♪ `♪
Alright, Booker's dentist appointment on Tuesday,
Alice's karate class Wednesday,
and Dad's checkup on Friday.
(laughs) I am a scheduling wizard.
You might as well call me Hermione Arranger.
(laughing)
Oh, I should have scheduled somebody to laugh at that.
Hey, Mom. Uh, where's the fire extinguisher?
Oh yeah, it's right next to the first aid kit
I keep meaning to buy.
Why? What you doin' up there?
I'm working on my project for the science fair next Tuesday.
Oh, no, no, no.
You got a dentist appointment booked that day.
Never thought I'd say this but I'd rather go to the dentist.
-(snaps) -Oh, found it.
No, no, no, listen, I'll just reschedule you for Wednesday,
and then I will put Alice next week for her karate class,
and she can just slap you around till then.
(gasps) Just the man I wanted to see!
I don't like the sound of that.
Dad, I got your whole Saturday planned out. Okay,
you got a nose hair trimming at 9:30,
you have a chiropractor appointment at 11:00,
and your trainer is gonna work on them glutes at 1:00.
Ah, Dad, I got you scheduled from your rooter to your tooter!
What is that thing?
Well, since no one else can keep track of their schedules,
I have created the Baxter Board!
The Baxter Board.
Well, you're gonna have to change your Sunday schedule
because that's Alice's birthday. We're going to dinner.
Oh, right, her birthday.
But, see, I got us all down for a family mole check.
Is there any way we can move her birthday to Monday?
Raven!
Alright, alright.
Hey, Grandpa, why didn't she say anything about her birthday?
She doesn't like to make a big deal about it.
Usually, we just do a little family thing.
RAVEN: Ah!
There! Birthday on Sunday.
Everything is perfect. Nobody change a thing.
Well, I better get back to work on my science project.
And if you smell something burning, don't worry.
I got this, alright? Safety first.
(clang)
(crying)
Break a toe, you on your own.
I can't take you to the hospital till, like, uh, November.
Walk it off, Booker, walk it off.
(theme music playing)
♪ Ha, ha! Lemme tell ya somethin' ♪
♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪
♪ But then life had other plans ♪
♪ Tell 'em, Mom ♪
♪ It's crazy when things turn upside down ♪
♪ But ya gotta get up and take that chance ♪
♪ New city, I’m finding my way ♪
♪ It’s gonna take some time ♪
-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ Ya know I got you, right? ♪
♪ It might be wild, but ya know that we make it work ♪
♪ We're just fam caught up in a crazy world ♪
-♪ C'mon! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
-♪ We get loud! ♪ -♪ Yeah, Raven's Home ♪
♪ It's our crowd! ♪
♪ Might be tough, but together we make it look good ♪
♪ Down for each other like family should ♪
-♪ It's Raven's Home ♪ -♪ When it's tough ♪
-♪ Yeah, Raven's Home ♪ -♪ We got love ♪
♪ 'Cos no matter the weather, ya know we gon' shine ♪
♪ There for each other, ya know it's our time ♪
(Raven laughing)
Yep! That's us.
♪ ♪
Come on, Dad, hurry up!
If your nose hairs get any longer,
we're going to have to get the gardener to trim 'em!
Change of plans. All that stuff you scheduled for me,
I'm not doing any of 'em.
Why not?
Well, my doctor wanted me
to find ways to de-stress.
So I am going to a mindfulness retreat.
A day of peace, positivity, and...
relaxation.
That's nice, but the Baxter Board says--
You know what? You should try it.
Yeah, I would love to. Hold on.
Let me check with my assistant. Tink-tink. Raven?
Hey, girl. Yeah, it's Raven. (laughs) Yeah.
Listen, I was wondering if you can schedule some me time?
Oh...
Oh, I'm too busy taking care of...
everybody else?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
Also, you're doing a great job.
(laughs) Tink-tink.
Raven, your Saturday just opened up.
You can finally do something for yourself.
What would you like to do?
Well, I guess I can help Booker with his--
No! You!
-Well, Alice needs to-- -No.
You.
-Ivy-- -Not even your child, Raven!
I'm doing this for me, just for myself.
You should do the same.
-(door opens) -Yeah.
-(door shuts) -That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna...
gonna focus on me. I can do that.
(whooshing)
(echoing): Someone call a doctor, quick!
(whooshing)
Focus on me. My visions don't even focus on me!
♪ ♪
So, your birthday's tomorrow! That's exciting!
Yeah, I guess.
What? Birthdays are the best!
I mean, the parties, the presents,
the constant attention.
It's the one day out of the year my mama can't say,
"This ain't about you, Booker."
