01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[eerie, whimsical music playing]

-[water flowing]
-[Willy Wonka] It's been over 50 years,

but it's time to reopen the doors

of my ever-so-wondrous chocolate factory.

[crowd cheering]

A whole new generation
of Golden Ticket holders will explore,

live, and ultimately compete

in my reimagined factory…

[horn blares]

…for a prize so wondrous,

so magical, it's…

[whooshing]

Wait, before I tell you,

let's take a step back
and see how this journey began.

[whimsical music playing]

[plane engines roaring]

[indistinct pilot announcement]

[music swells]

[parachutes fluttering]

[pilot] Gift is dropping the left,
uh, ready to…

[man] All right,
I have some exciting news, you guys.

Willy Wonka is opening up
his factory gates,

and I got my Wonka Bar.

Willy Wonka hid 12 Golden Tickets
in these bars.

Yeah, I hear
there's a massive competition.

It's probably gonna get wild.

[WIlly Wonka] Charlie, you did it!
I knew it would be you.

[wrapper crinkling]

Not this time, Wonka.

[music swells]

Oh my gosh, there it is. [chuckling]

-[woman] This could change our lives.
-[wrapper crinkling]

-Damn.
-Ugh!

[woman] Oh. No Golden Ticket!

-Oh. No Golden Ticket.
-[woman laughs]

[man] Oh my goodness.
Let's just slide it out.

All right.

-[woman exclaims]
-[man screams in excitement]

[man] Yeah! Let's go!

Let's go!

[woman laughs, mutters indistinctly]

[soft, whimsical music playing]

[wrapper crinkling]

[excitedly] Oh my God, Joanne!

-I got a Golden Ticket!
-[Joanne shouts joyfully]

[both yell happily]

[both laugh]

[Joanne] Oh, I'm so happy!

[woman] I am so excited for this.

Here I am in real life with one of these.

-♪ I've got a Golden Ticket ♪
-[screaming, laughing]

Oh my God.

[woman] Wonka is exactly
where dreams are made.

I got a Golden Ticket!

[woman] It is childhood fantasies
coming to life.

Oh, it says something. Hold on.

"Greetings to you from Mr. Willy Wonka."

"Present this ticket at the factory gates
at 10 a.m. sharp."

-"You may bring a friend. Choose wisely."
-[laughing excitedly]

I choose you.

Are you kidding?

[Joanne laughing]

-Can I be your friend?
-Yeah.

[both laughing]

Poppy, I was wondering
if you wanted to go with me.

Wow, I'm choking up.

We are ready to play this game.

[crowd chanting] Wonka!

[Willy Wonka] People of the world,
hold on to your hats,

for the greatest competition
on earth is about to begin.

-[crowd cheering and whistling]
-[car honks]

[car honking]

-I see it. It says Wonka right there!
-Watch.

-There's Wonka's gate!
-There it is!

[Kellye] Oh my goodness!

-[crowd cheering]
-[Kellye and Tatum chuckle]

[softly] Oh my…

-Oh my goodness, I can't believe it!
-[Tatum shrieks]

Hello!

-I'm Tatum!
-Hi.

-I'm Ava. Nice to meet you.
-Hi, I'm Jeff.

-[crowd cheering]
-[Marcy laughs]

Hello, hello, hello!

Whoo!

[Bill laughing]

[cheering intensifies]

Let's go, baby!

Ah! [laughing]

How are you guys?

-I'm Bryce. Nice to meet you.
-Garrison.

I'm Shawn, nice to meet you.

[Marcy] What is y'all's relationship?

-Boyfriend, girlfriend.
-Yep.

-[Jason] Oh. Okay.
-[Bryce chuckles]

[dramatic music plays]

-[Taylor] I bet you can't skip that rock.
-I bet I can.

[Bryce] Taylor and I are
high school sweethearts.

[Taylor] We're born and raised in Montana.

-[Bryce] We're definitely blue-collar.
-Boom!

[Taylor] There's not a lot
of opportunities in Montana.

I'm so excited to get in the factory…

-[crowd cheering]
-[screams] Oh my God!

[both laughing]

[Taylor] …see all the new faces.

[Austin grunts]

[Ziad] Yeah!

[Taylor] And honestly, anything that Wonka
throws at us, we'll take it.

It's a dream come true.

Oh my God!

-Whoo!
-[crowd cheering loudly]

[Tatum] He brought Grandpa! Grandpa Joe!

Let's go!

-[Hunter] Whoa! Dude.
-Oh my gosh!

-[Hunter] Yes, yeah!
-[Moon] We did it!

[uplifting music playing]

[Hunter] Bro! It's a Golden Ticket!

-[Hunter laughs] Bro.
-[Moon] No way, bro!

-Bro!
-Wait, let me see that.

For us growing up,
it was basically a single mother

trying to raise, uh, four boys
in one house.

-When do we go?
-Bro.

[Hunter] We grew up watching Willy Wonka.

This is a moment
we've dreamt of for so long.

-I love you, bro.
-[Moon] I love you.

I learned all the dances

to what the Oompa-Loompas would do,
and I obsessed over it.

[Hunter] I can smell the chocolate.

-I can hear it.
-It smells so good.

Will there be Oompa-Loompas?
Will there be a chocolate river?

Will I get in the chocolate river?

-Yes.
-Yes.

-[crowd cheering]
-Oh man, this is insane.

Where's Willy?

Let me in!

[clock ticking, whirring]

[clock mechanism clicks into place]

[Willy Wonka] Attention, please.

My Golden Ticket holders

and the lucky loved ones
who know them, welcome.

-I heard Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka.
-Yeah, that's Willy.

That's a one voice you don't forget.

[Willy Wonka] Please… please do enter.

I have much to show you.

[rapid ticking]

[whimsical melody playing]

-[switch clicks]
-[whirring intensifies]

[system powers up]

[low hum builds]

[gears whirring]

[gears cranking]

[gate creaking]

[cheering and applause]

[Hunter] Yeah!

[inaudible] Oh my God.

[crowds cheering]

-Whoo! Look at this.
-Oh my God.

-We're here!
-Can you believe it? We're here.

It's about time. Whoo!

[Ava] When I get into that factory,

I'm definitely going to miss matcha,
hot yoga, fashion,

but hopefully I can just funnel
all of that energy into winning.

-[crowd cheering]
-Veruca, that's my girl.

