White Out is the fifth episode of Season Two and eighteenth episode overall of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
It was released on Netflix with the rest of the second season on April 26, 2019.
Synopsis[]
Sea Hawk takes the Squad to the Northern Reach of Etheria to scout out strange readings. Catra and her crew are already there with Entrapta and her drill bots. It turns out that the First Ones' Data Crystal Entrapta can't let go of causes some damage.
Plot[]
The episode starts out with Entrapta and Catra doing research up in the Northern Reach of Etheria. Entrapta has her drill bots dig for a large piece of First Ones tech that Catra assumes to be a weapon. Meanwhile, Captain Sea Hawk sails Glimmer, Bow and Adora to the Northern Reach aboard the Dragon's Daughter V.
While Scorpia tries to emotionally bond with Catra, she accidentally unboxes the First Ones' Data Disk that Entrapta brought with them, and it initially cuts off the computers' access to the drill bots. Entrapta objects to Catra handling the disk, explaining that it took away She-Ra's powers; but this only reinforces Catra's desire to use the disk. Scorpia's removal of the disk from its protective box seems to have allowed the disk to instantly disrupt the communication between their computers and all of the Drill bots. When they went to check on the bots, Adora and the team engage the villains in combat.
After She-Ra subdues Catra, the latter infects the Sword of Protection with the data disk. This in turn infects She-Ra, causing her to go berserk and viciously attack everyone in attempts to kill her friends and foe. She-Ra separates herself from her friends by causing an avalanche, then Scorpia incapacitates She-Ra, who transforms back to Adora when she drops her sword. It is then that some Snow Monsters, who live in the area, become infected by the data disk, meaning that the Snow Monsters are actually First Ones' technology.
The heroes make their way back to the drill site, dodging the infected Snow Monsters. Sea Hawk takes cover inside where Scorpia was trying to protect Adora, whose mind was muddled by the infected sword. There, Sea Hawk and Scorpia commiserate about how their friends seem to take advantage of them.
In another part of the fortress, Catra, Glimmer and Bow fight each other and the infected monsters. Scorpia and Sea Hawk, with Adora in tow, join in the attack on the Snow Monsters. The monsters seem attracted to the disk and focus on Catra, who has the disk. During their attack Catra drops the disk and Scorpia breaks it after Glimmer and Sea Hawk encouraged her to.
With the disk broken, the snow creatures become uninfected and retreat back to the snow while Adora returns to her normal self. Scorpia, Catra and Entrapta then return to their ship where Entrapta reveals the First Ones' tech she had discovered some time earlier. All parties go back to their respective fortresses.
Characters[]
Artifacts and Tech[]
- Snow Monsters
- The Sword of Protection
- Drill bots
- First Ones' tech
- Dragon's Daughter V
- Skiff
- Sea Hawk's golden sword
Locations[]
- The sea
- The Northern Reach
Transcript[]
See: White Out/Transcript
Gallery[]
See: White Out/Gallery
Trivia[]
- This is the second time Adora is infected with a virus. The first time was in "System Failure", with the same virus as this but it was accidental; the third time was in "Heart Part 1", but this virus had the capability of killing Adora. It is removed when Catra kisses her in "Heart Part 2".
- This is the first of three times in the series that Catra is seen wearing something that covers her feet. The second time is in Season Five, in episode "Shot in the Dark" when she’s wearing a spacesuit, and the third time is in Season Five, in episode "Heart Part 2" during Adora’s vision of her future perfect life.
- Catra assumed she could make the infected Adora turn into a "berserk She-Ra" at will by having her hold the Sword, and Scorpia tackled the latter when she was about to pick it up.
- Catra was more scared of fighting infected Adora than ever seen before as normal Adora.
- According to Shane Lynch, this episode was heavily influenced by The Thing (1982). "Check out the set up of the frozen camp and the lighting."[1]
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