Missing Students
- [Episode opens on the street as the school bus passes by. We then cut to the interior of the bus]
- Alan: Ah, it's great to have everyone back together again after summer vacation!
- Leslie: But it kinda feels like something's missing.
- Everyone: [All of the school kids put their hands on their chins, thinking] Hmm...
- Banana Joe: My pants! My pants are missing! I'm not wearing any pants! I never wear pants, I don't wear any pants. Phew, that was close. Panic over. [Carrie tries to speak but is interrupted by Banana Joe] Shoes! My shoes are missing! Wait, I did it again! Why would I wanna wear shoes? I don't have any feet. [Has a shocked expression again and lifts his legs up] My feet! My feet are missing!
- Masami: You're right though, there is something missing. It feels too... nice.
- Tobias: Yeah, I've been wearing my new fresh hat for a whole twenty minutes and no one has made fun of it once!
- Carrie: Let me rectify that for you. [Clears throat] I can see why you kept the label on, I'd want a refund too!
- Tobias: Eh, first degree burn at best. Won't even leave a scar. Gumball would've come up with something way better.
- Everyone: [Talk amongst themselves, then they all gasp] Where are Gumball and Darwin?!
Dream or Not
- [Cut to a shot of the Wattersons' house, then cut to a shot of Gumball and Darwin's room, which is empty]
- Richard: Kids, kids! It's half past seven! Yyou're gonna be late for your first day back! Mom left me in charge, and if I don't get you to school on time, she'll destroy me—destroy you! Uh—us! [babbling] Ah! [wakes up] Oh, it was a dream. It's not really seven-thirty—it's eight-thirty!
- [Richard bursts through the bedroom door]
- Richard: Ah! You're late! [removes bed sheets hurriedly] Argh! [knocks on Darwin's bowl] Oh, no, the kids have turned into school supplies! Or am I still dreaming? Only one way to find out. [jumps out window] Hmm, I can't fly, so this definitely isn't a dream. Not dreaming, start panicking. Start panicking!
- [Richard runs around the house, screaming, then calls Principal Brown]
- Nigel Brown: Elmore Junior High.
- Richard: Hello-o-o, this is my wife speaking.
- Nigel Brown: Whose wife?
- Richard: Uh, Richard's.
- Nigel Brown: Mr. Watterson, what is it this time?
- Richard: I'm just calling to say that the kids won't be here this morning. They've got, uhh, fat heads!
- Nigel Brown: Doesn't sound that bad, send them in!
- Richard: But that was just the start of it! They've also got a cough, their skin is falling off, and they've got black lumps all over their arms.
- Nigel Brown: That sounds like the bubonic plague!
- Richard: Yes, that! I'm giving them vitamins, so they'll be in after lunch! Bye!
- Nigel Brown: Wait, what? No!
- Richard: [hangs up, but the phone rings again] The kids still have the plague!
- Nicole: [extremely fatigued] Maybe it's because I just finished my night shift and I desperately need sleep, but I could've sworn you just said the kids have the plague.
- Richard: No, I didn't, you did!
- Nicole: Did I? Oh, I'm so tired.
- Richard: I know. Me too!
- Nicole: Sure, an all night shift in the factory is nothing compared to half an hour of back to school shopping in the mall.
- Richard: Exactly!
- Nicole: Well, as long as you got them to school on time.
- Richard: Come on, trust me!
- Nicole: I know, I'm sorry for doubting you. [phone rings] Uh, listen, I'll pick them up after school. Love you!
- Richard: [hangs up] Don't know what she's worried about, I'm a good father. [Richard's mirror reflection makes a gesture. Richard flips the mirror.] What do you know? [sighs] Where are they? Okay. The best way to find them is to retrace your steps. [runs around in reverse back into the bedroom] Okay they're not here. So, when did I last see them? It was yesterday afternoon... [flashback]
- [Richard is out on the lawn]
- Richard: Come on sleepy heads, Dad's shopping was so tiring, we're going to bed now even though it's only five o' clock.