[Jeff] Dad almost never says no to Ava.

[Jeff chuckles]

Ava likes to get her way a lot,
so Dad's here to support that.

[Austin] You ready?

[female voice] Scan Golden Tickets
for entry.

[scans, then beeps]

[Willy Wonka] Austin, Ziad,
one long, one strong.

Let's see how this can go wrong.

[Austin] The reason I picked Ziad

is 'cause he complements
my personality a lot.

[Ziad] One more, come on!

[Austin] I'm a lot more go-with-the-flow
kind of guy.

[Ziad] Get up!

He's kind of like
a rich white lady's chihuahua,

where he's going to be aggressive.

-[Ziad] Sick.
-[laughs] Get off me.

We'll need that balance for it, you know?

[clock strikes]

[Willy Wonka] Come on in.

[contestants gasp]

There's no turning back now.

[sinister laughter]

[whimsical music playing]

[metal clanging]

[steam hissing]

-[Jeff] Let's go.
-[Ava] Are you nervous?

[Jeff] It's gonna be amazing.

-Look at that.
-[Moon] Bro.

[Jeff] Look at this. Wow.

Some crazy things
are gonna happen here, Ava.

[Ava in singsong] Where is Wonka?

[Willy Wonka] Ah, friends,
step into my grand lobby.

The start of this marvelous tour.

[Hunter] Willy?

You will compete against each other
and test my factory.

Or is my factory testing you?

[Ray] Ooh.

But beware, most of you won't make it
through the tour.

Whoever reaches the end
will walk away with…

[dramatic music sting]

…a lifetime supply of money!

[Ava gasps] Wait, what?

-[Kellye] What?
-[Kayla] What?

[Willy Wonka] That's right.
A six-figure salary for 30 years.

And if my calculations are correct,

that's about three million dollars.

[cheering and applause]

[Joanne shouts joyfully]

What?

-[Nick] I got chills on that.
-[Tatum] What?

Whoa. Three mil.

That could buy Mom a crib, bro.

-I could retire.
-My gosh.

-That would be incredible, Mom.
-I could retire. Oh my God.

Three million.

Three million.

My dad and I, we want to win.

Wow.

You enter a competition,
you're gonna win it.

I'm extremely competitive,
and I get that from him.

So that's genetic.

-Wow.
-[Kayla] Three million?

The prize could be a piece of lint,
and we would be like,

"We're gonna win the prize!"

[Willy Wonka] Winning the lifetime supply
of money

does come with a few terms and conditions.

-What?
-[Hunter] Bro.

-[rhythmic beeping]
-[switch clicks]

[gears turning and grinding]

[rustling]

[screaming and exclaiming]

-[Everett] Oh my God.
-[Kayla gasps]

[Gabrielle] "The management cannot be held
responsible for any accidents."

"Whereas for damage caused by lightning,
earthquakes, floods, fire, frost…"

[mutters indistinctly] What?

[Hunter] We're gonna sign our names.

[Willy Wonka] So, which pair
will sign first?

[loud squeak]

-Which pair will sign first?
-[loud squeak]

-Which pair will sign first?
-[loud squeak]

-Which pair will sign first?
-[loud squeak]

-Want to sign?
-[softly] No, we shouldn't.

-[distorted] Which pair will sign first?
-[Jackson] Come on, Poppy.

-Which…
-[system powers down]

[Jackson] Why not?

-[Ray] Oh, there you go.
-[Jackson] They said to do it.

Me and my Poppy, we're doing it.

I feel extremely blessed
to get a Golden Ticket.

-[Ray chuckles]
-Here, I'll lift you up.

[laughter]

[Jackson] I picked my Poppy
'cause we make the best team.

He's my right-hand man.
He's been through it all.

[Ray laughing]

[Ray] From the time
you begin to do anything,

my first goal is to be first,

to be out front.

I've always wanted to win.

-[Jackson] Let's line up.
-[Ray chuckles] Oh.

[dramatic music playing]

-Nice.
-[Bryce] I'll give you…

I wanna be in the middle,
because if you're first,

you have no idea
what the challenge is going to be.

You are the guinea pig.

I don't wanna be the guinea pig.

-[cheering and applauding]
-[Jason] Last but not least.

I'm feeling good in the back,
because you never know

what are we stepping into.

-[Nick] It's official.
-That's it.

[loud squeak]

-Which pair will sign first?
-[loud squeak]

-Which pair will sign first?
-[loud squeak]

Which pair will sign first

and enter in reverse.

What?

[switch clicks]

[low whirring]

[gears turning and grinding]

[Kellye yelps]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Ray] Reverse?
-[Jackson] What?

-No!
-[Jackson] Oh. No.

Come on, this isn't fair.

-He flips the script on us.
-[Jackson whistling]

[Ray] He's going to take the last first…

-[Jackson] Look at this.
-…and first last.

-[Gabrielle] So they're going first?
-I guess, yeah.

It's Wonka, and he's already started.

[Jackson] So now, I'm expecting
the unexpected from Mr. Wonka.

-Oh no!
-[Ray] No!

[Nick] Now we're the first in.

-[Jason] Whatever that means.
-[Nick] I'm like scared, dude.

-[Marcy] Oh my God.
-[Jason] Oh.

[Willy Wonka] Now that you are
in your correct positions,

you can enter through this door.

-[door disengages]
-[Nick] All right.

[all cheering]

[Willy Wonka] Step right up bravely
in your pairs of two.

The first of my wonders
is waiting for you.

What?

-Oh man.
-[clock ticking]

We were trying to sit back
and watch it all unfold,

but the factory had other plans.

[Nick] All right.

Back home, we're wedding DJs,

and I feel like I'm about
to step on main stage

and perform a crazy DJ set.

[Nick chuckles]
Oh, dude, we're the guinea pigs, bro.

This is not good.

I mean, there was a part of me
that was thinking

we could be in danger right now.

[Taylor] They're gone just like that.

Toodles.

[Jason inhales softly]

[Jason] All right, man.

You ready for this?

[Nick] This is it.
It's either a good thing or a bad thing.

[door handle rattles]

[tense music playing]

[door creaking]

[Nick] Oh, no way. Whoa.

It's giving Shining vibes, dude.

It's almost like it's…

[door creaking]

Dude, it's almost like it's sloping down.

-It… It 100% is.
-You know what I mean?

