04x13 - 10 Things Debate About You

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04x13 - 10 Things Debate About You

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♪♪

But, French toast
includes an egg dip,

so, in addition to
the deliciousness,

you also get protein benefits.

Ooh, Nia on that
nutrition mission.

You hear that, Rae? Now
they want French toast.

Wait for it.

But with French toast,
you're limited by plate size.

Pancakes are stackable.

Sweet'n way-low
droppin' that logic.

- Pancakes. There it is.
- Mm-hmm. All right, kids.

Grab your backpacks,
and, oh, get your flapjacks.

Why are you guys
arguing about breakfast

when quite simply, delicious...

Is delicious.

They're warming
up for debate team.

It's like watching tennis,
but even more boring.

No. Debate team is anything
but boring. It's thrilling.

Actually, Booker, you
should think about joining.

Debate team? I'm more of
a live and let live kind of guy.

I don't like to argue.

Oh, please. Yes, you do.

- Do not.
- You kids want sausage or bacon?

- Bacon.
- Sausage.

Everybody knows that bacon is
America’s breakfast meat of choice.

Bro, you good?

What? It looks like you
sucked in your own face.

Yeah. Like you might
just wanna... I don't know...

Debate Levi's point?

You can wrap sausage
inside a pancake

and dip it in syrup to
achieve breakfast nirvana.

Sausage wins!

Sounds like a solid
argument to me.

Yeah. I'm a natural.

Hey, what time is practice?

♪ Hey... Yo ♪

♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life
had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪

♪ It's crazy when things
turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up
and take that chance ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way
Learning how to fly

♪ 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 kids caught
up in a crazy world ♪

♪ C'mon! ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
Yo!

♪ We get loud! ♪

♪ It's 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 ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ We got love ♪

♪ 'Cause no matter the weather,
ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other,
ya know it's our time ♪

Yep! That's us.

♪♪

Isn't this exciting, Booker?

Literally nothing has happened.

Oh, it's about to,
and I can't wait.

You're looking at the
first middle-schooler

to make it up to the
high school debate team.

Yeah, and I am really,
really proud of you, Levi,

but I need to focus.

Hope you're ready, Booker.

Mr. Argo likes to throw
newbs into the fire.

Come on, now. What
I lack in experience,

I make up for in swag.

Okay, debaters. We are here to
learn and have fun, in that order.

Wait. No.

Yeah, yeah. In that order.

Okay, first practice debate.

Please pick me, please pick
me. Please, please pick me.

Booker Baxter-Carter. Let's
see what our newb can do.

Oh, come on, Mr. Argo.
He's all brand new, and I am...

I'm here to learn.

And have fun. In
that order. Right.

Okay. Now, to choose
your opponent...

- Please pick me, please pick me.
- Oh, me! Please pick me.

Levi. Let's see what our other
newb can do. Get on up here.

Patriarchy.

Yes! Let the winning begin!

Okay, well, then,
our first debate is set.

Levi versus Booker.

Good luck.

You know what? I promise to
take it easy on you, little bro.

Just remember one thing.

All's fair in love and debate.

Oh! I'm also teaching a
new class called "vroomba."

It's still a dance class,
only on exercise bikes.

Oh, wow. Dancing
on bikes. I mean...

How does... how does that work?

Oh, it doesn't. It's awful.

But every week, I mash
two random things together,

call it a class, and
it sells out instantly!

People love a good trend.

- They do. They do.
- You're right. They really do.

Oh, you know what? We
only have five minutes left, Mei.

We haven't even
started helping you yet.

Oh, I don't need your help.

I only booked this
session so I could say hi.

So, hi!

- Aw!
- Hi!

It's just that I never
get to see my girls.

The Chelseas are always so busy!

Mei, you can't book a
session with us just to say hi.

Our time is money.

That's why I paid
you in coffee currency!

You're welcome.

Okay, I'm zooming
off to vroomba now.

Vroom-vroom, Chels! And Chels.

That's... that's...
That's not my name.

Chels, we need to be
careful with this Mei situation.

I know.

You remember last time
we got too close to a client.

Pssssh, yeah. No,
I totally remember.

- You don't remember, do you?
- No. No, not a thing.

- Listen, we got too close to Maria.
- Uh-huh.

Right? And it made it impossible
for us to help her as a client.

Oh, Maria!

Yeah, yeah...

- You still don't remember, do you?
- No, not a clue.

The point is, Chels,

we need to make
a pact, all right?

From now on, our
relationship with Mei

needs to stay
strictly professional.

Okay, you got it. That's right.

We should do
business before friend...

Ness.

Ooh! Friend-ness, Rae!

