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Previously on Just Add Magic: Mystery City...

I've been at the storage locker for hours,

-sorting through stuff. -What's in there?

ERIN: Everything. Pots, pans, CDs.

There's a box

of your dad's stuff I was saving

for you when you got older.

My dad's stuff.

The one box I wish was heavy.

ZOE: How does the book know

my dad's recipe?

LEO: Because he wrote it.

It's the same writing. Your dad cooked

magic recipes.

It can only mean one thing.

My dad was a protector.

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ANNOUNCER (over TV): Third down and nine.

Two minutes to go in a scoreless first quarter.

The Norsemen bring a blitz.

Walker gets hit as he throws.

-Diving catch by... -Yes!

-Yes. -Yes! -(all cheering)

Guerrera's third completion, and it's only

-the first quarter, baby. -The man's a national treasure.

No. Mount Rushmore is a national treasure.

The Grand Canyon is a national treasure.

-He is a running back. -(both laugh)

I love this guy.

-And he's a wide receiver. -Why is it

you've been watching football with us every Sunday for years

and you still don't know anything about it?

Easy. I don't care.

Now, if you want to talk about Wolverine,

I know everything about Wolverine.

Oh, the Wolverines? Oh, I love them.

-Go Michigan. -(laughs)

-What? -Never mind, little man.

ANNOUNCER: Walker. Play action.

-Throws it short. -(whistle blows)

Parker was apparently deemed down.

Can I go upstairs, please?

No. Your cousins took two bridges

and a tunnel to be with you.

No. They took two bridges and a tunnel

for pizza and a big screen.

-(scoffs) -Besides, I don't even understand

half of what they're saying.

TDs, interceptions,

past completion percentages?

Pass completion percentages.

Who cares? Football is boring.

Oh. You know,

maybe if you learned a little about the game,

you'd actually come to love it.

I highly doubt that.

No, really. You know,

it's-it's not unlike your superhero comics.

Bunch of muscly guys in tights

in an epic battle for the future of mankind.

Or in this case, an epic battle for the future

of a weird shaped ball that does nothing.

All I ask is that you try.

MAN: Order's up, Nick.

ANNOUNCER: A designed run, and Walker...

And he slides down, picking up a first down.

ISH: Sorry.

I have no idea what that building is.

But you've lived here all your life.

You must have passed it once.

-Walking. Not flying over. -But this blueprint

must be important, or my dad wouldn't have tried so hard

to keep it a secret.

How do you know he was hiding it?

Check it out.

They were hidden in here.

Whoa.

That is cool.

So, these notes...

You think he was looking for something?

For sure. My dad was a protector.

Whatever he was looking for has to do with the magic.

Maybe this is the mystery

Kelly, Hannah and Darbie warned us about.

We have to find this building and what he was looking for.

Ooh, I have an idea.

-(camera clicks) -I'll post this.

I have a ton of followers.

One of them will recognize it.

What part of "secret" do you not understand?

No. What we have to do is cook a spell to help us.

Without Leo?

He's busy downstairs.

Bonding with his cousins.

"Mozzarella Statis-sticks."

"Give your factoids a temporary boost

"with this gooey, cheesy treat.

"Neat deets will rain in sheets for any deed,

feat or athlete."

Sweet.

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♪ ♪

It worked.

I love this magic stuff!

Hey, Mrs. Sellitti.

Actually, it's Chua-Sellitti.

But now hearing it for the first time,

please, call me Erin.

Mom, did Dad ever have any blueprints laying around?

He was a building inspector. He had blueprints

laying around all the time. Why?

I found one.

You okay, Z?

Digging around your dad's stuff can be pretty emotional.

I'm fine. Just curious.

Okay, honey. But let's talk about this when I get back.

You going downstairs to get your football on?

Baseball fan.

Actually, I'm having coffee with an old friend

of Zoe's dad. He wanted to apologize

for not reaching out when your dad was sick.

Are you going to be okay?

That sounds pretty emotional, too.

Don't worry. I'm looking forward to meeting him.

But if I don't get ready, I'll be late.

Let's hope this old building

has enough hot water left for a shower.

You're in luck. You've hit prime shower time.

11:00 to 2:00.

Anything outside that,

you are in the freeze zone.

Good to know.

Lived here all my life.

I'm glad you know about this building.

But this is the one we need to figure out.

ANNOUNCER: Barons in the shotgun...

Where were you? We got possession.

Uh, getting a snack.

What's wrong with the pizza?

ANNOUNCER: And it's-- oh, intercepted!

