Ninjago S3 E2

## Plot

I guess I should mention that because this season only has eight episodes, the plot moves very quickly and a lot can happen in just one episode. I personally like the fast pace. Once again, Ninjago City is a ghost town. The Overlord wants Lloyd's golden power so he can have a physical form again. He reads Wu's mind to find out where the ninja have gone. Nya has joined the others in the wilderness. They give Lloyd a new green ninja outfit in the hopes of fooling any cameras on passing aerial drones. They meet Misako. They fill her in on what happened. In turn, she fills the audience in on what happened to Garmadon. He's become a sensei. This land is his monastery. He's taken a vow of peace to make up for his past. He'll come back later that evening. He won't allow weapons into the monastery. Zane volunteers to stay back and watch the Techno Blades for the others. Misako recognizes that Nya is in a love triangle with Jay and Cole, having been in a similar situation herself. That night, Garmadon teaches everyone the titular Art of the Silent Fist: How to fight without fighting. He has Lloyd fight him to give a demonstration, but asks that he not use his powers. Garmadon uses Lloyd's own momentum against him. Lloyd gets angry and almost uses his powers before Garmadon reminds him that it's just a lesson. He apologizes, saying that he doesn't know what got into him. His dad says that he let his anger take over, and that he knows what he's going through. Zane loses the Techno Blades. He captures the person who took them. It's Pixal. Everyone hears her scream, and they come outside to see what's going on. Jay explains to Garmadon that the blades aren't weapons, they just hack into stuff. Zane uses his on Pixal to free her from the Overlord's control. She tells them that he mined Wu's memory. He knows about all of their hiding places. Wu is okay, but the Overlord wants Lloyd for his golden power so he can escape the digital world and become real. The Techno Blades can reboot the system, wipe the master computer clean, and get rid of the Overlord for good. Pixal remembers that she didn't come alone. She brought a bunch of nindroids in stealth mode. They're really strong and fast. A bunch of them dog pile Zane and beat him up. Nya reminds Lloyd that his gold power only strengthens them. He uses spinjitzu to rescue Zane. Also, his spinjitzu is gold now. Cool. They retreat from the army. They escape in a water wheel and use their vehicles to get away. The nindroids go after them. However, it's revealed that the vehicles were on autopilot, and everyone hid in the water wheel. Misako stays behind to look after the monastery. No! Let someone else do it and get the women involved! Lloyd and Garmadon split up from the others to go on their own journey. They have to get as far away as possible. Zane's falcon will take them to the location of Nya's Samurai X cave to grab supplies. Nya has a plan to shut down the power. We meet the head nindroid, General Cryptor. The Overlord is creating something new to hunt down the ninja. They and Nya sneak through a checkpoint thanks to a traveling circus. Shutting down the power will cripple the Overlord and the nindroids. However, this includes Pixal too, and the others decide to not tell Zane. He's being repaired by Pixal. She discovers his power source, but messing with it hurts him. She apologizes, saying that she wanted to know why he's so different. He says that they're all different, but he doesn't feel so different around her. She says that she's not different though. She's too robotic. Lloyd, Garmadon, and the falcon reach the cave and take a vehicle. Cole tells Nya that he's worried about their kids. He meant their students, but she misinterprets the message at first. She tells him that Darreth's looking after them. More like the other way around. She says that Cole doesn't get the credit he deserves. He always puts others ahead of himself. She says that he's a good guy. They hold hands. Before things can go further, Jay and Kai interrupt, saying that they've arrived at the power station. Pixal stays back, saying that she's not built for stealth and can't assist them. The others sneak into the control room. They don't know how to shut the power down. They make too much noise and are discovered. Pixal goes up to try and help them. Zane goes outside to help her. The guys point out that they barely repaired him after the last time he faced nindroids. Zane points out that Pixal fixed him up, not them. Lloyd and Garmadon are discovered by a drone. Lloyd uses his powers slightly to start the vehicle. Zane tries to fight General Cryptor. He loses his Techno Blade though, and Cryptor is stronger. The others use the Art of the Silent Fist to break the glass case behind the power. A nindroid goes into the energy beam and is blown up. The power goes down all over Ninjago, saving Lloyd and Garmadon from the drone. Pixal stayed back so Zane wouldn't see her shut down. They can't revive her because they destroyed the only power source in Ninjago. She and Zane admit that they're not so different after all, and are indeed compatible. She shuts down. Until Lloyd and Garmadon know that the Overlord is gone for good, they have to keep moving.