That's a slogan. It is!

It could be, like, a
trendsetter, you know?

Remember, raise the roof!

R-Raise... raise the roof!

Raise the roof...

nope, nobody's raising
roofs like that anymore.

At all.

Oh. Well, that's disappointing.

♪♪

Oh, look who decided to
come to the practice debate.

It was either this, or go
home without you guys.

- Lesser of two borings.
- Oh.

All right. So, the topic of
our first practice debate is:

"The dangers of piracy."

Our winner, everyone!

Piracy.

I'd like to "arrr"
-gue for that.

Those amazing ships. Those
skull-and-crossbone flags.

- Ugh.
- What?

- Pirates are so cool.
- Yeah.

Mm-hmm, but he's
supposed to be arguing about

Internet piracy. Not pirates.

- Oh.
- Oh, I feel so badly for him.

He's arguing with
such conviction.

Well, he's not wrong
about eye patches.

And don't get me started
about walking the plank.

I mean, could there be a
more perfect punishment?

That's why I support piracy.

Yo-ho, and here ya go.

Okay. Uh, wow.

Booker, I didn't know
what to expect from you.

Ha! Hear that, Levi?

He's speechless.

Levi, you're up.

Thanks, Mr. Argo.

I'd like to argue the
dangers of Internet piracy.

Which of course, is the
actual topic of today's debate.

I respect my esteemed
fellow debater.

While I, too, would love
to talk hours on end...

Oh!

- About doubloons and pirate chests...
- Poops.

And that, ladies and gentlemen,

is the reason Internet piracy
will never be okay in my book.

Whoo!

Our winner, everyone!

Remember, all's fair
in love and debate.

Yo-ho, I'm one and o.

♪♪

And that's why little
green army men

should include little
green army women.

Perhaps it's not easy being green
when you've never had a queen.

Hold for applause.
Thank you. Thanks.

- Can we take a debate break, please?
- Wait.

Book, you debated well today.

I mean, yeah, you
may have lost the crowd

with that whole "bring
back the plank" stance, but...

If I had known that
Mr. Argo wasn't talking about

"aaar" piracy, I know
I could have won.

Exactly. There's no
shame in losing one debate.

- How many debates have you lost?
- Oh, me? Please. I don't lose.

But no shame in losing.

Oh, Booker, Booker, Booker.

It has to sting being
beaten by a middle schooler.

Kinda takes the wind out
of your sails, yo-ho, huh?

Listen, bro. I
don't know what...

Hey, everybody.

Our winner is
Booker Baxter-Carter!

Uh-oh.

I'm about to study more
than I've ever studied before.

Going for a full
minutes, huh?

You better get
ready to lose, Levi.

Challenge accepted.

You sure you can
handle all this, bruh?

Bring it on, bruh.

Happy Nia. Serious Nia.

Happy Nia. Serious
Nia. It's good, right?

Yeah, I mean, I have to admit,

debate is way more
interesting than I thought.

I didn't nod off once.

Yeah, that is because I elbowed
you when you started snoring.

Okay, I didn't nod
off more than once.

Oh, let's see.

Ugh, no. They moved the debate
tournament up to this Saturday.

- Debate drama? Spicy!
- Yeah.

And we are going up against
the parkview pistachios.

- Carver's biggest rival?
- Uh-huh.

This gets spicier and spicier.

Ugh, no, I have to go
up against Wyatt Darcy.

- Wyatt Darcy?
- Yeah.

No way. Who's that?

He's only the solo
debate state champion.

Well, if anyone can b*at
this Wyatt dude, it's you.

And I'm right here
to help you, bestie.

Thank you, Tess.

- Oop, gotta go.
- What?

Ramon wants to head to
the mall to "peek the sneaks."

It's when we drool over
sneakers we can't afford.

But Ramon can get a
head start on the drool.

I'll stick around for a
quick practice debate.

Fine.

They expect you
to drop everything

just so you can hang out.

Okay, but pro:

They bring you nice things
and make you feel good.

They chew chips loudly,

and sometimes with
their mouth open.

Whoa, whoa! Hey! Now
you're getting personal.

They are easily distracted

by shiny things and video games.

Okay, you know what?
Ramon is perfect in every way,

and boyfriends rock.

Now, I'm going to
hang out with him.

I'll be back to
practice-debate more later.

Good first session, Nia.

See?

Tess literally drops everything
just to hang out with Ramon.

Me.

Nia, you've gotta
stop talking to yourself.

♪♪

♪ alouette, gentille alouette ♪

♪ alouette, je te plumerai ♪

♪ alouette,
gentille alouette... ♪


- What'cha doin', Chels?
- Hey, hey!

