<Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Changing of the Guard" </Td> <Td> Steve In - Chang Ahn </Td> <Td> Tim Hedrick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> The Paladins must adjust to using only their lions until they can figure out a new means to form Voltron . As they free the people of Puiga, Zarkon's son Lotor takes over the empire in his place, and covertly begins a nefarious plan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Red Paladin" </Td> <Td> Chris Palmer </Td> <Td> May Chan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Team Voltron shuffle who now pilots which Lions: Keith takes the Black Lion, Lance takes over for Keith's Red Lion, and Allura is chosen by the Blue Lion . Lotor traps the Paladins over Puiga to study their team dynamic after Zarkon's defeat, and pulls out of battle after learning what he wants to know . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The Hunted" </Td> <Td> Eugene Lee </Td> <Td> Joshua Hamilton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Keith, in burning pursuit of Lotor, is easily tricked into following the prince to a storm planet where their sensors malfunction . Keith's blind pursuit causes everyone to separate, but Allura syncs with the Blue Lion and outmaneuvers Lotor to escape and form Voltron . Keith, now focused on his new responsibilities as leader, allows Lotor to escape so as to regroup . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Hole in the Sky" </Td> <Td> Chris Palmer </Td> <Td> Tim Hedrick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> The team comes across an Altean vessel lodged in a spacial anomaly and pass through it to study . Upon crossing, they find themselves in an alternate universe where the Alteans defeated the Galra 10,000 years ago and have conquered the known universe to "bring peace". They learn that a comet with multi-dimensional properties is made of the same material that makes up Voltron, and if the Alteans get it, they'll be able to conquer other realities . The team, alongside the Guns of Gamora, including Slav and Sven (Shiro's counterpart), work to steal the comet and return to their reality . Upon returning, Lotor takes the comet with ease from the tired Paladins . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 31 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "The Journey" </Td> <Td> Steve In - Chang Ahn </Td> <Td> Joshua Hamilton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Shiro wakes up with longer hair & facial hair in a Galra cruiser and escapes . Unbeknownst to him, the commander speaks of an "Operation: KURON" where they let him escape . Shiro then lands on an ice planet and meets two rebels who give him a shuttle . Shiro uses the shuttle to stealthily re-board the cruiser and makes his way to Voltron . After a week of open travel in space, Keith finds Shiro and takes him home . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 32 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Tailing a Comet" </Td> <Td> Chris Palmer </Td> <Td> Mitch Iverson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> Lotor and his four Generals attack a Galra base to steal a Teludav lense (from episode "Blackout") and the team barely survive a battle with Lotor's forces, where Keith realizes one of the generals is the Galra that was trapped in the Weblum . When Keith is confronted with the difficult choice of pursuing Lotor or destroying the Teludav, he tricks Lotor's generals into a shoot and miss, destroying the Teludav and leaving Lotor open to attack . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 33 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "The Legend Begins" </Td> <Td> Eugene Lee </Td> <Td> Tim Hedrick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> <P> At the Castle, Coran explains to everyone the true origin of Voltron and the Paladins: King Alfor and Zarkon, despite differences between their peoples, worked united in the defense of their kingdoms . When celebrating a battle victory on Zarkon's homeworld of Daibazaal, a comet lands not far from them made from multi-dimensional properties, which Alfor used to build Voltron . When evil erupted, Alfor & Zarkon came to pilot the Red and Black Lions respectively; with their friends Lady Trigel of the Dalterion Belt, Blaytz of Nalquod and Gyrgan of Rygnirath piloting the Green, Blue and Yellow Lions respectively . Zarkon's wife, Altean alchemist Honerva, had been poisoned by the close studies of Quintessence while studying the space rift which the comet came through . Zarkon then tricks the original Paladins into taking him and his wife into White Space (a reality of pure Quintessence) to restore his beloved wife, but it ended up killing them both . To close the portal for the protection of everyone, Alfor and the other paladins destroyed the Galran homeworld, Daibazaal . Afterwards, both Zarkon and Honerva were resurrected by Dark Quintessence from the other universe into the Emperor Zarkon and Witch Haggar they are today . The Galra immediately responded to their leader and attacked many planets . King Alfor was killed by the corrupted Zarkon after scattering the Lions across the universe, and Zarkon destroyed Altea . </P> Afterwards, the team pieces together Lotor's plan based on recent events: to gather the purest Quintessence possible from different universes . Haggar remembers what her husband did to revive her and restores Zarkon to consciousness . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No. in series </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Changing of the Guard" </Td> <Td> Steve In - Chang Ahn </Td> <Td> Tim Hedrick </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="5"> The Paladins must adjust to using only their lions until they can figure out a new means to form Voltron . As they free the people of Puiga, Zarkon's son Lotor takes over the empire in his place, and covertly begins a nefarious plan . </Td> </Tr>

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