-Ugh! Interception? -(all groan)

Are you kidding me?

Andreas, you bonehead, that receiver was wide open!

No way we're gonna win with Andreas as QB.

-He's not a starter. -Mm-mm.

Uh, really?

According to my information,

he has a 67.9 completion percentage

this season.

Fifth in the league.

ANNOUNCER: But he's not used to this new offense yet.

I've been keeping the book here.

Aren't you afraid someone will find it?

No one ever goes under here.

Now I know why.

How could you get it so messy?

You've only been living here a couple weeks.

It's not here.

Maybe Leo took it.

I can't believe he'd cook without us.

You were gonna cook without him.

That's completely different.

Okay, not at all.

But what did he need this spell for?

He was watching football.

It looks like it unlocks facts and statistics.

He must have cooked this to understand the game.

He's not much of a sports guy.

Yeah, I noticed.

He thought my cross-country team

literally ran across the country.

(chuckles)

Hey, maybe this spell could help us figure out the blueprint.

It's got Taurian in it-- I think that's a spice

that makes spells wear off after a while.

-Let's go for it. -Uh, wait.

Shouldn't we heat them up first? They'd taste better.

Think of it as last night's pizza.

I hate cold pizza.

ZOE: There's an address.

1034 Bloomington.

I see it!

That's the public library.

Okay, then. Let's go.

Where are you off to in such a rush?

-The library. -Why?

We're, uh, researching those blueprints.

Okay. If that's what you want to do on a Sunday.

Bye.

ANNOUNCER: The Barons with two tight ends and two backs.

-They should run the ball here. -Definitely.

-As they break the huddle... -You think? 63% of the time,

the tight end runs a fade out of that formation.

QUARTERBACK: Hut!

ANNOUNCER: Walker back to pass.

-To Stuart, running a fade! -They're running a fade!

ANNOUNCER: The pass is complete,

and he manages to stay inbounds

long enough to pick up the first down with two yards...

Thanks for cooking without us, Leo.

And leaving it where anyone can see.

Oh, sorry. I was in a rush.

Do you even know what a fade is?

No clue. But they don't know that.

We were going to see if you wanted to come

to the library with us-- we think we found our mystery.

Really? Awesome.

But... I can't.

But I will go and clean up the rest of the mozzarella sticks.

I already took care of that.

And they weren't bad. Even cold.

You ate them?

Gotta go.

Let me know if you find something, okay?

ZOE: I wonder what he was looking for in here.

A book?

Okay. Let's see how this stats spell works.

ISH: 1,263,582 books.

-Impressive. -And only one not in the system.

I bet that's the one my dad was looking for.

Someone hid a book in a library with over a million books?

-That's just cruel. -Or genius.

Well, it's not gonna find itself.

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How are we going to find a single book in all of this?

Okay, I say first we get a map of the library,

then we go section by section,

starting with the oldest books first,

making a list of stack and shelf as we go.

I'll take notes.

Hey! I thought we were doing this together.

Well, while you were blabbing on about your plans,

I used the stats spell to eliminate three stacks.

-Maybe I should write that down. -Forget that. Here.

Stand back to back and use the spell like we did outside.

-Not here. -Me, neither.

(magic chiming)

Not here.

(sighs): Me, neither.

-Yes! -Yeah! -(cheering, whooping)

Hey, Leo, do you think it was worth

-trading Johnson for Mendoza? -(magic chiming)

Well, personally speaking, with only 33 receptions

for 403 yards, I think he's really turning out to be

-a disappointment. -ANNOUNCER: ...who drops it!

-(groaning) -MATTY: A fumble?

-Really, Mendoza? -On the good side,

he donated six percent of his salary to feed the homeless.

Uh...

Hey. Where'd you get all this stuff?

I took a break and did a little online research.

You learned all that?

It just... clicked.

Like you said, Dad, it's like superheroes,

without the ability to break the time-space continuum.

Well, whatever you did, you really made an effort.

Thank you.

Hey, hey.

Hey, what about that new guy, Nagel?

I just drafted him in my fantasy league.

-Yeah, I got him, too. -(magic chiming)

Are you kidding me? He's got 12 touchdowns this year,

and is on a pace to set a season record for 1,830 yards.

-Yeah? -He's golden.

(chuckles) I love this kid!

ISH: I can't believe how many floors this library has.

How many stacks do you think we've done?

Don't know. Lost track at "Poetry, Middle Ages, French."

I got it! It's in the reference section.

-Yes! -Yes!

BOTH (quietly): Yes.

