Will: Last week...
Release the hounds!
( cheering )
...the builders strutted their stuff
at the Brickminster Dog Show.
This is definitely the weirdest thing we've ever done.
Brothers Brendan and Greg placed Best In Show.
Greg: We won one!
This one is ours. I'm ecstatic about it.
And we feel like we earned it.
while Emily and Liam had no choice...
It's a bit of a disaster.
...but to play their Golden Brick.
But it was anime friends Jon and Xavier...
- Oh, no. - ...who ended up in the doghouse.
- And now... - Ahoy, builders!
Batten down the hatches and hold onto your hats.
You're building pirate ships!
...these swashbuckling builders brave the high seas.
- Jeez. - Or just smash it.
Who will find the hidden treasure
and who will walk the plank?
- There's another monkey build. - There is another monkey build.
- Get the bananas! - We're talking half of your bananas!
What's supposed to look like a peppermint stripe
looks kind of like a pizza delivery.
Aw, man.
See if the builders can navigate these choppy waters.
Take cover!
- ( cheering ) - Whoa!
"Lego Masters" starts now.
- Oh! - ( cheering )
I knew it! Knew it!
- All right. - ( cheering )
- Pirates. - Whoa!
- We're doing pirates! - We're doing pirates.
I think this season on "Lego Masters" they've really pushed things
a lot further than they have in previous seasons.
- You can never really predict what you're gonna get next. - You really can't.
- Whoa! - Hey!
- He has a map. - And...
X marks the spot. Huh.
You know there are easier ways to get me to hit my mark.
Wow.
- Ahoy, builders! - All: Ahoy!
Batten down the hatches and hold onto your hats,
we're hitting the Seven Seas
with our first ever pirate episode.
- Yeah! - Whoo!
I'm the captain of this ship now--
Will Arr-nett...
- Oh! Yeah. - Aye, aye, Captain.
...joined as always by my first mates,
the Brickmasters Of Command,
Amy and Jamie.
( cheering )
- Ahoy, Brickmasters. - Ahoy there, Captain.
- You both look great. - Both: Thank you.
Oh, man. Jamie, your booty is showing.
- Oh. - Just-- ( muttering )
- Oh. - Booty.
Oh. Uh-oh.
- All: Oh! - What's in there?
- Golden Brick? - There it is.
- Isn't it? - Oh, you guys.
Is it the Golden Brick?
So last challenge, Emily and Liam played their Golden Brick,
so eventually it may come back in play.
- Oh! - Oh.
It's back.
That's really exciting, because having that Golden Brick
to save you from elimination is huge in this competition.
Oh, ho, ho.
Coins. What did you think?
- Aww. - What did you...
- Here you go. - Thanks.
- That's for you. Yeah. - Thanks.
- Will: Sure. - So, why aren't you dressed up today?
Um, that's a good-- fair question.
There were some high level discussions.
Woman: Here's your pirate costume, Will.
No.
Look, I am a serious reality competition host, okay?
So I'm trying to win an Emmy over here,
and I'm not gonna play dress-up, all right?
All right, builders, let's talk about what you will be building this week.
You're building pirate ships!
Oh, this is gonna be a good one.
We are jacked to be doing a pirate ship.
And it just so happens that I own every single pirate ship that Lego has ever made.
Each team will build a majestic ship
that strikes fear into the hearts of your competitors.
When time is up, you'll set it down in the raging waters behind me
- to form an epic armada. - ( whistles )
Now, Brickmasters, what are you hoping to see today?
In this challenge, we will really be testing you on your storytelling abilities.
And that means we wanna know who's your captain.
We want to see what ports you've come from,
and we wanna see what's the treasure that you seek.
We are giving you eight hours to build your pirate ship.
- "Arr" you ready? - ( cheering )
Then get your brick on!
- Go! Go! - ( overlapping chatter )
- Okay. We have to build a ship. - So we're building a ship.
- I can imagine the sails being giant leaves. - Yeah.
Would it be cool to do it, like, all vegetables?
Pirate ship.
The challenge is to build a beautiful pirate ship
in eight hours. That's not a lot of time.
The most prolific pirate of all time was a female.
- How about we do a female? - Okay.
Our story reflects Victoria the Vengeful
sailing the White Widow ship, hunting sea monsters.
We need a giant harpoon. Like, a massive harpoon.
- Okay. - What about-- okay, let's quickly think about it
because the story will drive the design.
What if we have a ship like this, like a pirate spa type thing?
Emily: I love it.
Instead of a regular Jolly Roger,
it has cucumbers over the eyes.
