Blue's Clues: Hairdressers!

If you’re like me, you probably get bothered by the smallest things. However, you may not be as bothered by something as small as an episode placement in a kids’ TV show. I know it sounds ridiculous, but hear me out. There’s an episode of Blue’s Clues called “Hide and Seek,” and many sources claim that it’s the twenty-first episode of season two. The reason this would bother me is because even though it’s obviously a season three episode, those sources say otherwise, it just makes no sense. However, I’m not as bothered by it now, and I’ll explain why.
I was looking through eBay for a Blue’s Clues VHS tape that had all of the season two episodes. Eventually, I found one, and to my surprise, the description said the tape had twenty-one episodes, and the twenty-first episode wasn’t “Hide and Seek.” I was really interested in checking out the last episode, so I bought the tape. When the tape finally arrived, I put it into my VCR, skipped the first twenty episodes since I had already seen them, and went straight to the twenty-first episode. The name of the episode was “Hairdressers.” I thought this was pretty ironic because after season two, Steve’s hair was shorter since he probably got a haircut.
Anyway, the intro of the episode was normal at first, except when Blue was about to go inside the house, she stayed outside and looked at the viewers. Eventually, Blue started walking away from the house. She signaled for the viewers to follow her, and then she started walking down the street. She stopped at a building that looked like a barbershop and was about to go inside, but before she could enter, she noticed a sign on the door that said “Closed.” Blue looked at the viewers with an anxious expression, and then she went back to the house.
When Blue got inside, Steve came into the room. That’s when I noticed that his hair was slightly longer than before, which I’m guessing is why Blue went to the barbershop in the first place, but if that’s the case, then why would she go there without Steve? Anyway, Steve greeted the viewers and told them that his hair was getting long and he didn’t know what to do. When he asked Blue what he should do, Blue put her paw print on the screen, which meant Steve would have to play Blue’s Clues to figure it out.
When Steve went to get his notebook from Sidetable Drawer, she let him know that his hair was getting long as if it wasn’t already established. Steve chuckled and told her he was aware of his hair’s condition. Then he grabbed his notebook and started searching for clues. The first clue he found was a chair. He drew it in his notebook and kept looking for clues. Meanwhile, Steve’s friends were reminding him that his hair was getting long, and every time they did, Steve would slowly start to lose his mind.
Eventually, Steve found the second clue, which was a pair of scissors. He drew them in his notebook. Then, it was mail time. Steve went to the Thinking Chair where he would get his letter from Mailbox, but before he did, Mailbox questioned Steve about his hair, which annoyed Steve even more, but Mailbox gave him his letter anyway. The letter was from two girls who were going to braid each other’s hair. When the first girl got her hair braided by the other girl, it turned out great. However, when the second girl was getting her hair braided, the other girl accidentally pushed a hair pin in too far and it pricked the girl’s neck. She screamed as her neck started bleeding and she ran out of the room. The other girl was scared as she said “Bye, Steve.”
Once Steve put the letter down, he said “Man, braiding looks hard, but hopefully, getting my hair short again won’t be as hard.” At that point, I was getting pretty concerned, because I don’t know how he could say that with a straight face after that letter, but Steve just went on looking for the third clue anyway, so I guess it didn’t matter. Eventually, Steve and Blue skidooed into a fashion store, where they had to help customers find the right clothes for them. However, before each customer got their clothes, they looked like they were covered in garbage. I’ll admit it was disgusting, but at least they got actual clothes afterward.
Anyway, after that, Steve found the third clue, which was a wig. He drew it in his notebook and then he went to the Thinking Chair. He put all three clues together and figured out that he needed to get a haircut. After that, Blue made Steve go into the other room with her. In the room, there was a chair with a stool next to it. Blue made Steve sit in the chair, and Blue got up on the stool with the scissors. However, the scissors weren’t hand-drawn like they were before. Instead, they were real scissors.
Blue started cutting Steve’s hair, and at first, it was going pretty well, but when Blue reached further into Steve’s hair, the stool wobbled, Blue lost her balance, and the scissors went into the back of Steve’s head and caused a big wound. Steve angrily got up from the chair and walked away as Blue watched him leave with a worried look, and that’s where the episode ended.
I have no idea what I just witnessed, but now I wish the episode was “Hide and Seek” instead.
Category:Blue's Clues
Category:Lost Episodes
Category:Nickelodeon
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