Hey, Roman, are you sleeping?
Yes.
Okay, cool.
Hey, Roman?
- What? - Is the monster gone?
We've talked about this, okay?
There is no monster!
Why'd you scream? You scared me.
I scared you? Look, tha-- that's it, okay?
I'm too old to be living with a kid who believes in monsters.
Remember what Gladys at the dry cleaners said?
That's the most ketchup she's ever cleaned out
of a young man's pants?
Exactly. "A young man."
And a young man, needs his own room.
N-- I'm talking to Mom and Dad.
Well, that's new.
Oh, hey, kid. Is this the Russo house?
What are you doing in my mirror?
That's how we get places. I'm a wizard.
Where's your robe and pointy hat?
Let me clarify. I'm a wizard with style.
Billie, we can't go in that way.
Wait! Who else is in there?
Should I be changing in the bathroom?
- Okay, Milo. - Roman.
There's something I gotta tell you.
Me first, okay? Maybe I flew off the handle.
Not gonna move out.
But promise me, no more crazy made-up stories.
- There's a wizard in our mirror! - Dad, I need my own room!
♪ Everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ When you can have what you want ♪
♪ By the simplest of means ♪
♪ Be careful not to mess with the balance of things ♪
♪ Because everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ You might run into trouble if you go to extremes ♪
♪ Because everything is not what it seems ♪
♪ Yes, please ♪
♪ What it seems ♪
Oh! Hey there, good looking.
Why, yes.
It is my birthday today. Yeah, 34.
Oh, you think the J-Man's still got it?
- I think you still got it. - Giada.
You're awake. That's fun.
Happy birthday, J-Man.
You remembered my birthday.
How could I forget?
You sent me four calendar invites.
Well, you do know that coordinating family logistics
is my love language.
Gross! Get a room!
This is our room.
Hey, guys! Anything you wanna say to me today?
Oh, thank you for asking. I need my own room.
No, like anything you want to, uh, wish me?
I wish you would give me my own room.
Look what I woke up to this morning.
It's so the monster in the closet will think
I'm a monster and go after Roman.
Savage. Gets that from my side.
Mom, don't encourage him. You should be telling him
there's no such thing as monsters.
Back me up on this, Dad.
Absolutely, buddy.
There is no such thing as monsters.
And I should know, 'cause I was not
a monster hunter when I was your age.
You were a monster hunter?
No! No, I was very clear when I said I was not
a monster hunter, okay? I couldn't have been,
because I'm not a wizard.
What are we even talking about?
Is Dad having a midlife crisis? Are you getting a tattoo?
Ooh, are you?
- No, and I am not midlife-- - M'kay.
Guys, I turned 34 today.
It's your birthday?
Be honest with me, does no one check the family calendar?
We all love the calendar, big fans of the calendar. Okay.
Boys, go get dressed. I think your dad needs a moment.
Listen, don't freak out,
but I got you a little surprise for your birthday.
But... I don't like surprises.
Oh, you're gonna like this one.
Okay, I can handle this. Maybe liking surprises
will be a new thing for me. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, who am I kidding? Giada!
Let's just go in this way.
No, we have to use the front door.
Like a mortal? Aw, man, nobody better see me.
Giada! Hey, um, uh, yeah...
Giada, why-- why don't you tell me what it is, okay?
And you'll be like, "Surprise!"
And then I'll be like, "No freaking way!"
Gia-- Huh?
Look who's using the front door just like one of you people.
Surprise!
No freaking way.
I know, I look fantastic, don't I?
Alex, [stammers] are you here for my birthday?
It's your... It-- uh... It's your birthday! That's why...
- That's why I came, you know? - Aw.
That's why we're here. We came for your birthday.
You dragged me here for your brother's birthday?
No, I brought you here,
so you can meet your new wizard teacher.
I don't need a new teacher. They never believe in me anyway.
Well, this one will. He's the best I've ever known.
Annoyingly. But...
I just have to find a way to ask him.
He can be a little high-strung.
Did you guys track this dirt in?
Okay, a lot high-strung.
So, you're the guy who owns all the sandwich shops?
Like, the billionaire?
Uh, no. That would be Max.
I'm a middle school vice principal, which some
would say is much cooler than being a billionaire.
- Nobody says that. - I would never say that.
Uh, and Alex, who is this?
Oh, um, this is Billie. She's... with me.
Well, that clears everything up.
- Aunt Alex! - Oh, my gosh! Hi, guys!
How are you? I bought you presents.
Because I'm the coolest aunt, like ever.
- Oh! Shirts. - So...
- Straight outta WizTech. - Alex.
