The Tick (2016) 1.12

The End of the Beginning (of the Dawn of the Age of Superheroes)

Arthur and the Tick execute their plan and return the VLM to normal size. Superian gets involved at the last second but doesn't get injured as they feared he would. The Terror is enraged and executes Plan B. He targets Arthur's mother but Arthur and the Tick get there in time to stop him. Superian shows up at the last minute and saves Arthur when it looks like he is about to kill Arthur.

Thoughts

There are all sorts of little details that my summary doesn't mention, like the roles that Dot, Overkill, Walter, and Ms. Lint play in this episode.

The Tick (2016) 1.11

The Beginning of the End

Doctor Karamazov explains how he thinks the Terror plans to kill Superian. He also fixes Arthur's flying suit, while Tinfoil Kevin helps to get all of the Big Bismuth off of the Tick.

The VLM gets closer and closer to the city. Dot rescues Overkill from Ms. Lint who has been torturing him and trying to convince him to help her kill the Terror. Ms. Lint is just about ready to finish Overkill off when Dot shows up.

The episode ends with the Tick and Arthur about ready to put Doctor Karamazov's plan into action, although it will put them in considerable danger.

The Tick (2016) 1.10

Risky Bismuth

Tinfoil Kevin builds Dr. Karamazov a robotic body that he can use to get around. Dr. Karamazov tells Arthur, Tinfoil Kevin, and the Tick about his personal history and why he thinks Superian is ill. The Tick continues to think that he's a robot.

Dot fins out where Ms. Lint's gang is planning to strike next. She tells Overkill but he isn't interested in what her sleuthing has turned up. 

Ms. Lint gets interrupted, by a phone call from the Terror who needs some business advice, while she is trying to lead her gang on a raid on a power plant. Overkill shows up despite telling Dot that he wasn't interested in what she found. The Very Large Man starts to head towards town and Superian is till in bad shape when the episode ends.

The Tick (2016) 1.09

My Dinner with Android

An awkward conversation between Arthur and Dangerboat, while Arthur is showering, convinces Arthur that he and the Tick need to move out of Dangerboat and back into his apartment. 

Arthur is contacted by Professor Karamazov. He needs Arthur's help. Urmanian agents, a woman and a robot, approach Arthur and the Tick, before they find Karamazov. The Tick starts to think that he is robot when he notices some similarities between himself and the Urmanian robot.

Dot goes to see Overkill. She wants to return his gun. He gives her a new, smaller gun and shooting lessons.

The Tick (2016) 1.08

After Midnight

The Tick and Overkill make it out of the Terror's collapsed underground lair alive thanks to the Tick's quick thinking. The Tick, Overkill, Arthur, and Dot compare notes before going their separate ways. Overkill goes back to Dangerboat. Arthur and the Tick make a stop by his apartment and then go to a book event featuring Midnight, the talking super-heroic German Shepherd.

Midnight doesn't want to talk to Arthur and the Tick. They get ejected from the book event. Walter, Arhut's stepfather, is also at the signing. Arthur goes to see Overkill. Arthur has figured out that Overkill was once a superhero named Straight Shooter. Arthur wants Overkill to come to the book event and tell Midnight about the Terror's plan to kill Superian.

Ms. Lint starts to take over Ramses gang. Dot goes to the gun range. Someone is following Arthur and the Tick around in a dark car.

Overkill comes to the book event. He gets into first an argument and then a fight with Midnight.

The Tick (2016) 1.07

Tale from the Crypt

The Tick can't find Arthur. He finally checks Arthur's apartment. He finds Overkill and Dot there but Arthur is nowhere to be found. The trio go back to Overkill's sentient boat and come up with a plan. Tick stays in the boat. Overkill and Dot go looking for signs of Arthur in a cemetery.

Arthur is chained up. The Terror plays the drums. Arthur escapes with some help from Ms. Lint, although it turns out she is doing it because the Terror told her to. Arthur gets out of his cell by using the key that Ms Lint gave him. He finds the flying suit and puts it on. 

Dot Finds a sign of Arthur. The Tick comes flying in and breaks into the Terror's underground lair, which is below the cemetery. Dot stays outside to keep watch while the Tick and Overkill go looking for Arthur in the underground lair.

The Tick (2016) 1.06

Rising

Arthur (and the Tick) and Overkill can't come to an agreement about what to do with Ramses. Overkill injects him with a truth telling serum which helps them to learn where the Terror's hideout is located. Arthur wants to turn Ramses over to the Feds, AEGIS, and let them handle the rest. Overkill disagrees with this approach but lets them walk out with Ramses.

Ms. Lint talks to the Terror. She thought he was killed 13 years ago. She was his right hand at the time. She has a hard time grasping why he didn't tell her that he was still alive. The Terror doesn't understand why she didn't kill Ramses years ago.

