Oliver is Ethan's uncle?
[speaks Spanish]
What does Ethan have to do with the Eloquent Peasant?
And now I'm extra nervous. [chuckles]
I'm doing my first big magic show for a kid who's sad that his uncle just died?
And if I don't get this dessert by 3:00 p.m.,
I'm gonna need a magician to get me out of trouble.
I don't understand exactly what's going on,
but Oliver sent us here for a reason, to find the sarcophagus.
Whatever's in it's gonna get us closer to solving this mystery.
So, the show must go on.
This is gonna be a disaster.
Don't worry. If you get stuck, Leo can help you. He's invisible.
Never! Charli can do it on her own. She doesn't need my help.
You don't. You can do this. Now start breathing.
In through the nose, out through the mouth.
[exhales]
Okay.
Let's do this.
It's a toy sarcophagus.
Hey! What are you doing?
Sorry?
You're that weird guy in my karate class. And now you're here.
I-I'm friends with Charli, the magician.
Why are you in my room?
I, um, was looking for the bathroom and made a wrong turn.
It's over here.
Slight problem. I found the sarcophagus.
It's like a little box you can keep stuff in.
That's great. What's the bad news?
Ethan caught me in his room before I could get to it.
I'll go back once the show starts.
We have a bigger problem. Charli's freaking out.
She's hiding in the bathroom and doesn't wanna do the show.
I've been there. It's not fun.
All right, everybody. I think we're ready to get started.
So... -[mouthing] Okay.
...without further ado, Charli!
Uh, but before we see Charli, we have a special opening act.
The Spectacular Samir!
What? -I needed to do something.
No problem. I can talk you through the whole thing.
I, uh--
[Ethan clears throat] Help.
How's everybody doing today?
Great! Good opener.
Uh... -[titters]
[sighs]
Charli, come on.
[Charli] You don't understand.
I can't do this.
Your card is...
Nine of hearts. -[Ethan] Nope.
It's the jack of spades.
[Leo] Oh, he's pulling a fast one. -[giggles]
Say this: "Well, all I see..."
Well, all I see...
"...is a joker and..."
...is a joker and...
[child 1] Whoa. -[child 2] That's so cool.
Whoa.
The nine of hearts!
Yeah. -Thank you. Thank you.
Perhaps I should do something a little less spectacular.
Wouldn't want to outshine the main act. [chuckles]
Good point.
I don't know what's going on, but I know you need to get on that stage.
I'm angry at you.
What? -It's true.
I don't understand. I thought you wanted to be a magician.
Of course, I do. But that gives you no right to schedule this show
without asking me first.
Look. I-It's my first show. That's a huge deal.
I needed to act fast. There wasn't time.
For a text?
I didn't imagine you would say no, so I didn't check.
Look, I get it.
You're super smart, and you usually do have the best ideas.
But that doesn't mean you can make decisions for me and Samir
without asking us first.
And it's not just this gig. It keeps happening.
Samir said the same thing to me yesterday.
[sighs] I should've called you first about the magic show. I'm sorry I didn't.
Apology accepted.
And seriously, I think you're super smart too,
and you have lots of great ideas.
But sometimes-- -Sometimes they get lost
in all the bad ideas that I can't help saying out loud?
Yeah. [chuckles]
Yeah, I've heard that one too.
Well, in the future, I'll use my inner voice more.
And I'll use my outer voice better.
That sounds good.
Great. So, showtime?
[sighs]
What if I mess up?
[sighs]
You won't.
I wouldn't have gotten you this job if I wasn't sure you can do it.
[partygoers cheering]
Hi, you guys! I'm Charli. Really great to meet you today!
Who here likes magic?
[partygoers] Me! -[both] I do!
[Charli] Yay! Okay! Who here likes rope tricks?
I'll head upstairs.
No. Stay here. We need to support Charli. -[Charli] Yeah.
[applause]
[partygoers] Whoa. -Let's do a silk trick.
Now pick a card, any card.
Eight of spades. -[Ethan] Wait, what?
One, two, three. [blows] Okay.
I'll give you this.
[chuckles] -[partygoers] Whoa!
Happy birthday! -[partygoers cheering]
And thank you! [chuckles] -Wow!
[all cheering] -Wepa!
Happy birthday! -Yeah!
Whoo!
[Charli chuckles]
Charli, that was so good. -Amazing!
Thanks. -And the best part was, you were just you.
I work so hard to razzle-dazzle everyone when maybe I should just be myself.
You're making me question everything.
Is that good?
Always! So inspiring.
The wepa is near. I can feel it.
I'll finally figure out this trick and Leo's fans will be very happy.
So will Leo's sponsors.
It's gone. It was right here.
Who are you?
[sighs] One: You were acting super weird at my karate class.
Two: Out of nowhere,
your friend is performing at my birthday party.
Great job, by the way.
And three: Before the party, I caught you snooping around in my room.
What is going on here?
Wow.
I'm not dumb. I just turned nine.
I think we should tell him the truth. What do you think?