- [Richard takes out school supplies, mistaking them for the kids, and puts them in bed, kisses them, then passes out in his bedroom.]
- Richard: Right, so if the shopping is in the beds, the kids must be... in the trunk! [barges out of the house screaming, and starts banging on the car trunk] Gumball! Darwin! Anais! Are you in there? They can't speak! They're running out of air! [tries blowing air into the car trunk until his ears suddenly pop] Ah! Open Sesame! Alakazam! Avocado Kredenza! What's the magic word again? Oh yeah. [slams into the trunk] PLEASE! [car keys fly out of his pocket] Aha! [tries sawing the car trunk with the keys] Wait! This is the key!! [tries to open the trunk, but fails] Why isn't this working!?
- Gaylord: Because it's not your car, Watterson.
- Richard: You're right! My car hasn't got all those dents in the trunk. Hmmm. [sits down] So I have my keys, but I don't have my car. How can that be?
- [Richard has another flashback. It occurs at the mall's parking lot]
- Richard: You guys stay here while I go get the ticket. [walks] Wait! A good father wouldn't leave his children in a hot car with the windows wide open [closes his car window and locks the car with the keys] Safety first.
- [As Richard gets his ticket, Banana Barbara arrives and parks next to Richard's car. She gets out to take her ticket and Richard jumps in her car.]
- Richard: All right kids. Let's go. [car keys won't fit] Uh? [slams cars keys into the ignition, somehow forcing the car to start] Prepare to jump into hyperspace! [silence] Aw! They sleep already. [drives off]
- Banana Barbara: [running] Wait, my car!
- Richard: [screams] The kids must still be locked in my car! [running] I'm coming, kids! [returns, extremely tired] My car!
- [Richard gets in the car and drives away.]
The Original Car
- [Richard drives to the mall.]
- Richard: Come here, kids. Breathe! [punches and breaks glass of what is supposed to be his car's window, but turns out to be a parking booth] Where's my car?
- John: Uhh, in section D?
- Richard: Thank you! [punches out Gary's car window] Where's section D?!
- Gary: Just after section C.
- [Richard punches out Gary's other car window]
- Richard: Sorry! I forgot to say thanks!
- [Richard is about to break his car window, but he notices the kids aren't in the car. He screams and breaks another car window, setting off a car alarm]
- John: Please sir, stop breaking everything, what's going on!?
- Richard: I can't find my kids!
- John: Well when did you last see them?
- Richard: Umm... yesterday. After buying their stuff, I went to pick them up from the play center.
- [Another flashback occurs. Distorted versions of Gumball, Darwin and Anais are playing in a ball pit. Richard arrives.]
- Gumball: [different voice] Thanks, Dad. Did you get everything we need for school tomorrow?
- Richard: Yes son, and now I'm here to take you home.
- Anais: [different voice] That's wonderful! You're a great dad. [chanting, flashback fades away]
- Richard: I'm a great dad. I'm a—wait, no! Come on brain! Tell me the truth. I can take it! [He returns to his flashback, but the kids are even more distorted]
- Anais: [still chanting] You're a great dad. You're—
- [The kids and environment transform. The flashback is now in what is supposed to be Hell, and Gumball, Darwin and Anais are now flying demons]
- Gumball, Darwin and Anais: [evil voices] Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
- Richard: [screams] The demons of guilt!
- Darwin: You abandoned your children in a public play center. What kind of father would do that?
- Richard: A tired one doing his best?
- Darwin: No! A lazy one doing his worst!
- Gumball: You can't even remember precisely what we look and sound like.
- [Richard screams as the flashback ends]
- John: If I'm reading your subconscious correctly, you left your kids in a ball pit overnight.
- Richard: Well it's better than leaving them in the trunk... I'm still a good father, right?
- John: You know what's worse than leaving your kids in a ball pit overnight?
- [Richard shakes his head]
- John: Standing here talking about it!
- [Gumball, Darwin, and Anais slowly drown in the ball pit]
Safety Preventions
- Richard: What??
