Previously on "TheVillains of Valley View.."
Still mad because Starling kicked your butt?
She did not kick my butt.
I might've kinda sorta lost to Starling
and now my fury over it consumes my entire existence.
What are you doing with Starling's autograph?
And how does she know who you are?
You're Chaos.
Promise you won't tell my family about this, especially Amy.
Starling, look out.
You just saved her life.
Could I maybe get your number?
I should probably take yours too, you know,
just to make sure you're staying on the right path.
That is a good one.
Okay. Sounds good.
Yeah, talk soon. Okay. Bye-bye.
Hey, Jake.
Were you just talking to who I think you were talking to?
Yup. Starling.
Starling?
Oh. Well, I thought it was the middle aged guy
from tech support who you oddly became friends with.
Dennis? No, I talked to him earlier.
Good news, I convinced him to ditch the hairpiece
and embrace the bald.
Well, did Starling ask about me?
Not by name but she did tell me to say hi to my weird friend.
That means she remembered me.
We've been talking every day
since we went to our commercial shoot.
And tonight, she wants to meet up in person.
Oh my gosh, tonight? Really?
Oh, that's amazing. What am I gonna wear?
Well, how about pajamas? Because you're staying home.
This is the first chance Starling and I
have had to hang out alone and I wanna make it special.
So we're going to a junkyard.
Sounds romantic.
Was the sewage plant all booked up?
It's special because that's where we had our first battle.
I threw a rusted out engine block at her
and she stopped it midair and threw it right back at me.
It was magical.
But anyway, I need you to cover for me with my parents,
and more importantly Amy.
Oh, no.
I already feel guilty about keeping a secret from her.
She's my best friend and she wouldn't keep secrets from me.
- Yeah, she would. - Yeah. You're probably right.
But I don't like doing it to her.
Neither do I.
I'm not gonna keep this from her forever,
just until I can find a way
to make her see the Starling that I see.
You know, the one she won't wanna toss off a tall building.
Fine.
But the stress of keeping this secret is getting to me.
I'm starting to lose my hair.
I mean, the shower drain looks like it's wearing a wig.
Come on, you can stay for dinner.
And do you mind wearing a hairnet?
I don't know what's going on.
But I'm gonna find out.
Does your family always have pancakes for dinner?
Well, we can't break the law anymore.
At least let us break the rules of breakfast.
Hey, where's Colby?
I don't know.
Ever since he shapeshifted into a fly,
I've had the toughest time keeping tabs on him.
I'm down here avoiding your fork.
What are you doing in my pancakes?
Get your own.
I wish I could, but I'm stuck in the syrup.
Fine. I'll just eat around you.
- Hey, Amy. - Hey.
Everything okay?
Yeah, why wouldn't it be?
Do you know something I don't know?
Because if you did, you could tell me.
Doesn't matter what it is.
I mean, we're best friends, right?
Of course.
Good.
Well, careful.
Your hair is shedding all over your pancakes.
So what's everyone doing tonight?
Well, I'm off to the mall to hang out at the food court
and check out the surfboard store.
Yup, taking up surfing,
totally normal teenage boy in Texas stuff.
Bye.
What about you, Hartley?
These pancakes are so good, I might just eat them all night.
Well, I'm gonna go get a burger.
This whole breakfast for dinner thing is, uh, it's really weird.
I did it.
I've been up for three days straight
but I finally found a way to stop Colby from being trapped
in a random shapeshifting cycle.
We're gonna get our son back.
Ooh, pancakes.
Dad, stop. It's me.
Oh.
Well, hurry up and swim out of that syrup.
Daddy's hungry.
All right, ladies.
Say hello to my amazing invention
that's gonna turn Colby fly here back to normal.
The first ever Molecular Re-Atomizer.
I haven't slept since Wednesday, clap for me.
You know what I need to clap? Human hands.
Get on with it.
Okay.
Here we go.
Wait.
Are you sure it's safe for us to stand this close?
Sure. Just cover your face
so your eyeballs don't melt out of your skull.
- Seriously? - No, I'm joking.
Or am I?
I am.
- Are you? - I am not.
Okay.
Here we go.
What the... it tingles.
Okay. Now it burns.
Huh. The tingle is back.
It worked.
I mean, why wouldn't it?
My baby is back.
Oh.
Better hold up on the hugs.
You haven't showered for a month.
Good to have you back, bud.
It's good to have a back, dad.
And man, I cannot wait to stretch it out.
Sorry, son.
The machine is still restructuring your DNA,
so you're gonna have to stay in there a little longer.
Which will give us time to go pick you up a cake to celebrate.
We couldn't decide between welcome back to your body
or congrats on being normal again,
so we're just gonna swipe one
from the neighbor's retirement party.
You can't do that.
He's old.
Probably wouldn't even know it's gone.
I'll wait with you, Colby.
Do you want anything?
Yeah. Actually, I'm kind of thirsty.
Could you grab me that water?
