A Delicate Situation

A Delicate Situation is the 9th episode of Season 2 of the cartoon Tales of Little Women. It was released on Netflix on Septenmber 13, 2018.

## Description

Jessica is desperate to impress her family in China but Olivia does not have the heart to tell her that her talents need a lot of work.

## Plot

Jessica comes to the house to visit. She is going to join up with her parents in China in a few days for Chinese New Year. Olivia and Amber greet Jessica and Amber falls down when she attempts to move Jessica's luggage. Jessica has never been to China before so she was not sure what to bring and packed a lot of stuff. Olivia says Jessica is very lucky to go to China. Jessica was nervous about being home alone before going to China so she thanks Olivia for letting her stay at the house. Olivia wants to hear Jessica's ideas for what she will do in China. Amber wants to build a pillow fort with Jessica but Olivia tells Amber to give Jessica lots of time to settle in. Amber asks George if they can play golf but he must work. Amber sees Eva, Quinton and the puppies running out of the house. She asks if they want to draw with her but Eva says that they are in the middle of a scientific breakthrough. Quinton attaches some wheels to his socks. The puppies surround him so he loses his balance and bumps into Ken. Quinton tells him that the skating socks are a new invention. Olivia thinks it is amazing for Jessica in joining her family in China. Jessica is not looking forward to going cause she feels inadequate compared to her cousin. Jessica considers her cousin to be perfect cause she plays the piano, sings and became a cook. Jessica says that her family likes her cousin and that her grandparents will judge Jessica negatively compared to her cousin. Amber has made up pretend best friends since veryone is very busy to play with her. They are Iris, Kim and Egan. Eva and Quinton think it is strange but they play along and leave Amber by herself. Jessica lied to her family that she kept up with her violin playing but she has not played violin since she was five. She has a bad feeling they will ask her to play a song at their Chinese New Year celebration. Olivia says they would might expect Jessica to play a song and thinks Jessica could remember a song. They drive to Jessica's house to get her violin then, they come back to the house. Jessica practices playing the nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. It sounds bad that the puppies howl and run away. Olivia thinks that as Jessica's best friend, she must encourage Jessica. However, Olivia could not recognise what song Jessica was playing. Quinton skates in the room unable to stop. Eva chases him and they bump into each other. They discover they must put brakes on Quinton's socks. Olivia attempts to do a duet with Jessica and plays the piano while Jessica plays the violin. George and Margaret cover their ears while they walk by. They lie cause it is their annual Ear Wax Removal Day. Olivia and Jessica continue playing. The puppies howl again and Amber says they are going out to have a tea party. Jessica asks Olivia if her violin sounded correct. Olivia says it might be out-of-tune but Jessica does not remember how to tune it. She intentionally ruins the violin strings. Olivia attempts to think of other things Jessica could do at the celebration like singing. Jessica agrees and Olivia is glad cause she did not want to affect Jessica's confidence by criticizing her violin playing. Jessica tries singing and the puppies howl outside. Olivia pretends that they are singing with Jessica. Outside, a chipmunk cringes and Amber covers her ears while the puppies continue howling. Olivia calls for a snack break. In the camper van, Eva and Quinton attempt to name their sock skates. Amber joins them for her tea party. She has another fake best friend named Ali, Egan's brother. Olivia stalls for time so she does not have to hear Jessica sing. Jessica says she does not want to sing in case she must do it acapella. Olivia says they can think of something else like cooking. Olivia suggests that they cook noodles. Jessica cooks noodles but the sauce tastes bad and she did not cook the noodles properly. She serves it to Eva and Quinton. They do not like it and warn Amber not to eat it. Jessica knows it is bad but Olivia lies that it is not. Jessica overhears Olivia telling Eva and Quinton that it has been rough assisting Jessica. Quinton calls Jessica's singing painful and Eva says Jessica was not good at anything she tried that day. Jessica walks away sadly. Olivia tells her sisters and Quinton that Jessica must be herself and does not need to prove herself to anybody. Olivia discovers that Jessica and her luggage are gone. Olivia gets in her car and finds Jessica skateboarding home. Jessica tells Olivia that she overheard her, her sisters and Quinton and Olivia discovers how bad it sounded. Olivia apologises for not being upfront with Jessica. She promises to be honest with Jessica and gestures for Jessica to get in the car. Jessica wants to keep skateboarding so she gives Olivia her luggage and meets her back at the house. Olivia sees Jessica do a skateboarding trick and then, she bumps into Ken. Eva and Quinton see Amber sitting down by herself. She says that her fake best friends went home. Eva and Quinton have run out of socks to create more skate sock prototypes. They ask Amber if she will assist them in testing them out with tinier socks and she agrees. Quinton says Margaret will be unhappy when she discovers that all of the socks in the house are ruined. Olivia gets the skateboarding ramp out in the backyard and says Jessica's family will be impressed with her skateboarding. Jessica keeps comparing herself to her cousin so Olivia tells Jessica that she is unique and their Chinese New Year celebration is not a contest. Jessica remembers her grandma saying something similar. Olivia learns that being supportive of your best friends while being honest is not always simple but being very honest in a loving way is the best approach. Jessica goes to China and sends Olivia a postcard. Jessica tells Olivia that she made noodles with her grandma, watched a fireworks show and the lion and dragon dance at Chinese New Year and went to a skate park with her cousin. Jessica's cousin asked her for skating tips. Jessica thanks Olivia for being her friend.

## Cast

* Olivia Chu as Olivia March
* Eva Yan as Eva March
* Garland Whitt as Quinton Carson
* Amber Lau as Amber March
* Ritesh Rajan as Ken Carson
* Cassie Li as Jessica Wang
* Lisa Fuson as Margaret
* Greg Chun as George

Other characters include Lucy, BJ, WIlly and Emily.

## Trivia

* In Olivia's Chinese New Year 2018 vlog, she says that Jessica's family is in New York City for the 2018 Chinese New Year. In this episode, Jessica goes to China to spend Chinese New Year with her family. Either this episode is not set in 2018 or it is a continuity mistake.
* In Olivia's Chinese New Year 2018 vlog, Olivia mentions that the name of Jessica's cousin is Xiaowen.
* When Jessica imitates her grandparents, she says, "Aiya!" According to Fandom, this is an exclamatory phrase expressing surprise, blame, dismay, shock or fear.