I, Am Dissociating…

I, Am Dissociating is the eighth episode of season 1 of I, Robot. It aired April 1, 2022 on tv19 and tv19 KIDS. This episode concludes week 1 of I, Robot premieres.

## Summary

Flavia, Orange, and Malakai manage to get out of the classroom thanks to Augustine’s help, before he gets into a physical fight with Bennett and Faith. A fight between Orange and Bennett breaks out at Bennett’s 18th birthday party and Ax4 continues to look for Malakai’s new location.

## Plot

The episode begins hours after where the previous episode left off. Flavia, Orange, and Malakai fell asleep. Malakai is sleeping on Orange’s shoulder, wearing his signature denim jacket, and Flavia is sleeping on Orange’s thighs. Orange wakes up first, yawning loudly and disrupting the other’s sleep. Flavia complains about having to sleep on the floor. Malakai complains about Orange’s shoulders being “too hard”. While Malakai and Flavia complain, Orange hears a rattling noise at the door. He assumes it’s a snake and jokes about someone getting bit. The classroom door unlocks and gets opened by Augustine. Orange, Flavia and Malakai applaud and cheer, happy to be freed. Augustine appreciates their positive response. Augustine turns around and spots Bennett standing behind him, appearing to be angry. She proceeds to fight Augustine, throwing slaps and attempting to tackle him. Faith appears behind Bennett and tries to break up the fight before getting stopped by the superintendent.

Bennett, Faith, and Augustine are now in the superintendent’s office. The superintendent tells all 3 students that they will be expelled for their actions. Just before the superintendent could call the students’ parents, surprisingly, Tony Khan, the owner of AEW, shows up. In defense of Augustine and Faith, he suggests that the two don’t get punished, since they weren’t the ones that started the fight. The superintendent agrees to let Augustine and Faith go, and give Bennett the punishment.

## Songs used

* GO! (Theme song)
* Before I Go (instrumental)
* Levitating by Dua Lipa (played in the background during Bennett’s birthday party)
* brutal by Olivia Rodrigo (played during Orange and Bennett’s fight)

## Trivia

* Preceding the filming of the fight between Bennett and Orange, Layla had to go through two weeks of training to handle getting speared through a table and to fight realistically.
* This episode was one of the most viewed I, Robot episodes, grossing over 7.8 million nationwide viewers.
* Tony Khan guest stars.
* Adam Ray, who plays Vince McMahon in Young Rock, guest starred as the superintendent.

## Quotes

* *“Tony Khan?!”* - Faith & Augustine
* *“It wasn’t their fault they started the fight. I’m pretty sure it was that blonde girl’s fault. I think her name is ‘Bennie’.”* - Tony
* *“You are cordially invited to Bennie’s 18th birthday bash! 8pm at the Maple Hills Rec Center!”* - Bennett’s invitation
* *“When I say O, you say J!”* - Orange
* *“O and J spell OJ Simpson! I got a glove, wanna see if it fits?”* - a background character
* *“No wonder your birthday is on April Fools… because your existence is a JOKE!”* - Orange to Bennett
* *“Oh, you just sent me into full Orange Cassidy mode!”* - Orange after getting slapped by Bennett
* *“NO!!!”* - Bennett before getting speared through a table by Orange