The gang walks into the garage, complaining to Sly that it's been a month since their last gig. Jenny points out that it's actually been 32 days. Sly says they need a new image. Matt says they need to practice more. Jenny suggests more dance songs. Tony suggests a new manager.
Up in the kitchen, Mrs. Garrison is cooking when there's a knock at the door. She opens the door, and a blonde woman excitedly greets her. Mrs. Garrison smiles and nods while trying to figure out who this woman is. She reveals herself to be Tiffany's estranged mother, Judy.
Back in the garage, Sly is still trying to come up with a gimmick for the band. Tiffany leaves to go home and do laundry, explaining to the gang that her dad has been busy, so that just leaves her. Oh, Tiffany, if only you knew what was to come.
Jenny and Matt come into the kitchen and see their mom and Tiffany's mom. She excitedly greets them too, and Matt has basically the same reaction as his mother. Jenny, however, knows exactly what's up.
They all ask if Tiffany that she's back in town. Judy admits that she tried going to the house, but no one was home. Since she remembered Jenny, she decided to drop by. Oh sure, showing up announced to your daughter's friend's house before seeing your daughter that you haven't seen in 10 years. Seems reasonable.
Sly and Tony come into the kitchen, and Sly hits on Judy. Shocking.
Judy asks the kids where she can find Tiffany. Jenny explains that it might not be a good idea to surprise Tiffany like that. She offers to break the news for her. Everyone seems to think this is a good idea. Jenny tells Judy to leave everything to her, Matt and Tony.
At Tiffany's house, Tiffany is in her room cleaning her surfboard. The gang comes into her room. She's happy to see them. Sly makes himself comfortable on Tiffany's bed with her stuffed animals. Tiffany tells him to be careful of her "special stuffies" Sly protests that stuffed animals are built to last, and demonstrates by accidentally yanking the head off of the bunny.
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| and he's even wearing a silly vest! |
Tiffany tells them how happy she is that they came over. Matt says that he hopes she still feels that way after they tell her what they have to tell her. Tiffany is smiling brightly throughout the whole exchange. Man, she's adorable. Jenny tells her that it would help if she didn't smile. Tiffany makes a straight face for like, 2 seconds, then giggles and says that her face is "naturally smiley."
Exasperated, Sly gets up and says that he'll take care of it. This can't end well. He starts by saying "all those whose mothers ran away 10 years ago, never to be heard from again, please raise your hand" Tiffany is confused, but she raises her hand. Sly puts her hand down and says "Not so fast, Smith!" Everyone else: "Sly!"
Jenny gently tells Tiffany that her mother is back and wants to see her. Tiffany is surprised and happy. Sly is glad she's happy, and takes that opportunity to tell her about the beheading of her bunny.
At the Garrison house, Mrs. Garrison comes to get Tiffany in Matt's room where they're all hanging out. She tells her that her mom is waiting downstairs. Tiffany admits that she's nervous now. She's worried about saying something stupid. Matt and Jenny give her a pep talk, and she decides to head downstairs. She runs into Sly on the way, who says "Hey Tiff. Going to see your mom? Don't say anything stupid!"
Sly plugs in his smoke machine, "The Smoke-a-tron 2000" The gang is skeptical. Sly tells them to trust him, and turns on the machine. In a matter of seconds, the room is filled with smoke.
In the kitchen, Mrs Garrison and Judy are talking. Mrs. Garrison sees Tiffany and leaves the kitchen so they can have privacy. Tiffany and Judy hug and cry. The audience "awwwws" They try to figure out what to talk about when they suddenly smell smoke. Everyone else comes downstairs, followed by the cloud of smoke. Matt tells Sly that he thought he knew how to use it. Sly says "It's not my fault your room isn't a well ventilated area!" Tony says "Someone should ventilate your head, you big Smokey the Bear lookin' chump!"
Sly says that it's just smoke, and it's not like anything is on fire. Just then, they hear firetrucks on the way. Tiffany and Judy leave to find somewhere quiet to talk.
