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[The episode opens with an eerie scene, in which a squad of Kraang are chasing quite a large creature trailing numerous cables from its limbs. It puts up quite a vicious fight and, although it is badly wounded, it manages to escape into the sewers. For a moment his green eyes glow in the dark as it growls.]
[theme song.]
Mikey: Who wants to try my latest creation? We all love pizza. We all love milkshakes. So I combined them.
Donnie: Okay, that could not be less appetizing.
[Mikey holds up a shake, blended in red and orange]
MIkey: I call it a P-shake.
Donnie: [gulps.] I stand corrected...
Mikey: You guys just have no sense of adventure. [tastes it but spits it out] Blech!
[Raph, Leo and Donnie look disgusted.]
Mikey: Where did I go wrong?
[Mikey drinks the P-shake and the others groan in disgust. Leo turns on the TV.]
Ryan: In all my travels, I've never seen anything as cute as these trumpets. But I'll be darned if they're not the most annoying species in the cosmos.
[The rest of his crew cover their ears from the loud honking.]
Crankshaw: Captain, we've got to find a humane way to get rid of them!
Ryan: If there's one thing I'm known for, it's my humanity. Open the airlock.
[Crankshaw opens it and the Trumpet aliens are sucked away into space with Captain Ryan smirking.]
Raph: You have to be the only person in the world who likes this show.
Leo: No way. There are millions of spaceniks out there.
[The news comes on.]
Joan: I'm Joan Grody, with a sewer shocker. City workers attacked by mutants?
Garson: It was like part man, part reptile, and all monster! It came out of nowhere and attacked me.
Raph: Wasn't me.
Joan: Take a look at this terrifying footage.
[A clip shows Garson in the sewers.]
Garson: So some people think the sewers are dark and scary, but actually, it's a lot of-[sees alligator as it attacks] Somebody help me!
Joan: Are malicious mutants menacing Manhattan? Find out next on Grody [deep, distorted voice.] To the max.
Donnie: I got a bad feeling about this.
Leo: The last thing we want is some mutant causing trouble in the sewers.
Raph: Or some news crew down here looking for him.
Leo: We've got to track this guy down and stop him ourselves.
Donnie: Wait, let's rewind this. Think I saw a tunnel number. There, tunnel 281.
Leo: Let's go.
[The turtles started looking at the sewers, searching for the mysterious creature. Then they encounter what appears to be a giant footprint.]
Leo: Whoa, check this out. What the heck made these footprints?
[A loud roar is heard, followed by lasers. They looked over and saw a massive green gator mutant fighting the kraang. The mighty reptile used his sharp jaws and threw them aside.]
Donnie: I never thought I'd feel sorry for the Kraang.
[The Krang used a taser to tase the mighty crocodile.]
Kraang droid: Tell Kraang in what place can be found the power cell that Kraang wishes to find the place of.
Leatherhead: [roars.] Never!
[The Kraang tased him again. Meanwhile, Mikey felt sorry for the beast.]
Mikey: Come on, we gotta help him.
Raph: I think "gotta" is a strong word.
Leo: Mikey, we don't know anything about that guy. He could be way more dangerous than the Kraang.
Mikey: That gator dude needs our help. I can't wait around for you cowards.
Donnie: Do you know what you're getting into?
Mikey: Booyakashaaa!
[Mikey charges and wraps his Kusari blade at the Krang's arm and stabs right into its head.]
Raph: Well, I guess that settles it. Let's go whack some pinatas.
[They started to defeat the Kraang. The other Kraang started to drag the mutant away but Mikey kicked them away. The kraang aliens retreat.]
Donnie: So what do we do now?
Leo: We get out of here before more Kraangdroids show up.
Mikey: [holds Leatherhead's head] We can't just leave him here. What if the Kraang find him?
Leo: Well, what do you want to do? Take him back to the lair? [Mikey started whimpering.] Oh, no. Oh, no. Did... did you see what he did to those Kraangdroids? We are not bringing that monster home with us.
Mikey: He's not a monster! He's a giant, Kraang-crushing mutant alligator monster. I said monster, didn't I?
Turtles: Yep. Sure did.
Mikey: Well, you know what I meant.
Raph: I thought you meant monster.
Mikey: Fine. I'll bring him back myself.
[He begins to move the alligator but he can't budge because of his massive weight.]
Mikey: Um, Donnie, you don't happen to have a forklift, do you? No? Okay.
[He struggles again. Having no choice, the turtles take him in the lair. Later, Leatherhead is now resting in the living room.]
Raph: I can't believe we let him talk us into this.
