Can't Purr-y Love

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**Can't Purr-y Love** is the second segment of the 10th episode in season 1 of *Harvey Street Kids*. The title of this episode is a reference to The Supremes song, *You Can't Hurry Love*.

## Synopsis

Lotta is distraught when a stray kitten seems to like everyone but her.

## Plot

During a round of musical practice, Lotta hears that there is something tender near the noises of the kids on the block. Therefore, the girls leave their HQ to go there, the object of interest turns out to be a stray cat. The cat on the other hand, which Audrey refers to as Marco, becomes fond of all the kids in the block and ignores Lotta. Despite having the affection of several animals of Harvey Street, the latter feels insecure and proposes to win Marco's love. Dot invites Marco to the outdoors, as an excuse for Lotta to see how good she is with animals. Audrey using a science fiction excuse takes Dot with her, leaving them alone. Marco for his part, looks very disinterested in her and leaves her planted as if they were on a date making Lotta pay The Bow for her services as a waitress.

Lotta tries another attempt to approach the cat by making a song with the kids on the block, which ends with a duet between Marco and her. The cat rejects her by hitting the microphone and Lotta despite her efforts, the cat ends up leaving. Ironically Lucretia mentions that it is rare to be on the other side of the awkward.

Back at the HQ, Lotta is still worried about Marco watching on her tablet the images that somehow the cat uploaded to his Instagram-like app. She explains that her obsession with being noticed is due to her reputation of being loved by animals. Lotta sees the images of Marco and Lucretia, believing that if she makes a stinky dish consisting of a bowl of milk with a raw fish, she will gain his confidence. The cat on the other hand bites her when she tried to pet him, but Lotta believes that it is a sign of love despite her friends telling her it is a bad idea. Despite all, they support her and begin to act, therefore Lotta continuously gives the cat a stinky dish as a distraction, while Lotta caresses him and retires before the cat reacts at the end of his meal.

Everything was going to look good until the Harvey girls got a cease and desist note from the kids on the block because the stinky dishes make up their reputation. Lotta, still obsessed with the cat, takes the girls' food in a minibar by throwing it out the window. When she is going to give him food from the minibar, the cat rejects it all and gets scared with a cucumber climbing a tree, referring to the viral videos of cats.

Lotta climbs to his rescue, but it tricks her to scare and throw her down the branch. Luckily, animals like rabbits, Billy and Frufru's horse help her cushion her fall. Lotta for her part realizes how valuable his animal friends and girls were. Marco, who falls from the tree on all four legs, pretends he loves Lotta and tried to scratch her. However, the latter manages to deceive him and Frufru's horse scares him with a cucumber, which makes him jump scare to the clouds. In a follow-up episode, Marco ends up landing near Richie Rich, making him his protégée.

## Characters

* Audrey
* Lotta
* Dot
* Tiny
* Marco (debut)
* Melvin
* Fredo
* Pinkeye
* Frufru
* Lucretia
* The Bow
* Bobby
* Gerald
* Billy
* Joel
* Harvey Street Parrots

## Broadcast

*"Can't Purr-y Love"* was released to Netflix on June 29, 2018.

## References

1. ↑ "harvey street kids on netflix". *The Futon Critic*. Retrieved on 2018 September 10.