Tangled: The Series S3 E10

## Plot

Okay, so in the previous episodes, King Edmund visited Corona to give Eugene a family heirloom and they spent some time bonding. We learned that Eugene's birth name was Horace, and when the heirloom was destroyed during a fight with the Stabbington brothers, Edmund and Xavier made a sash for Eugene instead, which he would later wear on his wedding day. Two orphan girls that were one shot characters in season 1 and 2 decided to live in Corona. However, one of them didn't really want to go, but kept her feelings of anger inside, which gave her the ability to turn into a werewolf. We also found out that their real names are Kiera and Catalina. They decided to live in a forest near Corona instead. The problems they had in their relationship mirrored Cass and Rapunzel's. Catalina buried her anger just like Cass did, but Rapunzel told her and Kiera that never helped anyone. I feel like they would get along great with Vex. Any chance that Lance could adopt her too? We also found out how Cass and Rapunzel first became friends, and Frederic and Arianna started to get their memories back. At first, Eugene didn't think Cass would come back, but then Rapunzel and Pascal went back in time and restored his faith in people when he was a teenager. Cass couldn't move the black rocks at first, and then she heard the creepy ghost girl say her name again. It turns out that she wasn't confined to the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows after all. She told Cass that the moonstone responded to rage and hatred, so she had to focus her fury on Rapunzel. It worked, and she was able to move a rock, but only a little. She felt guilty for betraying Rapunzel at first, but instantly got over it when the ghost girl told her that she had already taken some of her power from her. It turns out that when Rapunzel first touched the black rocks, they gave her some of their power so she would be safe on her journey to the moonstone, which is presumably how she was able to use the Hurt/Reverse Incantation. But that only happened because Cass snuck her out and showed her the rocks. She wasn't over what Cass did, but also didn't want to give up on her. In this episode, Cass continues to try and master the moonstone's powers, but wonders if she even has a destiny. She thought that by taking the moonstone it would become clear, but she still isn't sure what to do. The ghost girl tells her that her destiny is to destroy Rapunzel. Even though they're no longer friends, Cass doesn't want to kill her, and her fear accidentally creates new red rocks and sends them to Corona. She never uses this power again. Why bother having rocks of different colors, especially if they don't do anything unique and turn back to black later? Sorry, that's more of a mid-season finale and series finale complaint. The red rocks give people visions of their worst fears. While trying to decipher the completed scroll from Demanitus about the sundrop and the moonstone, Varian has a dream about his dad becoming trapped in amber again, and everyone blaming him and calling him a traitor. He and Rudiger notice the new red rocks. When they destroy part of a balcony of the castle, Rapunzel saves Lance and a tourist. While looking for Rudiger, Varian bumps into Feldspar, who still isn't over everything he did when he was evil. He finds Rudiger, but he's been literally scared stiff. He tells Rapunzel that if people remain scared for too long, they'll be permanently frozen in terror. Rapunzel makes a sign telling people to stay away from the rocks. Eugene wonders why she isn't seeing her worst fear. She tells him that as long as Pascal is with her, she's not afraid of anything. Varian has figured out how to cut off the red rocks' fear power with one of his chemical solutions, but they need to find a cavern that runs deep enough underground. A maid is frozen in fear. Eugene and Lance will try to keep morale up while Varian and Rapunzel are traversing the caverns. Pascal accidentally triggers a trap. Rapunzel is able to save Varian, but now they only have one beaker of his solution left. Nigel is also frozen in fear. Eugene and Lance decide to throw a talent show. Rapunzel tells Varian that whatever the red rocks are showing him, they're not real, but he says they are. His worst fear has already happened to him. The solution he has is the same one that accidentally imprisoned his father in amber for over a year, which led him down a dark path that not everyone has forgiven him for yet. This stuff ruined his life. He accidentally drops it, but Pascal is able to grab it before it smashes. Varian worries that if they can't save the kingdom, everyone will hate him more than they already do. He doesn't even blame them for it either, because he thinks he deserves it. No baby, you deserve therapy, as do many other people. Rapunzel tells him that he can't be so hard on himself, but he thinks she doesn't see anything scary because she's the embodiment of the sundrop. For normal people, fear is more debilitating. She tells him that there's nothing ordinary about him. Cass wonders if there's another way, but the ghost girl tells her not to question her new destiny. She has to wield the power of the sundrop and the moonstone, and in order to do that, she has to destroy Rapunzel. Speaking of which, she and Varian reach the chamber with the Demanitus device. She tells him that she's been here before, and she met Demanitus too. Varian pours the solution on the base of the red rocks, but nothing happens. He realizes that whatever made them red also changed their chemical properties, and his solution only works on black rocks. There's one above them, but they have to climb really high up, and there's only one drop of the solution left. Lance gets over his fear of spiders, clowns, and singing in public to calm everyone down. His actor, James Monroe Iglehart, is a very accomplished and talented Broadway star, just like Idina Menzel, Eden Espinosa, Jeremy Jordan, Christopher Jackson, Heather Headley, Matthew Morrison, etc. Rapunzel basically tells Varian that he can't let fear run his life. I got major *Phineas and Ferb* vibes when she said that. She admits that she's scared too, and the rocks actually are showing her visions. She sees Cassandra destroying Corona, but what she's most afraid of is losing Cass as a friend. I mean, I'd argue that's technically already happened too, at least temporarily, but whatever. She gives Varian a lift, and while she's touching the red rocks, she and Cass feel each other through them. Varian is able to pour the last drop of the solution on the black rock as it turns red, and it works. The red rocks turn black, and everyone is unfrozen. Cass sees the rocks disappear, and the ghost girl tells her that if she doesn't destroy Rapunzel, she'll destroy her instead. At the end of the episode, Feldspar tells Varian that he did a great job dealing with the red rocks. Rapunzel said he's a real hero, and he says he's just doing his part. Rapunzel tells Eugene that Cass didn't mean to do this. When she felt her through the red rocks, she seemed just as scared as everyone else. That means there's still a chance to save her from herself.