04x22 - Where There's Smoke

[bunniefuu]

Dad, don't worry, ok?

Just enjoy the
utensil convention.

Are you really surprised that no
one showed up for the ladle-palooza?

Seriously.

Dad, I know. I know.

Listen, the casserole
is in the oven.

Yes, yes, yes. You
take it out, you let it cool,

you shampoo it,
you rinse it, repeat it.

I'm just playing
with you, daddy.

Hold on. Let me call you right
back. I love you, too. Bye-bye.

Excuse me!

Where do you think you're going?

To the library.

With a basketball?

Dad put me in charge.

I need you to respect me enough

to give me a decent lie.

Sorry. I was in a rush.

Cory, you're not going anywhere

until you finish your chores.

I did 'em.

Mm-hmm.

So you cleaned your room?

Yes.

You picked up the laundry?

Yes.

You picked up fresh milk?

Yes!

You may go.

Thank you.

Yep, when it comes
to little brothers,

you've just got to
show 'em who's boss.

Cory!

Let's go.

♪ If you could gaze
into the future ♪

♪ future, future ♪

♪ you might think life
would be a breeze ♪

♪ life is a breeze ♪

♪ seeing trouble
from a distance ♪

♪ yeah ♪ go, Rae!

♪ But it's not that easy ♪
♪ oh, no ♪

♪ I try to save the situation ♪

♪ then I end up misbehavin' ♪

♪ ohh, whoa, oh ♪

♪ hey, now, say now ♪

♪ 'bout to put it down, yeah ♪

♪ come on and ride
with the break now ♪

♪ and the future
looks great now ♪

♪ and everything's
gonna change now ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's the future I can see ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's so mysterious to me ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's the future I can see ♪

♪ that's so Raven ♪

♪ it's so mysterious
to me, yeah ♪

yep, that's me.

Hey, Cory.

Hey, Cindy!

Come on in.

I'm glad you called.

We haven't hung out in a while.

I know. I had a
completely free weekend...

and, you know, I
wanted us to hang out.

Yeah.

Nice socks.

You know, they make
those for girls, too.

So, yeah, how's your new school?

Well, it's a lot different
from our elementary school.

Yeah, yeah. I miss naptown, too.

Ha ha ha ha!

But I am making
some cool new friends.

That's good. That's good.

So, is your dad home?

Uh... no.

Good. Mind if I smoke?

Yeah, sometimes
you got to... what?

Tell me those are candy.

Cory, you're so cute.

Yeah. What are you doing?

Having a cigarette. Want one?

No, I don't want one, and
you don't want one, either.

Cory, what's the big deal?

Lots of my new
friends smoke. It's cool.

No, it's not, ok?

I can't believe my
sweet, innocent Cindy

is a smoker.

Well, actually, I
only tried it once,

and I coughed my brains out.

So why would you do it again?

Well, my friends say you
have to do it a few times

to get used to it.

Well, your friends are idiots.

No, they're not!

Cory, you're stressing me out.

I need a cigarette.

Wait. Wait.

Fine.

Who are you?

Look, if your parents
ever found out...

Cory, please promise me
you won't tell my parents

or anyone else
about this. Please?

All right, I promise.

But look, your smoking
days, they're over, ok?

Give it!

You ain't getting these back.

I thought you were my friend.

Cory!

I am your friend. That's
why I'm taking these.

Remember, you promised.

Cory, how come you're not
in there doing the laundry?

I'm gonna do it in a minute, ok?

Ok.

You need to take that


That smells nasty.

Yes, thank you.

All right, look. I'm gonna
do it in a minute, ok?

Just get off my case.
I got a lot on my mind.

All right.

And you know what? You
need to take off my socks.

Hey, Rae. What's up?

Hey.

Mmm. What's that?

Wait a minute.

Is that your dad's famous
vegetable casserole?

Yeah. I'm gonna need
you to stop sniffing, ok?

You're gonna suck
all the flavor out of it.

When can we eat some?

