Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3562042-20170828135409/@comment-4241330-20170909190835

People have brought up Scar teaming up with the other animals as confusing since he apparently chose Kovu to be his heir. This gives off a few possibilities:

1) Scar is just using the Outlander animals as a ruse to gain power, then he'll throw them all under the bus once his lion followers show up

2) Zira and her pride are a plan B. After being defeated the first time around, he will communicate with Zira telepathically about his next plan. There is actually a deleted scene from TLK2 where this occurs.