Showdown, Part 2

Showdown, Part 2 is the twenty-sixth episode of the 2012 TV series. It was originally aired on August 8, 2013. It is the finale episode for season one.

Plot Synopsis
While the Technodrome floats through the sky and begins to wreak some havoc (and terrify thousands upon thousands of citizens) throughout the city, Splinter faces off against The Shredder, vowing to end this pointless feud once and for all....As the two ninja masters commence in quite a fierce battle, the Turtles struggle to avoid the laser blasts while on their gliders...In a short matter of time, they are all separated from one another (due to all of the blasts) and land on different rooftops. However, they quickly regroup and decide that they have to speak with Splinter in order to find out what their next move should be. When they reach the lair, however, they only find Kirby, who is still brainwashed (unbeknownst to them), and he immediately tries to attack Mikey. The other three then tackle Kirby and immediately spot the mind-control device on the back of his neck. Once a regretful Kirby has fully revived, he explains what has happened - Shredder has joined a temporary alliance with The Kraang, Splinter has presumably gone to face the Shredder, and April has been captured and has already been taken to the Technodrome.

On board the massive Kraang warship, April is bound to an obscure, metal awakens to see the gigantic form of Kraang Prime staring right down at her. It quickly explains to her that her arcane mental energies are 'uniquely attuned' to the whole universe and, once Kraang Prime has gained what she possesses, it will somehow use it to utterly transform the Earth into a world for The Kraang. April then retorts that the billions of human beings are "kind of" using the world, so Kraang Prime basically came all this way for not a thing. But then a swarm of electodes then appear and converge on April - and all goes black......

The Shredder and Splinter continue on with their harsh duel, both quite equally matched. Shredder then falsely tells Splinter that the latter took Tang Shen away from him; though Splinter counters that she never, ever was his....Splinter then grabs hold of a rope that he brought along and he does manage to wrap it around The Shredder's forearm and then his entire body, though the latter manages to break free and the rope quickly falls apart. Splinter then comments that the only thing that Saki ever had was his hatred, and if he does end up overwhelming and defeating Splinter, he will have not a single thing to live for...However, the Shredder then says that he is dead wrong - and he then claims that he actually did take something from Hamato as a form of "retaliation": His daughter, Miwa!!

In a flashback, it is revealed that Oroku stole her the very night that Tang Shen was killed after the events of their very first battle, raised her as his own child, and named her 'Karai'. As expected, Splinter becomes very upset due to yet another, sudden tribulation in his life - and this  ends up leaving him quite vulnerable, as The Shredder is able to turn the tide of battle in his own favor for a moment with some forceful punches....The Shredder triumphantly stands over a downed Splinter and mocks him, saying that, when he is long gone, his own daughter will go on through the remainder of her days cursing his name. Implied by the look in Splinter's eyes after this statement, Splinter seems to have been pushed far over the edge, much like he was when both Shredder insulted him when he was with Tang Shen years before, and when The Kraang droids had cornered him in an alley way in New York, right before he was mutated into the rat that he is now. The Shredder goes in for a fatal strike, but miraculously, Splinter ends up catching the gauntlet in his teeth, partially breaking it. He then flips over and kicks the Shredder squarely in the chest, right before lunging at him, teeth first....

Meanwhile, the Turtles are able to smuggle themselves aboard one of the capture pods that The Kraang are using to abduct people and animals, and are soon brought inside the massive Technodrome. Upon exiting the pod, they quickly find and figure that The Kraang have been generating anti-gravity (anti-gravitons) within the ship...They then hear April screaming somewhere, but, before they can determine her location, they are set upon by dozens and dozens of floating Kraang...Meanwhile, within Kraang Prime's chamber, April has now been fitted with a terrifying helmet-like device that is quickly siphoning up her cerebral energies and transferring them into Kraang Prime. The Kraang leader then successfully begins to use these energies to begin the planet-wide mutation of Earth, but the Turtles burst in (miraculously), having totally battled their way there (by following the sounds of April's two screams). Raph then kicks the giant alien brain very hard between the eyes (mostly for the heck of it), while Donnie frees April as quickly as possible, shutting down the active mutation ray in the process. The unsuspecting heroes then move to escape, but Kraang Prime then pulls itself out from the wall and pursues all of them within it's GIGANTIC robotic body....