[Jason] I'm not gonna lie.
I'm like, this is…

I'm kind of nervous right now.

-[Nick] Are you getting vertigo?
-What's going on? Look at this. It's…

Look at it.

-The room is getting smaller.
-[Nick] No, it's not.

-Oh wow.
-[Jason] It is getting smaller.

-Look at these little doors.
-My hair is about to touch.

-Wait, hold on.
-[softly] Oh my God.

This is… this is insane.

It's like an optical illusion almost.

-[Nick laughs]
-[Jason laughs] Oh my…

[Nick] Bro, my…

[tense music continues]

[Nick] What is this?

[music fades]

"Purple is proven, steady and true."

"Gold is untested, dazzling and new."

"Play it safe or strike for gold.
If given the chance, will you be bold?"

"Turn the crank, one gumball each."

[faint ticking]

-[Jason] All right.
-[machine cranking]

[whimsical music playing]

-[Nick] Time for yours.
-[machine cranking]

[Jason exhales deeply] Same color. Okay.

[machine whirring]

[Nick] I guess we gotta eat it.

[music and ticking intensify]

[music and ticking stop abruptly]

[laughs] Delicious. Not gonna lie.

[sniffles]

[Jason] Mmm.

-[gears shifting]
-[machine whirring]

[Nick] Right, so, we're the…
We ate the proven?

-[Jason] Wait a minute. Look at this.
-[door creaks open]

[female voice] Please exit through
the green door.

[tense music playing]

[Nick] What is that?

A green door?

[Nick] All right.

[door creaking open]

[soft chime]

[gears shifting]

[female voice] Step inside the Wonkavator.

[Nick] Holy moly.

[Jason] We're going on the Wonkavator.
This is insane.

[female voice] Please wait
for the other guests.

-Don't touch…
-Dude, did we eat the wrong color?

-What if we--
-[Jason] Don't touch anything.

[tense music continues]

Well, we haven't heard
any loud screams yet.

[Ray laughing]

I'm not nervous. I'm excited.

You're excited? You should be.

[female voice] Next guests,
please proceed forward.

[dramatic sting]

-Oh my gosh.
-What are we gonna do?

[both chuckling]

We're going in second,
and boy, that was quite nice.

-Yes.
-[Marcy laughing]

-Here we go!
-Here we go!

[Marcy] There's something scary
and fabulous at the same time

because you don't know what to expect.

-And I think that just adds to the magic.
-Yes.

-I think it just adds to the wonder. Yeah.
-Yes. The excitement is there.

[exhales deeply]

-How's your anxiety? Good?
-[Austin] Not that bad.

You want to hold my hand?

-No.
-[Ziad mutters indistinctly]

-[door creaking]
-[Marcy gasps]

[both exclaim]

-[Joanne] Oh my…
-[Marcy] Oh my God. Look at this.

[Joanne] What is this?

[Marcy softly] Oh my God.

[Joanne chuckles]

-[Joanne] We're shrinking!
-[in singsong] It's getting smaller!

[both playfully] Ooh, ooh, ooh!

[Joanne] Can we fit?

-[both chuckling]
-[machine whirring]

-[Marcy] Oh my gosh.
-Oh!

[Marcy laughing]

[Joanne] No, wait.

-[Marcy] Okay.
-[Joanne gasps softly]

-What is it?
-Okay. It says…

"Purple is proven, steady and true."

"Gold is untested, dazzling and new."

[machine cranks]

-[Marcy] I got a gold.
-What does that mean?

-[Joanne] Purple.
-Oh!

[Marcy] I'm here for it. Let's do it.

[Joanne inhales softly]

-Cheers.
-Cheers.

[whirring intensifies]

-[Marcy] Oh, that's good.
-Mmm.

[whirring stops abruptly]

[loud whooshing]

[rumbling and growling]

[Joanne] What?

What… [chuckles]

Where'd you go?

[chuckles]

[chuckling nervously]

Where are you?

Marcy?

Where did you go?

[low humming]

[lock disengaging]

[door creaking]

[gentle music playing]

[female voice] Welcome to the Wonkavator.

-[Nick] Hey.
-[Joanne] Hi.

-[Nick] I'm a little weirded out.
-I'm not really sure what's happening.

-I don't have Marcy with me. I don't--
-What happened?

So we… had the gumballs.

She got… ate a gold one.
I ate the purple one.

-And she's gone. Like, no longer here.
-What?

-[Jason snaps fingers] Just like that.
-Just like that. She was here and gone.

We're a team. We work well together.

And if she's gone,

it's gonna change the whole dynamic
of this game for me.

[sniffles]

-Oh…
-[Kayla] It's the corridor.

-I was right!
-You're right.

[Everett] Do you think these all go
to different parts of the factory?

-Don't touch it.
-I'm not touching.

-[Garrison] It's getting smaller in here.
-[Shawn] Ooh!

[both laughing]

[Ziad] I've never been this close
to a ceiling before.

Is this what every day of your life
feels like?

Pretty much.

[upbeat whimsical music playing]

[gumball machine cranking]

-[Gabrielle] Oh.
-[Sasha gasps]

"Purple is proven, steady and true."

Oh! They're both purple.

-Twins. Cheers.
-Cheers.

[James] "Gold is untested,
dazzling and new."

-Cheers.
-All right.

[James] "Play it safe or strike for gold."

Mmm.

[Ray] Can I have another?

[Jackson and Ray laughing]

"If given the chance, will you be bold?"

[music swells, fades]

[dramatic sting]

All right. Do you want purple?
Do you want gold?

There's not a guarantee
that this ends well.

For the gold person.

[machine whirring]

I don't mind taking the risk.

I don't mind either.
Rock, paper, scissors?

[faint ticking]

-You sure?
-Yeah. Winner does gold.

-All right. Two out of three or one?
-One.

Rock, paper, scissors, sh**t.

[music and ticking fade]

[chuckles]

My anxiety has gone skyrocket right now.

[both laughing]

[loud whooshing]

[growling and rumbling]

[Austin] Oh, hell no.

[Austin laughing]

Ziad?

Ziad?

[tense music playing]

-[Everett] Oh, hello.
-[James] Hello!

-Where's your boy?
-He's gone.

[Joanne] Oh my gosh.

[Austin] Wait, you all, uh…
Did you lose your partner?

