Naomi Knows Best

**"Naomi Knows Best"** is the forty-ninth episode of the Disney Channel animated series *Elena of Avalo*r. It premiered on June 1, 2019, and is the Season 2 finale.

## Plot

At Avalor Palace, Naomi is showing Elena and Mateo her rope tricks. Elena quickly masters them but Mateo has trouble. Suddenly, Esteban shows up with a letter from King Joaquin. Opening the letter, Elena reveals that Victor and Carla were discovered sneaking into the Kingdom of Cariza and that Joaquín caught them. Joaquín also insists that Elena come to Cariza as Victor and Carla revealed something very troubling. Naomi finds this suspicious, but Esteban dismisses her concerns. Elena agrees with Esteban and asks Naomi to have her mother ready the Royal Galleon to sail to Cariza. Esteban and Mateo decide to go with her.

The next day, the Royal Galleon sails for Cariza just as Gabe and his men ride in on the Jaquins. Gabe tells them to reload their supplies and get some rest as tomorrow, they'll resume the search. Naomi welcomes Gabe back but realizes that he's dirty and stinky. She shows Gabe King Joaquín's letter stating he caught the Delgados. However, when Gabe reads that Joaquín wrote "Your Highness Crown Princess Elena of Avalor", Naomi's suspicions are instantly reawakened as Joaquín always writes "My dear friend Elena" when he sends Elena a letter, not addressing her by her royal title. Gabe is sure that Joaquin is only being formal because it's an official request, but Naomi states that he's never done this before. She tells Gabe to meet her in the Grand Council room...after he washes up. At first, Gabe doesn't understand why people keep telling him to wash up until he sniffs his stinky armpit, which finally makes him realize he should take a bath. Upon examining Joaquín's other letters to Elena, Naomi decides something is definitely wrong and she and Gabe take a flight to Cariza on Jaquins.

Meanwhile, the Royal Galleon arrives in Cariza. A hypnotized King Joaquín greets them and insists that the Royal Guard of Avalor wait on the ship. After consenting to this, Elena, Esteban, and Mateo follow Joaquín inside. Joaquín leads them to an empty cell. Suddenly, the Delgados appear and attack them. Mateo, Joaquín, and Esteban are blasted into the cell and Elena is immobilized. Ash walks up to Elena and reveals Joaquín was under her spell. Elena asks her "Who are you?" Ash introduces herself with Carla following up by stating "My mama" and Victor adding "And my wife." Elena asks her "What do you want?" Ash pulls out the Jewel from the Scepter of Night and tells Elena she wants the magic she absorbed during her forty-one-year imprisonment inside the Amulet of Avalor. She also reveals she intends to cast a spell using the Scepter of Night's Jewel to absorb it. She then casts a spell to take Elena prisoner and Mateo says they gotta get out and save the Princess, King Joaquín assures that his royal guards will rescue them but, finds out the Delgados also trapped them in the dungeon too.

Meanwhile, Gabe and Naomi arrive in Cariza on Migs and Skylar. When they spot Elena being kidnapped by the Delgados, they realize what happened. Naomi thinks they should go find Mateo so they can have some magic on their side against the Delgados. However, Gabe overrules that plan and insists that they move in now. They do so but they fail to save Elena in a way that gets Gabe taken prisoner too. Victor leads Gabe to the dungeon while Ash and Carla force Elena on the ship. Naomi doesn't know what to do. Migs and Skylar tells Naomi that she has great instincts and should trust them no matter what anyone else says.

Naomi and Skylar go after Victor and trick him into freeing Gabe, Mateo, Esteban, and Joaquín, then Mateo takes his tamborita and Naomi tells Esteban and King Joaquín to keep an eye on Victor while she, Mateo, and Gabe go off to rescue Elena. When they arrive at the ship, Gabe starts a rescue plan, but Naomi already has one, so Gabe lets her do it. They save Elena in time and destroy the Jewel from the Scepter of Night. Ash and Carla are forced to flee but vow to return for Victor, who is taken into custody and King Joaquín apologizes to Elena for putting in her in danger while he was under Ash's spell, but Elena is just glad Naomi was there to help. Joaquín thanks Naomi for her bravery and Elena and the others sail home.

## Cast

* Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
* Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi Turner
* Grey Griffin as Ash Delgado
* Lou Diamond Phillips as Victor Delgado
* Myrna Velasco as Carla Delgado
* Christian Lanz as Chancellor Esteban
* Jorge Diaz as Gabe
* Joseph Haro as Mateo
* Carlos Alazraqui as Skylar
* Chris Parnell as Migs
* Echo Kellum as King Joaquín

## Trivia

* The Scepter of Light is returned but is not used. It is unknown how the Sunbirds repaired it. According to Craig Gerber, this is an animation error.
* According to Mateo, Ash is the most powerful malvago he has ever seen since Shuriki, as she has had ten long years of training in evil magic.
* Moral: Whenever you have a hunch on something, don't be afraid to voice it out.
* All of what remains from the Scepter of Night is destroyed, forever ending its evil. It was never confirmed whether Shuriki was imprisoned within it.
* Princess Isabel, Francisco, and Luisa do not appear.
* Ash, Victor, and Carla all lose their tamboritas in this episode.
* Elena got kidnapped for the second in this episode, her first kidnapping was in Song of the Sirenas.
* Ash meets Elena for the first time in this episode.

## Gallery

Gabe realizes he should take a bathVictor is finally apprehendedLet's go rescue Elena!