You can't. It's special order
for the mayor's birthday banquet.

The mayor?

Fancy!

Yeah. Somebody from his office

is coming by later
to pick it up, so, um...

I don't mean to be rude,

but I got a lot of
chores, you guys.

What can we do to help, Rae?

You can do the dusting,
you can do the vacuuming,

you can pick up the laundry.

Anything we can
do from right here?

Actually, yeah. When
the casserole is finished,

the timer will go off. I need
you to put it on the counter

and let it cool. Ooh, and Chels,

can you remember to put
on your oven mitts this time?

Oh, right.

I used to have the
cutest fingerprints.

Yeah. And make sure
Cory's grubby little hands

don't get all up in it.

Don't you worry
about that, little missy.

'Cause anybody that gets near
this, they got to come through me.

Right.

Well, all right. Let's just wait for
the ding. That can't be too hard.

Yeah. Right.

I can't take this
endless waiting.

It's ready.

Ooh, hot.

Oh, wow! Man,
it looks delicious.

I wonder if it tastes
as good as it smells?

Hey! You heard Raven.
This is for the mayor.

Right. It's for the mayor,
Chelsea. It's for the mayor.

Yes.

Oops.

Little piece fell off
right there by accident.

Shame to let it go to waste.

Mmm.

Eddie, now look at it.

It's all lopsided.

We... we... we
should even it out.

Right.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm. Mmm.

Hey, Eddie.

Hmm?

You think Raven's
going to notice?

Yeah, she's gonna freak.

Don't panic. Don't panic.

We'll just look up the recipe

that Mr. B made,
and make another one

before Raven even gets here.

Right. Right.

But if we're gonna
make a new one,

won't we need an empty pan?

Right! Right!

Cory, I'm home. I
hope you got the...

laundry.

Cory... Lazy... Non-working...

Good-for-nothing... Cigarette...

Cigarette smoking?

Oh, no.

Cory!

What's all the screaming about?

I was in the middle
of a power nap.

You haven't even
heard screaming yet.

Um, what is this?

I don't know anything about it.

I found it in your shirt.

I was holding it for a friend.

I thought you said you
didn't know anything about it.

That was before I knew
you found it in my shirt.

Do you want to try another lie?

Um... That's not my shirt?

Cory!

Don't you know how
dangerous cigarette smoking is?

Of course I do.

Then why did I find
one in your shirt?

And you'd better
tell me the truth.

Listen, listen,
listen. The truth is...

I have never smoked
a cigarette in my life,

and I never will.

And you're just gonna
have to believe me.

God, I don't know
what to believe.

It's a good thing
Raven didn't find these.

He told me he
cleaned up this place.

He also told me that
wasn't his cigarette.

Pssh. He's a liar, a smoker,

and a slob.

I gotta find that
pack of cigarettes

and bust him big time.

Boo-yah!

Yeah, Larry. Did you get it?

Yeah, baby.

Yes!

Drag race 3000.

Look at that race car
tearing up that track.

I know, man. Let's
go pop this sucker in.

Aw, wait. I forgot the laundry.

Raven has really
been on my case, man.

I gotta take care of this.

You're gonna wash it now?

No, I'm gonna hide it
now. Come on, man.

I know those cigarettes
are in here somewhere.

My visions are never wrong.

Even I gotta laugh at that one.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

Come on, Larry.
Let's fire it up.

Fire it up?

Perfect. Now I can
catch him in the act.

What was that?

Maybe someone dropped a coconut.

Yeah.

This is beyond nasty.

Ok, let's start dragging.

Yeah.

Larry's smoking, too?

I knew that kid was a bad seed.

What's that smell?

I guess this dirty
laundry's getting a little ripe.

Eew! Eew! Eew! Eew!

More goofy socks.

All done. There we go.

Yeah. You ready?

Let's do it!

Might as well kick off your
shoes and get comfortable.

Ahh, man.

Puke. This wasn't
the best hiding place.

