01x06 - How We Found Howie

[bunniefuu]

Wherever we go

We go together ♪

Hey, everybody.

The PJ party continues.

Who's cute? Who's cozy? ♪

Tulip, Jade and Posey ♪

That's right, we're still up

waiting to find out

if we're nominated for Album of the Year.

We're totally calm.

Not nervous.

How long has it been?

Three, four hours?

Twenty-two minutes.

What?

That's not enough minutes.

I'm gonna go work off these nerves

on your dad's treadmill.

Or we could answer another

Ask Us Anything.

Okay, that does sound more fun

and less sweaty.

Ooh, I have a good one.

"Jade, you always come off

so strong and cool."

Thank you.

Agreed. Next question.

Not done.

"Jade, you always come off

so strong and cool. Do you ever cry?"

Oh.

Getting personal.

But we did say

ask us anything. So, let me think.

Okay. Wait, I got a story.

I mean, being here and in our PJs

just remind me of our first sleepover.

Oh, we're going there?

Yeah, we're going there.

If I'm crying, you're crying.

It all started the day we went

to a taping of my favorite podcast.

Spill the Deetz!

Welcome Back

to Spill the Deetz with Maggie Deetz.

I'm Maggie Deetz.

He's Ezra Finch,

10th grade filmmaker.

Ez, your dope new documentary is playing

at a real theater this weekend.

Incredible!

Well, my dad

does own the theater.

Juicy. Nepo baby.

Whoo! Spill the Deetz!

[chuckles]

Sorry, I just love

this podcast so much.

What was the part about making

the doc that you love the most?

Give us the raw dish.

Well, we shot it

on 35 millimeter--

Snore! [snores]

[snoring]

I want the deetz.

I didn't change my last name

for nothing.

Uh

I had to fire the sound guy for picking

his teeth too close to the mic.

ASM are you joking?

[faint laughter]

[loud laughter]

[silence]

I have so many more questions.

Not for you. You're done.

See you next time on

Spill the Deetz!

Wow, she's so cool.

Yeah, she even convinced me

to see Ezra's boring teeth movie.

No offense, Ezra.

[whispers] Guys!

She's coming over here!

[shouts] Oh, my gosh!

She's standing right next to us!

Sorry, I meant to start loud

then get soft. Next time.

I know you three.

I've seen you around school.

You tanked

Battle of the Bands,

then ruined

the school musical.

You're a raging dumpster fire.

-Thank you.

-We really are.

Hi.

But you also ate

and left no crumbs at homecoming.

-That was us.

-We really ate.

Hi.

I just had a slot open up

in my podcast.

How about I fill it

with Electric Bloom?

Are you serious?

Us? On your show?

Am I fainting? Am I fainting?

I don't think so.

Because you're still talking

and your eyes are open.

I just put you in the books.

October 18th.

[giggling]

-I'm sorry, did you say October 18th?

-I did.

This is such

an amazing opportunity for Electric Bloom.

-We're in.

-Of course you are.

I'm Maggie Deetz.

[giggling]

Jade, we just got booked on your favorite

podcast. Why aren't you freaking out?

Oh, I was freaking out,

all right.

But on the inside,

and for a very different reason.

You and me, you and I ♪

I got your back

and you got mine ♪

We're in this forever ♪

Wherever we go

We go together ♪

It's all for one

It's you and me ♪

'Cause all we are

is all we need ♪

We're in this forever ♪

Wherever we go

We go together ♪

[upbeat music playing]

Okay, so should we

talk outfits for the podcast?

I'm thinking

something stunning, understated, amazing,

cool, stunning,

but also understated.

I'm gonna wear jeans.

Jade, what about you?

Oh, I don't know. Pizza.

Jade, we're talking about what we're gonna

wear on your favorite podcast.

Oh.

Clothes.

Jade, is everything okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Are you sure?

You seem a little--

I said I'm fine.

Okay, I wasn't fine.

No, she was not.

And that kept happening

all day.

We were concerned.

We had never seen Jade like that.

I was dealing with something,

but I was hiding it pretty well.

No, she was not.

[upbeat instrumental

rock music playing]

One of us should go in

and talk to her.

-Not it!

-Not it!

It should be you, Posey.

You're older.

Darn it. Stupid birthday.

Fine, I'll do it.

[thudding]

I can't interrupt Jade

while she's expressing herself.

Also, I'm scared.

Me too. She's rage-painting.

Remember when she said

if we ever saw her

rage-painting, we should be concerned?

She said that?

No, but it sounds like

something she would say!

We have to do something

to help her.

[gasps]

Did you just get a great idea

or did something fly in your mouth?

-Let's have a sleepover.

-Something did fly in your mouth!

The best idea ever.

