604 – Logan’s Run (Pilot)

Join John and Eugene as they journey to fantastical sights and dangers of the 24th century as we follow Logan’s Run. Episode Synopsis In the year 2319, 200 years after a devastating nuclear war, the people in the City of Domes live a perfect life.  Perfect, that is until their 30th birthday. That day they must die or renew into a new body on Carousel. Logan 5 is a Sandman with doubts, and when, on one fateful day, he encounters Jessica 6 helping a runner try to escape.  “Don’t do it,” she cries, “We’ve been watching you.  Carousel is a lie.” Her words strike home just as Logan’s best friend and fellow Sandman, Francis 7, arrives and kills the runner.  In an unthinking moment, Logan knocks Francis unconscious and escapes with Jessica outside the City of Domes. Francis is called to White Quadrant 1, the restricted part of the city, where he learns the truth:  Carousel really is a lie, and a council of old men actually runs the city.  They task him with bringing back Logan and Jessica with the promise that he can join the council and live past his 30th birthday. Taking two Sandmen he can trust, Francis leaves the city in pursuit. In the ruins of Washington DC, Logan and Jessica find a solar-powered car, and with it, they escape from Francis, who has caught up with them. Searching for a fallout shelter, they find a community of peaceful people living underground because of violent, armed riders above who capture and enslave them.  When the riders capture Jessica, Logan frees the slaves, and the underground dwellers rise up and defeat the riders. Francis is hot on their heels as they continue their search for Sanctuary. Next, they come across Mountain City, which welcomes them with open arms, food, and oily baths.  Soon they discover something is amiss, the city’s Masters are actually all dead, and the city is populated with robots who imprison Logan and Jessica so that they can serve them. They meet Rem, who maintains the robots, and he helps them escape.  In the process, they discover Rem is an android, also created by the Masters.  Francis catches up again and is taken prisoner by the robots.  Logan, Jessica, and their new friend, Rem, continue searching for Sanctuary.