Ninjago S15 E18

## Plot

Lloyd is in disbelief over the Overlord being back yet again. His grandfather and father failed to defeat him for good, and he (and his friends, mind you!) failed twice. The Overlord crystalizes Harumi, Aspheera, Mister F, Vangelis, the Mechanic, and Pythor. He also makes the Oni Temple fly. Mister F and the Mechanic each get one shuriken. Lloyd still refuses to join them. He kicks the Scythe of Quakes into the large crystal, which frees him and makes the temple start falling sideways. Vangelis goes after him since he can fly, but then he's pinned by a vengestone warrior. The Overlord fixes the temple and orders the others to go after and destroy Lloyd. Harumi doesn't want to destroy him though and wants to give him yet another chance to join them. Ugh, please stop already! Lloyd is lost and runs into Aspheera, who he bats away with spinjitzu, and he's able to use his powers on Mister F, who also uses his gun. The Overlord brings the vengestone warriors to life. In what could have been a dramatic moment, Pythor tells Lloyd that it's fitting that this should come down to the two of them, but then the appearance of Aspheera, the Mechanic, Mister F, and Vangelis ruins it, which he lampshades. They throw their weapons at Lloyd, who jumps up to dodge them all. When they make contact with each other, they knock the others back and allow him to get away. Harumi tells them that they can't let their weapons come in contact with each other because they're too powerful. She sends them down the wrong hallway so she can be alone while trying to turn Lloyd again. He makes it outside and tells her that she doesn't know him at all if she really thinks he'd ever join them. He grabs her and jumps off the temple. They fall into a river, and they survive because Minecraft rules apply, and also because water is the best way to *not* kill LEGO people. I get that there's probably no love lost between him and Harumi, but I love/find it way more hilarious than it should be that Vangelis doesn't even try to save her, even though he's the only villain that can fly. Speaking of which, if Mister F is a Nindroid like Mr. E, Zane, and General Cryptor, then shouldn't he also be able to fly with rocket boots or something, like Astro Boy? Lloyd saves an unconscious Harumi from drowning and takes her sword. Meanwhile, at the Samurai X cave, the others are trying to get their old vehicles working, but it's not going well. Now that Lloyd is finally out of the temple, his tracker is working again, and they see that he's in the middle of Primeval's Eye. The only way to get there would be with the Bounty, which was impounded, and taking it back would mean breaking the law again, but everyone agrees to do it, even Master Wu. Nya gets onto the Bounty with a grappling hook while the guys get to their vehicles, but the security guards catch Zane. Master Wu locks them in the security booth before they can alert anyone. There's no point in being discreet anymore, so the guys switch their vehicles back to their usual colors. Also, they're wearing new gold armor over their season 15 gis, called Golden Suits. But they only got the new suits in episode 9. Sure, I didn't love them or anything, but they could've grown on me. They hardly had any time to shine, especially Lloyd's, since he disguised himself as The Mechanic. The guys thought Wu was still at the cave with Pixal and Skylor. He tells Zane that he stayed behind when they were rescuing Nya because he chose the letter of the law over his conscience. He was wrong, and now the threat has grown immensely. Zane explains that he's not questioning the urgency of the situation. He just wanted to say that it's good to have their master with them. Aw! Wu gets on the Bounty as the guys break out of the impound lot. Lloyd and Harumi are once again traipsing blindly through Primeval's Eye with nothing but a sword, which she points out. She keeps manipulating him to either get him to surrender to the Crystal King and be with her for real, or so she can attack him to try and escape. He chases after her, and they both fall in quicksand. She reluctantly gives him the sword back so he can cut down vines to get free, and he obviously saves her as well. Lloyd, honestly, at this point, just pull a Xena or a *Batman Begins* and refuse to save her after everything she's done and shown no remorse for. He wants to tie her hands with vines. She asks if that's really necessary, since he just saved her life. He points out that she attacked him, which she immediately does again. He finally gets fed up and uses spinjitzu to disarm her. Now that he's away from vengestone, he could also use his elemental powers on her as well, to finally put her out of her misery. As he ties her hands in front of her (which is stupid, because it doesn't limit her freedom of movement as much as if her hands were tied behind her back), he explains that he'd rather be gullible than deceitful like her, and he'd rather choose to see the good in people than the bad. All she has inside of her is hate, anger, and fear. The rest of the council is looking for them on giant crystal beasts called Dragonides. Harumi stomps on Lloyd's foot, yells to them, and breaks out of the vines as her eyes glow purple. She attacks Lloyd again and takes her sword back as he's surrounded. He runs away until he gets to a cliff. Harumi asks him where his friends are now, when he needs them the most. And then the Bounty, Nya, and Wu make their dramatic entrance. Zane engages the council with his plane. Nya also uses the cannon on the Bounty. They see the Oni Temple in the sky, and Lloyd tells them that the Overlord has returned. Wu tells everyone to retreat, because they're not ready for this.