I Didn't Know You Knew How to Snowboard

**I Didn't Know You Knew How to Snowboard** is the eighth episode of season two, and the 22nd episode of the CFK 2 Go! series *Wild2ide*. It is scheduled to air on April 6, 2024.

This episode was the eighth episode to be filmed in Season 2. Primary production took place between January 8-12, 2024.

## Overview

When a tragic accident leaves Dean in a coma, all of his close (or not so close) family and friends of past and present pay him a visit.

## Episode Summary

The episode opens with a very brief recap of the events of the previous episode leading up to Dean's accident.

Following the recap, a dramatic montage of the other friends are displayed in slow motion; demonstrating the sequence of events that lead to each of them finding out about the accident. Respectfully, a series of ambulances and police officers arrive at the scene of the accident and takes Reuben away, Blanket is seen watching TV, Jane is seen doing grocery shopping, Rachel is seen cooking a meal, and Alexa is seen rehearsing lines in her room. Each of the four friends are seen answering the phone and getting emotional as they all immediately rush to the hospital.

Jane, Alexa, Rachel and Blanket manage to arrive in the hospital reception area at the same time. They are all seen expressing their concern for the situation and wondering about the whereabouts of Reuben. Rachel then asks the receptionist at the desk about Dean's situation, and she fills her in by telling her about the accident itself and the fact that he was currently getting emergency surgery done at that moment. She also promises to give Rachel immediate updates as she turns to re-approach her friends. She then proceeds to tell them about the things that the receptionist said to her before Reuben finally arrives with a police officer on his arm. All of the friends express concern for him as the officer lets him go. Reuben then begins to go into the circumstances of the accident before the receptionist calls Rachel back over. She gives her the update that Dean's surgery was now finished, and instructs the friends to make their way to the trauma unit. They expectedly follow her instructions.

The friends make their way to the trauma unit waiting area when they are greeted by a doctor. He then briefs them about the circumstances surrounding the surgery, and lets them know that Dean was placed in a coma at that point. He also instructs them that he and his team wasn't sure about whether or not Dean if and when would wake up. After a brief moment of reflection, the doctor then asks the friends whether or not they wanted to see him. The four women do, however Reuben agrees to stay back; citing guilt. Alexa encourages him to hurry along anyway, and he does.

The five friends enter Dean's hospital room with the doctor to find him lying still, attached to several machines and with several broken bones. They all visibly appear distraught at the sight. Reuben appears to be the most affected by the sight and agrees to leave them. The four others then stand around Dean, and Jane proceeds to make a comment about his socks. Not long later Alexa decides to go after Reuben, and her, Jane and Blanket agree to go with her.

The three women soon find Reuben sitting in the corner of the trauma waiting room. They soon approach him and ask him about why he was feeling upset, and he goes into further detail about the accident. They all comfort him, ending with a hug. A few seconds later Rachel joins them and asks them about Reuben's wellbeing. They all fill her in before the conversation shifts back to Dean. Rachel offers to stay by his side in the hospital room, and the others agree to wait outside in the waiting room.

Rachel re-enters Dean's hospital room holding a bouquet of flowers and places it on his bedside table. She then pulls up a chair and sits next to his bed; clasping his hand in hers in the process. She begins to talk to him, where the conversation quickly shifts to the possibility of Dean dreaming while he was in his coma.

The scene shifts to Dean's dream, where he is seen waking up in his old bedroom in Denver. Appearing to be a little amnesiac yet healthy, Dean appears a little confused at his whereabouts a begins to call out the names of his friends. He quickly realises that he was home alone, so he decides to start a party in his old living room by eating junk food and beer and setting up loud music. The party is briefly short lived when he suddenly gets a knock on the door. Believing that it was the police, Dean proceeds to answer the door to find his old friends Julianna and Bill instead. They both appear enthusiastic about the party and enter the house. Dean has a brief chat to them before the doorbell rings again. He answers it to find his old friend Justice arrive. He immediately appears startled at her as the two share a heartfelt conversation. He ends up inviting her in and offering her a bottle of beer before the two settle on the couch. The two share another conversation about their previous interaction with each other, which is established to be the conversation Dean had with Justice's tomb stone a couple of years prior. This (along with the noises of the machines and the tubes up hi nose and mouth) makes Dean make the distressing realisation that he was only dreaming that he was currently in a coma. He and Justice share a conversation about death, which makes Dean visibly upset. The two share an embrace and another heartfelt conversation with one another.

Around a week later, four of the friends are still seen waiting in the trauma waiting room. Alexa and Blanket end up engaging in a small game, making Jane visibly annoyed, before a couple of men enter the room claiming to know Dean. Jane immediately recognises them as they are revealed to be Bruce and Mitch from the original series. The two men are seen arguing with one another to see who could get to visit Dean first. A few seconds later the character Gary Fisherman appears and is seen visibly tired out; implying that he was chasing Bruce and Mitch. The three end up engaging with the friends and each other (including Gary and Reuben's familieral relationship finally getting acknowledged) before the receptionist instructs them that Dean was free to be seen. The three men race into Dean's hospital room.

