Delicious: Emily's Moms vs Dads/The Father of the Year

This is the sixth and final chapter of Delicious: Moms vs Dads! Now that the competition is over, this is now 'just for fun'! It's time to celebrate!

## Level 51 - Warming Up the Oven

*Father-daughter quality time with extra sugar. Prepare the oven for these guys!*

* Emily and Patrick are live on the laptop!
* Patrick: Okay peanut - for your surprise, we'll be baking some cookies together! And you can choose what cookies we're making - anything goes!
* Paige: Chocolate chips! Wait! Strawberry cookies... No, I got it!
* Paige: Jelly bean gummi worm cookies!
* Patrick: Oookay!
* Paige: Ooh! Ooh! And we should make a batch of unicorn sugar cookies!
* Patrick agrees.
* Patrick: Love it!
* Patrick is making cookies now! Nora enters the kitchen from the left to surprise Emily!
* Nora: Emily! All the TV viewers are going nuts wanting to know what surprises the dads have planned for their kids...
* Emily: Well, I guess we can keep streaming it on my video blog - if you're up for it, I mean.
* Nora: Am I ever!
* Emily: But let me say something first.
* The O'Malley family and Nora are on the video camera!
* Emily: Hey, everyone out there! Instead of just watching from home, why don't you join in the fun?
* Emily: If you want to prepare a surprise for your kids too, come on over! We'll cook something together!
* Nora shuts the laptop.
* Nora: Emily - that was brilliant. Our brand health sentiment index ratings will be off the chart!
* Emily agrees.
* Patrick: Wow, she's really getting good at all this stuff!
* They laugh!

### During the level

* Patrick prepares the oven, as Emily now takes care of Vito Jr!

### Outro

* Patrick is baking cookies, and gets the cookies, presents them!
* Patrick: Whoa! Do these look good!
* The children are happy!
* Mike: You know, Patrick? Seeing how much fun these kids are having is the best prize any of us could wish for.
* Patrick agrees.
* Paige: Mommy doesn't let me put jelly beans in her cookies!
* Patrick: Really? Why's that?
* They taste the cookies!
* Patrick: I guess that's why. Your mommy does know a lot about cooking peanut!
* Emily arrives from the left and tastes the cookies.
* Emily: You know, this is much better than the first cookies I ever made!
* Paige is happy, and everyone laughs!

## Level 52 - A Sweet Surprise

*Mike is going to cook!? All kitchen protocols enabled! Get him what he needs!*

* Nora is live on camera.
* Mike: Time for my surprise, kids!
* The kids are ecstatic!
* Mike: Double upside down pancake cake!
* Paige, Abigail, Sam, and Grace: YAAAAY!
* Emily and Stacey grin. Mike goes to Stacey and Emily.
* Mike: Now uh... let's see. Is it baking soda I need or baking powder?
* Stacey: I'll get it-
* Mike: No, no! I got this...
* Mike heads to the corner.

### Outro

* The food is ready! Mike gets the cake out of the oven!
* Mike serves the cake to the children.
* Francois appears from the right.
* Mike: It uh... it doesn't look quite like I thought it would.
* Francois: The presentation doesn't matter if it tastes delicious!
* Francois tastes the cake.
* Francois: It's um... COUGH! COUGH! Delicious!
* Francois is ill!
* Francois: Water, please!
* Francois rushes to the right to find water.
* The kids eat the cake.
* Abigail: Mmm! Tastes like barkdust!
* Sam: Mmm! Tastes like spiders!
* Mike: Well, looks I've got some work to do to get that recipe down...
* Stacey: You do... but in the meantime, your best will do just fine.
* Stacey and Mike kiss.

## Level 53 - Absent Minded

*Love might fly in and out, but a good friend stays forever. Cheer up Sharon!*

* During Emily and Patrick's work, Sharon appears from the left.
* Sharon: I heard you had some delicious cookies over here.
* Grace and Paige are happy to see their mothers!
* Grace feeds Sharon a cookie! It tastes so tasty!
* Emily: Paige's recipe.
* Grace looks around for her father.
* Grace: Mommy! Mommy! Where's Daddy?
* Sharon: He's on another work trip, princess. He'll be back before too long.
* Emily: Grace - Paige wants to try a new cookie recipe. Want to help?
* Grace accepts her help.
* Patrick continues working after children arrive. Emily comes closer to Sharon.
* Emily: Want to talk?
* Sharon: If it's all the same to you, do you mind if we just sit down and have some coffee?
* Emily: Of course.
* Emily takes the coffee and they sat on the table.

