Original subtitles

Previously on Just Add Magic: Mystery City...

Whoa.

ISH: A coin! The book in the library

told us we needed three of these

before we could get the sourdough starter.

How are we supposed to find the other coins?

Maybe that box is the clue.

My story is one that has been passed down through generations.

It's about my dad's side of the family, the Wessons.

One of our rivals messed with the family business

and brought us misfortune.

His name was Ian Maddox.

So the most popular kid in school

comes from a line of evil protectors?

This is not good.

I can't believe it. Cody?

He always seemed so... basic.

Well, he's not. He's a Wesson.

And for all we know, they're onto us.

-We don't know that. -We don't not know that.

Remember what Ian Maddox's diary said?

The Wessons won't be far behind.

If that's true, then history class

just became a lot more interesting.

Where's Ish? She should be here.

You've seen her calendar. She has a life.

-Unlike us. -Speak for yourself.

And then Nani listens to loud sitar music

every day at 3:30, right when I need to do my homework.

I have no more privacy.

(chuckles): I've never had privacy.

I have a brother.

(phone ringing)

Leo? When did you two start hanging out again?

We're not. Probably just a pocket dial.

(ringing continues)

-(door closes) -MAN: Lexi? You here?

In here, Dad.

-Hey, Ish. Great to see you. -Hi, Mr. H.

I was just leaving.

Ish has to go pretend not to call someone back.

I'll text you later, Lex. Bye.

Did you find out anything?

Yeah, I found a real simple way to solve Pythagoras's theorem.

Are you really gonna pretend you don't know

-what he's talking about? -Hey. Be nice to your sister.

She's not the one who gave an oral presentation

and tipped off the protectors.

Yeah, well... I got an "A."

Did Ish say anything about magic?

-Do they have the next clue? -I didn't ask.

Honestly, Dad, this whole magic thing, you sound paranoid.

You saw the weather drop 40 degrees the day of the wedding.

That doesn't just happen.

Okay. That was weird.

But that doesn't mean Ish is a protector.

Yes, she is.

Along with that... new girl, Zoe,

and her stepbrother.

Leo. They have been hanging out again.

But that doesn't mean anything.

Why is this so important to you?

It's just a story.

It's not just a story.

It's our legacy.

And your birthright.

That sourdough starter was stolen from our family.

I don't want you to have to run around selling cars, like me.

You deserve better. We all do.

Okay, Dad. What do you want me to do?

I need you to try to get Ish to slip up.

-Find out whatever you can. -But she's my friend.

Well, if she's such a good friend,

how come she didn't tell you she had a magic cookbook?

I don't know.

Are you sure it'll work?

Trust me.

Ish will never see it coming.

♪ ♪

LEO: Okay, this is literally

the longest you've been silent since I met you.

You don't understand.

If Cody is a Wesson, then his sister is, too.

Yeah, that's kind of how it works.

There's obviously some misunderstanding.

We can clear this up right now.

I'll just call Lexi.

-No! -No!

Guys! Lexi is one of my best friends.

She can't be a Wesson.

We have tickets to see the Glass Jackets next week.

Sorry, but right now the one thing we have

that they don't is knowledge; we know who they are.

But they don't know who we are. I hope.

But the minute they find out, it's over.

They'll come after us.

This isn't fun anymore.

I just wanted to cook an invisibility spell.

I think it's too late for that.

I can't believe it. I was just at her house.

-You were where?! -What?!

I told you, Lexi and I are really good friends.

No, no, no. That's just irresponsible.

You have the coin in your bag.

-I didn't know she was a Wesson. -Guys, stop it!

Fine. You want me to check?

-It's still here. -ZOE: For now. Here.

-I'll keep it. -Uh, no. You lost it

while running and had to rerun your entire route

until you found it. I'll keep it.

You nearly let it get washed with your jeans.

Obviously, trading it off isn't working.

We need a better system.

Maybe a magical system?

How much do we have left in our food fund?

I'll have to check, but it's not good.

This counts as an emergency. I could cash in my stocks.

You have stocks?

Augie. What are you doing here?

Your dad let me in. It's Wednesday.