Mikey: Aww, look at him. [puts a teddy bear with him] He's so peaceful.
Leo: That's because he's out cold.
[Donnie comes in with a chain.]
Mikey: Whoa, what are those for?
Donnie: We can't keep him here unless he's chained to something really big.
Mikey: That is so wrong. He's not going to hurt us. We're the ones who saved him. [suddenly the mutant's eyes open, his eyes completely white.] See? He's perfectly calm. I bet the first thing he's gonna do is thank-
[The mutant roars, throwing Mikey aside and rips the teddy bear apart into pieces.]
Donnie: Uh-oh.
Mikey: Or maybe the second thing.
[The alligator grabs Donnie's face and shakes the turtle around like a rag doll.]
Donnie: [Muffled] Wa-hoo! Get him off me! Get him off me!
Mikey: I'll help you, Donnie!
[Mikey grabs Donnie's waist with his chain.]
Donnie:[Muffled] NOT LIKE THAT NOT LIKE THAT!
[They scream and get thrown aside. Raph tackles him as Leo tases Leatherhead with a taser, dropping Raph and Donnie. The gator falls unconscious.]
Splinter: What is all this commotion?
Raph: Sensei, Mikey made us bring a mutant back to the lair, and it attacked us.
Mikey: It needs our help.
Raph: It's a dangerous monster.
Splinter: Raphael. There is no monster more dangerous than a lack of compassion. [the gator growls] My mistake.
Mikey: We're doing to him what everyone else does to us judging him by his looks.
Donnie: [in rage] And the fact that he had me BY THE FACE, MIKEY!
Mikey: But he was fighting the Kraang, Master Splinter. It's like you always say: The enemy of my enemy is my bro.
Splinter: That is not exactly what I said. But what's this about the Kraang?
Leo: They were trying to force him to tell them where they could find some power cell.
Splinter: And he refused to tell?
Mikey: Yeah. They were all like, "Zap, zap, zap," and he was all like, "Rawr, never!"
Splinter: Hmm. I see. You made a wise decision, Michelangelo.
Others: [baffled] Huh?
Splinter: Yes, I never thought I'd hear myself say that either. Hmm. [looks at the scar on Leatherhead's chest.] His scars run deep, but they protect a genuine heart. When he awakens, Michelangelo, you must find a way to befriend him.
Mikey: No problemo.
Splinter: We need to learn what he knows about the Kraang. In the meantime, you three try to find this power cell before the Kraang can.
Donnie: But we're still chaining him up, right?
Splinter: Of course. I am compassionate, not insane.
[Later on, Leo, Raph and Donnie are searching for the power cell of what remained of the droids in the sewers.]
Raph: [holds a can] I don't suppose this is a power cell.
Donnie: Quit goofing around, Raph.
[Raph tosses the can into the water.]
Leo: Hold on a second. If an alligator wanted to hide something, where would he put it?
Donnie: I'm thinking underwater. Alligators love to drag their prey to the bottom of swam- AGH! [Raph knocks Donnie into the water]
Leo: Thanks.
Raph: Don't mention it.
Donnie: [Resurfacing] Hey, this pool is deeper than it looks. It keeps going.
Leo: Well, sounds like we should- AGH! [gets knocked by Raph]
Raph: Way ahead of you.
[Meanwhile, Leatherhead wakes up.]
Leatherhead: Where am I?
[The mutant struggles to get free as he roars. Mikey arrives with a pot of soup.]
Mikey: [holding a pot] Well, look who's awake.
Leatherhead: You! Set me free!
Mikey: Oh, yeah, sorry about the chains. The guys said I had to keep you locked up or you might attack me.
Leatherhead: Who are you? What am I doing here?
Mikey: I'm Michelangelo. [offers a hand but Leatherhead almost bites him] My brothers and I saved you from the Kraang.
Leatherhead: [roars.] Kraang!
[The gator roared and struggled to get free.]
Mikey: Whoa, whoa! It's okay. You're safe. We brought you here so you could get better. And nothing will heal you faster than my world famous pizza noodle soup.
[Leatherhead sniffs and tastes it.]
Leatherhead: This is the best thing I have ever tasted.
Mikey: Really? All right! Somebody finally likes my cooking!
[Leo, Donnie and Raph emerged from the water. Raph shook the water off his skin.]
Raph: Sometimes it's good to be a turtle.
[A stop sign sized past. Luckily, Raph dodged by tucking his head in. Leo and Donnie scream.]
Raph: [pops his head out] And sometimes it's good to be a short turtle.
Donnie: The place is booby-trapped!
Leo: Run!
