Ninjago S8 E10

## Plot

For the first, and unfortunately not the last time, *Lord Garmadon* reads the title card. Also, Big Trouble, Little Ninjago? Someone had fun coming up with the episode titles for this season, didn't they? The morning after the previous episode, everyone in the city is panicking. Toddler Wu keeps drawing the same picture over and over again, and says Lloyd's name. Misako gets a call from Nya. The others have Lloyd, who is barely alive. They're heading to the city, but they don't know what to do. Misako finally understands Wu's message: The ninja have to take him to Mistaké's tea shop, and get help from her. The SoG, Harumi, and Lord Garmadon are forcing villagers to bow down to them. Garmadon can now make rocks float in the air. Mistaké has tea that can heal Lloyd's wounds, but it comes at a price. It will focus the others' elemental powers to save him, but they might lose their powers yet again. They say that it's not even a choice and do it. Lloyd's eyes turn from green to the normal mini-figure black, indicating that his eyes were like that because of his powers. Now all they can do is wait. By nighttime, he still hasn't woken up. At the very least, the others still have their elemental powers, but they wonder if it's enough to stop Lord Garmadon. Mistaké gives Jay a bag. She tells him to open it in their time of need, saying that it's to go. The SoG and Garmadon attack the city. Garmadon used his new powers to create a giant rock monster called a Colossus. The guys and Pixal will try to stop it while Nya protects Lloyd. He finally wakes up, and says he had a dream about a giant, and his father looking for Wu. Mistaké tells him that it wasn't a dream. Lloyd has lost his powers. They have to get to Wu before Garmadon does. Lloyd says that without his powers, he's not the green ninja. He can't defeat his father. Nya says they have to fight on. Mistaké gives Lloyd something, and tells him that his powers were never what made him powerful. It was knowing what to do, and when to do it. The end is not the end, only a new beginning. Pixal distracts the Colossus so the guys can get to the Bounty. Toddler Wu can now speak in full sentences, and tells Misako that his brother is coming. They try to leave, and run into him. Nya and Lloyd show up. Misako and Nya tell Lloyd to get Wu out of there while they hold off Garmadon. We actually get to see the fight, and it's really cool. Parts of it remind me of certain RWBY fights, and also the Marvel TV show hallway fights. Lloyd and Wu run into Harumi, who puts on the Mask of Hatred. They run away from her. They wind up on a monorail. The guys ride alongside it on the Bounty. It's too far for Lloyd to jump though. Zane can't get them any closer. The SoG are below them, and Harumi catches up. Lloyd jumps, but Harumi catches his foot. He throws Wu to the others, who barely catch him. They try to circle back around for Lloyd. He and Harumi fight. The Colossus catches the Bounty and starts crushing it. Harumi defeats Lloyd, and forces him to watch. The guys wonder how they can escape. Toddler Wu tells them that they have to go. Jay remembers what Mistaké said, and opens the bag. Something magical happens. The Bounty is crushed, and Lloyd thinks that they died. He's devastated, but he refuses to let it turn him into someone like Harumi. He may not have his powers, or his friends, but he'll fight on, because ninja never quit. Harumi tries to kill him with a knife, but he jumps off the train… and opens the parachute Mistaké gave him, in a reversal of what happened during the premiere. He lands on a gondola with Pixal, Misako, and Nya. Lord Garmadon has taken over Ninjago. The guys wake up on some sort of island. It was Traveler's Tea, and it teleported them and some of the Bounty there. They see dragons, and realize that they're in the realm of oni and dragons. And that's where the episode, and the season, ends.

## Review

I guess this season overall was… okay. I loved most of the individual episodes, but then it all built up to a cliffhanger story where the bad guys win, and it feels a bit like a rushed, unfinished story. I'm not saying that what they did was a bad idea at all. It basically destroyed the status quo, and I'm sure if I were to watch seasons 8 and 9 together, I'd feel differently. Sure, I think that there are a few pacing problems, especially during the final episodes, but other than that, I really liked this season. It reinvigorated the show and its fans, myself included, since I hadn't watched it while it was airing since the beginning of season 6.