Step Up to the Man

Step Up to the Man is the twelfth episode of season three, and the 39th episode of the CFK 2 Go! series Wild2ide. It is scheduled to air on March 1, 2025.
This episode was the twelfth episode to be filmed in Season 3. Primary production took place between December 2-6, 2024.
==Overview==
When Dean attempts to ask Alexa a very important question, his chances get ruined when Reuben accidentally dyes part of his hair. Meanwhile, Rachel's issues with her apartment continue to grow by the day, and Izza S. Talker carries out the last parts of her big plan.
==Episode Summary==
The episode opens with Izza S. Talker approaching a man, later identified as Johnnie Cristo, in a dark alleyway in the middle of the night. The two share an exchange about Izza's ordeal and whether or not she was followed; which she denies immediately. Johnnie becomes satisfied and allows her to enter a secret bunker under a manhole cover. Upon entering Izza is soon greeted by three more members of a criminal organisation called "The Escape Club" and shares a conversation with its leader named Trevor Steel. Izza soon discloses her plan to get Trevor to forge a scrapbook entry in Reuben Fisherman's handwriting, and when asked she ends up producing a sample of Reuben's handwriting. Her and Trevor then get into a threatening ordeal about potential payment before Trevor agrees to carry out the task first and get paid afterwards. Trevor then promises Izza that the forged entry would be finished by the following morning. Izza stares at Trevor and the other "Escape Club" members before leaving them to do their work.
Following the opening credits, Dean is seen frantically discussing the concept of asking Alexa an "important" question to Reuben. As it is revealed that Alexa was in the bathroom at that moment, him and Reuben share a discussion about the timing before Reuben rushes him to ask her the question already. He does, and he ends up entering the bathroom while Alexa is dying her hair. Dean then proceeds to sit on a wheely chair and attempts to ask Alexa his question in a panicked and awkward state with little success. Eventually Alexa receives a phone call, however due to her hands being full at that moment she ends up putting the messenger on speaker. The messenger is quickly revealed to be an acting manager that was interested in representing Alexa in her acting career. They agree to have an in-person meeting the following day, which Alexa gets ecstatic at. Following the phone call Alexa agrees to leave the room to pick out an outfit. She manages to briefly ask Dean about his potential question from earlier however he allows her to leave instead. She ends up handing her her bowl of hair dye from earlier as she happily runs out of the room. Dean is left conflicted as Reuben enters the room right after her; praising Dean after believing that her smile was due to him asking his question. Dean tells him about Alexa's phone call while handing Reuben the bowl of hair dye. He then swivels to turn his back to Reuben as he rants about his foolishness. Just as he does so, Reuben ends up grabbing a brush and applying Alexa's hair dye to parts of Dean's hair. Dean doesn't realise this at first, however following his rant he ends up turning around to see the brush in Reuben's hand. He quickly become horrified at the thought of Reuben dying his hair, however Reuben attempts to calm him down by telling him that the dye washed off easily. As Dean goes to wipe the dye off with a towel, Reuben interrupts him by throwing a bucket of water at him. Dean stares and Reuben in annoyance as Reuben apologises.
A handyman is seen attempting to fix Rachel's broken dishwasher in her apartment when he eventually stands up to declare the job complete. Him and Rachel begin to have a conversation about the dishwasher being broken for the third time that week, so the handyman turns the dishwasher on to prove that it was fixed. The dishwasher proceeds to make a strange noise before breaking down completely. The handyman then takes a part out of the dishwasher and finally declares that it was broken for good. Rachel threatens to tell her landlord, however the handyman quickly reveals his identity as her landlord after all. He ends up asking her for six months' worth of rent to cover the bill, however she declines. As he goes to leave, Rachel calls out to him to ask about what to do about her dishes, however he simply tells her to use the sink. Soon after Richard enters the room and him and Rachel share a conversation about the apartment. Rachel rants to him about how close she was to moving out. When Richard attempts to convince her to stay, Rachel allows the universe to give her one more sign to allow her to leave. Richard decides to lighten the mood by opening the window to find Mrs Kravitz standing in her usual spot in front of her bathroom mirror. Richard and Rachel share a conversation about Mrs Kravitz's routine before they both realise that she wasn't moving. Rachel reassures Richard that Mrs Kravitz was completely fine.
The following morning, Dean sits up in bed to reveal that uneven parts of his hair was actually dyed blond by Reuben. Dean appears oblivious to this as he heads downstairs. In the kitchen, Reuben and Blanket are seen eating breakfast together when Dean enters and greets them. Reuben and Blanket end up getting immediately amused at Dean's hair however they refuse to tell him about it despite questioning him. The conversation topic quickly changes when Dean reveals that he was planning on meeting up with Alexa after her management meeting to ask her the question he was planning on asking her the previous day. He then goes to leave. Before he leaves, Blanket ends up throwing him a comment about him wearing her hat out. Dean simply doesn't understand Blanket's suggestion as he leaves the house. Blanket and Reuben simply laugh with each other.