I'm here to collect your pencil sketches so I can do the inking.

Of course. Wednesday. Sketches.

Come on.

You didn't forget, did you?

Because I take these deadlines very seriously.

Hey, guys.

-Hi. Going somewhere? -Date night.

We're going to that new place, Wanderlust.

Sweet. I heard it's great.

Did you read that review in the paper?

Of course he did. Why do you think we're going there?

He wants to suss out the competition.

Not true.

Fine. But who said we can't have a romantic date night

and I can get a peek at my competition?

(Erin laughs)

Oh, hey, uh, Zoe. I almost forgot.

Here is my camera

that you wanted to borrow for yearbook.

Whoa. This is legit!

This is going to be way cooler than using my phone.

I've seen the pictures you take on your phone.

I can't wait to see what you do with a real camera.

Wow. Thank you.

Come on. We have to get cracking at our homework.

That was nice of you, hon.

Yeah, I'm excited.

Now Zoe and I will finally have something in common.

She even hugged me.

AUGIE: I have so many ideas for the coronation scene.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, Leonidas, but...

I can already see us at Comic-Con,

regaling the crowds...

-Please don't call me Leonidas. -He was a great king.

Okay. Here's the deal. I'm gonna need a few more days.

Wait. What?

I started working on my panels,

but then I had, uh, family stuff.

The only excuse is a wedding or a funeral.

And I'm pretty sure your dad just got married.

I just want to give you my best work.

I don't know, Leon... Leo.

Auggle Comics is top priority.

Auggle Comics? I thought it was Leog Comics.

Deliver your panels, and it's up for discussion.

You know, you've been having a lot of family stuff lately.

If you don't want to be a part of this,

I know at least three other artists

that'll jump at this chance.

Like who? Jasper?

Please. Look, just give me till tomorrow,

and I swear it'll be done.

Fine. But only because I believe in loyalty.

Bring them to school tomorrow.

-We can't fall behind. -I will.

-To the citadel! -To the citadel!

♪ ♪

Wait. Stop.

"When you hide it really well, nobody will ever tell.

"Eat a bite and be amazed, but remember,

everybody plays."

What do you think?

I think we could cook it for eight dollars.

Which is pretty much all we have left in the food fund.

Find anything?

"Hide N' Leek Soup."

-Perfect! -And you know what's even more perfect?

-Check it out. -"Olly Olly Oxentail."

It's the counterspell.

So when we eventually need to get the coin back,

we just cook this.

Which will give us enough time to replenish our food fund.

I think we're finally starting to get the hang

of this magic thing.

Let's cook.

♪ ♪

(whirring)

Ready?

(wall rumbling)

We can do that?

Yeah! How awesome is that?

Hmm. It's kind of exposed.

The magic book is smarter than that, Zoe.

(rumbling)

-See? -You're right.

It can't get much safer than that.

(school bell rings)

Oh, Ish. Hi.

Hey.

So, about later, I know we were gonna study...

Yeah. Um, I'm-I'm glad you brought that up.

-I have a... -Me, too.

Okay. So...

Yeah.

-See ya. -See ya.

GIRL: Hey, Zoe.

Hey.

(indistinct chatter)

I can even make the lunchroom look nice with this camera.

Hey, Leo! Don't keep me waiting any longer.

These fingers are itching to ink those panels.

Not to brag, but this might be my best work.

Oh, yeah.

-I don't believe it. -Come on, show me already.

The panels are gone. I swear they were here when I...

You didn't finish them, did you?

That's not true.

-I can explain. -You don't have to.

I know what this is about.

You'd rather spend your time with Zoe and Ish.

What? Where did that come from?

-That's ridiculous. -No, it's not.

I see you guys hanging out all the time now.

I thought you didn't even like Ish.

I don't. I mean, she's okay. But that's not the point.

-Just give me another day. -Don't bother.

I'll just go find Jasper.

He actually wants to be my partner.

This is terrible. What are we going to do?

You guys are freaking out over nothing.

Big deal, you lost your water bottle and a comic.

I can live without my water bottle.

But Nick's camera?

I'm telling you, it's the spell.

-Maybe we did something wrong. -So?