We'll girl bond to the max

so Jade will feel comfortable opening up

and tell us what's going on.

-Love it.

-Great. Sleepover tonight at your place.

No, my place.

Oh, that's what you said.

Whee!

We're having a sleepover!

Well, not you. You can go.

[upbeat music playing]

Okay, pajama reveal on three.

One. [screams] Three!

[laughs] So cute!

It's such a flattering photo

of all of us.

Tulip, these are so cute!

How did you get these

made so fast?

Please. I started designing

these the day we met.

That's my girl.

And that's my girl.

Okay, sleepover

is off to a great start.

Let's just chill

and set a calm mood

to give Jade a safe space

to open up.

On it. Who's ready

for a blood oath with intense eye contact?

Or we could just do

the try not to laugh challenge.

Yeah.

Warning.

I'm really good at this.

You're never

gonna make me laugh.

Poop.

[spits]

[laughs]

Palindromes.

They're a joke

in either direction.

-Okay, Jade's next.

-Sure.

Ooh, ooh,

I know what's gonna get her.

[whispering]

[both laughing]

Oh, no! My look is not complete

without my lipstick.

[both giggling]

Hmm

Hmm.

[laughing]

[sighs]

Jade wins. Well played.

The game,

truth or another truth.

Isn't it truth or dare?

No, you're thinking

of charades.

Okay, everyone,

tell your deepest, darkest secret.

Something you've never told

anyone ever before.

I'll go first.

I love all of my stuffies

very much,

but, and I can't believe

I'm gonna say this,

I love Bready the most.

[screams]

Thank you for sharing, Tulip.

I can only imagine how hard

that must have been.

Okay, my turn.

[breathes deeply]

I once cheated on a test,

and I'm not proud of it.

It was an eye test.

I memorized the chart

the night before.

E-D-F-C-Z-P.

The letters still haunt me!

[muffled scream]

Okay, Jade, your turn.

-Pass.

-Really?

No truths?

Nothing you want to share?

Anything up here

that you want to bring down here?

Well,

I really miss

placed my toothbrush.

Oh! There it is.

Phew! [chuckles awkwardly]

Okay. It obviously

wasn't about the toothbrush.

There was someone

I was missing,

but I wasn't ready

to talk about him yet.

Uh, Jade, is that

all you wanted to share?

I mean, Tulip and I are sharing

some pretty serious stuff here.

I chose a child!

I guess what we're asking is,

is something wrong?

No, nothing's wrong.

Are you sure?

You haven't really seemed like yourself.

I said nothing's wrong.

I kind of feel like you guys

are ganging up on me.

-What? No.

-We didn't mean to--

Whatever. I'm just tired.

I'm gonna go to sleep.

Howie!

[in Spanish] Te quiero.

Howie.

[in Spanish] Te quiero.

"Howie te--" What?

What is she saying?

Uh, "Howie, te quiero."

I think it means

"Howie, I love you" in Spanish.

-Who's Howie?

-OMG.

Maybe he's a boyfriend,

or an ex-boyfriend.

Remember when she started

to say that she missed something?

Maybe Howie is the something.

Yes, he's the toothbrush!

I'll wake her up

and ask her about it.

No! Remember how upset

she got before?

She doesn't like us prying.

Is it prying

or is it trying to help our friend?

We have to do something.

You're right. Let's just do

some investigating on our own.

A little friend-spionage.

See what I did there?

Yes. You speak French.

Okay. I'm gonna go

dream about being a spy.

Do not wake me

if I start screaming.

I have to complete my mission.

-[upbeat music playing]

-Hey! ♪

[upbeat music playing]

Okay. If we want to track down

this mysterious Howie guy in Jade's life,

we need to call in the Vince.

You looking for the Vince?

Yeah. We need his help.

Oh, he's gone. He went on a trip

with his family and fell off a cliff.

-What?

-That's terrible!

No, like, on purpose.

He was bungee jumping.

Just say that!

-But I can help you.

-Okay.

-But you cannot tell Jade.

-Who's Jade?

Really? She's, like,

with us all the ti--

Oh! You're good.

Hey! ♪

Posey, you're just in time.

Here's everything we know

about Jade's mystery Howie.

We've got nothing.

But we did come up

with a really cool handshake.

Who's Howie?

So we've got nothing.

But, not for long,

because I gathered

all the Howies in school

so we can interrogate them

and find out which one's Jade's Howie.

-They're outside.

-Yes! I call bad cop!

Tulip, this is not a game.

Good cop!

All right, let the perps in.

Thank you for coming.

We're so sorry for the wait.

This won't take long.

Wrong! It'll take all night

if it has to!

Howies.

Do any of you know Jade?

Then get out of here!

Tulip, they could be lying.

