Elena of Avalor S2 E18

## Plot

Naomi finds Elena in a tower. She's thinking about the first time her parents brought her to Nueva Vista, and points out a lighthouse her father had built. This makes Naomi nervous, and she starts playing with her necklace. She tells Elena that the port is so busy, they have to signal ships to wait for dock space, but the lighthouse is too short to be seen by ships way out in the ocean. The foundation won't support making it taller. They have to tear it down and build a new one. Elena refuses, and is furious about tearing down her father's lighthouse. Naomi points out that it's not up to just her, but the rest of the grand council too. The two fight, and they storm off. Gabe also wants to talk to Elena, but she yells at him. She apologizes, and tells him about what happened with Naomi. Gabe agrees that her idea is good. Despite how angry Elena is, she grants him permission to assemble a team of guards to go after Victor and Carla. And none of you thought of this sooner because? Elena calls Zuzo for advice, and snaps at him when he doesn't show up quickly enough. She tries explaining what happened to him, but notices he isn't paying attention. He says he has to go back to the spirit world and that he'll be back soon, telling someone to get out of his house. He still hasn't returned that evening though. Elena is worried about him, and tells Mateo. He summons Cacahuate, who asks Elena where Zuzo is. No one has seen him all day. He could be in trouble. Elena wants to go to the spirit world to look for him. Cacahuate reminds her that humans aren't allowed there, but Mateo points out that she already went once to rescue him. Yeah, there's a lot of callbacks this episode, and I love it! Sadly, only Elena goes to the spirit world this time, even though Mateo is *right there,* and she still doesn't bring her scepter. Oh well. There's always season 3. It never happens then either, but I'm only a little bitter about it. They find moth silk all over Zuzo's den. They ask around, and deduce that moths took Zuzo to the dark side of the tree. Elena says that the only magical purple moths she's ever seen came from Orizaba. Zuzo taught her how to use the scepter to defeat her, and Orizaba is known for holding a grudge, so she must want revenge. Orizaba wants Zuzo's magic stripes so she can invade the human world, and get revenge on Elena for burning her wings, leaving her unable to fly. She threatens to drop Zuzo into a hole of nothingness if he doesn't cooperate. Elena wants to rescue Zuzo, but Cacahuate points out that the dark spirits would see them coming. There is another way though. They could sneak in through the shadow tunnels, which were the tunnels that the Zanies were obsessed with. Cacahuate doesn't know the way though. Elena wants to ask Bobo for help, since he went into the tunnels when he became king of the Zanies. Cacahuate doesn't want help from him, since he stole his magic stripes. After some pleading from Elena, he agrees to give it a shot. Bobo is still the same as ever, and calls Cacahuate a servant. Cacahuate says he's not a king, and he never apologized for stealing his stripes. Bobo tells Elena to tell Cacahuate that monarchs never apologize, but Elena tells him that royals do apologize. They tell him what happened to Zuzo, and he agrees to lead them through the tunnels to become a hero. He and Cacahuate keep arguing, but Elena tells them to focus on rescuing Zuzo. Bobo gets magic peas that glow in the dark so they can see where they're going. Elena says this isn't about either of them, it's about Zuzo, so for his sake, they should stop arguing and try to get along. What is it with Elena going to the spirit world and teaching spirits lessons that she herself needs to learn in the human world? They reach the dark side, and find moth silk, which gets thicker towards the left, so Orizaba's lair must be that way. Bobo says they can sneak up on her without being seen by going back through the tunnels. He wants to charge at Orizaba, but Cacahuate tells him not to let her see the light. Elena says they can use the light from the peas to force Orizaba back and rescue Zuzo. However, Bobo and Cacahuate fight over the pea pods, and they fall and go off. One lands on Zuzo's cocoon, which sets it on fire. Zuzo is able to put it out, but the cocoon starts dropping into the hole. Elena runs in to try and save him, and Orizaba captures her with her moths. Zuzo agrees to give Orizaba his stripes, but only if she lets Elena go. Cacahuate and Bobo realize that Elena got caught because of both of them, and they have to work together to fix this. Cacahuate trusts Bobo with his magic stripes, and Bobo trusts him with his banana crown. Bobo gets Orizaba to chase him, and Cacahuate drops a banana peel in her path, causing her to slip and fall into the hole, saying that this isn't over. The branch holding Elena and Zuzo finally breaks, and they're saved by Cacahuate and Bobo. Once they're back, Bobo returns Cacahuate's stripes to him, and Cacahuate returns his crown, even if he had to use a banana from it to stop Orizaba. Cacahuate says he thinks Bobo deserves another chance to earn his own stripes, but Bobo says he's happy being king of the Zanies. Zuzo returns Elena to Nueva Vista so she can talk things out with Naomi. They apologize to each other for being so hard-headed. Also, it's now daytime again? What, was Elena gone all night? Anyways, they decide to compromise and find a better solution. They agree to dismantle the lighthouse and rebuild it on higher ground.