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alice darling, can you be normal about like,, one thing?
#god every interaction with her and celia keeps getting more uncomfortable#and itās clear that celia is trying her best to be normal and nice#alice dyer please seek help#tmagp#the magnus protocol#tmagp spoilers#magnus protocol#alice dyer#celia ripley#tmagp alice#tmagp celia#tmagp ep 15
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Episode Recap: 3.03, āIt's a Dilemnaā
First of all, love the title for this episode. It reminds me of the classic 2011 Vince Vaughn/Kevin James dramedy, The Dilemma, which always reminds me of this tweet:
So prepare yourself for this episode, in which one of the characters might find themselves presented with āa situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.ā Ooh. The possibilities are almost literally endless.
The episode starts with Bex and Andi playing off-brand scrabble.
Iām gonna guess... Word Trains? Thereās clearly a heavy train influence here.
Bex takes a long time to play her word, but eventually settles on ādilemnaā [sic]. Is this foreshadowing? Do you think Bex and/or Andi might have to make a difficult choice between two or more alternatives? And could it involve a jet?
Also, I canāt believe Bex went for dilemna when DEMJETIPRIZE was still on the table! Thatās like a 200 point word!
Andi rips into Bex for spelling things wrong, but then Andi says superfluous as super-flew-us and everyoneās back on an even level.
If thereās one thing to learn from this whole ordeal, itās simply this:
Words are stupid.
The next day, the GHC walks through school planning out their weekend. Andi says the Color Factory is in town, but Iām sorry, the only factory Iām interested in is of the cheesecake variety.
Anyway, the Color Factory is a bunch of colorful rooms that, as Buffy puts it, isĀ āone those places thatās just for posting pictures on social media to make people feel left out.ā
As Buffyās describing that, Iām nodding my head like, Yeah, thatās so stupid. What kind of jerks would post dumb pictures like that to social media just to--
Never mind.
Anyway, Buffy and Cyrus are in.
Quick question: why does this girl assault Cyrus?
And why does Cyrus not do anything about it? Is his self-esteem so low he just lets people run into him and doesnāt even bother to say something? The poor child.
Buffy says you know who else might enjoy an artsy, interactive, colorful experience thing? Walker. And Andiās like:
Thereās definitely an unseen eye twitch going on here.
Andi slowly turns around and she and Buffy live in this long, awkward silence that gets mercifully ended by the school bell after a few seconds. They decide to talk about it later and scramble away.
Over at Cloud 10, Bex and Celia sort supplies in an empty salon.
Iām already starting to get worried about the business, you guys.
Celia asks Bex if she wants to go shopping on her lunch break. Bex sniffs out something suspicious, and Celia admits she wants to start a registry for Bexās wedding. Bex doesnāt want to do that, though. Celia asks what Bowie thinks, but Bex says they really havenāt discussed the wedding, theyāve been too busy talking about bread. Celia loses all interest in shopping and goes back to her supplies.
Over at Red Rooster, Jonah strums a guitar when a dad and son come in. They are wildly over-impressed by Jonahās guitar strumming.
Boy, wait till you guys hear actual music. Youāre gonna flip.
Bowie comes to talk to the enthusiastic fans. Turns out, young Shaun (the boy) is turning nine, and his father, Victor (the man), would like to buy him his first guitar. Victor asks Bowie to teach his son, but Bowieās like, eh, Iām not so much a guitar teacher.
But then Jonahās like, yeah he is! He made me a music genius in two lessons! And heās a rockstar! He traveled the world with the Renaissance Boys! You know the Renaissance Boys, donāt you? Bowie and... Rafe. And... Greg? And the cute one?
Bowie tries to play it all down, but it doesnāt seem to be working on Victor.
Victor says Shaun has a gift and he needs the right teacher, so Bowie accepts.
At The Spoon, Cyrus tells Andi heās failing P.E., which seems almost impossible to me. All I had to do in school to pass P.E. was show up? Just like, stand around and keep breathing? There was a kid in my school who was in an iron lung and they got a B+. One student spent every period trying to attack the P.E. teacher with a big stick and didnāt fail the class. A boy in my school passed away in the 7th grade and still got a C in 8th grade P.E. because my P.E. teacher was convinced the gym was haunted by his spirit.
Anyway, Cyrus tries to figure out how to deal with this situation. Then he asks Andi how sheās going to deal with hers: Buffy and Walker. Andi wants to know if it really needs to be discussed. I mean, she said she was fine with it, sure, but then she was also quiet, so...
Cyrus says what Andi could do is, stay with me here, speak to Buffy. I feel like heās tried giving this advice to Andi before, regarding Jonah. I forget if it worked that time. Probably. This time, though, Andi determines the best course of action is to not bring it up and hope Buffy doesnāt either.
Buffy arrives and immediately brings it up. You know what they say about the worst-laid plans...
Andi and Buffy decide to get it all out there. Andi feels weird around Walker and doesnāt want him to come to the Color Factory. Buffy understands and says she wonāt invite him. Everything seems good.
Cyrus pulls out a chip he thinks looks like Obama.
