[Episode starts with the turtles after Snakeweed. Mikey and Donnie land in front of him and give chase while Leo and Raph join them. Along the way, Snakeweed kidnaps a pizza guy.]
Mikey: No! Not the pizza guy! Take Donnie!
Donnie: Snakeweed's getting away!
Pizza guy: Somebody help me!
[Snakeweed disappears into an alley.]
Leo: We've got him trapped.
Raph: Good. Then let's go weed-whacking!
Donnie: Tree-trimming!
Mikey: Gardening! Boom! Ha ha! Oh, yeah. Mikey put the sprinkles on that sundae.
Raph: [sighs.] Let's go!
Leo: Hang on, Raph. We're not charging a twelve foot regenerating mutant.
Raph: Then what are we doing?
Leo: We'll take Snakeweed from above, Tie him up in the clotheslines. Come on.
[Leo began to climb to the rooftop.]
Raph: That'll take forever, and we have to stop Snakeweed now! I mean, he's kidnapping people.
Mikey: Not just people, people who bring pizza.
Leo: We take him from above. Let's move!
[On the rooftops.]
Leo: On my count. One, two… Where'd he....
[Snakeweed is not there.]
Raph: And the award for worst leader goes to-
Leo: How am I the worst leader?
Raph: If we did this my way, Snakeweed would be toast by now.
Mikey: Ugh. That'd be some nasty toast.
[Donnie moves Mikey back as Leo and Raph argue.]
Leo: This way would've worked if you hadn't wasted time second-guessing my orders.
Raph: Don't give bad orders, and I won't second-guess 'em.
Leo: You know what, Raph? If you think you could do better, why don't you lead?
Raph: First good idea you've had all day.
[They growl in anger.]
Mikey: We'll compromise. I'll lead.
[The two turtles glare at him.]
Leo: Fine, Raph, the team's yours. I'm out of here.
[Leo leaves the group in anger.]
Mikey: I can't believe he's gone.
Donnie: [comforts him] Aw, don't worry, Mikey. Leo, uh, he just needs some space. You meant the pizza guy, didn't you?
Mikey: Yeah.
[theme music.]
[Leo is pacing on another rooftop still mad. Unknown to him, the Foot clan surrounded him.]
Leo: Foot clan? You guys just made my night.
[He starts to battle the soldiers, defeating them.]
Leo: Ahh. I feel so much better.
[A thud caught his attention. Leo turned to see a female foot clan warrior standing there. She has amber eyes, black hair that is blonde in the back with an angled bob and long ear-tails. She also wore armor and a black jumpsuit.]
Karai: Not bad.
Leo: Uh, thanks?
Karai: You might actually be a challenge. [she used blinding powder causing him to cough and his eyes became red then she lunges into him] Guess not. [she takes off her mask] My name's Karai. See you around.
[The Foot warrior leaves the scene.]
Leo: [confused] What was that?
[At Donnie's lab, Donnie is writing out the plan.]
Raph: Donnie, we have to find Snakeweed's lair.
Donnie: Working on it.
Raph: [impatient] Then work faster!
Donnie: Do you think yelling is gonna help?
Raph: No, I think hitting is gonna help.
Donnie: I'll work faster.
Raph: That's the spirit.
[Leo enters, his eyes are still red after the powder.]
Mikey: Leo's back. And he's been crying. Aw, you missed us.
[Mikey, believing Leo cried about them, hugs him in comfort. Leo puts him away.]
Leo: I got hit with blinding powder.
Mikey: Sure. Big softy.
Raph: And where have you been?
Leo: Don't see how that's your business.
Raph: Fine. Whatever.
Mikey: Dudes, can't we just be cool with each other? Let's hug this out.
[Raph punches Mikey in the stomach and walks away.]
Mikey: Ugh! Okay. Now the healing can begin.
Donnie: Hey, I think I figured out where Snakeweed's hideout is.
Leo: Where?
Donnie: Okay, the radial pattern of recent Snakeweed sightings indicates his lair is at the epicenter of 47th and-
Raph: Actually, you're on a need-to-know basis. And guess what? You don't need to know.
[Leo leaves as Mikey waves goodbye.]
[Later]
Celestial: We shouldn't be together, Ryan. It's against your fleet protocol.