ISH: Look. "No entry without a library card"?

I forgot my library card.

And yet you were coming to a library.

Nothing is ever easy.

You must be Erin.

I'm Pierce Hamilton.

Pierce, hello.

It's so nice to connect with a friend of James.

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Okay, here's what we're going to do.

You're gonna create a diversion.

-And what are you gonna do? -Sneak past the counter.

I have a better idea.

Why don't we just talk to her?

Talk? I'd rather sneak it.

Excuse me.

Card, please.

I-I know. The thing...

Card, please.

Right.

By the way, I love your necklace.

My nani's from Delhi, and the women there

wear very similar jewelry.

You know how long I've worked here?

What?

24 years?

Yes.

Exactly.

(chuckles) And you're the first person

who's ever made that connection.

You're not going to believe this, but...

I studied in Delhi.

-No. -(chuckles): Yes.

-How did... -I'm just good with people.

We are so not the same person.

Okay, we almost have it tied up.

I have a good feeling about this.

-(magic chiming) -They're running a center eligible?

-That play only works 38% of the time. -Shh. Leo, we'll pull it out.

All right? Got my lucky socks on.

ANNOUNCER: But the Barons don't get it off quickly.

-What are they doing? -(magic chiming)

I'm sorry, Matty, but I'm not so confident in your judgment.

You missed 25 out of 40 questions

on your student driver test.

How could you possibly know that?

Your... mom told my dad.

I told her to keep it quiet.

-ANNOUNCER: They slam Walker down! -Ugh.

-Ugh. -Don't you worry, we still have

-the best wide receiver going. -You think so?

Nine out of ten sports journals think he'll be traded next year.

ANNOUNCER: Bad coaching. It's a designed gadget play,

but you have to execute, and they just didn't.

It was brave of you to come back to Bay City.

I mean, with all the memories of James.

Frankly, I thought I'd never return.

But time heals, and... now it feels like home.

-It's been good for my daughter, too. -Yes. Zoe, right?

James never stopped showing me photos of her.

She was beautiful from the day she was born.

Really? Her hair didn't grow in until she was six months old.

(chuckles): Right. I hardly noticed.

How is she doing?

Well, she has hair now. And I think coming back here

has given her the chance to get to know more about her father.

-That is great. -Yeah, I know.

This morning she was fascinated by old blueprints of his.

Blueprints. That's extraordinary.

She even went to the library to research them, on a Sunday.

Most kids would be at the mall.

Hey, I forgot to ask-- do you have kids?

Yeah. A boy and a girl.

Oh. It's 4:00 already.

I hope you don't think I'm rude, but I really have to get going.

Oh, sure, go ahead.

I do hope we get to do this again.

Uh... sure.

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Look at that cool statue.

"Great Works, Great Writers."

Jane Austen, Mark Twain...

(gasps) Lewis Carroll.

I love Alice in Wonderland. Don't you?

No.

Why not?

Look, I'm not really in the mood for lit-chat, okay?

That stat spell told us where the book is,

but not where the book is.

Fine.

You don't hate Alice in Wonderland.

You have the movie. In DVD and Blu-ray.

Did you just zap me with the stats spell?

Maybe.

This is a violation of privacy.

This stats spell is not for personal...

The whole time I've been working,

and you've been on your cell phone?

Now, this is a violation of privacy.

No, this is a violation

of the "no cell phone use in library" rule.

I had to check in with Lexi,

and my friend Violet has a crisis.

What can I say?

I have a very busy personal life.

That doesn't mean I don't.

You dragged me to a library

on a Sunday afternoon.

Girls, I'm going to have to ask you

to leave the reference section.

-But... -We're getting complaints.

Sorry, Marsha.

We'll put the books back before we leave.

Thank you. And tell your nani

aapki beti bahooth pyari hai from me.

I can't believe it.

Five more minutes and we might've found it.

But we went through all the books in that section.

Every one of them had a library number.

The spell said it was there, so it has to be.

Maybe if we hadn't been thrown out...

-Are you blaming me? -I'm not the one

who yelled in the public library.

I give up. I don't know why we're doing this.

Who knows if this is even our mystery?

I mean, why is chasing this book down

so important to you?

Because it was important to my dad.

And I want to know more about who he was.

O-Oh. I'm sorry. I never thought that...

Forget it. It's lame.

No, it isn't.

I-I can't even imagine what it'd be like losing my dad.

I have an idea.

Why don't we call Leo. He can help us.

He's good at having

weird ideas that sometimes work.