### During the level

* Emily cheers up Sharon.
* Sharon: I mean, even after what happened at the sumo battle, he still doesn't get it?
* Sharon: I spent so many years pretending I was happy, I started believing it myself...
* Emily: You need to talk to him, Sharon - tell him how you feel.
* Sharon: I don't want to lose everything I have, but...
* Emily: Would you like to appear in my next video blog? It'll be fun!

### Outro

* Nora gets the video blog up.
* Emily: Hello, everyone! Wow, I feel like it's been forever since I did a normal video blog...
* Emily: Anyhow, my friend and neighbor Sharon, and I, have decided that the men have been having all the fun lately!
* Emily: So, Sharon...?
* Sharon agrees.
* Sharon: So, we're going to mud wrestle.
* Sharon laughs.
* Sharon: Kidding! We're going to make a citrus olive oil cake.
* Chad is back to Snuggford, USA!
* Sharon and Emily's surprised, and Nora is happy!
* Sharon: Chad? I thought you were on a business trip?
* Chad: I was...
* Nora comes closer to Emily.
* Chad: ...bot only so I could turn in my resignation.
* Emily, Sharon and Nora are joyous!
* Chad: I want to be home... with you and Grace.
* Sharon runs to Chad and kisses!
* Sharon: Wait...
* Sharon: Does that mean we're poor now?
* Emily giggles.

## Level 54 - Some Things Never Change

*Can you ever go wrong if you listen to your heart? Keep Levi entertained!*

* Emily: No word from Andy, huh?
* Mary-Lynn: Long gone. Probably touring with his band somewhere.
* Mary-Lynn: Funny - I was just beginning to think he had REALLY changed.
* Emily: I feel partly responsible. If it weren't for this silly contest...
* Mary-Lynn: No... It was thanks to this contest he realized what it meant to be a father... To REALLY love a son...
* Mary-Lynn: But finding out he didn't know his own son as well as he should was a big blow for sure...
* Mary-Lynn: In any case, it was his decision to bail... again.
* Mary-Lynn: It's what he does.

### During the level

* Mary-Lynn keeps Levi entertained throughout the day.

### Outro

* Emily: Well... uh, it looks like we're all done with the dad's surprises for now.
* Emily: Now, I know a lot of you will be disappointed. So I've made sure to-
* Andy rushes into the kitchen!
* Andy: Stop, right therrrrrrrre!
* Mary-Lynn and Levi come closer to Andy! They're happy!
* Andy: Mary-Lynn! I'm back - and my surprise for Levi is ready!

## Level 55 - Reconciliation 'a la carte'

*What big surprise is waiting for Mary-Lynn? Maybe some food will help her and Andy reconcile!*

* Andy first head out of the kitchen to the garden, and Emily, Mary-Lynn, Levi and Nora go after them.
* Emily, Nora, Mary-Lynn and Andy are in the garden! The music's all here!
* Mary-Lynn places Levi to the chair.
* Andy: Thanks for coming, guys. 3, 2, 1...
* The music plays!
* Andy: \*music\* How could a part of me become you? Lovely Levi... So small, so innocent and new... And now I see that...
	+ My life was a wash, a lost lonely sailor on a ship blowing out to sea...
	+ What kind of man would I be if I didn't have Levi with me?
	+ (Oh, sweet baby)
	+ I talk a lot about love, true - my sweet Levi... But what's a love-struck dad to do... And I believe I...
	+ Really thought I knew it all, but something clicked, tore down my walls, and now I see... This piece of me...
	+ And I believe - yes, I believe, we're the perfect three - Mary-Lynn, Levi and me.
* The music finishes! Mary-Lynn steps on the stage!
* Andy: I admit I'm still working on the new lyrics, so there's just some humming here and then the bridge goes something like-
* Mary-Lynn and Andy hugs and kisses! Nora, Emily, Patrick, Sharon and Stacey are happy!

### During the level

* Patrick takes Mary-Lynn and Andy's orders.

### Outro

* Mary-Lynn: Andy, where WERE you?
* Andy: I was feeling sorry for myself... I felt like such a disappointment, I just wanted to bail.
* Mary-Lynn: Again...
* Andy: Mary-Lynn, I used to be scared that being a father would mean losing my freedom...
* Andy comes closer to Mary-Lynn.
* Andy: But now, the thought of not knowing Levi scares me SO much more than that.
* Andy: I want to spend as much time with him as I can. We can do a formal custody arrangement, a weekly calendar - you name it.
* Mary-Lynn: Andy, you won't get to know him overnight, these things take time.
* Mary-Lynn: Bit if you're up for it - if you're serious, we'll have a lot of time from now on...
* Mary-Lynn gives a kiss to Andy.
* Mary-Lynn: ...together.
* Mary-Lynn and Andy share kisses. Andy agrees.
* Mary-Lynn: one thing though - don't give up on your music. As long as you're not on tour all the time... we'll make it work.
* Andy: Done.
* Andy: Now, let's go home, okay?

