In a Pinch

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In a Pinch

Premise:
When Hailey gets distracted by her list item instead of babysitting the school mascot, she lands herself in hot water.

Broadcast Information

Airdate
August 5, 2023 (Disney Channel)October 4, 2023 (Disney+)

Production code
115B

Paired with
"Leather Jacket Hailey"

Viewers
TBA

Production Information

Directed by
Leslie Park

Written by
Kevin Yee

Storyboard by
Nicole Fridrich, Rhya Voskuil & Kaden Westbrook

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— Hailey Banks

"**In a Pinch**" is the second segment in the fourteenth episode of the first season of ***Hailey's On It!***. It is also the twenty-sixth episode of the season overall. It premiered on August 5, 2023 on Disney Channel.

Plot
Hailey is in the process of completing the task of removing all the change stuck in her dad's garage couch, a filthy piece of furniture. Scott and Beta are helping with the latter revealing that the reason for this list item being done is because Patricia plans on throwing it out, news that shocks Kai as he believes that the couch as sentimental value and wants to keep it. Hailey does not even get the chance to finish the task as she and Scott go to school. Just as Scott comes up with a good idea, simply using a vacuum cleaner, Miss Jackson arrives tasking Hailey with looking after Pinchy, the school's mascot, and advises her to take good care of him for the volleyball tournament later.
Hailey ends up becoming too preoccupied with finishing her list item to focus on tending to Pinchy and continues to try and clean out the couch by any means necessary, including the use of a machine of her own design. Despite this, she is incapable of completing the list item. Meanwhile, Scott is tasked with looking after Pinchy and ends up having a good time with him. He then gives him a "hot bath", but when Hailey smells "seafood", the two of them realize that Pinchy is being boiled and find him unconscious in the tub. Miss Jackson calls, but Hailey is able to hold her off. Needing to get Pinchy to the game, Scott comes up with an idea.
At the volleyball tournament, Scott, having gone to marionette camp, uses dental floss to make the unconscious Pinchy dance, invigorating the crowd into cheering for their team. Pinchy manages to wake up and starts dancing on his own, much to Hailey and Scott's surprise. Miss Jackson thanks the two for taking care of Pinchy, before revealing that he has a habit of randomly falling unconscious without warning. Hailey is allowed to keep Pinchy a while longer and uses him to get the last coin out of her couch, completing the list. Just as the couch is being taken away, Patricia tells Kai that he can buy any couch now. He buys the couch just as it is leaving.

Cast
Main Cast* Hailey Banks
* Scott Denoga
* Beta

Additional voices* Patricia Banks
* Ms. Jackson
* Kai Banks
* Jonathan

Animals* Frank the Flamingo

Trivia
Milestones* This episode reveals that Jonathan and Thad are indeed a gay couple.
	+ Both their voice actors are gay in real life.

Continuity* Joanne Droid has apparently gone back to Canada, though it is unknown if she will return.

Allusions* This episode makes a reference to the OutKast song “Ms. Jackson”.

Other* Miss Jackson apparently sees a psychiatrist.

Transcript
The transcript for this episode can be found here.

Gallery

References

1. ↑ August 2023 Programming Highlights