That would be awesome.
When Liam was kindergarten age,
all he dressed up as for a long time was a pirate.
We are making the "Arrr & Arrr" Pirate Resort Ship.
Five years ago, our captain was imprisoned
and found it to be the most relaxing experience of his life.
So he decided to open a pirate resort ship.
Emily: Looks good.
Guys, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
- Sorry, sorry, sorry. - Hey.
Just, producers, keep fighting them on the-- with the costume.
And you guys, by the way, I love your outfits.
- You look amazing. - Thank you.
It's not too late for you to dress up, Will.
Uh, yes, it actually is.
- Oh, okay. Okay. - Oh, wow.
Um, what do you think with a build like this,
what are the common mistakes the teams can make here?
- Overcomplicating the story... - Mm-hmm.
...and not thinking it through clearly in the beginning,
so that at the end they're running to put those story details in
and it just does not make sense when we go to the judging.
Is eight hours gonna be enough for a build like this?
Oh, not a lot of time. You can see the fear in their eyes.
Jamie: And you have teams like Emily and Liam which are really strong,
but they did have the clock work against them last time
and they had to give up that Golden Brick.
Emily and Liam no longer have that insurance policy.
- And they're also quite competitive. - Yes.
And so they want this win really badly.
You can tell that in the last challenge. Aww.
Come on.
- That was-- wardrobe! - Oh, man.
- One second. It's fine. - You good?
- Oh, that's good. Wow. - Okay.
- Kind of hot. - Watch yourself on that.
- Yeah. - Oh, that was so embarrassing.
- You okay? - This is why I say
never take hot drinks on set, right?
Yeah, or at least bring some for us.
Dave: Am I stupid for wanting to build a Technic frame for the hull of this ship?
Can't you just build out a ship?
Our pirate ship is the Legend of the Revengetables.
Captain Gourd, the squashbuckler, is sailing on his ship
to find some salad dressing in the Thousand Islands.
We've decided to go the vegetable route because I'm a vegetarian.
- Your heart's set on it being... - An eggplant, yeah.
Okay, eggplant ship, zucchini masts.
- I just don't-- oh, it's that big? - Yeah.
Okay.
Did you know my great-grandfather,
your great-great-grandfather Gramps--
- Was a pirate? - No, he wasn't a pirate,
- but he worked in the shipbuilding yards. - That's cool.
I mean, you could even do them sail boating, too.
We are building the Plantain Pearl.
Nick: It was originally a pirate ship crewed by Captain Brickbeard,
but magical monkeys commandeered the ship from the pirates,
and now they're exploring the world in search of the golden banana.
The poor pirates, they only get to eat bananas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
- ( whistles ) - Yeah, nice chest hair.
- Hey, much better. - Oh, it's a pirate! Nice.
There we go. Getting his costume on.
Hi there, Liz and Erin.
- What's up? - How are you?
- Fantastic. - Like the shirt.
No, I had a bit of a-- I had a-- I'm not a pirate.
But I spilled coffee on my shirt, so this is all they had
- 'cause of the pirate theme in wardrobe. - Hey, that works.
So I'm wearing this against my will, let's put it that way.
How do you guys feel about your build?
What's gonna be your concept?
So we're making a kid pirate ship.
Oh, I love that.
And they're going to pillage the world of their candy booty.
Erin: We are building the Good Ship Sweet Tooth,
and we're gonna fill it with lots of cheerful colors
and have lots of fun candy pirate's booty.
Oh, you built a pirate ship in the last-- two challenges ago.
- Yeah! - Yeah, I love building ships.
I built, like, Destiny's Bounty and stuff from "Ninjago."
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
- On your own just building a-- - With my kids, yes.
- Oh, with your kids. - With my kids.
Building Lego with my kids has been the best thing.
My son was diagnosed with autism when he was four.
And life was difficult, but he loved Lego,
and it was an instant motivator,
And when he was having a rough day, we would build Lego.
When he needed motivation to do something, we would build Lego.
Even as they get older, we still build together as a family
because when those bricks stick, that's how my family sticks.
- Let your imaginations run wild... - Absolutely.
- ...and keep building. - Great shirt.
- Thank you. Not my choice. - Yeah, right.
Uh-huh. No, no, no, no, no.
I found a whole bunch more pirate torsos, so I grabbed so more.
Dude, that's smart.
Our ship is called the Ribbitor.
Our pirate ship has been cursed from a relic
that was stolen from an island in the Caribbean.
