All the Thorns whom the group killed in the pilot come back as zombies, but are dispatched with the help of Rong Wei, a ninja who joins up with the group. The gang is eventually tracked to a construction site and turn out to be bossed by a eunuch sorceror who sics a demon on the group. They are helped out by an old man who seems to know who they are.

The group heals in the Steel Wheel, a club owned by Mr. Wan, the old man who helped them in the previous episode. They are given a key to a door which leads to a manor that can't possibly be there. When they try to leave, the front door leads them to the same site, but in 1850. They dispatch a gang of toughs trying to shake down the 1850s Mr. Wan. To help with the anti-Asian laws of the time, Jack agrees to become the nominal owner of the bar. Upon returning to the manor, and then to 1998, the group learns that Mr. Wan (1998) has apparently left for good, and the group are the de facto owners as well as de jure.

Sun Sen Ping runs into an Architect goon squad. When the rest of the group hears the battle, they are reunited with Ping and scare off the Architects. The confusion of any fight gets multiply compounded when Orangotank and Howler show up and begin blowing stuff up. Eventually, everyone ends up escaping in their separate ways, though the Jammers do succeed in destroying the TransAmerica Redwood Park.

The group discovers that a mysterious chest in the manor is secretly a gate to 2056. Unfortunately, they end up locking themselves out when they go through, and can't get back in. Exploring around, they get in a running battle with the PubOrd troops through the streets of Kansas City. Escaping through the sewers, a mysterious figure named Sim leads them to the central Architect facility, where they escape through a Gate.

Having escaped through a Gate last episode, the group finds themselves in the Netherworld. They meet Jasper and Al, and learn that Wei's brother has been seen recently. They learn a lot about the way the world really works. While their efforts to find a way back to 1998 San Francisco almost lead them into a number of fights, they manage to avoid combat.

The group decides to see if the Jammers can help them get home. They go to Club Genocide, but come to the conclusion that their views and those of the Jammers are too discordant. The Lotus sends a eunuch and demon to attack the club in retaliation for some earlier attack, and the group destroys the demon and drives off the eunuch. While the Jammers are no more willing to help, Wei steals a Gate Maker from a parts box. The group then hires Shar-Pei, a rather odd individual, to lead them to where in the Netherworld their manor is.

Using some theater tickets that had been sent to Mr. Wan, the group decides to visit the opera. They run into several interesting individuals, and Wei eavesdrops on a secret conversation. A Jammer attack on Grabhorn Park attracts their attention, but while the Jammers are wiped out (or nearly so, at least), the park is still destroyed.

A visit from Jasper, the Thunder King, and a couple of Thunder Knights, leads to a lot of drinking, gambling, and a lead to an Architect raid on Phoenix to find/capture/kill/something Dr. Jack Martel. The group ends up finding Martel in Los Angeles, but so do the Architects. After a vicious fight, they kill most of the Architects and escape the police with Martel, bringing him back to San Francisco. Chad has an accident with his GateMaker, and Johnny gets suspended from the FBI.

An unexpected Gate-opening brings our heroes to the Chinatown branch of the San Francisco library, where they end up in the middle of a fight between the Lotus and the Hand. The group ends up in possession of the book both were seeking. They then discover a gateway to 69 AD and have a scuffle with first bandits, then a eunuch.

The group travels back to 1850 San Francisco, intending to travel to Washington D.C. On their way east, Johnny taps into a chi flow. In Virginia City, Nevada, the group discovers that Jack is a dead ringer for a man named Vallente who has been shooting up the town. Johnny is told to leave other people's things alone by a red-haired woman...whom he promptly turns into a fox, leading to a shootout.

The group explores the consequences of what they did and learned last episode. They talk to a gambler named Simon Longfellow. They dig up the grave of a man killed by Vallente. They search the home of Victoria Miller, the woman turned into a fox. After doing all these things, they are confronted by an angry mob and flee town.

The group follows Vallente to a fort in Wyoming, where Johnny is arrested for Vallente's crimes (despite _Jack_ being the one Vallente looks like). That night, several unusual folks attack Johnny's cell and a battle royal ensues. In the end, a woman kills Johnny and is herself killed, another attacker loses a hand, and the red-haired, one-eyed man makes an appearance as a sniper and flees.

Pursuing the red-haired, one-eyed man into the Netherworld (and being unexpectedly joined by Sebastian Teg), the group ends up killing him. They find indications taht he is part of some larger organization, and find a lead as to Vallente's next destination. Travelling there, they find a local native tribe attacking the town, incited by an abomination, with Vallente taking the opportunity to pick off both townsfolk and tribesfolk. Jack and Vallente have an epic duel which ends with Vallente's death, and Jack's near-death, while the others destroy the man controlling the Abomination and free it from its grepper.

As the group continues east across 1850's America, the Gatemaker sends Camaxtli away, but returns Ping. Wei also comes through the Gate, followed by Huang Tizoc and about a dozen Aztec warriors, straight from the Darkness Pagoda. Combat ensues, leaving only one Aztec still alive. The group continues east, leaving the survivor to open a restaurant.

Taking the train from St. Louis to Washington DC, the group encounters and fights a group of demons. Later, angered by a train steward's attitude, Chad attempts to use the Gatemaker on him. An unfortunate mishap results in the train being sent into the Netherworld, into a jungle where they are attacked by stone-throwing men who turn out to be Jammers. Ping, Wei, and Teg surrender to Furious George and are marched off into the jungle.

