of Section 13, indicating their surveillance monitors; but
Shadowkhan, like vampires, do not photograph). Shendu/Valmont
(having learned the location of S13 in ep. #113) comes to
pay his respects to the “queen” and persuade her into joining
his dark fight: it is good to have a strong ally for one’s
cause (Valmont’s presence in Section 13 gives us some
Shendu/Valmont character comedy, as Valmont keeps trying to
persuade Shendu to “swing by the talisman vault” on the way
out; Shendu himself, of course, is focused on his new quest
and no longer desires the talismans).
While Shendu makes his pitch, Jackie has to figure out a way
to get close enough to Jade to splash Uncle’s antidote/potion
on her, and with an army of Shadowkhan guarding her, that
ain’t gonna be easy. So Jackie has to go undercover—as a
Shadowkhan. After some fun comedy beats as nice-guy Jackie
tries to blend in with the sinister Shadowkhan, our hero
gets within splashing distance of Queen Jade. But Shendu
spots him at the last moment, alerts Jade, and now, things
look grim for Jackie: the Shadowkhan grab him, the potion
gets spilled. But as Shendu encourages Jade to destroy
Jackie, our hero makes a final plea... and it gets past all
that evil to the goodness that is still in Jade’s heart.
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