document_title: Nashville (season 6)

question_text: sky living nashville season 6 how many episodes

text: Nashville (season 6)

text: Production[edit]

text: In April 2017, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a sixth season, with a 16-episode order.[4] In an interview following the fifth season finale, Marshall Herskovitz confirmed that actor Jeffrey Nordling would return as Jessie Caine's ex-husband Brad and that the new season would see the introduction of two new characters.[5] Filming began on September 27, 2017.[6] Five new major recurring cast members were announced in November 2017. On November 17, 2017, it was confirmed that it would be the series's final season.[1]

text: The sixth season premiere was available on Hulu in the evening hours of December 19, 2017, and removed 24 hours later.[7] Episodes air an hour and two hours later on the Paramount Network and TV Land, following the initial airing on CMT.[8] TVLand discontinued reruns of the series after episode five.[9]

text: The season, like season five, will be aired in two parts with the final eight episodes airing in the summer.[10][11]The final eight episodes will return on June 7 and the season will wrap on July 26, 2018.[12]

text: The season wrap party was held on April 7, 2018.[13] Filming wrapped on the finale three days later.[14]

text: Cast[edit]

text: Regular[edit]

text:
Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes
Clare Bowen as Scarlett O'Connor
Chris Carmack as Will Lexington
Charles Esten as Deacon Claybourne
Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley
Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott
Lennon Stella as Maddie Conrad
Maisy Stella as Daphne Conrad
Kaitlin Doubleday as Jessie Caine
Jeffrey Nordling as Brad Maitland

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Ed Amatrudo as Glenn Goodman
Kourtney Hansen as Emily
Andi Rayne and Nora Gill as Cadence Barkley
David Alford as Bucky Dawes
Josh Stamberg as Darius
Jake Etheridge as Sean
Rainee Lyleson as Alannah
Nic Luken as Jonah Ford
Dylan Arnold as Twig
Ilse DeLange as Ilse de Witt
Mia Maestro as Rosa
Ronny Cox as Gideon

text: Guest[edit]

text:
Cameron Scoggins as Zach Welles
Rhiannon Giddens as Hallie Jordan
Elaina Smith as herself
Nancy O'Dell as herself
Steve Earl as himself[15]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
(millions)

Part 1

109
1
"New Strings"
Timothy Busfield
Scott Saccoccio
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19) (online)
January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04) (CMT)
0.87[16]

Maddie has been invited to play a concert on New Year's Eve and a singer named Jonah Ford is also on the guest list. Juliette has been planning her new album launch which will kick off with a performance at the Bridgestone Arena. She has been given a second chance at Highway 65 but audience members start holding up signs and booing her. She tells them off and explains that if they knew the real her they would not like her before walking off stage. During a trip away with Avery, she runs into Darius, who says he is someone on her journey. Juliette is awake at 2AM, and finds a commercial of Darius talking about giving up addictions, and allowing access to your kingdom. Glenn tells Juliette that Darius tried to contact her at 2AM. She accuses Darius of stalking her, he refutes that it was fate; he recognizes the pain in her and wants to help her change her life. Scarlett tells Maddie she misses who she was. Zach encourages Deacon to date. Juliette meets Darius who says he does not run a cult, but a way to help the mind. On New Year's Eve, Gunnar tries to perform but freezes and gets help from Will. Juliette goes on radio, and announces she struggles with depression, and is cancelling her tour/album. Juliette calls Darius and tells him "I'm ready".
Songs: "Is There Anybody Out There" (sung by Juliette); "Don't Come Easy" (sung by Will); "What It's Made For" (sung by Maddie); "Never Come Back Again" (sung by Gunnar)

110
2
"Second Chances"
Mike Binder
Jesse Zwick
January 11, 2018 (2018-01-11)
0.78[17]

Scarlett tells Deacon to ask Jessie out and he does. Maddie is upset Jonah has not texted her back right away. Will wants to sing with Gunnar again. Juliette tells Avery she is getting help from Darius. She then goes to build a house with Darius' coherent philosophy and is told to give the community 30% of her salary. Scarlett says she does not miss Gunnar, but does not want to sing anymore. Juliette spends the night with Darius' people. Daphne talks to Jake about their parents dating. Will and Gunnar take Avery to a venue and make them perform with him; they all have fun and want it to be a regular gig. Deacon and Jessie's date does not go well, but they end up kissing. Darius tells Juliette she has to leave her family and her career because she cannot be truly happy. Scarlett says she wants to help people away from music. Juliette comes home and looks blankly at Avery.
Songs: "Ain't No Normal" (sung by Scarlett); "Right Where You Want Me" (sung by Will and Gunnar); "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" (sung by Will, Gunnar, and Avery)

111
3
"Jump Then Fall"
Allan Arkush
Savannah Dooley
January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)
0.73[18]

Zach tells Deacon he's leaving to pursue a senate bid. Juliette forces Avery to meet Darius. Deacon and Jessie talk about their relationship status and how to tell their kids when Daphne runs into them. Maddie parties and sings with Jonah and his entourage. The papparazi ambushes Maddie and Jonah and stirs up emotions. Darius makes Juliette feel bad about singing. Will has a problem performing when he tries to hookup with someone, which is later diagnosed as a result of him taking steroids. The doctor tells him to stop taking them, but he doesn't even when he gets caught by Gunnar. Avery tries to tell Juliette he doesn't think Darius is good for her, but she doesn't want to hear it. Scarlett talks to Jessie about her and Deacon's relationship. Daphne tells Maddie she hates Jessie and Deacon dating because it means Rayna is really gone. Scarlett sees a commercial for equine therapy that helps troubled teens. Deacon and Jessie go on a date, while Daphne sings her feelings.
Songs: "Come and Find Me" (sung by Daphne); "Different Kind of Hot" (sung by Jonah); "Will You Feel The Same" (sung by Maddie and Jonah); "I Always Will" (sung by Juliette)

112
4
"That's My Story"
Lily Mariye
Geoffrey Nauffts
January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)
0.80[19]

Scarlett wants to be a part of equine therapy. Daphne has to dissect a frog with Jake. Bucky wants to manage the guys' band, and he gives them a slot at Winterfest. Juliette tells Avery she wants to change her life. Jake insults Deacon offending Daphne; she later tells Maddie which prompts Maddie to bring up her taking Deacon to court. Juliette goes to Darius' headquarters and hears people crying hysterically behind closed doors, Darius tells her it is the next stage called witnessing. He has her flashback to her childhood where she sees stacks of money, sees an old man, and Jolene. She eventually has to stop. Scarlett has trouble at the horse farm, where she meets Sean. Avery tells Deacon Juliette is acting like a friend he had who got involved in a cult and was changed forever. Juliette flashes back with Darius and the cult again, and it is revealed that Jolene was paid for men to rape Juliette. Deacon encourages Will, Gunnar, and Avery to stop fighting and play music. Jessie and Deacon bond. Darius tells Juliette she'll never be the same again once it is all over.
Songs: "My Arms" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar); "Tearin' Up My Heart" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar); "Wandering Roads" (sung by Hallie and Deacon)

113
5
"Where the Night Goes"
Devon Gummersall
Liberty Godshall
February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
0.72[20]

Deacon and Jessie go on a date, and afterwards things get serious but they realize they need protection, so Deacon is later seen buying condoms. The guys realize they need a girl for the band and they eventually find Alannah. Juliette tells Avery her whole life would have been different if not for her rape, including her relationship. Jonah's ex makes a diss track about Maddie. Darius tells Juliette she is a narcissist who never needed her fame, Avery, or her kid, and that she needs to give back by attending an outreach program in Bolivia and that her daily life can't dilute her awakening. Gunnar wants to date Alannah. Avery doesn't want Juliette to go to Bolivia, but she won't change her mind. Maddie and Jonah fight and Maddie later talks with Deacon about him. Juliette tells Avery she doesn't need him to save her. Deacon and Jessie try to have sex but Deacon breaks down crying. He says the girls seem to be doing fine, so he thinks that means he should move on, but he can't. Juliette wakes up in the middle of the night, tells Avery he deserves someone normal and they kiss. Deacon tells Jessie not to give up on him and that he feels close to her. Avery wakes up the next day and Juliette is gone, Cadence is by herself, no Juliette. He looks around but she is gone, he calls her but it goes straight to voicemail - she has left for Bolivia without telling him.
Songs: "Looking for the Light" (sung by Deacon); "Sweet Revenge" (sung by Alannah); "Go With It" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar); "Hold On (Not Leaving You Behind) (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar, and Alannah)

114
6
"Beneath Still Waters"
Dan Lerner
Troy Putney
February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
0.66[9]

Daphne struggles to accept Deacon and Jessie's relationship; the new edition to the boys' band becomes a hit; Gunnar falls back into old habits; Scarlett takes an interest in a veteran undergoing equine therapy.
Songs: "Raised On a Song" (sung by Scarlett); "The Only Way to Get There" (sung by Sean); "Love is Loud" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar, and Alannah); "River Swimming" (sung by Alannah)

115
7
"Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound"
Allan Arkush
Tim Olshefski
February 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)
0.71[21]

