Captain Midnight - Season 1, Episode 05: Death Below Zero

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Tut shows Jackson his latest invention, a universal lock opener. The discussion is interrupted by a news flash about a major bank robbery. A young boy, Jefferson Bishop arrives for a meeting with Jackson. His dog is sick and the boy thinks he might be poisoned by some bad meat he purchased. Jackson agrees and decides to talk to the meat merchant. The butcher is amicable and agrees to help the boy out. As the pair leave, two men enter the shop. Jackson recognizes one of them as the guard from the bank robbery earlier in the day and organizes Ikkie and the boy to follow the men. Jackson continues sniffing around and finds a locker rented by the men full of money. Jackson follows up on Ikkie's lead and attempts to apprehend the two men, but is himself ambushed by a third gangster. The three criminals regroup and decide to dispose of Jackson in the ice cooler. Ikkie goes back to HQ and calls all secret squadron members to be on the lookout for Jackson. As the criminals get ready to divide up the money and leave town, they discover Jackson has substituted it with meat, and decide to return to take care of him. At the ice works, Jackson carves SQ1 into a block of ice that is seen by a customer who is also a member of the secret squadron; she contacts Ikkie at HQ who heads to the ice warehouse and rescues Jackson.

Genre: Sci-Fi