"Previously on High School Musical The Musical: The Series"
- Miss Jenn was in hot water - Thank you
- Carlos was a hot mess - I'm late
And I missed a memorable photo shoot
So we wrote a song and saved our theater teacher
which is something that happens in real-life drama departments
basically, all the time
"I know"
"That something has changed"
"Never felt this way"
"But right here tonight"
"This could be the start of something new"
"It feels so right to be here with you"
"And now, looking in your eyes I feel in my heart"
"Feel in my heart"
"Start of Something new"
"Oh, yes"
"Now, who would've ever thought that"
"We would both be here tonight"
"Yes, and the world looks so much brighter"
"Brighter, brighter"
"With you by my side"
"By my side"
Yes! Yes!
Sorry. I really love Thanksgiving
Okay, hold on
I know everyone is excited for the holiday break
But I'm me, and I have notes
Ricky and Nini, that was good But it could be better
She said in the spirit of holiday cheer
Good save
I thought we sounded okay
Heck yes we're kind of killing it
- Did you mean both of us? - Yes
- Okay - I mean, I have to hand it to him
He worked hard and he looks really good now
In the show. He-He looks really good in the show
Your homework over this break
all of you, is to please go on vocal rest
And go over your lines, too which is hard to do on vocal rest
But make it work And remember
may nothing ever block your doorway to happiness
- Excuse me! - Okay, starting now
Don't mind me. I just came to return a missing item
Ashlyn
Cannot have our robotics team co-captain going home
without her binder over break
There's a lot people don't know about me
I'm on the debate team I'm in the baking club
I'm High Priestess of the Salt Lake Renaissance Fair
So meek. So mild Sword
It's whatever
Thank you, Benjamin, and I hope you have a lovely holiday
with whoever could possible love you
In fact, I will be enjoying three varieties of peach cobbler
with a loving family so large
we're renting out the Rotary Club
Well, I'm sure it can't compare to the candied yam
bake-off that we throw every year in my home
but I wish you joy nonetheless
And I wish you had some joy, too
Cobbler sounds so nice
My family usually has three protein courses
and then everybody's asleep by six
My folks start eating at dawn and then they barely
make it past the Macy's Parade
Well, at least your folks are sticking around
EJ's parents are treating my parents
to a spa in Park City after dinner tomorrow
They told us to try and have a meaningful night at the movies
- Wait... - I was going to say...
Do you guys want to come over after dinner tomorrow?
- Like late night party? - I never don't want that
Should we keep it to a small group or...
Party at Ashlyn's after Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Everyone's invited!
- Is this one you? - That one's me
So cute. How old were you when you came here, Lola?
You've heard this story so many times, sweetie
Well, I like the way you tell it
I was sixteen
Same as you
The soldiers had run through our province
but America was paved with gold
That's what we all believed
And we got here...
And the gold was gone
But it was a place to start over
- You better - I... Yes
I should probably go set the table before my moms tell me to
Get some brownie points
Honey, Happy Thanksgiving
Here's to always seeking new shores
This is nice, Dad
Yes, you don't see a lot of hot wings
and instant mashed potatoes in the history books
We should bring leftovers to Aunt Judy's later
Hey-hey, about that, some of my friends are getting
together for a sort of late-night after-party thing...
And when you say "late night," you mean...
Eight o'clock. We roll hard
Is this the theater gang?
Yes
It's no problem
You just stay back when I head to my sister's
Thanks. I know I was kind of your date for that one
It's all good
I suppose, if you're lonely
you could just randomly text my drama teacher
- Too soon, Rick - Yes, okay
So have you called your mom yet?