Ryan: Well, Celestial, you don't get to be captain of the Dauntless by following all the rules.
Celestial: Good. Then you won't mind giving me the codes.
[She holds a blaster.]
Ryan: Celestial, you just broke my heart.
[He presses a button, causing her to be disintegrated.]
Ryan: But my disintegrator still works. At least I'll have these to remember her by.
Leo:[shocked] Boy, relationships are complicated.
[Splinter enters]
Splinter: Leonardo, where are your brothers?
Leo: I have no idea.
Splinter: [confused] What do you mean you have no idea?
Leo: Raph thinks he can lead the team better than me, so I let him.
Splinter: That is not your decision to make.
Leo: Why not, sensei? [stands up] I've had to make every other decision, and I'm tired of it. Those guys have no idea what kind of pressure I'm under, and all they do is complain. Is it too much to ask for a simple thank-you?
[Splinter hits the ground with his staff as he glares angrily at Leonardo]
Splinter:[Angry and Stern] Of course it is. Leadership is not about being appreciated. It is about responsibility. It doesn't matter that the burden is heavy. It matters that you carry it. Now go find your brothers.
[Outside, Leo is on the street.]
Leo: What if I don't want the burden? [sighs.] Where are those guys? Donnie said something about 47th and, uh...
Karai: You always talk to yourself?
[He sees Karai behind him.]
Leo: Sometimes I'm the only one who'll listen.
Karai: I'll listen when you beg for your life.
[Leo takes out his katanas.]
Leo: Let's see how well you do against someone who can see.
Karai: Let's see how well you do against someone who's better than you.
Leo: Let's see how well you do against [stammers.] Let's just go.
[They both began to attack and Leo began to dodge the blades.]
Leo: Juji-ken. Interesting.
Karai: Kocho-giri. Predictable.
[Leo flashed her weapon as she dodged ]
Karai: You're good. No wonder we haven't wiped you out yet.
Leo: It's not like Shredder hasn't been trying.
Karai: I know. It's all he ever talks about. "Revenge, revenge, vendetta, vendetta. "
Leo: Really? I take it you don't approve.
Karai: No, I'm fine with it. I'm just saying, he needs a hobby.
[Karai charges at Leo once more. Leo continues on until he gets knocked down, wiping a few bits of blood.]
Karai: Not bad, but I've seen better.
Leo: [chuckles.] With one blade, maybe, [pulls out his second katana] not with two.
[Karai grins. Meanwhile in the sewers, Raph, Mikey and Donnie follow the path as Raph lead the way.]
Mikey: Man, it really stinks around here.
Raph: It is a sewer, Mikey.
Mikey: I mean more than usual. [inhales deeply.] Ugh. Where does all this stuff come from anyway?
Donnie: Uh, Mikey, it's, um [whispering.]
Mikey: What? Don't they know we're living down here?
Raph: Keep it down, guys.
Donnie: Wow. You sound just like Leo.
Raph: You say that one more time, and I'll shove your head in this sewage.
Donnie: And now you sound like you again.
[They enter Snakeweed's Lair. There is green fog on the ground and numbers of huge green pods.]
Donnie: Come on. Snakeweed's lair should be around here somewhere.
Raph: You don't say.
[They walk through the green pods. Mikey took a look in one and saw something in it. They gasp when they saw a human in it.]
Mikey: And he's growing humans.
Donnie: He's not growing 'em, shellbrain. He's holding them captive.
Raph: For what? He's a plant. He can't eat 'em.
Donnie: He's probably turning them into fertilizer.
Mikey: Ugh. Is that really where fertilizer comes from?
Donnie: Actually, most fertilizer comes from [whispering.]
Mikey: [offended] What? Is there anything that doesn't come from that?
Raph: Enough. Let's cut 'em loose.
[They start to pull the humans out while Raph uses his sai. They hide as the two humans wake up and leave,]
Raph: Not only was that a job well done, it was a job well done without Leo.
[Snakeweed appears.]
Snakeweed: My fertilizer!
Mikey: What now, boss?
[Leo is still fighting Karai, climbing up to the fire escape.]
Leo: You know what? I don't think you're as bad as you pretend to be.
Karai: Oh? What part of swinging a sword at your head do you not understand?
Leo: [chuckles.] On the rooftop, you could have finished me, but you didn't.
