Almost got it shut.
Oh, I did it.
Tamera, you think maybe
you packed too many clothes?
Nah. Here's the problem.
- Well, tamera,
- you'd better hurry up.
I mean, you only have
three days to repack.
- Tamera, why are you packing
- so early, anyway?
Oh, just too darn excited,
I guess.
- See, our cheerleading squad
- chipped in for a cabin
At mount Brighton.
Yep. A whole glorious weekend
with no hassles, no homework
and best of all...
Both: No parents.
-Just think, tamera.
- We're going to be
- in the middle of nowhere
Totally on our own.
-Yeah.
-Cah-ool?
Cah-ool.
- -Yes!
- -Yeh-hoo!
Okay. Don't laugh.
- But I think
- I'm a little nervous
About going away.
- I mean,
- this is the first big weekend
I'm spending away from home.
Okay, I know...
Pretty silly for a girl my age
- but that's why I'm keeping it
- to myself.
It doesn't show, does it?
[Horns honking,
[sirens blaring]
I didn't think so.
Anyway, I figure
if I just play it cool,
Tia would never catch on
in a million years.
Come on, tamera,
we have to go get out skis.
- And will you quit
- being so nervous.
What can I say?
She sees right through me.
- ♪ Talk about
- a two-way twister ♪
♪ shakin' up the family tree
with sibling synchronicity ♪
♪ never knew how
much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go! ♪
♪ Never knew
how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go ♪
Ray: Lisa, it just hit me.
The girls are going away.
Oh, that's right, they are!
We have this big old house
all to ourselves.
Just the two of us.
And if we stay right here...
Yeah?
- We'll be near the phone in case
- the girls really need us.
- For heaven's sake,
- ray, please!
- Those girls will be fine.
- They don't need us.
Yeah, you're probably right.
- After all, they will have
- these audio tapes
- I made for them
- to help them out on the road.
"Slow I go in sleet and snow
and other safety rhymes."
"Ding, ding, ding:
The train is coming, stop"
what?
Ray, tamera is not a child.
- I bet you
- she can take care of herself.
Why don't you let her prove it?
- Yeah, you're right,
- you're right.
- There comes a time
- in a parent's life
When he has to let go
and I am...
I'm letting go.
Hi, dad.
My baby!
- I am one step away
- from a singles' bar.
I'm letting go.
I'm letting go.
- So, honey,
- ready for the big weekend?
Yeah, I guess.
Must be pretty excited, huh?
First long trip
away from home
without your old dad.
Yeah, I can hardly wait.
I don't want to go!
I don't want to go!
You know, honey,
- I have been a tad
- overprotective,
But it's over.
You'll be just fine.
- I'm not going to worry
- the least bit.
- I'm having a heart att*ck!
- How could you leave me?
Don't go! Don't go!
Dad, there's nothing
to worry about.
I hear it's a real easy drive.
No, it's not!
- I made a couple dry runs
- last week myself...
Five hours of twisty,
turny, mountainy roads
- and you won't be
- in the comfort of a limo.
Aw, nobody listens to me.
Well, have fun.
Thanks, dad.
For nothing.
- How could you kick me
- out of the nest?
- I'm not ready
- to fly on my own.
See?
Oh, man.
Okay, tamera, you've got
to get out of this trip.
Think of an excuse
that's not too lame.
-Oh, I'm lame, I'm lame.
Easy, hoppy.
- That must have been
- one heck of a fall.
Oh, it was.
I ask you,
what was a bowling pin
doing in a high school hallway?
- And even more peculiar,
- where was the other nine?
- So can you wiggle
- your toes yet?
- Not as much as
- I can wiggle my tooth.
Guys, I just realized...
- I'm not going to be able
- to go on the trip.
- -What?
- -What?
Trip? What trip?
- Wait a minute, tamera.
- I get the feeling
- You're making
- this whole thing up.
- Don't you want
- to go this weekend?
