Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 2

**Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep) - Part 2** is the second of three parts to the *WildSide* reunion special, Our Big Wild Wedding (Prep). It will officially be counted as the 102nd episode of the Comedies for Kids series *WildSide*. It premiered on the *CFK 2 Go!* app on July 9, 2021.

## Overview

Maze makes a surprise appearance at Rachel and Dean's hotel room in an attempt to win her back. Rachel agrees to secretly go out with him to lunch for a chat. Meanwhile, Gary and Justice decide to host a bachelor party for Dean.

## Episode Summary

### ***Opening scenes***

The beginning of this episode picks up where Part 1 took off, with Rachel answering the door to an unknown character (albeit a different take). This time after Rachel's line is said the camera reveals the identity of the character - Maze. Rachel immediately gets confused at his presence, and she attempts to shoo him off before anyone could see him. He begins to protest this, telling her that he still had feelings for her. He also offers her to have a lunch date the following day with her to discuss his feelings further. Rachel is hesitant at first, however Maze manages to convince her to pretend that she was sick; to avoid Dean interacting with her the next day. Rachel follows through with this plan when Gary and Justice arrive in her hotel room. While pretending to be sick, she convinces them to spend the entire day with Dean the following day. Gary and Justice agree to host a bachelor party for him.

Gary and Justice rush downstairs to the hotel restaurant to find Dean sitting by himself. They then reveal their plan, and he happily agrees to go through with it.

Early the following morning, Gary and Justice run into Dean and Rachel's hotel room blaring trumpets; announcing the beginning of Dean's bachelor party. Rachel is suddenly awoken by this, and she tells them that Dean was currently in the bathroom. A few moments later Dean comes out of the bathroom shirtless; confused at Justice and Gary's presence. They quickly remind him about his bachelor party, and they allow him a few minutes for him to get dressed.

### **Plot A: Rachel's lunch date with Maze**

Later that morning, Rachel dresses herself in casual clothing and a bob cut wig for her lunch date with Maze. A few moments later Maze arrives; immediately feeling stunned at Rachel's appearance. He then chooses to ignore it, and he escorts her to a nearby restaurant.

Rachel and Maze eventually arrive at the restaurant, and the two approach the Hostess as the front door to find their table. The Hostess then hesitantly escorts the pair to their table. Once the two sit down at the table, Rachel then asks the Hostess about the most expensive items on the menu (since Maze was apparently paying for their meal). She then proceeds to order five lobsters, caviar, and a large bottle of expensive champagne.

As the afternoon progresses, Maze and Rachel share a conversation about their previous relationship. During the conversation, Maze reveals to Rachel that he still had feelings for her, despite dating other girls in Sweden. Rachel responds by telling him that she was already in love with Dean, and she made it clear to him that she was over him.

### **Plot B: Dean's bachelor party**

Gary and Justice guide Dean into *Julie's Burger Bar* blindfolded to begin his bachelor party. Upon arrival Dean immediately spots a poster for "Julie's Chilli Burger Challenge" - a competition that pits two people up against each other to see who could finish the world's hottest chilli burger the fastest, with the winner winning a 3 months' supply of burgers. He then decides to enter it, and approaches one of *Julie's* employees, Horse, to enquire about it. The two share a quick conversation before Horse escorts Dean to his place.

The three friends are then greeted by Soot, an assistant manager who happens to host the competition. They have a quick conversation before the competition commences, where Dean meets his opponent - an unbeaten Emily. Soot declares the beginning of the challenge, and the two struggle their way through the burger. During this scene, an instrumental version of Old Town Road (WildSide Remix) can be heard in the background.

Sometime during the challenge, Justice notices that Emily was about to finish her burger before Dean. To fix this, Justice manages to retrieve a hockey puck and throw it in Emily's direction; knocking the burger out of her hand. At this moment Dean takes his very last bite of his burger; crowning him the winner.

### ***Closing scenes***

Back at the hotel, Maze escorts Rachel back to her hotel room as she takes her wig off. At the same time, Gary, Justice, and Dean arrive back at the hotel around the same time, and Dean makes his way to his hotel room.

Before saying goodbye to Rachel, Maze suggests for her to kiss him to see if there were any feelings still present. Despite her protests, he does end up kissing her on the lips, and Dean unfortunately witnesses it. Rachel shoos Maze away, as Maze ends up running into Dean in the hallway. Dean is immediately shocked and heartbroken at this, and decides to call off the wedding and announce that he was moving back to Philadelphia.

