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Q&A August: Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company

They say you should never meet your heroes, but obviously “they” were never enlightened enough to consider Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company a hero. Like many Shakespeare geeks, I was exposed to Reduced Shakespeare Company’s performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) at an impressionable young age. Once the DVD came out, I watched it over and over again, soaking up the irreverence and affection for Shakespeare like a sponge. It never occurred to me that I would one day meet the curly-haired pompous idiot in the black pants whose antics had entertained me so much, let alone be lucky enough to call him a friend, but that’s exactly what has happened.

I first met Austin (after exchanging mutually admiring tweets with him) in April of 2016, during their world premiere of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) at the Folger Library. I was prepared to be utterly starstruck, but Austin was so wonderfully down-to-earth that within minutes I felt like I’d known him forever. Totally lacking the pomposity and idiocy of his stage persona, Austin was overwhelmingly encouraging and supportive of my work, immediately welcoming me to play with him in the Shakespeare comedy sandbox. I had literally just started working full-time on Good Tickle Brain, so his enthusiasm meant the world to me.

I could gush about Austin for many more paragraphs, but I’m sure you’d rather hear from him, so here he is, my Comedy Fairy Godfather, in his own words!

1. Who are you? Why Shakespeare?

I’m Austin Tichenor, a playwright, director, and actor. I'm the co-artistic director of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, a three-person comic theatre troupe that reduces long serious topics into short silly comedies.

My first exposure to Shakespeare was undoubtedly in the original series of Star Trek! I read Shakespeare in high school English classes and got to see fantastic productions of Shakespeare at American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and the Berkeley Reprtory Theatre, but I didn’t get to actually WORK on Shakespeare until grad school where I both played Claudius in a production of Hamlet and reduced my first Shakespeare (it was a directorial exercise: a five minute reduction of Much Ado About Nothing). My first professional theatre job was creating plays for young people so I went to Shakespeare immediately, creating 45 minute cuttings of Much Ado, Midsummer, and The Tempest.

So the opportunity to join the RSC in 1992 and perform its signature work The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (written by the RSC’s founders) in London’s West End for eight months combined all my theatrical loves: smart silly comedy, non-realistic theatricality, and Shakespeare — which is kinda redundant, now that I think about it

2. What moment(s) in Shakespeare always make you laugh?

My favorite moments are typically when characters make incredible discoveries about themselves, and these are usually comic. Malvolio’s “I am…happy!” Terrible actor Francis Flute fully committing to the moment on “Dead, my dove?” Benedick’s “There’s a double meaning in that.” Hamlet toying with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, or telling Claudius he “shall nose” the dead Polonius as he goes upstairs. Olivia’s “Most wonderful!” when the penny drops and she realizes “Cesario” is actually Viola (and Sebastian’s twin).

3. What's a favorite Shakespearean performance anecdote?

I have two!

1) We were performing William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) for the Shakespeare Theatre Association conference — the savviest and most knowledgeable group of people I’ll probably ever perform for, ever. I was playing Richard III and limping downstage to say my first line, one of the most famous first lines in all of Shakespeare. But I was distracted because I saw there were people sitting on the sides and I didn’t want to limp too far downstage for them to see — and in my distraction I said, “Now is the moment of our...” As soon as the word was out of my mouth, I knew I’d blown the line (it’s supposed to be “Now is the winter of our discontent”) and I knew I couldn’t pretend that it hadn’t happened; not in front of that crowd, not in our style of show. So I quite audibly said, “Oh f&$# me,” and limped back offstage to come in again. This time I said the line right and emphasized the first word: “Now is the winter of our discontent!” It brought down the house and everyone asked whether I’d planned it. Sigh…no, I hadn’t.

Mya interjects: I was in the house for this performance and this moment remains one of the highlights of my theatre-going career. What Austin neglects to mention here is that Reed, who had been left alone onstage after Austin had retreated, went over to the wings as if to confer with Austin, and said, sotto voce, “No, I don’t think anybody noticed.”

2) We were performing The Complete Works on a stage that had a little runway that circled the orchestra pit. In one of the scenes, Adam Long (one of the RSC’s founding members) decided to hop over the pit, from the stage to the runway, and he ended breaking the runway floor and falling through the boards. Thankfully uninjured, and delighted that he had this opportunity, he immediately uttered the immortal words, “Don’t worry, it’s just a stage I’m going through."