Yeah...
I don't want a birthday party.
Besides, even if I did,
none of the kids at my school want to come anyway.
Thanks for the sandwich.
That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.
♪ ♪
I got your 911 text. What's the emergency?
(shoes flapping)
I came as soon as I could.
Were you in the shower?
Yeah, but it's no big deal. I do it every day.
So, what's the emergency?
-Alice doesn't want a birthday party! -(gasps)
That's not really a 911 emergency.
Are you kidding? I can't think of anything worse
than not having a 10th birthday party.
You can't think of anything worse?
I can, Ivy,
but I try not to go there.
I think she secretly wants to have a party,
but she's afraid none of her classmates are gonna show up.
You know how that feels, right, Ivy?
Okay. First, ouch.
And second, we are not letting that happen to Alice.
Okay! Looks like we're throwin' a party!
-Yeah! -Right after Neil washes
that stuff out of his hair.
Oh no. This conditioner is leave-in, so we're good.
♪ ♪
(clang, ringing)
(sustained tone)
(tone stops)
Welcome, my sweet souls.
I am Indigo. Heh.
Oh! Hello, my friend.
I personally sojourned these butterflies
through their metamorphosis.
And as with them,
so shall you emerge from your cocoon...
transformed. Namaste.
ALL: Namaste.
(quietly): Now, this is what I'm talking about.
No stress, no kids, no--
(quietly): Excuse me. I just wanna pardon through. (laughs)
-Raven? -Hey, Dad.
What are you doing here?
You couldn't just let me do my own thing
for one afternoon, could you?
Listen, I had a vision, okay?
No, no. No visions. Go home.
(scoffs) You won't even know I'm here.
I just wanna make sure nothing happens.
Nothing is gonna happen. Please go.
-Nah, I'ma stay. -CLASS: Namaste.
I'm sorry, what?
Raven, this is my relaxation retreat.
I came here for peace and quiet.
Go... home.
Nah, I'ma stay.
-CLASS: Namaste. -Really, what are you guys saying?
You're gonna get me in trouble.
-Go home. -Nah, I'ma stay.
CLASS: Namaste.
Alright. New rule.
From now on, only Indigo says namaste.
CLASS: Namaste.
Alright, that's really going to have to be the last one.
♪ ♪
Hey, man, this is lookin' pretty good.
Lucky my grandpa still had some stuff
from one of his old birthday parties.
Yeah, because every 10-year-old dreams of being...
older than dirt.
Alice and Neil will be back from getting ice cream any minute.
Where is everybody? You emailed all the kids in her class, right?
-Yep. -Then, where are they?
What if Alice was right? What if no one shows up?
(doorbell rings)
(laughs) Ivy, I don't know what you were worried about!
These kids clearly know a good party when they hear about one.
-Come on. -Quick! Everybody, over here.
Okay, Alice has no idea
we're throwing this surprise party for her,
so when she walks through this door,
I want everyone to yell, "Surprise!" Okay?
Here they come.
BOOKER and IVY: Surprise!
Why-why didn't y'all yell surprise?
We're too close together for yelling.
Any sound above 120 decibels
can permanently damage your tympanic membrane.
Your eardrum.
Who knows that?
What are they doing here?
It's for your birthday!
I know you thought if you had a party, they wouldn't come,
but look. They're all here, for you.
For Alice?
My mom said Neil deGrasse Tyson would be speaking.
I thought we're getting extra credit for this.
Well...
Not that I need it.
'Cause I don't!
Booker!
I didn't mean they wouldn't want to come to my party.
I meant any party.
They're highly competitive geniuses!
They're all school, no play.
Alice, they're kids!
What kids don't love a party?
You should've never let me do this.
♪ ♪
(chimes tinkling)
And as you stretch,
release yourself from the constraints
of your meditative state.
(grunts) Well, I'm stuck in my meditative state.
Can I get a little help here, please?
(muttering)
-Wow. Oh. Oh... Ow! Ow! -(Raven grunting)
My hair!
Oh... See?
See, this is why you don't go synthetic.
I got a girl named Kiki,
she'll slap it right back on for you, though.
Yes, I wear extensions.
And I'm not ashamed.
Let's all recenter with a breathing exercise.
Oh, a breathing exercise? I got this in the bag.
-I been breathing my whole life. What? -(shushing)
Oh. Yes!
Excellent idea, my friend.
Let's all choose a partner
to help you spark your Qi. Oh!
Spark my Qi. That's hilarious.
Oh, excuse me. Th-that's my dad, and he's gonna be my partner.
-So, me-ow. -Raven, what are you doing?