Wow. Way to take care of a valuable piece of art. You wouldnāt just stuff a Van Gogh in a ziploc and hope for the best.
Bex comes by to see Celia and asks why she got a āSave the Dateā for her wedding. Celia says itās ok, because actually the I Ching chose the date. Bex reminds her sheās said over and over that she doesnāt want a big fancy wedding and Celiaās like, if I donāt do something, youāll all be wearing shorts at the wedding like animals! Bex and Celia are sort of at an impasse here after it felt like they weāre doing so well in their fight together against Aunt Mei.
Cyrus talks with his P.E. teacher, looking for an out. He says heās running a 17 minute mile. 17 minutes?! I had a kid in my P.E. class that did a 15 minute mile in an iron lung! Half my 8th grade class were in iron lungs, ok? I went to a weird middle school.
His P.E. teacher suggests taking a P.E. alternative, which leads to Cyrus joining the cast of Fame.
Is it just me or are the dancers performing a number based on a public domain version of the Rocky theme?
Also, arenāt we just barely into the school year? How are all the rest of these kids so good already?
Cyrus is exhausted and realizes heās made a huge mistake. Not sure why he thought dancing wasnāt also a lot of cardio. Probably because he has a broken teenage brain.
At Red Rooster, Bowie tries to teach Shaun the guitar. Heās not very good. It appears that Bowie attempts to teach him for maybe an hour or so, realizes he isnāt the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix, and then dies inside.
I mean, the kid is only nine. Iād assume thereās lots of room for improvement. Tons of room. But Iām not a member of the famed Renaissance Boys. (And if I was, Iād be the cute one. Believe it.)
Andi gets ready to head out to the Color Factory and walks right into Walker, who says they need to talk-er. Iām sorry. I donāt know why I did that.
Walker wants to know why if Andi said she was cool with them just being friends, then whatās the deal with her being all weird around him. Andiās upset Buffy told Walker that, but Walker says Buffy needed to explain why he couldnāt be around her.
Walker wants to know if thereās anything they could do to fix this whole mess and Andiās like, mangle your face so youāre gross to me. No, she doesnāt know if thereās anything to do, but she does know Walker should go to the Color Factory. Walker thanks her for being cool, which is... a generous reading of the situation. Andi admits as much.
At the Color Factory, Cyrus remains in pain from doing just a very light amount of uncoordinated dancing.
Cyrus says he canāt go back to regular P.E. until next semester, so strap in, folks: weāre going to be seeing some more dancing this year.
Walker shows up. Buffy is surprised to see him, but Walker explains everything was worked out and he has Andiās permission to enjoy the Color Factory with the others.
And enjoy the Color Factory they do. Theyāre laughing and posting pictures to social media.
In fact, you may say theyāre having the time of their lives.
God, I hope Andi canāt hear that music or read the closed captioning.
Buffy texts Andi asking where she is and why she didnāt come but Andi has a tough time answering.
Bex and Bowie prepare food. Bowie thinks itās nice Celia is obsessing over their wedding. Bex thinks they should be the ones to plan the date of their wedding, and Bowie asks her when that should be, and Bex doesnāt actually know, and neither does Bowie, so Bowie suggests maybe they should just trust the I Ching.
Bowie says if neither of them really cares, give this to Celia. Pick your battles, which is a smart tactical move in both warfare and in dealing with overbearing mothers. Bowieās reasonability (reasonableness? Words are stupid.) wins Bex over.
Also, Bowie spent the whole scene just absentmindedly chopping up hot dogs.
Itās not really important, but I kept watching him do it the whole time, wondering what those chopped up hot dogs were for. But thatās my problem, not yours.
Anyway, the two parents realize Andiās been quiet, so they go to check on her.
Andiās not feeling ok. She explains that her friends are having fun without her, and that Buffy would rather be with Walker than with her. Bex is like, wow, would Buffy really say that? And Andiās like, she didnāt have to, I know itās true because Buffy told Walker he couldnāt hang out with her because she wanted to spend time with Andi and it made Andi uncomfortable. And Bex asks Andi if Andi told Buffy not to tell Walker that, and Andi feels she shouldnāt have had to. And Andi says she texted Buffy that something came up, and thatās why she couldnāt go to the Color Factory, but Buffy never asked her what that something was. Further proof of malice. Followed by the gravest insult of all:
WHY NOT JUST THROW DIRT IN MY FACE, BUFFY?!
Andi says to top it all off, her friends posted all sorts of fun stuff on social media, knowing full well she has access to the internet. I guess itās sort of interesting sheās giving Cyrus and Jonah a pass here, but whatever.
Bex and Bowie try to cheer Andi up, but sheās in an emotional hole right now.
Andi is being a bit unreasonable, but I also understand itās fairly realistic emotional behavior for her age (broken teenage brains and all that).
Being an adult, however, the ones I sympathize the most with in this scene are Bex and Bowie...
...who share a little, āOh right, weāre raising a teenagerā look as the episode ends.
#Andi Mack#Cyrus Goodman#Buffy Driscoll#Jonah Beck#Bex Mack#Celia Mack#Bowie Quinn#Walker Brodsky#Victor#Shaun#Andi#episode recaps
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