All work and no play

Casey goes to see a magician’s show. Flaw is having a day off.

## Episode Summary

Casey and Lieutenant Morry are in a theater. The lights are dimmed, and soon a magician, Escadro, comes on stage. We can hear his opening speech in the background. Morry tells Casey that he wasn’t aware she was interested in magic shows, but he is glad she brought him along. Casey seems offended by the notion, and tells the lieutenant that they are here for a case. Lieutenant, surprised by the news, asks what they are investigating, and Casey tells him that she haven’t been able to figure out how this magician does his tricks. The magician in question finishes up his speech and, after a dramatic bow and applause from the audience, begins the first number, and Casey starts frantically writing things down in her notebook. Lieutenant Morry shrugs and starts to watch the show.

In the US, Flaw is currently blindfolded and lead by Sasha Crow and Thomas through a street. Flaw keeps asking them questions about where they are headed, but the two refuse to tell him. Finally, they arrive at their destination and Thomas takes off Flaw’s blindfold. Flaw is unimpressed that they decided to take him to shopping mall, and tries to walk out, but Sasha takes him by the shoulders and tells him that he needs a day off. Flaw tries to wriggle out of her grasp, but Thomas starts sniffling tearfully, and Flaw crossly submits. The other two two high five, and the group enters the mall.

First they decide to go to a clothing store, where a make over montage for Flaw ensues. It is interrupted by the alarm going off, and we see a person running out of the store with a full bag of clothes in their hands. Flaw, still dressed in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt, sets off after them. Sasha and Thomas exchange an exasperated look, sigh simultaneously and proceed to the counter to pay for their purchases.

The magician’s show continues, and now a typical sawing-in-half trick is being performed. Lieutenant Morry excitedly whispers to Casey that he knows how this trick is performed, but she shushes him, still scribbling in her notebook. Escadro the magician, as expected, puts his assistant in a box and saws her in half. However, afterwards he opens the box with the lower half of the body, and the legs jump out of the box and start tap dancing. Lieutenant Morry is now sitting with his mouth hanging open, and Casey, with a somewhat smug look on her face, asks him to explain how this trick is performed if he knows it so well.

The legs jump back into the box, and Escadro puts the two halves back together, and the assistant comes out in one piece. The lieutenant faintly suggests that the assistant is a robot with detachable legs. Casey clearly doesn’t think so. She says that they need to investigate this further.

Back to the US, we see the shoplifter being taken in by the police officers. The officers thank Flaw for his help, not recognizing Detective Terra in a Hawaiian shirt. Sasha and Thomas then take Flaw by the forearms and drag him off to an arcade, telling him that his day off isn’t over yet.

In the arcade, a gaming montage ensues. Sasha is winning most of the games. The montage is, once again, interrupted by Flaw noticing that one of the machines is closed for maintenance. He asks the nearby staff what the reason is, and they tell him that something weird started happening to the machine, that it started to gain consciousness of its own. Flaw’s eyes light up and he says that he’s going to take the case with the collective groans of Sasha and Thomas in the background.

Casey and the lieutenant are now backstage, as Escadro tells them he is flattered by Detective Terra visiting his shows. Casey politely nods, and nonchalantly starts sorting through the props while Lieutenant Morry distracts the magician with small talk. She checks the box, which doesn’t have a false bottom or any hidden compartments. She experimentally tries sawing it with the saw, and discovers that the saw is, in fact, very sharp and capable of cutting. Escadro then notices the detective messing with his props, but Casey cuts him off and asks if she could speak with the assistant, as she had been fascinated by the woman’s work. The lieutenant also asks for a cup of tea. The magician nods and walks off to find his assistant. As soon as he leaves, Casey tells lieutenant Morry to get into the box. He complies, but frightfully asks if she’s going to be cutting him in half. Casey nods and closes the box lid to the sound of lieutenant’s protests.

We cut to Flaw explaining how he solved the mystery of the self-aware arcade machine. He tells his crew that it had been a farce made up to sell off machine parts to UK. Thomas nods along and Sasha yawns. She then tells Flaw that they are now going to the movies and she won’t hear any objections. Flaw tries to say that they haven’t tried all the games yet, but a wipe transitions cuts him off. They are now in a movie theatre, and Thomas asks if they can see “All Dogs go to Hollywood”. Sasha buys them tickets and some popcorn. Flaw has a startling realization that he’s still wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

Casey is now cutting through the box in which Lieutenant Morry is trapped in with a saw. The lieutenant begs her to stop, and Casey tells him to look for an exit or any clues, when Escadro the magician enters the backstage along with his assistant. Casey drops the saw and pretends like nothing weird was happening. Escadro introduces his assistant, who is carrying two cups of tea. Casey asks where she learned to tap dance, to which the assistant says that she’s always known how to do that. A loud thud comes from inside the box, and then the lid is thrown open by the lieutenant, who gasps at the air. The lid of the box collides with the tray the assistant had been carrying, and the cups of tea spill onto her. She then starts short circuiting, sparks flying out of her eyes, and she falls onto the floor, her legs detaching from her body. The magician gasps and desperately tries to put her back together as Casey and Lieutenant Morry stare on in shock. The lieutenant then proudly informs Casey that he had been right after all, and Casey nods silently.

As Flaw and the crew wait for their film to start, a man runs out of an auditorium and shouts that a monster just came out of the screen and is wrecking havoc. Flaw moves to go check it out, but Sasha stops him. She tells him that he is having a day off, and the mysteries can wait for once. Thomas agrees and says that the man probably just had never seen a 3D movie before. Flaw agrees, and the three proceed to enter their auditorium, oblivious to the roaring monster breaking through the door behind them.