Maddie is going to Miami with Jonah. Bucky tells the group that reporters want to talk to Alannah alone, but she denies them and says the reporters have to talk to the whole band. Maddie and Jonah make it to Miami with Twig. Deacon and Jessie go to an open house show and tell to watch Daphne and Jake perform. Avery and Cadence are at the airport to pick up Juliette, but she's not there. Avery can't find Juliette and when he calls the cult headquarters in Bolivia, they aren't any help. They just tell him Juliette is safe, they can't say anything else, and that she can call him whenever she'd like. Brad causes tension between Jessie, Deacon, and the kids. Gunnar tries to find out more about Alannah from her. The band and Alannah give an interview, but they only care about asking Alannah about her life and talking to her; Brad tries to poach her. Daphne sees a commercial for an American Idol-esque show, and she wants to join it, but Deacon says they have better plans for her when she's ready. The teens pull out some drugs, Maddie doesn't want any, but they force Twig to have some. Deacon tells Avery he should go get her. Deacon and Jessie have sex. Will is exercising and collapses. Avery finally sees Juliette. She says she chose not to call him, and that she's not herself anymore, but she's now more herself than she's ever been. She goes on to say she can't have anything to do with him or her old life until she fills the hole in her heart. Avery tries to take her home, but she yells and say she's not coming home. Avery gets on his knees begging her to come back with him, and she says she's already made her decision. Avery gets up, hurt, now realizing who Juliette is, and walks out.
Songs: "Unravel" (sung by Daphne); "Smoking the Boys" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar, and Alannah) "Face the Sun" (sung by Deacon); "

116
8
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"
Michael Lohmann
Scott Saccoccio
February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)
0.80[22]

Daphne auditions for a singing competition. Scarlett invites Sean to see live music and he has a breakdown, but later calms down when singing by himself. Avery tells Deacon that he is done caring, and he no longer cares about his wife anymore. Brad tries to send Jake to boarding school, which causes stress between Jessie and Deacon. Brad tries to forcibly take him away, but Deacon pushes him against the wall, and Brad tells him he just assaulted him. The Lost Highways get invited to perform on The Chew, but halfway through the performance, Will collapses. As the EMTS work on him, Gunnar and Avery are horrified to hear Will has no pulse.
Songs: "Face the Sun" (sung by Deacon); "Dear Fear" (sung by Daphne); "Hard Days" (sung by Will, Avery, Gunnar, and Alannah); "Take Myself Out" (sung by Jenny); "Bring Me An Angel" (sung by Sean)

Part 2

117
9
"Pick Yourself Up"
TBA
TBA
June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)
TBD

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"New Strings"
January 4, 2018
0.2
0.87[16]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2
"Second Chances"
January 11, 2018
0.1
0.78[17]
0.4
1.09
0.5
1.87[23]

3
"Jump Then Fall"
January 18, 2018
0.1
0.73[18]
0.3
0.89
0.4
1.62[24]

4
"That's My Story"
January 25, 2018
0.2
0.80[19]
0.2
1.03
0.4
1.84[25]

5
"Where the Night Goes"
February 1, 2018
0.1
0.72[20]
0.3
1.01
0.4
1.73[26]

6
"Beneath Still Waters"
February 8, 2018
0.1
0.66[9]
0.3
0.99
0.4
1.65[27]

7
"Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound"
February 15, 2018
0.1
0.71[21]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

8
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"
February 22, 2018
0.2
0.80[22]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

text: Ratings - TVLand[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)

1
"New Strings"
January 4, 2018
0.1
0.36[16]

2
"Second Chances"
January 11, 2018
0.1
0.37[17]

3
"Jump Then Fall"
January 18, 2018
N/A
N/A

4
"That's My Story"
January 25, 2018
0.1
0.35[19]

5
"Where the Night Goes"
February 1, 2018
0.1
0.31[20]


document_title: Hunger Strike (song)

question_text: who sings temple of the dog hunger strike

root

text: Hunger Strike (song)

text: Origin and recording[edit]

text: "Hunger Strike" was written by vocalist Chris Cornell. It features a duet between Cornell and vocalist Eddie Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively."[2] "Hunger Strike" became Temple of the Dog's breakout single; it was also Vedder's first featured vocal on a record.[3]

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text: Cornell on the song:

text: When we started rehearsing the songs, I had pulled out "Hunger Strike" and I had this feeling it was just kind of gonna be filler, it didn't feel like a real song. Eddie was sitting there kind of waiting for a (Mookie Blaylock) rehearsal and I was singing parts, and he kind of humbly—but with some balls—walked up to the mic and started singing the low parts for me because he saw it was kind of hard. We got through a couple choruses of him doing that and suddenly the light bulb came on in my head, this guy's voice is amazing for these low parts. History wrote itself after that, that became the single.[4]

text: Guitarist Mike McCready on the song:

text: I remember thinking that this was a really beautiful song when I heard it. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) showed me the riff. I had a '62 reissue Strat and I wanted to use the fourth-position tone setting—between the bridge and middle pickups—for the beginning of the song because I like that softer sound. Then I kicked it to the front pickup for the heavier part of the song. This is one of many amazing songs written by Chris.[5]

text: Eddie Vedder on the song:

text: It was during that same week that I was up there [In Seattle rehearsing with Pearl Jam]. Day four maybe, or day five, they did a Temple [of the Dog] rehearsal after our afternoon rehearsal. I got to watch these songs, and watch how Chris [Cornell] was working, and watch Matt [Cameron] play drums. It got to "Hunger Strike" — I was sitting in the corner, putting duck tape on a little African drum. About two-thirds of the way though, he was having to cut off the one line, and start the other. I'm not now, and certainly wasn't then, self-assured or cocky, but I could hear what he was trying to do, so I walked up to the mic — which I'm really surprised I did - and sang the other part, "Going hungry, going hungry." The next time I was up, he asked if I'd record it — so it was just me and Chris in the same studio that we made [1991's] Ten record. I really like hearing that song. I feel like I could be real proud of it — because one, I didn't write it, and two, it was such a nice way to be ushered onto vinyl for the first time. I'm indebted to Chris time eternal for being invited onto that track.[6]

text: That was the first time I heard myself on a real record. It could be one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever been on — or the most meaningful.[7]

text: Release and reception[edit]

text: In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, Badmotorfinger and Ten. A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single. "Hunger Strike" became the most successful song from Temple of the Dog on the American rock charts. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number seven on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Jim Guerinot, A&M's senior VP of marketing at the time, said, "I don't think that anyone would have paid attention if 'Hunger Strike' wasn't a great song."[8] It still receives regular radio play on many hard rock radio stations.

text: Outside the United States, the single was released in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In Canada, the song reached the top 50 on the Canadian Singles Chart. "Hunger Strike" reached the top 60 in the UK.

text: David Fricke of Rolling Stone said, "Cornell and Vedder . . . turn its four minutes into a veritable opera of rock-star guilt. . . . Cornell turns on the Robert Plant-style napalm full blast, but it is Vedder's scorched introspection that brings the conscience in the song to a full boil. 'Hunger Strike' was his first starring vocal on record; it is still one of his best."[9]

text: Music videos[edit]

text: The original music video for "Hunger Strike" was directed by Paul Rachman who also directed the 2006 punk documentary American Hardcore. A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single, with an accompanying music video. The video features the band performing the song on a beach and in a forest. The video was filmed at Discovery Park in Seattle, Washington. The West Point Lighthouse is featured in the video. There are two different versions of the video for the track. The music video is playable in the video game Guitar Hero Live.

text: The music video for the 2016 mix, also directed by Rachman, was filmed at an abandoned elementary school on March 7, 1991. Only Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder appeared in the video. It premiered on Vevo on September 2, 2016.

text: Live performances[edit]

text: "Hunger Strike" was first performed live at the band's November 13, 1990 concert in Seattle, Washington at the Off Ramp Café.[10] In the time since the album's release, the band reformed for short live performances on four occasions where both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were performing. Temple of the Dog performed "Hunger Strike" on October 3, 1991 at the Foundations Forum in Los Angeles, California;[10] October 6, 1991 at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood for the RIP Magazine 5th anniversary party;[11] August 14, 1992 at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, Virginia; and September 13, 1992 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Irvine, California (both shows were part of the Lollapalooza festival series in 1992).[12] Pearl Jam has played the song, without Cornell, on several occasions, most notably during the 1996 tour.

text: Temple of the Dog reunited to perform the song during a Pearl Jam show at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California on October 28, 2003. Vedder and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney performed a rendition of "Hunger Strike" that is viewable as an easter egg on disc 1 of the Pearl Jam Live at the Garden DVD. Chris Cornell performed the song live several times with Audioslave, Brad Wilk singing Vedder's parts. Pearl Jam also performed the song in Antwerp and Barcelona in 2006 with Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother singing Cornell's parts. Cornell added "Hunger Strike" to his solo live set in 2007.[13][14] Cornell also performed the song on Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour singing Vedder's part with Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington joining in to sing Cornell's part.

text: On October 6, 2009, Pearl Jam played in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre. They were joined onstage by Cornell to perform the song.[15]

text: On September 3 and 4, 2011 Pearl Jam played at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre as part of the PJ20 destination weekend in celebration of the band's 20 years together, Cornell joined onstage to perform the song as well as several other lengthy Temple of the Dog and Mother Love Bone tracks.

