History Recap / TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistanceS1E7TimeToMakeMyMove

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets for other puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it (which is a bit of an intentional TakeThat given some predictable critical reactions to the series that amount to "puppets are obsolete").

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets for other puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it (which is a bit of an intentional TakeThat given some critical reactions to the series that amount to "puppets are obsolete").

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets for other puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it (which is a bit of a intentional TakeThat given some critical reactions to the series that amount to "puppets are obsolete").

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets for other puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it.

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra's and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall meta]] moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it.

** skekVar the General lets a very small laugh out as Aughra powerlessly watches the Stonewood Gelflings being mind-controlled by the Arathim.

* EnemyMine: skekSo gains the Arathim Ascendancy to his side by promising to give the Caves of Grot back to them, without mentioning that they're corrupted by the Darkening.

Rian, Brea, Deet, Hup and Lore reach the Circle of the Suns where they're surprised to meet a benevolent Skeksis, skekGra the Heretic, as well as his Mystic counterpart urGoh the Wanderer. skekGra and urGoh put on a puppet show for the group, in which they gradually reveal their races' origins as the splintered urSkeks with the Darkening being a byproduct of the Crystal's corruption. They announce their desire to merge back into their unified form graGoh and need the Gelflings' help in using the Dual Glaive (a legendary weapon) to end the Skeksis' rule -- that desire got them banished by their brethren in the first place. As Rian's group set out to the Caves of Grot where the Dual Glaive is located, they are ambushed by skekMal who escapes with Brea after being mortally wounded by Mystic counterpart urVa. Meanwhile, keeping secret the fact that the Caves have been compromised by the Darkening, skekSo wins the Arathim Ascendancy's services by giving them back their ancestral home if they help put down the Stonewood Gelflings. The Ascendancy request Tavra as a host for their mind-controlling Arathim, which take over the Stonewood clan as they are preparing for battle and have them march to the Castle.

-->''"We have waited three hundred and seventy nine trines! We're doing the surprise, and you will be surprised!"''

* ShowWithinAShow: The opera and puppet show of skekGra's and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. The puppet show is certainly the most meta moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiastic about that kind of work (the film's primary demographic), and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it.

Rian, Brea, Deet, Hup and Lore reach the Circle of the Suns where they're surprised to meet a benevolent Skeksis, skekGra the Heretic, as well as his Mystic counterpart urGoh the Wanderer. skekGra and urGoh put on a puppet show for the group, in which they gradually reveal their races' origins as the splintered urSkeks with the Darkening being a byproduct of the Crystal's corruption. They announce their desire to merge back into their unified form graGoh and need the Gelflings' help in using the Dual Glaive (a legendary weapon) to end the Skeksis' rule. As Rian's group set out to the Caves of Grot where the Dual Glaive is located, they are ambushed by skekMal who escapes with Brea after being mortally wounded by Mystic counterpart urVa. Meanwhile, keeping secret the fact that the Caves have been compromised by the Darkening, skekSo wins the Arathim Ascendancy's services by giving them back their ancestral home if they help put down the Stonewood Gelflings. The Ascendancy request Tavra as a host for their mind-controlling Arathim, which take over the Stonewood clan as they are preparing for battle and have them march to the Castle.

* ShowWithinAShow: The puppet show of skekGra's and urGoh (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything. It's certainly the most meta moment of the whole series, with Deet representing the audiences who are enthusiast about that kind of work, and Brea and Rian representing those who are skeptical or dismissive of it.

* ShowWithinAShow: Certainly the most meta moment of the whole series, with skekGra's and urGoh's puppet show (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything.

* VomitDiscretionShot: Poor Hup gets airsick and throws up off-camera.

* PuppeteerParasite: The [=CrystalSinger=] Arathims, who latch onto faces and control the minds of their hosts.

* PuppeteerParasite: The [=CrystalSinger=] Arathims, who latch onto faces and take over the minds of their hosts.

* EvilLaugh: The episode closes with Emperor skekSo laughing evilly as he watches the mind-controlled Stonewood Gelflings being brought to the castle.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends on a Skeksis victory, with their Arathim allies mind-controlling the Gelflings of the Stonewood clan.

Rian, Brea, Deet, Hup and Lore reach the Circle of the Suns where they're surprised to meet a benevolent Skeksis, skekGra the Heretic, as well as his Mystic counterpart urGoh the Wanderer. skekGra and urGoh put on a puppet show for the group, in which they gradually reveal their races' origins as the splintered urSkeks with the Darkening being a byproduct of the Crystal's corruption. They announce their desire to merge back into their unified form graGoh and need the Gelflings' help in using the Dual Glaive (a legendary weapon) to end the Skeksis' rule. As Rian's group set out to the Caves of Grot where the Dual Glaive is located, they are ambushed by skekMal who escapes with Brea after being mortally wounded by Mystic counterpart urVa. Meanwhile, keeping secret the fact that the Caves have been compromised by the Darkening, skekSo wins the Arathim Ascendancy's services by giving them back their ancestral home if they help put down the Stonewood Gelflings. The Ascendancy request Tavra as a host for their mind-controlling Arathim, which take over the Stonewood as they are preparing for battle and have them march to the Castle.

* ShowWithinAShow: Perhaps the most meta moment of the whole series, with skekGra's and urGoh's puppet show (that's right, we have ''puppets puppeteering puppets'') to provide {{exposition}} about the origins of the Skeksis and Mystics and what the Gelflings have to do next to fix everything.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Maudra Fara fears that Seladon is turning into this as the new All-Maudra.