Camp Cretaceous S2 E4

## Plot

Continuing immediately where the previous episode left off, the kids start running towards the bonfire. However, when Darius climbs a tree to make sure they're still heading in the right direction, he sees that the bonfire is gone. Sammy worries that the people who came to save them gave up, and they missed their chance at being rescued. They run from a dinosaur that vaguely reminds me of an Allosaurus from *Fossil Fighters*, but before they can try to fight it, it's scared off by a bunch of flares, which were fired by an adult. The dinosaur is actually a ceratosaurus. Mitch and Tiff are husband and wife, and they're eco-tourists, which means they travel to exotic places and photograph rare animals. They were fine taking pics of lions and tigers, but when they heard about what happened to Jurassic World, they headed here straight away to take shots of dinos in the wild. Their tough, gruff "friend" is Hap, their tour guide. It's their first time working with him. Kenji tells them that he knows Simon Masrani… or rather, knew him. They haven't seen Brooklynn's videos, or heard of her web channel. They got their signal from the emergency distress beacon right after the boat dropped them off. By morning, they've made it to their camp, which is fairly luxurious, at least to the kids, because there's actual furniture, silverware, a bathroom, etc. This is what Yaz imagined Kenji's penthouse would look like. They tell Mitch and Tiff what they've been through since the start of the show over a real breakfast, with eggs, toast, and bacon. It's mostly been running from dinosaur attacks. They get upset when Tiff mentions losing their friend. Mitch tells them that they'll take them back to the mainland when their boat returns in a few days. Kenji gets annoyed and jealous when Darius and Mitch immediately bond over both being dinosaur nerds. Brooklynn's attempts to talk to and get information out of Hap doesn't go nearly as well. He sees that she has the keycard when it falls out of her pocket, but she gets it back. She tells the others that she's suspicious of him, and thinks he could be working for Mantah Corp. Sammy tells her that the Mantah Corp people who sent her were like corporate spies, not action movie spies. The others tell her not to worry. They should just focus on the fact that they're finally going home in a couple of days. Kenji catches her spying on Hap though. It's weird that a guide for photographers isn't good with cameras. Compies attack Tiff, but Darius saves her. They have trace amounts of venom in their bites. He shows Mitch and Tiff his field guide. Yaz drew all the pictures. Darius offers to show them dinosaurs, but then they hear an alarm blare, due to Brooklynn and Kenji trying to sneak into Hap's yurt. He tells them that they can't go snooping in private places. They should stay out of his yurt. Mitch says he's very protective of it. He won't even allow him or Tiff in. Brooklynn talks to everyone in the bathroom again. Hap is definitely hiding something. Why else would he put an alarm on a yurt? Kenji says that it was freaking him out too. Darius is mad that Brooklynn can't just let this conspiracy stuff go, and for what? A new video to boost her followers? He thinks she's just doing this to get attention, because that's her whole deal, and she's only doing it because she's mad that Mitch and Tiff have never heard of her. Brooklynn accuses Darius of caring more about dinosaurs than actual people. She instantly regrets it when she calls Mitch a cool dad for him though, forgetting for a second that his dad is dead, and everyone else leaves with Mitch and Tiff… except for Kenji. He knows she didn't mean anything with the "dad" comment. It was just a slip up. It happens to everyone, especially him. Darius knows she didn't mean it too. She just needs to give him some time. Kind of like what she advised Sammy to do with Yaz in episode 6. She decides to disarm Hap's alarm and try breaking into the yurt again. She thinks that if she proves she's right, then Darius will have to forgive her, not understanding that that's not how forgiveness works. No one has to forgive someone if they don't want to. It's not the kind of thing that you can force someone to do. Ironically, I'd argue that this show is better at demonstrating this than the Disney TV shows and movies that feature betrayals, like *Raya and the Last Dragon* (which was admittedly more about trust, but still), *Amphibia*, Tangled: The Series, and even Elena of Avalor, which (unlike the other examples in my opinion) is actually also pretty good about the whole "forgiveness is subjective" thing. The kids arguably "betray" each other a few times in almost every season (and it's a different character each time, so it's not like they forgot the lesson), and each time it takes the other characters different amounts of time to forgive them. Huge spoilers ahead, but I'd argue that in season 1, it was Sammy with lying about Brooklynn's phone and spying for Mantah Corp, it's possibly Darius at the end of season 3 for putting together a risky plan to rescue Brooklynn instead of doing what the bad guys want and hoping they'll keep their word (which is what Kenji wants to do), and in season 5 it's Kenji himself. The four R's of forgiveness are Responsibility, Remorse, Restoration, and Renewal. I'd argue that I have problems with forgiving people. I've been known to hold a grudge, or worry that other people have ulterior motives, but I know that just leads to unwarranted suspicion, paranoia, and deeply held; corrosive anger, which isn't healthy for me, physically or mentally, even if most of that anger is towards fictional characters. Anyway, Hap stayed behind to make sure that Brooklynn and Kenji "didn't get into any trouble." Darius shows Mitch and Tiff brachiosauruses. They can also go to the watering hole. Kenji has fallen asleep. Brooklynn and Hap are staring each other down, but he leaves when Tiff contacts him on the radio, and she falls asleep. It turns out that she was just faking it. She and Kenji overhear him refusing to do something for Mitch and Tiff, and yelling that he'll take care of the kids himself. He sees Brooklynn and Kenji running into the jungle and goes after them. Tiff tells Mitch that they should head back to camp, because she just had an odd conversation with Hap. Sammy and Yaz are worried, but Darius thinks everything is fine. No one is there though. Tiff and Mitch excuse themselves to have a grown up conversation. Hap grabs Brooklynn, so she elbows him, and he shoves her to the ground, which makes Kenji trip. He corners them and tells them that they have no idea who they're dealing with. Suddenly, someone hits him on the back of the head with a branch and knocks him out. It's Ben, alive and well, with a grown up Bumpy.