Working up to it
I know it's tough to be doing the holidays without her
but she really misses you, Ricky and she's all alone in Chicago
She's waiting for you to call
Happy Turkey Day, you all
Coming at you with another Instagram hashtag confessional
Thanks so much for all your questions last time
Today, we're going to be talking about all the times
I've cheated at water polo in my life
I learned a little something when I came clean to Nini during
all that Miss Jenn drama
I felt free
And I want to keep feeling that feeling
So, I've been admitting everything I've done wrong in my life
and it just... It feels right
Thanks again for helping set this all up
Last time I threw a party this big
half my guests were stuffed animals
No worries. My parents are already taking a nap
and after that, they usually take a nap
Plus, I figured you're a crew guy so you're good at carrying heavy stuff
Yes. I kind of just fell into the whole crew thing. Not much of a carrier
Yes, how did that happen anyway?
You don't exactly strike me as theater dork
I kind of got sucked into it by Ricky
I think he just wanted some moral support because Nini was dating...
- EJ - Yes
Sorry Forgot you guys are related
Well, hey, I promise not to steal your phone
if you promise not to throw basketball at my face
No. The only thing I would every throw at your face
is a brighter spotlight because I like the way you sing
Hello?
I'm, I'm s-sorry I was trying to reach Lynne
I think I have the wrong number
No. You got it right Ricky, this is Todd
I've heard so much about you
Wait. What?
Lynne's in the shower Can I take a message?
- Gina. Hey - Hey
- Come in. Come in - Thanks
Yes
Thought I could walk you to Ashlyn's
But it's kind of freezing out, so I made you this hat
You... You made this?
I mean, you spend enough time alone in the house
and you pick up all sorts of crafts on YouTube
Yes. Sorry C-Can I meet you there?
- Is everything okay? - Yes. Yes
Okay. No
I guess my mom has a new boyfriend and it's just a lot
Sorry. I hate to be a downer
Look, I-I get it
No offense but I'm not sure you do
Let me guess
You're mad at everyone and everything
because just when you're getting used to things changing
they change again
- Am I close? - Little bit
Not just a hat-rack, my friend
- Who told you about... - Ricky, I'm not sure you notice
but, my family's just me and my mom
She works at FEMA
so we basically move whenever disaster strikes
I've had a few feelings in my life
Yes, no. Of course I-I'm sorry
Don't be
I'm just saying you just got to ignore it and push through
Think I should, like, text her Happy Thanksgiving, or something
No
What I think we should do is go to the party
and spend a few hours being drama dorks
as the good Lord intended
Do what makes you happy
Give me that hat
- That's too big - I'll grow into it
Okay. I mean, it kind of works
- What's happening? - Good question
I just came to get some last-minute sweeteners for the yam bake
Excellent
And the Mazzaras were a little low on spoons for the cobbler
But these are spoons So, I'll be on my way
As will I. Happy Thanksgiving Good day, sir
Good day, Miss Jenn
- Just get in here - Okie dokie
I'm actually working on a school thing
Yes. Same here
I guess the cobblers were a bust?
There was some griping for an hour
so I thought I would get some work done
The candied yams were...
Actually, just one yam followed by some candy
We were done in about ten minutes
And I couldn't stop thinking about the show, so...
Good luck with your robots
Have fun. Don't burn down my shop!
That's just how it works
We're going old school Make some memories, people
- I got it - Thank you
Your house has the best energy. I love it
Thank you And thank you for coming
You know, I know things got a little dicey
with everyone after the "forest of boys" incident
and you've been kind of a beacon
Are you kidding?
You were the first person who had my back that day
And I've totally moved on
Someday you've got to teach me how you do that
You know, I'm not so good at forgiving and forgetting
Well, you get an amazing song out of it, so
Come on!
"Wondering" is literally the best ballad in the show
and I'm low-key jealous Gabriella doesn't get to sing it
Stop
I wish that I could write like that
Okay, did you not write that completely adorkable song
about how you don't not love someone
Yes, that was a one-time thing and it totally backfired
I highly recommend not telling someone you love them
for the first time on Instagram
Well, maybe you should write something for yourself then
I'm serious Nothing about boys
- The party may begin - Carlos!
- Let me get this in here - Who...
Okay, you know, it's a pot luck and not like, catering, right?
This is not food
Good. I thought it was pizza. Too much lactose
- What? - What is that?