Karai: Because you're the first thing in this city that doesn't bore me. [throws ninja stars which Leo deflects] Besides, I don't think you're as good as you pretend to be. Don't tell me the goody-three-toes thing doesn't wear thin after a while.
Leo: Better than the alternative.
Karai: Which is what? To have fun? To cut loose? To live your own life?
[Leo knocks her away. ]
Karai: Guess I struck a nerve.
Leo: [scoffs.] Because I beat you?
Karai: You see that high-rise?
Leo: Yeah.
Karai: Meet me there at midnight.
Leo: Why?
Karai: I want to show you something.
[Karai leaves. Donnie is tossed by Snakeweed as the others try to attack. Snakeweed knocks Raph down.]
Mikey: Wow! We're totally losing!
Raph: [dodging a vine] Really? I hadn't noticed.
Mikey: Then get your head in the game, bro. You're supposed to be the leader!
[Donnie aimed for Snakeweed's head but gets knocked to the others. They dodged the vine again.]
Raph: Get back in there!
Donnie: And do what?
Raph: Go for the head.
Donnie: I just did!
Raph: Do it better!
Donnie: [irritated] Great. Four times in a row he'll never see that coming!
[Donnie dodged the claws and got knocked down to the ground.]
Mikey: Now what, chief?
Raph: Go,,, for the head.
Mikey: Fifth time's a charm.
[Mikey gets tossed by Snakeweed and then crashes into the wall, unconscious.]
Raph: Mikey!
[Raph goes after him as Donnie gets up and fights Snakeweed.]
Donnie: Raph, little help here?
Raph: Just hold him off.
[Donnie gulps and starts to attack. Raph tried to wake Mikey up.]
Raph: Come on, Mike, wake up. Don't do this to me. Mikey's down.
Donnie: So what do we do now, Raph?
[Raph stared at Mikey's body.]
Snakeweed: I'll smash you rotten turtles into the ground.
[Donnie flips around, tying Snakeweed by using his own vine and tying to a pipe.]
Donnie: Raph! We don't have much time before he grows back. Let's grab Mikey and get out of here!
[With no choice, they began to leave. Snakeweed started to spit at them, leaving a yellow scent.]
Snakeweed: I'm coming for you, turtles! You hear me? I'm coming for you!
[Meanwhile, Leo is at April's apartment outside.]
Leo: April. April?
[April looks through the window.]
April: Leo? [scoffs and opens up the window] This better be good.
Leo: Hey. I need to talk.
April: Can it wait till morning?
Leo: I met this girl.
April: [gasps in amazement and excitement] Tell me everything.
Leo: Well, she's really cool. She's also a martial artist. And, uh she's in the Foot clan.
[Silence. But then April swags him with the newspaper.]
April: [enraged] Are you crazy?
Leo: April, she's different. She's-
April: [angrily] In the Foot clan.
Leo: Yeah, but she's-
April: [angrier] In the Foot clan!
Leo: Look, I know I shouldn't be hanging out with her.
April: Yeah. You got that right. You know why? [extremely angry] 'Cause she's in the Foot clan!
Leo: April, she's fun, and I'm tired of being the responsible one. When do I get to have fun?
April: [sigh] So what does she want from you?
Leo: I don't know. I'm meeting her later at the Byerly building. She's got something planned.
April: Yeah, like pushing you off the Byerly building. It's a trap, Leo.
Leo: I don't think so. There's good in her. I know there is. I can feel it.
April: I hope you're right.
[At Shredder's lair, Karai enters to bow to her father.]
Shredder: Karai, I have learned that you had the opportunity to dispatch Leonardo.
Karai: Really?
Shredder: But you let him go instead.
Karai: That's not true. He escaped.
Shredder: I find that hard to believe.
Karai: He escaped from you, didn't he?
Shredder: [growls.] Enough! [gets up from the throne room and walks towards Karai. The sounds of the blades deploying from Shredder's gauntlet frighten Karai.] Next time you see Leonardo, you must finish him. Understood?
Karai: I understand, father.
[At the lair, Raph and Donnie dragged Mikey back home.]
Raph: Help!
Splinter: Set him down.
[Raph and Donnie placed him on the couch as Splinter checked him.]
Splinter: Where is Leonardo?
