Season 2, Episode 11: That Thing? You, Dude!

*The following article contains spoilers for Season 2. Please listen to the season in its entirety or be warned!*

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***That Thing? You, Dude!*** is the 11th episode of season 2 of *Dungeons and Daddies*.

## Introduction

The introduction to this episode is a trailer for Lady Bird 7.

## Rad Facts

* Taylor Swift (Freddie Wong): Taylor does not see himself as having many friends. The reason he is so ride-or-die for this group is that he sees them as his sidekicks. Taylor also had a friend back in elementary school who moved away, which contributes to all of this.
* Lincoln Li-Wilson (Matt Arnold): Lincoln and Grant are not allowed to play bridge with Marco anymore, since the two of them become absolutel monsters when they play.
* Normal Oak (Will Campos): Normal doesn't actually wash his clothes. He just puts them in the dryer. This is because the washer and dryer his family has is a combination that he doesn't know how to work.
* Theresa "Terry/Scary" Marlowe (Beth May): Scary drinks black coffee. She does not use sweeteners. When people aren't looking, she sneaks a lot of sugar in there.
* Dungeon Master (Anthony Burch): Anthony now has a back tattoo that he did not stand up for himself about. Anthony is also the most popular kid at school now.

## Plot Summary

Taylor gets out opera glasses/binoculars to watch the building.

While exiting the building, a still-truth-serumed Link begins insulting every agent he sees. The agent with him tries to fix that, then tells someone to drive Lincoln home. Lincoln wants to walk home, but apparently would die since it's a lethal, three-hour schlep. The agent offers to drive Link home, but he would rather have an Uber even if it costs a lot or he has to have a bag over his head.

Back in the car, Taylor tries to read LInk and the agents' lips. He can not, and thinks they're just saying "watermelon."

Link asks the agent for his name. It's Agent Schmegan. Link asks for classified information or a manual of some sort, but Agent Schmegan refuses and tells Lincoln to use his resources. After more argument, Agent Schmegan agrees to drive Lincoln home. Taylor follows them and tries to not seem suspicious. After about five minutes of driving, while Agent Schmegan is talking about his son (Brad), Agent Schmegan notices Taylor driving behind them. Link decides to pull a Ladybird while Taylor tries to pit maneuver. As Link goes to jump out, Agent Schmegan decides he's more after Taylor, and Taylor veers a little too much to the side and overshoots. Link rebounds off of the concrete, but his rebound makes him hit Taylor's bumper and then somehow end up in the car. In the SUV, Agent Schmegan expresses his shock.

Because they are in a Pussy Wagon full of opera gear, Link looks around in the backseat and finds:

* a Viking helmet
* sheet music
* programs, and
* a bodice.

There isn't much that he could use. After some discussion, Taylor decides to pull off to the side of the road, where Agent Schmegan follows and idles. Agent Schmegan gets out of the car with his gun ready; Taylor slams the car into reverse and takes out a headlight, then floors it to drive forward. Agent Schmegan has horrible aim and hits the "u" and "o" on the words "Pussy Wagon." By the time he gets back into the car, Taylor and Link have a lead.

Taylor and Link search for a phone. Link makes sure he can lie again, then tells Taylor topull over. Taylor calculates how many bullets Agent Schmegan has left (it's thirteen). Taylor pulls over to the shoulder. Agent Schmegan rolls down his window and, gun in hand, tells them to get out of the car. Link tries to lie to the agent, but Agent Schmegan knows that they can both lie now. Link tries to goad and intimidate him via invoking the metal of the car. Agent Schmegan agrees that the cars are armored. Simultaneously, Agent Schmegan starts trying to shoot the tires, Link yells about how Agent Schmegan will never take Taylor, and Taylor slams the car in reverse, throwing off Agent Schmegan's three separate shots. Taylor breaks the other headlight. The gun jams and Agent Schmegan tosses it away. Taylor lets go of the brake and lets Agent Schmegan, who is now driving, starts to push them. Agent Schmegan hits his head against the steering wheel, then gives up and tells them not to tell anybody about this as he drives away. Link asks for Brad's email, but Agent Schmegan is already gone.