Rachel (who was sitting at Dean's side) gets startled by the appearance of the three men. When she recognises Gary the two share an embrace, however she continues to question the appearance of Bruce and Mitch. The two continuously express their desire to reconcile with Dean and asks Rachel if she could leave themselves alone with him. Although she appears reluctant at first, she eventually caves, however she remains within earshot in the corridor outside the room.

The scene shifts back to Dean's dream where he is seen adjusting his old living room. The doorbell rings and he answers it to find Gary, Bruce and Mitch at the door. Him and Gary end up sharing a heartfelt embrace before Dean instructs him to the tub of beer. Once Gary leaves he immediately spots Bruce and Mitch and expresses his distaste for their appearance. The two offer him an explanation to why they were there, before Bruce suggests for the pair to have a one-on-one conversation with each other. Dean ends up picking Mitch first, leaving Bruce disappointed. Dean and Mitch then sit on the couch with each other when a couple of revelations about their relationship are revealed. Firstly, Mitch reveals that his old nickname for Dean was supposed to be "Peen" (after *penis*) instead of "Pee", however he went with the later so that he couldn't get into trouble. Secondly, Mitch reveals that Dean was actually his "first love", and that's why he always teased him as a teenager. Dean appears disturbed by this news (it is mentioned that it wasn't out of homophobia, however), and Mitch reveals that he helped him discover his sexuality. He also mentions that he was currently married to a man, however it is immediately implied that it was an open marriage. Mitch offers to kiss Dean, however Dean immediately calls upon Bruce to talk to him instead. During the talk, Bruce apologises for all the wrongdoings he did to Dean in the past. He also offers to be friends with Dean, however he declines at first. At one point Bruce also spots Gary and mentions the thought of "juicing his head". This prompts Dean to ask Bruce to leave so that he could have a talk with Gary. He does, and Dean and Gary end up engaging in a heartfelt conversation. During the conversation Dean mentions his friendship with Reuben, and Gary expresses his desire for Dean to wake up from his coma. Dean responds by emotionally telling him that he wasn't sure if he was going to survive. Gary ends up getting emotional as well as the two share another embrace.

A few days later, the four friends are once again seen still waiting in the trauma waiting room when a man enters and goes straight for the reception desk. He introduces himself as Dean's father Robert Ford, which makes Jane engage in a heated whispered exchange with her friends. The receptionist instructs Robert to take a seat, which prompts him to approach Dean's friends. They all share a brief awkward exchange before the receptionist calls Robert into Dean's hospital room.

Rachel is seen replacing Dean's flowers when Robert knocks on the door. Rachel mistakes him for a doctor at first, however Robert soon reveals his identity to her. The two end up engaging in a heated conversation, where it is revealed that Robert hasn't seen or spoken to Dean in over fifteen years prior to that point. Rachel expresses her concern for Dean, however Robert asks her permission if he could speak to Dean alone. Rachel ends up leaving the room in an emotional state as Robert goes to sit next to his son.

The scene shifts back to Dean's dream where he is seen consuming a beer. The doorbell once again rings and he mistakes it for Alexa as he goes to open it. To his dismay, the guest is revealed to be Robert. Dean responds by chugging down the rest of his beer before inviting his father to enter and sit on the couch. The two share an intense conversation about their past, where Dean eventually attempts to make Robert feel guilty by mentioning the milestones in his life that he missed. Robert attempts to apologise for this, however Dean interrupts him by mentioning the day that Robert abandoned him as a child; also citing it to be one of the most important days of his life. The scene then shifts to a flashback of Robert entering his old living room holding a carry on bag to find a visibly upset eight year old Dean crying on the couch. Robert briefly stops his task by approaching Dean and asking about why he was upset. Dean tells him that he was tired of all of the kids making fun of his name (at the time "Deanolia") and that he wanted to change it. Robert soon suggests for him to shorten his name to "Dean", which he immediately takes a liking to. After this exchange, Robert gets up to leave, and ends up lying to Dean by telling him that he was stepping out to get some milk. Dean ends up believing him as he watches his father leave the house for good. The scene then shifts back to the present, where Dean is seen pacing in ferocity. He tells Robert about all the times he waited for him to return, and even suggests for himself to go by his old name "Deanolia" out of spite. Robert once again attempts to apologise for the past, however Dean simply tells him to get out of his life. Robert obeys his commands as he leaves him alone. Once he leaves, Dean ends up chucking his empty beer bottle at the wall and begins sobbing into his hands. The scene briefly cuts back to the real world where Dean's heart rate can be seen racing with his father sitting next to him. A doctor then enters and instructs Robert to leave, in which he obeys.

A few days later, Alexa enters the hospital room with Jane and ends up putting her own bouquet of flowers on his dressing table. Her and Jane end up sharing a brief exchange about the flowers and about what Alexa was doing before Jane leaves her alone with him. Alexa then sits on a chair next to him, shares a brief conversation with his unconscious body and begins to sob.

