History Recap / VoltronLegendaryDefenderS4E2

* WhipItGood: The bounty hunter dual wields energy whips.

* {{Adorkable}}: Matt is incredibly enthusiastic about his sister being a Paladin of Voltron.

* BaitAndSwitch: At first, it appears that Matt has been dead for some time, but then it turns out he's still alive.

Now that there's a lull in the fight against the Galra, Pidge takes off in the Green Lion to track down her brother. Throughout her search, she remenisces over her memories of her brother. An encounter with a black market arms dealer on a Galra-controlled planet gives her a lead on Te-osh, leader of the rebels who freed Matt from prison. She arrives at Te-osh's last known location to find the rebel cell under attack by the empire. While Pidge provides aid to the rebels on the moon of Kraydah , a bounty hunter hunting Matt ends up on Pidge's trail after interrogating the arms dealer she visited. The Galra attack the rebel ships again, and Te-osh's ship sustains heavy damage in the escape. Te-osh gives Pidge her transponder, along with the code for Matt's, before dying from her injuries. Pidge tracks Matt's transponder signal to a decaying planet, only to find a field of tombstones honoring fallen rebels.

As she kneels before her brother's grave, devastated by the knowledge that she was too late, she notices that his date of birth listed on the grave marker is in the wrong format. This allows her to figure out that the dates listed were actually formatted in a code Matt and their father had developed to communicate with each other under the Garrison's nose. Decoding the dates provides her with a set of coordinates, leading to the realization that Matt is still alive. She follows the coordinates to a listening post on a desolate planet. After she arrives, she's attacked by a masked warrior living in the base. The two fight until she knocks her opponent's mask off, revealing her brother. Amid their heartfelt reunion, the bounty hunter arrives and attacks them with electrified whips. Using their combined intelligence, the two siblings manage to defeat him.

* WretchedHive: The planet where Pidge meets with the black market arms dealer.

* BigNo: Pidge screams one as she reads the insription on Matt's gravemarker.

* BookCode: The Holt family encryption is a variant, with the numbers needing to be offset by a certain amount before matched to the book entries.

As she kneels before her brother's grave, devastated by the knowledge that she was too late, she notices that his date of birth listed on the grave marker is in the wrong format. This allows her to figure out that the dates listed were actually formatted in a code Matt and their father had developde to communicate with each other under the Garrison's nose. Decoding the dates provides her with a set of coordinates, leading to the realization that Matt is still alive. She follows the coordinates to a listening post on a desolate planet. After she arrives, she's attacked by a masked warrior living in the base. The two fight until she knocks her opponent's mask off, revealing her brother. Amid their heartfelt reunion, the bounty hunter arrives and attacks them with electrified whips. Using their combined intelligence, the two siblings manage to defeat him.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailer image for the episode on netflix shows Matt alive with Pidge in her Paladin armor, so the audience knows he's alive even when the episode leads to his grave.

MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Shiro and Keith are shown in Pidge's flashback at the Galaxy Garrison, cementing that their friendship predated Matt joining GG himself.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Te-osh gives Pidge her transponder and the tracking signal for Matt's before she dies.

* ImDyingPleaseTakeMacGuffin: Te-osh gives Pidge her transponder and the tracking signal for Matt's before she dies.

Now that there's a lull in the fight against the Galra, Pidge takes off in the Green Lion to track down her brother. Throughout her search, she remenisces over her memories of her brother. An encounter with a black market arms dealer on a Galra-controlled planet gives her a lead on Te-osh, leader of the rebels who freed Matt from prison. She arrives at Te-osh's last known location to find the rebel cell under attack by the empire. While Pidge provides aid to the rebels, a bounty hunter hunting Matt ends up on Pidge's trail after interrogating the arms dealer she visited. The Galra attack the rebel ships again, and Te-osh's ship sustains heavy damage in the escape. Te-osh gives Pidge her transponder, along with the code for Matt's, before dying from her injuries. Pidge tracks Matt's transponder signal to a decaying planet, only to find a field of tombstones honoring fallen rebels.

* WarMemorial: Pidge finds one on the planet she tracks Matt's transponder to.

* BaitAndSwitch: At first, it appears that Matt has been dead for some time, but then it turns out he's still alive.

* BadassBookworm: Matt has become one since being broken out of prison.
* BashBrothers: A half genderbent example with Pidge and Matt.

* DramaticUnmask: Pidge doesn't realize that the masked warrior attacking her is her brother until she knocks his mask off.

* Adorkable: Matt is incredibly enthusiastic about his sister being a Paladin of Voltron.

Now that there's a lull in the fight against the Galra, Pidge takes off in the Green Lion to track down her brother. An encounter with a black market arms dealer on a Galra-controlled planet gives her a lead on Te-osh, leader of the rebels who freed Matt from prison. She arrives at Te-osh's last known location to find the rebel cell under attack by the empire. While Pidge provides aid to the rebels, a bounty hunter hunting Matt ends up on Pidge's trail after interrogating the arms dealer she visited.
! Tropes featured in this episode:

! Tropes featured in this episode:
* SiblingTagTeam