyed the former's float, taking the first steps into getting along better.
- That Wasn't a Request: Zumbado breaks into the McDuffie home and tells Jennifer and Greg to leave Port Oswego due to Naomi drawing attention, making it clear that he is telling them, not asking them.
- Tragic Keepsake: After meeting her on a planet during a conflict and Qyeala's death, Lux took her ring to remind himself that it could've been him instead.
- Vagueness Is Coming: Zumbado tells Jennifer and Greg that someone is coming for Naomi, though he doesn't reveal why.
- Wham Line: When Dr. Bell casually reveals that she knows Naomi is an alien.
