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Dragons: The Nine Realms - In the Cards (S7E4)
When Jun does a Tarot reading for the team, she interprets its meaning to be that the riders will disband! In an effort to defy this fate, Jun forces the group to stick together as they search for a dragon that has breached the Rakke Town eel barrier.
| Runtime (min) | 23 |
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| TMDB Rating | 10.0 (1 votes) |
| Air Date | 2023-09-14 |
| Genres | Animation, Action & Adventure |
| TV Rating | TV-Y7-FV |
| Network(s) | Hulu, Peacock |
Storyline
When Jun performs a Tarot reading for the Dragon Riders, she interprets the cards to predict that the team will disband. Alarmed by this ominous forecast, Jun becomes determined to prevent the prophecy from coming true. She insists that the group must stay together at all costs, refusing to let anyone split up or go their separate ways.
The riders' resolve is tested when a dragon breaches the protective eel barrier surrounding Rakke Town, creating an urgent threat that requires immediate action. Jun uses this crisis as an opportunity to keep everyone united, forcing the team to work together as they track down the rogue dragon. Throughout their mission, tensions arise as Jun's anxiety about the Tarot prediction influences her decisions, and the riders must navigate both the external danger and the internal pressure to remain a cohesive unit despite the challenges they face.
What kids learn
This episode explores how fear of the future can influence present decisions, showing children that anxiety about what might happen can sometimes cause us to act in ways that create the very problems we're trying to avoid. Jun's reaction to the Tarot reading demonstrates how superstition and worry can lead to controlling behavior, even when intentions are good. Kids can learn to recognize when fear is driving their choices rather than rational thinking.
The story also teaches about the difference between healthy teamwork and forced togetherness. While cooperation and friendship are valuable, children learn that true unity comes from mutual respect and shared goals, not from pressure or manipulation. The episode illustrates that trying to control outcomes—especially based on predictions or fears—often backfires, and that trust in relationships means allowing natural growth and change.
Additionally, the episode reinforces problem-solving skills as the riders must handle a real crisis while managing interpersonal conflict. Children see that effective teamwork requires open communication, flexibility, and the ability to address both external challenges and internal group dynamics simultaneously.
Parents' top 5 questions
| Question | Answer |
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| How does the episode handle the Tarot reading and superstition? | The Tarot reading serves as a plot device that reveals Jun's anxieties rather than being presented as genuinely predictive. The episode frames the reading through Jun's interpretation and her emotional reaction to it, showing how her fear of losing her friends drives her behavior. The story ultimately demonstrates that trying to control fate based on superstitious predictions can be counterproductive, offering a gentle lesson about the difference between entertainment and reality. |
| Is Jun's controlling behavior addressed in the episode? | Jun's insistence on keeping the team together at all costs creates tension among the riders, and her behavior stems from genuine fear of losing her friends. The episode shows how anxiety can lead to actions that strain relationships rather than strengthen them. Through the mission to find the dragon, the team must work through these dynamics, illustrating that healthy friendships require trust and cannot be maintained through force or control. |
| What is the dragon threat in this episode? | A dragon has breached the eel barrier that protects Rakke Town, creating a security crisis that the riders must resolve. The eel barrier is an established protective measure in the series, and its breach represents a genuine danger to the community. This external threat provides the framework for the team's mission while Jun simultaneously tries to keep everyone together to defy the Tarot prediction. |