In the garage, the band is getting ready for practice. Tiffany and Judy come in from surfing and tell the gang that rollerblading is next. Sly thinks that the Dreams should rollerblade as part of their new image.
Tiffany says that she's not sure about rollerblading, but that some bands have dances. She suggests having her mother help them out with some dance moves. They all keep crashing into each other, but Tiffany does well. Judy tells her that she must get her talent from her, as her dad has two left feet. Tiffany looks uncomfortable, and turns off the music. Jenny asks Tiffany if she's okay, and she says that everything is fine.
They next day, Judy is sitting at the counter at Sharkey's. Tiffany comes in and says that she got a message to come to Sharkey's and wants to know what's up. Just then, the gang jumps out from behind the counter and surprises her. It's her birthday. I think it's weird that this is the first time in the whole episode that we're hearing about this.
Tiffany says that her birthday isn't until the next day. Jenny says they did it early because she always has dinner with her father on her birthday. Tiffany asks her mother if that's okay, and Judy tells her that she doesn't want to get in the way of her relationship with her father. Everybody "awwws" again.
Sly comes in and yells "Surprise!" and realizes that he's late. Tony tells Sly that the "Tony Wicks Surprise party etiquette" rule is very simple: "Don't be late" Sly explains that he was late because he was busy lining up an audition for the band.
Tiffany asks whose present she should open first. Everyone thrusts theirs at her. She opens her mother's first. It's a plane ticket to New York. Judy says that even though it was awkward, she talked to Tiffany's dad and he agreed that Tiffany could live with Judy for a year if she wants to. Well, that's out of the blue.
Then Tiffany implodes. It's about damn time! Go, Tiff, GO!
Judy just sits there and watches Tiffany yell. Then she leaves. The rest of the gang looks concerned, but Judy just sits there.
Back in the Garrison kitchen, the band sits around talking. Matt says that he's never seen Tiffany so angry. He never knew she could get angry.
Tiffany joins them in the kitchen and tries to convince them all that she's fine. Mrs. Garrison comes into the kitchen and tells her that her mom is leaving, and hands her Judy's address and phone number in case she changes her mind. Tiffany says that Judy is doing what she does best - leaving. She rips up the paper, and hands it back to Mrs. Garrison.
The band leaves for their audition.
In the garage, they're in costumes that fit their new image, thanks to Sly.
Jenny asks if anyone else wants to "slamdance" Tony says no, but he's pleased that he can dress like that and still look good.
Sly brings the club owner into the garage. He introduces them as the "California Nightmares"
The club owner bops his head along with the music and gives Sly a thumbs up. Jenny slamdances. Everyone else jumps around the garage acting like maniacs. At one point, Sly lands in the lap of the guy they're auditioning for.
The guy tells them that they're great, but he hates the image. He wanted a "nice" band. Everyone gets mad at Sly. Sly says "I'm an idiot!" and no one disagrees.
Tiffany gives Sly a pep talk about getting what you want, and realizes that she has to stop her mother. Back at Tiffany's house, the phone rings. It's Jenny wondering how everything went. Tiffany admits that she couldn't catch her mother because her spikes on her jacket set off the metal detector and she couldn't get past security. 20 years later, and you can't even get to security without a boarding pass.
Tiffany hangs up, and goes into her closet. Just as she closes the door, her mother enters the room and goes over to the bed and starts picking up all the stuffed animals. Tiffany comes out of the closet and sees her mom. Judy is pleased that she kept all of the "stuffies" Tiffany tells her that she loves them because they remind her of Judy.
Judy asks what happened to the bunny (Hoppy Harry, is his name for those of you making the super hard trivia game), and they both say knowingly, "Sly!"
Judy asks what they should do now. Tiffany says that they can't get back the time they lost, but they could try to be friends. Judy agrees, and the episode ends. Bye, Judy! Too bad we'll never see you again!
and that's a wrap. See you next time I have a free moment to recap!
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