Get back in here!

Are any of you lying?

Then get out of here!

Thank you so much

for your time.

I know you all

have very busy schedules.

Ooh, great shoes, by the way!

Okay, we got a little carried away,

but it's because we care.

You can't just look

your friend in the face

when they're hurting

and not do something.

I have a paper cut

that really hurts.

Suck it up! We're trying to tell a story

about our friend being in pain!

Hey, Jade!

You know my name?

Maggie Deetz knows my name?

Of course I do. I asked that kid

over there what your name was.

Hey, you tell it like it is.

That's why I'm a proud member

of Deetz Nation.

-Deetz Nation!

-Deetz Nation!

[both chuckle]

Listen, I know your episode

of the pod is coming up on the 18th.

Super stoked.

-But I was thinking about changing--

-The date?

No. That's set in stone, girl.

Maggie Deetz

keeps her Maggie dates.

I was thinking about changing

the seating arrangements.

Me on the left instead of me

on the right. What do you think?

-Uh

-You're right.

Why mess with magic?

See you on the 18th.

It's gonna be a big day for you.

Yeah.

It is.

[sentimental music playing]

Hey. What are you guys doing?

-Nothing.

-Chilling.

Just trying to figure out

who Howie--

How we

How we know

what we're doing here in life.

Because if you think about it,

how we act is how we behave.

Okay, cool.

Do you mind if I talk to Tulip

and Posey for a second?

Probably for the best.

Hey, um

I'm really sorry,

but I don't think

I could do the podcast.

What? What do you mean?

It's your favorite podcast.

You love Maggie Deetz.

I just-- It's

I can't.

Is she okay?

No. She just quit the podcast.

It wasn't my fault, was it?

I feel like I totally covered about

her saying,

"Howie, te quiero," in her sleep,

and I was trying

to figure out who Howie is.

No, you did good.

And honestly, thanks for the recap.

There's been a lot going on.

I wasn't trying to eavesdrop,

but I heard everything.

These two ding dongs

were getting in my business,

even though

I never invited them into my business.

I'm Ding. She's Dong.

You always get to be Ding.

We're not doing this

right now.

Anyway, my abuelo

always told me,

if you want to teach someone a lesson,

don't do it in a mean way.

Do it with a prank.

So, even though I was having a hard time,

I got my prank on.

No!

Howie, no!

Why would you say that?

Posey, you can do this.

-What are you doing?

-Getting that letter.

It's from Howie. It'll explain everything

and help us help Jade.

We can't read that letter.

It's personal.

She threw it away.

Us reading it

is just recycling.

Isn't this

an invasion of privacy?

No. This is friendship.

Seriously, Carl?

Can't you see I'm scavenging here?

Got it.

"Carl, please don't throw

your lunch away like you always do.

Love, Mom."

No wonder

Jade's been so upset.

Carl's been completely

ignoring his mother.

Well, that's not

the right letter.

This is.

[clears throat]

"Dear Jade,

you're the smartest, coolest,

most beautiful girl

I've ever vibed with."

Guess who wrote the letter.

The smartest, coolest,

most beautiful girl I've ever vibed with.

"But I'm not sure this long distance

relationship is going to work."

Jade has

a long distance relationship?

Go, girl! Keep reading.

"I really want to be there

for your podcast on the 18th,

but I can't afford

the train fare from Philly.

I'm sorry. Have a great show."

That's why Jade doesn't want to do

the podcast, because Howie can't be there.

It makes her sad.

But what if Howie

could be there and it made her happy?

You're saying the opposite

of what I'm saying, and I like it.

Then Jade would get to do

her favorite podcast

with her long distance Howie

in the audience.

We just have to find a way

to track him down.

But how?

You hack

into the FBI mainframe,

I'll hack

into the CIA mainframe.

Also, what's a mainframe?

Oh. "All my love, Howie.

By the way,

here's my new number, 555-0189."

Yeah, let's just text him.

Too easy.

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

What's going on?

I thought you're gonna tell Maggie Deetz

we weren't doing the podcast.

We were.

But then we had a better idea

and told her we were doing the podcast.

Okay, maybe not better,

but different.

No, I'm not doing it.

Jade, we're your best friends.

Please trust us.

We really think this podcast

will make you happy in more ways than one.

Okay, fine.

I'll do it.

Hey, girls.

You're excited, I'm excited.

If you have any questions,

now's the time to ask.

-Oh, actually, do we--

-Welcome to another episode of

Spill the Deetz!

Oh, we will.

Today on the pod,

we have Posey, Tulip and Jade,

otherwise known as Electric Bloom!

Okay, let's get to it.

First questsch.

How would you describe

Electric Bloom's sound?

Tell me everything,

but sum it up in five words or less.