Can I speak with you in private?
That's the wizard girl from our mirror.
Dude, you're gonna weird her out.
Hey, what kind of mileage does this thing get?
Okay, maybe she's gonna weird us out.
Uh, what are these?
Uh, hilarious novelty tees.
About wizards.
Well, we are wizards.
Okay, we're talking over here now.
Remember how the last time we talked,
you asked me when I was going to tell Giada and the kids
that I was from a family of wizards?
- Yeah. - Well, I kinda sort of haven't.
You're still lying to your family, Justin? I'm...
I'm so proud of you.
I'm not lying, Alex. Technically, I'm not a wizard.
Okay? Anymore. I haven't picked up a wand
since I got fired from WizTech.
Oh... Yeah. The unicorn incident.
- That was hilarious-- Awful. - Awful!
It was so awful. That's what I was trying to say.
Uh, but don't you miss it? You know, teaching wizards?
No. I don't even think about it every day.
- You just said every day. - Yes, I didn't.
Look, okay? Just while you're here,
no talk about magic and no wizard talk, okay?
Fine. What exactly does your family think I do for a living?
Professional dog walker.
I want to be offended, but I do love dogs, so...
All right, fine. I won't blow your cover.
Thank you. And what about Billie? Is she cool?
I promise.
Billie definitely won't say anything about being a wizard.
I'm a wizard!
- I told you. - Milo, she's not a wizard.
I know you didn't just say that.
There's no such thing as wizards.
And I know you did not just say that.
It's not personal. He doesn't believe me
about the monster in our closet either.
Uh-- Because monsters aren't real,
just like wizards aren't real.
Okay, smart guy, show me your closet then.
Fine, but all that's gonna prove is that I have
great taste in cardigans.
There it is. There's the closet.
Open it up.
This is your dumb thing. You open it.
I'm not opening it. I like being alive.
Well, guess you're both too scared to open it.
I am. Thought I was clear about that.
Hey, fine, I'll open it.
From the place where dark beasts dwell,
I summon a floogie with this spell.
Get ready to not see...
Why are you laughing?!
Because, you said monsters aren't real,
so I conjured one, 'cause I'm a wizard, ahwandra.
Please tell me there's a spell to make it go away.
There is, I just don't know it.
You don't know how to send it back?
Then why did you conjure it?
- 'Cause you said I couldn't. - You can't argue with the logic.
I don't hear anything.
See? Uh, maybe the monster went away on its own?
Yeah, that definitely happens. Go check it out.
You checked it out? What is wrong with you?
Me? We didn't have a monster
in the closet until you came along!
- Actually-- - Not now, Milo!
My dad cannot find out
there's a monster running around the house.
- It'll-- - Ruin his birthday.
His birthday? If Justin Russo finds out wizards are real,
- his head's gonna explode! - Cool.
Why did you bring that... that...
- Floogie. - ...that floogie here,
if you couldn't get rid of it?
'Cause I didn't know I couldn't get rid of it
until I brought it here.
You need to go back to... wizard school.
Well, I can't, 'cause I got kicked out.
It's not my fault my teachers don't believe in me.
But I don't need them. I don't need anyone.
We definitely need someone.
No, we don't. I can fix this.
I'll get rid of the floogie myself.
Please.
All right, fine. But if that thing
poops in the house, you're cleaning it up.
Oh, they don't poop. They flarf. It's way worse.
So, hypothetically, yeah, I use words like hypothetically now,
what would you say if someone were to ask you
to go back to teaching magic?
Alex, what is this all about?
Oh! Sorry I took so long. Mr. Kopecky from next door
forced me to look at pictures of his grandson.
Now, I would never say that a baby is ugly,
but this baby, it looks like a foot.
- Alex! - Hey, Giada.
What are you doing here?
Giada, come on. I know that Alex is my birthday surprise.
Whoa, babe, I would never ambush you
with family and call it a present.
So, Alex, how's work?
Uh, work's great. I'm on the Tribunal now.
- You're on the Tribunal? - There's a dog-walking tribunal?
Yeah. Yeah, they were like,
"Alex, there are some pretty bad dogs out there, and...
and you're the only one that can help."
Oh, you're the only one, huh? You?
Yeah. Why is it so hard to believe?
I mean, I am the family...
dog walker.
But I practically taught you how to walk those dogs.
If anyone should have been on the Tribunal, we both know
that it should have been moi.
Okay. Well, if you wanted to make the Tribunal so badly,
maybe you shouldn't have hung up your leash.
Okay, you know, well, this is getting awkward.
Is anybody thirsty? I'm not, but I'm gonna leave anyway.
