♪♪♪
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. [laughs]
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.
[scoffs] 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. -Chelsea: You kids want sausage or bacon?
-Bacon. -Sausage.
Everybody knows that bacon is America's breakfast meat of choice.
[snickers]
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? -[laughing]
♪ 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 ♪
-♪ 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 ♪
♪ 'Cos no matter the weather, ya know we gon' shine ♪
♪ There for each other, ya know it's our time ♪
[Raven laughing]
Yep! That's us.
[laughing]
♪♪♪
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.
[chuckles] 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. [chuckles] 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.
-[all giggling] -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. [laughs]
But every week, I mash two random things together,
call it a class, and it sells out instantly!
[laughs] 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! -Both: Hi!
It's just that I never get to see my girls.
The Chelseas are always so busy! [laughs]
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. [laughs]
Okay, I'm zooming off to Vroomba now.
Vroom-vroom, Chels! And Chels.
-[laughs] -[forced laughter]
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!
[whooshing]
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. [chuckles]
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.
-[clatters] -[feedback whining]
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.
-[all applauding] -Whoo!
Our winner, everyone!
Remember, all's fair in love and debate.
Yo-ho, I'm one and O.
[clatters]
♪♪♪
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--
[whooshing]
-[crowd applauding] -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 15 minutes, huh?
You better get ready to lose, Levi.
Challenge accepted.
You sure you can handle all this, bruh?
Bring it on, bruh.
[western showdown music playing]
[exclaims]
[shoes squeaking]
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.
-[laughs] -[phone rings]
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. -[laughs]
Ugh, no, I have to go up against Wyatt Darcy.
-[gasps] Wyatt Darcy? -Yeah.
No way. Who's that?
He's only the solo debate state champion.
Well, if anyone can beat this Wyatt dude, it's you.
And I'm right here to help you, bestie.
-Thank you, Tess. -[phone chimes]
-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. [clears throat]
Boyfriend cons: 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.
Con: They chew chips loudly,
and sometimes with their mouth open.
Whoa, whoa! Hey! Now you're getting personal.
Con: 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.
Debate winner: me.
Nia, you've gotta stop talking to yourself.
♪♪♪
♪ Alouette, gentille alouette ♪
♪ Alouette, je te plumerai ♪
♪ Alouette, gentille alouette-- ♪
-Whatcha 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. [clears throat]
[exhales] 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.
[inhales] Hmm...
[sniffs] 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!
[laughs]
You forgot your essential oils.
[laughs]
-You need them. They're essential! -Okay.
[laughing]
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.
[laughs]
Bye!
-Both: 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. -[laughing]
Whoops! [laughs] I forgot my keys.
It's like the universe doesn't want us to be apart.
See ya, Chelsea bestieeeees!
-[laughing] -Bye!
-[sighs] -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.
[gasps] 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."
[laughs] Good luck with that, Ronnie.
[laughs]
♪♪♪
But if I'm going to help you out with debate practice,
you can't take personal shots, 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.
-[sighs] -[remote clicks]
[TV playing indistinctly]
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.
-[whistle blowing rhythmically] -Hey.
-Hey, best friend. -[whistle fizzles]
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. -[whistle blowing, clapping]
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. -[laughs]
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.
Both: 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.
[phone beeps]
Mr. Argo just sent our debate topic:
"Arguments: 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. [laughs]
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.
-[wails]: I'm a bad client! -Raven: 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!
[laughing]
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.
[laughs] They blocked my number.
The point is, I tend to latch onto people I like.
And I love my two Chelseas.
-On that note-- -Mei: 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. [chuckles]
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I suddenly have two tickets
to "Hamilton: Behind the Fashion"
that I have to unload.
-What? -Toodles!
-Wait, Mei. Mei! -What?
Business over friend-ness?
-We're fools! -We're fools!
Raven: Mei, wait for us!
♪♪♪
All [chanting]: Go, Peanuts! Go, Peanuts!
All right, let's keep that enthusiasm going for our duo team!
-[horn blasting] -[applauding]
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. -[laughs softly]
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. [laughs]
-Gotta go -All right. [laughs]
Um, he's word tripping, Nia!
You got him right where you want him.
-Now let's warm up. -Okay.
Debate dude con: Babbles when he's nervous.
Now pro.
-He thinks I'm wow. -[Tess sighs]
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.
[crowd applauding]
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.
-[crowd clapping] -Booker and Levi are gonna be arguing
the healing side of our topic:
"Arguments: Healing or Hurting."
All right, Levi. You can start.
No, you go. I insist.
Oh, you insist, do you?
Gentlemen, you've got 10 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...
Both: An argument.
Booker: 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.
-[crowd applauding] -[whimpering]: That's my baby! They're so cute!
Ooh, hoo-hoo!
-[horn blasting] -Aah!
[cheering]
-Yeah! Ha, ha, ha, ha! -[cheering continues]
And I couldn't be more proud of you
if I had won this myself. [laughs]
[singsongs]: 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!
[both laughing]
♪♪♪