Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion S1 E8

## Plot

Ultra Violet is livestreaming again. It's revealed that her fans give her tips to help her and Black Scorpion catch criminals. Cruz has told her to stop doing that, but she hasn't. He thinks it's going to get her into trouble. She's compromising their location. Getting things done safely is better than getting them done quickly. She tells him that he has nothing to worry about, and leaves to meet Evita at the movies. However, when she takes off her mask, someone takes a picture of her. At school, Luis tells everyone that he took the photo, and was able to figure out where Ultra Violet was due to her livestream. The photo is still being processed, but it will be on the front page of the school paper tomorrow. Violet and Maya have to get rid of it. Nina is trying to teach Cruz how to make empanadas for his date with Catalina. She thinks her first date with Juan was a night under the stars at the observatory, but he thinks it was at the pier. She thinks that was their second date. The only thing they can agree on is that their first date was on March 23rd. Luis's house is huge. Violet looks through a window. It doesn't look like anyone is home. She can super speed in and delete the photo. First of all, the door might be locked, and Violet's speed powers don't including phasing through things like the Flash. Maya thinks it sounds risky. What if they get caught? Luis opens the door. Violet claims that they didn't know that this was his house. Maya claims that she needs to use the bathroom, and he lets them in, but he thinks they're really here to use his VR headset. He does want to try out the new multiplayer mode, since his photo is still rendering. It's blurry, so he doesn't know who Ultra Violet is yet, but he's installed an AI program that is reconstructing her face. Violet wants to use her super speed to delete the photo while Maya distracts Luis. However, she points out that Violet may be fast, but she's not invisible. She'll disrupt the AI program while Violet distracts Luis. After hearing that his room is the biggest one in the house, she thinks his parents must be really cool. When Violet comments on his TV, he says he told his dad that the 75 inch was too small, but he never listens. He was about to have dinner… alone. The computer makes a loud noise due to Maya making a mistake. Violet asks for a glass of water, and she sees that Luis has an El Gigante limited edition glass. She tells him about her family meeting him at Lucha Royale. Luis was supposed to attend, but his parents had an "important work emergency", so they couldn't go. That's why they got him the glass. Violet wishes he had told her. She would've let him come with her family. This surprises him, since people don't usually invite him anywhere. They watch a compilation video of Gigante's best moves in VR. Juan found proof that his first date with Nina was at the pier. It's a caricature drawing of them at the Santa Monica pier, dated March 23rd. Nina apologizes for doubting him. Tiago wonders who she went to the observatory with. She went on another date with someone named Juan Cristo. Juan Carlos thinks she's still confusing him with the other guy and says he needs a moment alone. Cruz has his date with Catalina on the roof of his building. He power washed the roof, hung up lights, and set up a table. He admits that his sister helped with the food. Catalina heard from her that he used to be a bit of a flake. She wasn't sure if that would happen tonight. He tells her that there's no where else he'd rather be than with her, right here, right now. He asks about her day, but he gets an alert on his phone about a bank robbery. The suspects escaped and are considered armed and dangerous. Cruz claims that he forgot the dessert and leaves to try and quickly take care of it. Violet admits that Luis is actually pretty cool. She's the first person from school who's ever come over to his house. She suggests that he invite people over. He never felt like he was a part of something until he joined the paper, and she wonders if he wants to unmask Ultra Violet so badly so people will hang out with him. It's also because he's petty about her shutting down his blog. He wonders where Maya is. Violet is barely able to stop him from catching her in the act, and they leave. Maya put in a virus that deletes the file. I'm surprised that he doesn't immediately suspect or accuse them of foul play, or of one of them being Ultra Violet. After all, Violet didn't express surprise that he was El Pajarito, which, based on the information he has available to him, only he and Ultra Violet should know about. In fact, assuming that the link to the blog was only shared among the students and faculty of the school, then I'm surprised he didn't deduce that Ultra Violet is a student there. Then again, it could've easily spread thanks to smart phones, social media, the internet, etc. Even after he took it down, it's possible that parts of it could've been saved by screenshots from others. By the time Cruz gets back, Catalina has left. The students wonder if Luis ever had a photo of Ultra Violet, or if he made the whole thing up. Violet tries to tell him that his next article will be great, but he tells her that he quit the paper, which makes her feel guilty. She decides to talk to him as Ultra Violet again. She asks him to promise to stop trying to reveal her identity. If people know who she is, it could put her family at risk. He'll consider it, depending on how well the interview goes. He's still mad that she shut down his blog, even though she didn't tell anyone that he was El Pajarito. She's just trying to help people. She takes him on a joyride in a shopping cart, and he admits that if he had her powers, he'd do what she does. When Juan gets home, Nina reveals that she recreated their first date. She even has Tiago play music while she serenades her husband in Spanish. *Sueños de amor No quiero dolor Solo un chance de se Como una flor Sueños de amor No quiero dolor Solo se, como una flor* (Dreams of love I don't want pain Just a chance to be like a flower Dreams of love I don't want pain Just be, like a flower) I have no idea if that rough translation via Google was accurate. Juan says that "Sueños de Amor" isn't their song, but then he reveals that he was just kidding, and they both sing and dance. That whole scene was really sweet. Cruz shows up to the school to give flowers to Catalina and apologize for flaking on her. He explains that he hasn't dated in a long time because things just come up with him. That's just how he is. Her life is a bit crazy too. He'll try to be better if she gives him a chance. She can forgive him… if he makes her dinner again tonight, and stays for the whole meal. Luis rejoined the newspaper and wrote an article about the interview. However, instead of telling the truth, he has become the J. Jonah Jameson of this universe, turning the school against Ultra Violet, claiming that she injured him, lying to everyone etc. He also still plans to reveal her identity. Naturally, Violet goes back to thinking that he's an annoying, lying, mean-spirited, selfish prick who deserves no sympathy. At least, that's what I think of him. So he's lonely and his parents are never around, so what? This is what Catalina, therapy, and CPS is for. Speaking of which, she'll show a different side of herself in the next two episodes.