Los Angeles 1999 - The Future: where water is a scarce as oil, and climate change keeps the temperature at a cool 115 in the shade.
It’s a place where crime is so rampant that only the worst violence is punished, and where Arthur Bailey - the city’s last good cop - runs afoul of the dirtiest and meanest underground car rally in the world, Blood Drive. The master of ceremonies is a vaudevillian nightmare, The drivers are homicidal deviants, and the cars run on human blood.
Welcome to the Blood Drive, a race where cars run on blood, there are no rules and losing means you die. [S1E3] Fallback
It’s the Blood Drive, so naturally there’s a cannibal diner. Also, someone gets kidnapped by a sex robot.
Mutated bloodthirsty creatures:1. Blood Drivers:0. Plus: The couple that murders together, stays together.
What do you get when you mix an insane asylum, psychedelic candy and someone named Rib Bone? This episode.
To save Grace's sister, Arthur makes a deal with the devil. Well, rather some crazy, sex-obsessed twins. The title refers to the idea of a
Arthur and Grace get kidnapped by a tribe of homicidal Amazons. Do you really need anything else?
There’s a new head of the Blood Drive, but the old one isn’t giving up so easily. Everyone duck.
The last thing Arthur and Grace expected was to get caught in a small town civil war. But they did.
Imagine going on a trippy vision quest in a Chinese restaurant. Well, watch this episode then. Connor Rhodes’ complicated past when he treats a
An idyllic town is anything but. To escape it, the drivers must turn to the last person they should.
It’s a battle royale to name the new head of the Blood Drive, and, naturally, not everyone survives.
Cyborgs, plot twists and, well, lots of blood collide in an epic battle. And it’s not even the season finale!
The survivors raid Heart Enterprises to stop the Blood Drive once and for all. Guess what they find?
The title refers to the idea of a backup plan—something the veteran loses when his hearing is threatened, and something Rhodes never felt he had with his family. Character Development
Below is a detailed breakdown of the episode's major plotlines and character developments. Episode Overview: "Fallback" December 8, 2015
The episode centers on Dr. Connor Rhodes’ complicated past when he treats a close family friend who was impaled by a glass shard. Key Plotlines
The conflict between saving a life and preserving the quality of that life (specifically for the veteran musician).
Dr. Will Halstead treats a former musician and veteran who is experiencing mysterious symptoms. The diagnosis—an acoustic neuroma—leads to a difficult conversation about surgery that could cost the man his hearing and, by extension, his career.
Dr. Natalie Manning and Dr. Daniel Charles deal with a young girl who has a high-stakes medical condition that might be psychosomatic or linked to her father’s own medical history.
Dr. Connor Rhodes treats a patient he has known since childhood. This case forces him to confront his estranged, wealthy father, Cornelius Rhodes, and reveals more about the traumatic death of his mother, which still shadows his relationship with his family.
We see more of April’s protective nature as she navigates her relationship with her brother, Noah, who is a medical student trying to find his footing.