Hey. Nothing. Nothing.

Just, uh, dancing
around, you know?

Singin' to myself in the mirror,

addin' a little
sunshine to my li...

All right, listen.

Mei took me to a matinee today.

Okay, but, but,

we did tweak a little idea

for her new
shark-onesie dance class.

We call it, um,
"spin with fins."

So, you know. That's work.

Chels, you broke our pact.

Hmm... That's interesting.

It smells exactly
like that eucalyptus

Himalayan salt scrub that
you love at that sauna, right?

No, no. I think you need
to check your nostrils, girl.

Oh, do I?

Hi, Chelseas!

You forgot your essential oils.

- You need them. They're essential!
- Okay.

Must have been all that
sauna-sesh excitement. Oh!

I can't believe I
got to hang out with

both of my favorite
Chelseas in the same day.

Bye!

- Bye!
- Bye!

What?

Well, you know I
can't resist a salt scrub!

But don't worry, all right?
I made it clear to Mei that

it was a business salt scrub.

Oh, yeah? What, what
exactly is a business salt-scrub?

One where you choose
your client's robe,

so they look
ravishing at the spa...

listen, Chels. Okay, fine.

We both hung out with Mei today.

- Yeah.
- But at least she understands that

it was just business hang-outs.

Let's hope.

Whoops! I forgot my keys.

It's like the universe
doesn't want us to be apart.

See ya, Chelsea bestieeeees!

Bye!

Chels, we're bad at this.

I know. Man, we
are definitely leaning

more towards friend-ness
than business, right?

I think we need to ask
Mei what she wants.

Yeah, yeah. Or else
she'll end up like Maria.

Oh!

Maria!

That's right. No, I totally
remember that now.

Mm-hmm.

- Man, we really screwed that up.
- Exactly!

We cannot Maria
this Mei situation.

Or else she'll end
up like Veronica. Ha.

Who's Veronica?

It doesn't matter. I think she
went to Tibet to, to "find herself."

Good luck with that, Ronnie.

♪♪

But if I'm going to help
you out with debate practice,

you can't take
personal sh*ts, okay?

And you can't be too sensitive.

Remember, all's
fair in love and...

Don't finish that.

It'll come back to
bite you, trust me.

Booker.

Levi.

Of course you
took the good pillow!

This one's lumpy
and uncomfortable.

They're identical pillows, Levi.

You know, perhaps your
disdain for my debate prowess


has made it feel as if the
pillow is uncomfortable,

when in reality, the
uncomfortable one...

Is you.

I look forward to crushing
you in our next debate.

Bring it on, bruh.

♪♪

All right. Our practice
debate will be a rematch

between Booker and Levi.

Let's do this.

Hey.

Hey, best friend.

You know I'm on the
debate team, too, right?

- Oh, I got you.
- Yeah.

Happy Nia.

Serious Nia.

Happy Nia?

I'm happy.

All right, our topic is:

"Are video games bad
for today's youth?" Go.

Pfft.

♪♪

That is why video games are
not only fine for kids to play,

but are proven to enhance
dexterity and reaction time.

Thank you.

I think I speak for everyone.

Hey, everybody, our winner
is Booker Baxter-Carter!

Okay, we're tied. One to one.

We're only tied until
I win the next one.

Booker. Man, masterful
stage presence.

Unbelievable.
And your technique,

amazing, Levi.

Look, fellas, you two clearly
bring out the best in each other.

Where is he going with this?

I don't know, but I'm worried.

That is why I'm pairing
you two up as a duo

against the
tournament in parkview.

Aw, poops.

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

♪♪

I know teaming
us up isn't ideal,

but Mr. Argo said

we have to put our differences
aside if we want to win.

And I completely agree with him.

You do?

But isn't that your anger ball?

It's a stress ball, Levi.

- It's for when...
- you get angry.

It's for when you're beefing with
your little brother for no real reason.

So, I win?

Uh, we'll call it a draw.

Mr. Argo just sent
our debate topic:

Healing or hurting?"

Another vision? Did we win?

No, not a vision, Levi.

An idea.

♪♪

I don't know. We just,
we wanted to talk to you.

I think we might
have led you on a bit

by hanging out with you so much.

Oh, I know. It's been so great.

Your faces say, "not so great."

It's just that the closer
we get as friends,

the harder it is for us
to help you as a client.

Right.

I'm a bad client.

- I'm a bad client!
- No, no!

No!

No, no. Mei, no.
You're not a bad client.

We just need for you to
decide if you need our help.

Right. Because if you do,

we'll have to choose
business over...

Friend-ness.

