As the Paladins begin to regroup from their missions, Allura arrives on Balmera for a new crystal and things suddenly go wrong. The Robeast on the Balmera has reawakened, and needs to be stopped before it can wreck anymore havoc.
Tropes for this episode include the following:
- Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Realizing that they are close to beating Zarkon, the Paladins talk about what will happen afterwards. Pidge mentions that she could find her family, while Lance mentions that it means they could go home, back to Earth.
- And Then What?: The Paladins talk about what they'll do if they actually beat Zarkon. Lance and Hunk want to go home, but Pidge's family is still out there in space. Keith doesn't have much of an answer for what he would want to do, and lightly decides that he could also go searching for his family.
- Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?: Pidge asks the others what they are thinking about as they watch the sunset. Shiro of course answers "Zarkon" while Hunk says "Calzones".
- Backseat Driver: Keith tells Hunk what to do in order to avoid the Robeast's attack. Hunk yells, "Quit back-lion driving!"
- Beware the Nice Ones: Shiro is the calmest and most patient Paladin, but Slav just pushes so many of his buttons that he finally loses it when Slav complains about traveling by teludav. Even Pidge and Lance are surprised to see Shiro this angry.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Most of Team Voltron see Slav as a slight annoyance, but put up with his OCD because they need him for their plan to work.
- Chekhov's Gunman: The Olkari return, lending their technology, brains and land for the large teludav.
- Continuity Nod:
- Lance suggests they kick the Robeast in order to defeat it. You'd think he'd learned his lesson by now.
- Hunk still believes being attacked by food was the scariest thing to happen to him.
- Fantastic Racism: Allura continues to ignore Keith and only thanks Hunk for gathering the schaultrite. Hunk points out that Keith helped him, too.
- High-Pressure Emotion: This happens to Shiro when Slav complains about the group traveling by teladuv.
- Losing Your Head: The Balmeran Robeast returns without its head, but that doesn't seem to stop it from chasing the castle or battling the Lions.
- My God, You Are Serious!: With the Yellow Lion incapacitated, Hunk asks what Keith is planning on doing. He tells Hunk he's going to jump out and jet pack to the castle to get his lion. Hunk laughs saying "good one" until he hears the doors to his cockpit close and realizes that Keith wasn't joking.
- Oh, Crap!: This is Allura's reaction when the Robeast reawakens.
- Older Is Better: Slav asks why the castle uses ziplines when it has better forms of transportation. Allura grumpily responds that ziplines were fashionable ten thousand years ago.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Shiro is so annoyed by Slav that he shouts at the latter for his OCD and whining.
- Lance looks almost uncomfortable when Allura is treating him so warmly and outright refuses to acknowledge Keith.