[Joanne] I lost Marcy, yes.

How are they splitting up teams?
We just got here.

Okay, it's gold. I can be the bold one.

-You wanna be risky?
-Yeah.

[Bryce chuckles]

[dramatic sting]

[loud whooshing]

[rumbling and growling]

[Bryce] Holy…

[tense, whimsical music plays]

[Bryce] Taylor's gone.

Yeah, I feel that I should have probably
have tooken the gold gumball from her, um…

Uh, my heart's…

My heart is racing.

What… [grunts softly]

…just happened?

-[Ava] Ooh.
-[Jeff] Whoa, gold one.

[upbeat music playing]

-[loud whooshing]
-[Ava gasps]

[growling and rumbling]

[Ava] Wait, where are you? Hold my hand.

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Oh no!

[inhales deeply] Oh.

[whines] They can't take my dad!

[laughs nervously] I'm scared.

[exhales deeply]

Yoga. Zen.

Oh my God.

Do you want the gold, or are we switching?

I feel like my only opportunity
is to be bold.

[gumballs clack]

[tense music playing]

[Hunter] Mmm.

[loud whooshing]

[growling and rumbling]

[Hunter shouts] Willy!

[Hunter grunts]

What the… Moon!

[shouts] Brother!

Bro!

[music swells, fades]

[Hunter clicks tongue]

What happened?

[shouts] Moon?

What is this place?

-[woman] What's up?
-[contestants exclaiming]

[contestants] Oh no.

-[Ava] We're Marcy-less, Jeff-less…
-[Ray] Oh, wow.

…Ziad-less, Moon-less, Taylor-less.

-There was no yell, no sound.
-[Jason] Oh, you lost your buddy too?

-Yeah.
-[faint music playing]

-Wait. Do you hear that? Hold on.
-[Jackson] The button.

-[Ava] Wait. What is it?
-[Kayla] A light is going off.

Should we press it?

[pulsating beeping]

[Jackson] Press the button.

-Should we press it?
-[Jackson] Why not? Yeah.

-[Austin] Yeah?
-Do it, yeah, press it.

[loud click and buzz]

-Oh.
-[Everett] Oh God.

[alarm blaring]

[female voice] Attention,
capacity exceeded.

The Wonkavator can only
accommodate 18 guests.

[Jackson] How many are in here?

[female voice] The tour cannot continue

until you choose one guest
to leave the Wonkavator.

[dramatic sting]

-[Kayla] Oh my God.
-[Ava] Who's choosing?

Was it asking
for only one person to leave?

-Was that what they were doing?
-[Ava] It doesn't mean--

I've already lost my person.

I already lost mine too.

But I don't know if I leave,
will I be with my person?

-[Kellye] That's right, yeah.
-Or is that the end of the game?

-[Kellye] We don't know.
-Oh.

-[Nick] I don't think so.
-No.

[Bryce] Or could it just be the beginning?

[Joanne] Well, but you don't know that.

You don't know that. You don't know that.

I'm scared right now.

What should we do?

-[faint ticking]
-[Ava] Somebody has to step off,

but nobody wants to

because it could mean
you might be terminated.

I don't think anyone's leaving.

[Ava] I am here alone.

I have no clue where my dad is.

My dad is my moral compass.
He's my guide in life.

So I need to seize any opportunity
that comes my way to get my dad back.

I'll put myself as willing to do it.

-I'm gonna risk it…
-[James] You sure?

…and I'll take one for the team.

-Everyone just wish me some… good luck.
-[Everett] Oh my God.

-[all applauding]
-[Austin] Thank you.

-[Bryce] Thank you.
-Ava, high five.

-[Kayla] Thank you, bravery.
-Pray for me.

[Jason] High five! High five!

Wonka, if you're listening,
and I know you are,

I'm coming to get my dad,
one way or another.

-[Sasha] Good luck.
-[Tatum] You got this, girl!

-[Jackson] Whoo!
-[Kayla] Oh my God!

[Sasha] Ava, yes, girl.

-Go find your dad.
-Whatever you wanna do.

We're not stepping out of there,
but we support you.

-[Wonkavator chimes]
-[Kayla] I hate this.

[all exclaiming]

-[low whirring]
-[Hunter] I didn't like that at all.

-[Austin] Oh my God.
-[Kayla] I hate this.

[buttons beep and chirp]

-[clicks]
-[low humming]

-[Sasha] Oh yeah!
-[female voice] Hold on. Here we go.

[gears shifting]

[contestants exclaiming]

-Where are we going? No!
-[Joanne shrieks]

[Wonkavator rattles]

[Wonkavator shakes violently]

[all screaming]

[metal rattling]

[screaming continues]

[Kellye yelping]

[Wonkavator thuds]

-[Kayla] It stopped. It stopped.
-Oh my God.

Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!

-[all chuckling]
-[Bill] Oh!

[Joanne] That was so fast!

I'm sweating.

-[Jackson] Where did we go?
-[Joanne] That was crazy!

-[Tatum] Where are we?
-[Jackson] Where are we?

[indistinct chatter]

[Kellye] Where do you think we are?

[soft, whimsical music playing]

-[gears shifting]
-[door creaks]

[Hunter] The doors are opening!

[all gasp and exclaim]

-[Jackson] My God.
-[Austin] Oh my God.

[Jackson] Wow.

-[Kellye gasps]
-[Austin] Oh my God.

-[Jackson] Wow.
-[Nick] This is awesome.

-[Kellye] Oh my God.
-Wow.

[Everett] Oh my God.
It's just like the movie.

♪ In a world of pure imagination ♪

♪ Take a look and you'll see ♪

♪ Into your imagination… ♪

Jeez.

-[Tatum] This is crazy.
-[Austin] Yeah, this is pretty dope.

[Kellye] I cannot believe it.

This is incredible.

Everything is candy.

[Nick] Oh my God.

[horn tooting]

[Tatum] The floor is chocolate.

-[Kellye] Oh, I can't believe it.
-Is this real?

-Look at the chocolate river.
-[Bill] Oh my God.

-[Ray] Wow.
-[Jackson] That's real chocolate.

-[Ray chuckles]
-[Garrison] You're kidding me.

[Shawn] Look at that tree.
Look at these mushrooms.

-[Sasha] Crazy.
-[Garrison] Is everything edible?

[Gabrielle] I feel like
we're actually in the movie.