text: At the Bridge School Benefit on October 25 and 26, 2014 Pearl Jam were once again joined onstage with Cornell to play the song.[16] The October 26 concert marked the last time that Vedder and Cornell performed the song together.[17]

text: On July 22, 2015 Halestorm and Corey Taylor performed this song during the 2015 Alternative Press Music Awards.[18]

text: On August 9, 2015 Zac Brown Band performed this song during the final show of their three night stand at Boston's Fenway Park.

text: The original members of Temple of the Dog (minus Vedder), performed the song during the band's first tour in the fall of 2016 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their self-titled album,[19][20] with the crowd singing Vedder's parts. "It was one of the most emotional moments in the show", Cornell said.[21] During the concert at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on November 21, 2016, Chris Cornell dedicated the song to Eddie Vedder and asked for the crowd to sing Vedder's part.[22]

text: Cover versions[edit]

text: "Hunger Strike" was recorded by Halestorm and released as part of their 2011 Reanimate: The Covers EP.

text: Seventh Day Slumber also covered "Hunger Strike" on their 2015 Redline (EP) with Kevin Young from Disciple singing Eddie Vedder's first verse and then switching to sing Chris Cornell's high parts.

text: In memory of Chris Cornell during his remembrance at Rock on the Range 2017 in Columbus, OH on 5/19/2017 - "Hunger Strike" was performed by Corey Taylor and Christian Martucci, with supporting vocals from the thousands in attendance. "Wish you Were Here" was also performed by the members of Stone Sour to celebrate Cornell's memory.

text: In remembrance and honor of Chris Cornell, Umphrey's McGee covered 'Hunger Strike' on 5/18/2017 at the NorVa in Norfolk, VA . the song was performed within their own song, Der Bluten Kat to open the second set.

text: Track listing[edit]

text: All songs written by Chris Cornell, except where noted: 7" vinyl (Germany and UK), 7" promotional vinyl (UK), CD (Australia), and Cassette (UK)

text:
"Hunger Strike" – 4:03
"All Night Thing" – 3:52

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text: 12" vinyl (UK), 12" promotional vinyl (UK), CD (Germany and UK), and Promotional CD (UK)

text:
"Hunger Strike" – 4:03
"Your Saviour" – 4:02
"All Night Thing" – 3:52

text: Promotional CD (Canada) and Promotional CD (US)

text: "Hunger Strike" – 4:03

text: Promotional Cassette (US)

text:
"Hunger Strike" – 4:03
"Say Hello 2 Heaven" (excerpt)
"Pushin Forward Back" (excerpt) (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Cornell)
"Reach Down" (excerpt)

text: Chart positions[edit]

text:
Chart (1992)
Peak
position

Canada Top Singles (RPM)[23]
50

New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24]
47

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25]
51

US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[26]
4

US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[27]
7

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text:
Chart (2017)
Peak
position

US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[28]
16

US Rock Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[29]
8


document_title: Restaurant management

question_text: who is responsible for running a kitchen when the executive chef is absent

text: Restaurant management

text: Responsibilities[edit]

text: Administration[edit]

text: The Owner (or proprietor) is the person responsible for the business in general.

text: The General Manager or Operations Manager (may also be called the Managing Partner if he owns a stake in the business) is the person who operates the restaurant for the owner.

text: The Assistant Manager or Administrative Assistant manages the office and business aspect of the restaurant, is responsible for Human Resources (including payroll), financial and taxation documentation, and all record management.

text: Front-of-the-House Management[edit]

text: The Maître d'hôtel (or Manager) is entirely responsible for all front-of-the-house operations, manages staff who give services to customers and allocate the duties of opening and closing the restaurant. He or she is responsible for making sure his or her staff is following the service standards and health and safety regulations. He or she is the most important person in the front-of-the-house environment, since it is up to him or her to motivate the staff and give them job satisfaction. He or she looks after and guides the personal well-being of the staff, since it makes the work force stronger and more profitable, and works with other executive management officers such as the Executive Chef and the Owner.

text: The Beverage Manager (or Bar Manager, Bartender) is responsible for all the beverage, beverage service and bar operations of the restaurant. He or she reports directly to the Maître d'hôtel (Manager). Beverage managers order bar inventory, maintain and track inventory, issue bar stock, and schedule bar service personnel. Often a bar manager will have prior experience as a bartender. Often, a beverage manager will have extensive knowledge of beverages that include wine, beer, and spirits.

text: Back-of-the-House Management[edit]

text: The Executive Chef usually operates in corporate restaurant companies. He or she is entirely responsible for all back-of-the-house operations, and works with other executive management officers such as the Maitre d'Hôtel and the Owner .

text: The Chef de Cuisine (or Executive Sous Chef) manages the kitchen staff working in the kitchen and creates the menus in absence of the Executive Chef.

text: The kitchen is often referred to as the heart of the restaurant . They create the menu and "specials" as well as order the products needed for the menu recipes. Managing the kitchen staff helps to control food timing, quality, and cost. Kitchen management involves, most importantly, cost control and budgeting.

text: The Sous Chef (or Kitchen Manager) oversees the daily kitchen operations. He or she acts also as the Chef de Cuisine when he or she is not in the restaurant.

text: The Head Cook is the Head Preparation Chef who supervises food preparation (prep).

text: The Head Station Chef (or Head/Lead Line Chef/Cook) supervises the cooking or "work" of your menu order and the "push" to ensure your entire table will receive their order at the same time.


document_title: Derek Shepherd

question_text: when does derek get in a car accident

question_tokens: when does derek get in a car accident

text: Derek Shepherd

text: Storyline[edit]

text: Derek arrives at Seattle Grace Hospital as the new Head of Neurosurgery from New York City. He is a Bowdoin College graduate[2] and attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons alongside his childhood best friend Mark Sloan and ex-wife Addison Montgomery and Private Practice characters Naomi Bennett and Sam Bennett. Derek was a student of Dr. Richard Webber and was enticed to come with an "offer he couldn’t refuse"[3] – the position of Chief of Surgery, which he eventually turned down. He specializes in highly complex tumors and conditions of the brain and spine[4][5][6] and came to Seattle Grace with a reputation for taking on "lost causes" and "impossible" cases[7] that most of his peers would turn down. As an attending he is both well-liked and feared — well-liked by patients and his scrub nurses for his compassion and gentlemanly bedside manner and feared by interns and residents who are intimidated by his reputation and high standards.[4][8] He is passionate about his job and has been known to expel staff or remove interns and residents (or at least threaten them) from his service for being disrespectful about patients or if he deems their attitude to be detrimental to his patient's well-being.[9][10][11][8]

text: Derek first meets Meredith Grey at a bar, and soon finds out that she is an intern at Seattle Grace. They begin to have feelings for one another and it causes some awkwardness at work, particularly after her supervising resident Dr. Miranda Bailey discovers their relationship. Meredith's housemates and fellow interns George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens both antagonized her for some time as they felt she was using her relationship with Derek to further her career. He generally tolerated them despite his dislike of sharing his living space with the interns who worked under him. While most of his family members accepted Meredith, his sister, Nancy, particularly disliked her and repeatedly called her "the slutty intern";[12] as of season nine she still refuses to speak to Meredith or acknowledge her as her sister-in-law.[13] His mother Carolyn approved as she felt Meredith's gray perspective of life complemented Derek's tendency to see everything in black and white.[14]

text: Derek's background was generally a mystery for the first season and source of speculation amongst his colleagues due to his sudden departure from an established and highly respected practice in New York. In the season one finale, his past eventually catches up with him when his estranged wife Addison moves to Seattle and is offered a position by Dr. Webber. Shortly thereafter, his childhood best friend Mark joins Seattle Grace as the new head of plastic surgery. Derek and Addison attempt to repair their marriage but attempts were futile. Since their divorce they have remained on amicable terms, with Addison even admonishing Meredith for breaking up with Derek in season three. In the Private Practice episode "Ex-Life" Derek finally tells Addison that his mother never liked her in the first place. He admits to Meredith that Addison cheating on him with Mark was partly his fault as an absentee husband.[15] Addison eventually leaves Seattle for a private practice in Los Angeles, spawning the spin-off Private Practice. In the season eight episode "If/Then", Meredith dreams of an alternate universe where her mother never had Alzheimer's; Derek and Addison are still married but their strained relationship and Shepherd's disillusionment causes his career to stagnate, earning him the nicknames "Bad Shepherd" and "McDreary".

text: When Derek is offered the Chief of Surgery position for the second time, he persuades the board to keep Dr. Webber on the staff. During the merger of Seattle Grace with Mercy West their relationship sours when Derek disagreed with Richard's handling of the merger and Richard begins to display uncharacteristic behavior, not unnoticed by his fellow surgeons. Derek learns from Meredith that Richard has since resumed drinking and feels forced to have him removed as Chief of Surgery. With mixed feelings, Derek offers him an ultimatum: go into rehab and possibly pick up where he left off after, or quit completely.