Raph: I don't know. Sensei, this is a disaster, and it's all my fault. I don't know what happened. I just froze up. I mean, I have no problem risking my own life, but risking my brothers'?
Splinter: Now you see the price of leadership- responsibility.
Raph: Yeah, I hate it.
Splinter: So you understand Leonardo's burden?
Raph: We need him back. I need him back.
Splinter: Then go get him.
Raph: But, sensei, I don't know where he is.
Donnie: He's going to the Byerly building. April texted me. [realizes happily] April texted me. Oh, this is the best day!
[Mikey groans.]
Donnie: Well, I mean, it's had its ups and downs.
[At the Byerly building, Karai stood on the rooftop waiting for Leo. He arrives.]
Karai: I was beginning to think you were a no-show, but you don't disappoint.
Leo: So what's this about?
Karai: That.
[she points to the museum below.]
Leo: That's the sword of Miyamoto Musashi.
Karai: The greatest swordsman in the history of Japan. It's ancient. It's priceless. And it's yours if you help me.
Leo: Do what?
Karai: You know what. We're going to steal it.
Leo: No, we're not.
Karai: Come on, that sword is just sitting there, collecting dust. You know you deserve that katana certainly more than some lazy rich guy. Stop being responsible, Leo. Stop waiting for people to give you the life you want. Go out and take it.
Leo: No.
Karai: I'm getting that sword, Leo, with or without you. Choose.
Leo: I can't. It's wrong.
Karai: You're starting to bore me.
[She reached for her sword but Leo stops her.]
Leo: Karai, you don't have to do this.
Karai: I know. That's what makes it fun!
[Karai knocks him down just as Raph arrived.]
Raph: Leo! Wha- what are you doing? Who's she?
Leo: Um… Uh, Raph, Karai. Karai, Raph.
Raph: [enraged] What are you, friends with her? We're out there risking our necks, and you're up here holding hands with the Foot!
Leo: I can explain.
Karai: This should be entertaining.
Leo: You see, Karai and I share an appreciation for the fine craftsmanship of...
[Snakeweed appears, having finaly found the smoke coming from Raph's shell.]
Snakeweed: I found you, turtles.
Leo: Oh, thank goodness.
[Snakeweed begins to attack. Raph and Leo ran and got seperated from Karai.]
Raph: All is forgiven. You're the leader again. Welcome back.
[The mutant starts to attack. Leo struggles but gets wrapped by the vines. while Raph is being held by his foot, dangling upside down.]
Leo: Karai! Karai, please! Help!
[She throws him a kunai above Leo's head.]
Karai: Sayonara. [leaves]
[Leo managed to get free, cutting the vines off. and kicked Snakeweed, Raph sliced himself free.]
Leo: Raph, follow me. I got an idea.
Raph: You're the boss.
[They get down to the alley with Snakeweed after them.]
Raph: Now what?
Leo: We charge him.
Raph: Really?
Leo: Trust me. Let's move.
[They charged forward, Leo dodged the vines and kicked the heart on the neck. Then Raph dodged the claws and vines. Leo tried to shove a container into Snakeweed but he knocks him down. Raph leaped onto his back but Snakeweed knocked him away and took a few ice containers away, left grabbed one behind his back and shoved it into Snakeweed's mouth.]
Leo: Raph, now.
[Raph throws his sai and the container explodes, freezing him.]
Raph: Booyakasha! [crushes Snakeweed into pieces.] Nice work.
Leo: Thanks. Good to be back.
Raph: And, uh [whispering.] Sorry.
Leo: What did you say? I couldn't hear.
Raph: I said I'm SORRY!
Leo: Ugh. Apology accepted.
[They leave until Snakeweed/s heart starts beating again. Back at the lair, the turtles have waken Mikey with pizza.]
Mikey: Mmm, pepperoni.
Leo: Works every time.
Raph: Mikey! Don't scare me like that, buddy! I thought we lost you.
Mikey: Dudes, I had the weirdest dream. I dreamt the stuff in the sewer was made out of..
Donnie: Eh, forget about it, Mikey. It was just a dream.
Raph: So, what's with the girl who tried to kill you?
Leo: She didn't try to kill me. She saved me.
Raph: She threw a knife at your head.
Leo: She threw a knife near my head.
Raph: She's in the Foot clan.
Leo: Nobody's perfect.
[Episode ends]