Rachel and Richard are seen standing over Mrs Kravitz's open casket at her wake. The two share a brief remark about the ordeal when their landlord calls everyone over to give a eulogy. He ends up giving an emotional one and asks the other guests to provide speeches as well, however they all decline. Rachel and Richard soon leave the scene as the two discuss their new possible roommate options. The scene then cuts to Rachel and Richard spying on their new neighbours back in their apartment, where they are greeted by an attractive young woman. Richard attempts to give Rachel hope, however it becomes diminished when a young man joins the woman. Richard further attempts to defend them by comparing their possible relationship to their's, however the two end up kissing each other. Richard further attempts to defend them after this, however an older woman holding a crying baby, a giant dog, and a little girl with a violin also enter the picture. The little girl then asks her family whether or not she could play her violin at that moment, and she does so in a loud and out of tune way. Rachel is left crying in frustration as she closes the window shut.
Dean gets strange looks and laughs from onlookers when he approaches the flower cart with the intention of buying some flowers for Alexa. Him and the saleswoman share a friendly exchange about his intentions before she suggests for him to purchase a flower hat and wear it. As she puts it on Dean's head, Dean is left confused and asks for her to give him a bouquet instead. She does, however she offers to give him the flower hat for free, in which he accepts. The scene then cuts to Dean walking through the management building's lobby when a person walking by makes a comment about the flowers on his flower hat being half dead. Dean chooses to ignore him as he is greeted by Alexa, who exits her meeting in an elated state. She grows even more elated when she spots Dean as the two greet each other with a hug. The two share an amorous exchange where Dean presents her with his newly purchased bouquet of hibiscus flowers. He also gives her his flower hat where Alexa quickly sees his hair. Dean then attempts to ask her his question, however he is interrupted when Alexa bursts out laughing. When Dean becomes confused at this, she turns him around in order for him to look at his reflection. Dean is immediately horrified at the sight as he begins to blame first Alexa, and then Reuben. He soon swears to get revenge on Reuben and enlists Alexa's help to help him carry it out. Alexa condemns this and attempts to ask him about his question. Dean refuses to ask it as the pair agree to carry out a plan.
Reuben is seen on a date with a young man named Mark in the living room. The two share a flirtatious conversation with one another where Mark attempts to offer Reuben a snack. Reuben ignores him as he leans in to kiss him. The pair's moment is interrupted when he receives a knock on the door. Reuben attempts to shoo the knocker away believing that it was a charity worker, however he is quickly proven wrong when it is revealed to be Rachel on the other side. Reuben begins to panic and encourages Mark to leave the house immediately. Mark frantically rushes out the side door in a confused state as Reuben pleads to himself to not to cry while answering the door to Rachel. When Rachel is seen standing on the patio with all of her belongings, Reuben lets out a yelp of pain. Rachel attempts to cheer him up as the two share a conversation about Rachel moving back into the house. During the conversation Rachel reassures Reuben that her and Dean were friendly with each other again. Reuben accepts her back into the house, under the condition that she waited for a bedroom to become available.
Dean is seen getting his hair dyed back in a hair salon when he shares a conversation with the hair stylist about the location of her hair dyes. After her work is complete, Dean looks at Alexa through the window into another room, and almost on queue Alexa enters the room with fake blood dripping from her arm. Alexa then pretends to be injured as the hair stylist attempts to look for a first aid kit in a frantic state. She eventually agrees to run by the store to pick up a first aid kit as she leaves the two alone in the hair salon. Once she leaves, Alexa immediately wipes the blood from her arm and compliments her own acting skills. Meanwhile Dean rummages through the stylist's hair dye collection and steals about a dozen bottles of blonde hair dye for himself. Once Dean takes all the hair dye he needs, him and Alexa agree to rush home. The scene then cuts to a shot of Dean and Alexa making up a stinky hair dye solution in the kitchen. The two share an exchange about it, including its size. The conversation ends with Dean asking Alexa for a chip, which she mistakes for a solution product. Dean soon corrects her by telling her he wanted it for a snack. 
Later that night, Dean sneaks into Reuben's bedroom holding his large bowl of hair dye solution. Upon entering he ends up stepping on a rubber ducky; startling him and causing him to trip over. This sequence also makes Dean accidentally tip the bowl of hair dye solution all over himself, which makes him scream out in pain. Reuben then wakes up and rushes over to turn his light on to find a messy Dean standing in his room. He begins to shout at him before Alexa and Rachel enter the room. Rachel soon makes a snarky comment at Dean's ordeal by alluding to her own clumsiness. Reuben soon gets angry at Dean for dripping the solution onto his floor, which makes Dean angry. Being visibly embarrassed during that moment, Dean agrees to storm out of the room. Reuben, Alexa and Rachel all agree to start cleaning up the solution together. The three all share an exchange about Dean's intentions. Reuben quickly reveals Dean's plan on asking Alexa an "important" question. Alexa feels guilty about this and agrees to meet up with him the following day. Alexa then reveals that Dean was planning on taking a new driver's licence picture later that day.