I feel like I'm in a dream.

[Willy Wonka]
Welcome to my chocolate room.

[gentle music playing]

Do explore.

Everything is eatable.

There's the candy canes.

[Willy Wonka] So eat some, then eat more.

-[Sasha] Let's go eat!
-Okay!

[Garrison] Are these gummy bears?

[Gabrielle] Mmm.

[Ray] The factory's
just a dream come true.

-[Kayla] It's marshmallow fudge.
-[Bill] Mmm.

This is exactly what I've seen
in the movies.

♪ Ba da, ba da, bum… ♪

There's no way I was expecting
this much perfection.

To Wonka!

-[Kellye] Whoo!
-[Tatum] Whoo!

-[James chuckling]
-Oh my God.

[James laughing]

Mom would like this.

Being in this really colorful,
exciting place,

it kind of reminds me
of when we were kids.

It's been a long time
since the two of us have been together.

-[Everett] Oh my gosh.
-[James laughing]

[Everett] We see each other
about once a year.

So I'm really hoping that
this will allow us

to be able to just do
some fun things together.

-I can't throw.
-[James chuckles]

No matter what the prize is,
my motivation is the same,

which is to support my brother.

Oh my gosh, that's really cool.

[Everett] I wonder what it is.

Does this turn?

[gears shifting, creaking]

-No way.
-[Kellye] What have you found?

-That's edible grass.
-[Kellye] No, no, no!

[Hunter] It's for you, bro.

[melancholic music playing]

I don't know what Moon's fascination was
with eating the grass,

but ever since we were kids,
that's all he would talk about.

When we talked about Willy Wonka was,
"Oh, I wonder what the grass tastes like."

Growing up,
just always having him by my side.

We're not just brothers.
We're absolute best friends.

Getting to be here with my brother,
experience this together,

that was the whole purpose for me.

I wanted to do that with my brother.

The fact that he's not here
just doesn't feel right.

I wish you were here, bro.

[water flowing]

[Joanne cries] Marcy.
You're missing this with me!

Oh.

I want you to be here with me
to experience this.

[faint whirring]

-[Marcy] Joanne?
-[Joanne gasps]

[shouts] Marcy!

-[Ziad shouts] Austin!
-[Austin] Ziad?

-[Garrison] What's going on?
-[Taylor] Bryce?

-[Bryce] Taylor?
-[Joanne shouts] Marcy! Where are you?

I'm stuck in a gumball! Help me get out!

[Willy Wonka] Ah, it appears you found
your missing loved ones.

-[Everett] Are they all up in there?
-[Willy Wonka] That's right.

Marcy, Ziad, Jeff, Moon, and Taylor

are all stuck inside those gumballs.

But they can tell you that.

-[Taylor] Bryce.
-[Bryce] Hey, girl.

I really need to get out of here.
I might go crazy.

I'm trying. What do I do?

[Taylor] I don't know.
I just ended up in this gumball.

[Ray chuckling]

Yeah, we're the dynamic duo. Let's do it.

-[contestants laughing]
-I'm gonna find something.

[Ziad] Austin.

-Ziad. Yeah.
-[Hunter] Oh.

Oh, dude, it's so good to hear your voice.

It's dark in here.
You need to get me out, dude.

[contestants chuckling]

I got you, bro.
We're going to get you out.

[Jeff] Ava.

Ava, where are you?

[sympathetic murmurs]

[Sasha] Oh!

Yikes.

Your dad needs you now.

Who's gonna tell him?

[Garrison] Ava went to find you.

[Jeff] Okay.

[Willy Wonka] It may look like
all fun and games,

but I assure you
this is no laughing matter.

You see, if you don't free them
from the gumballs,

your loved ones will be terminated,

and it will be the end of their tour.

-[Gabrielle] Oh my God.
-Oh!

[Nick] Uh-oh.

[Marcy] Hey, Jo.

Marcy.

[Marcy] Oh my gosh.
Joanne, help me get out of here.

I need you here to play this game with me.

[Marcy] I'm right here for you, sweetie.

[Joanne] I know how important
it is to you.

It's to us.

-It's both of us.
-I know.

[Marcy] And I am here
cheering you on from afar.

We got to do this.
Twenty-five years strong we are.

[Joanne] We are. I got you.

She's the one
that received the Golden Ticket.

She brought me along to play with her.

I know she desperately wants
to be a part of this.

And I need her
to be a part of this with me.

[Moon] Bro.

[clicks tongue]

Bro.

I ate the grass. [sniffles]

It tasted good.

[chuckles ruefully]

Bro, whatever you have to do, please…

I believe in you.

[Hunter] Me and my brother,

we've been through a lot together,
but we don't show a lot of emotions.

[Moon] Please!

[Hunter] But when I hear him get emotional
talking about how bad he wants to be here,

that's when it hit me.

I have to get my brother out.

I don't know if I even, like,
wanna do this without him.

[exhales deeply]

[Willy Wonka] All is not lost
for the five poor guests

stuck in my gumball machine.

There is one way to free your friends.

All right. What… How?

[Willy Wonka] With coins.

We have to find a coin?

[Willy Wonka] Thirteen coins are hidden
in my factory.

[tense music builds]

Find one, and you'll earn the power
to decide who gets saved

and who will be terminated.

Oh, and there's one other thing.

There's not enough to save everyone.

So you better run.

-[Jackson] Go!
-[Austin] Let's break up.

[Everett] Where would I even look
for a coin?

[Jackson] Looking for a coin.

[Hunter] If someone finds one, hold it up,
so we know what we're looking for.

They say there's 13 of them?

[Hunter] Thirteen.

As soon as this challenge started,
I knew this is it.

Where's the coins?

If I find a coin,
I can get my brother back in the game.

[Sasha] Wonka, can we get a hint?

[Hunter] But there's not enough coins
for everyone.

[Joanne] Keep looking, guys!

[Hunter] I've got to hurry up.

I've got to find a coin.

And I've got to find it fast
before anyone else.

[Everett] Look in the bushes.

-[James] What does it look like even?
-[leaves rustling]

-[Everett] Found one. Found one over here.
-[soft chime]

[Willy Wonka] Bravo, Everett.
You found the first coin.

But no need to be greedy.
Only one coin per guest.

Just 12 coins to find
for the remaining hunters.

Tick-tock.

-It's gold.
-Where was it?

