Jobs Come and Go

**Jobs Come and Go** is the third episode of season one, and the 3rd episode of the CFK 2 Go! series *Wild2ide*. It first premiered worldwide on April 8, 2023.

This episode was the fourth episode to be filmed in Season 1. Primary production took place between January 23-27, 2023.

## Overview

Dean struggles to succeed at a new job at an up and coming gaming company. Meanwhile the girls struggle to land concert tickets for an in-demand concert.

## Episode Summary

### *Opening scenes*

The episode opens with Dean complimenting the view from his bedroom window; imagining himself on vacation. He gets quickly snapped back to reality by Rachel soon afterwards when she reminds him of their current financial situation. The conversation eventually leads to the two talking about Dean's employment status, leading to Rachel bringing up the idea for Dean to find a proper job. He mentions that he had lots of bad luck in the past, however. The two decide to make a bet with one another on whether or not Rachel can find him a suitable job on the job site. She expectedly finds him one (a Product Innovation one at a gaming company called Ur Platform), winning the bet, and she encourages Dean to apply for it, before agreeing to help him with his resume.

Following the opening credits, Alexa enters the kitchen/living room to find Jane surrounded by a bunch of her electronic devices. She grabs an apple and asks Jane about what she was doing, however Jane instructs her not to move. Alexa ends up misinterpreting Jane's instruction by dropping her apple and holding her breath, all while Jane explains to her what she was up to - she was planning on purchasing *In the Beat* reunion tickets that morning. Once Jane instructs Alexa to breathe again, Alexa agrees to join Jane's plan and the two share a conversation about it, later inviting (and summoning) Blanket to join in. A little while later Rachel and Dean enter the room, and Dean appears visibly nervous. He and Rachel begin to explain the reasoning behind it before he eventually receives a phone call; excusing him out of the room. Rachel takes notice of the presence of the other girls' devices and begins making sly comments about *In the Beat* before Dean returns, revealing that he landed an interview at Ur Platform. The friends begin to congratulate him as Rachel agrees to dress him up for it.

Jane, Alexa and Blanket are seen staring at their device screens and discussing their upcoming food situation when Rachel introduces a dolled up Dean to them. They all begin to compliment him before he agrees to leave. Jane eventually asks him whether or not he wanted to assign his devices to the ticket task, and he agrees to let them use his laptop. Alexa offers to get it from Dean's bedroom, however he allows Rachel to get it for them instead. They all wish him luck as he leaves for his interview.

### **Plot A: Dean's new job**

Dean arrives in the lobby of Ur Platform's building and takes a seat outside of a boardroom. He ends up sitting next to another candidate named Reuben Fisherman, and the two share a friendly conversation introducing themselves to each other. After a little while two of Ur Platform's bosses, named Trevor and Hank, instruct both of the men to be interviewed at the same time, notably due to time constraints. Although the two appear to be confused at first, they eventually agree by following the men into the boardroom.

Trevor and Hank greet Dean and Reuben with a handshake and instructs them to take a seat at a table. The pair of managers introduce themselves before they instruct the others to do the same. They ask Dean to go first, and he introduces himself by mentioning his education and previous experience. The speech comes off visibly awkwardly. After this the managers ask Reuben to introduce himself, and he does so rather impressingly. He ends up going into a long-winded speech about his experience, causing Dean to zone out.

Around twenty minutes later Reuben finally concludes his speech, causing Trevor and Hank to applaud him with interest. They also attempt to ask Dean about what he thought about Reuben's speech, however Dean immediately gets startled as he was previously zoned out. The three share a laugh at his confusion as the two managers agree to have a private discussion about their candidates. As they get up to leave the table, Dean ends up attempting to leave himself as he accepts defeat. Just as he turns to leave Hank stops him by asking about where he was going. He tells them about his desire to accept defeat to Reuben, however Hank tells him that he actually got a job alongside (actually under) Reuben. The two candidates are thrilled when it is revealed that they were scheduled to officially start later that afternoon. Dean ends up asking them about what job he was going to do. The scene then cuts to later that afternoon, where Dean can be seen asking his new coworkers about how they currently took their coffees. It is soon revealed that he was undertaking an assistant position.

Trevor walks Reuben to his new office and he immediately appears impressed with it. Trevor then leaves the room, leaving Reuben on his own. Reuben then proceeds to admire his office until his attention gets drawn to his chair, causing him to spin in it and fall off of it. Dean ends up entering the room with Reuben on the ground and the two share a conversation about their upcoming work. Reuben assures Dean that he had no work to do, which Dean eventually protests at. Reuben finally breaks by assigning him an "important" job. The scene then cuts to Reuben talking on the phone while Dean gives him a pedicure. Dean ends up making Reuben feel uncomfortable, causing Dean to feel frustrated. He insists on him to give him some proper work, however he assigns him to grab him a special order of coffee instead. Dean makes note of his order as he leaves him.