We want our ship to capture the classic architecture of a pirate ship,
so we're working on a big brown hull with a forward mast.
Take this kind of angle on the corner?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I know it's a pirate show,
but I don't want to be a pirate.
Jamie and Amy are happy to be the pirates.
I don't wanna be the guy who's the pirate.
No, no, no. I'm good, thanks. I got a shirt.
Uh, I don't wanna be the guy who's known as the pirate, you know?
I'm not comfortable with it.
Yeah, you can lift and lock,
and then I'll start working on this layer.
While you working on the frame,
should I start making the sail maybe?
- Hey, Ethan and Dom. - Hey, what's up?
- Amy: Hello. - Jamie: Good to see you.
How are you feeling after the last challenge?
( sighs )
We're feeling better with this one.
Last week we were placed in the bottom two
because of a technical issue with our build.
- Dang it. - Our goal with this challenge
is just to prove that we deserve to be here.
This challenge is really all about story,
so tell me a little bit about the legends you're bringing into your ship.
This is a pirate ship that recently got a bunch of crates,
and in one of these crates is gonna be a group of angry monkeys.
Ooh.
Ethan: Our theme is monkeys taking over the ship,
a monkey mutiny.
Look at all the pirate movies.
The highlight of the show is always the monkey beside the captain.
So what if we made the whole thing monkeys?
- Yeah. - Best in show.
So you've told us a bit about the monkeys that are coming in here,
but who was on this ship before the monkeys?
And where are the monkeys?
I haven't gotten to them yet, but I will.
This is your chance to have redemption
- and show us that you're back on top. - Yes.
- Mm-hmm, absolutely. - Jamie: All right.
- Good luck. Happy building. - Thank you.
Okay, we're gonna have to redo the story.
We're not even close to done with the boat
and we gotta build a story.
Uh, spend five-- just spend a little bit of time,
see how tiny you can get a monkey.
If we can't get our story across to the judges,
we could be going home.
- You want to? - Five minutes.
- Okay. - Five minutes.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Dead men tell no tales.
They're also completely unable to update me
on how a challenge is going,
so good thing I got you two for that.
So this challenge is awesome.
Our teams have to make pirate ships.
They only have eight hours.
It's the shortest challenge we've had,
and I love that it's all about storytelling.
That means we're gonna be looking for all the details
in these models to really bring these stories to life.
I need regular green.
Doesn't look like a fish to me.
This feels like a dude with a weird mask thing on.
I do know a thing or two about ships.
I'm a bosun's mate in the U. S. Coastguard.
I drive boats, do search and rescue, law enforcement,
and spend a lot of time on the open seas.
I do feel like I can kind of lean into some of that overall knowledge
and bring those skills and that experience into the build.
- Hey, Brendan and Greg. - Hey.
- Hi! - Congratulations.
- You had a big win last week. - Thank you.
Victory is short lived.
That is very true, so tell us about the legend you're creating.
We have this pirate right here, and he is an octopus...
- Wow. - And he lost his wife and child
to Davy Jones many years ago.
So he searches to try and find the key to Davy Jones' locker
and get his wife and son back.
- Aw. - Okay.
Brendan: The ship that we're building
is the Stricken Princess of the Coral Seas.
We're making our ship green like it's been underwater.
It's grown over with algae
and it's got coral and things growing on it.
What's your construction technique that you're using there?
We built it all around a studs-out core
and that was so we could get volume quickly
because we wanted to be able to focus on developing the details
and the story elements of the ship
rather than just doing a large brick sculpt.
But what are the icons that are gonna show this is a pirate ship
- as opposed to another type of ship? - Amy: Yes.
Uh, that's a great question.
We might need to incorporate some more pirate specific elements.
Yeah, I think you should really think about that early.
It's important to move quickly in this case
because we only have eight hours,
and what the Brick Masters really want is story.
And we're building a big green ship,
so all these details that we want to add
with barnacles and coral and sea growth,
we have to have time to get all those colors in there
otherwise you're just gonna have a big green ship.
- Awesome. Thank you so much, Brick Masters. - Keep the focus. Good luck.
- Really appreciate it. - Good luck.
Did you get to check every team around the room
to see who else might be doing something monkey themed?
- You know? - Are you talking about the TikTokers?
- Yeah. - That they're doing monkeys?
Is it different enough?
Just wanna make sure you guys knew
- and you've done your rounds. - Appreciate the heads up.
- What about parrots? - Parrots?
- Ah, parrots would be tricky. - It would be a no.
We kind of put ourselves in a pickle.
We had an idea at the beginning,
and we didn't really think it through as much as we should've.