-A lot of pressure on them last year as rookies. -(phone vibrates)

The Norsemen did not keep their two-time...

Leo, we need your help at the library.

Can't talk. I think our team

is gonna try a Statue of Liberty play.

Everyone knows that nine times out of ten,

that play never works.

ANNOUNCER: Statue of Liberty busted up

-by the blitzing outside linebacker... -(all groan)

-Leo, stop! -Please.

I got to go.

-Did we score? -Not yet.

We're just waiting for Simmons to make this field goal.

The game's pretty much in the bag.

Well, statistically speaking...

Don't say a thing.

Come on, Simmons. You can do this.

Just saying, with the winds blowing

at 20 miles an hour from the southwest,

it's impossible.

ANNOUNCER: The kick is up.

It's long enough,

but it's drifting wide. No good.

(all groan)

Well, there's always next week.

Well, not anymore.

At least, according to your son.

Well, this'll make you feel good.

Never mind, I got nothing.

ANNOUNCER: ...back in the studio for the day's wrap-up.

(sighs) So, what do we do now?

Go eat. I'm starved.

Great. I know an awesome falafel stand just down the street.

I love falafel.

And please, don't use the stats spell on me.

I really do love falafel.

Me, too. Finally something we can agree on.

Besides, I'm sick of looking at books.

Wait.

Did Leo say Statue of Liberty play?

Yeah. So?

Okay. This is crazy,

but that statue back there in the reference section?

It's all books.

We need to get back there.

But how are we gonna get past Marsha?

This time, we do it your way.

Well, that was fun.

I must say, I am impressed.

With my football knowledge?

No. You managed to alienate the entire family.

Even Grandma Sellitti wasn't able to do that.

I'm sorry.

Frankie and Matty kept teasing me.

I just wanted to fit in.

But you do fit in.

By being different.

Please, now is not the time to go Zen on me.

You're the guy who makes sarcastic comments

during the game.

The guy who draws funny caricatures

of all the players.

The guy who reminds us

to not take it all so seriously.

I'm like the comic relief.

Everybody needs comic relief.

Like Han Solo in the Star Wars movies.

The first trilogy.

Well, four, five and six in the chronology.

And this is what football must have sounded like to you.

Pretty much.

(chuckles) All right.

Well, just remember, it's not about the game.

It's about being together.

Okay. Good, because even though I understand it now,

I still think football's boring.

(groans)

(both chuckle)

(phone ringing)

You're right. That was fun.

Look at all the spines.

Each one has a title except the top one.

ISH: You think that could be

the book your dad was looking for?

There's only one way to find out.

It looks like a diary.

"October 10,

"1875.

"I don't have much time.

"The Wessons are on to me.

"I am Ian Maddox,

"and I am a protector.

If you are reading this, you must be one, too."

Okay, creepy.

-"The other protectors were my friends..." -(horse neighs)

ZOE and IAN: "Clint and Folsom Wesson.

"For many a year,

the three of us protected the book."

IAN: "Then they discovered gold in Saffron Falls,

"and the Wesson brothers grew greedy.

"They created a recipe to attract gold.

-"A sourdough recipe. -(utensils clinking)

"Each day, a little of the dough

"was put aside to make the next batch of bread.

"This was called the starter.

"But with each batch, the starter grew stronger

-"until it was indestructible. -(horse neighs)

"And the Wessons grew more wealthy and powerful.

"Then the power of the starter caused a great tragedy:

-"the collapse of the Hasberg Gold Mine. -(men shouting)

"I can barely live

"with the memory of those poor souls.

"But I knew the Wessons would have kept using it.

"So I took the starter from them and have hidden it

"in hopes that future protectors

"will be able to destroy this wretched curse.

"It won't be easy.

"You will have to find three coins

"in order to access the starter.

"The clue to the first coin is:

"Cassie runs around Mabel until you tell her the truth.

"Good luck.

"And beware,

the Wesson family will never be far from your back."

LEO: Let me get this straight.

We're supposed to find three little coins

hidden somewhere in this city

that will give us the location of a super powerful,

gold-attracting sourdough starter

that could cause mass destruction and mayhem.

All the while, there may be some bad guys named Wesson after us.

That's what you're telling me?

-Yes. -Yes.

Sign me up.

Really?

Where else am I gonna find such great material

for my graphic novel?

Well, I think we found our first clue

scribbled onto the last page of Ian Maddox's diary.

Luckily, I was able to write it down.

"Cassie runs around Mabel

until you tell her the truth."

I think I'm beginning to understand

why they call this a mystery.