Dude, what's your problem?
I thought you were happy you left wizarding behind.
I am, okay? I like my quiet, predictable, no surprises life.
Then why are you acting like you have flarf for brains?
First, we don't use that kind of language in this house.
And second, if you're not my birthday surprise,
what are you doing here, Alex?
Okay fine. Um, Billie is one of the most extraordinary wizards
I've ever met. But she needs...
What was that?
Giada!
This looks like a floogie freeze.
Oh, look at you remembering your class-three monsters.
Just like old times.
- When we were little, I used-- - Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no. No. You said you wouldn't do magic.
I didn't do this. It...
- Billie... - This is classic Alex.
You're here for five minutes and I got a floogie infestation,
and just look at my beautiful wife!
I'll handle this. After all, I am the family dog walker.
The only way to unfreeze her is to banish the floogie back where it came from.
I know, but thank you for the refresher because... I forgot.
Whatever you do, do not look the floogie
right in the eye, or he'll freeze you.
Which one? The thing's 90 percent eyes!
It's over there!
He's eating the couch!
Dad won't even let us eat on the couch!
Roman, look out!
- Milo! - He saved you.
Well, we're Russos. Russos always have each other's backs.
So, you would have done the same thing for him?
I would have... strongly considered it.
We should hide him until I can banish the floogie.
I think if your parents saw their son frozen solid,
it'd be pretty upsetting.
Do you? Do you think that?
What are we gonna do about the couch?
- Oh, nice. - Let's go.
Where are we hiding the kid?
An infinity pocket? Bottomless bag?
You know, I can open a portal to the Nowhere Zone.
I'm not sending my little brother
to the Nowhere Zone. He's got a field trip tomorrow.
Help me put him on the bike.
- A helmet? Really? - It's the law!
All right, Giada, we're almost there.
There we go. Okay. Sorry.
that's... Oh! Hey, g-- guys.
I didn't know you were... ...out here.
Oh, yeah, I was just showing Billie the water heater.
- Yeah. - And I was just...
I was just carrying whatever's under this blanket.
Well, that is some very
normal behavior from the both of us.
Ta-ta.
Uh, Roman, just real quick, bud.
You haven't seen anything, like, weird going on
around here today, have you?
Uh... No, no, no, no, nothing weird.
Just the regular old boring Russos.
No reason for you to get worked up, Dad.
Wait, wait, wait, you're saying we're boring? You think we're boring?
Oh, yeah, totally, totally the boring-est.
Maybe I could stand to use a little excitement in life.
Well, well, you are not gonna find it here,
because our house is boring central.
See, I'm getting bored just talking about it.
See ya.
Not there. Not there.
Not there. There you are.
I guess I could start looking for the floogie now.
- Oh, hi, Alex. Bye, Alex. - No, no.
I knew it. You had something to do with the floogie.
This is just like when you put a curse
on Professor Dinklebot's toothbrush.
He was shaving his tongue for a month.
- That was hilarious. - I know!
But no! This is not a laughing matter.
Oh, you made me sound like my mother. Billie,
Justin is not gonna teach you if he thinks that you're trouble.
- Sounds like a win-win to me. - You don't get it.
This is your last chance.
The Tribunal thinks that you're dangerous
and they wanna take your wand.
But that's not fair. I'm a great wizard.
You're a powerful wizard. There's a difference.
I'm not dangerous, and I'll prove it. I can fix this.
Just stay out of the way. You've done quite enough, young lady.
Who am I right now?
Hey, where are you going?
I'm going upstairs to find that floogie.
What do you think you're doing?
Going with you. You mess everything up!
- You clearly need help! - No, I don't!
With magic cast by me alone, I send thee to the Nowhere Zone.
Here, floogie, floogie!
Levitatus sofitus. Wow, it's clean under here.
What am I talking about? We're at Justin's house.
Of course he vacuums under the couch.
I wasn't using magic!
Listen, Alex. I'm sorry that I snapped at you, okay?
It's just, you were talking about all the great stuff
you're doing, and I got jealous.
Really? Of me?
Yeah. You know, maybe I do miss being a wizard.
I'm so happy to hear you say that.
- Why? - Okay, Billie is an incredibly
powerful wizard, but she's rebellious,
and stubborn and sarcastic. She has no discipline.
Sounds like someone else I know.
Like me, I get it.
But I had Dad.
and I had you. Billie has no one.
Every teacher she's ever had has given up on her.
- It's kinda why I'm here. I'm-- - No, Alex. No.
I mean, I... I... I... I don't teach wizards anymore.
Justin, you were the youngest headmaster
of WizTech in history.
Yeah, and then I got fired.