The two of them pull off at a gas station to use the phone, then call the police. Dispatch puts them over to Agent Schmegan, who decides he'll be at their houses later, and tells them to go back to school. (He also decides that he doesn't want Taylor anymore and will get Nick when everyone is in trouble again.) After Agent Schmegan hangs up, Taylor and Lincoln decide to steal Laffy Taffy. While Link tries to steal Laffy Taffy, Taylor tries to distract the cashier by complaining about the phone not working and also needing to poop. While Taylor's distraction doesn't work, Link manages to do a Now You See Me-style theft. The cashier tells them to leave, so they do.

Lincoln gives the Laffy Taffy to Taylor. The two of them talk about jokes.

Back at the school, Scary asks Terry Jr. if he's subbing here. Terry Jr. says that she should hug him. Normal offers to hug Terry Jr., but he doesn't want a hug from Normal because he's warm and smells bad. Scary hurts his feelings; Normal hugs him, but his arms go right through. Taylor and Link show up.

Scary suggests that they all get out of here and go to Sonic's and get away from her loser step-dad. (She doesn't think he could step up.) Terry Jr. admits that he's not doing a good job of being her step-dad. Terry Jr. turns this into a way to talk about the truth in relation to acting and drama. He says that the truth of Scary is that she is kind, warm, and optimistic, but she is choosing to show a version of herself that is not that. He enjoys her performance. Scary insists it isn't a performance, even while Terry Jr. uses her as an example in front of the class of what he's talking about. Terry Jr. also admits that he has a secret that Scary doesn't know. Taylor and Lincoln show up. Lincoln gives everyone Laffy Taffy and then gives Scary a black coffee with a little sugar that he snuck in. Terry Jr. continues his lecture/lesson about Scary, using her black coffee as an example of performance. Scary suggests that they all ditch and go talk to the whale, but Normal thinks they should stick around to hear what he has to say.

Terry Jr. tells the rest of the class to put their fingers in their ears, then explains to the teens that the incursion point in the office has already been popped. Hermie did not plug his ears, and is also here. Hermie and Scary argue a little bit. Terry Jr. tells Hermie that his work on *The Joker* has been a little passe, and hands out scripts for a different play based on something else. He assigns everyone colors, and tells them the play is *Among Us*, written by Samuel Beckett Jr., Jr.

Terry Jr. explains that one of them is an imposter, having been replaced by a Doodler-ized version of themselves. In order to maintain the connection, the real version of them must be kept alive in a different area, in a pod of some sort. Link admits that he stole candy and *maybe* it's him. When this is over, the real version of the person will have all the memories of what happened here. If nothing happens, this will simply be a lesson in how paranoia turns people against each other. There could be 0, 1, or 2 imposters.

Terry Jr. doesn't know who the imposter is, but explains that there might be some breaks in established behavior and opinions that could give them a hint. There is also a Sheriff, but it's Hermie, so it doesn't do anything.

Link tries to tell Hermie that it couldn't be him or Taylor because they were with the Not-FBI all day. Normal pulls Scary to the side to talk to her about how it *could* be Link or Taylor for the exact same reason. Link, who is 6'3", is above their huddle. Hermie knows that Normal and Scary had to split up at some point because Normal peed at some point (and Hermie listened in). Link starts talking about bridge and looks everyone in the eye to ask them questions. (Terry Jr. has the students unplug their ears to listen.) Taylor and Normal both tell Lincoln that they're not the Doodler; Scary wishes that she *were* the Doodler. Link decides they should stop playing this game and pull the stunt that Katniss and Peeta did (except they hold hands instead of eating poison). They decide to leave and Terry Jr. can't stop them. Normal does, though, and starts talking about the play adaptation of *The Thing,* which is why they shouldn't let anyone out. Link finally asks Hermie if he's the imposter. The answer Hermie gives is no.

Normal goes to investigate the zit and saw that whatever came out of it was on four feet. It went from the office to the door and was, by the time it got there, on two legs.

Hermie suggests that they all vote hands; Normal is very gung-ho about this, but wraps his hands in his shirt. Everyone does the same thing to follow the trail. Terry Jr. and the class follow all of them.

Because the imposter messed with the trail, it stops cold. Round 1 ends. Hermie votes for Taylor, Normal doesn't vote for anyone, and everyone else votes for Hermie. It was not Hermie, since he didn't even leave the drama classroom. Normal can't believe that it isn't any of them, and refuses to vote. (Normal has a bit of a breakdown.)