Thanks for asking.
Ethan, we knew your Uncle Oliver.
And what I'm 'bout to say will sound crazy,
but Oliver sent us to the party
because he wanted you to give us your sarcophagus.
Yeah, right. -It's true.
I don't believe you. You didn't know my uncle.
Guys, uh?
Guys, uh, what?
Giza, home to the Great Pyramids.
You were gonna visit them with Oliver.
How do you know that?
Uh, he told everyone how excited he was to take his favorite nephew to Egypt.
A screw? There's a flower on it.
I think it's a lotus. It's one of the words I translated.
Where did you get this?
I was at the library with Uncle Oliver.
The university library? -Yeah.
He said he was trying to solve some big mystery.
He found the screw on the floor and thought it was really suspicious.
He gave it to me and told me to keep it safe.
Do you remember where you were in the library?
I remember there was a big painting of a bird.
Well, this is really helpful, Ethan. I guess we can go now.
I wish we could tell you more,
but we think Oliver was keeping this a secret for a reason.
I understand.
Thank you for trusting us.
Happy birthday.
I really miss him.
We do too.
That was so sad. -Yeah.
Wait. Shouldn't we talk to him?
I agree, but I thought you needed to get to the bakery by 3:00.
I'm sorry about Oliver.
Thank you.
I know what it feels like to lose someone.
There's a war where I come from, in Syria.
My cousin died last year, and I miss him.
[sighs] It's very hard.
It's even harder on special days like birthdays.
Uncle Oliver and I used to go to the park and pretend we're in Egypt.
We would pretend the slide was a Sphinx, and he always did this funny voice.
[imitating funny voice] "I am the Sphinx, and I am svery sfunny."
[normal voice] I know it sounds dumb--
Not at all. Oliver was... [imitates funny voice] ..."svery sfunny."
[both chuckle]
[normal voice] Just remember, he'll never really be gone from your life.
He'll always be around.
I thought this was broken.
You were really great.
He's a nice kid. [chuckles]
[sighs] There's no way I'll make it to the bakery in time.
Guess I'll just have to face my father and tell him the truth.
Dad, is your pantry stocked?
Yeah.
[Nia] Ooh. -[Charli] Whoa!
[Samir] Wow. -[Nia laughs]
That looks great.
I worked in a Lebanese restaurant after college.
Syrian food is pretty similar.
Am I crazy, or does it smell like flowers?
That's the rosewater. [chuckles] -It is.
My grandmother's kitchen always smelled like this
after she baked desserts.
Mr. Barnes, thank you so much. I promise we'll repay you.
It's on me, and not another thought.
That's impossible for me. I-I'd really like to make it up to you.
All right. Well, you can all clean up. That'll make me a happy man.
Have a good time at the party. -Thanks.
Hi, hon. -Hi, sweetie.
Smells good in here.
I might be a little late.
No problem. We'll clean up.
Yeah.
Mom, can I talk to you for a few minutes after we clean up?
Sure thing. -Okay.
Samir, what took so long? We were worried.
I told you how important this was, baba. Did the bakery have the namoura?
A-Actually, no.
[both] What?
Don't worry.
[chuckles] -You made this?
Mmm, I had a little help. -[both chuckle]
It looks wonderful, Samir.
No problem.
[chuckles]
Yeah! See, I told you so.
Nia's dad's, like, a four-star chef. -[chuckles]
You worry too much, Samir.
It's very well written.
Thank you.
And very persuasive.
[inhales sharply] -But?
But, I'm not sure you'll get the response you want
with one social media post, as eloquent as it is.
Mom, that's why you need to help.
If you spoke out and joined the boycott, people would listen.
It might even get on the news because you're, like, famous.
[chuckles] Fame is relative.
As president of the university,
I can't be associated with the boycott of a convenience store near campus.
It's simply inappropriate.
Inappropriate?
It's inappropriate for that guy to racially profile Black people.
[sighs]
Fine. I'll organize the boycott myself.
Grandma was in the Montgomery bus boycott. I'll carry on the family tradition.
That was a well-coordinated effort that took many months to organize.
Mom, I can do it myself. Please stop treating me like a baby.
[sighs]
Look.
After that lady called the police on you,
I know you've been searching for a way to fight back.
But you gotta do it right.
Okay?
So, let me introduce you to a student I know.
He knows everything about anti-racist activism,
and he can point you in the right direction.
Fine. -Hey, don't misunderstand me.
I want you to fight,
but I also want you to win.
Thanks, Mom.
[oud playing]
This reminds me so much of Sunday dinners back home.
My abuela would cook, and the whole family would show up.
Toufik! Hi! -Hi.
Uh, this is my friend, Charli, and this is my other friend--
Never mind. There is only one friend. [chuckles]
Um, okay.
Nice to meet you, Charli. -Hi.
Samir, I haven't seen you at the community center in a while.
What have you been up to?
Yes! Well, I've been pretty busy with-- with--
With what?
Young Archaeologists' Club.