| Does the episode resolve the prediction about the team disbanding? | The episode addresses Jun's fear about the team disbanding through the shared experience of handling the dragon crisis together. While the specific resolution depends on how the characters work through both the external threat and Jun's internal anxiety, the story explores whether prophecies are self-fulfilling and how teams can stay strong through trust rather than force. The focus remains on the riders' relationships and their ability to face challenges as a unit. |
| What age group is this episode appropriate for? | This episode is appropriate for the show's typical audience of children ages six and up. The Tarot reading is presented as a character moment rather than occult content, and the themes of friendship, teamwork, and managing anxiety are age-appropriate. The dragon action provides adventure without intense violence, and the interpersonal conflicts offer relatable lessons about controlling behavior and trusting friends that elementary and middle-grade children can understand and discuss. |
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| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
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| 1 | 1 | Moving to an exotic new home, an adventurous teenager meets a new group of kids and discovers a dragon in the fissure. |
| 1 | 2 | Tom forges a friendship with the dragon and discovers an entire world of dragons within the fissure. |
| 1 | 3 | Tom and Jun encounter unexpected dangers and are separated while exploring the Hidden Realm of dragons. Tom introduces Jun to the dragon world, and Jun bonds with a dragon of her own – Wu and Wei. |
| 1 | 4 | Tom and Jun take a risk in revealing the secret of the Hidden Realm to D’Angelo to aid an injured dragon, and D’Angelo bonds with Plowhorn. |
| 1 | 5 | Tom and the others debate how to keep the dragons a secret, even as a rambunctious young “cloaking” dragon gets loose in town and pursues a friendship with a Alex. |
| 1 | 6 | Tom and the Riders try to save ICARIS when it's revealed to be in danger from a monstrous dragon. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | Jun breaks the rules by sneaking a small, adorable dragon out of the Crystal Realm and bringing it home, but finds that her older brother, Eugene, has arrived and watches her every move. |
| 2 | 2 | Tom has to keep his mom, Olivia, distracted while Jun, Alex, and D’Angelo use a new dragon to close off a cave leading to the Crystal Realm, and prevent her from discovering the dragons. |
| 2 | 3 | When Feather is taken by a group of what appear to be zombie dragons, Alex finds her inner hero and rescues her friend. |
| 2 | 4 | Tom and Thunder train a new species of aggressive tidal dragons to help the other riders put out a forest fire threatening ICARIS. |
| 2 | 5 | Tom and D’Angelo must come together to help Alex and Jun escape the clutches of the Spiderwings. |
| 2 | 6 | Tom and the riders go in search of Thunder and must face a gauntlet of dangerous dragons to find their lost friend. Along the way, Tom reveals his big secret to D’Angelo and Alex. |
| 2 | 7 | Tom and the riders help Thunder, who is seeking revenge against the dragons that chased off his family. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Tom hatches an unorthodox plan to use a Monstrous Nightmare to test Alex's new fire suit, endangering the secret of dragons. |
| 3 | 2 | After a fight with her mom, Jun joins Tom on an adventure into the Fire Realm, where her knowledge of myths saves the day. |
| 3 | 3 | When a tiny Fireworm dragon ends up at ICARIS, Alex must decide between her mom's excitement and keeping the dragon secret. |
| 3 | 4 | During an attempt to get displaced Fire Gronckles back to their native realm, D'Angelo accidentally feeds them Catastrophic Quaken eggs. |
| 3 | 5 | Eugene discovers the Lair and demands a dragon of his own. |
| 3 | 6 | The dragon riders must sneak a very sick Magma Breather into the ICARIS infirmary. |
| 3 | 7 | The Sky Torcher and Flame Throwers invade the Crystal Realm; Tom must conquer his demons and bond with the Fault Ripper to defeat the Sky Torcher. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Tom and the riders discover the Ice Realm and find Buzzsaw inside. |
| 4 | 2 | Alex and Eugene find themselves at odds with Tom and their fellow dragon riders when Feathers and Webmaster go missing during a blizzard in the Ice Realm. |