text: In seasons three and four, Meredith and Derek's relationship becomes rocky and they each take time to date other people. Derek's plans to propose were ruined by a series of unfortunate events in season five. In the season finale, they decide to give their planned wedding to Alex and Izzie. Due to their tight schedule, they instead informally marry and Derek writes down their "promises" on a post-it note. They legalize their marriage in season seven in order to adopt Zola, a young African orphan treated for spina bifida.[16] They briefly separate after Meredith tampers with their Alzheimer's trial, jeopardizing her career and tarnishing Derek's reputation. Zola is taken away from Meredith after a social worker finds out she and Derek are living separately. In later seasons, Derek often griped about how his subsequent interns and residents – mainly Lexie Grey, Shane Ross and Heather Brooks – did not quite measure up to Meredith.[4][10] The social worker comes back and announces they are the official parents of Zola. As Meredith nears the end of her fifth year of residency, she and Derek are torn between staying at Seattle Grace Mercy West or leaving for Boston where Derek would work at Harvard while Meredith would be at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

text: Following his rescue from the plane crash that killed Mark and Lexie, Derek learns that he may only regain 80 percent of his hand's function. He comes to terms with the fact that his career as a surgeon may be over and is grateful that he is alive. When Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), head of orthopedic surgery, tells him a more risky surgery could give him back full function of his hand or reduce its function if it goes wrong, he agrees, accepting the possibility of never again holding a scalpel. Derek recovers well and Callie clears him to return to work, but it is still weeks later that he feels ready to operate. Derek, Callie and fellow resident Jackson Avery decide to do nerve transplant for his hand. Meredith, newly pregnant with their second child, goes behind his back and calls his sisters so they can donate a nerve to him. Lizzie (Neve Campbell), Derek's younger sister, agrees to donate a nerve and the surgery is a success.

text: Derek and Meredith's marriage is strained after he accepted an invitation from the President to participate in the Brain-Mapping Initiative. He went back on his promise to her that he would not add to his current workload in order to devote time to their two young children and allow her the chance to establish her career as a full-fledged attending. Eventually he was offered a position at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, D.C., but Meredith puts her foot down and refuses to leave her hometown and uproot their young family. His youngest sister Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) takes over his position at Grey Sloan. Meanwhile, he and Meredith fight bitterly on and off over whether they should move. After a bad argument, he accepts the job in the heat of the moment and leaves for Washington. While there, he and Meredith talk things out over the phone and come to a mutual conclusion that they both did not want to end their marriage. He tells her that just being with her, raising their children and operating on patients was more satisfying than "saving the world".

text: In season 11, Derek is involved in a fatal car accident while driving to the airport for his final trip to Washington. He is able to hear and process auditory input, but unable to speak. He is recognized by Winnie, one of the victims of a crash he assisted in earlier, who tells the surgeons that their patient's name is Derek and that he is a surgeon as well. The hospital he was taken to was understaffed and his head injury was not detected quickly enough by the interns on duty that night. Although the neurosurgeon on call is paged multiple times, he takes too long to arrive and Derek is declared brain dead. Police arrive at Meredith's door and take her to see Derek, where she consents to removing him from life support. At the time of his death, Meredith was pregnant with their third child. She gives birth to a daughter whom she names Ellis after her mother.

text: Derek was mentioned or referenced to a number of times in season 12 as the other characters struggle to cope with his sudden death. In the episode "My Next Life", Meredith had a flashback of their first ever surgery together when a patient named Katie Bryce was admitted to the hospital with a brain aneurysm. Amelia took his death especially hard as he was the sibling she was closest to. At the end of the season, prior to her wedding to Derek's long-time colleague Owen Hunt, Amelia goes on a nervous rant about how Derek was supposed to be the one to give her away, him having given away their three other sisters at their weddings.

text: Development[edit]

text: Casting and creation[edit]

text: When Patrick Dempsey auditioned for the role of Derek Shepherd, he was afraid that he was not going to get the part. Creator Shonda Rhimes' first reaction was: "The very first time I met him, I was absolutely sure that he was my guy. Reading the lines of Derek Shepherd, Patrick had a vulnerable charm that I just fell for. And he had amazing chemistry with Ellen Pompeo." Rhimes admitted that Dempsey's dyslexia threw her at first, particularly at the first few table readings: "I did not know about Patrick's dyslexia in the beginning. I actually thought that he didn't like the scripts from the way he approached the readings. When I found out, I completely understood his hesitation. Now that we all know, if he is struggling with a word, the other actors are quick to step up and help him out. Everyone is very respectful."[citation needed] Isaiah Washington also auditioned for the part and when he did not get it, he said his reaction was like "I'd been kicked in the stomach by 14 mules." Washington was, however, later cast as Preston Burke.[17] Rob Lowe was also considered to portray Shepherd but turned the role down.[18] Some of the character's medical cases were inspired by real-life patients of Steve Giannotta, Chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, whom Rhimes had consulted in writing for Shepherd's storylines and patients.[19]

text: In January 2014, Dempsey signed a two-year contract to remain on Grey's Anatomy (then in its tenth season) that would ensure his presence for potential 11th and 12th seasons.[20] However, in April 2015, Dempsey's character was killed off[21] while his contract was not over yet. Dempsey explained: "it just sort of evolved. It’s just kind of happened. It really was something that was kind of surprising that unfolded, and it just naturally came to be. Which was pretty good. I like the way it has all played out."[22] In August 2015, Rhimes commented:

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The decision to have the character die the way that he did was not a difficult one in the sense of what were the options? Either Derek was going to walk out on Meredith, and leave her high and dry, and what was that going to mean? That was going to suggest that the love was not true, the thing we had said for 11 years was a lie and McDreamy wasn't McDreamy. For me, that was untenable. Meredith and Derek's love had to remain Meredith and Derek's love. As painful as it was for me as a storyteller, because I had never really thought that was going to happen, it preserved what felt true to me, was that Derek was going to have to die in order for that love to remain honest. Because I really couldn't have the idea that he just turned out to be a bad guy who walked out on his wife and kids be a true story. To me, it felt like that was the only way to make Meredith and Derek's magic remain true and forever frozen in time.[23]
”

text: The character was later written to be a graduate of Bowdoin College, a liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, after an alumnus led a petition signed by over 450 students to "adopt" the character as an alumnus.[24] Dempsey is from Lewiston, about 18 miles (29 km) away from Brunswick, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bowdoin in 2013.[2]

text: Characterization[edit]

text: Rhimes describes Shepherd as typical "Prince Charming". He was planned to be a doctor who doesn't really care about anything, who lives in his "own" universe and has a big sex appeal. A man who is charming, devilishly handsome and the type of guy every girl dreams of, and a man that often makes the wrong decisions, and is often known as a jerk or the ultimate heartbreaker. Rhimes planned to have this kind of character from the beginning, because he was the kind of guy whom girls fall in love with and a character whose storylines could easily be changed.[citation needed] USA Today writer Robert Bianco said: "Derek could, at times, seem like two people, warm and funny one minute, cold and self-involved the next. Dempsey's gift was in making those two sides seem like part of the same person, while keeping us rooting for that person as a whole."[25]

text: Reception[edit]

text: With the show concluding its second season, Robert Bianco of USA Today said that Emmy voters could consider him because of the "seemingly effortless way he humanizes Derek's 'dreamy' appeal with ego and vanity".[26] In the third season, Alan Sepinwall of The Star-Ledger wrote that "the attempt to give the moral high ground back to McDreamy was bad. Dude, whatever happened in New York ceased to count in any kind of grievance tally once you agreed to take Addison back and give things another try. You're the dick who cheated on her, you're the one who knew that she found the panties, and still you act like her getting back together with Mark justifies what you did? Wow. I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike anyone on this show more than Meredith, but congratulations, big guy."[27]

text: Debbie Chang of BuddyTV noted the character's immaturity in the fourth season, saying: "The only character who did not make me love him was Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey). How this character is still Shonda's golden child is beyond me. Yes, we get it. He's tormented by his love for Meredith, but that does not give him the right to lash out at her when his clinical trial patients are dying. If things don't go absolutely the way he wants them to, then he refuses to cooperate. How immature can this man possibly be? No amount of heavily styled hair or blue-blue-blue eyes is going to make me warm up to him unless he admits to being the needy, desperate one in the relationship."[28]

text: Entertainment Weekly placed Shepherd in its list of the "30 Great TV Doctors and Nurses".[29] The character was also listed in Wetpaint's "10 Hottest Male Doctors on TV" and in BuzzFeed's "16 Hottest Doctors On Television".[30][31] His relationship with Meredith was included in TV Guide's list of "The Best TV Couples of All Time".[32]

text: Victor Balta of Today listed Shepherd and Sloan's friendship in its "TV's best bromances". He called them "the most exciting couple on Grey’s," explaining "they’ve demonstrated an easy chemistry that makes for some of the great comic relief around Seattle Grace Hospital with their banter, sage wisdom on each other’s lives, and locker room-style teasing."[33] Their bromance was furthermore included in lists by About.com, BuddyTV, Cosmopolitan, Wetpaint.[34][35][36][37] However, following the announcement of Dane's upcoming departure from the show, Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald felt he and Derek "never clicked like you’d expect friends would. Any scene they had together ranged from uncomfortable to forced."[38]


document_title: Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (TV series)

question_text: when is season 9 of ninjago coming out

question_tokens: when is season 9 of ninjago coming out

text: Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (TV series)

text: Origins[edit]

text: In the year 2009, LEGO proposed to make a series about ninja, deciding that there would be four ninjas with elemental powers. Later, Tommy Andreasen and Thomas Fenger created the martial art of Spinjitzu.