Man, these things
are getting expensive.

But what can we
do? We're hooked.

Yeah. All right, I
get the first drag.

You know you're
just gonna choke.

No, not this time. I've been
smokin' 'em at the arcade.

What is wrong with this thing?

It's not lighting up.

You know what? This
pack must not be fresh.

Don't worry about it. I always
keep a fresh pack at my house.

Let's head over to your house.

My house just ain't working out.

Let's head for your house.

One second, Larry. I
forgot to do something.

It's a good thing
Raven didn't find these.

Aha! Got 'em!

He is not gonna lie
his way out of this one.

Oh! It's ready! Yes!

Over mitts.

Oh, right. Thanks, man.

Ok, close that. Close that.

Oh, man.

Smells great.

Looks great.

Let's see if it tastes great.

No, we can't!

That's how we got into
this mess in the first place.

I know. It's just that
it tastes so good.

What are you guys doing?

Nothing. Just, like you said,

waiting on the mayor's
casserole to cool down.

Yep, yep, yep.

That was hours ago.

Oh, my goodness.

It's hot.

Like it just came
out of the oven.

Well, you know that old saying:

A watched casserole never cools.

Yeah, I heard that.

Yeah.

Look, whatever. I
have bigger problems.

What? Well, Rae.

Come on! Whatever
the problem is here,

smoking is no solution.

I don't have the problem, Chels.

Cory is the one smoking.

Cory? Are you sure?

What? Cory's too
smart to be smoking.

Yeah, I thought so, too,

but I found a
cigarette in his pocket,

and I found this
pack in his room.

Yeah, that sounds bad to me.

And then I just
heard him and Larry

that they were gonna take a drag

and light it up
and smoke it and...

Wait a minute. Are you sure

they just weren't
playing drag race 3000

and you misinterpreted
everything you heard?

Chels, come back to earth.

Ok. I'm back.

I have to do
something about Cory.

Are you gonna tell your dad?

If I have to, but I want
to talk to him myself first.

Come on, Rae. How
are you gonna do that?

I have an idea, but I'm
gonna need your help.

You know we got your back, girl.

I know. I'm just gonna
make a couple calls.

Ok.

Ooh, speaking of calls...

Something is calling me.

Eddie, come on, dude.
No. Look, we can't.

But we must.

Ok. We can always
make another one.

Right.

Oh, Cindy. Thank
goodness. Come on in.

Raven, I got your message.

What's the problem?

Join the group.

Here's the situation.

Someone that we
all know and love

is... smoking.

It's Cory.

Cory?

Yeah, and you know what? Of
course he denied it, you know?

Saying he was
holding it for a friend.

The most transparent
of all alibis.

See? I just can't
get through to him.

But if all of his
friends step up

and how him how
concerned they are,

maybe he'll listen to reason.

See, everyone, I think that

Cory just needs a little
bit of, you know, Patience...

Understanding...

Get him!

Ok, what did I do?

You know what you did, Cory.

The lying stops right now.

What? Look, I was just
at Larry's house, ok?

I'll do the stupid laundry.
I'll do everybody's laundry.

No, it's not about the laundry.

We need you to calm down, ok?

All right? You're
in a safe place.

Now, I just wanted
to talk to you

about this disgusting
smoking habit.

Listen, how many
times have I told you?

I do not smoke.

I found these in your room.

You went in my room?

I thought we had
rules about that.

The rules are null and void

when it comes to your
health and safety, Cory.

Now sit down. Your friends
have something to say.

William.

I'm just gonna give
you the facts, Cory.

Smoking gives you bad breath.

Bad breath. And what girl
is gonna want to be with you

if you smell like
an ashtray, Cory?

Look at Cindy.

Gagging already. Think she
gonna kiss your nasty mouth?

Smoking is gross.

Turns your fingernails yellow,

and your teeth brown.

Your fingernails yellow
and your teeth brown.

Is that what you want, Cory?

Every cigarette you smoke

destroys your lungs,
weakens your heart,

and shortens your life.

