Original subtitles

Previously on Just Add Magic...

DARBIE: This watch has no hands to tell time.

Then how is it still ticking?

CHUCK: Whoever holds the hands holds the secret.

I'm a protector of magic.

KELLY: If the book chose you,

then it's for a good reason.

There is a mystery to be solved.

My dad was a protector-- Ian Maddox.

ISH: Zoe's dad said there were three coins.

Maybe we need all of them

to give us the final clue to the starter.

-LEO: What are you doing? -Giving you our coin.

ZOE: It's a trick. LEO: The coins are gone.

She came in here and stole our coins.

-Let me see the coins. -I don't have them.

Here. I know what I did was wrong,

and I'm really sorry I took them.

This is it. We have subway tokens.

This is a subway turnstile.

LEO: We gotta go for it.

I think it's a ticket.

That must be where the starter is.

-Unity Station. -There's just one problem.

This station doesn't exist.

KELLY: I'm kind of nervous.

Maybe I just shouldn't do it.

Come on, Kel,

you've traveled through time and space with magic.

I think you can handle the debate team.

-Really? -Definitely.

Trust me. You've talked us into some pretty crazy stuff.

Like traveling through time and space.

-(all laugh) -CHUCK: Tell me about it.

Hate what you've done with the place.

Chuck, what are you doing here?

In this century.

No time to explain.

Do you guys still have that pocket watch

you asked me about when you visited me in the 1800s?

Yes, of course.

Good. Because you're going to need it.

♪ ♪

I'm telling you, I've never heard of Unity Station.

I'm gonna pull up a subway map.

Maybe you've just never been there.

I've been on every train in the city.

But why would my dad give us a transfer clue

to a subway stop that doesn't exist?

Because it once did, on the Greensborough Line.

But the city sealed it up years ago for safety issues.

And it's on the list of projects my dad worked on.

We're so close, I can almost smell the starter...

if I knew what a starter smelled like.

But what are we gonna do once we get it?

Right. We've never really talked about that.

My dad said we need to destroy it.

I know, but how?

That's easy-- we'll teleport it to Antarctica,

where it'll freeze, and it won't hurt anybody.

Why do all your ideas sound like they're from a comic book?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

But if my dad couldn't figure out

how to destroy the starter,

how are we supposed to?

We're getting better at magic,

but we're not experts yet.

Maybe we don't destroy it.

What if the starter could be used for good?

Like feeding the hungry.

Or it could give you superhuman strength.

Seriously?

Okay, that did sound kinda like a comic book thing.

Look, this is all pointless until we find the starter.

And we don't even know where Unity Station is.

Well, according to this old subway map,

the stop was between 28th Street and St. Clair.

If we ride past it and film it,

we could play back the video in slow motion,

and that might give us a clue.

That's not half bad. Let's go.

I'll grab our food fund so we can reload our metro cards.

So, you're not the protectors anymore?

Nope.

And the book moved to Bay City?

Yeah, a lot has changed since we last saw you in 1875.

Including the fashions.

Didn't have time for a costume change.

My friend Ian Maddox came to the future

to hide a dangerous sourdough starter.

Wait, your future or our future?

Yeah, time travel's cool, but the math is confusing.

It doesn't matter. The starter's in Bay City now,

and this watch is the key to finding it.

So, the starter's in Bay City, the book is in Bay City...

So we need to go to Bay City.

But I have debate practice.

Right.

I'll join debate next week.

HANNAH: Looks like we're gonna have

one more magical adventure after all.

Sweet.

-Are you joining us, Chuck? -I can't.

I gotta go. I have just enough time

to swing by the drugstore to get some hand sanitizer

and a flu shot.

You do not want to get a cold in the 1800s.

(subway train rattling)

Of course. They put up a wall to seal off Unity Station.

Come on, come on.

I knew I saw it.

"Walk Through Wall-fles."

"Exactly what it sounds like."

With these, we can go from the train,

through the wall and into Unity Station.

I like it. And I love waffles.

Leo, these taste amazing.

Yeah, but do they work?

Whoa.

My turn.

Wait, that's my roo--

LEO: Don't look at the floor!

That was so cool.

I've always imagined I'd feel something

walking through a wall, but I didn't feel anything.

Wait, you've always imagined walking through walls?

No.

Okay, let's not get too excited.

This is only the first step.

Now we have to do it from a speeding train.

I don't understand it.

You were there all day.

How did you fail?

She didn't fail, Cody.

It wasn't the best plan in the world.

Yeah, I did everything Dad told me to do.

You gave them the coin to gain their trust?

Yes, and I thought I had it

until they double-crossed me.

So why didn't you just take the coins

and get out of there?

I was waiting for the right moment.

-For four hours? -Stop grilling me, Cody.

Yes. Lay off your sister, Cody.

It isn't productive.

You were right, Dad.

You can never trust a protector.

-I'm hungry. -Me, too.

When is that guy gonna leave?

Doesn't he have better things to do

than ride the train all day?

Uh, excuse me, but that's what we've been doing.