Camaxtli and Chad get captured and hauled to Jammer HQ in chains. Potempkin decides to let them go in exchange for their ambushing an Architect raiding party. Camaxtli and Chad turn on their captors and pretty much wipe them out on the way to the ambush site, but go through with the ambush anyway. The ambush goes well at first, but it turns out Omega is with the Architects, which complicates things. The arrival of a giant fiery demon, chasing the Architects, adds further enjoyment for everyone.

The battle from last episode continues to rage. Chad freezes himself into a block of ice, while Omega and Camaxtli both end up victims of Wave Suppressors. Teg, Ping, and Wei are all grievously wounded as well. Tang Quotin comes to help destroy The Death Of Living Flame, but ends up losing his peasant force in the process. In the end, everyone runs away from The Death Of Living Flame, who ends up chasing Omega.
In dire need of healing, the group finds a guide who takes them to The Faded Lady, who helps them. While trying to make their way back to the manor, Chad gets separated from the group and attacked by a group of demon hunters, led by "Goggles." The group comes to his rescue and drives them off.

The group has a chat with Al, then returns to the manor. Catching up on current events, they learn that the medicine belt they are seeking has just been found in 2000, and sent on tour to San Antonio. Travelling there, with the aid of your flight attendant, Wei, they examine the exhibit.

Later that evening, they see a group break into the museum and attempt to infiltrate the group. Unfortunately, they get caught and battle ensues, with the group not doing too well. Nevertheless, Wei is able to take the belt in the confusion of the fight, and Ping is eventually able to talk HK into letting them go, with Teg lifting an enchanted jade figurine in the process. The missing items are discovered shortly thereafter, and the group flees into the Netherworld, taking an elevator with them.

The group discovers that the train passengers from 1850 have, in fact, been returned to 1850...1850 Japan, that is. They decide to go rescue them. They hire Shar-Pei to find the gate used to send the passengers to Japan and find themselves in a small village named Toyoura, on the southwest tip of Honshu. They learn that the refugees have been supposedly taken to the town of Hagi, and set off. They encounter a bandit group on the way, dispatching them with little difficulty, except for the Sucker Round that came to life and tried to slice off one of Chad's arms.

Travelling to Hagi, the group finds that the passengers are being held by Lord Asamori, awaiting the arrival of instructions from the shogun. A mysterious hooded courtier (dubbed Hood) seems to be trying to get Asamori to use the passenger's information (and guns) to better his position, and in fact, artisans are working on duplicating the guns. The group assaults the castle and rescues the passengers, though Amanda is seriously wounded. Another passenger, Ernie DesPlaines, is found to be in suspiciously comfortable accomodations, but is rescued anyway. An unfortunate incident with Chad's Arcanowave equipment forces the group to burn down the castle and flee into the netherworld, where they find themselves in the Pagoda of Fire.

Captured by the forces of the Fire Prophet, the group is given a simple choice: free a prisoner from the heart of Gibraltar, or be executed, along with all of the passengers. They agree to the mission, learning that the passengers will be held as hostages. They determine that Ernie has been lying to them and question him, learning that he has a strange tattoo of a green cogwheel. They leave him tied up in the basement of The Eating Place. They take a road trip through Spain, stopping off to run with the bulls at Pamplona, before arriving in Gibraltar. They confirm that something's odd in The Rock and find a huge locked door. They steal the key from the Governor, thanks to some impressive acting from Wei.

The group invades the Rock of Gibraltar. After a running battle, they free Hakim and Simon from their imprisonment, just before explosives destroy much of the siege tunnels. Their mission for the Fire Prophet concluded, they return to the netherworld where they learn that Ernie DesPlaines has been murdered.

Wei and Teg go to retrieve the one-time train passengers from the Fire Prophet's palace, taking them to 1850's San Francisco. In the process, they discover that Takeda, a samurai from the castle they burned down, had gotten among the American prisoners. Alone in a strange new land, he ends up following them along. The Fire Prophet does not release Amanda however; to secure her release, the group agrees to liberate prisoners from Alcatraz, which they have learned is a Gibraltar style prison of the Ascended. Acquiring a somewhat trigger-happy techie named Muhammed in the process, they free Ba Fo Ma, a living, decapitated head, before gating to the Netherworld.

The group finds themselves in a prison cell of the Hunters, but makes their escape. Later, Sun Sen Ping arrives with the news that his history has been changed, with investigation revealing that there have been "Jammer" attacks in the 1930's, a period for which no one can find any gates. The group heads back to 1850's China to persuade Sun Sen Ping's ancestors to head to America. Unfortunately, while at the Temple Of The Winds, there is a "Jammer" attack, and the head monk blames the group. Defeating the "Jammers," they find that they actually appear to be agents of the Architects Of The Flesh. Sun Sen Ping escorts his ancestors, leaving the group.

The group learns that the "Jammer" attacks in the 1930's are due to an Architect "sleeper" facility built in 1850's China. Travelling to that location, they run into Wei's brother Duno. In the ensuing battle, Duno is apparently killed. They then locate the facility and destroy it after a vicious fight.

The group decides to return the comatose Amanda to her home in 1850's Massachusetts. The gate they use drops them on Ellis Island. Travelling to shore, they are attacked by Wun Xiang and his demons. They kill Wun Xiang, but not before he turns Wei into a jade statue. They have a run in with a sheriff and his deputies/militia in Massachussetts, but then make it to Amanda's house, where they find a few oddities.