The Hunter

"The Hunter"
Season 1, Episode 8
Air date	October 8, 2010
Written by	Michael F. Ryan
Directed by	Rick Morales
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“The Hunter” is the eighth episode of season one of Generator Rex. It debuted on October 8th, 2010.

Overview

In the midst of apprehending an EVO, with the help of Agent Six, Rex unintentionally jeopardizes a neighbourhood's safety. However, the EVO is wrongfully destroyed by an anti-EVO extremist named Hunter Cain. Due to his prejudiced beliefs against EVOs, Cain targets Providence and especially Rex. Eventually gaining notoriety and support from other like-minded individuals, Hunter Cain publicly states his disdain for EVOs. As a response, Rex begins to receive backlash and loses his trust in the people he once thought needed him. However, deciding to respond to a dire alert, Rex fights EVOs that are eventually revealed as cloned creations by Hunter Cain. Thankfully, the footage of Cain's confession is exposed, allowing Rex to regain his support from the public.

Plot

Civilians in the dinner are stunned by the damage and incident they see happening before them.

A mysterious man enjoys his morning coffee at a diner, moments before a person barges into the diner to announce that Providence is fighting an EVO in their neighborhood. As Rex and Six face a liant, Rex unintentionally causes a lot of destruction to the neighborhood's property. As the battle briefly travels to the diner, the mysterious person pays for his coffee and exits the diner. Elsewhere, a young girl is nearly attacked by the EVO as she crosses the street, but Rex swoops in just in time to save her and hit the EVO. The man, on the other hand, approaches his vehicle and gathers equipment, notably a cannon with the words “Sweet Caroline” carved on the barrel.

Hunter Cain prepares to fire Sweet Caroline despite Rex and Six being in close proximity.

Ultimately, the EVO is stunned and Six tells Rex to cure. Although Rex reminds him that he is not lucky with non-humans, Agent Six encourages him to. While in the midst of curing, the EVO is killed by Hunter Cain's weapon. Upon impact, the EVO explodes, repelling Six and Rex. Although Rex is bothered, the civilians are clearly appreciative. When Rex confronts Cain, he threatens Rex with his weapon and disparagingly calls him a “filthy EVO”. When Six cuts in to get Cain to lower his weapon, Cain justifies his actions by saying he has the right to defend himself against EVOs according to law. Rex claims that Providence does exactly that, but Cain disagrees. When Cain gives a speech about Providence endangering people's lives, the crowd gets riled up in his favor—they eventually support him. Rex, angered by this, is told by Six to ignore Cain and leave.

Back at Providence, Rex is still bothered by Hunter Cain's comments, but Bobo and Dr. Holiday both try to console Rex. At the request of White Knight, Agent Six does a background check on Cain and discovers that he has taken down other EVOs on his own. Unaware that Cain can be controlled, Six cites Hunter as a threat because of his influence on the public. Later, on an Ultimate Exposure segment, Hunter Cain makes a guest appearance. He makes it clear that he believes that Providence is filled with liars and theorizes that “nanites” and “EVOs” are a disease that spreads from person to person and that it should be completely eradicated.

Rex is verbally attacked by people for being an EVO, much less Noah, for his association.

One night, Rex and Noah play basketball together. Noah can clearly tell that something is bothering Rex and mentions Hunter Cain. However, Noah tries to make Rex understand that the only reason people are rallying behind Cain is that they are scared. Shortly afterward, Rex is approached by a group of people who insult and attack Rex merely for being an EVO. He grows frustrated and forms his builds to scare them, but the civilians do not retreat, causing Rex to accidentally hurt one of them. Following the incident, a bunch of Hunter Cain's men drive into the basketball court and run into Rex. Frustrated and upset, Rex trashes and cuts up the vehicle with his build. Realizing what he had done after it was too late, Noah tells Rex to quickly flee.

