Best Friends Whenever S1 E5

## Plot

Cyd and Shelby are in chemistry together, and their teacher Mr. Doyle assigns everyone new lab partners. Cyd is paired with shy Tim, and Shelby is paired with Rob, a stereotypical obnoxious douchebag. Then again, that's most teenage boys. Barry and Naldo are allowed to watch movies at home during school hours because they made up a club called independent cinema studies. Naldo likes the movie Spark Dynamo, but Barry thinks it's dumb and it would be fun to tear it apart. Marci heard about the group and wants to join. Barry and Naldo decide to watch the movie with her, and she'll decide whether it's good or bad. However, Marci leaves before she clarifies who she agrees with. Shelby is miserable with Rob. He's annoying, and he keeps insulting and interrupting her. Cyd tries to get Shelby to stand up and insult him back, but she's terrible with insults because she's so nice. Cyd tutors Shelby, but she's *really* bad at insults. She starts getting the hang of it, so the girls jump back to that morning to let him have it. The jerk has a comeback though, and Shelby doesn't, so they jump back to practice some more. They keep jumping back and forth until Shelby finally gets him to **SHUT. UP.** He was actually really hurt by that though, and Shelby feels bad. Barry gets the lead actor from the movie to come to their school and talk to Naldo. Barry is apparently the new associate producer of his new movie, Crabnormal Behavior. Naldo is upset that the actor tells him that it's a terrible movie. Mr. Doyle tells the girls that Rob used to be a nice guy, but last Valentine's Day in 8th grade, a girl broke his heart. Rumor has it that she was an ice cold faleshia. Faleshia actually means a perfect woman, so it isn't really an insult, but it does kinda sound like one. The girls jump back to Valentine's Day. They see Rob, and he tries giving chocolates to Shelby, but she's oblivious to love and encourages him to give them to the girl he likes. Seriously? She wasn't mean, she was really nice! It was just a stupid misunderstanding! Barry informs Marci that there's no more cinema studies because Naldo quit. He realizes that it's not about whether the movie is good or bad. Naldo likes it, and that's all that matters. Shelby tries to let Rob down easy, but ends up going out with him that Saturday. The girls jump forward to the present to skip over it, but Shelby's been dating him since then in this new timeline. And he's still annoying. Barry decorates the commons (Who uses that word anymore, the cast of Harry Potter?) like a set from the movie, and apologizes to Naldo for not letting him enjoy the movie. Naldo accepts his apology. Shelby decides to be her nice self and tell Rob that she can't date him, but he dumps her first. He even asks for her shirt back! He starts coming onto Cyd, but she punches him in the gut and he collapses onto the floor. Yes! Thank you Cyd! I've been wanting someone to punch that guy since he came on screen! In any timeline, he becomes a jerk, so it's not Shelby's fault. The girls go back and erase the timeline where Shelby dated him.

## Review

This was definitely a filler episode. The only reason I'd watch it is to ***finally*** see Rob get his comeuppance in the end. Admit it, we've all wanted to do that to some jerk at some point. I'm so glad Cyd punched him. Catharsis!