Weekend?
- Should I know about this?
- I didn't check my mail.
Roger!
Tia, I'm dying to go
this weekend
but how can I ski
with a bum leg?
Ski.
- Ah, nothing like a cozy cabin
- with a couple of hotties
And a few hot toddies.
Where will you two be staying?
Who invited you?
Oh, let him come.
We're going to be
all alone up there
and we could sure use
a big,
strong man to protect us.
- Whoa,
- back down, butternut.
- Quit looking at me that way.
- I ain't your lunch.
- Well,
- I guess it's settled then.
My heart says, go,
but my leg says, no.
- Wait, wait,
- wait a minute, tamera.
You're limping
on the wrong leg.
Okay, tamera,
what's the problem?
Are you just nervous
about being away from home?
Nervous?
Tia, I am not nervous.
- I mean,
- that would be way uncool
For a girl at my age.
- Anyway, I talk too much
- when I'm nervous
- And I'm not talking
- too much right now.
Shut up, shut up.
Tamera, look,
the main reason
- our folks are letting us
- go on this trip
Is because
we're going together.
You don't go,
I don't get to go
- so you'd better
- get it together.
- Tia, I don't know
- what you're talking about.
- I've been to a lot more places
- than you have.
- -I went to New York...
- -with your dad.
-Right. I went to Europe...
-with your dad.
I went...
- With your dad,
- with your dad, with your dad.
Dang, I got to get out more.
No, tamera,
you have to grow up.
Goodness!
Tamera, I love you
and you're my sister
but you're acting
like a big, fat baby.
I... am... not!
Listen, look-alike...
I am two minutes
older than you
so that makes you
the big, fat baby.
Not me.
Well, then prove it.
Wow! This place is great.
Oh, and what a great drive!
I'm having so much fun!
Let's go home.
Tamera...
Will you relax?
I am relaxed.
Everything's under control.
k*ller at the window!
Tamera...
It's a tree.
- Of course it is.
- Girl, what's wrong with you?
- Does the zipper
- on her sleeping bag
Go all the way up?
Look, look, tamera,
just at least try
and have a good time, okay?
- -A good time?
- -Yeah.
Why stop there?
Let's have a great time.
- And why stop there?
- Let's have a stupendous time!
And why stop there...?
Stop there.
Guys.
I'm going to go wash up.
Uh...
The pipes must be frozen.
Frozen pipes?
That means...
There's nothing to drink.
Is anybody else's throat
a little dry?
Water... water...
Tamera, tamera.
Get a grip.
Every little thing scares you.
Goodness!
I'd hate to think how you'd be
- if something
- really bad happened.
What was that?
Avalanche!
- Don't you understand
- what kind of trouble we're in?
We're doomed.
We're doomed!
- We're saved!
- We're saved!
All: Roger?
A little help here, people.
Roger, how in the world
did you find us?
- We didn't tell you
- where we were going.
Which is why I had
to spend the whole dang trip
hiding in the back of your Van.
- You were with us
- the whole time?
- Under the tarp
- on top of the Jack.
- I don't know if they covered
- this in driver's ed
- But you're supposed to go
- around the potholes.
So, which one of you
is going to hook me up
- with some Campbell's cream
- of anything?
Sorry, guys.
All the food
is left out in the Van.
This is all we got.
What is it?
I don't know.
Either melted gum
or a makeup sponge.
- But either way,
- it's dinner for five.
Tamera, we're all going
to starve to death.
Hey, I got an idea.
Let's call domino's.
- They'll never make it
- in 30 minutes.
That means free pizza
for everybody.
She's got food!
Get her!
I found it!
It's mine!
Get your paws
off the pork rinds!
- We may be living
- off of these things for...
A long time.
- I can't take it anymore.
- I got to get out of here.
I'm calling for help.
Tia, the phone isn't working.
I don't care.
Help! Help!
Tia, you're hysterical!
You think?
