The episode idea thread (Turtle Torture Edition)

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Originally Posted by Tarris Vaal

I like the Mikey shouting at Raph parallel with IDW particularly

I'm not sure whether Splinter would go back to the farmhouse with them. It just seems off somehow, not sure why but its hard to imagine him with them there - its a place they go to 'grow up on the their own' and having a father figure there just seems to upset that impression. On the other hand they would be repeating themselves to have Splinter die/go missing/be captured again just prior.

It just works better in my mind that they talk to an unconscious Donnie separately of their own accord. Not really expecting anything to come of it but just talking. Similar to how Raph was at Leo's side previously.

You could show them taking shifts to watch Donnie, each one of them taking the chance to talk in hopes he might be listening, or just to get their own feelings of their chest. Then you could cover their feelings of a recent event they feel guilty over (perhaps an argument or teasing from Casey, Leo feeling he failed him, etc), an admission of some kind or a memory.
Kind of similar to when the family comes into a hospital to talk with coma victims.

You'd cover the exact same bases that way but remove the need for mystical element. Donnie just wakes up on his own accord following Raph's apology/memory/admission.

Would probably take most of an episode to do though. So would make for a very quiet emotion driven ep overall

Well Splinter's been with them at the farm house in every other incarnation, and they don't want to abandon Splinter like they did last time. So yeah, he would be at the farm house with them when they return. It might be good showing him adjusting to the place since the other Turtles are familiar with the lay out of the area since they lived there for about 5-6 months. But it's been over 16 years since Splinter has lived in a house so being able to live like a person (more or less) would be a new experience for him after living in the sewers for so long.

I do agree maybe in this version having the Turtles individually talking to Donnie. It saves the scene being too crowded. In the 2k3 having everyone around Leo worked because he was on deaths door step, so as much as they wanted him to wake up. They also wanted to be there in case he passed on as well.

I can imagine once Karai's venom was gone Donnie's condition would be stable so he would less likely to die. But if he returned to them it would be up to him.
Maybe Casey or Mikey suggests placing Donnie in the tub like they did with Leo and Splinter says they should just let him rest for now.

Raph's memory should be how he got that chip in his shell as that would be an appropriate moment to bring it up. He also would be the most reluctant to talk with Donnie thinking that talking to someone who is unconscious is stupid. We don't even see him talking to Leo, he just sits with him, but very little talking is done. He would be last as well giving the moment Donnie wakes up have an emotional impact.

Mikey would initiate it however since he's the care giver of the group, and he'd do anything to make sure his unconscious brother knew they were all there.

Leo I don't know if he's say he failed his brother, but certainly he would express that he feels lost without him or something along those lines.

Casey would apologize for being a jerk to him about April.

April would thank him for always being there for her, (maybe saying how she feels about him)

Splinter I can see remembering moments from Donnie's child hood or maybe a moment where Donnie comes to him and asks why the Bo staff chose him and Splinter replies "That is a journey you need to make on your own."

Or maybe one point where Donnie is expressing frustration about how his brothers are all excelling at their training but he feels like he's struggling. And Splinter implies that he's trying to hard to be like his brothers...when really he should consider who he is personally. Donnie is confuse by this and says he's a Ninja, but Splinter says that even ninja come in different types.

For Karai in the mean time, she is looking at the photo of her as a baby, and flashes back to Shredder telling her "Have you forgotten what Hamato Yoshi did to me...to us?" And the memories of Splinter telling her the story of what really caused her mothers death. And then finally she remembers Leo telling her a worm is controlling her. The conflicting emotions causes her to throw up the parasite and she squishes it in horrified disgust. Shredder opens the door to her room and so she quickly stashes the photo so he won't see it and feigns that she is still under the mind control. But as soon as he leaves she feels a tremendous since of guilt for what she has done to her true family and knows that once the Shredder knows she isn't under his control any longer he would likely kill her.

And later once she's free she will apologize to all of them for what she has done. And then she would likely say that she needs to go out and discover who she is as a person, because while the Shredder can't control her any longer his influence is still there. She needs to discover who she is as a person and not what the Shredder made her into. Leo isn't happy about this as this means losing her again. Splinter however understands and tells her there will be a place for her when she feels she is ready to return.