No way. I love archaeology!
Is there a specific time or region you focus on?
Uh, well, we like them all.
No, we don't. We love them all.
Hi. -[Samir] Nia!
Just in time. This is my friend, Toufik.
Nice to meet you.
So, what's the occasion?
A new family arrived from Turkey, and this is a welcome party.
They aren't Syrian?
Well, they are, but when they came from Syria,
they had to live in Turkey before they could come here.
We did the same thing.
Why?
Because of the war in Syria, life became very unsafe for many of us,
so we had to escape to nearby countries like Turkey or Lebanon, or Jordan.
We were refugees, and we lived in a refugee camp.
And we waited there to be assigned to a new host country.
Very few people get to leave, but we were lucky.
That's how we ended up here in America.
Wow.
Nia.
It was so kind of your father to help you make the namoura.
Please take him these treats as a token of our appreciation.
Oh. Wow! This really isn't necessary.
I insist.
Thank you. [chuckles]
[parent] What a wonderful evening.
I wish I didn't have to go to work tonight, but so it goes.
Enjoy the party.
Where does your father work?
He's a janitor at the university.
Does he clean the library?
Yeah.
Go ask him if you can tag along tonight.
Why? -[Nia] Of course!
Now that the library's closed, this is our best chance of getting inside.
That's true. We can figure out where that screw goes.
I'll give it a shot.
Have you figured out your big trick?
No, but it's so close. I can feel it. My brain's tingling.
That always happens right before the wepa moment.
My dad said yes.
He was so excited about the namoura, he would've said yes to anything.
Meet me tonight at the library at 8:00 p.m.
I'll text you the exact meet-up spot, and then I can let you inside.
[Mama] All right. Be cool. -[guest] Whoa.
[Charli chuckles]
This is good.
[cries]
[adults chattering]
[all] Mmm!
[Charli] That's really good! -It's delicious.
My compliments to the chef.
I'll be sure to tell him.
Hey, Dad, why did they react that way, to the namoura?
In the village where I grew up,
Amira's family ran a bakery for generations,
and the dessert they were most famous for was the namoura.
And last year, the bakery was bombed and destroyed.
[clicks tongue]
They miss the bakery and home very much.
Thank you again. -[chuckles]
Couldn't have done it without my friends.
Wepa! [exhales sharply]
You thought of the trick! -No.
Then what is it?
Ever since I arrived here, I've seen such amazing acts of friendship,
and none more amazing than this.
The wepa isn't that I'm supposed to come up with some illusion
for a fancy show in Miami in front of a bunch of strangers.
The wepa is to stop saying "wepa" all the time.
I just wanna go back to being a normal kid.
I wanna go back home to La Vista. I wanna see my friend, Amanda, again.
And I wanna do magic shows with her, for our friends and our family.
And now, it's time for my disappearing act.
But wait! We're finally getting into the library tonight.
Yeah. What about the screw and blind spot and everything?
We need you! -Not anymore.
You know everything you need to know.
I'll miss you. You taught me so much.
And you taught me more.
You made me remember how much I loved magic in the first place.
Good luck, my friends. And uno, dos, tres...
[Samir] Dad?
Do you miss home?
I don't miss the conflict. I don't miss the destruction.
I don't miss worrying about you and your brother.
Makes sense.
But there are other things I miss very much.
The busy streets, the markets, the sound of the music.
What do you miss?
My cousins. Our neighbors.
Playing soccer after school.
We'll always have those memories, habibi.
Now that we're here, and we're safe,
we can make new memories.
Okay.
Come on. [whispers] There's the main door.
My dad and I already cleaned this room.
Stay here until I text you,
and we'll all meet just outside the archive room. Okay?
[Nia] Got it. -Thumbs up.
Hey, Cowboy. We know that kid.
[whines] -[guard chuckles]
Yeah. Everything looks great in here. Let's head upstairs.
[Dad] Only five rooms to go.
[Samir] One small problem. -What?
I left my garbage can in the last room.
Oh. Do you remember how to get back there?
Sure. Won't be long. -Meet me in the faculty lounge.
Got it.
Now, remember,
the only audience we need to deceive are those three security cameras.
Oliver, if you're listening, wish us luck.
[Nia yelps] -[Charli] Nia!
[sighs]
[Charli] That was close. -Let's hurry.
Sure, but remember, stay in the blind spot.
[Nia] There are no holes.
[Charli] Hey, look.
[Nia] It's a match.
I don't see any holes on this side.
[Charli] None over here. -[Nia] What is this thing anyway?
[Charli] Donors to the university. -[Nia] It goes back a long time.
I need to get back to my dad. We don't have any more time.
"If you wanna see the big picture,
then you need to look at things from a different angle."
Wepa.
Those three nameplates.
They stick out further than the others.
"Mason Kenning."
"Lawrence Osgood."
"Granville Winthrop."
Who are they?
I'll take Winthrop. -Osgood for me.
Nia, you look up Kenning.
[sighs]
[door unlocks]