I think we spent a little bit too much time
on the boat rather than the story elements.
I mean, monkeys is the fun idea.
Yeah, but we're keeping that idea.
We have a lot of story to build, we've gotta lot of monkeys to build.
We can add eyes, make them more monkey-ly.
So, yeah. And that's more character, our strength.
This is gonna be a tough one,
and it's gonna come down to the wire.
Austin: What are you guys doing?
I'm not in charge of the hull.
Yeah, that's what I was like.
"Oh, okay. I guess that'll be me. Fine."
- Nick and Stacey, hi, guys. - Hi.
- Hey, Will. - Ahoy.
- Yeah, sorry. Ahoy. - Ahoy.
How are you guys feeling right now?
It's coming together.
We still need to put up our sail.
- Nick: They're beautiful leafs. - Will: Yeah.
- It's a banana leaf. - It's a banana leaf, yeah.
- We've got little banana cannons. - Oh, I like that.
I didn't see. I guess you really got to keep your eyes peeled for that.
Yeah. There's another monkey build on the floor today.
- There is another monkey build, yes. - Nick: We had heard.
Our build differs quite a bit from Dom and Ethan's
in that they have a human pirate ship
that is kind of being invaded by monkeys.
Our ship has been completely and entirely taken over by monkeys,
so our ship doesn't really look like much
of a traditional pirate ship anymore,
which I think is part of what helps our build stand out.
This is just gonna kind of pump up the drama a little bit.
- It might. - Two monkey builds...
...one "Lego Masters" episode.
- I know! - The drama couldn't get better.
Arr!
Does that need some work?
Well, help a girl out!
Stained glass window's gonna be rad.
Will: All right, you're halfway through your build.
Four hours left!
- Aah! - Shut up!
Okay, we should have a plank.
That's definitely something pirate ships always have.
- Yep. - Is it a sock?
- Kind of looks like a sock. - Thanks.
- There, there. - Looks like a pizza box.
Liz: Looking at our pirate ship,
we realized that it wasn't looking the way
we wanted it to for our original story.
Okay, would you like me to take all that out and start over?
What's supposed to look like a peppermint stripe
instead looks kind of like a pizza delivery.
Aw, man.
Just start peeling off the bottom.
It is devastating to have to pivot,
because you need your structure built
so you have time to work it and make it unique
and make it stand out.
At this point, we need to figure out
another story that's going to fit
what we've done so far.
And we need to do something about it fast.
All right, better now than in three hours from now.
Stephen: Erin, how you feeling?
- We've pivoted apparently. - Just now?
Everything's fine. It's all fine. Everything's fine.
This challenge, you have asked the teams
to rely on their imagination
more than just pure technical building.
These pirate ships have to have legendary characters
with bigger than life stories
that really celebrate what makes pirates awesome.
- There's not a lot of time left. - Yes.
Who do you think at this point is maybe
struggling a little bit with this challenge?
We are really surprised
to see Ethan and Dom not know their story.
Amy: They were just building a ship
and planning to throw some story details in there,
and that is not gonna fly for this challenge.
Will: And then another team is doing the same thing.
Amy: Yeah, yeah, yeah, Nick and Stacey.
- Two monkey ships. - Two monkey ships.
- They gotta make them stand out. - Ooh!
Sorry, that just really shivers me timbers just to think about that.
Make it work.
Amy: Liz and Erin pivoted late in the challenge.
It's a really, really tough call to make
because this is short challenge.
There's a real risk that they're not gonna be done in time.
If we survive, we'll have a good conversation.
Who do you like? Who do you think is really excelling in this challenge?
Dave and Emily are going in a very fun direction
where they have this vegetable pirate ship
that is going to Thousand Island to get some dressing.
And it could be really fun if they can actually capture all those vegetables
and make them look adorable.
And actually, I think that Brendan and Greg
are really going in a different place than anyone else,
where they have this coral wrapped ship.
I like that they're actually brick-building their characters,
where they have these fish people on minifigure bodies.
- Did you see those legs on those fish? - Yeah, super cute.
When you look at their build, it seems like it's really a cry for kelp.
I wanna see their build. They're a little far down there.
Luckily, I do have this on me.
- Jamie: Oh, yeah. - Amy: That's handy.
Let me take a look.
Ow. Ow.
Amy: You okay there, Will?
( groans )
This is what I get for using 16th century technology.
- Ow! - Is he always this accident prone?
You guys...
Ethan, get the bananas!
- Stacey: No, we share the bananas! - Get all the bananas!
