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Failsafe is the eleventh episode of the fifth season and the fiftieth episode of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
It was released on Netflix with the rest of the fifth season on May 15, 2020.
Synopsis []
A strike team infiltrates Mystacor searching for the Heart of Etheria’s failsafe - the Crystal of Arxia. Entrapta and Swift Wind gather data on Horde Prime’s chip network.
Plot[]
Shadow Weaver and Castaspella join the rebels in their hidden base, letting them know of their discovery detailing that if they activate the failsafe at the Heart of Etheria, all the magic that has been stored there will be set free. Glimmer accentuates the dangers of activating the Heart, but Castaspella points out that releasing the magic is not the same thing as activating it. She also enlightens what is left of the Rebellion of the possible location of the Heart: there are forgotten tunnels under Mystacor which in ancient times was called Arxia, where the Crystal of Arxia is hidden. Shadow Weaver tells them that she can make her way to the failsafe device, but needs help.
Swift Wind accompanies Entrapta in her mission to decipher Horde Prime’s hive mind.
Entrapta studies the chip she took from Spinnerella and finds it more difficult to remove than Catra's due to how long it was on. She surmises that the remaining chipped princesses have little time left until the chip takes them over completely. But she finds Prime's computer network that controls all the chips, and she hopes to use that information to sever Prime's connection to all the chips at once. Glimmer teleports Shadow Weaver, Catra, Bow, Adora, Castaspella and Melog to Mystacor where they sneak inside using Melog's stealth. When they reach the Luminarium, Catra breaks stealth mode, alerting the chipped sorcerers to their presence. A brief fight ensues and Castaspella easily defeats one sorcerer.
Entrapta needs to find a place with a lot of clones in order to analyze their connection to the hive mind, and Swift Wind agrees to take her there. Near one of Prime's spires, Entrapta finds the connection and a clone finds her. The clone recognizes her and she says his name, Hordak. He becomes frightened and angry even though he is still carrying the data crystal she gave him. Swift Wind dragged Entrapta away and Horak let them go, hoping that he could forget her.
Adora asks Catra - "Did you just jump into fire for me?"
Shadow Weaver opens the secret entrance within Mystacor. After bickering with Shadow Weaver in the tunnel Adora triggers a fire rune that erupts in fake flames around her. Catra jumps into the fire and "saves" Adora. Shadow Weaver then tries, and fails, to drive a wedge between Adora and Catra by falsely claiming that her friendship, her love was what is preventing her from being able to summon She-Ra. Upon reaching the failsafe, which is inside a giant crystal tower, Shadow Weaver instructs
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Adora gains the ability to destroy the Heart of Etheria.
Adora to open it with the password "Friends of Mara." The instructions inside say, "Someone needs to go inside and accept the failsafe," which means that someone must take the failsafe and carry it bodily into the Heart. Since She-Ra is the only one who could absorb the full power of the Heart, it is decided that only she could go, despite Catra's and everyone else's protestations. Knowing that she may not survive she decides her sacrifice would be better than Prime getting access to the Heart.
Unfortunately, Micah shows up with two other chipped sorcerers and a fight erupts. Using the fight as a distraction, Adora enters and accepts the failsafe. Glimmer and Castaspella are in distress to see their loved one under Prime's influence. Micah uses dark magic to entrap the heroes and interrupt Adora's accepting of the failsafe. Seeing her friends in danger and Horde Prime possessing Micah, she summons She-Ra, accepts the failsafe and binds him and the two sorcerers to keep the situation from getting worse. She then collapses the chamber's entrance after everyone flees Mystacor for their base where Entrapta works on her computer. Catra is so upset and disappointed at seeing Adora's willingness to sacrifice herself that she leaves with Melog, rather than see Adora leave her again. Adora then calls Shadow Weaver out for what she did and says that she will never get the magic for herself.
Characters []
- Adora
- Bow
- Castaspella
- Catra
- Entrapta
- Glimmer
- Melog
- Micah
- Hordak
- Netossa
- Shadow Weaver
- Spinnerella
- Swift Wind
Organizations []
Artifacts and Tech[]
Locations []
Transcript[]
See: Failsafe/Transcript
Gallery[]
See: Failsafe/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In the opening titles, Spinnerella has been removed from the Horde lineup, as Netossa saved her in the previous episode. The two characters are seen in a kissing pose in the Rebellion lineup.
- The failsafe code is First Ones writing that reads "Heart".