## Level 56 - The Mess After

*Patrick has resolved to prove he’s learned his lesson… Make his life easier by not burning anything!*

* Emily and Patrick are working. Paige arrives to tell them.
* Paige: Daddy! Daddy! Let's go play outside with Emmy and Vito!
* Patrick: Ooh! We could try out your new marshmallow gun! I-
* The mess is on the overflowing sink, spilled to the floor.
* Patrick: Actually, you know what, sweetpea? Daddy has a LOT of cleaning up to do here, first.
* Patrick: Why don't you guys go outside and play with mommy? Hmm?
* Patrick: Good girl.
* Paige leaves to the right.
* Emily: Thanks, honey.
* Emily and Patrick kiss. Then Emily heads to the right.
* Patrick is up for cleaning the mess!

### Outro

* In the backyard, the children are playing.
* Emily: Look, Vito! Look! A butterfly!
* Vito Jr: Ma aa! Ma aa! Ma ma!
* Emily: Mama! That's right, sweetie! I'm your mama!
* Vito Jr: Mama! Mama! Mama!
* Emily: Your first words!
* Robin flies to Emily! It chirps!
* Emily: You want to play with Chirpy too, Vito?
* Vito Jr: Chi-pi! Chi-pi!
* Emily: You know, it's thanks to your great grandpa Vito that Chirpy is here with us now, sweetie.
* Emily: Oh, Grandpa! I wish you were here to watch them grow up... You'd be SO proud.
* Emily and Vito Jr. watch it flies off!

## Level 57 - A Clean Truce

*Patrick and Chad might end up finding some common ground… or some common tables to clean.*

* Patrick is washing the dishes. Chad enters the kitchen from the right.
* Patrick: Chad? What's up?
* Chad: Oh, not much. I just uh... er...
* Chad: I wanted to thank you for helping me see the light. You're a good father, Patrick.
* Patrick: Wow... thank you, Chad.
* Chad: You uh... you want a hand?
* Patrick: Sure! Grab a towel, you can dry.
* Patrick washes the dishes and Chad is drying dishes.
* Chad: Bet I can wash dishes faster than you...
* Patrick: Bet you can't.
* They're working.
* Chad: No, seriously - wanna bet?
* Patrick: NO.
* Patrick washes the dishes while Chad continues working on drying.

### Outro

* The girls are on the video blog.
* Sharon: Emily, these viewer metrics for your video blog are AMAZING.
* Emily agrees.
* Emily: I know! Nora's done a fantastic job.
* Nora sneezes and Emily gives Nora a hug!
* Sharon, Stacey and Mary-Lynn laugh!
* Sharon: You really ought to think of raising some capital to you can expand!
* Sharon shakes her head.
* Sharon: You could buy new equipment, get a marketing campaign going, look for formal distribution.
* Bob appears from the window!
* Bob: Hey, hey ladies! LOVE what you did with the dad surprises - lots of buzz! Lots of HEAT!
* Bob: Listen, how about we re-up your contract? I could offer you executive producer cred-
* Nora rushes to shut the window, and she lowers the blinds. "Family cones first."
* Nora disagrees with Bob. Mothers laugh.

## Level 58 - The Surprise Factor

*Children have a sixth sense for surprises! Catch Grace and Paige before they discover Chad.*

* Sharon: You know... it's not too late to plan a surprise for Grace if you'd like...
* Chad: I've actually thought of something - but with those viewership numbers on Emily's video blog...
* Chad: ...I'm a bit embarrassed, to be honest. If I make a fool of myself and that many people see it-
* Sharon: Listen - do you think Grace will love it?
* Chad agrees that Grace will love it.
* Sharon: Then what's there to think about?
* Chad thinks, then he punches his hands.

### During the level

* The O'Malley family catch Paige and Grace before they discover Chad.

### Outro

* At the garden, Chad is missing.
* Grace: Where's daddy, mommy?
* Sharon: He'll be here any minute now, princess - I promise.
* Grace: He's not coming!
* Chad is coming! He dances!
* Grace: It's the Nutcracker! My favorite!!
* Chad: Ladies and gentlemen, I've decided Grace and I will hold a little impromptu ballet recital. Grace?
* Grace is ready! Everyone chuckle!
* Grace and Chad are on the stage!
* Chad and his daughter Grace are on ballet dance!
* After that, Chad picks up Grace that high! And they fell to the stage floor!
* Sharon is surprised, and Chad with Grace laugh! Sharon is pleased!

