The team convinces Rip not to kill Per Degaton, a boy who as an adult will help Vandal conquer the planet. However, Rip has other ideas and soon abducts the boy. Meanwhile, Kendra remembers more of her past with Carter, Ray meets an ancestor, and Sara tells Len to talk with the imprisoned Mick.

The Time Masters send their top assassin, The Pilgrim, back in time to kill the team's younger selves and eliminate them from the timestream. Once the team removes their past selves from the time stream, they are forced to take refuge in the place where Rip grew up.