Secrets, at Feelside

Secrets, at Feelside, is the forth episode of season 1 of Feelside (2015). It aired on EMINX and EKTV on July 20, 2015. This was the first episode of Feelside that aired after it's weekend break.

## Plot

Chelsea, in desperate need to save her job, is forced to fire Molly from Say Cheese. Dalton talks to Amber for the first time after their sudden breakup. Izaiah and Molly start a romantic “relationship” together. London and Dalton’s pet birds, Azul and Millie, escape and Romello’s guitar strings are mysteriously broken. The music video for “Superstar” begins filming.

## Summary

The episode begins at Saplimited in the evening, Chelsea is sitting in an office with Gina and Alfredo. Molly’s parents are sitting in the back with worried looks displayed on their faces. Alfredo and Gina further explain the ongoing conflict between the Ferrells and Caldwells.

The Ferrells began the conflict many years ago, way before Feelside became what it is today. Alfredo’s great grandparents argued with Sherrie’s great grandparents over who was going to be in ownership of Feelside. The argument drew national attention and was taken to the Supreme Court, their case was called “Ferrells v Caldwells”. Over 4 months later, the Ferrells won the case and were in ownership of Feelside City (now known as Feelside, if it wasn’t made obvious already). Several years later, the grandparents and the next generation of Ferrells took ownership of Feelside and started a corporation called Saplimited, which owned many franchises around the city including Say Cheese. When Saplimited began to gain many new employees, Sherrie Caldwell and Bruno Joyce (now Caldwell) joined the corporation. Chelsea Whitaker and her late siblings joined as well. Chelsea is close friends with the Caldwells. In the early 2010s, Chelsea fell in love with Stanley Ferrell and they eventually got married, which sparked outrage in the Ferrells and Caldwells and revived their rivalry. The rivalry died down but reappeared last year, when Bruno and Sherrie wanted to work in a higher position at Saplimited and treat their coworkers and employees a lot better. Chelsea thinks that the rivalry is unnecessary, so does Stanley. This pisses off the Ferrells and forces Chelsea to make a career changing decision: fire Molly and keep her job, or keep Molly and get fired. In fear of losing her manager title, Chelsea regrettably chooses to fire Molly when she comes into work next time.

After the theme song plays, we see Amber and Dalton in chemistry, listening to their teacher, Mr. Russell, explain how copper sulfate is made, wanting his students to try it out with a partner. Amber wants to work with her friend, Fatima, but is stopped by Mr. Russell, explaining that he will pick partners for everyone. Unironically, Mr. Russell wants Dalton to work with Amber. Amber, visibly disgusted, asks Mr. Russel if she can work with Fatima. Mr. Russel doesn’t answer, getting back to work entering grades into his grade book. Amber stomps away from Mr. Russel’s desk to one of the lab tables where Dalton is, reading the instructions to make copper sulfate. Dalton attempts to start a conversation with Amber, but she doesn’t respond. He gives up on talking to her and gets started on the experiment. He grabs a beaker and fills it up with water and sulfuric acid. Dalton lets Amber put the two copper wires in the beaker and connect the battery to the wires. While the copper sulfate is in the process of crystallization, Amber grabs a lighter out of her jean pocket and without Dalton noticing, she lights one of the copper wires on fire and makes the beaker and its contents explode, ruining the lab table and spreading ashes over Dalton’s face. The class turns around in shock, so does Mr. Russel. Amber explains that it was an “accident” and she didn’t mean to make it explode. Without further explanation, the scene switches.

Molly is seen at the entrance of Feelside Performing Arts School, sitting on one of the steps finishing an assignment on her laptop. Izaiah, who was looking for Molly, runs up to her, unintentionally scaring her. Izaiah asks Molly to do a favor for her: which is to be his fake girlfriend. Molly, dazed and confused, asks why Izaiah wants to fake date her. Izaiah whispers inaudibly in Molly's ear and tells her his secret. Molly accepts Izaiah's favor and goes about her day. Izaiah sighs of relief. As Izaiah walks away, his friend, Alex Potts, appears to be coming out of a bush, where he was supposedly hiding. He was able to hear Izaiah's secret and he is shocked.

In the next scene, Sugar and Spice and a group of paid dancers are gathering at a beach in Feelside. They are almost ready to get to work on the music video for Sugar and Spice's debut single "Superstar". Amber is standing next to a cameraman and an London, who is responsible for the dancer's choreography. Amber is giving everyone instructions on how to act on set. When she is done, she gives her dancers time to ask questions before filming began. Many of the dancers, especially the male ones, asked ridiculous questions, pissing Amber off. She stops taking questions from her dancers and gets started on filming.

Molly is at Say Cheese, preparing to start her afternoon shift. While she is putting her work outfit on, Chelsea walks in and asks for Molly to come to her office to talk. Once Molly puts her nametag on, she follows Chelsea into her office. When they arrive, Molly, concerned, takes a seat. Chelsea tells Molly that in order to save her job, Molly must be fired. Molly asks for further explanation. Chelsea can't reveal most of the details of why Molly is getting fired, however, she does mention the Caldwells and Ferrells feud, before swiftly leaving her office to answer a call. Molly takes a second to process what had just happened and eventually leaves to get out of her uniform.

It is now nighttime and Amber and her crew are returning to campus after filming "Superstar"'s music video. Amber and London spot Romello and Dalton conversing at a table, both appearing physically anxious. London goes over there to see what's going on. Romello tells London that someone broke the strings on his guitar and that Dalton and London's birds, Azul and Millie, escaped out of their cages. London runs away to go look for the birds. Romello and Dalton join her in the search. Amber goes to her dorm, not offering to help.

Izaiah and Molly are at the outdoor area on campus, working on a song together. Molly is adding lyrics and Izaiah is playing his keyboard to see what chords would fit with the song best. While Molly is writing down lyrics, two colorful birds fly by her, Millie ends up snatching her pen. One of Azul's feathers lands on Izaiah's jacket. London, Dalton, and Romello show up just in time to find the birds flying around. Both London and Dalton yell Azul and Millie's names and get their birds back. Romello pulls the guitar out of his guitar bag and takes a look at the strings, realizing it was the birds that broke them. Romello laughs it off, glad it wasn't someone else that broke the strings.

The next day, Molly is seen at her gym locker, putting on perfume and retouching her makeup. She is confronted by Amber, who heard about Molly's dismissal from Say Cheese. Amber seems to be glad that Molly was fired. Amber reveals that she took Molly's place at the pizzeria. She leaves unexpectedly and drops a picture on the ground. Molly picks up the picture and examines it. The picture displays Molly and Amber at a family gathering, when they were really young. Molly is confused and the episode ends.

## Quotes

* *"You either fire Molly and keep your job as manager, or you keep her and you get fired. Make your choice now."* - Gina Caldwell to Chelsea
* *"Do you know how this sand was made? Cause I don't know."* - Background character Andrew
* *"I took your place at Say Cheese. My parents are really, really, proud of you getting laid off."* - Amber to Molly
* *"...What the?"* - Molly looking at the photo Amber accidentally dropped
* *"I guess your birds are the ones that broke the strings! Haha! Good thing it wasn't someone- or something else!"* - Romello

## Trivia

* Xavier Ellis has his first speaking role in the series in this episode.
* Izaiah foreshadows his coming out scene in this episode.
* Franky and Yolanda are seen chatting in the background during Molly's firing scene.