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Queen Birdie. Thanks, Ivan. And appreciate you keeping my title alive. You will always be my queen. Don't make me cry. Miss Anders? Rutherford Granger from the Board of Directors, thank you for coming. I remember you. You called me Little Girl at my first board meeting. Yes. Well, the board has prepared a statement for you to read today.
You will read it, word for word, and then Ivan will call an end to the press conference without you taking any questions. And then what? And then you'll let the board save Holiday Corps from the damage your reckless parents have wrought. If we're lucky, the company will survive the week. The week? If you'll excuse me, I'll let the press know you've arrived. He seems... Condescending? Has he forgotten that I own this company?
I get it, Bird. But Holiday Corp is in trouble, and these people, they know how to run a corporation, right? And I don't. I'd like to grab that guy by the mustache and- Just take a deep breath. Don't give in to the anger. Trust me, I know how you feel, but you gotta keep it together. Bruce is right. The important thing is getting Holiday Corps back on its feet so we can help your family. I'll head in and grab us some seats, Badger.
So? Cyrus said Casey is the one who turned Bruce back on. What? And you're just telling me this now? I was busy, and he was always around. Barf. Jezebel Harrington is out there. She's the literal worst. Granger's headed to the podium. Your timing? Not great, bird. Hello. My name is Rutherford Granger. Wish me luck. You got this. Hi, everybody. How's it going? I have a prepared statement to read from, so...
I, like the rest of you, am shocked and horrified at the actions of my parents. Are you really? No questions, please, Miss Harrington. Go on. I am shocked and horrified at the actions of my parents, Monica and James. Did you even write this? Or are you just a puppet for the board? Puppet? No, I'm a... putting their words in the mouth of a child is going to fix anything. You know what? You're right, Mrs. Jezebel Harrington. I don't need this paper. I know exactly what I want to say. Easy bird.
My parents aren't criminals. They're good people, like the best people I know. And I wish that I had told them that more when they were here. They taught me what's most important in life. And it's not lying or being sneaky or pretending you're someone that you aren't. It's helping others. That's what the Anders family does. We help people who are in trouble. My sister Holiday is off doing it right now on the other side of the world. My brother Cyrus is, well... I can't talk about that.
But I believe wherever my parents are, they're doing it too. For months, someone has been attacking my family and this company from the inside trying to turn us against each other. Excuse me? Your siblings! Seems a little convenient that everybody disappears at the same time. What's your point? Are they in hiding? Did they help your parents escape? Are you kidding me? Vinny!
Get in close, she looked shaky. You got it. Get out of her face! Hey, my camera! Bruce, what are you doing? I said leave her alone. Help! He's attacking my cameraman! Bruce! Put him down! Put him down! I'm okay. Birdie. I don't know why. I didn't mean to... Oh, no. Bruce, come back! I'll go after him. You stay here and do damage control. Okay.
Miss Landers, do you have any idea what you've done? I couldn't lie about my parents. Your actions, along with those of your violent associate, could ruin this company. No, I... If I could have your attention, please. I want to apologize for my friend Bruce. He's really more like a brother to me. This has been a rough time for my family and, well, he was being protective.
I know he feels terrible about the way he acted. This whole family is out of control. But I see now how disruptive the situation is. Which is why I've made the difficult decision. to step down from my role at Holiday Corp. Don't get me wrong. I am not giving up. I will clear my family's name and we will be back. You can count on that. My job. Sorry, I hope I didn't break it. Okay, well, anyway, thanks for everything, and goodbye. Three gators. Three of us. How convenient.
We're in a rowboat and my powers are fritzy. Water plus electricity equals... Bad hair day for Brindley. Not to mention what it could do to me. Casey! Okay, okay. Brindley, Remy... On three. I need you guys to jump onto the dock. Ready? Ready! Just do it! Sorry, fellas. One, two, three! Let's go! Smoking? They shorted out? The alligators are robots? Excellent craftsmanship. Very lifelike. Serious Neverland vibes, huh Bryn Bryn? You could say that. Neverland? Like Peter Pan?
Kinda. Time to get up to the headmaster's house. Somehow. What are these big tubes? Saibot, do you think these are pneumatic? You mean like at old banks? Pneumatic tubes. Back in the day. People would put their deposit in the container and it would be sucked through the wall into the bank. So, theoretically, if I wanted to say... Deposit myself into the house... Oh my gosh! The tube sucked her up!
Like Augustus Gloob and Willy Wonka! Guess where next, Remington? Always wondered what it would feel like to be carpet-lent. Okay, so we just step inside? This is not what I'd call a cozy house. What tipped you off? The fact that it looks like a mad scientist lab? There appear to be many experiments underway. Robotics, 3D blood synthesis... This...
Looks like the phone device Cyrus created. The one that connected him to my mom. You think she called him from here? I bet if we could get into this computer, we'd get some answers. I'm in. Cybot with the holiday style move. How do you know what a holiday style move is? I have no idea. So what are we looking for? Project Portal.
Did I mention I knew it? Can you download it, Slybee? It's a large file, but I'll get started. Is there anything full on the students? Like me, for example? We can look. I just realized I don't know my own last name. Apparently they don't either. It just says Remy followed by a bunch of numbers. It's the date I got here. Are you sure? Look.
If you match it up to the files in the portal folder, the dates all correspond to the numbers attached to different students. These are the dates each kid came through the portal. What about Penn? Is he in there? It's different. He has letters and numbers attached to his name, but no date. 687 P.S. It's a WITKID ID. You were right, Casey. Penn is a missing WITKID.
Look up the other Casey, my horrible old roommate. I don't see anything. C-A-S-E-Y? Or maybe without the E? Nothing's coming up. Well, she definitely exists. Because she's stealing my life as we speak. This is the dock. I'll go talk to the lady in the information booth. Sounds good. May I help you? Yeah, we'd like to rent a boat. ID, please. Here you go. I don't have ID. It's fine.
You look familiar to me. Me? Have you been here before? Yeah, once. You seem taller. Growth spurt, I guess. So, where are you kids headed? Elixir Key. We're going to visit an old friend. Now that you've listened to this week's episodes, head on over to the GZM Rewind feed to hear me and the creators talk about the latest episodes with special guests, including cast members and superfans. GCM Shows. Imagination Amplified.