- We're taking half of your bananas! - Ethan: No!
So, Nick and Stacey are also doing monkeys.
I'm not sure who came up with the idea first. Probably us.
They have purple monkeys while we have brown monkeys.
- Brown monkeys, which are the correct color for monkeys. - Mm-hmm.
We're all just like little vultures in here all of a sudden.
Like, "I need all the things!"
We want to make sure that our monkeys aren't too similar,
that we're taking some different approaches,
because we know that we're directly competing with each other.
Where else do we have a light brick?
The concept of a cursed pirate ship
draws into all kinds of fantasy lore.
So we're trying to incorporate that by adding transparent green brick
as some kind of ooze that's taking over the ship.
Maybe the one door laying on the ground with slime coming out.
Let me quickly try attaching this sail,
- and let's see how that looks. - Yeah, and then give me your opinion on these.
- Hey, Liz and Erin. - Hello.
This is quite a different direction.
Amy: Yeah, when we last checked in with you,
you guys were making a candy ship,
but it's looking like you're going in a different direction now.
The peppermint striping was not coming through,
so we decided to kind of swim with the tide
- and pivot a little bit. - Okay.
Amy: What is the story here?
So, story,
we have Captain Calzone, Pizza "Pie-rate."
- Jamie: Yeah. - Pizza "Pie-rate."
- All: Oh! - Should've seen that one coming.
- I have pizza sails. - Jamie: Uh-huh.
It's those fun stories that I think we're looking for,
so the more that you can definitely bring them into focus,
- especially your captain-- - We have even a chef's hat
- to give our Captain Calzone. - Okay, great, yeah.
But you also have a ship that's very white,
so you have to think about how you're gonna place
all these little scenes with the right colors
around them that help us see them.
Right now, I'm feeling the weight of the competition.
The clock is ticking down and we don't have a lot of time.
This is terrifying.
I'm hoping that we finish
and that we're able to convey our story
in a way that they understand it just by looking at it.
Make sure you put your focus in the right place,
and make sure those stories come through, okay?
- Captain. Captain. - Great. Aye, aye, Captain.
- Good luck. Carry on. - Thank you.
- That didn't sound good. - God, we got a long way to go.
Greg: We have the skull-y motif.
I don't think we have to add any more pirate specific element.
Oh, gosh, I didn't see you guys there. Sorry.
Just had a little spyglass accident.
Don't worry. I'm gonna be okay.
One hour left! You've got one hour left!
Remember, at the end of this challenge,
one team will walk the plank.
- What? - ( murmuring )
No!
Emily: It's very skull-like, I think.
- No, does it read as cucumbers? - Oh, the cucumber eyes?
- One hour left! - Oh, my gosh.
You've got one hour left.
Remember, at the end of this challenge,
one team will walk the plank.
What?
Yeah.
Let's go!
All right, I got all these tables.
They just need food. I got two more barrels.
So rushing to finish this build,
I'm worried that our story isn't gonna come across as well.
We have to get our details on. We have to finish.
- It's go-time. - Justin: If you do a different color,
it'll stand out more as the harpoon.
We spent a lot of time on the white hull and it looks impressive,
but a lot of the time that we figured we had to make those nice details...
- Oh! - ...and tell the stories
and stuff really are just-- are gone.
- We have too much left to do. - Hang on one second.
There, that's a lot better. That was killing me.
30 minutes left!
Aah!
Emily: Liam, can you pause and get started on tentacles?
'Cause we have to attach it before time's up, you know?
Oh, we only have so much time, dude.
- We're doing good though. - Are we?
I'm sweating bullets. We have a lot of monkeys to place.
Stories, more stories.
I gotta finish this pirate captain
because our ship needs a captain.
The minutes are turning into seconds,
and we have to get this boat in the water ASAP.
Will: Guys, we got five minutes.
- Not done yet. - Panic.
Five minutes to dock your ships.
- We got this, don't worry. - All right, let's dock.
You feel really good with that? I don't know.
- Yep, I've lifted it this way several times. - Okay. All right.
- Brendan and Greg going into the gallery. - Moving over.
Amy: It's actually gonna take some time to get it placed as well, right?
Because they have to stud it on. They don't just sit it.
- It's on. - Success?
- Nice. - All right, first one docked.
- You got it? - Sure.
And we have Liz and Erin.
As we're moving it, I'm feeling stressed.
I'm worried that it might not come across as a pirate ship.
Our shaping isn't as good as the other teams,
so there's high tension, there's high anxiety.
- Here come Ethan and Dom, as well. - Okay.