Dot decides that she needs to start hanging around with Arthur, in order to protect him. Arthur says no but Dot starts to gather some gear.

Arthur and the Tick get distracted and lose track of Ramses. The villain uses a RPG like weapon to try and kill a bus full of innocent civilians. Arthur and the Tick save everyone aboard the bus. The story goes viral.

Ms. Lint finds and kills Ramses. Arthur gets kidnapped by the Terror.

The Tick (2016) 1.05

Fear of Flying

Arthur gets the wings out and starts to fly but he had trouble controlling the suit. He calls Dot and gets her to put the Tick on the phone. Arthur explains the situation and that he needs help. He doesn't want Dot to know what's going on.

The Tick and Dot get in her car and go out looking for Arthur. Overkill becomes aware that Arthur is flying over the city but he doesn't know who he is at first. Ramses and several of his men are using a tracking device to follow Arthur's flight path.

Arthur is pulled out of the sky by Overkill while he is trying to land near a water tower. The Tick and Dot arrive near the water tower moments later. The Tick and Overkill almost get into a fight but then Ramses shows up with his men. Overkill and the Tick fight with Ranses and his men.

The Tick (2016) 1.04

Party Crashers

The tick survives the fall from a dozen or more stories. It finally sinks in that Arthur no longer has the suit so Overkill leaves. He takes Arthur's files with him.

Arthur invites the Tick to stay at his place over night. The next morning Arthur discovers that the Tick has invited a homeless man, Tinfoil Kevin, to stay with them. Arthur tries to explain why that is not okay. The Tick does not understand.

Miss Lint tries to figure out how to activate the suit, without success. She finally realizes, with some help from her ex-husband with whom she does not get along, that the suit is imprinted on Arthur so only he can activate it.

Arthur goes to a birthday party for Walter, his stepfather. Dot is at the party. She reminded him about the party. The Tick, despite being told not to, shows up at the party. He gets along quite well with Walter.

Miss Lint finds Arthur, at the party. She has brought the suit with her. She wants him to activate the suit and then transfer the ownership to herself. Arthur tries to comply with her demands but then he changes his mind and takes off running in the suit. The episode ends with Arthur jumping off a balcony to escape from Miss Lint. The wings in the suit activate but Arthur has trouble controlling them.

The Tick (2016) 1.03

Secret/Identity

The police detain Arthur but they let him go once they get some video showing that Overkill is the one who killed the guys who attacked Arthur at the end of the previous episode.

The Tick wants to pickup where they left off but Arthur isn't interested. He goes home to get some rest. He has to work the next day. Miss Lint is waiting for him. She wants the suit. She interrogates him and then zaps him. He wakes up the next morning and the suit is gone.

The Tick shows up again hoping that Arthur has changed his mind. Arthur explains that he lost the suit. Dot shows up and gives Arthur a ride to work.

Miss Lint meets with Ramses. He wants the suit. She says the guy who took it must have skipped town.

The Tick (2016) 1.02

Where's My Mind

Arthur gets shot by Miss Lint's henchmen but the suit protects him. The Tick returns and fights with Miss Lint. He throws Arthur out the window. Arthur drops three stories, lands on his back, and survives. Miss Lint gets summoned by her boss and abandons her mission.

The Tick catches up to Arthur, who wants to return the suit. Arthur steals a poncho and puts it on over the suit. Some thugs stop him. He offers to return the suit but the Tick refuses to let Arthur do it and sends the thugs packing.

Miss Lint meets with Ramses, her boss. She has a flashback to a meeting she had with the Terror, years before. He gave her the bracelets she now wears, which help her to control her powers.

The Tick (2016) 1.01

Pilot

Arthur Everest spends his spare time looking for The Terror, a supervillain whose actions led to the death of Arthur's father. Arthur is staking out a warehouse where some evil looking characters are transacting some business when he meets the Tick, a man dressed all in blue.

Arthur gets arrested for trespassing as he tries to escape the area. The Tick goes into the warehouse and wrecks havoc. Arthur is forced to call Dot, his sister, for help. He is waiting for her when the Tick shows up He is convinced that Arthur wants to be his sidekick. Arthur tries to convince him otherwise.

Arthur gets a ride home from Dot. The Tick visits Arthur at home. He has brought him a uniform, it is the only thing that survived the fire at the warehouse. He encourages Arthur to put it on and become his sidekick. Arthur refuses but after the Tick has left he puts on the suit and plays with some of the gadgets that come with it.

Arthur is still fiddling with the suit when the survivors of the warehouse fire show up at his apartment. They are convinced that he is responsible for the attack on the warehouse.