Return to the Fright Zone

**Return to the Fright Zone**

*May 15, 2020*

**Return to the Fright Zone** is the tenth episode of Season Five and forty-ninth episode overall of *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*.

It was released on Netflix with the rest of the fifth season on May 15, 2020.

## Synopsis

*The Princesses search for Scorpia while Glimmer and Bow attempt to find George and Lance.*

## Plot

Inside the rebel base, Adora leads a planning session on how to stop the chipped Princesses. Netossa reveals everyone's weaknesses in an effort to do that. They lost track of Spinnerella but have found out that Scorpia has returned to the Fright Zone. Catra points out the best way to save their friends is to first damage the chip. Adora makes a plan to sneak into Scorpia's home. Glimmer and Bow agree to check up on his dads as Bow is really worried about them. Netossa, Perfuma, Adora, Catra sneak into the Fright Zone, cloaked by Melog. Perfuma walks in calling out to Scorpia, forgetting what stealth means. This gets Scorpia's attention and she attacks her friends. Catra gets separated from the group and Mermista attacks her. Then, Spinnerella joins Scorpia and attacks.

Glimmer and Bow teleport to the Library, which iss trashed and abandoned. Glimmer finds a note left by Lance and George telling Bow where they went to hide. Glimmer transports herself and Bow to the ruins where they are hiding.

As the Princesses fight in the Fright Zone, Scorpia forces Adora and Perfuma into Hordak's throne room, which Prime has taken over and remade in his image. Scorpia binds the two Princesses while Prime explains that he had to come and see Etheria for himself. He reveals that he no longer needs She-Ra to activate the Heart of Etheria; building upon Hordak's research and his personal knowledge of the First Ones he said that he could access the Heart on his own.

— Catra and her aversion to water

Within some First Ones ruins, George and Lance have discovered writings about an ancient rebellion against the First Ones, the Friends of Mara. They found a recording left by Serenia, one of Mara's fellow rebels, that explains about the fail-safe for the Heart of Etheria, that could destroy the Heart. The fail-safe is at the Arxia outpost. While learning this Catra called Bow on a communications pad from within the Fright Zone as she was being drowned by Mermista. Upon hearing this, Glimmer teleports to the Fright Zone. Horde Prime orders Scorpia to end Adora and Perfuma, and she powers up her lightning and devastates the platform that Adora and Perfuma were on. But that only releases the Princesses and angers Prime.

— Perfuma

On the roof, Netossa breaks Spinnerella's ankle and damages her chip, rendering her unconscious. Glimmer teleports to Netossa's location and brings the pair back to their base, joining Catra and the rest. Catra and Perfuma bond while talking about their mutual friend, Scorpia. Bow and Glimmer tell the crew about the fail-safe, and Shadow Weaver and Castaspella reveal that Arxia is Mystacor.

## Characters

* Adora
* Netossa
* Perfuma
* George and Lance
* Glimmer
* Entrapta
* Catra
* Mermista
* Horde Prime
* Spinnerella
* Scorpia
* Melog

## Organizations

* The Horde
* The Princess Alliance
* The Rebellion

## Technology

* Horde Chip

 Locations

* The Fright Zone
* Rebel Base
* Whispering Woods
* The Library

## Transcript

*See: Return to the Fright Zone/Transcript*

## Trivia

* In this episode we learn that Grayskull was the name of Mara's Rebel Squadron, fighting the First Ones to save Etheria.
* We learn that Serenia was a real person, one of Mara's Rebel Squadron collaborators.
* The recording played in the ruins of the Crystal Castle of one of the members of Rebel Squadron Grayskull (Serenia, credited in the captions) was voiced by ND Stevenson.
* This episode reveals the weakness of many of the Rebel Alliance members; Spinnerella's is her previously twisted ankle, Entrapta's is technology, Mermista and Frosta's is fire, Adora's is her inability to act to save her life and her envy of She-Ra's hair, Glimmer's is crippling self-doubt and overwhelming hubris, Perfuma's is fire and her "inability to unleash her full power due to [her] overwhelming fear of hurting the people [she] cares about", Bow's is his bow being damaged, and Catra's is her feline nature being exploited.
* Netossa's book detailing all the other Princesses weaknesses and how to exploit them is a reference to Batman's Contingency Plans, for every member of the Justice League he devised a list of weaknesses and a plan to disable or kill them if they should go rogue.