In the boys’ room, Logan is going through pictures of
himself to put in the time capsule. Michael and Chase are
sick of it, especially one of Logan with underarm hair! Chase
and Michael are recording a song for the time capsule - and
Logan makes up a lame love lyric for Zoey. Chase almost writes it
down!
Zoey is making a video about herself and her friends. A janitor is
in the background, and gets more and more intrusive until he actually
asks to be in it. Zoey starts over - we don't hear much about
what she says.
Nicole is going through her clothes to see which ones she could put
in the time capsule. She wants to prove to the future that she was
stylish! She asks Lola for advice, but Lola is clearly irritated
by it. Nicole asks Lola what she will put in the capsule, and
she says "nothing" – the future will know about her when she
is famous. Lola shuts off the light to stop Nicole from
rummaging through the clothes. But the light doesn't stay off long!
Quinn is snoring, and it can be heard through the wall. Lola bangs on
the wall, but Quinn complains that the banging is waking her up.
The next day, Chase and Zoey are talking about the time capsule. Zoey
talks about her video - with thoughts about friends. Chase tries to
get her to admit what she said about him - but she won't
tell. He has to wait 20 years!
In the boys’ room, Michael and Chase are working on a song for the
time capsule. Logan - never one to pass up an opportunity to needle
Chase about his crush on Zoey - reminds him that, if Zoey's DVD
gets buried, it will be 20 years before he can find out what
she said.
That night, Quinn is snoring again. Nicole comes in the room – only
to find her sleeping upside down, suspended by her ankles! Quinn
thought for sure that would stop the snoring, but since it
didn't, she asks Nicole to let her down (how did she get up
there in the first place?). Nicole trips the release, and
Quinn falls on her head into a crumpled heap on the floor – but
she is OK. Nicole says "sorry" in her trademark way --- and agrees
to help Quinn with the snoring problem.
At the time capsule burying - here are the items the students choose:
- Nicole: her fashions
- Logan: a picture of himself, with the signature "dear hot girls of
the future, you're welcome"
- Zoey: the DVD
- Michael and Chase: their song
Then comes Lola, who goes into a crying act. It was going to be a
locket her grandmother gave her before she died, but she can't bear to
part with it. She would have nothing left of her
grandmother's. Mr. Bender falls for it, and since she gave
thought to the assignment, she gets full credit. When Lola passes Zoey
and Nicole, she tells them it was an act. The time capsule is
then buried.
Logan needles Chase some more about the time capsule before they all
go to bed. Later that night, it is raining, the music is creepy.
Michael is sound asleep, but Chase is tossing and turning with
a dream. He dreams of himself as an adult - and it is 20
years later. He has the DVD and plays it on his futuristic
entertainment system. It has a hologram mode, and Zoey starts
talking - but ---
Michael wakes him up, and wants to borrow an extra pillow. Chase is
frantic about the dream, and tries to get back to it. But it
doesn't work, the moment is gone. He drags Michael out into
the rain to go dig up the time capsule! After an hour, Chase
gets the DVD!
Nicole and Quinn are in Quinn's room. Nothing has stopped the
snoring yet. Quinn has an idea, some rare South African guppies
secrete a slime that will open up her nasal cavities. But,
she has to inhale the fish up her nose! Nicole is horribly
grossed out - the most disturbing moment of her life.
Michael is asleep again in the boy's room. Chase puts the DVD in
his computer and starts watching. Zoey talks about really liking
Nicole as a best friend, then goes on to talk about Chase as
the coolest, funniest, (nicest?) – then Chase abruptly pauses
the DVD. He wakes up Michael to ask if it is wrong to watch the DVD.
Michael asks "does it feel wrong?" And if it does, he doesn't
need to ask. Chase turns off the paused DVD and puts it away.
The next morning, Nicole and Quinn are sound asleep. Zoey and Lola
walk in and tell them they overslept. The fish worked! Quinn blows
them out of her nose; miraculously they are still alive. Coco
walks in - she has been eating sticky peanut butter. She
starts telling them about a late night TV show joke, and chokes.
Seeing the glass of water but not the fish in it, she grabs
the water and drinks it down in one gulp - ignoring the girls who are
trying to warn her. Once Coco finishes the water, the girls don't tell
her about the fish!
Outside, Zoey is on her Jet-X and passes Chase, who has fallen
asleep on the lawn. She stops and goes over to Chase, and ties his
shoe laces together! Then she wakes him up. She has decided
that it was mean to make him wait 20 years to find out what
she said about him. She will tell him in 10 years! She runs
to get on her Jet-X, as Chase gets up and tries to run after – but
his laces are tied together and he can barely hobble around.
Closing line - (Quinn's snoring)
ANALYSIS
There are several major story arcs in this series. One of the main
story arcs is Chase's crush on the beautiful Zoey. This episode marks
the first time that we see Zoey actually flirting back with
Chase - an indication that she likes him as well. Although we
saw strong evidence of it on the "School Dance" episode 1.12 when she
forgave him very quickly. Zoey is smart – too smart not to be
aware of the crush.
Lola is developed further as a character. It is clear that she will
have some negative traits as well as positive. Specifically, she
uses her acting talents to get out of an assignment. We also
see some friction between her and Nicole - although not to the extent
that it was with Dana. Character development for Lola will,
of necessity, continue for a while.
Chase could have some serious consequences if Zoey ever finds that
DVD in his stuff. Logan could also get hold of it and use it to
blackmail him. His best course of action would be to go out
and dig up the time capsule again to return it.
We see some more of Quinn's new room. The cluttered laboratory
environment of last season has been replaced by a futuristic, spacious,
clean environment.
We learn a bit of back story on Mr. Bender. He was a former PCA
student in the 80's.
There is a minor story arc on Nicole and Logan. It starts with her
giving him a big smile in early episodes, only to be disgusted by him
in later episodes. This happens again when she sees that he
puts a picture of himself in the time capsule. Normally - you
would think Logan would go for a cute girl like her - but he has shown
no sign of asking her out. Can it be that he, too, has a
crush on Zoey to the point of overlooking an equally cute alternative?
We see quite a bit of flexibility in Quinn. Not many girls can do
overhead splits. I am guessing that Erin has taken gymnastics.