Gasoline

## Episode guide

"**Gasoline**" is the fifth episode of the second season of *Maddox* and the nineteenth episode of the series overall. It premiered in 2023.

## Synopsis

Jaz uses the upcoming talent show to revive her relationship with Boogie. Ehsan's grades threaten his spot on the cross country team.

## Plot

Jaz, Andrea and Kelsey discuss the upcoming school talent show. Andrea and Kelsey suggest that the three girls team up to perform a dance number together, but Jaz wants to do a couple’s performance with Boogie as a means of revitalizing their relationship. She catches up with Boogie as he makes his way down the hallway. After she initially suggests the two perform a duet together, the two eventually settle on performing a couple’s dance at the talent show.

At the end of history class, Ms. Herrera asks Ehsan to stay behind. She tells him that school policy dictates that he may not be able to participate in cross country or the upcoming track and field season given his current grades. During cross country practice, Ehsan confides in Coach Tamko about his academic difficulties. Coach Tamko suggests Ehsan get in contact with Caleb, but also expresses concern that the school does not seem to have any systems in place to aid students with learning difficulties.

Jaz and Boogie rehearse together at the Forman home after school. Jaz quickly realizes that Boogie is not as invested as she is and asks him what’s wrong. Boogie brushes it off, using the pressure of the basketball season as an excuse, expressing worry that Dallas, one of their strongest players, has quit the team. Kelsey and Andrea recruit Lucy to join their trio and the three have a comparatively smoother rehearsal due to Lucy’s dancing skills. Andrea suggests that Lucy join the cheerleading squad.

Ehsan spends the week studying with Caleb at any opportunity he can find, much to Zaid’s chagrin. Eventually, Ehsan invites Caleb to his house over the weekend for a tutoring session. Zaid expresses his embarrassment over the idea of his “idiot brother getting tutored by the school AI”. At Ehsan’s suggestion, he and Caleb go to The Cool Down to continue studying. There, they meet up with Dallas, Hakeem and Mars and share a round of smoothies with them.

After serving their table, Jaz confides in Jet about Boogie’s lack of enthusiasm for the talent show. Jet tells Jaz that Boogie’s only passion this semester seems to be student council, suggesting that he may be cheating on Jaz with Debby. He then jokingly offers to take Boogie’s place and playfully spins Jaz around to demonstrate his dancing skills, which Dallas observes. Ehsan opens up to their table about his intellectual insecurities, saying that his brother treats him with the open distaste that he feels his whole family harbors towards him. Caleb and Dallas, who feel that their own brothers frequently look down on them, share a toast with Ehsan over complicated fraternal relationships.

The next day, Coach Tamko talks to Ms. Herrera and Principal Clayton about the lack of resources provided for students with dyslexia and other learning issues. Clayton agrees to give Ehsan an exemption from the GPA requirement for team sports on the basis of his dyslexia. Jaz tells Boogie that she’d rather perform with Andrea and Kelsey at the talent show as he doesn’t seem interested in it or her. She dismisses his attempt at apology, catches up with Andrea, Kelsey and Lucy and asks if they still have a spot in their dance group, to which they respond in the affirmative.

## Credits

### Cast

#### Starring

* Wesley Carter as Hakeem Franklin
* Julia Chee as Andrea Salazar
* Samir Devani as Ehsan Patel
* Emily Leung as Kelsey Ma
* Teanna Mathers as Jaz Miller
* Rosalía Mejía as Lucy Suárez
* Simon Olliges as Jet Webster
* T. J. Shapiro as Dallas Cowan
* Brandon Whitehead as Boogie Forman
* Tanner Paige Wise as Mars Maddox

#### Recurring

* Angelique Diallo as Sherri Clayton
* Karan Joshi as Zaid Patel
* Joel Seidman as Caleb Blumenthal
* Lorena Sotomayor as Jill Herrera
* Paul Youmbi as Coach Tamko

## Trivia

* This episode takes its name from the song "Gasoline" by HAIM.