[They run away, triggering traps, screaming. Back at the lair, Mikey is fixing up the teddy bear with tape.;]
Mikey: So, what's your name, anyway?
Leatherhead: I do not have one.
Mikey: You don't have a name? Ha! Well, today's your lucky day, 'cause I'm a genius at naming stuff. Let's see.
[He takes a good look, checking his tail, jaws and his head.]
Mikey: Your head is kind of leathery. How about Headleather? Heather? No, wait! Leatherhead! Even better! Leatherhead.
Leatherhead: Leatherhead it is. Thank you.
Mikey: No problemo. It's what I do. So I've been wanting to ask you, why did you go all crazy-eyes on my brother Donnie?
Leatherhead: Your brother?
Mikey: Yeah. Instead of shaking his hand, you shook his face and most of his body.
[Flashbacks formed in Leatherhead's mind.]
Leatherhead: There are times when I lose control. When I awaken, I am horrified by what I have done. A monster like me deserves to be chained.
Mikey: Or maybe you just think you're a monster because everyone treats you that way.
Leatherhead: Hmm. You are wise beyond your years.
Mikey: Yeah, I get that a lot.
[The three turtles are still running, avoiding the traps and around the corner. Barrels came crashing down and they crashed right through the wall. They got up. Donnie then pushes a brick to reveal the power cell.]
Donnie: This thing's putting out some power. Whoa! [Gets electrocuted and crashes into the wall.] Why am I the one that always has to touch the weird Kraang stuff?
[Later]
Leo: Any idea what they would use it for?
Donnie: With the right components, it could power almost anything: Flashlight, blaster cannon, city on the moon.
Leo: Why would the gator even want this thing?
Raph: Let's bring it back home and ask him.
Donnie: Great, but who's gonna carry it through the water?
[Leo and Raph smile at him.]
Donnie: [in dismay] Aw, man.
Leo: I'm sure it'll be fine. But you go first, okay?
[Donnie raises his foot as he whimpers, Raph grabs his body and shakes him around. Donnie yelps.]
Donnie: Not funny!
[Don gets knocked into the water again by Raph as we go to the next scene.]
Mikey: Hey, guys. Leatherhead is totally off the chain.
[Raph, Donnie and Leo look at Mikey, reacting in horror and fury, believing that Mikey set him free.]
Raph: You mean you set him free?
Mikey: What? No. "Off the chain" means he's cool.
[The three turtles sighed in relief]
Mikey: And that's why I set him free.
[Leo, Raph and Donnie turn around to see Leatherhead, who is seen holding the pot and free from his chains. Everyone but Mikey and Leatherhead is horrified.]
Donnie: [with wide eyes] You let that maniac loose? Maybe you forgot that he grabbed me by the face. So I'll remind you. He grabbed me...BY THE FACE!
Raph: Relax. You've been hurt worse since.
Leo: Mikey, you shouldn't have unchained him. What if he goes berserk?
Mikey: He's not going to go berserk. He's totally mellow.
Leo: Okay. So, Leatherhead [chuckles.] about the Kraang.
Leatherhead: Kraang!
[His eyes go white and attack. Mikey jumps on him]
Mikey: Dude, chill! Chill! [to his brothers, upset] What were you thinking?
Leo: You said he was mellow!
Mikey: I didn't know you were going to ask him about the you-know-who.
Leo: Okay, what should I do?
Mikey: I don't know, maybe start with an icebreaker, like, "How was your day?"
Leo: Fine. [sighs.] Um... Leatherhead. How was your day?
Leatherhead:[looking glum] It started out awful.
Mikey: Yeah, you were attacked by the Kraang.
Leatherhead: [eyes turn white, roaring in rage again] Kraang!
Mikey: My bad. Yahh! [jumps on Leatherhead] Whoa, buddy! Cleansing breaths! Cleansing breaths. Cleansing breaths. You know you're in a safe place now, right?
Leatherhead: Yes.
Mikey: My brothers just want to ask you a few questions. Do you think you can handle that?
Leatherhead: [inhales deeply.] Yes.
Mikey: Okay. Now, what is it that you guys wanted to ask?
Donnie: Okay. W-w-we just want to know what this is.
[He holds the power cell. Leatherhead's eyes turned white and grabbed Donnie's face.]
Leatherhead: Thief!
Donnie:[muffled] OH, COME ON! This is not my day!
[Leatherhead roars. Leo and Raph start to go after him but get knocked. Raph jumps on Leatherhead and tries to take the power cell. Leatherhead slammed into Raph, using a death roll. Leo and Donnie try to restrain him but shakes them off. Leatherhead tried to bite Donnie.]
