New Girl in Town

"New Girl in Town" is the thirteenth episode of the 2012 TV series. It aired on February 1st, 2013.

Plot Synopsis
Leonardo and his brothers start off chasing Snakeweed who is running amok in the city. He grabs a pizza delivery man and runs into an alley. Leo tells his brothers that they should tie him up with a clothesline, but Raphael suggests that they attack him head on. This results in him and Leo arguing and Snakeweed escaping. Then Leo decides to let his brother try his hand at leadership for a while. While on another roof, Leo meets Karai and her squad of Foot Clan soldiers. Leo defeats the Foot easily, but Karai gets the upper hand when she blinds Leo with gas and attacks him. However, instead of finishing him off, she lets him live and disappears.

Back in the lair, Donnie is trying to locate Snakeweed's lair when Leo walks in. He asks Donnie what they're doing, but Raph refuses to keep him informed. When the others are out, Leo watches an episode of Space Heroes when Splinter walks in on him. He tells Leo that he shouldn't have let Raph be leader and to go find his brothers.

While back in the city, Leo encounters Karai again and they fight. They exchange some banter until Karai holds a sword at Leo's throat. She tells him that she thinks that he's tired of being the good guy. He breaks free from her grasp and holds his own swords against her. She tells him that he should meet her on top of a high-rise at midnight so she could show him something.

Not sure what to do, Leo goes to April's apartment and talks about Karai. At first, April is all for his interest in her, but slaps him when she's told Karai's in the Foot. She tries to convince him to not see her, but he goes anyway.

While that's going on, Karai meets the The Shredder in his room. He tells her that he knows that she let Leo go and didn't kill him. She tries to lie to him by saying he escaped, but he doesn't believe her. He holds a blade against her and tells her that she must kill Leo or else. The scene concludes with Karai calling him, "Father".

Meanwhile, Raph and the others follow the path in the sewers to Snakeweed's lair. They discover that he has set up plant-like tubes throughout the area. It turns out that he's been using the people he kidnapped as fertilizer. They set some of the people free, but Snakeweed attacks them. Raph starts panicking when Mikey is knocked out and Donnie then tells him the best option is to retreat. However, Snakeweed attaches pods to them before they left. After bringing Mikey back to the lair, Raph admits he does not like the burden of being leader, and now knows what Leo has to deal with all the time.

Back in the city, Leo meets Karai on the building and finds out why she called him there. She wants him to steal a valuable katana for himself, telling him that he deserved it. He refuses and Karai tells him that whether or not he'll go, she's taking it. Leo says he wouldn't let her, which upsets her. He tells her that he believes she has good inside her. Raph finds the two and demands an explanation, but before Leo can explain, Snakeweed appears (following Raph with the attached pod from earlier). The two turtle brothers are attacked, and Leo ask Karai for help. Karai throws a knife near Leo's head and leaves, which Leo uses to fight Snakeweed. Raph and Leo than defeat Snakeweed by getting him trapped in antifreeze. Snakeweed is frozen solid and smashed to pieces, but after Leo and Raph leave, his heart, which is still intact, begins to beat.

Back at the Lair the brothers are able to wake up Mikey with Pizza. Raph ask about Karai and while Raph thinks she was trying to kill Leo, Leo thinks she helped them, and saves the knife she threw at his head as a memento of her.

Trivia

 * Karai made her first appearance in the 2012 series in this episode.
 * Karai is the second female human to enter the 2012 series.
 * This is the first time we see April not wearing her normal attire.
 * Snakeweed made his second appearance in this episode.
 * Apparently, this is the first time April has texted Donnie.

Quotes
Michelangeo: NO! Not the pizza guy! Take Donnie!

Donatello: Snakeweed's getting away!

Michelangelo: I can't believe he's really gone..

Donatello: It's okay, Mikey. Leo, well, he just needs some space...

Michelangelo: *stares at Donnie*

Donatello: You meant the pizza guy, didn't you?

Michelangelo: Yeah...

Raphael: Then work faster!!

Donatello: Do you really think yelling is going help?

Raphael: No. I think hitting is going to help!

Donatello: (working faster) I´ll work faster.

Raphael: I´m...sorry.

Leonardo: What was that? I didn´t hear you.

Raphael: I said I´m SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donatello: April texted me. APRIL TEXTED ME?! OH THIS IS THE BEST DAY!! (Mikey starts groaning) I mean, it's had it's ups and downs...

Raphael: So what's with the girl who tried to kill you?

Leonardo: She didn't try to kill me, she saved me.

Raphael: She threw a knife at your head.

Leonardo: She threw a knife near my head.

Raphael: She's in the Foot Clan.

Leonardo: Nobody's perfect.

Michelangeo: (smells pizza, gains consciousness) Mmmmmmmm........ Pepperoni.

Leonardo: Works every time.

Raphael: And the award for the worst leader goes to Leo.

Leonardo: How am I the worst leader?

Raphael: If we did this my way, Snakeweed would be toast by now.

Michaelangelo: Man, that sounds like nasty toast.

Leonardo: Stop second guessing my orders!

Raphael: Well, don't make bad orders and I won't second guess them!

Leonardo: You know what, Raph. You think you can lead the team better than me, well go ahead.

Raphael: First good idea you ever had. (glare at each other)

Michaelanagelo: I'll compromise. I'll lead. (Leo and Raph glare angrily, and Mikey walks away nervously)