Get Lost!

**Get Lost!** is the sixteenth episode in Season 1 of *I ♥ Arlo*.

## Synopsis

Bertie searches for the inspiration she needs to finish a song for Seaside by the Seashore's upcoming un-condemning party.

## Plot

In the beginning, Tony, Alia, Furlecia and Marcellus are telling Arlo about a time they got banned from Canada thanks to a wacky game they invented, Get Lost, in which the driver or one of the passengers is unaware of where they are going while the others aboard shout orders. As Arlo decides to play along with them, Bertie is upstairs in her bedroom, trying to write a song to no avail. Arlo ends up in her room and sees her weary state; she tells him she hadn't slept in two days and has a severe case of writer's block, unable to think of the perfect song to perform at the Uncondemning party which has to perfectly describe Seaside all together. Arlo suggests she needs a break and invites her to play Get Lost; at first she turns down, but when Arlo and the others surround her, she decides to join them to at least find inspiration.

Later on Alia's bus, Arlo has Bertie blindfolded so she doesn't know where Alia is taking them. The game begins, with Alia driving and Bertie blindly telling her where she wants to go, but when the group reaches Manhattan, Bertie still cannot find any inspiration. Still, Arlo pesters her to keep playing along. Eventually after passing through Bronx and Shaolin, Alia announces they're truly lost and doesn't know where she is. Bertie starts to panic, having not concentrated on her songwriting, to the point of ignoring Arlo.

When a garbage truck pulls up, Alia playfully gets them to honk the horn before Bertie asks for directions back to Seaside. The drivers tell them they don't know but warn them strange things happen on this street after 4:00 AM, in particular to beware an entity known as the Rat King before leaving. To make matters worse, Alia cannot start her engine, thus leaving them officially stranded in the middle of nowhere, much to Bertie's horror. Soon the gang hears footsteps on the roof, and thus Bertie is forced to be the one to check the engine.

The second Bertie steps out, she feels a strange presence; just as Arlo thinks of checking on her, the power in the bus goes out, trapping everyone inside. When Bertie drops her notebook under the bus, she encounters a fleet of rats when trying to get it, causing Arlo inside to flip out while Bertie calms him. Soon enough, they are greeted by the arrival of the Rat King as mentioned from before, who tells them he's writing a musical about rats and needs help with some songwriting, to Bertie's surprise as she has a similar problem with her writer's block. In addition to feeling inspired by the gang's quirky talents, the Rat King has a look at Bertie's songbook and realizes she was trying to force herself and the secret is to let the song find her, like how what happened when the gang somehow showed up to help him start his musical. He runs off with both Bertie's notebook and the bus (and Marcellus still aboard), stranding everyone.

When Arlo suggests everyone start walking their way home, Bertie has had enough of it as she lost all of her ideas, there's no way home without the bus and all their game did has got her farther from finishing her song. She goes for a walk through the city herself, lamenting in song about her struggles before learning the Rat King's lesson and deciding to loosen up with the atmosphere. Arlo comes upon her watching the sunrise over Seaside in the distance and tells her while they did get the bus and Marcellus back, her notebook is gone and now in the Rat King's possession. Despite that, Bertie tells Arlo she no longer needs it and getting lost in the city caused her song to find her, like the Rat King thought.

Back at the house, Arlo invites Bertie to play a new game called Get Found, but she politely turns down and starts rehearsing the song she came up with. Bertie opens her mouth to sing, and the credits immediately start playing.

## Cast

* Michael J. Woodard as Arlo Beauregard
* Mary Lambert as Bertie
* Jonathan Van Ness as Furlecia
* Haley Tju as Alia
* Brett Gelman as Marcellus
* Tony Hale as Teeny Tiny Tony
* Maria Bamford as Garbage Collector 2
* Mark Whitten as Rat King/Garbage Collector 1