## Level 59 - The Magic Touch

*We still don’t know if girls mature faster than boys, but they both need love. Sooth Emmy this time!*

* Napoli family teach Emmy the crawl!
* Patrick etners the living room from the right.
* Patrick: Hey... where's Vito?
* Francois, Vito Jr and Paige arrive from the left!
* Paige: Come on, little brother! Show them what you can do!
* Vito Jr doing the moves. The family is all happy!
* Emily: Vito! You're standing?
* Emmy is crying!
* Edward: What was that you said about 'girls being faster than boys?'
* They chuckle.

### During the level

* Emily and Patrick avoid Emmy's crying outburst. They must act fast!

### Outro

* Emily and Patrick are sleeping.
* Emmy: WAA! WAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
* This makes Emily wake up! Patrick wakes up too.
* Emily: That's Emmy... JUST when we got Vito to sleep through the night, too.
* Patrick: You go back to sleep. I'll get her.
* Emily goes back to sleep.
* Patrick: Well, don't try to argue or anything.
* The baby's crying on the intercom. Patrick turns it off.
* Patrick carries Emmy to the living room.
* Emmy: WAAAAAAAA!
* Emmy's crying.
* Patrick: Okay, peanut - mom's off duty. What am I going to have to do to get you to chill out?
* Emmy's still crying.
* Patrick: I guess the 'magic touch' doesn't always work...
* Emily's sleeping while Vito Jr cries over the intercom.
* Vito Jr: WAA! WAAA! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
* Emily wakes up.
* Emily: Patrick?
* Emily with the sleepwear brings Vito Jr downstairs.
* Patrick and Emmy put on sleep while Emily carries Vito Jr near Patrick and Emmy.
* Vito Jr: Dada! Da-da!
* Emily is happy!

## Level 60 - Competition Over

*A delicious meal can bring any family together! Give them the ingredients they need.*

* The fafmily's all here!
* Emily: Okay, everyone. I think we can safely say that the first - and last - Snuggford Father of the year competition is OVER!
* Emily: As a token of our appreciation, us ladies are throwing you guys a delicious barbecue!
* Emily: Everyone, dig in!
* Emily steps off the stage to go to per parents.
* Evelyn: Is this really the LAST ever father of the year competiion? Such a shame - it's done so much good.
* Emily: It was quite an adventure for sure - but next time I need Patrick to know how I'm feeling...
* Emily: I'll just talk to him about it.
* Emily walks near the stairs.
* Emily: Come on guys, let's wrap things up in the kitchen while we get everything ready!
* Everybody's ready for the barbecue!

### During the level

* Patrick prepares food for the family barbecue!
* First, Patrick serves Evelyn an apron..
* Second, Patrick gives Brigid the strawberry flavor.
* Third, Patrick serves Mary-Lynn a chef hat.
* Fourth, Patrick gives Andy food.
* Fifth, Patrick serves Stacy drinks.
* Sixth, Patrick gives Mike the coffee.
* Seventh, Patrick serves Sharon the waffle.
* Last, but not least, Patrick serves Chad pancake stacks!

### Ending

* The family barbecue is on!
* Chad: Everyone, Sharon and I have an announcement...
* Chad: I'm taking my kite collection to the beach - where they can be used for the purpose for which they were intended!
* Sharon: Imagine that.
* Chad: You're all invited to come stay with us at the beach house - there's plenty of room!
* Sharon: Come stay before we're forced to sell it!
* Sharon chuckles. Nora and Francois are happy, and they're off to the beach!
* Sharon and Chad are off second, Mike, Mary-Lynn and Levi are off third, Stacey and Andy are off fourth, and the children are off fifth!
* Emily: Mom, Dad? You coming?
* Evelyn: Later dear - you go ahead. We'll clean up.
* Emily: Are you sure?
* Evelyn: It's no problem at all, really!
* The O'Malley family are off to the beach now!
* Evelyn and Edward think.
* Evelyn: Well, should we get started with the dishes?
* Edward: What? I- I thought... I was just going to vacuum...
* Evelyn: Edward... I love that you do that - BUT I still need more help around the house.
* Edward: You do have a point...
* Evelyn: C'mon - let's go wash the dishes together.
* Evelyn and Edward are going inside to start washing dishes!
* **THE END**

## Epilogue

* A clear blue sky at the meach, descending the camera to see the kites are in the sky!
* The family is all playing with the flying kites!
* Andy with Levi and Stacey appear from the right. Mike appears too.
* Children are having fun playing with the kites!
* Stacey and Chad appear from left.
* Emily and Patrick appear...
* ...and the family lived a happily ever after.
* To our parents, who always tried to do what was best for us... And to our children, who love us unconditionally despite all the mistakes we make.

## References

1. ↑ Kristen Bell as Anna's song in Frozen II
2. ↑ Just like a happy fairytale ending