Mikey: Leatherhead, relax! It's okay!
[Leatherhead roars and steals the power cell.]
Mikey: No! Put that down! Whoa!
[Leatherhead knocks him down.]
Splinter: Stop!
[Leatherhead turns to see Splinter glaring at him in fury.]
Splinter: [furiously] Get away from my sons.
[Leatherhead roars and charges. Splinter dodged and managed to knock him back. Leatherhead roars as Splinter throws him back and tosses him.]
Splinter: Leave this place. Out!
[Growling, Leatherhead leaves grabbing the power cell.]
Splinter: Boys, are you all right?
Leo: Yeah. Yeah, we're okay.
Splinter: Where is Michelangelo?
Donnie: You don't think he went after Leatherhead, do you?
Leo: No. Only an idiot would...
[Leo's smile turns into a shock and surprise. Mikey was gone.]
Leo: Oh, boy.
[We learn that Michelangelo is searching for Leatherhead by himself as he runs through the sewers away to his trails.]
Mikey: Leatherhead! Leatherhead!
[Michelangelo watches something from off-screen. Cut to the abandoned train as dramatic music plays. Leatherhead listens to his music as he slowly calms down, until Michelangelo shows up.]
MIkey: [upset] Dude! Leatherhead, what's the big idea, man?
Leatherhead: You should not be here.
Mikey: I trusted you. Then you freak out and attack my entire family. I thought we were friends.
Leatherhead: I warned you that there is a dangerous force inside me that I cannot control. And that is why I must be alone.
[Mikey's brothers arrive.]
Raph: Leatherhead, get away from Mikey, or we'll turn you into the world's ugliest suitcase.
Leatherhead: Please! I mean him no harm. It was the Kraang that made me this way.
[Flashback shows the origins of Leatherhead. Right before his mutation, Leatherhead was just a baby crocodile raised by a young teenage boy. Despite his punk-ish appearance, the boy is seen as kind and caring.]
Leatherhead: I was raised by a kind human boy, until his parents discovered me and dumped me in the sewer.
[The boy's parents were displeased by seeing Leatherhead, they took him and dumped him to the toilet, where he was dumped into the sewers, where the Kraang found him as they took him to Dimension X and transformed him into a mutant.]
Leatherhead: The Kraang found me and took me to their dimension. They mutated me and subjected me to horrible experiments. But they could not break my spirit. Six months ago, I escaped through the portal that they used to travel to Earth, and I stole this.
[Flashback ends with Leatherhead holding the power cell.]
Donnie: What did they use it for?
Leatherhead: It powers the portal. Without it, no Kraang can enter or leave this dimension. I swore to keep it from them and spare this world from their evil, even at the cost of my own life.
[Unknown to him, The Kraang are approaching. The explosion crashed, causing the subway bus to lurch..]
Kraang droid: Give to Kraang the power cell that Kraang has come to demand that you give to Kraang.
Mikey: It's the Kraang!
Leo: Quick, barricade the doors!
[They begin to push them away from the subway train as Leatherhead holds them back. Leo came to help him as Mikey and Raph closed the door all the way. Chainsaws started to cut through as more of the Krang limbs moved on their own. Mikey yells as one of the Krang droids tries to find its head. More krang arms started to reach.]
Raph: We're surrounded.
Mikey: We'll never hold them off.
Leo: We gotta get out of here. Donnie, can you get this subway car running?
Donnie: This track is dead. There's no electricity.
Leo: What about the power cell? Can you use that?
Donnie: I might be able to hook it up to the motor, but I'll need time.
Leatherhead: I will buy you time. My friend, you have trusted me. Now I am trusting you. I will deal with the Kraang.
[Leatherhead gives the power cell to Mikey and starts to take on the battle the Kraang as Donnie starts to get to work on fixing the electricity cable.]
Leo: Donnie, we're running out of time.
Donnie: I'm working as fast as I can!
[More Krang started to burst through.]
Raph: Donnie, will you hurry up?
Donnie: I got it!
[The subway bus activates causing the Krang to be blown back.]
All: [screaming.]
[The subway bus stopped.]
Leo: Where the heck are we?
Donnie: According to my calculations [sniffs.] sewage plant?
Mikey: Wow. It's as beautiful as they say.
[The remaining Krang dragged himself and talked to his fellow alien friend.]
Kraang: We must notify Kraang, that the ones called the turtles have taken Kraang's power cell from Kraang.
[Glass shattered as Leatherhead approached them.]
Leatherhead: You won't be telling anyone anything. [roars.]