Wish Upon a Unicorn

For crying out loud, we've been sitting here forever!

Not too late to turn back.

Don't worry, Dad. I'm sure the road will clear up soon.

Traffic was the one thing I thought we left behind.

You're taking up two lanes! What are you doing?

Come on, ya fat cow!

Daddy, don't be mean!

How is that mean? Look at her.

Move, Bessie! We don't have all day!

Let's go!

You're making her nervous.

Baby, it's fine. That's how milkshakes are made.

Come on!

Mia, what're you doing?

Hey, cow!

Moo-ve!

Okay, then.

Good try, baby.

Okay, 10 more seconds and we're having burgers for dinner.

- Dad, no! - Stop it, Daddy!

Five, four, three, two...

Oh! Oh!

- Yay! - It's about time! Thank you!

Okay, let's go.

Whoa!

- Whoa! - Oh, come on!

You're up, Mia.

Go tell this punk to baa-ck off.

Okay, easy.

Sip. Sip.

Oh, Monroe, looks like we have company.

I know, I know, I know.

Hi!

Welcome!

Well, hello there!

Welcome to the ranch.

Oh, hello.

Sorry it took so long.

We got cow blocked.

No worries.

The girls got big, huh?

Ah, sure did!

Wow.

So, who are you people?

Uh...

Uh, hi, Rose. You know us. I'm Louis.

You asked the girls and I to...

To come and help you with the ranch.

We're Samantha's family.

Oh, dear.

My sweet Sam left us about a year past.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. We, uh... We're well aware. Um...

You stayed with us, uh, in Chicago for the funeral.

You helped out with the reception at our apartment afterwards.

Remember?

It was really sad.

Oh, did you serve those little piggies in a blanket?

Yeah. Emma made them.

Oh, yes!

It's all coming back.

They were delicious!

Did you bring any?

Uh, no hors d'oeuvres,

but we've got some gummy bears in the cup holder.

Oh, that's a shame. Well, all right.

Let's all get washed up for dinner, okay?

- Grandma. - Yep?

If you didn't even remember me, then why did you say I had gotten taller?

Were you smaller once?

Uh, yeah.

Well, there you go.

This is quite the spread, Rose.

You sure you weren't expecting company?

Oh, sometimes my boyfriend comes over to share some fiddles with me and Monroe.

You have a boyfriend, Granny?

Don't you?

Burn!

Well, at least I have friends.

Not anymore. They're in Chicago.

You'll make new friends in no time.

Personally, I am very excited for this fresh start.

I don't have to tell you, we've had

quite the streak of bad luck this past year.

You don't say?

Mmm-hmm.

I got laid off, our landlord sold the building,

uh, Emma broke her arm.

Mia's grades started slipping.

Only in spelling.

Spelling is hard.

Yes, it is.

Oh, the van needed a new fuel pump.

That was really expensive.

Uh, what else am I forgetting?

We lost our mother.

You're right, baby. That, uh,

was hands down the worst thing that's ever happened to all of us.

Well, everybody has bad days,

and you just have to trust

that the next one is gonna be a little bit better.

- You gotta stay positive. - Mmm-hmm.

Positive.

Put your faith in your family,

and there's nothing we can't overcome.

I agree

and I think the Dindals' luck is about to change.

Here, here. I'll drink to that.

Mia! You're such an idiot!

I told you to stop playing around and to be careful.

Whoa!

Fire!

Fire! Fire!

- Fire! - It's okay, it's okay.

There we go.

Not a problem.

Listen, Gran, I hope we're not being too much of an inconvenience.

Just say the word and we're on the next flight back to Chicago.

Right, Mia?

Nonsense.

As long as you make yourself scarce

when my gentleman caller comes for Netflix and chill.

Oh, your boyfriend, right.

We'll, uh, give you your space, right, Mia?

Right, Mia?

Huh? Yeah. Space. Space.

The final frontier.

You are not guests, you're family.

This is your home now.

But this is a working ranch.

You know what that means.

- You work? - Exactly.

Oh, crap.

Time for chores!

Well, it goes on and on

Like a sad, sad country song

I thought it can't get worse

Then one more thing went wrong

Host my dog, my house my wife, my pickup truck

I can't explain it but let's just face it

Sometimes life just sucks

But! Keep holding on

It won't be long

My soul will find

Somehow, some day I'm gonna find a way

I'm gonna get what's mine

No one said it would be easy

I've come too far to give up now

No, I'll never stop believing

Things will turn around

My feet will touch the ground

Right about now

Rise and shine, time for school!

You're snoring.

Who is that?

What? You're mumbling.

I thought I saw a man with a hat and

a long jacket.

Did you?

It's here. Get up.

Come on.

Try to blend in.

There's no seats together.

Ask someone to move.

Just take this one.

Ugh.

Patrick. Is that your name?

No, it's the name of the seat.

Name of what?

See, that window is Ben.

Girl's book over there goes by Julie.

And in the cafeteria

there's a big ol' lunch table named Kimmy.

Gotcha.

I, um, like your scissors.

You mean Jeff?

What grade are you in?

I just moved here from Chicago.

Do you mind?

I'm trying to finish breakfast here.

Jimmy J. John gave 16 bushels of huckleberries to Sally Mae Sue,

who gave 11 to Mary Sally Mae,

who returned three to Jimmy J. John

before spotting six to Sally Mary Mae's bro, Johnny Jim Sue.

Mia, how many bushels may Mary Sally Mae have?

What's a huckleberry?

Mia, how do you spell "coulie"?

Can you use it in a sentence?

De flat swam plumly down the creek through the coulie.

Coulie.

K...

Grab yourself a brush and get creating, children!

Everything stays the same

La, la, la, la, la

What am I painting here, a house?

The magic of art is not what you see,

but what you make others see.

If everything's the same then everything's...

Splendid. Good use of the negative capability, Stephanie.

The assignment was to paint a dog.

Dog went home, that's his mess.