#38: Save The Cat https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/5/0/AAAG8cAAD90i.jpg
Show: She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power Original airdate: May 15, 2020
"You miscalculated."
Just the iconic image of a transformed She-Ra holding Catra in one arm is enough to make this an all-time great episode, but this thing was amazing all the way through, giving us so much in terms of Catra's character development and Adora's determination to save her. It picks up from where the previous episode left off, of Catra sacrificing herself to free Glimmer, and what does Adora do? She immediately goes to save Catra, despite everything that Catra has done to her and her friends. Catra's been brainwashed, of course, but she's fighting it, or at least trying to, and it's so heartbreaking to see Adora having to fight Catra now that we know Catra doesn't ever want to fight her again. It's even more heartbreaking when Catra breaks free for just a bit, only for her programming to return and Catra to fall from a platform, seemingly fatally... but Adora refused. Adora, who hasn't been able to transform into She-Ra for several episodes now, immediately transforms, blasts Horde Prime's minions, AND heals Catra... and this time, Catra is redeemed for good. It's a magnificent episode, a perfect setup for the final episodes of the show, and it's also so gratifying to actually see a villain redeemed BEFORE the final episode, and to get to see Catra team up with Adora and her friends. Like, we haven't seen that since Avatar: The Last Airbender, or at least it seems, so this whole episode clicked on every possible level for me. It's a brilliant episode of She-Ra and a brilliant episode of television.
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