Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion S1 E11

## Plot

While Violet and Cruz are in the middle of training, Maya calls, but Cruz tells Violet not to answer it and put her phone on silent. He takes Catalina's call though, because he thinks it might be important. It's not. When Violet sees Maya at school the next day, she realizes that she never called her back and apologizes. Maya really needed her. She got the biggest news of her life, and the one person she wanted to share it with wouldn't answer her phone. She got accepted into the L.A. County Junior High Regional Esports tournament. She's excited, but also nervous. If she does well, it will help her chances of getting on the high school team. Violet will be there to cheer her on. It turns out that Luis also got in, and Maya is playing against him. He has equipment and training that only money can buy. Maya will need to practice a ton if she's going to beat him. Violet agrees to come over that night and use her super speed to help her with her reaction time. Cruz asks Nina and Juan if he should do something special for his and Catalina's two month anniversary. Nina doesn't think he should because he might come on too strong and scare Catalina, but Juan says he should. He did something special for his and Nina's anniversary, and claims that she loved it. She actually got really scared. Juan tells Cruz that she may act like she didn't like it, but he saw the smile on her face, and nothing's better than seeing the person you care about smile. Aw! Before Cruz leaves, he asks Tiago where Violet is, because he needs to talk to her about something. She's at the library. He asks Tiago to tell her to call him later when she gets home, but he thinks she's going to the gym later to work out. Cruz claims that he just mixed up the dates and leaves. It's clear that Tiago is suspicious after what happened at the end of the previous episode though. Later that night, Violet and Cruz have to watch a prison transport in case the Chapos Guapos members that escaped last time try to free their friends. Violet wants to get it done quickly so she can help Maya. Cruz points out that he managed to fight crime for years before she got her mask. He'll be okay on his own. However, just then all of the lights go out, and so does the engine of the prison transport. Two men in suits lock the drivers in and free the prisoners. Violet gets a call from Maya. Cruz tells her to go. He can handle this. Violet decides to stay though and says that Maya will understand. She takes away their weapons and Cruz destroys them. He notices two running away and tells Violet to secure the perimeter. However, Maya calls her *twice*. Cruz tackles a prisoner to help her. One of the guys got away. Maya eventually had the ingenius idea to *text* Violet, and tells her that she's going to bed. Look, Maya has legitimate reasons to be angry, but she knows that Violet is a superhero, and helping people and stopping bad guys should come first. Maya should understand that, especially since her mother is in the military. Plus, why call almost three times in a row? If it's so damn important, leave a message. In my opinion, you should only call someone twice at a maximum, just in case they missed the first one. If they miss both calls, then they might not have their phone with them, or it's damaged, dead, off, or on silent, or they're busy with something else. Whatever you have to tell them can likely be conveyed in a text, an email, or through voicemail, or you could just have some patience and wait for them to call you back! Anyway, Violet is a flake now, just like Cruz used to be. She apologizes to Maya the next day, and her best friend correctly guesses what stopped her from coming. Violet could've at least let her known that something came up and she wasn't going to be there. She admits that she messed up, but assures Maya that she'll be at the real thing. Luis reveals that his father flew in the (fictional) Esports celebrity, champion, and legend Daewoo Kim to train him after he got tired of beating everyone online. Maya freaks out, but Violet assures her that she's got this. Luis doesn't have a best friend to cheer him on. Cruz visits Catalina and invites her over for a special dinner to celebrate their two month anniversary. She thinks he could've called or texted to ask her out instead of showing up in person and unannounced at her place of work. But he's shown up to the school before just to see her. She finds the idea of a two month anniversary ridiculous, but pretends that it's a thing because it's clear that Cruz put a lot of thought into this. Tiago asks his dad if he's noticed anything weird going on with Violet. Juan says that everyone is weird when they're 13. Tiago says this is different, but he doesn't know how. His dad tells him not to worry and just be a teenager. Tiago sees Violet's phone and tries to get into it, but he doesn't know her passcode, and it eventually locks him out. He feels guilty and pretends that he didn't just try to do that. Violet and Cruz catch the escaped prisoner. Cruz actually calls her his partner and compliments her when she insults the criminal. He's in such a good mood because he's recreating his first date with Catalina for their two month anniversary, except he's making sancocho instead of empanadas as a nod to her Dominican roots. He also has a playlist to set the mood and got a new power washer to clean the roof. Even the criminal admits that it sounds romantic and that he's a real catch. Violet just thinks that adults are weird and leaves to get some sleep. However, she slept through her alarm, and by the time she gets to the tournament, it's already over. Maya lost to Luis, and she doesn't want to hear Violet's apologies or excuses anymore. She says it was an accident, but Maya points out that this is the third time in a row when she said she'd be there and she wasn't. At this point, it doesn't really feel like an accident. Violet talks to Cruz about it later. Yes, she let her best friend down, but she's busy protecting the city. Cruz tells her that it's hard to feel forgotten. That's why he and Nina didn't really see each other for awhile after he became Black Scorpion. Knowing the reason why someone is a flake doesn't make it any easier. That's the hard part about being a hero. When the city depends on you, it's hard to be there for the people you care about. Violet already learned that she can't do both, but Cruz says she can. It's about finding balance. If you don't prioritize what's important to you, you could lose it. She's the one who convinced him to care about people's feelings. She was right. He can be there for the city, his family, and Catalina. He just had to try. Violet worries that Maya won't forgive her, but Cruz tells her that she's an incredible person, and nothing can take down a pair of best friends as strong as them. He tells her to take the night off, but Tiago overhears and asks what she's taking the night off from. Instead of using the workout excuse again, Violet claims that Cruz is helping her with her talent for the talent show, which isn't until the end of the year. She shows up at Maya's house with gifts, but Maya is still mad at her and doesn't want anything. She just wanted her best friend there. Violet is here now, but Maya tells her that it's too late. She needed her when it mattered, but she should have known that this would happen. She thinks that Violet always chooses her superhero alter ego over her. Maya is always there for her and Ultra Violet, but for some reason, neither of them can be there for her. When Violet says she needs her on her team, Maya asks why she always has to be the one on Violet's team. Why can't Violet ever be the one on her team? Maya hates being treated like a sidekick. Ever since Violet got the mask, she hasn't been a very good friend. Sometimes saying sorry isn't enough to fix things. Both girls are in tears. I loved Scarlett and Zelia's performances during this scene. They actually sound choked up, like they're about to cry for real. While setting things up for his date, Catalina calls Cruz and tells him that she can't make it because she has something to do that she can't get out of, presumably because of her own double life as Cascada. Cruz is hurt by this, and so is she, but he pretends that he's fine. Later on, he and Violet eat the sancocho and share their relationship sorrows with each other, which leads into the next episode.