- Larry: I said, the ball pit had to go. It wasn't safe. All those kids sinking, getting lost, the paper work! In the end we did the only responsible thing. Sold it to a country with less child safety laws.
- Richard: You mean... I exported my kids?
- Larry: Well, technically, he's exporting them.
- [Larry points to a truck just outside the store. The truck leaves with the ball pit inside. Richard is about to shout something, but he gets cut off by the scene cutting to a view of the truck on the highway before we can hear him say anything]
The Richard/Hank Car Chase
- Richard: Stop! My kids are in there! Stop! Hey! I said, stop! [punches out car window] Hey! Pull over! Pull over!
- Hank: [speaking into CB Radio] This is Big Neighbor. I got some creepo on my shoulder, all he wants to do is talk about my pullover. Thank goodness he can't see my shoes. I'm gonna shake him off, over.
- [Hank drives faster, but Richard continues to pursue him.]
- Richard: Hey! [opens door and reaches for the truck, but hesitates] Whoa! Wait up! [tunes radio to dramatic music] Perfect! I'm coming for you, kids! I'm coming! I'm coming! [the truck swerves away] In a minute!
- [Richard thinks for a moment, then makes a U-turn to go after the truck]
- Hank: Breaker, breaker. This is Big Neighbor calling for backup. I got a— [flips through a manual] I got a ten-seventeen on my tail. Little help, please?
- Richard: Hey! Pull o—
- [Richard sees several trucks in his rear-view mirror]
- Richard: Rush hour? I don't have time for this!
- [The trucks surround Richard's car]
- Hank: Thanks, good buddies. See you on the flip flop! Pedal to the metal.
- [Hank drives faster]
- Richard: [screams] My kids!
- [Richard punches the front window, jumps onto the car hauler in front of him and gets in a car.]
- Richard: Prepare to jump into hyperspace!
- [Richard starts the car and the speed makes it soar through the air]
- Richard: I am a good father!
- [The car falls down]
Hyper-Crane
- [Richard arrives at a container terminal and gasps at the tower of containers, then runs out of his car]
- Richard: Kids! Are you in there?! [hitting container] Answer me!
- [He runs to another section of the terminal and spots a crane. Somehow, he gets up and starts it with his car key]
- Richard: Prepare to jump into hyper... crane!
- [Richard uses the crane to grab a container, but it falls and releases plushies]
- Richard: KIDS! Where are you?! [grabs a container; piano sounds are heard] Dunno what that is. [shakes another container] Dunno what that is. [grabs another container] Ah! The unmistakable sound of a thousand plastic balls knocking against each other inside a metal container! [laughs] I found you! I should probably stop shaking this thing now... [drops container] I'm coming!
- [Richard goes out of the crane and rushes to the container]
- Gumball: Dad, help!
- Richard: Where's the door?! Kids, where's the door?
- Gumball: On the other end!
- Richard: Ah! [sees the container is locked with a digital lock] Aw! Okay! One-one-one-one-one. [pulls chain; still locked] One-one-one-one-two. [the container is still locked] Ah, we haven't got time for this! When mom asked me to get you to school, she didn't specify whether you had to be inside or outside of a shipping container.
- [Richard hooks the container to his car]
- Richard: Prepare to jump into hyper—
- [As the container is too heavy, only the top part of the car is sent forward]
- Richard: —space?
- [Richard "parks" what is left of the car and drives a truck to the container instead]
- Richard: Prepare to jump into hyper—oh, I've wasted so much time saying that today. I should learn to talk and act at the same time, like your mother always says. [screams] Your mother! She's picking you up in three minutes! We're gonna need a shortcut.
Three Minutes to Spare
- [Richard's truck is seen breaking through several buildings while Nicole drives to school. The truck drives through a big screen at the cinema and over the crowd]
- Pantsbully: [in slow-motion] Awesome 3D!
- [Richard arrives at Elmore Junior High and sees Nicole's car on the other side of the road. He drives in reverse into the schoolyard]
- Richard: [Yelling] I am a good father!
