Ninjago S3 E3

## Plot

Garmadon is trying to teach Lloyd about balance. Ninjago relied too much on technology, which allowed the Overlord to return. The whole world is without power because of what the ninja did during episode 2. When someone relies on something too much, they become vulnerable. Lloyd has to find his own balance to unlock his full potential. He points out that as the Gold Ninja, he's already powerful. His dad tells him that he's only scratched the surface of his true potential. He could move mountains. He wants to go back to the city, since he thinks that without power, the Overlord and his forces are essentially destroyed. Garmadon says that they can't until the Overlord is fully erased from the system. They have a lot of steep mountains to climb over. Some construction workers find Cyrus Borg. Without power, he's freed from the Overlord's control and regains consciousness. It's been a few days since the power outage. He sees that someone stole the hard drive with the Overlord virus on it. He learns that the ninja haven't come back with the Techno Blades. Wu is missing too. He wonders who could've stolen the hard drive. A mysterious stranger has taken Wu and the hard drive. He has a hood on to conceal his identity. He has power thanks to electro–cobrai, which are very rare. He wants a small favor from the Overlord after returning him to power. It's revealed that Wu has been turned evil thanks to cybernetics implanted by the Overlord. He's going to hunt down the ninja for them. The gang is at Ed and Edna's junkyard. They're trying to find parts to convert a helicopter to solar power so they can get to the city. Nya, with Zane's permission, takes half of his power source and gives it to Pixal, reviving her. She doesn't understand why he'd do that for her. He claims that she's vital to the mission because she knows Borg's system. He then admits that she's vital to him too. Edna can't help but comment and compares them to Nya and Jay. Pixal says that based on Perfect Match, Nya and Cole would be the better couple. Ed and Jay come in and overhear. Before Nya can explain to Jay, hold his hand, and presumably comfort him, Cole and Kai come in. Jay tackles Cole and yells at him, even though he doesn't even know anything about this. Kai hopes that Garmadon and Lloyd are faring better. They come across a broken bridge. Lloyd wants to manifest his golden dragon. Garmadon finally points out that he relies on his golden power too much. He tells him to center himself and move the mountain with his mind. Lloyd doesn't think he can do it. He tries to make a bridge out of rocks, but they fall. He gets frustrated, and uses his golden dragon to make a bridge. He says that he's not the first spinjitzu master, and he never wanted to be. He's the Golden Ninja. Garmadon was once like this too: Full of himself, with a big ego and a lot of power. Cole and Jay's bickering causes so much noise that everyone fails to hear the evil forces landing in the junkyard. They only notice when the RV they're in is picked up by the magnet. Evil Wu revived the nindroids with the electro–cobrai. Ed and Edna escape using jetpacks. The others get out with spinjitzu… except for Zane. He and Pixal crash in the RV and land rather roughly out of a hole in the roof. He can't do spinjitzu anymore. Because he gave Pixal half his power source, his ability to fight has been diminished. Before Cole and Jay can help him, they're trapped in a trash compactor. Kai can't help them because he has to fight Wu. Nya has to get the guys out. She can't override it though. Even Cole isn't strong enough to hold it back for long. She has to cut either a blue or black wire. Even she lampshades how ridiculous it is, and both guys tell her to cut their own color. Does Cole even have feelings for Nya? All of the guys are in serious trouble and can't really help the other. Zane is picked up by the magnet and about to be turned into scrap, Jay and Cole could be crushed, and Kai is getting his butt kicked by Wu. Pixal saves Zane. She's surprised, because that was never in her programming. Zane's heart improved her fighting ability. They lock arms and fight off General Cryptor and the other nindroids together. They learn that they can both do spinjitzu, but only together. Cole and Jay, thinking they're about to die, take back everything they said. Nya finally cuts a wire, and they're saved. They immediately ask her which one she cut, but she refuses to tell. Since they didn't die, the two go back to bickering. Knowing Nya, I bet that she cut both at the same time. That's what I'd do. They see what happened to Wu and fight him. They don't want to, and they're no match for him anyways. They nickname him Tech-Wu. Zane uses the magnet on him. The mysterious stranger appears and gets him down with a bow and arrow. They retreat, and the gang wonder who the mystery person was. They thought they'd gain the advantage by shutting off the power, but now the enemy has some and they don't, tipping the scales in the villains' favor. Speaking of scales, Pixal finds a white one that may give them a clue about the identity of the stranger. They decide to contact Lloyd and Garmadon through falcon vision and tell them what happened. They also decide to head back to the city. Lloyd and Garmadon are climbing a mountain when they come across a ravture nest. Inside is a baby learning how to fly. Garmadon tells Lloyd not to disturb him and let the baby learn to fly on its own. However, Lloyd grabs it to save it from falling. Its father comes back and attacks them for touching its young. Garmadon starts climbing down to shelter. The ravture attacks him and he falls. Lloyd tries to save him, but he tells him to not use his power as a crutch, since it will only weaken him. The ravture attacks again and gets Garmadon in its mouth. Lloyd attacks with his power, which causes the bird to drop Garmadon. Lloyd is able to finally move a mountain to save him. The baby bird falls. Lloyd tries to move a mountain to save him too, but he learns how to fly. He and his dad fly off together. Lloyd and Garmadon's journey is now a lot easier thanks to Lloyd being able to make stairs. They get a message from the others about everything that happened. The scale they found belongs to a Serpentine, so they're going back to the city to investigate. The next part of Lloyd and Garmadon's journey takes them through Hiroshi's Labyrinth. It's a jungle maze so dense, those that enter are never found. The Overlord berates the mystery stranger for failing to stop the ninja. However, he reveals that the plan was to actually scare them into sending a message to Lloyd. He intercepted their transmission, and now they know where they're headed. The falcon is now a tracking device for them. The Overlord declares that he likes the mysterious stranger.