So, what? You just hide out here
in Staten Island and deny who you are?
I don't want my family to know anything about my past.
So, you're ashamed of being a wizard?
No. A failure.
You only fail if you give up, Justin.
Billie needs a teacher who believes in her.
She needs you, like I needed you.
I don't know if I have it in me to try again.
This couch feels two inches further to the left.
Billie!
Alex, there's a gigantic floogie in my kid's room!
Really? Where? Billie, what did you do?
I tried banishing it, but I only made it bigger. Alex, please!
I thought I could do it, but I can't. I was wrong.
Alex, what are you doing!? Banish it for her!
- Alex! - Don't! Come here!
What are we gonna do? Alex is the only wizard
strong enough to banish that thing. You do it.
I... I can't do it.
But Alex said you were the best she's ever known.
Would've been nice to hear that from her.
Listen to me. You have to do this, okay? Only you can.
I already tried, but I failed.
A wise wizard once told me, you only fail if you give up.
Now, what were you thinking when you summoned it?
Guess I just thought of the floogie, the closet,
and then I said the spell, and it was there.
Just focus, okay? Clear your mind.
I told you, I can't.
My teachers were right not to believe in me.
No. No, no, no. You just had the wrong teachers.
Okay? Hey, you got this, all right?
I believe in you, okay?
Think of the place you wanna send the floogie.
And repeat after me.
With magic strong and words of power.
We banish you, floogie, at this hour.
Now, together.
Back to the road from whence you came,
and never ever more remain.
We did it!
- You did it. - And I knew that you could.
Justin taught me.
Oh, thought you don't teach anymore.
Wait, did you let yourself get frozen on purpose
so I'd have to step in and instruct her,
thus rediscovering my love of teaching?
That would've been a really smart plan.
Well, and I don't know if you did or you didn't.
That's just the way I want it.
I was hanging on my bike forever.
I'm gonna have to put lotion on my tender parts.
She trapped me in the Nowhere Zone.
I saw things I can't forget.
They don't have a lotion for your brain, Milo.
Actually, they do.
But the worm that makes it has to crawl in
through your earhole.
But for real, thanks for trying to help me.
Thanks for saving my family.
I mean, you are the one that put them in danger,
but... thanks.
It was so weird. I-- I'm in the kitchen,
and the next thing I know,
I'm in the garage with a blanket over my head.
That is weird.
You know, it's probably best
to just forget about it and move on.
You know, I could hit her with a little cerebellum erasus
and erase her memory.
Keep your wand out of my wife's head.
So, Milo, I've been thinking.
Um, now that we know that wizards are real,
and monsters are real...
I already knew that, but continue.
I've, uh, I've decided to stay in our room.
You know, for when you get scared.
When he gets scared or when you get scared?
When are you leaving? Hey, Dad, when is she leaving?
Actually, I was thinking she could, uh, stay with us
for a little while.
- Are you sure? - Yeah, Dad, are you sure?
What do you think?
I think I could learn a lot here.
And Giada's cool with this?
- Totally. - You didn't ask her.
I didn't.
Can't believe you're staying.
You know, I thought the face you made
when you saw the floogie was my favourite.
But now it's this one.
This one is definitely my favorite.
Happy birthday, J-Man.
- Aw. - Happy birthday!
Oh, right, it's your birthday.
If I'm gonna train you, it can't be here.
Why not?
His family doesn't know about wizards.
Right! [laughs] Yes, they do not know about wizards,
'cause I didn't tell them. So, unless you told them--
You know, that is a really nice cardigan.
Thank you.
Alex, will you do the honors?
Mm-hm.
The old lair, this takes me back.
Oh!
Hello, Wandy. My old friend.
You know, I thought you were just bringing me
to another teacher who doesn't care.
But, I was wrong. Thanks for believing in me.
Of course. Us rebels, we gotta stick together.
Look, I have to go back
to the Tribunal. Are you good?
Don't worry. I'll be okay here.
Zippo zap, zippo zee, zippo zeria!
Still got it.
Okay, good, good, because there's one thing I, um,
kind of sort of forgot to mention.
Nothing big, just this teeny tiny,
but very real prophecy about the end of the world,
and Billie being the only one who can save us.
The fate of the world is in her hands?
Well, technically, it's in your hands.
You make sure she's ready,
and I'll figure out what she needs to be ready for.
Thank you.
For everything.
Russos always have each other's backs.
Well, don't blow it, J-Man.
I've missed this.
"Don't blow it, J-Man." What'd she mean by that?
Uh, well, I, uh...
I think we should get started.
♪ Everything is not what it seems ♪