The Evermoor Chronicles S1 E19

## Plot

All of Evermoor is slowly being consumed by the bog, and everyone meets in the town hall to discuss it. The people of Evermoor refuse to get help from the outside world. Esmeralda and Lacie tell Tara and Otto that this is punishment for breaking the deal. They couldn't stop it, even if they wanted to. Unless they were three, and the others handed Sorsha over to them. They can either lose Sorsha or the village. That's what the black on the tapestry was. It was the village being swallowed by the bog. Otto's father stopped the Founders once, so he could do it again. Opening the doorway would suck the Founders into the demigod realm. However, it won't open until Otto's punishment is up, which isn't for another thousand years. The only way his father will come before that is if he dies. There is another way. His father's parting gift was an egg. It's a puzzle. If he solves it and proves he's grown, then his punishment would be over instantly. That being said, he gave up on it after 200 years. He tells them that for his birthday, his father gave him a wish. He wished for his own chariot, but it was actually a test. He was supposed to use the wish to help someone else. He was so angry, he took his dad's chariot without asking. It was the year of thunder on Earth. Almost everything about that contradicts what we learned in the Valentina episode, but whatever. His dad sent him here to learn about mortals. As their sacred snoot, he was to learn to understand them. However, even after making human friends, he still doesn't see what makes them so great and thinks they're boring. The solution to the egg has something to do with people. Seb suggests using magic to solve the egg. They ask the tapestry for the crystal ball of the All-Knowing Zeltosh. Tara finally gets what she asked for. The puzzle has to be reflected in its glass. However, the egg heats up, and something strange happens to Bella. They reveal what they did to Otto. He says he didn't use magic for a reason. The demigods hate cheating. The egg is not only magic resistant, but the very act of using magic on it sets off its anti-tampering mechanism. It doles out a magic punishment on those who cheated. It's the worst punishment any of them could imagine, and it'll happen to all of them. Bella's clothes, hair straighteners, and makeup have been confiscated. Seb can't stop singing. He and Sorsha can't hear each other. Cameron hates lies. Or did he say lines? I really don't care. Almost everyone's punishment is boring and superfluous. Everyone else learns about Tara shapeshifting into Bella to make Cameron fall for her, so he could turn her back to normal after she was turned to stone. Losing Cameron's trust is Tara's punishment. I would've liked it if it had been *everyone* hating her because of all the secrets she kept, and the lengths she went to to try and stop the Founders. Also, while Cameron has every right to be mad at Tara for the lying and the manipulation, he's the one who chose to stay with Bella afterward. In fact, he's technically cheated on her with Tara, since they almost kissed in the last episode. Otto has been obsessively cleaning his cage because it's the doorway to the demigod realm. He tells Tara that she just has to sweat out the punishment. In the tapestry room, Bridget tells Tara to admit defeat. There's a difference between determination and stubbornness. It's her greatest strength, but also her greatest flaw. She has to give up Sorsha for the greater good. She tells Esmeralda and Lacie that she'll break up Seb and Sorsha for real this time. However, since the village is the doorway to the demigod realm, they plan to destroy it. Otto says that he was supposed to watch over Evermoor, but he never took it seriously. When he met them though, he found something worth protecting. He says he's going to try Plan A. He tells Sorsha to stay herself. He transforms into a bird and flies away. Tara tells Sorsha what he said to them. Snoots can't fly too close to the sun, or they'll end up like Icarus. The only other way his father would come is if he died… He's sacrificing himself. Suddenly, the egg opens. There's a message from his father inside. He's finally seen humanity not as a burden, but as a privilege. Their punishments end and the door to the demigod realm opens. Bridget feels that Esmeralda and Lacie have no control over her anymore, and they're dragged to the doorway. However, in what may be a literal, fated, evil, and twisted Deus ex machina test, Sorsha picks up the crystal ball and learns that the spider girl kissed Seb. The third Founder *immediately* takes over, and with their full powers restored, the Founders close the door to the demigod realm. Seriously? Yes, Otto threw out the crystal ball earlier in the episode, but has it really just been sitting out there on the lawn this whole time all day? No one bothered to pick it up? Or smash it into pieces? Or return it to the tapestry? Anyways, now the group is on their own, and they don't have Otto or Sorsha. It's up to them to stop all three Founders before they destroy Evermoor.