Actually, before we get to that,

we have a little surprise.

Doing your own thing

on my show?

I hate it, but I love it. Go!

Well, we noticed

our friend Jade was a little down,

so we invited a special guest.

Howie, come on out!

-Howie?

-Gasp.

Who is Howie?

Howie is Jade's

long distance boyfriend.

Jade really wanted him here,

so we made it happen,

because Jade is a beautiful soul,

full of nothing but love.

You dusty pile of trash!

In-- In a good way?

How dare you

show your face here?

You have a lot to say

for someone who ghosted me.

I ghosted you?

You ghosted me!

Yeah, I saw those three dots

in your text.

Then they went away, forever.

[all gasp]

Why did we think

this was a good idea?

I don't know.

She said she loved him in her sleep.

He wanted to come here.

It seemed like the right move.

I'm only 14! Get off my back!

Actually, Howie,

I'm glad you're here.

Because I want to talk to you

about Tiffany.

[gasps]

This is why I do this, people.

Tiffany?

I don't know a Tiffany.

Wow, but wow.

Okay, then why did you like

her photos from two years ago?

[gasps]

Look at you,

inventing stories?

You're nothing

but a mentirosa.

What is mentirosa?

You're calling me a mentirosa?

No, you're the liar!

Cancel search.

Serpiente.

Hey! Jade is not a snake.

That's right. I take Spanish.

We just covered reptiles.

Tortuga means turtle!

Anyways,

Jade is a great person.

If anyone is the serpiente,

it is tu.

That's right.

I'm using the familiar.

Thank you, Lucas.

And you?

You broke my heart.

I'm sorry, Maggie.

We gotta go see if our friend's okay.

No problem at all.

You guys are a mess.

This is podcast gold.

Come back any time!

-Jade, wait.

-We're so sorry! We didn't mean to--

Your faces. So good.

-What the what?

-Why are you laughing?

Because it's funny.

You know,

almost as funny as you two

going full raccoon digging through

the trash for my fake letter.

-What? It was her idea!

-No. It was her idea!

Now, since you two

are being so nosy,

I thought

I'd mess with you a little.

You planted the letter?

You have very good

boy handwriting!

Thank you. And you fell

for the whole thing.

I knew you'd call Howie

and bring him here.

Hey, Howie.

Actually, it's Amir.

Nice to meet you.

He's an old friend from camp.

Hi there, hey

Good afternoon ♪

Another perfect day

at Camp Lagoon ♪

-Wow.

-This was fun, Jade.

Anytime you need

a fake boyfriend, I'm here.

Or a real one.

Amir, what'd I say?

Hey, had to sh**t my shot.

Jade, we're so sorry.

We only wanted to help.

You just seemed so upset.

And we were really worried

about you.

It's okay.

Just next time,

please respect my boundaries.

You're right.

We shouldn't have pushed you.

I'm just going

through something,

and I really want

to talk to you guys about it.

But I know that if I open up,

I'll start crying.

And then I won't be able

to stop crying.

Well, then,

let's not stop

crying together.

I wasn't saying "Howie."

I was saying "Owie."

Which is what I called

my abuelo when I was little,

because I couldn't say

"abuelo."

So you were talking

about your grandfather?

Yeah.

Sometimes I see Owie

in my dreams.

He lived with us my whole life

and helped raise me, you know.

He taught me how to salsa

and play domino,

and he encouraged me

to be brave in my poetry.

He passed away last year

and today is his birthday.

The first one

since he's been gone.

So, when I realized

the podcast was on the same day,

it threw me.

You know,

I thought I'd be okay,

but it's been a lot harder

than I expected.

This was his.

I wear it when I want

to feel closer to him.

He was my person.

And I miss him so much.

Oh, Jade.

We had no idea

what you were going through.

Hey, thanks for sharing this

with us.

He sounds amazing.

We know he'll always be

your person, but

maybe we can be

your people now too.

I'd like that.

[sighs] Man, I wish

he could have met you guys.

He would have loved you,

just like he would've loved

how I totally pranked you today.

It was the perfect way

to honor him on his birthday.

Well, Owie would've been proud

of your performance.

Mentirosa!

[both chuckle]

[mellow music playing]

So, there you have it.

Yes, I cry.

Now, every year

on October 18th,

these two throw me a special sleepover

to celebrate Owie's memory.

It's always a little sad.

But also a lot of fun.

Kind of like the sleepover

we're doing right now.

[show music plays]

It's time! They're announcing

the nominations!

Turn it up! Turn it up!

[host] And the nominees

for Album of the Year are,

Electric Bloom.

[screaming]

[show audience applauding]

Thank you, Owie.

-[screams]

-[laughs]

[closing theme

music playing]