World of Winx S1 E11

## Plot

Picking up where the previous episode left off, Jim says that he knows how to make the watch work. He claims that he wanted to protect Annabelle, and that the watch is his. He says that he had to run and hide, or the Queen's servants would've found him. He tried to stage a revolt against her once, but it didn't work. He needs Bloom's help to find and free the talents. Evans and Gómez are eavesdropping again, and somehow no one notices them from just a few yards away. Jim says that the watch can be fixed by an expert who lives in the Swiss Alps. He's a hermit, and calls himself the Watchmaker. Evans decides to follow them discreetly, since they don't have enough evidence to make an arrest yet. Bloom tells Roxy to stay in Gardenia. Okay. Why? What if you need backup? She tells the other girls about it. Then they all get a vision of a new talent in Switzerland. Ace has been acting strange since the last episode, and his actual assistant is struggling to handle things at the studio. The Winx find the talent, a girl named Silke, but she's terrible at snowboarding. Meanwhile, Jim and Bloom are trying to get to the Watchmaker's hideout. Bloom still doesn't trust Jim. Also, I probably should've mentioned this earlier, but Jim's voice is weird. I get that the character is probably supposed to be British, but I was expecting a more… normal voice. Or at least younger sounding to match his new appearance. After narrowly avoiding a trap set by the mystery man earlier, Bloom finally tells Jim her name. Silke has heard of the Winx and is a huge fan of WOW. While riding a cable car up the mountain, Jim and Bloom find another trap, marked by a blue octopus symbol. Jim falls off the cable car, but he lands on a rope. The cable car splits in half, and Bloom has to grab Jim's hand before the rest of the car falls. Also, she says that she has to do it without wings. WHY?!?! For all you know, the only person around is someone who knows you're a fairy, because you were just chasing him all over Gardenia! Ugh! Anyways, they make it to the mountain and have to climb up by hand. Bloom thanks Jim for saving her life. Even though she wouldn't *need* saving if she just transformed! Also, Bloom pointlessly breaks the fourth wall again. Some shadows come out of a portal to kidnap Silke. None of the Winx think that Silke can snowboard, and they tell her that knowing when to accept her limitations is worth a lot more than one victory. They transform to stop the shadows. Aisha goes to save Silke while Stella handles a shadow tornado that trapped the other girls. Silke doesn't jump, forfeiting the competition. This means that snowboarding isn't her real talent. If that's the case, then the girls wonder why the shadows wanted to kidnap her. Bloom and Jim finally reach the Watchmaker's tower. However, he wants them to leave. Jim says that if he refuses to cooperate, he can at least tell them where his apprentice is so she can fix the watch. They're ambushed by the mystery man and his pirate crew. They know Jim personally, saying that this will be like old times.

## Review

In case you haven't noticed, each of the girls have bonded to a talent and become friends and/or mentors. Bloom is friends with Annabelle, Tecna is friends with Naoki, Stella is friends with Sophie and Nadine, Musa is friends with Madelyn, Aisha seemed to like Yu and Silke, and Flora… was once again left out of this trend because the writers refuse to actually develop her personality or give her a good conflict. Why couldn't one of the talents be flower arrangements or gardening or something? Also, Bloom, stop nonsensically breaking the fourth wall for no reason other than to talk down to kids. They're smarter than we think. They understand a lot.