Footage of the incident eventually gets out, and White Knight is furious, demanding to have a “lid” put on Cain. Holiday defends Rex's actions, understanding that he was only defending himself. Eavesdropping, Rex uses Cain's information and visits Cain's favorite diner with Noah. Ignoring cold shoulders from everyone else, Rex tries to establish peace and explain the circumstances to Cain but is met with unconvinced glares from everyone. They both leave and Rex returns to Providence, ultimately losing his will to fight and protect others who need him.

Hunter Cain's militia's weapons appear to be more effective than Providence's.

Eventually, Providence receives a full-scale alert and responds by sending out a fleet of agents to secure the problem. The threat is a large group of phantom-like EVOs that are on a rampage at the docks. Ironically, these phantoms are immune to conventional weapons and Providence has difficulty subduing them. Without Rex's assistance, White Knight even suggests a wipe protocol as a last resort. However, Cain and his private militia arrive, just in time, with specialized weapons that are able to harm the phantoms by attacking their nanites. Once Six arrives at the scene, Rex shows up shortly afterward. With his faith restored in humanity, Rex attempts to ward off the EVOs, but is blindsided by an attack from Cain. Rex dodges a few bullets but is eventually hit. He tries escaping, but Cain pursues Rex with the intent to kill him. They have a brief fight, where Cain eventually gains the upper hand. Meanwhile, Six and Cain's men are fighting off the phantoms, Cain's men cowardly flee after they run out of ammo.

When Rex and Cain are alone, Rex manages to pin Cain down, but Cain prevails yet again. While Rex is down, Cain reveals that he spent a fortune cloning the very phantom EVOs, at the dock, to prove Providence's ineffectiveness to the public. Rex, sickened by this, quickly forms his BFS and cuts through Sweet Caroline simultaneously when Cain pulls the trigger. The cannon explodes, repelling Hunter Cain. Inches from what seems like Cain's demise, Rex shows Cain mercy. While Cain is tied up and left for Providence, Rex returns to fight off the EVOs with the help of Hunter's former army. Finally, the EVOs are eventually wiped out. Ultimately, Rex returns to Providence and sits in his bedroom with Bobo, watching Ultimate Exposure. The program features the opinions of many civilians praising the good Rex has done for them, at least partially repairing his reputation and strengthening his restored belief in humanity.

Cast

Voice Actor	Role(s)
Daryl Sabara	Rex Salazar
Wally Kurth	Agent Six Captain Calan
John DiMaggio	Bobo Haha Older Providence worker (debut)
Fred Savage	Noah Nixon Team leader (debut)
J. K. Simmons	White Knight
Grey DeLisle	Dr. Holiday Innocent girl (debut) Diane Farrah
John Cena	Hunter Cain (debut)
Dave Wittenberg	Instigator Blue collar worker (debut)
Non-speaking role(s)
Diner waitress

Builds used

• Smack Hands x6
• Punk Busters x2
• Big Fat Sword x2
• Boogie Pack x2
• Rex Ride x1
• Slam Cannon x1

Series continuity

• Peter Meechum's home can be seen again during Ultimate Exposure's broadcast.
• The incident of Rex saving the priest is mentioned in the final Ultimate exposure.

Errors

• When Rex leaps to save the young girl, the middle section of right Punk Buster's foot is colored orange instead of grey.
• For a frame, the screws are missing from the top section of Smack Hands.
• When Rex is in the process of cutting apart the militia's bus, he uses his battle saw. However, when it saw stops spinning, it shows a circular saw blade instead of a sword.

Trivia

• The person who took part in the news report after Rex's attack on the school bus, sided with Hunter Cain's group, only to leave it once he realized the truth.
• Rex is listening to a variation of his theme song, when the Providence Agents are gearing up.
• The episode's themes of EVO discrimination serve as an allegory to the real world AIDS Epidemic and stigmatization people faced during the event.

In Foreign Terms

Language	Name	Origin
Latin	inimicos publicos	Public Enemies
Roman	inamici publici	Public Enemies
Italian	nemici pubblici	Public Enemies