And these seats are not comfortable.

(sighs)

ISH: Finally.

Let's do this.

Okay, get ready.

It's between here and the next stop.

What if it doesn't work the way it did at home?

It will.

-Leo, you go first. -What? Me?

You're the one who always wanted to be a superhero.

Wait, Ish has a point.

What if the spell's only good for one wall?

What if I make it off the train,

but then go splat against the bricks?

-What if... -Leo,

you're spinning out,

and the station's almost here.

I'm running through a brick wall from a speeding train.

Excuse me if I want to weigh the various options.

Ugh, forget it!

-I'll go. -No.

We should go together.

The station passes so quickly.

If we go separately we probably won't all make it.

Not reassuring.

Okay, on "one," we bite, and "three," we run.

-Ready? -Ready.

-Almost. -One...

...two...

...three!

Okay...

not cool.

Leo, are you sure you cooked it right?

Yes. I measured. I followed directions.

We learned our lesson with "Pick It Up Pancakes."

We're not amateurs anymore.

"Walk Through Wall-fles."

Even the riddle is clear.

"Exactly what it sounds like."

Maybe we're not doing it right.

How many ways are there to jump off a train?

Let's find out.

♪ ♪

(sighing)

(sighing)

Hey, sorry about earlier.

Looks like Ish and the others

really pulled one over on you.

Yep.

So, what'd you guys do for four hours?

Nothing much. Just sat there

and talked about how they were gonna find the starter.

Really? 'Cause I know you went to Rockabay Records.

What are you talking about?

I saw you come in with the bag.

Oh, yeah. We took a small break.

I wanted to fit in, so I bought a record.

(chuckles)

Here's what I don't get.

Once you gave them your coin,

why didn't they just ditch you if they didn't trust you?

Why four hours?

Why go record shopping?

I don't know. Ask them.

You're lying, Lex.

Maybe Dad can't tell, but I can.

I don't get it.

We tried running through the wall

every way humanly possible.

If you're a human trying to run through a solid brick wall

from a speeding train.

The magic gets us off the train,

but it's like we're bounced out of the station.

Sometimes I think the magic enjoys messing with your head.

Exactly. And now I hate waffles.

Guys, I don't think it's how we get off the train,

it's where we get off the train.

Right. At the station that was sealed up 14 years ago.

How could that pose a problem?

I think I know where she's going with this.

There must be other shut-down stations

in a city this big.

Why a place called "Unity"?

Because my dad was smart.

He wanted to make sure the three protectors

are unified about what to do with the starter.

Right.

And we're not.

Okay, say we agree we'll destroy it.

How are we gonna do it?

Last summer, when Sellitti's lost its air-conditioning,

none of the pizza crust would rise.

The heat killed the yeast in it.

Because yeast is basically a bacteria, like mold.

Stop there. I don't need to lose my taste for waffles

and pizza in the same day.

Well, yeast is a starter, and if heat can kill yeast,

it might be able to kill our starter, too.

But that's simple yeast.

There's not enough heat in even boiling water

to kill a magic starter, or your...

Or my dad would have done it himself.

But the Kalimba family

had enough heat to change the weather

when we used it.

Not intense enough.

What if we added Parquinnian?

That's the bonding spice.

I saw it on the spice chart.

So the heat would bond to the yeast molecules,

and the starter would...

Go as flat as our pizza dough.

That was not a good summer.

Okay, so we're all on the same page?

♪ ♪

I hate magic!

You can run, but you can't hide.

Well, not in an apartment this small, anyway.

What do you want?

I want to know what really happened to our coin.

I already told you.

So tell me again.

I gave it to Ish. I'm sick of the Wesson legacy

ruining our lives.

I can't believe I just said that.

Wait, how did...

You spelled me!

"Honey-dew As I Say Sorbet."

Old family recipe.

You're not gonna tell Dad, are you?

No.

You are.

Well, that was a total waste of time.

And our food fund.

We're down to two dimes and a button.

I sense blame in your tone.

I'm not the one who came up with the "unity" idea.

At least I was trying.

All you ever do is pitch ridiculous superhero ideas

from your comic books.

Leo's ideas aren't any more ridiculous

than the ridiculous recipes in the ridiculous cookbook.

Exactly. Thank you.

But seriously, Leo, try pitching something

that isn't from Superman.

I've never pitched an idea from Superman.

I don't even like Superman. He's boring.

What are you talking about?

(talking over each other)

Look at them. They don't even know we're here.

(talking over each other)

That's the problem.

Maybe we should get a slice.

Just until they notice.

(arguing continues)

Hi, guys.

Wow.

KELLY: I don't know what to say.

I've seen the magic do

a lot of strange things to people...

Last year, Kelly turned dark

and tried to tie us to the book for eternity.

Oh, uh, not really the right example. Carry on.

You guys need to work together, not fight.

What are you doing here, anyway?

Besides trying to make us feel bad about ourselves.

This is the key to solving your mystery.

(ticking)

A watch with no hands?