text: Overview[edit]

text: The show is set in the fictional world of Ninjago, a place inspired by East Asian myths and culture. The land is divided between Ninjago Lighting, Ice, Energy, and Water). While featuring several historically designed buildings and traditional clothing, Ninjago is in a modern setting, incorporating large metropolises with skyscrapers, current-age (and futuristic) vehicles, modern electronics and semi-robotic exo-suits, and other futuristic technology. It includes elemental masters, pirates from another realm, and a criminal gang known as the Sons of Garmadon are all included in this series.

text: Plot[edit]

text: Pilot season[edit]

text: The pilot episodes feature Sensei Wu struggling to train four teenage ninja in the ways of an ancient battle art called Spinjitzu (which manifests as an elemental spinning movement faster than any normal fighting style) to defeat his corrupted brother Lord Garmadon, ruler of the Underworld, to stop him from gaining power through the Four Golden Weapons - The Sword of Fire, Scythe of Quakes, Nunchucks of Lightning, and Shuriken of Ice. Travelling across Ninjago, Wu and his four elementally-attuned students, Kai (Fire), Jay (Lightning), Zane (Ice) and Cole (Earth) recover the Golden Weapons. Kai rescues his sister Nya, whose capture fueled his desire to become a Ninja, from skeletons, and makes peace with the Dragon guardians of the Golden Weapons. However, in order to keep the Sword of Fire from Garmadon, Wu travels to the Underworld to fight his corrupted brother. The four ninja follow Wu down on the dragons, who have the capability to travel between the worlds. After defeating the Skeleton Army with the ultimate Spinjitzu move, the Tornado of Creation, they come upon Wu fighting the general of the Skeleton Army, Samukai, who is in possession of three of the Golden Weapons (the nunchucks, shuriken and scythe - stolen from the ninja earlier while they rested in the forests near the Fire Temple). Wu is defeated and Samukai tries to take the sword for his own, but is destroyed due to their combined power, which no one can withstand except the First Spinjitzu Master himself. This allows Garmadon to escape through a portal between space-time, but he vows to one day return with enough power to wield the Golden Weapons. With Garmadon gone, the balance is temporarily restored, and the Ninja prepare to train themselves for the day the Dark Lord returns.

text: Season 1: Rise of the Snakes[edit]

text: Season one opens with the Ninja trying to determine which one of them will become the Green Ninja of a prophecy, the warrior destined to face the Dark Lord, determining the fate of Ninjago. The story focuses on Lord Garmadon's young son Lloyd Garmadon, a trouble making little boy who has released an ancient evil: an army of four snake-like tribes known as the Serpentine who are united under Pythor, the last member of the extinct fifth Anacondrai tribe. Wu manages to convince Lloyd to join their side ("The best way to defeat your enemy...is to make him your friend") while the Ninja are aided by Nya in her Samurai X battle suit. A four-armed Garmadon returns to help them deal with the Serpentine as they attempt to summon a large serpent called the Great Devourer, but their plan backfires when Pythor is eaten and the Serpentine are driven into hiding. Lloyd is revealed to be the Green Ninja, and Lord Garmadon uses the Golden Weapons to destroy the Great Devourer before running off with them.

text: Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja[edit]

text: In Season two, the ninja prepare to train Lloyd to become the Green Ninja. The ninja train Lloyd so that he can face his father one day and save Ninjago, something which Lloyd was afraid to do, for the sake of his bond with Garmadon. Meanwhile, Garmadon works to thwart the Ninja's plan by recruiting the Serpentine and forging the Golden Weapons into one powerful Mega Weapon. After Garmadon's last attempt ends with Lloyd aging to a teenager like his four mentors, Garmadon attempts to change the events of the past. The original four ninja follow Garmadon into the past, and use the Golden Weapons of the past to destroy the Mega Weapon, restoring the timeline and sending the Golden Weapons into space. While Garmadon ends up on an island with a disembodied voice called the Overlord, the venom of the Great Devourer seeps into catacombs beneath Ninjago and awakens the Stone Army, who are indestructible warriors who fought with the Overlord against the First Spinjitzu Master, trapping the Serpentine underground in the process. Along with Misako, Lloyd's mother, the Ninja travel to the Dark Island to stop Garmadon, meeting Zane's father, Dr. Julian, who helped them in their fight against the Overlord and his army. The ninja then discover the Temple of Light, where they receive elemental powers and help Lloyd unleash his true potential (the Golden Dragon). The Ninja fail to stop the countdown to the final battle, and the Overlord is revealed to be the Dark Lord from the prophecy. He possesses Lord Garmadon and heads to Ninjago, with the Ninja in tow. Lloyd uses his new-found Golden Power to defeat the Overlord, purging his father Garmadon of his evil in the process and "making him normal" again.

text: Season 3: Rebooted[edit]

text: In Season three, Ninjago City has been rebuilt into a futuristic metropolis and renamed New Ninjago City. The Ninja, striving for action, learn that the Overlord has survived the final battle and entered the Digiverse, an electronic world. The crippled cyborg Cyrus Borg, creator of Borg Industries, realizes this and gives the ninja the Techno Blades, which could be used to destroy the Overlord by rebooting the Digiverse system. The Overlord uses P.I.X.A.L. (a nindroid who works at Borg Industries) to create a Nindroid army from Zane's blueprints. The Overlord plans to capture Lloyd, as Lloyd's golden power will help the Overlord escape the digital realm. The hard drive containing the Overlord is later stolen by Pythor, who is revealed to have survived being eaten by the Great Devourer. Pythor captures Lloyd, and the Overlord drains Lloyd of most of his Golden Power. Though the Ninja defeat the Overlord in the Digiverse, the Overlord escapes the digital realm half-formed. Lloyd then splits his remaining golden power among the four ninja, knowing that the power would be a big responsibility for him to bear alone. The Overlord, needing to complete his transformation, sends the Nindroids to space to retrieve the Golden Weapons from the constellation Arcturus, which the ninja failed in retrieving. The Overlord becomes the Golden Master, fulfilling an old Serpentine prophecy, and wreaks havoc on New Ninjago City. With no other option, Zane sacrifices himself to destroy the Golden Master.

text: Season 4: Tournament of Elements[edit]

text: During Season four, the Ninja take part in the "Tournament of Elements" when they learn that Zane is still alive, having rebuilt himself using titanium. The tournament, run by Master Chen (an Anacondrai fanatic and Garmadon's former evil mentor) and his assistant Clouse, who knows dark magic and trained alongside Garmadon, is host to many elemental masters who the ninja never knew existed. When one is eliminated from the tournament, Chen secretly uses his "Staff of Elements" to steal their powers. Eventually, Nya goes looking for the Ninja, and finds out that Chen intends to use the stolen powers to transform him and his followers into Anacondrai. Though Kai destroys the Staff of Elements, Chen finds that the spell can be completed with his daughter Skylor, due her elemental power of absorption. Chen manages to complete the spell, and everyone possessing the Mark of the Anacondrai (including him, Skylor, and Sensei Garmadon) turn into Anacondrai. Chen and his followers go to Ninjago to start a second Serpentine War, while the elemental masters pursue on their elemental dragons. Chen uses Pythor to make the spell permanent, and the elemental masters' only hope is to stop him at the Corridor of Elders. When they cross the line of no return, Garmadon sacrifices himself to defeat the Anacondrai-wannabes by releasing the spirits of the Anacondrai generals, who were banished to the Cursed Realm in the original Serpentine War. The ninja mourn over Garmadon's sacrifice as they burn the spellbook that banished Garmadon.

text: Season 5: Possession[edit]

text: During Season five, after Garmadon's sacrifice, Morro (the elemental master of Wind and Wu's first ever student) escapes the Cursed Realm, and possesses Lloyd. Morro does this so that he can find the Realm Crystal, so he can bring his master, the Preeminent, to the physical world to curse, and eventually rule, all sixteen realms. The four ninja, along with Wu, Nya (who is revealed to be the elemental master of Water), and Misako travel to uncharted lands to find the First Spinjitzu Master's tomb and retrieve the Realm Crystal before Morro does. Morro steals the Allied Armor of A'zure, a piece of armor that can summon allies and summons an army of ghosts to help him. After taking the Aeroblades (which can defeat a ghost) from Ronin, learning Airjitzu from the ghost of Master Yang (at the price of Cole becoming a ghost himself), and retrieving the Sword of Sanctuary from the Cloud Kingdom (one of the sixteen realms), the Ninja discover the tomb is underwater. The Ninja find the Realm Crystal, but decide to save Lloyd (who is now free from his possession) rather than take it. Morro and his Ghost Warrior allies bring the Preeminent to Ninjago. While the ninja are evacuating everyone from the city of Stiix, Nya unlocks her true potential and creates a wave which drowns the Preeminent. Morro, who feels remorseful, gives Wu the Realm Crystal and drowns with his master instead of staying with Sensei Wu. The ninja use the Realm Crystal to bring back Lloyd, who is ready to begin his training to become a Master, as he received his father's robes while the two were briefly together in the Cursed Realm.

