Ninjago S11 E26

## Plot

Cole, Nya, Jay, and Krag are heading back to the village when they see Boreal flying towards it. Kai is barely able to defend himself from the dragon, let alone anyone else, and it leaves. Everyone else was frozen in ice, including Sorla, the fishermen, and even the kids. The others get back and see what happened. Nya is especially devastated that Sorla is trapped. Kai blames himself for what happened. He couldn't do anything. His elemental powers weren't strong enough. Jay tells him that they're not dead, they're frozen. He promises that they'll find a way to help them. Holy shit, he actually said the word dead! Why is it that they seem to look, sound, and act more devastated here than when they thought that Aspheera killed Zane? They decide to find the Land Bounty, fix it, and launch a full frontal assault against the Ice Emperor's castle. Lloyd and Akita are almost there. They decide to wait until daylight to cross the glacier. They ask each other what they'll do after this. Lloyd will go home, if there's a way. Akita doesn't know what she'll do. The forest is her home. Lloyd says she can come with them if she wants. They don't have Formlings in Ninjago, so she'd be alone there too. He tells her that she'd have them. She suddenly senses something coming. It's Boreal. He attacks them and wrecks the mech. Akita attacks him before he can freeze Lloyd, but he just shakes her off and knocks her out. Vex can see what the dragon sees through his crystal, and tells him to bring Lloyd to the Ice Emperor. Akita changes back into her human form. Lloyd passes out, and when he wakes up, he finds himself face to face with the Ice Emperor himself… who he recognizes as Zane. I mean, that was pretty obvious. Graeme Palisade was a pseudonym that Brent Miller used to not spoil the "twist". I mean, I guess it'd be a surprise for little kids. Like Cole said, five to thirteen year olds. I'm twenty one, but a child at heart. Brent Miller did a good job of making his Emperor voice different from his Zane voice. And for the next episode we go back to Ninjago again. Why?!? You literally couldn't have picked a worse placement if you tried! At least the name of the episode is pretty badass. Pixal and Wu have been conducting portal experiments to different worlds to find the Never-Realm, but they haven't been successful so far. They opened a portal to Chima. Mistaké's Traveler Tea isn't powerful enough to reach the Never-Realm. They could try adding more tea leaves to make the effect more powerful, but they're running out. Wu still thinks he should've gone after Zane instead of the others. Maybe they've found him, but the amount of tea they took with them won't be enough to return, which is why they have to open a gateway for them. They open portals to the Underworld, the Cloud Kingdom, and even the First Realm. They accidentally open a portal to the Departed Realm… and the Preeminent comes out and heads towards the city. Shit. Also, who knew that entire realms could go to other realms? Does that mean Djinnjago is there too? Pixal suits up and goes after it. She saves Gayle and Vinny and battles the Preeminent. She puts up a great fight, but the Preeminent rips off the mech's right arm. She decides to replenish the energy preserves by purposefully overloading the power. That much raw energy could kill her, but she tells Wu that's a risk she's willing to take, as she looks at a photo of herself and Zane. If this doesn't work, she asks Wu to tell Zane that she loves him. Aw! It works, the Preeminent is defeated, and Pixal is still alive. Wu tells her that she's amazing, and he's no longer angry at her. Gayle thanks her for saving her life. The Preeminent is returned to the Departed Realm, but now they're out of tea leaves, so they can't continue their search for the Never-Realm. Wu believes that the ninja are doomed, but when Pixal asks him what he'd tell the ninja if they were in his situation, he says he'd tell them not to give up hope. Ninja never quit. Pixal tells him to trust his own words and believe that their friends will find their own way home, somehow, someway.