Normal casts Detect Good And Evil. At the same time, Lincoln uses his Divine Sense. Normal and Taylor think that a lot about Scary makes sense now that they've met Terry Jr. Normal tries to reassure Scary about how much he cares for her. The use of their spells/abilities allows Link and Normal to know that there's one imposter.

Everyone asks Lincoln why he would steal Laffy Taffy from the gas station. He starts to ramble about how useless the adults in his life are and he just wanted a Laffy Taffy without having to save up for it (and Taylor is the one who ate it). Hermie thinks that they should talk about their motivations, which means to Normal that they should talk about their flaws and feelings.

Taylor starts. He admits that he met his dad. He thought it was messed up, but now knows that he is a chosen one and will be leaving school. (Scary points out that this means he has nothing to lose.) Taylor explains that he will be entering a solitary life, like a drifter. He doesn't want to leave, but he has to (and thinks everyone should come with him). Normal cuts off his monologue, so Taylor decides to come back to it later.

Lincoln thinks everyone should put their faces in the zit to see who doesn't flinch. Normal thinks they should all eat the zit juice. Scary doesn't want to get Doodlerized, and Taylor refuses. Lincoln puts his finger in the zit juice, eats it, then pukes all over himself.

Round 2 ends. Terry Jr. thinks they have everything they need to do Code Purple. Lincoln votes for Hermie because he didn't know that he could vote for nobody (and then votes for nobody); Normal maintains his zero. Scary votes for Taylor. Taylor feels betrayed; Scary explains that she thinks he isn't telling the truth. Hermie puts his arm around Taylor, who was not the imposter and is talking about how he has been betrayed by his sidekicks. Hermie becomes Taylor's sidekick and new best friend.

Round 3 begins. Normal crouches to look at the barf. Lincoln tries to get Scary to eat the zit juice. This doesn't make any sense to Normal and Scary. Lincoln puts the zit juice in his mouth without putting his fingers in it, but doesn't throw up. Lincoln keeps trying to convince them to eat the juice, which is something they don't want to do.

Normal wants to look at the school security footage. After everyone continues to argue, he decides to go to the office. Lincoln tries to shove zit juice into Normal's mouth. Normal immediately pukes into Lincoln's face.

At the office, Pepperoni Tony is complaining about how he has to also be the secretary. Normal tells him that he thinks someone wrote "Pepperoni Tony Sucks" on the wall, so they should check the security cameras. On the footage, they can see Normal and Scary going to the drama room, then Link and Taylor pulling up in the Pussy Wagon (which prompts Pepperoni Tony to give Taylor a detention). The figure heads to the left toward Normal and Scary.

Round 3 ends. Scary and Normal vote for each other; Lincoln votes for Scary.

Terry Jr. is being affected by the Doodler, but still tells Scary that he loves her. Scary is the imposter and is not like the other girls. Scary splits down the middle; from within the wrecked body, a mess of saliva and viscera emerges.

## Trivia

* It's hard to tell when noon and sunset are thanks to the way that the sun is.
* Agent Schmegan was named by Schmegan.
* Agent Schmegan is kind of lonely.
* There were second and third Cold Wars.
* Brad Schmegan is friends with the varsity soccer team.
* Cars are animals.
* Traditionally, a Laffy Taffy comes with *two* jokes on the wrapper, meaning that either changed sometime in the future or Taylor was simply holding out on Link.
* Terry Jr. is being a substitute and is not a permanent teacher. (Remember, many of the teachers quit after the dance.)
* When Terry Jr. remarks on how he hasn't seen the other teens since they werelittle, Taylor insists that Terry Jr. still can't see him now. Terry Jr. goes along with it even though this isn't true.
* Anthony seems to be under the impression that no zoomer has ever heard of Werewolf (or, as some may be familiar with a different version of the same basic game, Mafia). This is clearly not true.
* Terry Jr. and Scary both clearly have doubts about themselves (a similarity that Terry Jr. points out).
* Since Taylor told Terry Jr. to "shut his dick," Terry Jr. has written Taylor's name down for later. (Taylor thinks it doesn't matter since this is his last day of school.)
* Tony Pepperoni refuses to let Normal clean the school because of labor laws. The school is very dirty.
* When Lincoln voted for Hermie at the end of Round 2, Hermie implied something.
* Lincoln can't puke on command.
* Normal can't pronounce "sabotage."