Tangled: The Series S3 E15

## Plot

The previous keeper of the spire shows up to test Calliope on what she's learned. She notices that a shapeshifting cloak is missing, but he tells her to ignore that and asks her where the Mind Trap Talisman is. It gives whoever wields it the ability to control any who have sworn loyalty to the moonstone, like the Brotherhood. Calliope says it's locked away in an enchanted box that can only be opened with a key she has. It's revealed that the keeper is really Cass, who disguised herself with the cloak. Normally I would question how she knows about these new MacGuffins, but Zhan Tiri probably told her about them offscreen. As for how she managed to steal the cloak in the first place… I don't care. Calliope runs away and locks herself in her office, but Cass easily breaks down the door and traps her baby Korlock guard dog. So cute! Calliope uses an enchanted message bottle to send the key far away, along with a note. It goes to Rapunzel in Corona. The note asks for her help, tells her to keep the key, and says that Cass is attacking the spire. It must be from Calliope. Rapunzel and Eugene don't really like her because she's an obnoxious know it all, but she needs their help. They decide to take the hot air balloon there. Varian makes some modifications to it so they can get there within a day, but only if they go straight through the treacherous winter sea of Kresten Loch. How can a frozen sea be traitorous? They probably mean dangerous. They're not worried though. Cass can't open the box, even with her black rocks. She and Zhan Tiri know that Calliope must've sent the key to Rapunzel, and she won't just hand it over to them. Luckily, Zhan Tiri has a plan for that. While flying over Kresten Loch, the hot air balloon goes down after it's ripped with a boomerang. Eugene thinks they flew too close to a frozen wave, but Rapunzel says they weren't anywhere near one. While trying to fix the balloon, they suddenly see Calliope come up to them. She saw their balloon go down. She claims that she escaped, but Cass is still at the spire. She's after the Mind Trap, which would give her control over the members of the Brotherhood, like Hector and Adira. Suddenly, they're attacked by creatures called Ice Vodkins. Calliope hides while Eugene and Rapunzel fight them off and Pascal fixes the balloon. They're able to escape, but two of the Vodkins are in trouble, so Rapunzel goes back and saves them, even though Calliope points out that they just tried to kill them. They reach the spire that night. Calliope asks Rapunzel where the key is, and she tells her that it's in her bag. Oh, I see she got it back after it fell from the tower in the mid-season finale. Calliope wants to open the box to make sure the Mind Trap is still there, but Rapunzel refuses, saying that the box should stay closed, and then Cass shows up and demands the key. Rapunzel doesn't want to fight her again. Why not? You kicked her ass last time and almost indirectly killed her. Easily would've been the best thing you've done in the entire series. Calliope tells Cass that the key is in Rapunzel's bag. It's revealed that she was really Zhan Tiri in disguise thanks to the cloak. Cass looks in Rapunzel's bag, but the key isn't there. Rapunzel reveals that she knew that the little girl wasn't the real Calliope, because she didn't correct her pronunciation of the word spire, she knew that she brought them down with a boomerang in Kresten Loch, and then she "coincidentally" showed up moments later. However, the trip still provided Zhan Tiri with Rapunzel's weakness: Compassion. She went back to help the Vodkins because she felt bad for them. Zhan Tiri reveals that the real Calliope is tied up and gagged, and is hanging precariously over some black rocks. Cass starts to cut the rope with a black rock. They know it's the real Calliope this time when she removes her gag to correct their pronunciation of spire. Pascal hands Rapunzel the key. She wants them to let Calliope go first, but Cass refuses. She claims that she doesn't want to hurt her, like with Varian, but she will if she doesn't get the key… which Zhan Tiri gets with the boomerang. The box is opened, and Cass takes the Mind Trap Talisman, which is a rock with the symbol of the Dark Kingdom on it. Because she's an uncaring bitch and an unapologetic hypocrite now, she goes back on her word and lets Calliope fall, but Rapunzel and Eugene save her. They start grabbing magical artifacts to fight each other and get the Mind Trap. Can't they just grab a normal weapon and destroy it? After all, it's just a rock, and not the indestructible kind like Cass has. That's what ends up happening to it in the series finale. Calliope is mad at Rapunzel for bringing the key back to the spire, because she was trying to write "Keep this away" in her note, but she was under attack and didn't have time. Ah, yes, more bad writing to try and excuse and justify the sudden stupidity of the characters because the writers can't think of a way to make the plot happen organically. Zhan Tiri finally gets Rapunzel to give Cass the talisman by threatening to use a lamp to trap Calliope in limbo for 10,000 years. Before Rapunzel leaves though, Zhan Tiri shows up again and reveals who she really is. She was the blizzard from the season 1 special. Cass doesn't know who she really is, and she's using her. She warns Rapunzel that an eclipse is coming, and when it does, Corona will be nothing more than dust. When they leave, Eugene assures Rapunzel that they'll get Cass back, but now she knows that Cass is the least of their worries. Speaking of which, she repaired the moonstone and her fortress, and uses the Mind Trap to put Hector, Adira, and Quirin under her control.