Meanwhile, at The Foot Headquarters, Splinter is finally beginning to defeat The Shredder with a complex array of moves that combine traditional Ninjutsu with his own agile, rat-like movements. A final strike ends up sending the Shredder flying across the room, which knocks the helmet from his head, revealing the villain's horribly burned, scarred, and wicked face. Splinter then picks up a katana and leaps into the air to end his mortal enemie's life once and for all, but is stopped in his tracks by Karai, who has now entered the equasion. While Splinter is practically stunned to be in the presence of his long lost daughter, Karai is able to strike him in the shoulder and then runs to the aid of her false father, who quickly informs her that the rat is none other than Hamato Yoshi. Splinter then adresses Karai as 'Miwa' (in an apparent attempt to calm her a little), which utterly confuses her. Nevertheless, this also ends up changing her former mindset completely and she then becomes quite a bit more malevolent and adamant than ever before in the series, as she now  truly  has a recollection of - and cares about - one of the many lies that the Shredder had easily made her believe long ago (that Splinter had put an end to her dear mother's life).....When Karai is about to attack her true father yet again, Shredder then chuckles evilly when he sees that Splinter is emotionally shattered. Heartbroken, Splinter decides to leave the building, and Karai yells  "COWARD!​!!!''  as he does so.

The Turtles race to escape the ship, with Kraang Prime approaching close behind them. Mikey is soon cornered and he begins to fall down one of the countless narrow apertures on the inside base of the ship. An energy cannon on Kraang Prime then begins shooting lasers at Mikey also, but Leo manages to slice the energy cannon right off of Kraang Prime's body and is eventually able to rush his young brother to safety. Leo now stands alone against the monster, as his brothers have rushed to the very last escape pod....Leo boldly wraps Mikey's Kusarigama chain all the way around Kraang Prime, and then urges his brothers to flee...much to their own resentment. The escape pod then jettisons into the nearby Atlantic Ocean, followed by the Technodrome itself shortly thereafter, which sinks far into the murky depths. April and the Turtles then mourn over the loss of their eldest brother, until it is revealed that he was able to escape at the last moment. The other pods with the abducted people surface as well, while the five gladly celebrate their victory and are able to find their way back to the city.

At the lair, the Turtles continue their celebration, but Splinter is awfully quiet....While Splinter is looking at the picture of his family, April goes up to him and apologizes for her words earlier that day. He tells her that there is no need, for she spoke from her heart. Leo then notices that something is on his sensei's mind and asks about what it is. Splinter replies that he learned some things from The Shredder, but the revelation of those things is for another time. Our heroes then triumphantly celebrate their victory with a big dance party.

The episode ends at the very bottom of the ocean, where the Technodrome now lays. However, it slowly begins to light up, indicating that it might indeed make it's return in Season 2......

Trivia

 * Splinter meets Karai for the first time, only to find out that Karai is none other than his missing daughter, Miwa.
 * The scene where the Technodrome is underwater is similar to events in the 1987's series; In that incarnation, the bottom of the sea is one of the numerous places that it has been stranded....
 * This episode marks the very first appearance of Kraang Prime, in spite of the fact that he has always been commanding the Kraang throughout this entire season.
 * Apparently, Kraang Prime is the only Kraang with the ability to speak relatively sensible English without the use of a robot body.

Quotes
Leonardo: So, what is it?

Donatello: I think it's some kind of mind control device.

Raphael: Really? (he tries to put it on Mikey)

Michelangelo: No! Stop it, stop it!

Leonardo: Raph.

(Everybody is running for their lives in the Technodrome) Michelangelo: Leo, I have a question.

Leonardo: Can it wait?

Michelangelo: Not really. Did we beat that big Kraang thingie?

Leonardo: Yes Mikey, we did.

Michelangelo: OK. Then why is it following us?! (sees Kraang Prime following them in it's android body)

More to be added....

Errors

 * When Leo is holding back Kraang Prime and tells his brothers to go, Donnie is the one to grab Raph and pull him back into the escape pod. When the chain snaps and Kraang Prime misses catching the escape pod, the scene flips back to Raph, who breaks out of Mikey's hold, not Donnie's.

Gallery
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