It was in, uh,
one of the apple tree tables.

-[chimes]
-[Joanne] Found one.

-[Hunter] Good.
-[Joanne] I'm coming, Marcy.

[Bryce] Ugh! Where's one?

-[Joanne] Look low!
-[Nick] Ooh!

-[chimes]
-[Nick] Got one.

[tense music playing]

-[Austin] I'm seeing people pick 'em up.
-[Hunter] Got one.

[Austin] "I got one." "I got one."

-Ah, yes.
-[chimes]

I'm not finding any coins anywhere.

In that tree? Anything above you?

[Bill] Nope.

The threat of Ziad going home
is becoming very real.

[Tatum] Okay, where have I not looked?

-[chimes]
-[James] Found one!

[Austin] But there's no chance on earth

I am letting Ziad go back home
without seeing this room.

-[chimes]
-[Bryce] Oh.

-[Joanna exclaims]
-[Bryce] Oh yes!

-Tap it.
-Tap it.

[Nick] Let's go, Bryce. Let's go.

-[Bryce] So how many are there now?
-There's six more.

You check over here?

[Kayla] Oh my God, where are they?

I'm getting increasingly frustrated.

-[chimes]
-Hey, got one!

[Kayla] Where are they?

I don't have a loved one
on the chopping block, but these coins,

they are going to essentially dictate
who stays and who goes.

[Bill] Got it!

[Kayla] That's a lot of power.

Is that one right there?

[Kayla] And if anyone were to get power
in this game, it would be me.

-There's one in the A.
-The A! Hey, the A!

-[Kayla] Where?
-[Hunter] Right here. Come around.

Up top of the A.

[Kayla] That coin is mine!

[Austin breathes hard]

[Kayla panting]

-[Kayla] I touched it!
-[Austin] I touched it!

-[Kayla screams] Yes!
-[Bill shouts joyfully]

-[Kayla shouts joyfully]
-[Bill laughing]

[music swells, fades]

Oh my goodness.
I was so close to that coin.

Honestly, I was kind of disappointed

because I know that's how
Ziad's getting back in the game.

Keep looking.

[Jackson] Go to the end.

[Kayla] The gold pipes, look around those.

[music swells]

-[chimes]
-[Austin] Hey!

[Willy Wonka] Splendid work, Austin.

And now there's just two coins to go.

[Jackson] Two more.

[Sasha] Why are these so hard to find?

-[Jackson] Keep looking, Poppy.
-[Ray] Bub, I ain't giving up.

We gotta get them out
of the bubblegum machine.

[Gabrielle] I never was good
at Easter egg hunts.

[music swells]

[horn blares]

-[horn blares]
-[Everett] Oh!

-[horn blares]
-[Jackson] Yo!

[distant whirring grows closer]

[horn blaring]

[dramatic music playing]

Yo! Yo!

Who's back?

-[Kayla] Uh-oh.
-[Nick] Ava!

[all cheering]

[Nick] Yo!

I'm back!

-[screams excitedly]
-[coins chime]

-She's got 'em!
-[Jackson] Plot twist!

-[Kayla] Ava, how did you get them?
-[Nick] She's got 'em.

I took a risk. I followed my instincts.

It paid off.

-[James] What a baller move.
-Yeah.

I have not seen this factory, guys.

I… I… I missed a chapter here.

[steam hissing]

Thank you.

-Okay. Hi, guys.
-[Ray] Welcome--

[Austin] Welcome back.

[Hunter] Yeah, this is brutal.

Seeing Ava with these two coins,
I'm almost kicking myself saying,

"I should've stepped out
of the Wonkavator."

Bro, I don't think we're out of the…
I don't think we are out of it.

Something is up.

It… There's some… some reason
why I only have one coin.

There's gotta be some type of advantage.

Oh, Ava, come over here! [laughs]

-[Ray] You gotta get Dad out.
-[Hunter] Yeah, come here.

-Where is my dad?
-[Joanne] Here.

[Austin] Right up here.

[Bill] He's in there.

-[Jeff] Ava…
-[Ava shrieks]

…I'm stuck in the giant gumball.

I need your help.

Oh man.

[Willy Wonka] Ava, Joanne, Hunter,
Austin, and Bryce.

Freeing your loved ones comes at a price

of three coins.

You'll have until tomorrow morning
to persuade the other coin holders

to help save your loved ones
from termination.

[dramatic sting]

But speaking of loved ones,

let me introduce my Oompa-Loompas,
who will guide you on your tour.

Oh!

Especially Rusty.
He's been with me for over 50 years.

An original Oompa-Loompa?

[shrieks excitedly]

[Willy Wonka] They come in all shapes
and sizes now.

[excited murmurs]

♪ Oompa-Loompa, doompety-doo ♪

♪ Trapped in a gumball
At least it's not you ♪

-♪ Oompa-Loompa doompety-dee ♪
-[Nick] It's the original Oompa-Loompa.

-Oh my God.
-♪ This is the deal, just listen to me ♪

♪ What do you get
When your gumball is gold? ♪

♪ Up in a sphere
You're so lonely and cold ♪

♪ What should you do? ♪

♪ Save them or bail? ♪

♪ Choose unwisely, epic fail! ♪

♪ Someone's bubble's 'bout to burst! ♪

♪ Oompa-Loompa, doompety-da ♪

♪ If you're not greedy, you could go far ♪

♪ Gum just ends up stuck on a shoe ♪

♪ Sang the Oompa-Loompas doompety-doo ♪

[Everett] Do we go?

Oh! Oh my God!

What's happening?

[Gabrielle] What in the world
is happening right now?

[Sasha chuckling]

[loud rumbling]

[faint humming]

-Oh my God!
-[James laughs excitedly]

[loud cheering]

[excited screams]

[Sasha] What?

[Gabrielle] What? Oh my God!

[excited indistinct chatter]

[Sasha] Shut up!

[Joanne] Look at this!

[excited chatter]

Wonka knows how to throw
a housewarming party.

There's blueberries as chairs.

There's marshmallows as beds.

The living quarters are fabulous.

It's hard to actually enjoy it 'cause
it sucks that Ziad's not seeing this.

-Yeah.
-[Bryce] Yeah, you want them there.

-He loves Willy Wonka.
-[Kayla laughing]

Like, that dude loves Willy Wonka.

I thought my dad
was gonna see me on the boat.