-Tell her to switch with me. -No. Leave.
(high-pitched): What? Dad, why? I didn't even do anything.
Hey, what's going on?
Raven, you're ruining this for me.
Dad, trust me, okay?
I had a "feeling" that something bad was going to happen.
You and I both know that your "feelings" are usually wrong.
Now, now. Everyone's feelings are valid.
Thank you, Indigo.
Well, I'm feeling like you're always hovering over me.
-Also valid. -Whose side are you on, Indigo?
Raven, you're stressing me out.
I'm stressing you out. Really, Dad?
Try taking care of yourself.
I would, if you would let me!
Enough!
Forget about the breathing! Everyone, stop breathing!
(sharp inhales)
-Oh no. Keep breathing. -(all exhaling)
We're just moving on to something else.
Two hours of silent reflection.
-Two hours? -Oh, come on, man.
Okay, my bad.
♪ ♪
This is embarrassing!
This TV doesn't even have an adaptive sampler!
I told you. The variance pixelation
was due to the age of the model, not a flaw in the firmware.
You're a flaw in the firmware.
(kids giggling)
What is happening?
They're making your grandpa's smart TV look really dumb.
See? This is why I didn't want to have a birthday party.
I can't give up.
You stop brushing your teeth when your arm gets tired.
You can give up.
I used to go to that school.
It was all competition and grades, not fun and games.
We didn't even have a gym!
Except the janitor.
But he went by James.
(laughing)
See? That school's why I can't tell a joke.
Wait, that was a joke?
(sighs) The place ruined you!
We have to get them to have fun.
We don't want them to end up like Ivy.
♪ ♪
Who out there loves magic?
Ooh! Me! Me!
I am the Amazing Booker,
and this is my assistant, Ivy.
Why do I have to be the assistant? Because I'm the girl?
Oh. That's why.
And now, my small-headed assistant Ivy
will hand me my first magic trick.
Behold!
-Solid metal rings. -(clanking)
-(clank) -Ah...
-(clank) -Whoa-ho-ho!
Ta-da!
That's magic.
What?! (laughs)
That was incredible!
It's incredible that you were fooled by that.
There's a gap in one ring that he was obscuring
with his finger,
and not very well.
Ta-da!
Is that true?
Okay, okay. (nervous laugh)
Let's see if you can figure out this next trick. (clears throat)
An ordinary cup... and ball.
There's a false bottom mechanism
that hides the ball when you put it inside.
Wait, seriously?
Are you not doing magic?
Is magic not real?
If you could make us disappear,
now would be a good time.
♪ ♪
(thinking): How could you choose another partner over me?
(thinking): You're messing up my experience!
I just don't want you to get hurt.
Oh, there you go.
Using my heart attack as an excuse again.
Dad, I had a vision that you needed a doctor.
I've been working out, I've been eating right.
But you're still treating me like a baby.
Because you're still acting like a baby!
Rae, you're suffocating me. It's like I can't even breathe.
No. No, no, no, don't blame that on me.
You can't breathe because it's hot enough
to fry a egg in here.
That's why you can't breathe.
Oh, no!
-Don't-- -(wings flapping)
Ooh. Bye.
Ah-- My butterflies!
My bad.
That's it!
I've had enough!
I want you... and you...
out... of the retreat.
-RAVEN: Oh. -Ooh...
Someone call a doctor, quick!
Oh, it was him...
That was your "feeling," wasn't it?
-Are you okay? -Get her away from me!
-What? I didn't even-- -Raven, just go.
I should leave? (laughs)
He doesn't appreciate anything I do. None of them do!
Okay, this isn't the exit.
Uh-oh.
(beeping)
-COMPUTER VOICE: Heat and steam on. -(hissing)
-Okay, that's not good. -(knocking)
Somebody! Somebody help me out of here!
Ungrateful Dad?
Hippie-dippy guru guy?!
Butterflies!
♪ ♪
Alright, party's over. You don't have to go home,
but you can't stay here. Uh, bye-bye.
Uh, w-w-wait! You can't leave yet!
We're gonna do balloon animals!
Why do you know how to make balloon animals?
When both your parents work nights,
you watch a lot of online tutorials.
Also, if you need your brake pads changed, I'm your girl.
We gotta get this girl dating.
(balloon squeaking)
Okay, who's next?
I want the Watson and Crick model of DNA!
-That's an acronym for-- -I know what it is, Ernie.
(balloon squeaking)
(gasps)
KIDS: Ooh...
DNA?
More like DN-yay!
Ooh! Ooh!
(imitates guitar riff)
Will this day not end?
