Mama

Cyrus shows off his injury.

**Mama** is the fourth episode of the second season and the overall 16th episode of **Andi Mack**.

## Short Summary

Andi learns more about her past on the anniversary of the day Bex left home. Jonah attempts to teach Cyrus how to skateboard.

## Long Summary

**Reality**

Bex and Andi are in their apartment playing with Rubiks cubes. Andi suddenly gets a text from CeCe saying that they need to come over to get their stuff or it would be the thrown out. Bex rufuses to go. Andi wonders why, and Bex went into Andi's room. Bex then tells Andi that exactly thirteen years ago, Bex left home.

Bex and Andi go to Celia's house, where Celia doesn't have a clue of what today is. Bex gives up and tries to leave, but Andi blocks her and says if Andi can forgive Bex and Celia for lying to her for thirteen years, Bex can definitely resolve something that happened in the past. Celia says she has a point. Andi always has a point. Andi tries to find Ham but he's at his hot yoga class. Andi didn't know that and Celia slips in a comment that they don't know much about Celia and Ham. Bex begins to get fired up but Andi calms her down. Today is about forgiveness.

Cyrus is reciting Hebrew for his bar mitzvah. Jonah passes by him on a skateboard but stops to say hi to Cyrus, who tells Jonah what he is doing in preparation for his bar mitzvah. Jonah says he's coming to the bar-mitzvah and is saving the date. Jonah asks how to say docious-magocious in Hebrew. Cyrus says you don't and thanks Jonah for his pretend interest. Jonah says to Cyrus not to put himself down. Cyrus says that he isn't. When he is, it's dark. Jonah says he can't speak Hebrew. Cyrus says he'd much rather learn how to stateboard. Jonah says he can teach him.

Bex and Andi look at inappropriate clothing and tanks that Bex wasn't allowed to wear as a teen. Bex then explains to Andi that it wasn't just what Celia said. It was how she said it. She said that Celia would talk to Bex like she was stupid, and everything she did was wrong. Andi then asks Bex what exactly happened.

**Bex's Flashback**

Teenager Bex walks out of her closet. She has red, white, and blue streaks in her hair, and punky, gothlike clothing. She's trying to clean Andi's baby clothes after she got lipstick all over them. After Celia sees it, she gets mad and tells Bex that she wasn't responsible to take care of an infant. Bex gets very stressed and upset at that point.

**Reality**

Bex told Andi that Celia was constantly critizing her. Celia then walks in the room, upset and Bex told her to tell Andi what a terrible child she was. Celia tells Andi that Bex wasn't a terrible child. She just got frustrated when she would cling to her memories.

**Celia's Flashback**

Bex was laying on her bed reading a magazine, and listening to music. Celia walks in, and tells Bex that dinner was ready. Bex didn't want to come though. Celia asks what Bex wanted to do about school. Bex responds rudely. Celia just wants to help. Bex said that Celia did a horrible raising her and that Andi wasn't a second chance.

**Reality**

Andi walks back in the room with Bex and asks for the story of the day Bex left. Bex begins telling the story.

**Flashback**

Celia and Bex had come home from the doctor and had a huge argument on who should take Andi the next time she went to the doctor. Bex is upset because the pediatrician didn't known that Bex was the mother since she was still very young. He even gave her a lollipop. Ham then comes in with baby Andi and said that she had been in the carseat for forty minutes. Both Bex and Celia reach for Andi, which is when Andi said her first word. Mama. Bex is beaming with joy. She tries to make Andi say it again. Andi says it again. But not to Bex. To Celia. Bex was so hurt by that, she realized she needed someone to fill in for her. Bex wanted Andi to have a mom who was ready. Not a teenage mom. Bex knew at once that Andi needed to be raised by Celia.

**Reality**

Bex tells Andi that was the reason why she left the house. It wasn't because of Andi. Celia says that was an amazing sacrifice. Bex and Celia's conflict lowered down because of this conversation.

## Cast

* Andi Mack
* Cyrus Goodman
* Buffy Driscoll
* Jonah Beck
* Bex Mack
* Celia Mack
* Ham
* Millie
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### Main Cast

* Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Andi Mack
* Joshua Rush as Cyrus Goodman
* Sofia Wylie as Buffy Driscoll
* Asher Angel as Jonah Beck
* Lilan Bowden as Bex Mack
* Lauren Tom as Celia Mack

### Guest Starring

* Stoney Westmoreland as Ham
* Juliet Mills as Millie

## Notes and Trivia

* This episode's title originates from Andi's first word, which was Mama.
* The scene where Andi helps Bex solve a Rubix cube was added in by Terri Minsky after she overheard a crew member teaching Lilan Bowden how to solve one.

## Quotes

**Bex (to Celia):** You had your chance to raise a daughter, and you blew it. She's not your do-over.

## Videos

### Episode Trailer

Andi Mack - Mama - Promo - Andi Baby and Young Bex Revelated
### Sneak Peeks

Season 2 Sneak Peek Cyrus Crashes Andi Mack Disney Channel
## See Also

*To view the Mack Chat for this episode, click here.*