How is that supposed to help us?

Well, we won't know until we find the hands.

Which could be anywhere.

Um, Zoe? What's that?

ZOE: Nothing. Just a necklace

that used to be my... dad's!

ZOE: They're watch hands.

How long have you been wearing it?

For as long as I can remember.

My dad never took it off, so when he died,

my mom gave it to me.

-Let me guess, your dad was... -A protector.

-Named Ian Maddox. -Chuck's friend.

Your dad was a time traveler from the 1800s?

Wow. And I thought my dad was cool

'cause he lived in London for a year.

KELLY: Here we go.

♪ ♪

7:13.

-And it's not ticking anymore. -Good.

It was very annoying.

ZOE: But what does this mean?

So you just gave them the coins?

Everything our family's been working toward

for 150 years?

I did what I thought was right.

What's her punishment? I get her room!

Easy, Cody. We'll deal with that later.

Along with your punishment for spelling your sister.

Me?

Families don't spell each other!

Right now, all I care about is making sure

those protectors don't get their hands on the starter.

You know, it's really not necessary

for you guys to come with us.

Really? You guys were at each other's throats.

It's our... process.

We're fine now.

Promise.

HANNAH: This mission is too important

to just take a chance.

Are you sure that the watch is telling us that 7:13

is the time to get off the train?

Hannah is sure, and she's right about 86% of the time.

Wow.

"Walk Through Wall-fles."

I never thought I'd have a chance to try that spell.

It is pretty awesome.

Like being Vision from the Avengers.

Did you hear what she said?

I'm not the only one.

Uh, everybody?

T-minus 30 seconds.

-(sighing) -I don't know about this.

I mean, we could definitely make it through the train doors,

but what about the brick?

-What if we...? -LEO: Hannah,

you have to calm down about this.

All right, it's waffle time.

Okay, here we go.

In three, two...

...one.

-(cheering) -We made it!

Well, that was easy.

KELLY: Look at this place.

Where do we even start?

There's nothing down here.

Except dust.

And darkness.

And danger.

What did you guys say about being okay without us?

The real problem is that we have nothing to go on.

The starter could be anywhere.

Maybe we need to go back and check the book.

We can't, we'd have to wait until 7:13 tomorrow.

And we have to get back.

Maybe we're missing a clue.

Did you guys do a mystery board?

A-A what?

A place where you put all your clues.

No, but we downloaded everything on our phones.

Why didn't we ever do that?

I'm more of a paper person.

Guys, we found something.

Okay.

Watch this.

See? Two of those pillars aren't in the picture.

Now you see them, now you don't.

Those obviously aren't original.

Someone must have built these after this place closed up.

And they make a perfect equilateral triangle.

An equilateral triangle, a triangle displaying

three equal sides and three equal angles.

Whoa, something stuck from geometry class.

HANNAH: Except this one's missing its sides.

Okay, go with me here.

Ish, you stand in the middle of those two pillars,

Leo, between those.

On it.

Now try and put your hands on the pillars.

(grunts) We're too small.

It's, like, six feet across.

I just thought three equal sides for three equal protectors.

Maybe it was three adult protectors.

Of course.

When Zoe's dad was a protector, he was 18.

Same with the Wessons; they were adults.

Darbie, you stand by Leo.

-Kelly... -I got Ish.

Now hold hands.

Everyone, touch the pillar next to you.

(clattering, clicking)

(creaking)

What is that?

Would I get in trouble if I said it looks like the Batmobile?

♪ ♪

LEO: "The starter is here."

Really? After all the complex clues and crazy riddles,

it comes down to this?

What, did Ian Maddox just run out of ideas?

(wind gusting)

My dad hasn't made anything easy before.

Why would he start now?

So this is just a dead end?

No.

A failsafe.

One last clue.

And my dad was pretty specific about clues.

So when he said "here," I'm pretty sure he meant...

...here.

(laughs softly)

To us.

ALL: To us.

The one thing I don't get is how did you know

there was a connection between the pillars?

My dad's greatest fear was that another protector

would go rogue with the magic.

Like the Wessons.

So he made sure the only way to access this last clue

was by three protectors working in unison.

Why do you think it was hidden in Unity Station?

We're really sorry, guys.

-For what? -Doubting you.

I guess not all protectors start out as best friends.

Some have to grow into it.

Aww.

That's enough. Someone hand me the red pepper flakes.

Speaking of pepper, I've been thinking,

Werpoes pepper might destroy the starter.

Actually, I think we've figured it out.

We're gonna add Kalimba and Parquinnian

so the starter superheats.

What? Are we way off-base?

No, no, it's just,

we created Parquinnian.

Actually, we spliced together three spice families.

It was the book who named it after us.

Oh, now I get it.

Your last names.

Par... quinn... ien.

-That is way cool. -ZOE: Maybe we'll get

a spice named after us one day.

W-Wal...

-Lett... -Ta?

"Walletta"?

-(laughter) -We'll keep working on it.

Tell me again about that spell you used on your sister.