Bad lungs, weak
heart, and short life.

Look, I know, I know, I know.

Then why are you
doing it, doing it, doing it?

What about secondhand
smoke, Cory?

I mean, it's one thing
to ruin your own body,

but why does everybody else
have to breath that poison?

You know what? I don't
know anything about that.

And you know why?

Because I don't smoke.

Cindy?

What?

We can't get through to him.

You need to talk to him.

Oh, right.

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Um, Cory... I'm sorry.

We all are, Cory.

Listen, we care about you.

I mean, I remember when
you were just a little kid.

First learned how
to use the potty.

And now look at you. You're
throwing your life down it.

Get it together, man!

Get your head out of the toilet!

You know what? Fine.

Don't believe me.

I'm out of here. Excuse me.

Thank you.

Hey! Going somewhere, smokey?

The juicer.

Sorry, Cory. I had to
bring in some muscle.

All right, sit down.

Now you're gonna listen,
and you're gonna listen good.

Ok. All right. Cool.

Now, your sister wanted
me to make a little speech

about how much you
mean to me as a friend,

but I don't really do speeches

and you're not really my friend.

But you have been growing on me,

and I decided if any harm is
going to come to you, Cory,

it's gonna come from me.

Now, the first step in
solving any problem

is admitting that
you have a problem.

For instance, I have a problem.

I love squeezing kids' heads.

But at least I admit it, Cory,

and you need to
admit you're smoking.

So we're gonna pool
our problems together.

I'm gonna squeeze your head

until you admit
you're smoking...

Or juice comes out.

Whichever happens
first. I don't really care.

So, without further ado,

place head here.

You know what? Fine.

Just do it fast.

Oh! No, wait!

Cory's telling the truth.

I'm the one who's smoking.

Cindy, do not take the
blame for Cory's problem.

No, it's true.

Aw, come on.

I mean, are we
supposed to believe

that sweet little innocent
Cindy here is the one smoking?

Actually, Eddie, a lot of
girls nowadays are smoking.

That's a nasty little
habit you've got going on.

I know, and after
what I've heard today,

I promise I'll
never do it again.

Aw... you promise?

I promise.

Ok.

And I'm sorry for
getting you in trouble.

Aw, that's ok, Cindy.

Sounds like you got the message.

All right. That's
great. Now excuse me.

Today I heard you and Larry saying,
like, smoking and lighting it up.

What was that about?

Hey, guys.

Oh! I see you're in the
middle of something.

Weeny, get in here.

Yes, your juice-ness.

Were you smoking with
Cory in his room today?

No. We were up in his
bedroom playing drag race 3000.

Hey, I pitched that
like an hour ago, ok?

That's all I'm saying.

So you were telling
the truth, Cory.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, if you
weren't lying all day

maybe I would have believed you.

Ok, I'm sorry.

I guess that did
make things worse.

Come on! I took the
bus all the way over here.

I don't get to juice anything?

Be my guest.

Yeah!

Eew!

Gross!

Ah. Still got it.

Well, better on the
floor than in your lungs.

That's for sure.

Hey, why don't you
go clean that up.

What?

All right, the laundry's done.

You know, Raven,

I'm sorry I gave you
such a hard time.

Yeah, and I'm sorry I
almost got your head juiced.

Yeah, you should be sorry.

Well, since everyone's
saying sorry,

we kind of have
to say sorry, too.

Yeah. Uh... We sorry

that we ate your
daddy's casserole.

What?

I told you guys that
was for the mayor.

They're coming by
right now to pick it up.

But don't worry about it,
Raven. Don't worry about it.

We got the recipe, we made a
new one, and it came out perfect.

Oh, thank goodness.

Then we ate that one, too.

What?

Yeah, we got a little hungry.

But look, you
know, it's all right,

because we made another
one, and it's right in there

on the counter
cooling down right now.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, man. You guys
tried this casserole?

What! What! What!

One more time.

Man!