Guys, okay,
now let's just hang on
until our parents get here.
Our parents
are not coming, tamera.
- What do you mean,
- they're not coming?
Sure they are.
- We never called
- to tell them we got here.
- -They'll be worried.
- -Nuh-uh.
- 'Cause when we stopped
- at the gas station
I called home and told them
we made it safe and sound.
Help!
Well...
Here we are, home again.
Just the two of us.
Yeah...
This big old house
all to ourselves.
Yeah.
So, you want to go in?
Why not?
- Unless you want to go
- somewhere else.
There is nowhere else.
- We've been to dinner,
- the movies, miniature golf
- And a walking tour
- of the tuskegee airmen museum.
Ray, you don't suppose
we're a little shy
- about being here alone
- together, do you?
No, no. I don't think so.
- Want to invite
- some friends over and ask them?
- -Ray!
- -Huh?
Well, you're right.
- I think I do feel
- a little awkward.
It's ridiculous, isn't it?
Acting like I'm 15 again...
Sitting with velma Watson
in her mama's parlor,
trying to decide
whether I want to tiptoe
- to first base or just try
- and knock one out of the park.
I remember my very first date.
My folks were off working
- and there I was
- with Tyrone weekly.
Sweet Tyrone...
He was all man, too.
- Had a mustache
- when he was eight.
So, what'd you do?
Nothing.
- First I got the giggles
- and then the hiccups.
I just couldn't help it.
You know, I felt so gangly
and self-conscious.
Kind of like I do right now.
Me, too.
Maybe because...
Here we are again.
Alone in somebody's
parents' house.
Yeah, but this time, ray...
We're the parents.
It's ironic, isn't it?
- -Maybe some music would help.
- -That's a good idea.
Oh, that's nice.
- Oh, yeah, I love...
- Jazz is always...
Ray, what the hell you doing?
I'm just trying to find
something to set the mood.
There.
Boy.
Now what?
You got me.
- You ever notice how much
- Tia and tamera look alike?
This isn't working, is it?
- No. You want to go somewhere
- and have some dessert?
I hear Denny's never closes.
Who you telling?
- Tamera: Come on, guys,
- we got to stay busy.
Think of things to do.
- Let's play another
- game of "truth or dare."
No.
No, thank you.
Not one of you guys
took my dare.
Although I did find out
some ugly truths.
Come on, guys.
I'm running out of games here.
We already played
"musical chair,"
- "name the cabin"
- and "whose shoe is this?"
- We need stuff
- to get us through the night.
- Hello?
- I think that's a done deal.
It's 7:00 A.M.
-What?
We made it!
We made it.
Now what?
- We can't just wait here forever
- until someone finds us.
Everybody, chill!
Tia's right.
We can't wait here
scared to death.
Somebody's got to take charge.
Okay, Tia, get my skis.
You guys find pots,
spoons, pans,
anything to dig us out.
I'm going for help.
Hey, I'm the man here.
- If anyone's going for help,
- it should be me.
Or you.
Wait. Tamera,
you can't go out there.
It's too dangerous.
And since when
did you get so brave?
Are you kidding?
- Tia, I've been
- shaking in my boots
Ever since we got here.
I'm petrified.
You were right about me.
I'm a big, fat baby.
I'm tired of acting like one.
Somebody's got to do something.
Wait. Wait a minute, tamera.
Look, we came
in this world together
and we're going out together.
I'm coming with you.
- Well, unfortunately,
- I have to stay here
- And take care
- of the womenfolk,
So, godspeed.
You can start
by taking care of me.
On a second thought,
- you womenfolk are big enough
- to take care of yourselves.
Mush, my little eskimo pies.
Oh.
Oh!
Oh, no.
-Ray, wake up.
-What happened?
- What happened was
- we wore ourselves out walking
- So we wouldn't
- have to come back here.
I guess I fell asleep
on the couch.
- No, actually,
- you fell asleep in the park.