We'll just go home and cook. It's fine.

Easy for you to say. You didn't lose anything.

Want to explain that to Ms. Wachowski?

She thinks I hid my test so I wouldn't have to take it.

That's bad. She holds grudges.

I was once caught talking with Augie in class,

and now she always calls on me when my hand's not raised.

-Augie. What am I gonna do? -One step at a time.

Clearly, we misunderstood the riddle.

Remember how it said, "Everybody plays"?

So by hiding our stuff, it's forcing us to play. Sneaky.

We really have to start reading those riddles more closely.

We need to get home and cook the counterspell right now

before something else goes missing.

Okay. Let me text Molly.

Oh, no. My phone is missing!

Welcome to the club. Not fun, is it?

No, you don't understand.

I need my phone. It's my lifeline!

I really hope oxtail's easy to cook.

LEO: We need to find the cookbook. Go deeper.

ZOE: How much deeper?

I'm touching the wall. I swear, it's gone.

Guys, that's not good.

Now we can't cook the counterspell.

Why would the magic spell hide the magic book?

I'm beginning to think magic has a mean sense of humor.

Now what?

Leo, stop. It's not going to work.

It's magically sealed.

(sighs)

There's nothing we can do.

Your dad doesn't use his camera that much, does he?

-Only every day. -Hit it again. It's got to work.

Guys, stop. This is a waste of time.

We have to come up with a better solution.

Any suggestions, or were they all on your lost phone?

Actually, I do have an idea. We can make our own spell.

We still have spices.

No way. Remember opposite day? I'm not taking any chances.

That was a mistake.

We have the spice chart the girls made us,

and we understand magic better now.

Eh, debatable.

(knock on door)

Hey, guys. Zoe, I need my camera.

Bay City Eats wants to do a review,

and they need a picture of our famous seven-layer lasagna.

Oh, just for a couple of hours. You can have it right back.

It's not that. I don't have it.

Right now.

Oh. Uh, where is it?

Uh, I think I left it at school.

Oh? Okay.

Well, uh, can you run over and get it?

Um, I don't know where I left it.

So you lost it?

Maybe.

Mm.

Okay, well...

Okay.

So what were you saying about creating our own spell?

She just lost it? I don't understand.

I'm sorry. It's not like her.

I think you should say something.

Me?

I think you should say something.

She's your daughter.

-She's your stepdaughter. -(chuckles)

You can't keep tiptoeing around her.

It's your camera.

If Leo broke my new laptop,

would you think it was your job to say something to him?

(chuckles) I know, but...

we've only been a family for a couple of weeks.

I don't want to immediately ruin our relationship.

You're not gonna ruin anything.

Yeah, maybe I should just let it go.

Look, I know it's uncomfortable, but we're a family now.

And that means being okay with telling Zoe

when she's done something wrong, just like you do with Leo.

You're right.

Can we do it together?

Worth a shot.

ISH: I think I get it.

The original spell used Tengu,

which it says is for space and dimensions.

It also used Calangute,

which is a spice for inanimate objects.

So it moved inanimate objects in order to hide them. I get it.

So to bring back objects to their truthful place...

-Elysian. -And I know what we can cook.

We just got a huge order of baby back ribs at the restaurant.

We can call it "Bring It Back Baby Back Ribs."

Is it safe to say

that now we're getting the hang of this magic thing?

Hey. Zoe.

Can we talk?

I'm glad I'm not Zoe.

You know, Zoe...

Oh! Here, have a garlic knot. They're fresh.

You made me a snack for my punishment?

Well, bread always takes the edge off.

-So... -You don't have to say anything.

I get it. I know what I did was wrong.

-You do? -Uh-huh.

You trusted me with your camera, and it was super nice of you.

I'd be mad, too, if someone lost my camera.

Yeah. And, you know, I do use it, like, all the...

I know. But you don't want to get mad

'cause you married my mom, like, five minutes ago.

You're scared I won't like you.

That's true. And, you know, not only that, but...

I think you're awesome.

I just hope you'll still like me even though I'm irresponsible.

Zoe. Of course.

Look, I may be upset, but I do know it's just a camera.

