After re-watching this episode it feels like the
perfect book end to the season opener with its plotlines. The episode opens as
the students are getting ready for finals. Albert Manning show’s up outside the
school taking Craig off guard. He’s there to say hi and wants to catch up with
his son.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
Craig is studying for exams the following day at
breakfast and Angie spills juice on his notes. Craig comments about how the
house is a mess and Joey agrees and asks Craig to clean after school however
Craig claims he’s going over Sean’s to study but it’ll get done. In school Miss
H is going over the Science Final’s topics…Craig’s worst subject and between
the exam and his dad he’s on edge. He tells Ashley that they’ve talked on the
phone but the day before was the first time they saw one another since he moved
to Joeys at the start of the school year.
JT is also struggling with his studies and approaches
Liberty to tutor him. To quote Mr. Gold from Once Upon A Time ‘All Magic Comes
With A Price’ and while study help isn’t exactly magic Liberty’s price is that
she’s JT’s date for the end of the year luau.
Craig goes to the hospital to meet his dad and his
co-workers are pleased to see him and ask how boarding school was as that was
the lie his father had used to explain his absence. Albert tells Craig he’s been getting help
with his anger management issues and offers to tutor Craig who accepts because
he can use all the help he can get in science class. He arrives home and Joey
is mad he never cleaned. Craig apologizes and promises he will. The following
day though Craig is over at his old home with Albert who comments about Craig
not using a coaster leading for him to invasion getting beat.
JT talks to Toby about being stuck dating Liberty when
ideally he wanted to go with Paige.
Its test day this day and soon there is a montage of
the tests JT and Craig are taking.
After tests JT sees Paige and approaches her about the
dance after all Liberty can’t back out of her end of the bargain now that finals
are done with. Liberty however shows up and so his proposal changes into him
asking Paige to help Liberty shop for the dance. It’s also mentioned that the
theme was Heather Sinclair’s idea (#8).
Craig meanwhile asks Ashley to the dance as Albert
pulls up toward the school asking how the test was and inviting Craig to
dinner. Craig has to babysit but they plan to have a late meal made later
because Joey was running late in getting home. Craig shows up at the restaurant
and Albert gives him a ticket to London. He wants to go on a summer trip to
Europe with Craig to reaclamate with one another before Craig inevitably moves
back to his house. He wants to stay with Joey however which causes Albert to
finally snap. He tells Craig that if he stays with Joey he’s throwing his life
away and hits him before getting into his car and speeding off. Arriving back
to Joey’s with a scratch on his face Craig says he wants to go to Children’s
Aid and place a restraining order on his dad for abuse. The following morning
they are getting ready to go when the cops show up. They are there to tell Joey
that there was a car crash and Albert is dead……to be continued
Part two begins shortly after where an announcement
about the luau on the video announcements. Simpson turns off the television and
informs the class that Craig’s father died in an accident and that Craig won’t
be back for the rest of the school year however seconds later he arrives as if
nothing is wrong.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Ashley wishes she could do more to help Craig with his
dad’s passing and is surprised that Craig is at school and still wishes to go
to the luau with her. Speaking of the luau Paige wants to run for King and
Queen with Spinner cause she wants her year to end on a high note despite the
fact grade 10’s and 11’s are also in the running.
Craig passed his final and he is making jokes about
how he was in the car and his dad died and all he got was the scratch on his
head.
Spinner is getting ready to work in the café and Jimmy
teases him about it before approaching Hazel asking her to be his date and to
run of King and Queen with him this splitting the votes in half. She agrees and as Toby and Kendra add them to
the ballot Kendra asks Toby who would want to win a stupid crown and Toby
smiles saying that’s why he loves her.
Craig and Joey go to Albert’s to pack up and it’s
eerie. At the funeral one of his coworkers is giving a eulogy and says that
being a father is the thing Albert is most proud of and how he loved Craig
causing Craig to laugh out loud in hysterics before being escorted out claiming
he’s happy the dad died. At school later or the next day he tells Ashley that
he put them in the running for the crown.
Spinner and Paige go to the tanning salon so they can
have a nice glow to look the luau part. Spinner however is claustrophobic and
doesn’t last in the tanning bed long. This leads to Paige arriving at the dance
all red from the bed and Spinner all orange from spray tanning. Craig and
Ashley eventually win King and Queen and I just want to comment saying how I
loved Ashley’s black hula skirt and lei. Craig hallucinates seeing his dad in
the crowd and finally snaps breaking down. Terri eventually clams him down
talking about how she knows how it feels to lose a parent. Craig admits he
wanted his dad gone yet now that he is it hurts so much. He eventually comes
back inside to have his dance with Ashley and the curtain closes on another
season.
As with last season and with every season in the
future here is my character rank for the year.
Newbies and Characters whose rank remains the same don’t have a number
after their name
- Paige (+4)
- Craig
- JT (-2)
- Toby
- Sean (+2)
- Emma
- Manny (-4)
- Marco
- Ellie
- Terri (-8)
- Ashley (-3)
- Spinner (-3)
- Liberty (-2)
- Jimmy (-4)
- Hazel
- Kendra
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