Wednesday Part 1

"**Wednesday Part 1**" is the first episode of *Elliott from Earth* and of Chapter One. The episode was written by co-creators Mic Graves and Tony Hull, as well as Joe Markham and Joe Parham.

## Synopsis

Elliott and his mom, Frankie, investigate a mysterious rock which is not from Earth.

## Plot

At a gas station, Elliott purchases some groceries and tries to chat with the cashier, but the nearby clerk is annoyed with him for having spilled milk in the aisles earlier. Elliott apologizes, but a moment later, gets his backpack caught on a gumball machine and causes it to fall and spill, making another mess. The clerk tells Elliott to get out, and he leaves, upset. The cashier follows Elliott outside to tell him that he left a toy dinosaur at the checkout, and gives it back, leaving Elliott feeling a bit better. He goes back to the RV, and tells Frankie that he thinks he's made a new friend.

The next morning, Elliott wakes up to hear Frankie watching a video of herself presenting her theory about the mysterious meteorite, where the audience is greatly skeptical of it. Elliott comforts her as she laments how nobody takes her theory about the rock seriously, but suddenly they notice that the rock is missing. Elliott quickly figures out that Frankie switched her coffee mug and the rock, and put the rock in the microwave by accident. Afterwards, as Elliott leaves to visit the gas station again, neither one of them notices that the rock begins to briefly glow.

At the gas station, Elliott hopes to talk with the cashier to become friends with him. The interaction ends up being rather disappointing, though, as the cashier ignores Elliott and looks at his phone. Just as Elliott is about to leave, he notices that there's still a single gumball left on the ground from the spill, and tries to put it back in the machine. This causes the gumballs to spill again, and Elliott is kicked out of the store.

In the RV, Frankie prepares to meet FBI agents to discuss her theory about the rock. At the meeting, the agents reveal that they have proof that alien life has already visited Earth. Frankie is shocked at first, but is then confused when their "proof" is a hand-drawn picture. Frankie then realizes that the agents she met with are not from the true FBI, but instead work in "Feline Burials and Interments" and are phonies. She dismisses the agents, disappointed that she still can't get her work to be taken seriously.

Elliott returns home to the upsetting news that he and Frankie will be moving again. Frustrated, Elliott tells Frankie he'll never be able to make friends if they're constantly moving. Just as Frankie admits it might be time to give up on studying the rock, she places her hand on it while Elliott holds it, causing the rock to begin shaking and glowing. It activates, lifting both Elliott and Frankie into the air and speaking aloud to them. It quickly notes that it does not have sufficient power to operate properly, and searches for more. Elliott and Frankie are suddenly dropped as it punches a hole through the RV wall and zooms down the road. Shocked, the two of them set out to follow it.

The rock stops at the gas station, where it is taking electricity from the building to fuel itself. Elliott and Frankie go to the roof of the building, where the rock is hovering. Upon their arrival, the rock informs them that there is now sufficient power for their "journey". Elliott and Frankie realize that the rock is going somewhere, and wants to take them with it. As it turns itself into a transport sphere for them to step into, Elliott begins to run toward it, but is stopped by Frankie, who is hesitant about going into something so unknown. Elliott ultimately convinces Frankie that they should go, since it's their chance to find the answers that she had been searching for. Frankie soon agrees, and they hold hands and enter the transport sphere together. The transport sphere tells them to hold on tight and prepare for the journey, and launches itself into the night sky.

## Trivia

* The convenience store clerk is the first character that speaks in this episode, making her the first character to speak in the series.
* This episode was made available though video on-demand a week early before the show's premiere in the US.

## References

1. ↑ RegularCapital [@RegularTweetsUK] (29 January 2021). "Cartoon Network UK March 2021 Highlights: New Show: Elliott From Earth (4 Part Special): Premieres Saturday 6th March at 10am...."

## External links

* "Wednesday Part 1" on the Cartoon Network website