Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 3

**Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 3** is the third of three parts to the *WildSide* reunion special, Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep). It will officially be counted as the 103rd episode of the Comedies for Kids series *WildSide*. It premiered on the *CFK 2 Go!* app on July 9, 2021.

## Overview

A heartbroken Dean returns home to Philadelphia, only to have a surprise visitor show up at his door for an unexpected pep-talk.

## Episode Summary

The episode opens with a cinematic-esque series of scenes with Rachel belting out Astronomy over the top of them. The scenes showcase Dean emotionally packing his bags, leaving the hotel room, waiting for a cab, riding in a cab, walking through the airport and boarding a plane, while at the same time showcasing Rachel packing her bags (including taking off her engagement ring), writing a song (possibly Astronomy), and performing the song by herself on an acoustic guitar.

At the conclusion of the song, the episode resumes back to its normal multi-camera sitcom set-up, with Justice and Gary entering Rachel's hotel room with her bags packed. Rachel immediately breaks down in tears, and she explains to the pair about what had occurred between her and Dean. Both Gary and Justice offer her support during this. After a little while, Justice receives a "text" on her phone, telling her that she had a job interview in California that she needed to be there for the following day. She leaves Gary with Rachel, and the viewers are led to believe that she travelled back to California.

The following day, a heart-broken Dean arrives at his mother's house in Philadelphia. He is automatically greeted by his old friend Brian, who reveals himself to be Dean's father. The two share a discussion about Rachel, and Dean tells Brian that he needed a miracle to happen to make himself feel better. At that moment the two hear a knock at the door, and Dean decides to go and answer it. To his surprise, it was actually JUSTICE at the door! Confused, he invites her into his home, and the two share a heart-felt discussion resulting in the two becoming friends. During the discussion, Justice reminds Dean that the kiss between Rachel and Maze meant nothing, and that Rachel truly loved and cared about Dean. After this comment, Dean makes the realisation that he made a mistake calling off the wedding, and once again asks for a miracle to occur. Suitably after that moment there is a knock on his door again, and this time it's Rachel! The two quickly rekindle their romance, and agree to put their wedding back on in Philadelphia.

Later that day the viewers meet Rachel's bridesmaids Teddy Duncan and Bear, as the two along with Justice support Rachel in her dressing room. It is also revealed that Justice swapped out their bridesmaid dresses for suits.

A while later, Dean enters Rachel's dressing room and accidentally sees her in her wedding dress. Dean doesn't appear to be bothered by this, and the two share a warm embrace as a result. During this scene Dean also uses Rachel's old catch phrase from the original series ("RAN-DOM!"), making Rachel annoyed. It is revealed that the word and that tone was actually needed to voice activate a series of electric fans in her dressing room. As a result, the fans end up turning on after Rachel finally says the phrase.

At the commencement of the ceremony, Minister Dave introduces himself to the small number of guests before the party begins to walk down the aisle. One-by-one, each bridesmaid and groomsmen take turns walking down the aisle. After this, Rachel finally arrives, and Brian offers to play the role of her father to give her away. Rachel hesitantly accepts this and walks down the aisle hand in hand with him. The bittersweet moment is quickly interrupted by Gary receiving a text message, which states that he officially became America's Richest Man and that the crowning ceremony was scheduled to take place after the wedding ceremony. Meanwhile, Rachel makes her way to the alter, and Dean and Justice kiss her on the cheek. After this, Minister Dave kisses Rachel on the lips, making Dean furious. Then, the ceremony officially begins. Minister Dave offers objections, and instructs Dean and Rachel to exchange their vows. They emotionally do so, and are then asked to perform their "I do's". The two kiss before Minister Dave's instruction, and they quickly excuse themselves to "be married" for a short while. The rest of the characters make their way to Gary's America's Richest Man ceremony.

At the ceremony, Bear spots a visibly upset Justice sitting alone, and begins to have a discussion with her. During this discussion, Justice reveals her feelings towards her friends' lives, and immediately blames it on her personality during her teenage years. A while later, the ceremony commences, with Rachel and Dean joining in late. Gary is officially crowned America's Richest Man, and he invites all of his friends on stage to celebrate it with him. He also decides to make the ceremony about them by asking them to reveal their secrets. Anticlimactically, Bill and Julianna reveal their real surnames ("Adviceman" and "Triquanni"). Then, out of nowhere, Rachel reveals that she is pregnant with twins. The special concludes with Gary thanking the audience for being there for him and his friends (which actually served as a thank you speech for the fans of the series).

### **Epilogue**

At the conclusion of the closing credits, the episode flashes forward to around 8.5 months later to a scene of Dean and Rachel in the hospital; revealing the birth of their twins, Tyler and Grant. It is soon revealed that the entire special was told as a story by Dean to his children, with Rachel close by in her hospital bed. At the conclusion of the story, Dean and Rachel have a short conversation about their new lives, until Gary enters the hospital room to check up on them. Dean shows Gary one of his sons, Grant, and Gary makes a mean comment about Grant's appearance. After this, Gary begins to reflect on the moment with his friends, and makes a comment about how each of them ended up with "happy endings". Rachel and Dean quickly remind him about Justice, who was revealed to have passed away a few month's prior. Dean then proceeds to tell his friends about the time he visited Justice's gravestone; which occurred that morning.