| 4 | 3 | Jun struggles to convince Tom to trust her faith in myths over the Book of Dragons when they venture to a place that his book seems to say is extremely dangerous. |
| 4 | 4 | Tom’s leadership abilities come into question by Eugene when his decisions lead to failure while attempting to confront Buzzsaw. |
| 4 | 5 | Tom and Thunder discover a baby Nightlight and must bring him back to Thunder’s home realm. |
| 4 | 6 | When Thunder’s clan of fellow Nightlights is attacked by the Snow Wraith, Tom vows to rescue them. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | While punished, Tom must sneak out to rescue the Riders from Buzzsaw. |
| 5 | 2 | Tom orchestrates a “safe” tour of the realms to convince Olivia that the Hidden World is safe for them to explore. |
| 5 | 3 | A mischievous new breed of dragons called Vine Tails steal the Book of Dragons. |
| 5 | 4 | Tom and the riders must work together to rescue Eugene from a dragon’s nest. |
| 5 | 5 | Tom must rescue Olivia from the Hidden World when she winds up getting herself frozen by a pack of hungry Speed Stingers. |
| 5 | 6 | When a deep freeze puts the lives of everyone in Rakke Town in jeopardy, the riders must attempt to use the dragons to get the humans through the night without being seen. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Tom struggles under the pressure of being the new ‘Dragon Whisperer’ for Rakke Town; Thunder rises to the occasion to help him. |
| 6 | 2 | When the parents leave for the night and tell the riders not to bring the dragons to the surface while they’re gone, D’Angelo and Eugene get locked in the hangar (with the dragons!) after Eugene triggers a security lockdown. |
| 6 | 3 | Jun forms an unlikely connection with Sledkin. |
| 6 | 4 | Eugene’s bond with Webmaster is put to the test when Webmaster leaves the group for a pack of Deathgrippers. |
| 6 | 5 | Tom sets out to prove Sledkin caused an explosion that injured a dragon in the Hidden World. |
| 6 | 6 | When the dragons fall victim to Buzzsaw’s poison darts, D struggles to keep a cool head and find a cure while others panic. |
| 6 | 7 | Tom and the riders “borrow” the bathysphere to rescue a dragon from the depths of the Giant Realm Sea. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
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| 7 | 1 | When Phil threatens to shut down D’Angelo’s new dragon hospital and ban dragons from ICARIS, D’Angelo and a little Hobgobbler have to change his mind. |
| 7 | 2 | While Tom struggles with admitting his feelings for Jun, the pair find themselves trapped inside a giant tree with an anxious colony of Woodchipper dragons. |
| 7 | 3 | Thunder must wrangle and lead the Hero Dragons in a desperate attempt to save Tom and the riders from a dangerous new dragon, The Glass Caster. |
| 7 | 4 | When Jun does a Tarot reading for the team, she interprets its meaning to be that the riders will disband! In an effort to defy this fate, Jun forces the group to stick together as they search for a dragon that has breached the Rakke Town eel barrier. |
| 7 | 5 | With the dragon riders disbanded, Eugene attempts to start his own Dragon Club. |
| 7 | 6 | When Thunder accidentally fries Alex’s tablet, Alex goes off on her own and is captured by Buzzsaw. |
| 7 | 7 | Tom and the riders must finally overcome their differences and come together as a team to survive the Dark Realm. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | Tom attempts to defeat the World Serpent by emulating Hiccup. |
| 8 | 2 | Tom and the dragon riders foster displaced Hidden Realm dragons in Rakke Town but things get complicated when Mr. Rakke makes a surprise visit. |
| 8 | 3 | The Dragon riders enlist the aid of Carla and Hazel and their scientific knowledge to help them prepare for a mission to neutralize Jörmungandr so they can return him to his chamber and seal him back inside. |
| 8 | 4 | Tom and the riders must rescue Plowhorn from Sledkin when the villain abducts the dragon to help her find the Gods Realm and the Dragonsite jewel. |
| 8 | 5 | Tom’s overconfidence turns to frustration then despair as he struggles to procure the ingredients for Gronckle Iron in hopes of building a trap to stop the World Serpent. |
| 8 | 6 | After a major miscalculation by Tom in 225 leaves the fate of the Realms in jeopardy, Jun and the riders rally behind Tom and Thunder to face off against the World Serpent. |
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