Oh. No, no, no, no.
What kind of evil lair doesn't have paper towels?
Oh, no.
What's wrong?
Why do I sound like this?
And why do I feel taller and thicker?
I've got bigger everything.
I think the water shorted out the console
and it made you older.
Look.
That's me?
Whoa. I'm a major hottie.
Yeah. I mean, no.
I mean, ew.
I mean, I gotta fix this.
Come on, dumb machine, turn it back.
Good idea, Hartley. If things take a bad turn,
just start hitting random buttons.
Is it working?
Why do I feel the sudden urge to second guess my life choices
and spend all my savings on a sports car?
Probably because of this?
Now I'm old.
What happened to the hottie?
I know.
His eyes were so dark and soulful,
I could just get lost in them.
I'm just gonna keep pressing buttons.
Sorry, I'm late.
Probably should've chosen a junkyard
with less angry guard dogs.
I thought they were kind of sweet.
But then again, everyone's sweet to me
because, you know, superhero.
- It's good to see you again. - You too.
So, now what do we do?
I thought we were gonna go get ice cream but this is a choice.
Come on, we had our first battle in the junkyard.
I was being sentimental.
We also fought on a tropical island.
We could've met there.
What was that?
The dogs are back
and they can smell my fear.
Amy.
Guess I didn't get the invite.
Jake, get away from her.
How'd you know I was here?
I overheard your conversation with Hartley.
You're lucky I got here just in time.
In time for what?
To save you.
I'm sorry, who are you?
- His sister. - Wait.
You're Havoc?
Girl, you had me fooled.
- Amy, I can explain. - No need.
At first, I was upset but then I thought
of course I can trust my brother.
He'd never meet with my nemesis behind my back on purpose.
I mean, supervillains don't hang out with superheroes.
She's clearly taking advantage of nice guy Jake for one reason,
to lure you into a trap.
It's not a trap.
And you know who'd say that? A person setting a trap.
Well, if you're gonna start something,
I'm gonna end it.
- Not this time. - Stop fighting.
You're gonna attract the dogs.
There's one advantage I've always had over you, Havoc.
I can fly and you're stuck on the ground.
That's where you're wrong.
Whoa.
When did you learn how to do that?
Just now. Lucky for me it worked.
Starling.
Yup. Still working on the landing.
Jake, get out of the way.
No, Amy. This has gone way too far.
I mean it, Jake. Get out of the way.
It's time for me to finish this.
Amy!
Aging 30 years in a day has me so confused.
I don't know whether to play Little League or coach it.
There you are. Where have you been?
Well, Gara's retirement bash got canceled,
so we had to improvise
and steal a cake from some kid's birthday party.
Won't be a happy birthday for you, Johnny.
Who's this?
It's me, Colby.
- What? - Oh, no.
I kind of spilled on your console
and then everything sparked
and then he turned 20 and then I started pressing more buttons
and then he turned into that.
Mom, can you please make me a sandwich?
And don't forget to cut off the crust.
It is Colby.
My son is older than me.
Fix this.
I'm on it.
I'll be in the lair.
Hello, Celia.
Robert, you really don't have a problem
with your lady just waltzing into tenant's homes?
Hey.
I may be the chief of police
but she's the chief of everything else.
Taught him that on our first date.
What are you doing here, grandma?
I came to tell you that Robert and I are going dancing.
Salsa dancing.
Things are gonna get hot tonight.
Okay.
Now you two have fun, and then bye.
Who's this?
You don't have someone else living here, do you?
- No, he's actually... - The plumber.
He's a plumber.
That's his job.
That's what he does for a living.
Yup. He plumbs.
I know you're new at lying
but that was more lie than we needed.
I didn't call a plumber.
It was an emergency.
A leaky faucet emergency.
Why didn't you call me?
Because I knew you were getting ready for your date with Robert.
Oh, okay.
Did I mention we're going salsa dancing?
- Yes. - Yes.
Hold on a minute.
If you're a plumber, let me see your plumber's license.
- You can't. - Why not?
Because I left it back at the shop.
Mmm-hmm.
There's a ring of scam artists around town
pretending to be plumbers to swindle money out of people
and he could be one of them.
No one scams me or my granddaughter.
No, I swear I'm legit.
I think we should stick around to make sure.
We might have to delay salsa dancing.
That's okay.
The only thing more romantic than salsa dancing
is shaking down scammers.
Can I interest anyone in a young child's birthday cake?
Did you seriously just protect Starling over me?
What is going on, Jake?
A few months ago back in Sintropolis when I was Chaos,
she saved my life.
If it wasn't for her, I might not even be here right now.
He was dangling off the side of a building and I pulled him up.
Girl power.
Sorry, continue.
All those times you asked me why I was becoming a better person,
that's why.
Starling gave me a reason to.
So this whole time you acted
like you were trying to become a better person
but it was also you could get cozy with my nemesis?
No, it didn't start out that way.