This is something I've been waiting many long years
to share with the world
You guys, this is High School Musical, the Choosical!
The what, now?
Okay, so when I was a child I wanted to go into the movie
But, the movie was on a screen
He's not wrong
So I decided to create the next best thing
An interactive, hyperactive HSM experience
that can be played by children and adults, everywhere in the world
As long as they lived in my bedroom
Wait, wait, so you've had this for ten years?
- And I've never actually played it - Okay, we'll totally play it
I'm going to cry!
Okay, so there are two teams
The East High Wildcats and the West High Knights
So, sort yourselves
Okay. We'll be on the same team
Yes. They're all Wildcats
- Can we be Wildcats? - Yes
- Is this it? - Yes. Thank you
- Hi - Okay. Got it?
Wait, Carlos, are you on my team or are you...
Look, I'm not following Big Red just because he paid me a compliment
I get a lot of compliments, okay?
I just happen to be a long-time fan of the South Side Knights
- It's the West High Knights - The West High Knights
- Hello, hello - Hey
Hey. I brought some lobster dip and a bottle of forty-year Balsamic
I double-dipped in there a couple times in the drive over
and I feel bad about that but I feel great about telling you
- Cool. I'm Ashlyn and you are... - On a mission, Ash
Hey, Emily, you still there?
EJ, I promised my Grandma I would sing for everyone
after dinner so I have to go
Yes, hang, hang on just one second
I just got to find Nini I... Hey
Hey
- Oh, my gosh. Emily - No, it's okay
She knows about the deviled egg
I'm trying to make amends these days, Nini
A-And she was fine with everything
She laughed
This is a lot at once
Hey, I got to go join the party and admit some terrible things
You ladies catch up
Emily, I am so sorry about what happened this summer
That is so far in the rear view, I can't even tell you
Plus, I heard you were amazing as Marian the Librarian
Thanks
I literally learnt the part by watching you
but I-I still feel so guilty about what happened and I...
Water under the bridge Honest
I started at this new boarding school for the arts
and it's everything Seriously
It makes all that stuff last summer feel like kindergarten
Oh, wow
There's nothing like a fresh start to completely strut your talent
I can already do a Cockney accent!
- Right - I'm coming, Grandma. Chill!
Anyways, it's all good And I'm just happy you're happy
Hey, look who's here Nice hat
Thanks. It was a gift
I-I didn't know if you would make it
Oh, yes, my moms are watching the dog competition
and, Kourtney's out of town at her Grandma's
so I figured I would come and check in all my, buddies
Nice. We, heard a rumor that Carlos went off the deep end
and we did not want to miss it
W... We?
Hi, Nini Happy Thanksgiving
Hey Turkey cupcakes
Gobble gobble
It's a gluten-free cupcake recipe I made from scratch
- From YouTube - Again? With you and YouTube
Yes, no, it's good
They have inside jokes It's cute
They're, "we" now
One, two, three
Okay, come on, work with me here, Fake Troy
Sorry Was that out loud?
I know I'm going to regret asking this...
I'm trying to figure out how to levitate Troy with a basketball
Maybe if I got a bigger ruler...
That should do it
And what are you working on?
You would not understand this
Try me
It's a one-fifth scale mock-up
of our entry into Robotocon USA next week
He won't not... fall
- You want some help? - No
You sure?
I'm an engineer by trade Miss Jenn. Think I got this
Okay. But the center of gravity is off and if that
were a dancer she would be in traction
Last thing I'll say
How would you fix it?
Back up, I don't want you to get elbowed
Honey, it's called a plié Okay, I'm going to the loo
Don't touch my stuff
Okay, okay you guys. Okay
There are four basic categories
The Getcha Head in the Frame Trivia Challenge
the Bop Till You Drop Dance Challenge
Sync to the Status Quo Lip Sync Challenge
and Looking for Glee which I thought would
be a fun name for the singing challenge
because when I was a kid I was obsessed with the show
Hey, it still holds up
Oh, good. I thought you guys were going to judge me
Okay, so Knights you won the coin toss
so you guys get to pick the first challenge
We've got to do "Looking for Glee"
- You want to? - Come on
Okay, all right we're going to look for Glee
Excellent
"As fast as you can please sing the lyrics to"
"What I've Been Looking For"
to the rhythm of "Getcha Head in the Game"
Go
"No, but it starts It's hard to believe..."