-I was like, this is gonna be sick.
-Aw.

This k*ller comeback moment.

-I'm, like, pretty devastated…
-[Sasha] Yeah.

…to not have my dad there.

-[Everett] It definitely got real.
-[Garrison] Yeah.

-It's a game.
-[Tatum] Yeah.

It's a competition at the end of this,
which is crazy.

Everything became real

when I realized that my brother
was in the gumball machine.

It's a different mindset for me now.
It's game on.

-Their fate isn't in their own hands.
-[Everett] Right.

It's dependent on everyone
that has a coin.

That has met them for, what, five seconds?

And we're not even talking to them.
We're talking to their partners.

-"Please!" Yeah.
-[Tatum] Yeah.

[Hunter] I've got one coin.

I need to get two more to save my brother.

But there's five people in this house
that don't have a partner.

So everyone is fighting for more coins.

I know competition's all around.

But you stick your neck out for me,
I stick mine out for you.

[Hunter] So I would say right now,

Bryce is trying
to persuade Nick and Jason.

We appreciate that.

[Hunter] And Austin,

he's going and having chats
with Bill and Kayla.

So as far as putting coins down for Ziad,

I think you two are the only ones

that Ziad and I have
really spent much time with.

[Hunter] And it feels like Jackson
is already gonna give his coin to Ava…

When you took that step out
of the Wonkavator and everything,

that was obviously very selfless.

And I think you do deserve a coin.

[Hunter] So I need to target
the other coin holders.

I need help, brother. I need help.

[James] I had a feeling.

-That I was gonna pull you?
-Yeah.

-I had to! What do you mean?
-I know.

[Hunter] So right now, Everett and James,
the other set of brothers,

each have a coin.

They're also the people I felt like
I had the strongest connection with,

because they're also brothers.

Wanted to feel you guys out,
where your heads are at?

What are you thinking?

The thing is, I don't know.

[Hunter] If you can vote with me,

that locks it in.

You only need three to save someone.

-Right.
-[James] Yeah.

This coin and what I'm gonna do with it,

it's still weighing really heavy
on James and I.

-Hey, guys. I'd love to talk.
-[Everett] Hey.

Looking at Hunter and Moon as brothers,

knowing that we're brothers,

and how that might feel if James
were the person I had to fight for,

I feel so wrong
taking that away from them.

[Joanne] I need some people with coins.

-[James] Oh my gosh.
-[Everett] We have coins.

[Everett] But we're also empathetic
toward Joanne and Marcy.

Doing this together
just means so much to them.

[Joanne] I want so much
for Marcy to be a part of this.

This is something,
a childhood dream of hers.

And so I'm the one experiencing this,

and she's not.

[Everett] I know that
Marcy wants to be here more than anything.

This has been such a big dream of hers.

So the weight of the world
is on our shoulders right now.

I don't wanna make enemies
because we didn't try to save somebody.

I don't like having this power.

I wanna talk to you
before I talk to anybody else.

-Okay.
-[Kayla] I love power.

So, um, this is why I fought so hard
to get a coin.

Now we can decide who gets to be saved.

-One person's going home, right?
-[Bill] Yeah.

And the others are coming back?

I want Ziad to come back.

And I want Moon to come back.

[laughing]

[Kayla] You watch Hunter
move through this game.

He is very charismatic.

And Moon has a lot of fans in the house.

And I think that would be
the smarter long-term play.

I know everybody looks at Austin and Ziad
and sees strength.

But we see intelligence.

So at this point in the game,
we want the strong players in

because we think it would be beneficial
to form alliances with them.

-Can we talk over here?
-Yeah.

[Kayla] So for our plan to work,
my dad and I are voting Ziad.

And also, we need to convince
Nick and Jason

to cast their coins and save Moon.

So, I guess if it comes down to it,

vote on Moon.

At this point,

I do think our strategy is coming together

to be able to keep those people
in the game.

-[Bill] Okay, cool. Thanks, guys.
-[Kayla] All right. Good night, guys.

[soft, whimsical music playing]

[Nick] I don't trust her.

Bill was saying vote with me,

and then, like, Kayla's kind of pushy
and really matter of fact and kinda…

I don't know if I trust Bill and Kayla.

[both chuckling softly]

[Nick] Bill and Kayla,
there's something off about them.

Very pushy.

And it just made me feel uneasy.

Kind of like a car salesman vibe almost.

[Jason] No one's gonna push me

or push Nick to do something
we're not comfortable with.

[lever creaking]

[system powers down]

[faint whoosh]

Well, they just dimmed the lights on us.

Oh.

Wait, I still have to do my skincare.

[flickering hum]

[Gabrielle] Good night.

[Jason] Tomorrow is a big deal

because these two coins
are gonna save someone from going home.

[whimsical music playing]

[Marcy] Hm, it got so quiet.

[loud boom]

[system powering up]

[loud buzzing and humming]

[engines revving]

[humming intensifies]

[system crackling and hissing]

[whimsical music playing]

[radio DJ] You're listening
to Wonka Radio,

deliciously sweet sounds all day long.

[jaunty music playing]

♪ Wonka Radio! ♪

[Ray chuckling]

[Willy Wonka] Good morning, dreamers.

Your five loved ones
are still trapped inside gumballs.

Sounds nice to me.

But they're upset for some reason.

You must save them.

But you can't save them all.

[dramatic sting]

Right on.

Today's the day.

[tense music playing]

[Austin] All right, coffee time.

-[Everett] Have y'all landed?
-[Nick] Yeah. Have you?

[exhales deeply] Mm.

[ominous musical sting]

[bugle sounds]

-[Jackson] Oompa-Loompa!
-[Everett] Wow.

[Bryce] Yo, yo, yo!

[Hunter] Here we go.

[all exclaiming]

-[Sasha] Bro!
-[Jackson] Oompa-Loompa!

[Hunter] I want my brother to be here
so bad.

But there's a lot of moving parts.

I know I've got a pretty strong connection
right now with Everett and James,

the other set of brothers.

So I'm feeling very confident
I will have the votes

and I can get my brother back in.

[static crackling]

[jaunty music playing]

[female voice] Welcome to your first
training video.

Please pay close attention
as we test your power of persuasion.

[music continues]

One at a time,

in the order of the number
that is minted on the coin,

coin holders will go to the slot

of the person they deem worthy
of bringing back and insert a coin.

