![]() Ironic Echo: The Emperor makes reference to the Chamberlain's speech about a wise shepherd not culling an entire herd.He stays in the Circle of the Suns under the care of The Heretic and The Wanderer. I Will Only Slow You Down: Hup is too injured from his fight with The Hunter to go to the Caves of Grot with Deet and Rian.I Reject Your Reality: Seladon's dedication to holding onto the delusion that if her mother had just compromised, cut a deal with the Skeksis, they would have spared most Gelflings, after how they went out of their way to explain their true nature to her, is truly a marvel to behold.Hollow World: There are thermal vents around the heart of Thra, and Deet and Rian travel through them to reach the Caves of Grot faster.They even feel each other's pain, and when one dies, the whole swarm feel like they're dying. Hive Mind: This episode confirms that the Arathim Ascendancy do indeed share one.She talked about them in the previous one. Has Two Daddies: We see Deet's two fathers in this episode.Flight of Romance: Deet and Rian's flight through the Breath of Thra has shades of this.Does This Remind You of Anything?: The Skeksis all laugh and mock Seladon while ripping her clothes from her body as she screams for them to stop, making it feel eerily similar to a gang rape scene.Creepy Child: Deet's young brother Bobb'N, after he gets mind-controlled by the Arathim.It seemingly includes Rian trying to heal the Crystal, and the Garthim War, with a Gelfling woman (Brea?) fleeing a Garthim with a baby (possibly indicating she's Kira's mother). ![]() Call-Forward: After getting the powers of the Sanctuary Tree, Deet has a vision of the future.The Alliance: The Arathim Ascendancy ends up joining the Gelflings against the Skeksis out of Enemy Mine, after Deet's talk to them and upon realizing the Skeksis screwed them by not mentioning that the Caves of Grot are infested by the Darkening, with Nurloc worms attacking everything on sight. ![]() The Skesis panic as skekSo orders for skekMal's life to be saved at any cost, and Aughra states that she now knows what she must do. But she instead learns the truth from Skesis themselves and is captured as a mortally-wounded skekMal returns to the Castle with Brea. Meanwhile after ignoring Aughra's attempt to reason with her, Seladon travels to the Castle to beseech the Skesis for mercy to the Stonewood. ![]() In its last act, the Sanctuary Tree gives Deet the power to extract the Darkening from others. Upon learning the Arathim are being attacked by the Nurlocs who went berserk due to the Darkening and revealing the Skeksis tricked them, Rian and Deet convince the Ascendancy to join them against the Skeksis while getting them and Deet's family to the surface. Rian and Deet travel through the Breath of Thra, thermal vents from the planet's core, to quickly reach the Caves of Grot to find the Dual Glaive, but find the caves taken over by the Arathim with Deet's family and Maudra Argot among those under their control. ![]()
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