Dean is seen carrying Reuben's large hot cup of coffee through his work break room when Reuben suddenly startles him, causing him to drop the coffee onto his right foot. Dean's reaction ends up getting a little delayed before he ends up ripping his shoe and sock off. As he begins to attract stares from his coworkers, Dean agrees to quit his job by storming out of the room. Reuben attempts to interrupt him by reminding him of his coffee order. Dean responds by chucking his hot and damp sock at him.

Reuben follows Dean out into the lobby and corners him; begging him not to leave. Dean then goes into a rant about his "odd" jobs, which Reuben eventually apologises to him for. He then convinces him to stay, even offering to give him a foot massage. This makes Dean agree to stay. After a little while Hank and Trevor find the pair in the lobby and they share a brief conversation with them. After the conversation Reuben once again mentions his lack of coffee, making Dean annoyed.

Following his ordeal in the living room (Plot B), Dean joins Rachel in bed and debriefs her about his day. The conversation ends in Dean mentioning the burns on his foot. The episode concludes with Rachel insulting the look of his toes.

### **Plot B: Concert ticket mayhem**

At 10:13, Jane, Alexa and Blanket are seen discussing their favourite *In the Beat* songs while they patiently wait for 11:00 to come around. Once Blanket and Jane reveal theirs it instructs Alexa to tell them her's, however she lets them guess it by providing them with a vague statement. The pair then attempt to guess the name of her favourite song by naming a bunch of different ones, however all of them are mentioned to be false.

Around forty-five minutes later Jane and Blanket are still seen guessing Alexa's favourite *In the Beat* song with no success. Rachel ends up fed up and finally reveals her guess ("How Ya Doin'?"), which ends up being correct. It is then revealed that the song was already guessed around half an hour before, however Alexa doesn't appear to remember it. Suddenly Jane's clock ends up alarming 11:00, meaning that the concert tickets were officially on sale. Jane then instructs the two girls to consistently stare at their screens; anticipating an entry into the ticket queue. The three appear to look between their screens frantically as Rachel calmly sips a beverage in the kitchen in amusement.

Around six hours later the girls still appear to be in the ticket lobby with no success. The doorbell ends up ringing and they instruct Rachel to answer it. It ends up being a pizza delivery guy. Once he hands Rachel the food, he instructs her to pay him a total of $69. When she begins to protest it is established that the guy was making the number up because he was obsessed with the number 69. He then goes into his obsession with the number before Rachel forces him out of the house in disgust. Once he leaves she hands her friends their pizzas and begins to rant about the ingredients she already had in the house to cook food. The friends choose to ignore her as they begin eating the pizzas anyway. Jane ends up biting into a pizza with extra pepper on it, causing her to guzzle the bottle of orange soda. After a little while, Blanket ends up finally getting at the front of the queue in the ticket line, and her and Jane egg her on as she goes to purchase her tickets. Unfortunately, Blanket ends up getting kicked to the back of the queue after she attempts to submit her payment. This leaves the girls feeling frustrated.

Another two hours later, the three girls are still seen to be in the ticket queue with no success. Rachel is seen eating a bowl of miso soup in the kitchen, revealing to her friends that she managed to cook it and do several other things all while the girls were waiting in the ticket queue. Alexa then offers for the friends to finally give up, however Jane and Blanket persist on staying. Rachel ends up leaving the friends alone by agreeing to read a book in bed. She ends up leaving the room while Dean returns home with one shoe on. He then asks the girls about their day, and they tell him about their little success. He then proceeds to pick up Alexa's phone off of the floor, refresh the queue page and make his way into the purchase page successfully. This leaves the girls getting frustrated at him, which makes him run away from them to his bedroom.

[The events of the rest of the scene are located in the final paragraph of Plot A above]

## Continuity

### **WildSide**

* Dean's freelance job that was established in Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 1 is mentioned in this episode. It is revealed that he only had 5 gigs total.
* In the Beat, the girl group that was actually formed in Wild Luck Charlie is heavily mentioned in this episode's sub plot. Jane also mentions the song that they performed in that episode, "Wings".
* Dean mentions Rachel styling him in Wild Break-Up.
* As apart of his interview, Dean brings up the speed up device he made in Wild Tennis Tournament, the electronic snake traps from Wild Snake, the communicator apparatus from Wild Smell, the P-Pad device from Wild Oh No!, and the mind reader from Wild and Bad Memories.

## Title Reference

The title of this episode is a reference to a part of a quote stated by the character Rachel Norman in the *WildSide* episode Wild Dine, while justifying her reasons for getting fired from Triquan to her then boyfriend Maze.

## Cast

### **Main Cast**

* Sierra McCormick as Rachel Ford
* Zach Gordon as Dean Ford
* Jamie Cox as Jane Freebairn
* Marija Stove as Alexa Wilson
* Jill To'oh as Blanket Thompson

### **Recurring Cast**

* Isaac Ryan Brown as Reuben Fisherman
* Daniel Ives as The 69 Guy