#ml season

As all three episodes have gone back to back to back, there are a few things to remember:

• Marinette has had zero time to really process all that happened at the end of Strike Back, because Chat Noir stood at her side and made sure they were able to recover the Rabbit Miraculous.  It’s not surprising that she will feel some level of stress and guilt, as she has always taken too much weight onto her shoulders and she is blaming herself for losing all the Kwami.
• Adrien has had no real time to contend with the fact that Marinette was the only one who really was standing up for him.  
• Adrien has had no real time to deal with the spy gear artifact he found in his father’s office…nor the fact that he must be putting together that Felix must have dropped it after he found something there.
• Alya has had no real time to grieve giving up her Miraculous plus the additional weight/burden of knowing that another decision might have shouldered some of the burden for her bestie…even if it was the right move at the time.
• In fact, all the of the rest of the holders are probably more quietly coming to terms with the fact that their powers are at least temporarily gone.
• Of the rest, Nino is probably the one most likely to mention to Adrien that Marinette didn’t want him to go, which is probably at the start of episode 2.  In context, Adrien is likely still feeling uncertain on his relationship with his usual BFF after the mid-season 4 episodes, but that doesn’t change the fact that Nino just lost his powers and is realizing that.  Added to that weight, Alya just had a seriously close call, so Nino would probably be actually very happy for the break but would still want to help Ladybug and Chat Noir as much as he can.  In fact, it might be really interesting to have them talking…to help Adrien realize that Ladybug was incredibly happy to work with him specifically.  A fact which is not 100% clear that he realized in the wake of everything with Felix at the end of Strike Back.

TL;DR:  Without the powers, Nino and Alya are back in a very prime and interesting spot to finally help their best friends finally start to date each other.

With or without the masks…