I don't think
friend-ness is a word.

She's trying to
make it a slogan.

Okay, excuse me for
thinking about branding!

Ugh!

Bask in it, ladies.
You've earned this.

You're simply the best.

While I do agree, uh,

please tell us what we
did to deserve this praise.

Look, I tend to get
clingy with people I like.

An hour ago I invited my
dog Walker and dry cleaner

to vacay with me in Cabo.

They blocked my number.

The point is, I tend to
latch onto people I like.

And I love my two Chelseas.

- On that note...
- listen,

I know your name's not Chelsea.

It's just a silly little
friend thing I do.

- Oh.
- But that stops now.

Obvi, I still need your help
with this whole clingy thing,

so, from now on,
no more friend-ness.

Just business.

Well, looks like it's
catching on already.

- Yeah, it is. Well done, Chels.
- Thank you.

Thanks for understanding, Mei.

Right back at ya, Rae.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I suddenly have two tickets

behind the fashion"

that I have to unload.

- What?
- Toodles!

- Wait, Mei. Mei!
- What?

Business over friend-ness?

- We're fools!
- We're fools!

Mei, wait for us!

♪♪

Go, peanuts! Go, peanuts!

All right, let's keep that
enthusiasm going for our duo team!

Sorry. I can't help it.

I'm all about that 'bate life!

Still no sign of Wyatt.

Hey, he's probably
too scared to show.

Parkview doesn't want
to face these peanuts.

Okay, he's fire, but
don't listen to that wink.

He's trying to get
in your head, Nia.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Well, it won't work.

Hey, Tess, what's
the topic, again?

Winking beauty?
No! No, Nia, focus.

And I've gotta stop talking
to myself. It's really bad.

So, you're my
competition today, huh?

Wow.

I'm sorry, I, I, I
don't mean wow.

I mean, you are wow, but, like,

in a debate kind of
way. Am I still talking?

I'm sorry. I tend to babble
a lot when I'm nervous.

Which... you don't
make me nervous.

Gotta go -all right.

Um, he's word tripping, Nia!

You got him right
where you want him.

- Now let's warm up.
- Okay.

Babbles when he's nervous.

Now pro.

He thinks I'm wow.

So glad you didn't let
him get in your head.

I know.

♪♪

So, when it comes to arguing,

there's simply no argument.

It's hurtful, and can
cause irreparable harm.

Thank you.

Boo!

I know I booed, but
Wyatt's got skills.

I can't believe he's doing
duo and solo debates tonight.

Yeah, really helping
my confidence, Tess.

All right. Hey,
nice job, parkview.

Carver. You're up.

Booker and Levi
are gonna be arguing

the healing side of our topic:

Healing or hurting."

All right, Levi. You can start.

No, you go. I insist.

Oh, you insist, do you?

Gentlemen, you've
got seconds to start,

or you will be disqualified.

Yeah, Booker. I do insist.

We agreed you'd start, so start.

I refuse.

Two... one... Thank
you, Mr. Argo.

But there will be no
need for disqualification.

You see, this was
just a demonstration

of how quickly
a little discussion

can escalate into a
heated conversation.

Or what some
call... An argument.

In fact, yesterday, Levi and I

were having a pretty
heated discussion.

A result of being pitted
against each other

in not just one, but
two practice debates.

And do you know what?

We were able to get
some things off of our chest,

which led to better
overall communication.

And ultimately, we
completely resolved our conflict.

So, yes, while
arguing can be hurtful,

it can also be healing.

And after our
conflict resolution,

I would argue that Booker and I

became even closer as friends.

And more importantly,
as brothers.

That's my baby! They're so cute!

Ooh, hoo-hoo!

Aah!

Yeah! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

And I couldn't be
more proud of you

if I had won this myself.

- One more for the trophy case!
- Yeah!

Oh! We're so proud
of our little debaters.

Although I didn't
need a tournament

- to tell me that y'all could argue.
- Yeah.

Hey, um,

why don't we take our
celebration outside?

But why?

Ohhhhh.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Nia, look.

You wouldn't have won that
tournament without some home cooking.

Oh, you're just upset
that your team lost.

Hey, I can take a loss
if it's earned, all right?

- Oh, we earned this one. Trust me.
- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay, well, uh...

I enjoy debating you.

And I think that
we should hang out,

so we can debate more.

Oh, yeah? Well, I agree.

It's been exhilarating,
and I'm in.

- Fine.
- Fine.

Hey, uh, Tess, in the
middle of arguing with Wyatt,

did I just agree to hang out so
I could argue more with Wyatt?

Yep. Debate brings that heat!

♪♪
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