The Tripods

1The White Mountains - 2090 A.D.

Sep 7, 1985

The season opens with the boys in the White Mountains, training with the free men to enter the Tripod´s games. Only the best will be selected by Julius.

2Travel

Sep 14, 1985

All the boys have been chosen to participate in the games. Now comes a trip to Germany, to reach the games stadium.

3Will Is Arrested

Sep 21, 1985

Will is arrested after a fight while drunk, Beanpole is missing, and Fritz may head for the games without them. Will and Beanpole end up on the run from Goetz.

4Help from Friends

Sep 29, 1985

With some help from Zerlina and Papagena, Will and Beanpole escape from Goetz, and make their way to the stadium just in time for the games.

5City of Gold

Oct 5, 1985

The games are over. The Tripods take Will and Fritz to the City of Gold, leaving Beanpole behind. The city seems to be escape-proof.

6Will Is Made a Slave

Oct 12, 1985

Fritz is made a slave somewhere beneath the city, and Will is placed in the service of Master 468, an alien who belongs to the race that created the Tripods.

7Hunt for Eloise

Oct 19, 1985

Will wants to find Eloise again, and Fritz is promoted from his slave life into the Power Elite, where he makes a new friend, Pierre.

8The City of Gold

Oct 26, 1985

As Will and Fritz become more aware of what the Masters have planned for the Earth, they are brought to the Pool of Fire, where they meet one of the most powerful creatures in the City, a Cognosc.

9Blessings of the Cognosc

Nov 2, 1985

Having read Will´s mind, the Cognosc knows why the boys have trained to infiltrate the City.

10The Cognosc Departs

Nov 9, 1985

Will kills his master when he tries to check out Will´s cap. He tries to leave the City via an underground channel.

11Escape from the City of Gold

Nov 16, 1985

Fritz chooses to stay in the City, and Beanpole saves Will from drowning during his escape. They make it to a nearby town, and hide from the black guards in a circus.

12The Forest of Death

Nov 23, 1985

Will and Beanpole pretend to be clowns in Ali Pasha´s circus. Their goal now is to get back to the White Mountains and tell the free men about what the Masters are going to do to Earth. They are doublecrossed by Ali, though, who intends to give them all to the Tripods to finally receive their capping.