I carried you home
- and the couch
- was far as I could get you.
Well, so much
for our romantic evening.
Well, want to try
a romantic morning?
Come on, let's dance.
Oh, the back.
Maybe I'll sit this one out.
My goodness.
- This weekend isn't going
- quite like we planned
But it was fun playing hooky.
Yeah. From what?
- From our round-the-clock jobs
- of being parents.
- That hooky thing
- kind of grows on you.
I spent the whole night
not worrying about...
- What's my daughter's
- name again?
- You know,
- maybe the girls should go away
A little bit more often.
- Here's an update
- from mount Brighton.
- Where a snow slide
- buried several ski cabins.
- Both: My baby!
- -Warm up the car. I'm coming.
Oh, the back.
If we're going to die
on this icy rock
I say we spend
our last few hours
- huddled together
- making my dreams come true.
Hey, hey, hey.
- The oxygen is not that thin
- up here, okay?
- Man, push a brother
- over the edge for trying.
Roger, that didn't work
at the bottom of the hill
- and it's not going to work
- at the top.
Man.
Top?
All: Hey.
Hey...
You guys see that teeny,
itty-bitty little speck
way down there?
- I think that's
- the ranger station
We drove past on our way in.
Tamera,
what are you doing?
- I'm going to go down there
- and get help.
Tamera,
I can't let you do that.
- If you're trying
- to prove something to me
You don't have to.
Tamera, I'm sorry
I ever called you a baby.
- Look,
- if it hadn't been for you,
- None of us
- would've made it this far.
Really?
Really.
I'm proud of you, tamera.
Now, come on.
- There's got to be
- a safer way down.
- Guys, let's go look
- for another path.
Well, okay.
Man, Tia...
- Thanks for talking me
- out of this.
I mean, I black out
on the bunny slope.
No problem.
Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa.
Girlfriend, bounce.
More cocoa, pumpkin?
Oh, thanks, dad.
I am just so glad
all you kids are okay.
Mom, you should have seen
tamera go down that hill.
I swear, trees were
jumping out of her way.
- Yeah, and the rangers
- were really nice.
They had all these pictures
- of the skiers that
- went down that hill.
- I'm the only one
- on the "made it" side.
I am so proud of you, honey.
- You did an awful lot
- of brave things this weekend.
Brave?
- Dad, I was scared
- the whole time.
- Oh, sweetheart,
- don't you understand?
- Doing what you
- have to do
- In spite
- of a desperate situation
- Well,
- that's what courage is
- And you are
- a very courageous young lady.
- -I am?
- -Yes.
Wow.
And the best part is...
I did it without you.
I beg your pardon?
Well, dad, what do you know?
I don't need you
as much as I thought.
Oh, honey, you need me
for some stuff.
Oh, hey, the Van's ready.
Come on tamera, let's go.
- -Bye-bye.
- -Love you, mommy.
- Wait,
- let me drive you home, honey.
Dad, it's okay,
but I don't need you to.
I'm going in the Van.
Let me get the door.
I got it.
Bye, dad.
Bye.
Lisa: Bye-bye.
My little girl doesn't need me.
Aw, she'll need you,
- just as soon
- as her allowance runs out
Or some boy breaks her heart.
In the meantime...
I need you.
You do?
Yeah, we got a cabin
in the woods...
Cozy fire...
Sounds very romantic.
Lisa: Uh-huh...
- And you know
- the most romantic thing
About this place?
It ain't home.
Hallelujah.
Was that the Van leaving?
Dang, there goes my ride.
Oh, well.
Hey, you guys ever played
"whose shoe is this?"
Oh, it was.
I ask you...
What was a bowling pin
doing in a high school howlway?
Dad, I was scared
the whole time.
Sweetheart,
don't you understand?
Don't you?
No. I jumped her.
I jumped her line.
I'm running out of games here.
- We already played
- "musical chair..."
04x14 - Ski Squad
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Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.
Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.