## Deleted scene

On July 11, 2021, CFK 2 Go! released a content package for fans who pre-ordered "Gold" between February and April 2021. Apart of the package included a couple of deleted scenes, one from Part 2 and one from Part 3.

The scene from Part 2 was supposed to take place towards the end of the episode; somewhere between Dean winning "Julie's Chilli Burger Challenge" and the events of Rachel's lunch date with Maze. During the scene, the waiting staff at *Julie's Burger Bar* provides Dean, Gary, and Justice with a table full of free food, with one waiter providing Dean with a chocolate milkshake. Dean, after complaining about his tongue being on fire, sticks his tongue into the milkshake, and allows Justice and Gary to talk amongst themselves. During this discussion, Gary constantly reminds Justice about the hockey puck that she threw at Emily, which prompts Justice into thinking that Gary wanted to take her back. Gary doesn't deny this, despite already having a girlfriend in Washington. Justice however, declines his invitation. Gary tries to ignore this by changing the subject to the fries that he was eating, and encourages Justice to try one. Justice tries to knock the fry out of Gary's hand, but accidentally hits Dean's milkshake cup instead; spilling the milkshake all over him. Dean decides to not get mad at her, and instead encourages the friends to leave quickly.

This scene was most likely cut due to its lack of significance. Since the writers wanted the special to primarily focus on Dean and Rachel's relationship, they felt that having the Gary and Justice relationship explored would draw unnecessary attention away from them. Since their relationship would never be explored again in the special, the scene would have been unnecessary and confusing anyway.

## Continuity

* As expected, this episode makes many references to Maze leaving Rachel in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
* Soot finally makes his first appearance in this episode since Wild Animals. Justice also mentions him getting burnt, which was seen in that episode but took place following the events of Wild Maze.
* Justice and Gary cheering Dean on during his Chilli Burger Challenge bares a close resemblance to a scene from Wild Record, where the two cheer Dean on while he attempts a world record.
* Rachel mentions getting together with Dean in Wild Warehouse.

## Future References (contains spoilers)

* After Justice successfully throws a hockey puck at Emily, she tells Gary that she recently got into snowboarding. During the epilogue of Part 3, it is revealed that Justice passed away during a snowboarding accident on February 20, 2022.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Sierra McCormick as Rachel Norman
* Zach Gordon as Dean Ford
* Chloe Moretz as Justice Leonardo
* Kyle Massey as Gary Fisherman

### Recurring Cast

* James Maslow as Maze
* Karan Brar as Soot

### Guest Cast

* Chantelle Warbler as Emily
* Wendy Channing as Hostess

### Absent Cast

* Ryan Gornman as Bill
* T'Keyah Crystal Keymah as Julianna

## Trivia

* Although the appearance of Maze was supposed to be a surprise to fans, many fans already knew that he was going to appear through a mistake shown in the official trailer.
* While pretending to be sick, Rachel tells Gary and Justice to "stay 6 feet away" from her and to "wear a face-mask". This was an obvious dig at the COVID-19 pandemic that took place during the episode's production.
* Dean has apparently gotten dressed in front of Rachel before.
* The guest character Horse (pronounced Jose) is apparently the cousin of rapper Lil Nas X (the actor who played him). Lil Nas X previously collaborated with the WildSide Cast on the song Old Town Road (WildSide Remix) that was released in July 2019.
	+ Lil Nas X was revealed to be a massive fanboy of the original show before being casted in the special.
* During the special, it is noticeable that Sierra McCormick is wearing a wig, due to her hair in real-life being too short for Rachel. This fact is poked fun at a couple of times during the special. In Part 2, Rachel ends up wearing a wig to her and Maze's date (which is actually Sierra's real hair), and Maze is horrified by it.
* It is revealed that Soot actually had a disease that made him think that he was older than he was. It is also revealed that April had the opposite version of the disease, confirming that she was older than she said she was in the original series.
* Dean apparently doesn't remember who April is.
* Dean competing in and winning "Julie's Chilli Burger Challenge" was actually a reference to an event that took place with his actor Zach Gordon. During the summer of 2016 (while on tour with In the Beat in Europe), Zach took on a similar challenge at a Spanish restaurant and won; earning his name and photo on the wall and a t-shirt.
* This episode marks the first on-screen kiss between Rachel and Maze.
	+ A kissing scene was also originally shot for Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken, however this was cut from the final episode.

## Goofs

* Soot's explanation of his disease doesn't make that much sense in the WildSide universe, as it was revealed in Wild Job that he had the head-chef job for over ten years (in 2011). This implies that he became head-chef at the age of 4, which is impossible and illegal.