A Soda to Remember

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"**A Soda to Remember**" is the second segment of the third episode of the second season of *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and the forty-fifth episode overall.

It premiered early on April 2, 2023 on Disney+, and had its official premiere on April 15, 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney XD, alongside "Faint of Art".

## Synopsis

When Scratch recalls a rare soda from his past life, Molly is determined to get it for him.

## Plot

While Pete tries to impress Ruben, Molly recalls her past memories with Libby and Scratch, with the latter having no interest in wanting to discuss them. Molly comes to the realization that in the time she has known him, Scratch has never discussed his past when he was alive. He says it is because he does not remember it and admits that he has no interest in doing so as it probably wasn't important. She finally gets him to confess to having one memory that he does recall: a very rare and discontinued strawberry soda. Molly gets Darryl to search the dark web, but he manages to find the soda, only for it to get confiscated by Principal O'Connor who has banned fruit soda from school.

The gang decide to plan out a heist to get the strawberry soda back. Even through Scratch shows no interest in wanting to do so, Molly manages to convince him to go along with their plan. Libby keeps an eye on O'Connor who is in the teacher's lounge, while Darryl uses the cameras and radio to update everyone. However, O'Connor is about to leave to his office after someone ate his tacos (Scratch ate them), forcing Libby to improvise. Molly and Scratch break into O'Connor's office and find his safe where Scratch opens it up, despite saying previously that he couldn't. O'Connor rushes back to the office after eating taco sauce and plans to quench his thirst with the soda, but Molly manages to distract him.

Molly comes to the sudden realization that Scratch has been sabotaging his own heist from the beginning. He admits that he is afraid of remembering his past as he believes that the reason he forgot it was because it was too sad for him. Molly encourages Scratch and he helps swap the soda with a fake one just as O'Connor returns. Back home, Scratch finally drinks the soda, but nothing happens. Molly accidentally lets slip what happened at school, angering Sharon and scaring Libby away. As Sharon angrily orders Molly and Darryl to get inside, Scratch takes another sip of the soda and suddenly has a flashback to a young girl, identified as Adia in the credits, telling Scratch that they will always drink the soda to remember each other before moving away. Scratch becomes saddened by this.

## Cast

* Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
* Dana Snyder as Scratch
* Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
* Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee
* Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
* Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
* Eugene Byrd as Principal O'Connor
* Julia Jones as Miss Lightfoot
* Kimberly Brooks as Adia

## Trivia

* This episode reveals that Brighton Middle School forbids any type of soda on the school ground due to a new health code.
* Principal O'Connor has a secret safe in his office that has a facial recognition scan that only opens to his face.
* During Scratch's brief flashback back when he was still alive he once had a friend who moved away and offered him soda to remember her.
* This is the only episode where both Darryl and Molly gets punished.

### Production Notes

* Although this episode premiered in the United States in April of 2023, it was actually produced in 2022 according to the credits.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 April 2023 Programming Highlights. *Disney General Entertainment* (March 20, 2023). Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved on March 20, 2023.
2. ↑ Salem, Mitch (April 18, 2023). Showbuzz Daily's Saturday 4.15.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals. *Showbuzz Daily*. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved on December 25, 2023.