- [Just as the bell rings, Richard crashes the truck into the school. The container opens, releasing a flow of plastic balls as well as Gumball, Darwin and Anais, who are sent bouncing outside as Nicole parks in front of the school.]
- Nicole: Hi, kids! How was your first day back?
- [The kids stand there gaping for a while. Darwin spits out a plastic ball, and the episode ends.]
v • e Transcript
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| Episode 1 The DVD |
Episode 2 The Responsible |
Episode 3 The Third |
Episode 4 The Debt |
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| Episode 5 The End |
Episode 6 The Dress |
Episode 7 The Quest |
Episode 8 The Spoon |
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| Episode 9 The Pressure |
Episode 10 The Painting |
Episode 11 The Laziest |
Episode 12 The Ghost |
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| Episode 13 The Mystery |
Episode 14 The Prank |
Episode 15 The Gi |
Episode 16 The Kiss |
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| Episode 17 The Party |
Episode 18 The Refund |
Episode 19 The Robot |
Episode 20 The Picnic |
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| Episode 21 The Goons |
Episode 22 The Secret |
Episode 23 The Sock |
Episode 24 The Genius |
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| Episode 25 The Poltergeist |
Episode 26 The Mustache |
Episode 27 The Date |
Episode 28 The Club |
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| Episode 29 The Wand |
Episode 30 The Ape |
Episode 31 The Car |
Episode 32 The Curse |
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| Episode 33 The Microwave |
Episode 34 The Meddler |
Episode 35 The Helmet |
Episode 36 The Fight |
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| Episode 1 The Remote |
Episode 2 The Colossus |
Episode 3 The Knights |
Episode 4 The Fridge |
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| Episode 5 The Flower |
Episode 6 The Banana |
Episode 7 The Phone |
Episode 8 The Job |
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| Episode 9 Halloween |
Episode 10 The Treasure |
Episode 11 The Apology |
Episode 12 The Words |
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| Episode 13 The Skull |
Episode 14 The Bet |
Episode 15 Christmas |
Episode 16 The Watch |
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| Episode 17 The Bumpkin |
Episode 18 The Flakers |
Episode 19 The Authority |
Episode 20 The Virus |
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| Episode 21 The Pony |
Episode 22 The Hero |
Episode 23 The Dream |
Episode 24 The Sidekick |
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| Episode 25 The Photo |
Episode 26 The Tag |
Episode 27 The Storm |
Episode 28 The Lesson |
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| Episode 29 The Game |
Episode 30 The Limit |
Episode 31 The Voice |
Episode 32 The Promise |
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| Episode 33 The Castle |
Episode 34 The Boombox |
Episode 35 The Tape |
Episode 36 The Sweaters |
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| Episode 37 The Internet |
Episode 38 The Plan |
Episode 39 The World |
Episode 40 The Finale |
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| Episode 1 The Kids |
Episode 2 The Fan |
Episode 3 The Coach |
Episode 4 The Joy |
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| Episode 5 The Puppy |
Episode 6 The Recipe |
Episode 7 The Name |
Episode 8 The Extras |
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| Episode 9 The Gripes |
Episode 10 The Vacation |
Episode 11 The Fraud |
Episode 12 The Void |
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| Episode 13 The Boss |
Episode 14 The Move |
Episode 15 The Law |
Episode 16 The Allergy |
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| Episode 17 The Mothers |
Episode 18 The Password |
Episode 19 The Procrastinators |
Episode 20 The Shell |
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| Episode 21 The Burden |
Episode 22 The Bros |
Episode 23 The Mirror |
Episode 24 The Man |
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| Episode 25 The Pizza |
Episode 26 The Lie |
Episode 27 The Butterfly |
Episode 28 The Question |
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| Episode 29 The Saint |
Episode 30 The Friend |
Episode 31 The Oracle |
Episode 32 The Safety |
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| Episode 33 The Society |
Episode 34 The Spoiler |
Episode 35 The Countdown |
Episode 36 The Nobody |
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| Episode 37 The Downer |
Episode 38 The Egg |
Episode 39 The Triangle |
Episode 40 The Money |
