Stuck with No Escape

**"Stuck with No Escape"** is the fourteenth episode in Season 3 of ***Stuck in the Middle*** and the fifty-first overall. It first aired on July 3, 2018 to 0.84 million viewers.

## Plot

Harley notices the Diaz kids aren't as tight knit lately, so she uses her Lock Squawk invention to turn the attic into an escape room and acts as the game master.

## Full Plot

Harley is disappointed when the family can no longer do their usual Saturday pancake assembly line in unison. She concludes that the family is no longer as tight as they used to be. So, she decides to come up with a game that will force her siblings to work together. She turns the game room in the attic into an escape room. She uses the Pilgrim land theme because she knows all the Diaz kids hate the Pilgrim land and would want to escape by all means.

Once ready, Harley tricks her siblings to enter the game room. She then locks the room and tells them that they must solve all the clues in order to get the key to escape. The key is locked in a box using the Lock Squawk - a voice password lock that Harley invented in "Stuck with a Hook, Line and Sinker." The game is based on remembering family moments. At first, they don't want to play because they have other things such as Georgie's dance practice and Ethan's date with Chloe. But eventually, Harley convinces them to play along. They solve all the clues until there's just one left. The password to the Lock Squawk is the name of one of Harley's inventions. Unfortunately, none of them can remember the name. Harley brags that she saved the toughest question for last. But then Daphne reminds her siblings to use Diaz cards if they have one against Harley. Luckily, Georgie had got one that afternoon. So, Georgie plays her Diaz card to force Harley to give them the Lock Squawk password.

On their way down after Harley's game, the Diaz kids are shocked to find another door. At first, they think it's still part of Harley's game, but a deep voice tells them that there's a new game master now. It turns out to be Tom and Suzy. They force the kids to play another game together since Harley didn't play in the first game. Otherwise, they won't be able to leave the house for their other activities. The goal of the new game is to find all the letters that spell **D-I-A-Z.** They have 10 minutes to get all the letters. Harley quickly solves a riddle to get the first letter, **D.** After that, they decide to split in order to get the other letters quickly. They agree not to pair up in the usual way. So, Harley pairs with Beast; Georgie pairs with Lewie and Ethan pairs with Daphne.

Ethan and Daphne's clue sends them to act like Rachel in order to find one of the letters. So, they turn on the hot water in the shower which leads them to find the final clue. Harley and Beast find symbols from the periodic table. Harley thinks that they must solve some chemistry equation but Beast rearranges the symbols to spell **"BEHIND BOOKS"** where they find their letter. Georgie and Lewie's clue is about a Diaz tradition. They must dig under the twins' bed where they find a Diaz Awards trophy. The trophy is attached to a letter.

Now that the kids have all the letters, they use them to unlock the door. Tom and Suzy are impressed. After that, the family starts having more fun spending time together.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jenna Ortega  as Harley Diaz
* Isaak Presley as Ethan Diaz
* Ariana Greenblatt as Daphne Diaz
* Kayla Maisonet as Georgie Diaz
* Nicolas Bechtel as Lewie Diaz
* Malachi Barton as Beast Diaz
* Cerina Vincent as Suzy Diaz
* Joe Nieves as Tom Diaz

### Uncredited Cast

* Ronni Hawk as Rachel Diaz (flashback)
* Lauren Pritchard as Bethany Peters (flashback)
* Lulu Lambros as Ellie Peters (flashback)
* Tom Parker as Mr. Pillman (flashback)
* Kate Tomlinson as Hannah Pillman (flashback)
* Olga Merediz as Abuela (flashback)

## Continuity

* The clues to get out of the escape room are based on events from many other episodes and are shown through flashbacks.
* Georgie talks about her dance practices. She joined the dance team in "Stuck with a New Squad".
* Harley locks up the key using the voice-controlled lock - the "Lock Squawk" - she created in "Stuck with a Hook, Line and Sinker".
* Harley's escape room is inspired by lack of harmony in the pancake assembly line. The pancake assembly line was first seen in "Stuck in the Sweet Seat."
* Harley builds the escape-room based on the Pilgrim land where they had the worst vacation ever as mentioned in "Stuck in the Waterpark - The Movie."
* Ethan and Chloe started dating in "Stuck with Rachel's Secret."
* The kids use spectator specs that Harley made for Georgie in "Stuck with a New Squad."
* Georgie plays a Diaz Card to force Harley to give them the password. Diaz cards were introduced in "Stuck Dancing with My Dad."

## Trivia

* This is the second clip show of the series after Stuck in the Diaz Awards.
* Rachel appears in several flashbacks. Even though in Stuck in Spring Break, they edited out Rachel in any footage that she was in. For example, she was edited out of the commercial for Tom's Bait and Bite and replaced with CGI Fireworks.
* Ellie and Bethany Peters and the Pillmans also appeared in flashbacks.
* This episode airs as part of the 2018 Disney Channel **GO!** Summer promotion.
* Ethan mentions Chloe.
* This is the third episode to show clips from previous episodes, after Stuck in the Diaz Awards and Stuck in Spring Break.
* Abuela is seen and heard very briefly during the flashback scene of Harley and Ethan fighting.
* Jenna Ortega would later wear pilgrim clothing again as "Wednesday Addams" to great comedic effect during the series ***Wednesday.***

## References

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