The gallery is starting to load up.
He's finishing the last attachment...
- Just the last bit. - ...and then we're moving.
Suddenly I look up, and I'm like, wait a minute.
- Where did everyone go? - Where did everybody go?
Will: 2 1/2 minutes.
- Very carefully. - Do we have everything we need?
Yep, everything is here.
Somehow we end up being the last people to carry our ship.
Nick: We could throw one more minifig on up here.
- Up top? Okay. Okay, run. - Yeah. Do we have time?
Will: One minute. One minute left.
Get the details in. We gotta go!
( groans )
Leg cramp. Now I got a leg cramp.
- I got a leg cramp. - You okay?
Will: I'm gonna need something to lean on.
I got a leg cramp.
Oh! Where'd the time go?
Judges: Five, four, three, two, one.
Time's up! Bricks down!
( whistling )
- All right. - Oh, my God. We're good.
Wow, congratulations. You built a pirate ship!
- ( cheering ) - Yeah, right?
What? Wait, why are you guys all looking at--
What's the big deal? Why are you looking at me like that?
We're just-- we're looking at your Lego.
- Ahh! - Oh, yeah.
This was not the plan, but fine, do your worst.
Give me the full-- the full thing.
Yay!
Oh, yeah. Sure, why not?
- Nice! - Yeah.
- I love it. - You win again, Fox.
You happy? All right.
Let's take a look at your pirate armada.
- ( cheering ) - Yeah!
( music playing )
( music continues )
You have built fantastical pirate ships,
and now the Brickmasters are gonna take a look
at what you've done.
Emily and Liam, you're up first.
- Whoo! - Okay.
We built the Arrr & Arrr Pirate Ship.
Captain Redbrick transformed his pirate ship
into a pirate resort ship.
But all is not "Arrr and Arrr" today on the ship.
Liam: The customers have realized Captain Redbrick
has been swindling them
and they're forcing him to walk the plank.
But his pet kraken is coming
to take care of all these villains.
Will: Brickmasters, what do you think?
It starts really with that mainsail.
I love the fact that you have an icon of a pirate,
but then you have adapted it to your spa
with those cucumbers.
And that bright pink, it really draws my eye into it,
and I can see that danger is absolutely imminent.
Okay, great job, you two.
Amy: Well done.
Austin and Justin, you're up next.
Who knew?
Austin: Let me introduce you to Victoria the Vengeful.
Her story begins because her husband was killed by a giant sea creature.
So she avenged him by killing this giant blue squid.
She's manning the ship while her crew
is pulling in a sea monster with their large harpoon.
Jamie: I do like that you added that little detail
with the stained glass window on the back,
and I can see the boards of the ship.
Really great detailing there.
Where I'm struggling a little bit
is what makes this a pirate ship
versus a fishing ship?
And when you have such an awesome weapon like the harpoon,
I think the blockiness of it,
it's a little bit in contrast to what it's actually doing.
- Okay. - Nice job, you two.
Thank you.
I feel like we kind of failed a little bit
as far as making it a pirate ship.
If we'd had a bit more time,
we maybe would've done a few more pirate details.
That's just how it is.
Nick and Stacey, you're up.
Allow us to tell you the tale of our magical, mystical monkeys
sailing aboard the Plantain Pearl
in search of the golden banana.
Nick: Our captain, Marty McPeel,
is sitting atop his iron throne.
Stacey: And if he can find that mystical golden banana,
he is going to rule the world forever,
because scientifically that's how mystical bananas work.
#BananaFacts.
I didn't even know we were doing hashtags.
- That is great news. - I'm adding them. I'm adding them.
Awesome. Brickmasters, what do you think?
I like the fact that you did do the banana leaves.
I think it stands out among the entire fleet in a wonderful way.
We definitely see your humor come through,
especially when you zoom in on those monkeys.
They all have playful little stories.
I also love the way the bananas are the food and the weapon.
You kind of create that nice banana hammock between the two.
All right, great job, you two.
Thank you. Thank you. Good job!
Ethan and Dom, you're up.
Let's go, boys.
Going into judging, I'm pretty nervous.
Our direct competition on this one, no doubt, is Nick and Stacey.
The Brickmasters like Nick and Stacey's monkeys a lot.
Now I'm thinking to myself,
we could be in the bottom two again,
and that would be not good.
Ethan and Dom, tell us the legend of your pirate ship.
Ethan: This is Monkey Mutiny.
The SS Potassium, led by Captain Blubber and his crew,
are attacked by giant monkeys.