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| Episode 1 The Return |
Episode 2 The Nemesis |
Episode 3 The Crew |
Episode 4 The Others |
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| Episode 5 The Signature |
Episode 6 The Check |
Episode 7 The Pest |
Episode 8 The Sale |
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| Episode 9 The Gift |
Episode 10 The Parking |
Episode 11 The Routine |
Episode 12 The Upgrade |
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| Episode 13 The Comic |
Episode 14 The Romantic |
Episode 15 The Uploads |
Episode 16 The Apprentice |
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| Episode 17 The Hug |
Episode 18 The Wicked |
Episode 19 The Traitor |
Episode 20 The Origins |
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| Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two |
Episode 22 The Girlfriend |
Episode 23 The Advice |
Episode 24 The Signal |
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| Episode 25 The Parasite |
Episode 26 The Love |
Episode 27 The Awkwardness |
Episode 28 The Nest |
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| Episode 29 The Points |
Episode 30 The Bus |
Episode 31 The Night |
Episode 32 The Misunderstandings |
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| Episode 33 The Roots |
Episode 34 The Blame |
Episode 35 The Slap |
Episode 36 The Detective |
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| Episode 37 The Fury |
Episode 38 The Compilation |
Episode 39 The Scam |
Episode 40 The Disaster |
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| Episode 1 The Rerun |
Episode 2 The Stories |
Episode 3 The Guy |
Episode 4 The Boredom |
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| Episode 5 The Vision |
Episode 6 The Choices |
Episode 7 The Code |
Episode 8 The Test |
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| Episode 9 The Slide |
Episode 10 The Loophole |
Episode 11 The Fuss |
Episode 12 The Copycats |
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| Episode 13 The Potato |
Episode 14 The Outside |
Episode 15 The Vase |
Episode 16 The Matchmaker |
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| Episode 17 The Box |
Episode 18 The Console |
Episode 19 The Ollie |
Episode 20 The Catfish |
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| Episode 21 The Cycle |
Episode 22 The Stars |
Episode 23 The Grades |
Episode 24 The Diet |
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| Episode 25 The Ex |
Episode 26 The Sorcerer |
Episode 27 The Menu |
Episode 28 The Uncle |
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| Episode 29 The Weirdo |
Episode 30 The Heist |
Episode 31 The Singing |
Episode 32 The Best |
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| Episode 33 The Worst |
Episode 34 The Deal |
Episode 35 The Petals |
Episode 36 The Nuisance |
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| Episode 37 The Line |
Episode 38 The List |
Episode 39 The News |
Episode 40 The Puppets |
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| Episode 1 The Rival |
Episode 2 The Lady |
Episode 3 The Sucker |
Episode 4 The Vegging |
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| Episode 5 The One |
Episode 6 The Father |
Episode 7 The Cringe |
Episode 8 The Cage |
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| Episode 9 The Neighbor |
Episode 10 The Anybody |
Episode 11 The Faith |
Episode 12 The Candidate |
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| Episode 13 The Pact |
Episode 14 The Shippening |
Episode 15 The Brain |
Episode 16 The Parents |
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| Episode 17 The Founder |
Episode 18 The Schooling |
Episode 19 The Intelligence |
Episode 20 The Potion |
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| Episode 21 The Spinoffs |
Episode 22 The Transformation |
Episode 23 The Understanding |
Episode 24 The Ad |
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| Episode 25 The Ghouls |
Episode 26 The Stink |
Episode 27 The Awareness |
Episode 28 The Slip |
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| Episode 29 The Drama |
Episode 30 The Buddy |
Episode 31 The Possession |
Episode 32 The Master |
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| Episode 33 The Silence |
Episode 34 The Future |
Episode 35 The Wish |
Episode 36 The Factory |
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| Episode 37 The Agent |
Episode 38 The Web |
Episode 39 The Mess |
Episode 40 The Heart |
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| Episode 41 The Revolt |
Episode 42 The Decisions |
Episode 43 The BFFS |
Episode 44 The Inquisition |