If and when a player's slot
receives three coins,

they'll roll back into the game.

Any that don't, won't,

and their tour will be terminated.

-[clacking]
-[inhales deeply]

-One last thing…
-[Bryce exhales deeply]

…choose wisely.

[music stops]

-[Bill] Oh man.
-[Kayla] I'm gonna be sick.

[Joanne] Wow.

[James] We're in a tough spot.
We're the deciders.

My heart sinks
because we are coins 12 and 13.

We are gonna be the deciding votes.
That is the worst feeling in the world.

[Willy Wonka] Coin number one, Bryce.

Let's begin.

[loud whoosh]

[Bryce] My mind is focused on one thing
and one thing only.

And that's to get back Taylor.

I feel like Nick and Jason,
they're still in my corner,

especially having a good conversation
with them last night.

I'm gonna be upfront and honest.

-Taylor is my girl…
-[laughter]

-…and I'm gonna get her back, so…
-[applause]

[Hunter] Come on, man.

-[Gabrielle] Yeah, you are.
-Let's do this.

[Sasha] Whoo!

-[coin clinks and drops]
-[lever clacks]

[tense music playing]

[softly] Excuse me.

[Kayla] Our goal is to save Moon and Ziad.

[coin clinks and drops]

[lever clacks]

[Kayla] For our plan to work,
Nick and Jason need to vote for Moon.

[Willy Wonka] Nick, the choice awaits you.

[coins clink]

[Kayla] This is a big moment

to see who we can trust
and who we cannot trust.

[tense music continues]

[coin clinks and drops]

[lever clacks]

[music swells]

[coin clinks and drops]

[lever creaks, clacks]

[mechanical whirring builds]

[gasps, cheers]

[gears grinding and shifting]

[Garrison] Whoo!

[excited screams]

[Jackson] Whoo!

[scattered applause]

-Who are you?
-Oh my God.

[Garrison] Whoo!

-[Ava] Who is it?
-Oh my God! Someone's coming out!

[suspenseful music playing]

-[Ray] Look.
-[Kellye] Oh my goodness. Oh!

Who is it?

[loud cheering]

[emotional music builds]

[Ray] That is too sweet.

[Ray chuckling]

[Bryce] I love you, girl. I love you.

I fought so hard for you.

[Ray chuckles] Congrats to both of you.

[Taylor] It's amazing.

I honestly feel like the luckiest girl.

And I just feel like
I have the best boyfriend.

But I'm never eating a gumball again,
Mr. Willy.

[Taylor] This is so crazy.

Do you need a snack?
There's edible things everywhere.

[Bryce] Yeah, look… Take a look around.

[Bryce laughing]

[Kayla] We know now
that we can't trust Nick and Jason.

They had been saying
they were going with Moon,

but clearly they couldn't get past
Bryce being separated from his girlfriend.

And I don't think that girlfriend

is any more important
than best friend or brother.

Honestly… [laughs]

Probably not as important!

Who knows if his girlfriend is gonna be
in the picture down the line, you know?

-[Taylor crying]
-[Ray] Oh.

Thank you guys
to whoever helped to get me in here.

-It does really mean a lot.
-[Ray and Joanne] Oh!

We believe we made the right decision.

[Taylor] This is crazy.

Beyond having a connection with them,
Bryce right off the bat, he said,

"Listen, you know, if you can help me out,
get my girl back, we will be loyal."

"We got your back." I truly believe him.

I know I have a target on my back.

But I can stand… I can…

I can stand behind it.

Now we play on.

Play on, player.

[cymbals crash]

[Willy Wonka] Three coins
have set Taylor free,

leaving four guests to choose from.

So decide at your peril.

[tense music playing]

Wonka is twisted, okay?

All right, Z.

[gears shifting]

[Ziad shouts] Where am I?

We just got here,
and we're already having to save people.

[loud cheering]

[shouting] Yeah!

We are realizing that Wonka has this fun,
but he also has this dark side.

-[coin clinking]
-[lever clacking]

-[Gabrielle] Which is unsettling.
-[Sasha] Yeah, unsettling.

-That's the word. It's unsettling.
-It's so unsettling.

I'm back!

-[Ava laughing]
-[all cheering]

As I see where the votes are going,
I'm starting to get a little nervous.

[tense music playing]

It's gonna come down
to Everett and James, the brothers,

and they have to choose between
Marcy and Moon.

This is a tough decision.
People love Marcy.

[coin clinking]

-[Hunter] I love Marcy.
-[lever clacks]

[exhales deeply]

Yeah, I don't know if I have the votes.

[Joanne] Hey, guys.

[crying] It's my last plea to save Marcy.

I really want her to be in this game.

I just put my faith in you
and know that you'll help bring her…

down that slide.

[Joanne sniffling]

[melancholic music playing]

It feels awful right now

because we are gonna be
the deciding votes.

-I just don't want anybody to go home.
-I know.

-But the math is not going to math.
-[Everett] I know. You're the logical one.

That's why you're here.

[lever creaks]

[timer ticking]

[Everett] We only have coins
to save one person,

so we're going to vote together.

Like, we can 100% guarantee
one person coming back

just between the two of us.

Everett and James… [clears throat]

[Hunter chuckles ruefully, sniffles]

I just want you guys to know that I hope
you guys don't have to go through this,

uh, having to separate as brothers.

I… I want more than anything
for my brother to be in here

and get to experience this with everybody.

[tense music playing]

[sniffling]

[rapid musical hits]

[coin clinks, drops]

[cries] You'll always get my vote, bro.

[lever clacks]

We have two choices.

[Kellye] You know how much
I want to see your brother.

Do we take Hunter and Moon as allies?

Or do we take Joanne?

-[Everett] Yeah.
-I think… we stick with the plan.

[tense music continues]

[Joanne] It would devastate me completely

if Marcy didn't receive three gold coins.

[coin clinks, drops]

[Joanne] Marcy got the Golden Ticket.

It means a lot to me,
but I know it means so much to her.

We have to be playing this game together.
We just have to.

[sniffling]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Everett sniffles]

[exhales deeply]

I really hate that I have to do this,
and I did not wanna be in this position.

[sniffles]

I know how much you wanted this
and how much this means to you…

so I have to give my coin to you.

[music swells, fades]

[melancholic, whimsical music playing]