I went to ColossaCon to thank her
and we've kind of been talking ever since.
You told me not to go
because I would be putting our family in danger
but you're the one who's been putting us in danger
and for some superhero?
But she's not just some superhero.
She's so much more than that.
I've been talking to her and if you just got to know her and...
I do know her.
And I thought I knew you.
We never used to keep secrets from each other but...
I don't think I can trust you ever again.
We may share the same villain blood but...
you're not my brother anymore.
Amy, wait.
Amy won't even talk to me.
I should've just told her about us from the start.
We all make mistakes.
I mean, I don't because, again, superhero.
I knew Amy would be upset
but I never expected it would hurt her this bad.
Don't you have some kind of time travel power
you can use to undo this?
If I did, I'd go back and get even
for that last sonic blast to the ribs.
It really hurt.
Well, I'm sure my whole family knows by now,
so looks like I'll be crashing here for a while.
No.
You need to go home and make this right.
How?
Now that Amy knows that we're seeing each other,
- I... - We were seeing each other.
What?
Look, Jake.
I like you a lot.
But I'm not in the business of breaking up families,
even if you are villains.
No. I'll find a way.
We can work it out.
It won't be that easy and we both know it.
We're from two completely different places.
Places that don't understand each other
and aren't willing to work together.
And because of that,
it's too risky for both of us.
Please.
I've already lost my sister. I can't lose you too.
I'm sorry.
But in time, you'll see this is the best thing for both of us.
Goodbye, Jake.
At least it couldn't get much worse.
Okay. You know what, bring it on, dogs.
Just kidding, just kidding, just kidding.
Okay.
Okay what?
Grandma, why don't you and Robert give our plumber friend
a little breathing room?
There.
Now you can breathe.
Come on, Celia.
He's a stand-up guy.
I think you can trust him.
Why would I trust him? I don't trust you.
You trust me, don't you, Cels?
I trust you to stay out of my business.
I'm seeing too much looking and not enough fixing.
Why don't you just start plumbing?
Hurry up down there.
This salsa queen wants to dance.
You know, some people say I'm the Shakira of Valley View,
because these hips don't lie.
- Lovely. - Please hurry up down there.
Hey, I think I did it.
Aha! I knew it.
He's no plumber, he's a fraud.
Come out from under there so I can book you
for swindling these nice people.
Who's that?
It's me, the plumber.
Well, how long were you down there for?
You know the plumber we met earlier?
Well, this is his father.
Father?
Oh.
Yup. I'm his father.
That can't be.
I know I saw the other plumber go under there
and he never came back out.
Well, to be fair, you have had a lovely distraction
around you for the whole time.
What distraction?
This distraction.
Oh, right.
Yes, I did.
I guess that's why I didn't see them switch.
You know, I'm sure the plumber's father does not
take kindly to people calling his son a scammer,
isn't that right, sir?
Start talking like an old man.
You bet your fanny that's right.
I built my plumbing business with my bare hands
back in the 1800s.
- 1900s. - 1900s.
I will not stand for anyone
calling my son or my business a sham.
All due respect, sir, we was just trying to make sure...
Gobbledygook.
The only crime my son ever committed was working too hard.
I'm hungry.
When do I get pudding?
My apologies, sir.
I certainly do respect my elders and I appreciate the history
you built here in Valley View.
Well, good.
- And you. - Slow your roll, pops.
You don't wanna try that with me.
Finally.
Now I can get down to the lair
and work on getting our son back.
And it looks like I'm off to buy some pudding.
The smooth stuff.
Anything crunchy sits in me like a rock.
Oh, hello?
Are you forgetting something?
Oh, right.
Well, if I got to fix the old man, you gotta fix that.
Hey, Amy.
Where were you? I've been texting you for hours.
Don't.
I know everything.
Oh, I've been at the junkyard with Jake and Starling.
Oh, boy.
How could you keep this all a secret from me?
Look, I'm sorry.
I was just trying to protect everyone.
Jake is my friend too.
And when a friend asks to keep a secret, I do it.
You know,
for the first time in my life, I thought
I actually made a real friend.
Someone who'd be there for me, have my back.
But you're just as bad as Jake.
Amy, please.
I didn't even wanna keep this secret at all.
But you did.
You know, I never wanted a best friend in the first place
and...
now I know why.
She knows.
Yeah.
Well, how do we fix this?
Honestly, Hartley...
I don't know if we can.
Well, Colby, the good news is I am a genius
and I'll find a way to get you back.
The bad news is you'll have to wait until Friday
so you can buy us movie tickets
with your senior citizen discount.
We'll need you to buy us popcorn.
We'd share it with you
but it might get stuck in your dentures.
Hey.
At least now I'm old enough to drive.
Oh, now you're too old to drive.
That's a bummer.
Well, at least I'm old enough to drive.
Oh, sweetie.
Why don't you take a nap?
Come on.
Don't forget to take his teeth out.