text: Season 6: Skybound[edit]

text: During Season six, the Ninja are popular, thanks to saving Ninjago from The Preeminent, but trouble rises when Clouse returns after having escaped the Cursed Realm. Clouse frees Nadakhan, a Djinn who can grant three wishes, and captures people by forcing them to 'wishing it all away'. Nadakhan frames the ninjas for crimes they didn't commit while the Ninja are in Stiix. Misako tries to rescue them in the Bounty, but she and the ship are captured by the police, later being captured by Nadakhan along with Wu. The Ninja try to escape the police, but they are caught and arrested by Ronin in exchange for a clean reputation. The Ninja are thrown in Kryptarium Prison, but escape with the help of Captain Soto, who tells them how to find the only thing that can stop Nadakhan: Tiger Widow Venom. Meanwhile, Jay uses his first two wishes and finds out he was adopted. Nadakhan uses the Realm Crystal to free his crew, attack Ninjago City, and capture Kai. The Ninja sail to Tiger Widow Island to obtain the venom, but Zane is captured, Jay is kidnapped by Nadakhan, and Nya, Lloyd and Cole are stranded on the island until Ronin and the Police Commissioner come to rescue them, after finding out what side they were on. After attacking Misfortune's Keep, Jay and Nya are the only two remaining Ninja. They hide in Dr. Julien's lighthouse, where they meet Echo Zane, Zane's counterpart. Jay is forced to escape while Nya is kidnapped. Jay teams up with Echo Zane, Ronin, the Commissioner, Soto, Skylor and Dareth to save the others. Nadakhan gets Infinite Wishes and freezes everyone except Jay, but Nadakhan is poisoned by the venom. Incidentally, the venom hits Nya, and she dies. A disheartened Jay uses his last wish to erase recent events and ensure Clouse didn't find the Teapot of Tyrahn in the first place, thus removing the events of the season from the timeline. As a result, Nadakhan is never released and Jay and Nya, who are the only ones who remember the erased events, renew their relationship.

text: TV special: Day of the Departed[edit]

text: In a 44-minute TV special, Cole faces his struggles againist Sensei Yang, the creator of airjitzu and the one responsible for Cole's ghostly appearance. He resurrects the past villains from their statues in the hall of villainy and each one goes after a ninja. Samukai fights Jay, Pythor fights Lloyd, Kozu fights Dareth, Cyrptor fights Zane, Chen fights Kai and Nya and Morro fights Wu. Yang fights Cole but stop when they realize that they have something in common: Both were forgotten. The lunar eclipse is almost closing and Cole and Yang airjitzu their way to the rift. Yang stays behind while only 99% of Cole makes it through the rift, leaving the 1% as a green scar. The ninja defeat the resurrected villains and celebrate in peace.

text: Season 7: The Hands of Time[edit]

text: In Season seven, the ninja fight Acronix and Krux, the Hands of Time, who have the power to manipulate time. When the ninja first face Acronix at the old monastery, Acronix teleports away with his time blade after hitting Wu with the 'time punch', accelerating Wu's aging. The ninja think Acronix was defeated, but when something attacks Zane, they look into his memories and slow it down just enough so they can see that Acronix attacked Zane while he was distracted by Dr. Saunders, AKA Krux. The Time Twins then gather up an army called Vermillion which are samurai snake warriors. They steal all the metal and the most skilled producers in Ninjago to help build the "Iron Doom", which if they collect all 4 time blades (Fast-Forward, Slow Down, Pause, and Reversal), they could travel wherever they wanted in time. Kai finds out that he and Nya's parents, Ray and Maya, are still alive, having been captured by Krux and forced to work for him. Soon after Kai and Nya retrieve the fourth and final Time Blade, the Reversal Blade, Acronix hits Ray with the time punch. Upon completion of the Iron Doom, the Time Twins go back to during the Serpentine Wars, 40 years in the past, where they first got banished into time. They try to win the battle against the elemental masters, but luckily, Kai, Nya and Wu traveled back with them, and they defeated them. With the Reversal Blade, the two ninja stop Wu's rapid aging. Acronix and Krux decided to go far into the future, but when they discover they have stowaways, (Kai, Nya and Master Wu), a battle breaks out on the Iron Doom, ending with Sensei Wu pulling the Reversal Blade from the Iron Doom and pushing Kai and Nya into the present, while staying on the Iron Doom to finish the battle, and Acronix, Krux, and Wu get lost in time. Kai saves Ray with the Reversal Blade, and Lloyd goes from "Temporary Master Lloyd in Training", to Master Lloyd, who plans to find Wu.

text: Season 8: Sons of Garmadon[edit]

text: About a year after the events of Master Wu being lost in time, Lloyd Garmadon encounters a group of skilled biker-themed thugs who steal one of the three prized Oni masks (The Mask of Vengeance) from a vault in Borg Industries. After these events, Lloyd learns that the group who stole the mask was part of a criminal syndicate known as the Sons of Garmadon (S.O.G) and are after the two other Oni Masks (The Mask of Deception and The Mask of Hatred) in order to resurrect Lord Garmadon from the dead. In light of the crime spree committed by the Sons of Garmadon, the Ninja are paid to be temporary guards to the Royal Family, but Sons of Garmadon succeed in stealing the second Oni mask from the Royal Family's palace in Ninjago, destroying it in the process and leaving only Harumi, the Princess and Lloyd's love interest, the sole survivor. During their attempt to infiltrate the Sons of Garmadon, Cole ends up imprisoned and rescues a baby that the Sons of Garmadon believe is the key to the Mask of Hatred, discovering a map on the baby's blanket. They soon discover the baby is a regressed Master Wu, who is recovering from the excessive use of the Reversal Time-Blade in the previous season. Eventually, the Sons of Garmadon succeed in obtaining all three Oni masks, but with help from the police, the Ninja stop them, unfortunately, it was too late as Garmadon was resurrected and when Lloyd tries to reason with him, he ends up defeated and powerless. When Garmadon creates Colossi and terrorizes Ninjago, four of the six Ninja attempt to keep Wu safe from his brother, but end up in the Realm of Oni and Dragons after using Traveller's Tea to escape the Colossi's grip. Meanwhile, back in Ninjago, Garmadon takes over the world and declares himself Emperor of Ninjago while the remaining Ninja, Misako and P.I.X.A.L. assume that Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane and Wu are dead. In this season, many things are explained, as the origin of the First Spinjitzu master, which is as follows: in the First Realm, two beings existed: the Oni and the Dragon. The Dragon had the power to create, while the Oni had the power to destroy. A child was born from both of them: the First Spinjitzu Master. When he was pressed on which side to choose, he left the First Realm and created Ninjago. The season also explains how Zane inherited his Ice power, which was given to him by his ill predecessor off-screen, the identity of the new Samurai X, which is revealed to be P.I.X.A.L. in a new body, and the identity of a new villain, dubbed "The Quiet One," who is the mysterious leader of the S.o.G, revealed to be Harumi and has been around since the beginning, believing Garmadon is the real hero as he killed the murderer of her biological parents: The Great Devourer.

text: Season 9: Hunted[edit]

text: While Lloyd and Nya resist Emperor Garmadon’s oppressive hold on Ninjago City, Young Wu and the rest of the Ninja are stranded in a barbaric realm where fierce dragons are being hunted down by Iron Baron and his gang of Dragon Hunters. With Lloyd stuck in Ninjago City, the others need to find the fabled Dragon Armor and restore Wu's adulthood if they ever hope to get back home to stop Emperor Garmadon once and for all.

text: Characters[edit]

text: Main Characters[edit]

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Master Lloyd Garmadon (voiced by Jillian Michaels in seasons 1–7 and Samuel Vincent in seasons 8-present), the legendary the Green Ninja destined to save Ninjago from the ultimate evil. He is the son of Garmadon and Misako and the nephew of Master Wu.
Kai (voiced by Vincent Tong), the hotheaded red Ninja of Fire and Nya's elder brother.
Jay Walker/Gordon (voiced by Michael Adamthwaite), the quick-witted and motormouthed blue Ninja of Lightning.
Zane Julien (voiced by Brent Miller), the intelligent and calculating White Ninja of Ice
Cole (voiced by Kirby Morrow), the grounded and solid black Ninja of Earth.
Nya (voiced by Kelly Metzger), the Grey/Maroon Ninja of Water, original Samurai X, and Kai's sister.
Sensei/Master Wu (voiced as an adult by Paul Dobson and as a baby by Caleb Skeris), the wise, old master and mentor of the ninja. He is Lloyd's uncle and Garmadon's younger brother.
Lord/Master/Emperor Garmadon (voiced by Mark Oliver), Lloyd’s father and Wu's older brother. Garmadon was a main antagonist for the first two seasons but was later cleansed of evil and became a Sensei to the Ninja. He was later sacrificed to the Cursed Realm to stop Master Chen's Anacondri Army. Garmadon was revived in season 8 by the Sons of Garmadon as a being of pure evil and proceeded to conquer all of Ninjago as the Emperor.

