"Launch Date" is the first episode of the eighth season of Voltron: Legendary Defender.
Synopsis[]
The Paladins spend one last night on Earth in preparation for the launch of the Atlas. Lance works up the courage to ask Allura an important question.
Plot[]
The episode starts with an image of a cartoon playing on a television, then shows Pidge in a hospital bed watching and complaining about her voice in the show.
The mysterious Altean is then shown lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by beeping monitors. A few people in protective clothing and masks observe her and make sure her vitals are steady. Romelle then comes in, recognizing her as a citizen of the colony.
A while later, Hunk and Lance are shown together; Hunk is ecstatic that they are heroes of their own t.v show, even though the show is rather inaccurate.
Hunk describes Lance's depiction in the show as being spot-on, Allura as being rather different, and Coran being fairly close but way too serious, but what strikes him as being most off is that Keith is happy. There is a subtle subtext of a possible romance between him and Allura. Lance becomes very angry; he is upset that he never worked up the courage to ask Allura on a date.