"That I couldn't see"
"That you were always always, always right beside me"
"Thought I was alone with no one to hold"
"But you were always, always always right beside me"
Getcha head in the game! Let's go!
- Yes! - Yes!
That was it, that was it! Guys!
- That was terrible - I'm so happy
Congratulations, you get to move
four spaces closer to center stage at East High
What, Wait, they get four spaces for that?
Okay, Wild Cats take a spin
Okay. It's your turn
EJ's turn
All right we're going to bop
Okay. Pick one member from each team
- Who wants to go? - I feel like it should be EJ
I think I should... I think I got it
- No. Would you? Okay - No, no, no. Okay
- Go on. Do it. Seriously - Come on, man
Your challenge is to stare at your partner
and do the Sharpay and Ryan warm-up
thing for sixty seconds straight without laughing
Or killing each other
Okay
Go!
Oh hey I was just getting some...
I just came in for a little...
Root beer
Thanks
Crazy how many people made it to this party
My mom and I had a really nice meal
but when you're new in town with no other family, there's only
so much time you can sit around complimenting the green beans
I guess you're new in town a lot?
Yes, going on six straight years of moves now
But I do have high hopes for junior year, East High
It's been nice sometimes though, right?
Getting a chance to start fresh?
Is this, like where I make a wish, or...
If you want to swap bodies, I'm down
"Gina, Nini, you need to come back, you're missing it!"
Speaking of swapping bodies
that whole wonderstudy thing, I just, I want to say...
Oh, I know. Same here
It's all good
Hey you're staying the night, right?
What do you mean?
Ashlyn's having the girls stay for a sleepover
Apparently there's a Ouija board in the attic
As long as Carlos didn't make it. Yes
- Okay. Oh, hey, hey, hey - Come on, come on
Come here, Nini, come here
- Oh, all right - Adorable
Gina, come on!
It's not a big deal, but I've never been invited to a sleepover before
Yes!
Wait, what did you do here?
It's a basic pulley system a force multiplier
It's beautiful
Math often is
Benjamin...
- Please don't - I'm going to cry
I cannot stress to you enough how uncomfortable
that would make me feel
You did something nice for me
You know what we should do?
Break off eye contact sometime soon?
When I was young
my family used to do a movie night on Thanksgiving
- You want to? - I don't think so
I downloaded Big Hero Six for the long weekend
It's about a robot but there's also
some imagination in it, so something for everyone?
Okay, you guys
according to the Musical Choosical Handbook of Rulesicals...
Stop it
The only way to resolve a tie at the end of regulation play
is with a lightning speed round of
Getcha Head in the Frame trivia questions
Are you ready, because people have been known to cry during this
I thought you had never actually played this...
Honey, not today of all days Okay, here we go
"Name both jersey numbers Troy wears in the movie"
Fourteen and ten
How did you know that? How did he even know that?
Correct
"How does Gabriella describe herself"
"when she's complaining to her mom?"
As the school's freaky genius girl
And do people usually talk like that?
- They do not - Correct! Wild Cats
"whose red tie does Ms. Darbus compliment at auditions?"
It's...
What's his name?
It's, it's...
- Allen? - Yes!
- What? - EJ!
I looked it up on my phone, you guys
I can't stop cheating and I'm sorry!
- EJ... - That's not fair
Well, the West High Knights have a chance to steal
"What is the name of the girl who pops and locks?"
"I love to pop and lock and jam and break! Martha Cox!"
Yes! The West High Knights win!
Good job!