I promise I'm going to try and get it back.

I really am sorry.

Apology accepted.

I'm really sorry I had to come down so hard on you.

I understand.

-So, we all good? -Uh, not so fast.

You know, when Leo accidentally went swimming

with a new phone I bought him,

he had to work it off at the restaurant.

Done. How about I do dishes tomorrow?

How about you do dishes for a week?

-A whole week? -It was an expensive camera.

(sizzling)

Ribs look good.

I can't believe it, but I don't have an appetite.

I hear you.

This magic thing is really stressful.

I know. It's like I'm a spy for a secret government

and I can't tell my best friend who I really am.

Augie's mad, huh?

I think he's gonna get Jasper to take my place.

It'll be fine.

Once we get your comic book back,

you can set things right.

At least he's not a Wesson.

Yeah, I feel bad about Lexi,

but to be honest, I never liked her.

Why? She's super nice.

Or was nice.

Wait, she still is. I'm so confused.

So is that why you stopped hanging out with me?

I didn't stop doing anything.

You were so busy with Lexi and all these friends

that you suddenly had, that you didn't have any time for me.

-You could've hung out with us. -Really?

Thrift store shopping? Pass.

Okay. Then we could've played foosball.

I figured if you wanted to play foosball,

you would have asked me.

You were with Augie all the time.

Well, we're hanging out now.

Yeah. And it doesn't mean I don't like my other friends.

It's okay to have different friends for different things.

I know that.

I missed hanging out with you, even if you are a weirdo.

Takes a weirdo to know a weirdo.

(chuckles)

I hope this works.

(rumbling)

It actually worked. I can't believe it.

I knew we'd get it eventually.

ZOE: Yes, Nick's camera.

I'm proud of us.

LEO: Our spell made it to the book.

Pretty sweet.

Guys, my phone's not here.

Maybe you actually lost it.

-Yeah. You'll get a new one. -You're not getting this.

There's a lot of magical stuff on it:

pictures of recipes, notes,

the spice chart, clues about the coin.

What? Why would you put that stuff on there?

What if it gets in the wrong hands?

This is great.

I'm so proud of you, Lexi.

I'm not proud. Ish is my friend.

She was your friend.

I'm sorry.

I know you're fond of Ish. So am I.

But look at what's on here.

Do you believe me now?

Augie, hold up.

I don't have anything to say to you, Leo.

You don't have anything to say to me,

but what do you say to this?

I told you I'd come through.

For now, but... how do I know you won't do this again?

Because I know I messed up. Can you please just trust me?

Depends.

Are you still gonna spend all your free time

with Zoe and Ish?

Not all, but some.

But it's not a competition.

I can have more than one friend.

And it doesn't mean that Auggle Comics isn't a top priority.

I don't know.

I... I need to think about it.

Wait. Did you say Auggle Comics?

I did. It sounds better than Leog.

Exactly! (grunts) I've been saying that for months.

Lexi? You stole my phone?

What? You left it at my apartment.

-I was just giving it back. -Don't lie to me.

Why did you take it?

We both know why.

How long have you been a protector?

Not long.

Thanks for letting me in on your big secret.

I thought we were friends.

We are.

Look, I didn't choose to be a protector,

but it is my job to keep the starter safe.

Safe from who?

You.

Okay, not you you, but your family.

-They were reckless. -Reckless?

You don't know anything about my family.

Look, trust me, Ish.

I've known you since the second grade.

My family just wants back what's ours.

Sorry, but I don't see it that way.

Well, that's too bad,

'cause we're gonna get the starter before you do.

Don't do this, Lexi.

You don't understand. The magic is really powerful.

And we'll always be one step ahead of you.

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

♪ ♪

(laughs softly)

I feel so stupid for having everything on my phone.

You were backing things up. It was a good idea.

Yeah, in theory. But now they have everything.

So we just need to move fast

and figure out the next clue before they do.

Huh. I've never noticed this before.

I think it's...

ISH: It's a music box.

(gears winding)

A music box with no sound.

I think we just found our next clue.

Which means we're ahead of the Wessons.

♪ ♪

PIERCE: Thanks to your good work,

we finally know how to use these.