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Misako (voiced by Kathleen Barr), an archaeologist who is Lloyd's mother and Garmadon's wife.
Dareth (voiced by Alan Marriott), the bumbling self proclaimed "Brown Ninja" and Grand Sensei of Dareth's Mojo Dojo is a frequent ally of the Ninja both by choice and coincidence.
P.I.X.A.L. (voiced by Jennifer Hayward), originally an assistant to Cyrus Borg who joined the Ninja after being influenced by Zane. She was later disassembled but then uploaded into Zane's systems as an AI. She secretly rebuilt herself and became the new Samurai X. She often provides technical support to the Ninja.
Cyrus Borg (voiced by Lee Tockar), a tech genus and head of Borg Industries who has invented all sorts of cutting edge electronic tools and gadgets.
Ronin (voiced by Brian Dobson), a mercenary motivated by self interest who will assist the Ninja if it suits his needs.
Police Commissioner (voiced by Michael Donovan), head of Ninjago police.
Dr. Julien (voiced by Mark Oliver), the inventor father of Zane. He passed away between seasons 2 and 3.
Ed Walker (voiced by Colin Murdock), the adoptive father of Jay and the husband of Edna Walker, as well as the co-owner of Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk.
Edna Walker (voiced by Jillian Michaels), the adoptive mother of Jay and the wife of Ed Walker, as well as the co-owner of Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk.
Lou (voiced by Kirby Morrow), Cole's father and a notable member of the Royal Blacksmiths, a famous song and dance troupe.

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Samukai (voiced by Michael Kopsa), the four-armed former ruler of the underworld until Lord Garmadon defeated him in single combat and took over. He was killed by being overloaded with power after trying to control a four golden weapons at once. He temporarily returned on the Day of the Departed seeking revenge on Jay.
Kruncha (voiced by Brian Drummond), the brutish Skulkin General of Earth.
Nuckal (voiced by Brian Drummond), the crazy Skulking General of Lightning.
Whiplash (voiced by Michael Dobson), the Skulking General of Ice.

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Pythor P. Chumsworth (voiced by Michael Dobson), the last remaining member of the Anacondri Tribe. He is a frquent enemy of the Ninja who united the Serpentine Tribes to release the Great Devourer, allied himself the Overlord and plotted to killed Lloyd out of revenge.
Skales (voiced by Ian James Corlett), the current general of the Hypnobri Tribe and leader of the Serpentine following the perceived death of Pythor.

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The Overlord (voiced by Scott McNeil)
General Kozu (voiced by Paul Dobsonl), leader of the Overlord's Stone Army
Cryptor (voiced by Richard Newman), commander of the Overlord's Nindroid Army.

text: Anacondri Cultists[edit]

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Master Chen (voiced by Ian James Corlett), the eccentric and deceitful leader of the Anacondri Cultists. He was exiled to an island after allying himself with the Serpentine during the first Serpentine War. He later attempted to steal the powers of the elemental masters to transform him and his followers into powerful Anacondri worriers to conquer Ninjago but was defeated and banished to the cursed realm.
Clouse (voiced by Scott McNeil), Master Chen's right hand man and master of dark magic. He and Garmadon has previously trained under Master Chen before the First Serpentine War. He was sent to the cursed realm after being defeated by Garmadon, but escaped and is currently a ghost.

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Skylor (voiced by Heather Doerksen), the Elemental Master of Amber and Master Chen's daughter. She has the ability to copy other elemental powers.
Karlof (voiced by Scott McNeil), the Elemental Master of Metal and metalworker from Metalonia. He has the ability to turn his entire body into metal and grow slightly in size.
Griffin Turner (voiced by Doron Bell), the Elemental Master of Speed. He has the ability to move at super speeds.
Shade (voiced by Andrew Francis), the Elemental Master of Shadow. He has the ability to disappear and move on shadows.
Neuro (voiced by Paul Dobson), the Elemental Master of Mind. He has the ability to read minds.
Paleman (voiced by Kirby Morrow), also known and Mr. Pale, the Elemental Master of Light. He has the ability to turn invisible.
Tox (voiced by Ian James Corlett), the Elemental Master of Poison.
Morro (voiced by Michael Dobson), the Elemental Master of Wind.
Krux (voiced by Michael Daingerfield), one of the co-Elemental Masters of Time and brother to Acronix.
Acronix (voiced by Ian Hanlin), one of the co-Elemental Masters of Time and brother to Krux.

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Princess Harumi (voiced by Britt McKillip), also known as the Jade Princess and the Quiet One. Harumi is the adopted daughter of the Emperor and Empress of Ninjago after being orphaned when the Great Devourer killed her parents. She blamed the Ninja for her parent's deaths and accordingly idolized Garmadon after he defeated the Devourer. She secretly created and led the Sons of Garmadon, a criminal biker gang, to uncover the three Oni Masks in order to resurrect Garmadon and exact revenge on the Ninja. She orchestrated an attack on the royal palace which resulted in her adoptive parents' deaths. She gained the Ninja trust by pretended to be in love with Lloyd and in order to locate the whereabouts of the third Oni Mask. Though the Ninja eventually discovered she was the Quiet One, they did not succeed in preventing the resurrection of Lord Garmadon, resulting in the fall of Ninjago. She and the Sons of Garmadon currently rule Ninjago as underlings of Lord Garmadon. She frequently wears the Oni Mask of Hatred as well she becomes Lord Garmadon's daughter of darkness.
Mr. E (voiced by Brent Miller), the silent and robotic general of the Sons of Garmadon. He frequently wears the Mask of Vengeance but gets destroyed by Emperor Garmadon for failing to catch Lloyd.
Ultra Violet (voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara), the unhinged general of the Sons of Garmadon. She frequently wears the Mask of Hatred.
Killow (voiced by Garry Chalk), also knowns as the Big Man. The hulking general of the Sons of Garmadon. He frequently wears the Mask of Deception.

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Release and reception[edit]

text: Broadcast[edit]

text: In the United States, two pilot episodes, later split into four episodes total, were shown on Cartoon Network on January 14, 2011. They were released in Europe on January 24, 2011.[3] . The pilot episodes focused on Kai as he goes from being a blacksmith to a Ninja to save his sister, Nya. Due to the popularity of the pilot episodes, the first season was launched from December 2011 – April 2012 alongside a new line of sets marketed as "Rise of the Snakes". The pilot episodes were released on DVD in March 2011, and the first season became available on DVD in Region 1 on June 26, 2012.[4] The series as a whole has an estimated budget of kr 37 million (approximately £4.6 million or US$6.7 million).[5]

text: Due to the positive reception of the pilot, a full series was commissioned and began broadcast in December 2011. The first five episodes of season 1 aired in Canada on November 25. The season once again aired in Canada from January 11, 2012, to April 11, 2012. The first two episodes of season 1 aired in the United States on December 2. The season aired again in the United States from January 11, 2012, to April 11, 2012. Season 1 focused on the four original ninjas (Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane) as they try to find out who will be the Green Ninja.

text: Lego Ninjago was recommissioned for a second season, which premiered on July 18, 2012, to an audience of 2.8 million. Season 2 focused on Lloyd as he trains to become the Green Ninja in order to face his father.

text: In June 2013, Warner Bros. announced that a movie based on the toyline would be made, though it would take a different approach to the TV series. It was written by the Hageman brothers, who also wrote the story for The Lego Movie.[6] It was released on September 22, 2017.

text: A third season, "Rebooted", premiered on January 29, 2014. Season 3 focused on Zane as he and the other Ninja help a designer deal with old enemies, ending with Zane's death.

text: In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on 21 July 2014 on Cartoon Network.[7]

text: Season 4 premiered on February 23, 2015 in North America and Great Britain on Cartoon Network.[8]Season 4 focused on Kai as he and the other Ninja try to find a new and improved Zane on a secluded island, where they participate in a tournament.

text: On June 8, Lego released the trailer for the fifth season, titled "Possession."[9] It premiered on June 29 in the United States. Season 5 focused on Nya during her training to be the Water Ninja while the others fight Wu's first student, who's ghost has possessed Lloyd.

text: Season 6, "Skybound", was released on June 8, 2016. It tells the story of Nadakhan, a djinn, and his pirate crew who are trying to bring Ninjago to the skies. Season 6 focused on Jay as he and the Ninja are framed by a Djinn, who grants each of them three wishes. Jay's last wish erases all the events. [10][11]

text: A Halloween special called "Day of the Departed" was released on October 29, 2016. It focused on the villains of the past return - and Sensei Yang as the mastermind. The special focused on Cole, who is fading from existence.

text: A seventh season, titled "Hands of Time" was released in May 2017. The plot focused on Kai, Nya and their parents, with the main villains being the Elemental Masters of Time (Acronix and Krux) and their army of Vermillion warriors, trying to rewrite history.[12][13]

text: The eight season, "Sons of Garmadon" featured redesigns to closely resemble visually The Lego Ninjago Movie, and was released April 16, 2018 in the US. It focused on the ninjas trying to prevent Garmadon's resurrection, albeit with no good in him, by a criminal organization, the Sons of Garmadon (SoG), via three Oni Masks, but failed.[14]

text: The ninth season, "Hunted", will premiere on June 30, 2018 in Australia. It is the first season where they'll be no focus character due to two separate plot lines. The first trailer, released in Japan confirms that the Elemental Masters will return as part of the resistance.

text: The series has been nominated twice for awards. Peter Hausner was nominated at the 39th Annie Awards for his direction, but lost to Simpsons director Matthew Nastuk. The composers, Michael Kramer and Jay Vincent, were nominated for the BMI TV Music Award, which they won.[15]

text: All episodes feature a theme song called "The Weekend Whip", performed by The Fold, except for Seasons 8 and 9. In each season, the song is remixed.