The scene once again shifts to Dean's dream where he is seen sweeping up some glass before the doorbell rings once more. He guesses Alexa once more, and to his surprise it is revealed to be her. She ends up greeting him with a small dance (a call back to their first meeting in Stick By Each Other No Matter What (Part 1)) before he invites her into his old house. He then offers her a beer before she agrees to allow him to take her on a walk. He eventually leads her to his old backyard where the two share a heartfelt conversation about their relationship. While the conversation lasts a little while, it reaches its end when it is revealed that the two still had feelings for each other despite their recent fight. Alexa then mentions the "dream" aspect and the two lean in to kiss each other. The moment is quickly interrupted when Dean pulls away and begins to notice chest pains and struggles to breathe. Alexa calls out for help in the dream and outside of it. When the scene shifts back to real life, Alexa is seen screaming for the doctors to help Dean, as he seen to be seizing. Around a dozen doctors end up rushing into the room and end up approaching Dean, with one noticeably pushing Alexa out of the way. Some of the doctors also instructs Alexa to leave the room. She ends up running out in a panic and approaches her friends in the waiting room. All of the friends are visibly startled by this news. Rachel immediately rushes to the receptionist for an update, however she refuses to give one to her. The friends all appear emotional and defeated, which prompts Reuben to immediately rush out of the room. All of the friends are left confused at him.

Reuben enters the hospital prayer room in distress to find a nun staring at him in concern. He yells at her to leave him alone as he sits down to pray for Dean. A few moments later Alexa, Jane, Rachel and Blanket end up entering the room as well. They all end up engaging in a brief discussion about religion; highlighted by the fact that Alexa identified as Macedonian Orthodox. All of the friends end up taking up seats all around the room and grabbing hands in a prayer for Dean together. At one stage Robert attempts to enter the room, however he gets rejected after the friends all give him a conniving look.

The shot of the five friends holding hands at the end of the previous scene is replicated in the trauma waiting room when the friends receive an update about Dean from a doctor. Here they learn that he only had a 20-25% chance of waking up and that he most likely only had a maximum of one week left to live. The friends all become distraught at this news when they decide to pay Dean another visit. Reuben finally caves and agrees to speak to Dean for the first time in a couple of weeks. After a little while, the friends end up entering the hospital room once more as they crowd around Dean. Reuben ends up taking the main seat.

The scene shifts back to Dean's dream for one final time, where he can be seen packing up his belongings in his old bedroom. Rachel ends up entering the room and the two share an embrace and a heartfelt conversation with one another. After a little while Rachel eventually convinces Dean to come downstairs. He does and ends up getting greeted by Jane and Blanket. He shares another heartfelt conversation with them which ends with Dean mentioning Reuben's whereabouts. A few moments later the camera pans to find Reuben standing off to the side waiting for Dean's exchange. Dean spots him immediately and the two share an embrace before they both walk to the couch together. Once they are seated, the two share a heartfelt conversation resulting in Reuben apologising to Dean. Since Dean appeared to not remember anything after the garage sale in the previous episode, Reuben refuses to confess his wrongdoings, making the other friends visibly annoyed. The conversation shifts to Dean's survival rate, where the friends reveal that they already prayed for him to get better. Jane ends up putting on some music (Long Live) as Reuben makes one final wish for Dean to wake up. All of the friends approach and embrace him in his dream before the scene shifts back to real life, where Dean ends up officially waking up from his coma (the instrumental from the dream transfers into real life with vocals this time). All of his friends appear releaved and elated when they see him as Alexa calls the doctors back in. Around a dozen or so doctors discover Dean's recovery and they all begin to applaud. Dean appears confused at the sight and his state, however his friends decide to cheer him up anyway. Reuben also refuses to accept fault, once again making his friends annoyed. As the friends and doctors continue to cheer, Robert briefly opens the door and ends up making eye contact with Dean. Dean's smile drops as Robert attempts to give him an awkward wave, before closing the door behind him and leaving. Dean is left visibly conflicted as the others continue to celebrate beside him; the episode fading to black and going into the closing credits straight afterwards.

During the closing credits, the scene remains black for a few seconds before several bits of behind the scene footage of the cast is displayed; played over the song Long Live. In the muted footage the cast can be seen doing several things such as mucking around, engaging in bloopers, partying, and lip syncing to the song that was playing.

## Future References (contains spoilers)

The title of this episode is a reference to part of a quote stated by the character Dean Ford in the *WildSide* special Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 3, when he pays a visit to Justice's grave on the morning of the birth of his children.

## Cast

### **Main Cast**

* Zachary Gordon as Dean Ford
* Marija Martin as Alexa Wilson
* Jamie Cox as Jane Freebairn
* Issac Ryan Brown as Reuben Fisherman
* Jill To'oh as Blanket Thompson
* Sierra McCormick as Rachel Norman