That was too easy. Come on. Challenge me.
Make me a molecular model of glucose.
KIDS: Ooh...
Oh, is that what we're doing, Paige?
If you can.
Oh, I can.
♪ ♪
Ivy, it's not gonna work. Give it up.
No, I can do this. I just need four more balloons.
(balloon pops)
Five more balloons.
I appreciate what you're trying to do,
but it's no use.
Look at them.
They'd rather do homework than play.
Wait, what if the homework was play?
Booker, you're a genius!
(scoffs) Okay, if he's a genius, what am I?
About to be a meme.
♪ ♪
-(steam hissing) -(Raven panting)
Okay, now I need to... I need to get out here.
(coughing)
(clicking)
Oh... No, don't like the dark.
Don't like the dark.
Hoo! It's so hot in here, my eyeballs are sweatin'.
Whoa, where am I?
(mystical music playing)
Who puts a mirror in a steam room?
Wow. I am literally a hot mess.
(slap)
-What in the Snow White is happening?! -(magical chime)
I'm what's happening.
-Who are you? -I'm you.
Oh no. O-oh no, I'm not doing this.
(magical chime)
Uh-uh. Not this time.
You've been running away from me for far too long.
We are having this conversation.
Oh no.
O-oh no, my brain has turned to soup.
I don't wanna go! (crying)
I don't wanna go. I wanna...
I want to see my kids grow old. I want to go to their house.
I wanna turn on all of their lights, and I wanna stand
in front of their refrigerator with the door open.
Stop, alright? It-it's too hot in here for all your spiraling.
You're gonna sweat out our edges.
What are you doing with our life?
You're not real. You're not real.
-You're not real. You're not real... Ah! -(magical chime)
You've been keeping yourself busy
with other people's problems to avoid facing the truth.
You're afraid.
Well, I am hallucinating in a steam room,
so I'm a little concerned.
You're wasting our life.
You don't know me.
You don't know you.
Ooh. That, uh, that hits different when it comes from yourself.
You're afraid to go for what you want.
What if I don't know what that is anymore?
Well then, you need to take a little time for you
and figure it out.
How do I do that?
Reflect on it.
Oh, I see you, Mirror Me. I see you, girl.
You funny! Yeah, you real funny, girl.
-Okay, I got you. I understand. -(hissing)
I see you. (laughs) I see you.
-I do, I see you. -(click)
(door opens)
Raven? I've been looking for you!
-What are you doing in here? -Dad. Dad,
I got locked in, and-and it was hot,
and there was steam, and Mirror Me?
Marry Me slapped me in the face, and I hit hard, Daddy.
I hit... I hit hard!
♪ ♪
I gotta give it to you, Booker.
Getting them to build a linear gravitational accelerator
was a pretty great idea.
That's a nerdy way to say slide.
Shh! If they find out
this is used for fun, they're never gonna do it.
Alright! Who's first?
Yeah, right. Go down it?
What do we look like, ninja warriors?
Probably right. I mean, you're only in fourth grade.
How good could the engineering calculations possibly be?
Uh, excuse you. I did that math myself.
And if it's good enough to send my gerbil into space,
it's good enough for this.
Did you get your gerbil back?
He knew what he signed up for.
Okay. Um, well, come on!
Somebody has to try this thing.
I'll do it!
Alice, no!
I should've told her I loved her.
Woo-hoo!
That was awesome! Who's next?
(kids cheering)
Alright, alright! You all get a turn.
Right after me!
This is the best birthday party I've ever had.
-Thanks for not listening to me. -Anytime.
Alright. Go, go, go, go, go.
This is way better than stairs!
I'm a ninja warrior!
Science makes me feel alive!
Hey, Dad. Sorry Indigo banned you for life.
Oh, it's okay.
He's not doing retreats anymore.
He's going back to selling used cars.
What happened back there?
Well, a wise person told me that I needed to spend
a little less time focusing on others
and a little more time focusing on myself.
-I've been saying that for weeks! -Yeah,
well, it didn't sound right until it came out of my mouth, so...
(kids laughing, cheering)
What is going on here?
What's going on is that Booker
threw me the best birthday party ever!
(cheering)
Oh, that's nice.
Raven, what are we going to do about this?
Oh, sorry, Dad, I'm focusing on me.
♪ ♪
Ah...
-(sighs) This is nice. -Hey, what are you doin' here?
Oh, taking a little me time.
Can you get out?
Uh, no. This is my bath. You get out.
Nah, I'ma stay.
Oh no, you're not.
-(pop, draining) -(gasps)
Oh snap...!
That's better.
♪ ♪
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