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On the whole, the series has been very well received by fans and critics.[needs update?][16]

text: The pilot and episodes received overall positive reception, with people praising the characters, plot, music and overall exciting and new tone brought to this new LEGO theme.

text: The first season received genuinely positive reviews, more so than the pilots. Fans and critics praised the character development, score, pacing, storytelling and fun nature of the series. Mixed reception was aimed towards the annoying nature of the Serpentine, however this was an extremely minor complaint. People continued to praise how unique and surprising this theme continued to be and how well a full LEGO TV-series could work.

text: The second season received high critical acclaim. The first half of the season was not as acclaimed as the second half however, due to the filler nature the first six episodes had to them. The second half of the season continues to be viewed as the best run to come out of the entire franchise. The storytelling, continued character development, score and cinematic tone the second season contained lead to continuous praise and positive reviews. Fans and critics alike felt as if the season was "the perfect way to close off this incredible TV series." While many fans and critics were saddened that the series was supposed to conclude after this season, everyone saw it as "the highest note for the series to go out on."

text: Following the theme's revival in 2014, the third season, much like the second, received high critical acclaim. Fans and critics appreciated the change in tone in introducing technology as the main focus, as well as the season's pacing. The character development and score continued to receive praise, however the airing of the season in which two episodes were released every two months highly irritated majority of fans. The season finale was a high point of critical acclaim, still standing out as one of the series' best episodes. Many praised the season for developing the character of Zane and Garmadon, as well as the introduction of P.I.X.A.L.

text: The fourth season continued to receive high amounts of critical praise. The new characters - mainly Skylor, Chen and Clouse - were major highlights to majority of fans. The Mortal Kombat tone present to the season was highly praised by fans, as well as the character development, tone, music, pacing and focus on Garmadon's character. Fans describe the season as "a major step in the right direction to keep this franchise feeling fresh, fun and exciting." As of 2018, this season is often looked at as either the best or second best season of the entire series. Fans praised the introduction of other Elemental Masters, and often look at this season as Ninjago's biggest step forward into new territory.

text: The fifth season has received mixed to generally positive reception from fans. Critics and fans praise the genuinely darker tone to the season, as well as the characters of Morro and Ronin, as well as Nya's character arc throughout the season. The idea of ghosts and possession was also praised by fans alike. However this season holds the most criticism of any Ninjago season. The Cloud Kingdom, the more somber pacing and crossover with LEGO Legends of Chima were the main points of criticism here. However the season still received mainly positive reviews.

text: The sixth season received much more positive reviews however. Fans and critics commented on how unique the season is and how it stand out from other seasons. The focus on Jay and Nya and the character of Nadakhan are main points of critical praise here, as well as the higher focus on action and character development, with many people commenting on how far Ninjago has come since its beginning in 2011. Much like the fourth season, this season is seen as one of, if not, the most unique season in the Ninjago franchise, and is seen as one of the series' best seasons.

text: The halloween special Day of the Departed received mainly mixed reception. Whilst fans and critics praised the dark tone, recurring old characters and story idea, majority of reception was negative. This is due to the lack of development for Cole, being the focus character, the short and underwhelming action sequences and a disappointing conclusion. An alternate version of the special was released on January 31st, 2017, released for countries such as China. Though produced in Chinese, this version was far more critically applauded than the original, with many addressing how it's overall nature and pacing were "more fun and thrilling" and the fight scenes were "intense and well choreographed".

text: The seventh season also received mainly mixed reception. The introduction of the Elemental Power of Time was well received, as well as the story conclusion of Kai and Nya's parents - Ray and Maya - and the masters of Time themselves, Acronix and Krux. The negative reception was aimed at the more somber and dull tone present throughout the season. The animation of the seventh season was also a high point of criticism. The season finale was a high point of critical praise however. The season is often considered to be the weakest season of the series, just in front the Day of the Departed special and behind the fifth season.

text: The eighth season has received critical acclaim, receiving the most amount of praise since the second season. The animation, more complex storytelling, a deeper yet darker tone, new characters and in-depth character development have been extremely high point of praise so far. Prior to the season premiere however, the redesigning of the Ninja was a strong point of hate within the community. Over time however, said complaints have lowered as fans have adjusted. However, said hatred still exists. Fans and critics have referred to the eighth season as their favourite, with writers Dan and Kevin Hageman themselves called season eight their favourite. The character development of Lloyd,Zane and Cole have been high points of praise, as well as the new characters of Harumi, Mr. E and Ultra Violet. The battle of Zane V.S. Mr. E has even praised as the best battle and moment in the season. Fans also praised the larger role of P.I.X.A.L., as her character had now become "relevant".

text: The first trailer for the ninth season has been loved by fans alike so far, with many describing it as "the next perfect step for the series" and "a perfect companion season for the eighth, yet still strong enough to be its own story".

text: Home media[edit]

text: The pilot episodes were released on DVD March 27, 2012.[17][better source needed]

text: Season 1 was released June 26, 2012,[18] and the second season was released on DVD March 5, 2013.[19]

text: In late September 2012, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced that it would be releasing the first part of the second season ("Darkness Shall Rise" to "The Stone Army") under the title Rise of the Green Ninja on November 27, 2012 (though this was later pushed forward to December 11),[20] while the complete second season and the complete series has been released on March 5, 2013.[19]

text: Season 3 was divided into 2 volumes with volume 1 being released on August 5, 2014[21] and volume 2 being released on January 20, 2015.[22]

text: Season 4 was released on July 21, 2015.[23]

text: Season 5 was released on February 16, 2016.[24]

text: Season 6 was released on March 14, 2017, and Day of the Departed was released on February 7, 2017.

text: Season 7 was released on October 6, 2017.

text: Video games[edit]

text: The ninja appear as playable characters in Lego Dimensions. Additionally, a large range of Ninjago mobile games have been released. Three video games have been released.

text: Lego Battles: Ninjago[edit]

text: A video game named Lego Battles: Ninjago was released in spring 2011. It was based on the two pilots of the series, and it features some of the characters who appear in the original episodes (Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, etc.).

text: Nindroids[edit]

text: Lego Ninjago: Nindroids is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita,[25] The game was developed by Hellbent Games and co-published by TT Games Publishing July 29, 2014.[26][27] Lego Ninjago: Nindroids was announced March 2014 as the second video game based on the Lego Ninjago line of play sets.[26] The game was targeted at a younger audience.[28]

text: The game has the same plot as the third season of TV series.[26] In the game, the player assumes the role of a Spinjitzu Master tasked with defending the New Ninjago City from The Overlord's evil Nindroid army.[25][26] The game contains 30 levels consisting of puzzles and battle sequences.[25]

text: NintendoLife thought this game was beginning to evidence the formulaic nature of the Lego universe of video games,[27] while JeuxVideo thought the game was repetitive.[28] The game was in a top-10 best-selling list of games for PlayStation Vita in New Zealand in May 2017.[29]

text: Shadow of Ronin[edit]

text: Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is an action-adventure game developed by TT Fusion and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in March 2015.[30] The game was released initially for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita,[31] and later for iOS[32] and Android.[33] The game further adapts the TV series,[34] and serves as a sequel to Lego Ninjago: Nindroids.[30] Although non-canon to the TV series,it takes place just after the fourth season.

text: After Garmadon sacrificed himself and was sent into the Cursed Realm, Lloyd left the team to cope with losing his father. The remaining members meet the new threat Ronin, a mercenary, who partially erases the Ninja's memories. The Ninja travel to the Toxic Bogs, after which they have a vision of weapons that can restore their memories. They collect the weapons and go to see Lloyd, who takes them to see his mother for help. Once they find the Primal Fulcrum, the Ninja free Lloyd's mother from Ronin's control. Ronin freezes them and grabs the remaining elemental crystals. He plans to use the Fulcrum to bring back Chen from the Cursed Realm. The Ninja chase Ronin into a portal, where the Ninja have a final battle with Ronin; he escapes and knocks the Ninja's weapons into the abyss. The ending reveals the game was a story told by Kai. In an epilogue, Dareth steals the Helmet of Darkness to control the Stone Army.

text: Warner Brothers announced the game in December 2014.[35] The game is single-player.[36] It has new gameplay items, though the gameplay and characters are familiar.[35] The game was targeted at a younger audience.[37][36]

text: Both PocketGamer and Nintendo Life said the game negatively felt the same as the previous games in the Lego series.[36][30] PocketGamer praised the better graphics but was frustrated with the controls on iOS, especially with time-sensitive actions.[36] Nintendo Life appreciated the humor but thought the graphics had issues on the 3DS.[30] The game was in a top-10 best-selling list of games for PlayStation Vita in New Zealand in May 2017.[29]