Izza S. Talker stares at her freshly forged scrapbook entry when she receives a knock at her door. She rushes to hide the scrapbook as the opens the door to Reuben's date Mark. It is quickly revealed that the pair were in a plan to get Reuben's DNA, and they end up sharing a conversation about this. Mark reminds Izza that he had no luck previously, so she offers for him to do it a second time by giving him a box of donuts. The scene then cuts to Reuben filling up his car at a gas station when Mark approaches Reuben and startles him. Reuben ends up spraying a bit of gas everywhere when he questions Mark about his intentions. Mark (who was dressed in the gas station uniform) simply tells him that he worked there and that he was waiting for Reuben to show up. He then offers him a donut and presents him with the open box. Reuben happily accepts one, however Mark rushes to tell him to eat the powdered donut instead. He does as the two share donuts together. At one stage the car behind Reuben honks at him to hurry, however Reuben yells at them to allow him to finish his donut. Mark ends up taking his donut off of him and placing it in the box, however Reuben refuses to continue filling his car as he notices a bunch of powdered sugar left on his fingers. Mark then offers Reuben a piece of fabric to wipe the powder off. Reuben quickly realises that the fabric was hard, however Mark takes it off of him with a shrug.
A bleach blond Dean (including a big portion of his shirt and skin) is seen waiting in a dejected state at the DMV when a worker asks him to approach the desk to take his new picture. As everyone around him begins to laugh, Dean agrees to storm out of the place in frustration. He gets startled when he sees Alexa standing outside the DMV, where she proceeds to take a picture of him with her phone camera. The two then share a sentimental conversation where Alexa reveals that she didn't care about how Dean looked. This prompts him to finally get around to ask her his question. As onlookers watch on, Dean gets on one knee and slowly asks Alexa whether or not they wanted to share a bedroom together in the near future. All of the onlookers end up leaving in frustration as they were lead to believe that it was a proposal. Alexa appears a little disappointed herself before quickly agreeing to share a room with Dean. She then goes on to ask him about the nature of his question in a disappointed state. Dean soon proves her wrong by reaching into his shirt pocket and pulling out a ring box with a diamond ring inside. Alexa is left looking at Dean in shock when she scene fades to black and the words "TO BE CONTINUED" is displayed.
Mark hands Izza the fabric with Reuben's fingerprints on it as she tends to the open grave of Karma (from You Can't Have It). She then plants Reuben's DNA (including his sweat) onto Karma's dead body as her and Mark share a conversation about her recent murders and her intention of framing Reuben. Eventually Mark presses a panic button on his belt as the two continue to talk about Izza's plan. A bunch of police cars end up approaching the pair. Izza ends up planting a fake wallet of Reuben's near the gravesite when the quickly realises that Mark had done a runner. She then decides to run away herself. A couple of police officers end up getting out of the cars and discovering the open grave. They then discover Reuben's DNA and fake wallet and ultimately decide to arrest him.
During the closing credits, Reuben and Rachel are seen sharing a pleasant conversation with each other on the terrace about the trouble in Rachel's apartment when a couple of police cars pull up to the house. A couple of police officers get out and end up arresting Reuben on the spot. As the officers take Reuben away in handcuffs, Rachel attempts to defend him, however she immediately stops when the officers suspect her of aiding Reuben in the murder. Reuben pleads his innocence to the sky when the scene cuts to a shot of his arrest on the local news. The news broadcast is seen from a TV in Izza's living room which she is seen silently watching. She then smirks to herself as the camera pans to show that she had recently strangled Mark to death with a belt. She goes up to leave the room, however before doing so she ends up lighting a candle underneath one of Alexa's elementary school pictures. The episode concludes with a shot of Alexa's picture burning as the scene fades to black. The text "ALSO TO BE CONTINUED" is also displayed.
==Continuity==
==Future References (contains spoilers)==
==Title Reference==
The title of this episode is a reference to lyrics from the song Dean's Rap performed by Zachary Gordon on the soundtrack WildSide: Wild Trax!.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Zachary Gordon as Dean Ford
*Marija Martin as Alexa Wilson
*Issac Ryan Brown as Reuben Fisherman
*Jill To'oh as Blanket Thompson
*Sierra McCormick as Rachel Norman
==Memorable Quotes==
==Trivia==
==Navigation==
Category:Wild2ide Episodes
Category:Wild2ide Season 3
Category:Season 1 Title References
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