Launch

**Launch**

*May 15, 2020*

**Launch** is the second episode of Season Five and forty first episode overall of *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*. It was released on Netflix with the rest of the Season Five on May 15, 2020.

## Synopsis

*While Adora takes a much-needed rest, Mermista reluctantly leads the princesses into the Fright Zone so Entrapta can try to trace Horde Prime's signal.*

## Plot

A Horde Prime hologram addresses all the people of Etheria, demanding that they turn She-Ra over to him or suffer the consequences. Adora suffers with the fatigue of having a normal body, so Bow insists she gets some rest, which Adora reluctantly agrees to. King Micah, Frosta, and Swift Wind barge in, wondering if she had a plan for saving Glimmer and worrying about Horde Prime's message, but Bow angrily kicks them all out, throwing Entrapta out of the tent in the process.

While Adora takes her well earned rest, the Princesses hold a planning session to save Glimmer. Most of the Princesses are hesitant to welcome Entrapta back into the group due to her single-mindedness and the fact she joined the Horde. However, Scorpia vouches for her, saying that she has a good heart and insisting they give her a chance, to which Mermista reluctantly agrees. Mermista offers to let Entrapta go to space if she helped save Glimmer, which Entrapta enthusiastically accepts.

On Horde Prime's space station, Catra is caught near Glimmer's cell by a clone, who chastises her. Horde Prime senses this and possesses the clone, speaking through his body to remind Catra that he was in charge. Once un-possessed the clone opens Glimmer's cell and escorts her to Prime's trophy room. There, Prime brags about destroying countless worlds in order to create his own twisted sense of order. Glimmer desperately explains that activating the Heart of Etheria would destroy "everything". However, Prime is pleased by this, as he likes the idea of destroying the universe to eliminate pain and war so that there could be a new beginning for the universe. He offers to spare Micah if Glimmer would deliver She-Ra to him. Glimmer rejects his offer emphatically, smashing one of his prized trophies.

While sleeping, Adora has a dream/vision of She-Ra. With Mermista in charge, Entrapta leads several other Princesses to one of Prime's spires where she believes that they could discover Glimmer's location by hacking into the spire's computer. The Princesses sneak past many of the bots but Entrapta wanders off and walks into a bot which activates the spire's defenses. This creates a heated exchange where Entrapta realizes that people were mad at her for joining the Horde and her perceived lack of empathy. Entrapta admits she has poor people skills, and that she thought if she used tech to help them, they would like her. Then with reckless abandon, she rushes toward the spire to get the signal and find Glimmer's location. Mermista blesses her plan and sends Scorpia and Frosta as Entrapta's back-up while she and Perfuma distract the rest of the bots. Entrapta hacks the spire, discovers Glimmer's whereabouts and found out that Prime is sending reinforcements to Etheria.

In her dream, Adora chases her vision of She-Ra and talks with her about her doubts, regrets and whether or not she had a destiny. The She-Ra vision does not respond. Upon awakening she learns about Prime's reinforcements, and Mermista tells her to leave to rescue Glimmer quickly. With the Horde bearing down on the group, Micah uses magic to disguise himself as She-Ra and draws the bots away from Mara's ship while Bow, Adora and Entrapta leave in Mara's ship, leaving Mermista in charge.

Catra visits Glimmer in her cell, who, after initially yelling at Catra, apologizes and asked her to stay. The pair share a moment, separated by the force field barrier.

## Characters

* Adora
* Entrapta
* Bow
* Glimmer
* Micah
* Mermista
* Scorpia
* Frosta
* Swift Wind
* Perfuma
* Horde Prime
* Horde Prime's Clones

## Organizations

* The Horde
* The Princess Alliance

## Locations

* Horde Prime's space station
* Rebel hide out

## Trivia

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