During the quick flashback, Dean pays a visit to Justice's gravesite, and it is quickly revealed that Justice lost her life during a freak snowboard accident. Dean makes a comment about this, before making a heartfelt speech to her. During his speech, he mentions Rachel and her upcoming birth, and reels at the fact that him and Justice just became friends. At the conclusion of his speech, Dean decides to make the situation light-hearted by sticking thumb-tacks into her gravestone and covering it with flour (a heart-touching reference to events from Wild Snake and Wild Injury). Unfortunately, Dean is quickly caught by a cemetery employee. He attempts to argue with her, before making a run for it.

The scene flashes back to the present, and Dean explains to his friends how he managed to get away from the employee. Rachel and Gary then begin making comments about how much they miss Justice, until Gary receives a message on his phone. The message reveals that Gary has just been knocked from his "America's Richest Man" title, to a man who makes "electric flying cars". This contradicted Gary's comment from earlier, which meant that Dean and Rachel were the only ones who ended up with "happy endings" from the special.

## Continuity

* Justice and Gary comforting Rachel after her break-up with Dean almost mirrors a similar scene in Wild Finale.
* In this episode it is revealed that Dean's old neighbour Brian married Dean's mother (Nora) a few years back. Brian's crush on Nora was first established in Wild Life Before.
* Justice's hatred of Dean, first established in Wild Pilot, was revealed to be caused by Justice having a previous relationship with Brian prior to the events of the Pilot.
* Teddy references singing Wings with Rachel in Wild Luck Charlie.
* Dean uses his "hi future wife" line from Wild Pilot and Wild Finale.
* Upon seeing Rachel in her wedding dress, Dean asks her "What is this? A formal occasion?". This was a direct quote from Rachel in Wild Valentine's Day after Dean purchases her a wedding dress.
* Both Dean and Rachel mention Dean falling in love with Rachel at first sight in Wild Pilot.
* In this episode Gary finally experiences his recurring dream of becoming America's Richest Man. The dream was first seen in Wild Embarrassment, and is mentioned for the last time in Wild Psychic.
* Towards the end of his visit to Justice's grave, Dean sticks thumb tacks into it and covers it in flour. This was a reference to events from Wild Snake and Wild Injury.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Sierra McCormick as Rachel Norman
* Zach Gordon as Dean Ford
* Chloe Moretz as Justice Leonardo
* Kyle Massey as Gary Fisherman
* Ryan Gornman as Bill
* T'Keyah Crystal Keymah as Julianna

### Recurring Cast

* Sam Keller as Brian
* Bridgit Mendler as Teddy Duncan

## Trivia

* This episode wrapped on December 18, 2021, which ended up being Bridgit Mendler's birthday. The cast a crew celebrated it on set.
* This episode reveals that Rachel is a songwriter, although it is currently unknown whether or not she sings professionally.
* Many fans consider Dean catching a plane to Philadelphia to be ironic, given that the episode was shot during COVID-19 global pandemic where flights were suspended or cancelled.
* It is revealed that Brian married Dean's mother, Nora, a few years prior to this episode.
* This episode reveals that Justice and Brian dated prior to the events of Wild Pilot. It is also revealed that he broke her heart, which became the primary reason to her hatred towards Dean.
* Brian appeared to have a crush on both Justice and Rachel in this episode, despite being married to Nora.
	+ Sam Keller, the actor who played Brian, started dating Sierra McCormick soon after the production of this episode wrapped. As of July 2021, the pair are still together.
* It is revealed that Rachel set her voice activated fans to turn on at the word "RAN-DOM!" (her well-known catch phrase from the original series).
* Similarly to Lil Nas X, Dylan Nalbandian was a die-hard WildSide fan before being casted in the special.
* Minister Dave's comments about Rachel's kissing is a reference to Sierra McCormick's kissing in real life. Many people that she has kissed has admitted that she was a good kisser.
* It is revealed that Justice and Bear has kissed Rachel before.
	+ This is actually a true case for the actors. Sierra and Chloe have kissed multiple times over the years (most famously at their 2020 New Years' Concert at Madison Square Garden), and Sierra and Lesley previously played love interests in the Netflix film *The Women Behind Bars* released in 2018.
* The scene where Rachel and Dean share their wedding vows took more than six hours to film as both actors had a very difficult time filming it. This was because Sierra and Zach previously dated and they found the scene emotionally draining.
* Gary's thank you speech at the end of the episode was actually a tribute to the fans.
* Rachel and Dean's son's names, Tyler and Grant, are a reference to Zach Gordon's early acting role in the 2000s sitcom *How I Met Your Mother*. During the episode "The Stinsons", Zach played the role of a child actor named Grant who pretended to be Barney's son called Tyler.
* The epilogue scenes were filmed in April 2021.
* Justice's birthday is revealed to be October 3, 1997.