Everyone's thoughts turn to getting back to the Emerald City, but the Nomes have done a pretty thorough job of stripping their kingdom of its magic and other resources. Still, if there's a problem, Dorothy figures there's a way to solve it. Scarecrow, Reigh, and Patchwork try to figure out a path across or through the Deadly Desert. Reigh manages to figure out the controls of Crush Canyon, so that's at least one possibility. Dorothy, Toto, Ojo, Evelyn, and Roquat try to find a means of transportation. They find a hovercar with no magic to power it, but Evelyn spots a whistle box at the edge of the incinerator. The hovercar just manages to limp its way to the box, Ojo opens it, and they use the magic inside to power up the car. The lava of the incinerator starts acting up, however, and knocks the car over, almost spilling Roquat, Dorothy, and the box overboard. Roquat reluctantly drops the box into the lava to save himself, and the resulting magic lava destroys the car, too. So they're back at square one. Meanwhile, West, Cyra, and Glinda are looking for magic, and find a few trace elements. Their big discovery, however, is that the Nome throne acts as a magic amplifier. Back in the Emerald City, the Nomes are enjoying their new life, but Guph realizes they're not actually doing any of the work needed to actually run the city, particularly the farm. He orders the Nomes to start working, and starts turning them into ornaments when they don't work fast enough. Back in the Nome Kingdom, the parties get together and report on their progress, then West discovers a new source of magic: the sand in the Deadly Desert! Using the throne, with a boost from Cyra and Glinda, West manages to channel that magic back into the desert and brings it back to life. As it's neither deadly nor a desert anymore, everyone can just cross it to Oz. Look out, Guph, the people of the Emerald City are coming home!
Good stuff, even if finding the whistle box full of magic ultimately did no good. And Patchwork refers to a choggenmugger, another reference to the books. Only one more episode to go!
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