Dom: All of a sudden, a scientist monkey comes out of a crate
and starts giving the monkeys potions that enlarges to give them
to give them a fighting chance against Captain Blubber's crew.
I actually like that you tried some really different
forming technique on the front.
That's clearly standing out from the rest of the fleet,
and there so much going on.
I get a little bit lost to be honest.
You have minifigures on the boat,
but I just wonder, why is the captain so big?
It's a story-driven challenge. Play everything to the story.
I think you've certainly captured the chaos
of this story with the monkeys taking over
with these little mini-stories you have,
but it's just making sure the big overall story is clear.
- We have two monkey builds. - Yeah.
Is it monkey see, monkey do? What's going on?
All right, guys.
Good job, guys. Good job.
Brendan and Greg, you're up next.
Brendan: So our ship's not the biggest.
- It's also not the smallest. - Greg: Yeah.
But is definitely the greenest,
and I think it still stands out in its own way.
Greg: After decades beneath the waves,
the Stricken Princess of the Coral Seas
brought to the surface again
by the pirate captain Alexander Robertus d'Octavian.
Brendan: We have the crew which are fishmen.
They have taken these humans as prisoners.
Sails don't last very well under the water,
so they've replaced those with woven kelp.
But it's a little tattered.
The kelp doesn't hold up so well.
I love the tattered look of the sails.
I love that you have all this coral and barnacle detail around the side
that really makes it look like it's been under the water.
Really, you've captured a great and imaginative story.
I like that you were smart on your beginning foundation,
that you did hollow it out,
and that gave you time to further storytell.
All right, great job, you two. Really good.
( muted chatter )
Dave and Emily, you're up next.
- Whoo! - Yay!
Emily: Our build is the Legend of the Revengetables.
Captain Gourd and his squashbuckling crew
sail the Seven "Vitamin C's" in search of vegetables.
And they are heading to the Thousand Islands
in search of dressing.
You'll see on the back we've got two little dinghies
with the Brussel Scouts. They're recruits.
We've got a celery mast, and they didn't "carrot all"
when they were coming up with their sails.
They just came with the first idea that sprouted to mind.
- Oh, man. - They're gonna put you out of a job.
I just-- you've taken all the puns.
There's nothing left.
Although one of the pirates could've had a wooden legume.
- Oh! - Missed opportunity.
- Aww, that's a good one. - Still the best right there.
Welcome to the pros. Okay.
I like the fact that it has a beautiful form.
You did some nice sculpting with that hull,
and you have fun details.
Amy: I think it's a great build,
and I would say it's one of the best builds
that you guys have made in the competition so far.
- Aww. - Yeah. Yeah, I think it's one of the best builds
- I've seen you guys produce. - Hey!
Tss!
- Great job, you two. - Thank you.
Amy: Well done. Really well done.
- That's awesome. - Great job.
- Was there enough? - We had a lot of fun with this one.
Stephen and Stephen, you're up.
- Yeah. - All right, guys. You got this.
It's on.
This is the pirate ship Ribbitor.
It went to pick up some cargo which turned out to be some cursed relics,
and while they were sailing to New Orleans
a curse set in causing a bunch of slime
and fog and evil spirits to start showing up.
You've really created an impressive ship.
I appreciate the sculpting
that you especially tried to put into that hull.
You've used those transparent green bricks all over
that really give this kind of glowing creepy effect.
So I love that curse you've got overall on the ship.
- Great job, you two. - Thank you.
- Liz and Erin, you're up. - Woohoo!
We had a really fun idea going in,
and then we realized that it wasn't looking
the way we wanted it to, so we had to pivot.
It was very stressful.
I'm just hoping that the Brickmasters like it.
Liz: Welcome aboard our Pizza Pie-Rate Ship,
and it is manned by Captain Calzone.
Erin: Our ship set sail from the Port of Pepperoni
with its crew of pirate children
who are looking to expand pizza Friday
to every day of the week.
I think it was a real risk
for you to change your story midstream.
Where I am struggling a little bit
is the iconic-ness of a pirate ship.
Right now it comes across
a little bit blocky in its form.
I think the pizza slices are actually quite cool,
but also make them a bit pirate-y.
I just wish you had connected the story
a little bit more.
And unfortunately, it was a lot smaller
than the other builds.
Will: Yeah, it was a tough challenge for you guys.
- It was. - Switched at the last minute to a pizza,
and you proved that you could deliver in 30 minutes or less.
Oh!
- All right, guys. - Thank you.
Erin: I'm feeling like we missed the mark
on the shape of the boat.