You, my dear, get this homemade Scholastic Decathlon ribbon
Careful, it's just a straight pin and was never sanitized
Wait, okay, everybody, get in Okay. I won
Okay, hold on, I need to share this honor with my loved ones
You got to stop moving. This is the price you pay for beauty
Mom, Mom, Mom okay, two things
One, I was just crowned the queen of crazytown
and two, can I spend the night at Ashlyn's house?
It's actually the queen of East High...
Mom, sorry I-I can't hear you, okay
Okay, you're on speaker
Say Happy Thanksgiving to my mom, everyone
Happy Thanksgiving!
"Same to all of you"
"Gina, honey, can you take me off speaker?"
Yes, sorry, guys
Mom, what's up?
Mom?
I was going to tell you first thing in the morning
What is it?
Honey, I got a call from the coordinator's office in Washington
No
- "Baby" - Mom
- "Listen to me" - No
"We have to go It's another emergency"
They can't do this to us again We just moved here
"And I told them that, baby"
What's that about?
I don't, I don't understand how they can...
"Baby, please"
Okay. Okay
How long do I have?
"Ten days. Listen to me..."
No, I got it. I got it
"I love you"
Yes
- Hey, you okay? - I will be
- Want to talk about it, or... - Not even a little
I-I'll call you?
Honestly, you heard what happened
I don't think there's any point in calling me anymore, do you?
Hey, Gina. I-I'm so so... the cupcakes were amazing
- Hey, you all right? - What?
- This is pretty intense - Yes, I was there
Ricky, I know you've been going through a lot...
- Nini, please don't do that - I'm just trying to help you
It's not just Gina, okay?
My mom moved out like two weeks ago
and she's already got a new boyfriend
- Sound familiar? - No, hang on
Look, I got to go. Really
Okay, you can be mad at me all you want
but you should talk to your mom, Ricky
You know you always feel better when you...
Yes, thanks. I really don't need advice from a "buddy" right now
You really don't have to do this
No, it's okay. My basement's not going anywhere
Besides, I kind of wanted to finish the lobster dip
Sorry none of the girls stuck around for your sleepover
That's okay Mood kind of got killed
Yes. I hope Gina's going to be okay
That's sort of always what you do?
- Take care of everyone else? - Whatever
Hey, is this where you wrote that thing?
What thing?
The Sara Bareilles song
About regrets? For Ms. Darbus?
Okay, did someone tell you to say that to me?
Because that's like all I've ever wanted to hear my entire life
Well-well, you know, her songs come up on shuffle a lot
and I just thought it sounded similar
You know, like, the notes?
Yes, okay. The notes
- A-Anyway I should probably - Hey, Big Red?
Don't forget your dip Happy Thanksgiving
You too
Write something for yourself Write something for yourself
"Feels like I'm not what I'm born to be"
"Feels like I'm not where I'm supposed to be"
"I don't fit in in these places"
"Don't fit in with these familiar faces"
"I know there's so much more"
"Feels like I'm not where I'm supposed to be"
"I don't fit in with these familiar faces"
"And the games they play don't mean a thing to me"
"I know there's so much more"
"I can't stop dreaming and thinking maybe I could be"
"Someone different more than a yearbook memory"
"If I leave this I'm risking almost everything"
"Am I on the right road"
"I've got to find my way"
"Give anything it takes"
"I want to know"
"If no one knew my name"
"Would my wildest dreams feel like home"
"Out to the old"
"I wish these streets were still enough for me"
"I wish this town could give me everything"
"But I still feel stopped while every light turns green"
"Why can't I let it go?"
"I can't stop dreaming and thinking maybe I could be"
"Someone different more than a yearbook memory"
"Leaving all this I'm risking almost everything"
Hey, Mom? It's me I miss you so much
"I've got to find my way"
"Give anything it takes"
"I want to know"
"If no one knew my name"
"Would my wildest dreams feel like home"
"If I go out to the old"
"And into the new"
"Out to the old"
"And into the new"
"Yes, I want to know"
"If no one knew my name"
"Would my wildest dreams feel like home"
"Out to the old"
"And Into the new"
"Take me out of the old"
"And Into the new"
"Because I want to go"
"I want to go"
"Just take me"