We don't necessarily have some of those pirate ship details.
Liz: I definitely feel like we're at risk.
That's the most criticism we've gotten.
This week, you were challenged
to build an unbelievable pirate ship that told an epic tale.
But your tale is far from over.
I am a man that believes in peace and love--
unless it involves Lego,
and then I wanna see things blow up
and get smashed to pieces.
I don't know what it is.
There is no way this story could end
without a massive battle at sea.
- That's right. Yes. - ( cheering )
Emily: We love blowing stuff up!
Yes! Let's do that.
- ( imitates explosion ) - Look out!
Lego Masters, your pirate armada is under attack!
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh!
( explosion )
Everybody, take cover!
( cannon ball whistling )
Whoa!
- Everybody, take cover! - Here it comes.
Will: Here we go!
This season of "Lego Masters" has so many twists and turns.
Buckle your seatbelt. This is gonna be a wild ride.
Also, stop watching it in the car.
Fire!
- Whoa! - Oh!
A direct hit!
- ( cheering ) - Obliterated!
- Fire! - Fire!
Whoa!
You sank my pirate ship!
- Another! - Will: Fire!
( cheering )
Whoa! Fire!
Oh, my God.
Fire! Fire!
Oh!
- Monkeys! - Will: Fire!
- ( Emily screams ) - You eat your vegetables!
- Whoo! Woohoo! - There she blows!
Will: Oh finally. Pure destruction.
( laughter )
That was incredible, you guys.
I know-- I know you worked really hard on those,
but we had to blow them up. We're on Fox.
We're just here to blow stuff up.
These builds a lot of fun and stressful,
so watching it just explode, is like-- just let go.
It's weirdly cathartic.
All right, now it is time for the Brickmasters
to tell us who is sailing into the top two
and who's heading back to the mainland for good.
All of your pirate ships really impressed us today,
but there were two stories that really stood out to us in the room.
So the first team I would like to call forward is...
Dave and Emily.
( cheering )
- Woohoo! - Great! Great job.
- Top two, baby! - Top two, yeah!
- Finally! That was a good ship. - Yep.
The second story that really stood out today is...
- Brendan and Greg. - ( cheering )
It's a tough decision, but Brickmasters,
who built your favorite pirate ship?
The team whose pirate ship told the best story today was...
Brendan and Greg.
Congratulations, Brendan and Greg. How do you feel?
It's your second win in a row.
Honestly, I'm just grateful
for this guy's storytelling ability.
The biggest critique we got from the first challenge was,
"You did not portray your story clearly enough."
And to hear that we were able to grow that much from the first challenge
to this one in our storytelling,
that makes it a little extra special.
Great job, you guys. Congrats.
- Nice. - Really good job. It's amazing.
Now the fleet our builders assembled was impressive,
but two of the ships failed to hit the mark.
Please give me the names of the bottom two teams.
The first team that's in the bottom for this challenge is...
Liz and Erin.
And our second team this week that's in the bottom is...
Austin and Justin.
Liz and Erin, I love the creativity in your Pizza Pie-rate story.
Unfortunately, your ship just wasn't quite as decodable
as all the other ships in the armada.
Austin and Justin, you actually made a very nice ship,
but it simply left us wanting more parts of your story.
I really do hate this part.
We have to say good-bye to one team.
The team we need to send home this week is...
Liz and Erin.
You ladies are absolutely incredible builders,
and I hope that when you leave here you keep on building,
because you are so inspirational to the female Lego community.
So keep building and keep on being awesome.
I'm disappointed, but I'm still proud of what we made.
To get to meet you three of you and to join this amazing family,
I won't ever forget it.
So happy to have you in the "Lego Masters" family.
You are inspiring to women, and you're really inspiring to your families as well.
You guys did an amazing job. You should be so proud.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Sadly, your Lego journey has come to an end.
It's time to say your good-byes and turn in your minifigs.
- ( muted chatter ) - You did good.
Liz: I'm not sad about losing the competition.
I am sad that I'm going to miss these people
who have become my new family.
- Everybody, group hug! - Yeah.
It's a lifetime experience. It's amazing.
I hope we made other female Lego builders proud.
We had a really good run.
- Will: Next week... - Hello, campers!
Welcome to the greatest summer camp in the world, Camp Click-A-Brick.
Your challenge is to create your very own fantasy camp.
- Monster camp? - Monster camp.
Jamie: So we're looking for creativity and power functions.
Don't worry. It'll be stabilized.
Will: Camp is in session!
Who built the best fantasy camps?