4. What's one of the more unusual Shakespearean interpretations you've either seen or would like to see?

I’m glad that nowhere in here have you asked what my favorite play is. I don’t have favorite Shakespeare plays, but I do have favorite productions. Here are two:

1) The Folger Theatre at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost was delightful from start to finish: Incredibly smart, wildly funny, and wonderfully charming. The director and her team made the King’s desire for “a little academe” quite literal by re-creating the Folger Library’s handsome reading room onstage. (I wrote about this terrific production here.)

2) The Chicago Shakespeare Company production of The Tempest, co-directed by Aaron Posner and the magician Teller, turned Prospero into an actual wizard and filled the production with literal magic. (There must have been magic in Shakespeare’s original production as the First Folio has a stage direction that mentions that characters disappear by means of “a quaint device”. Teller filled his production with many quaint magic tricks and devices!) With music by Tom Waits and great comedy from its clowns, it was the most entertaining and completely realized production of The Tempest I've ever seen.

Favorite moments?

When Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) slaps his snotty son Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston) in The Hollow Crown adaptation of Henry IV, Part 1 taking him (and the audience) by total surprise.

When Francis Flute’s (Sam Rockwell) emotions bubble to the surface unexpectedly in the ridiculous “Pyramus and Thisbe” in the film version of Midsummer.

When Juliet (Claire Danes) stirs and almost wakes up in time to prevent Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) from killing himself in Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet.

When Antigonus (Gregory Linington) distracted the Bear, dooming himself but preventing the death of Perdita, in the Goodman Theatre production of one of my least favorite plays The Winter’s Tale.

5. What's one of your favorite Shakespearean "hidden gems”?

The hidden gem of Shakespeare is actually right out in the open: He’s written incredibly theatrical plays, filled with rich and elusive characters that still fascinate us 400 years later, and even the most serious of his plays (including his Histories and especially his Tragedies) contain more comedy than is generally realized (or pulled off). Shakespeare was a showman whose livelihood depended on entertaining his audiences, so he created plays filled with music, devices, comic bits, fascinating characters, time jumps, changing perspectives, and shifting tones that are always serious (especially his Comedies) but never solemn.

(You don’t ask what my Shakespearean pet peeve but here it is: Productions that lack urgency and ignore the above, as in: Comedies that are beautiful-looking and melancholy but not funny. Histories that ignore the comic chaos that Shakespeare layers in. Tragedies that are one-note, over-the-top, and not in any way believable. Romances that equate pastoral with languid and not compelling. Argh.)

6. What passages from Shakespeare have stayed with you?

Oh so many...

Beatrice’s “Kill Claudio,” which comes seemingly out of the blue and yet is so right.

Falstaff’s honor speech, when done right, in front of a live audience.

And I find Miranda’s “O brave new world that hath such people in’t” just incredibly moving. (I’m always moved by Joy. Tragedy can suck it.)

Mya interjects: “Tragedy can suck it” might be my new personal motto now. Thanks, Austin.

7. What Shakespeare plays have changed for you?

Henry VI, Part 1. Reading it again recently, I was struck by the level of chaos Shakespeare depicts in a kingdom struggling without a ruler. It’s almost like Monty Python meets Veep: Sentences can’t get finished because people are running in and out, declaring “I’m in charge! I’m in charge!” with grand impotence. Of course Shakespeare would write it like that: He needed to entertain his audience, who were probably also nervous about their aging queen who had yet to declare a successor. Shakespeare created a chaotic warning that England shouldn’t descend into that kind of comically dangerous madness again — a warning that wasn’t really heeded, unfortunately.

8. What Shakespearean character or characters do you identify the most with?

Having played so many of them (albeit in reduced forms), that’s a tough call. But because I’m also an actor and a playwright, the ones I probably identify with the most are Shakespeare's seemingly autobiographical ones: Peter Quince, the only (I think) actor-playwright in the canon. Hamlet, the Danish prince with surprisingly strong opinions about theatre’s power and how certain speeches should be played (and how annoying comedians can be). Benedick, who struggles with his writing so comically. Suffolk, who in Henry VI, Part 1 declares, “I’ll call for pen and ink and write my mind.” And Bottom, of course, who thinks he can play anything.

Mya interjects: PETER QUINCES OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

9. Where can we find out more about you? Are there any projects/events you would like us to check out?

I’ve spent the last several years doing incredibly deep dives into Shakespeare, across many media:

My RSC partner Reed Martin and I wrote Pop-Up Shakespeare, an incredibly fun (and useful) introduction to the Bard’s life and works with beautiful, amazing, and funny illustrations by Jennie Maizels.

I contribute monthly essays about the intersection between Shakespeare and popular culture for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Shakespeare & Beyond blog.

My weekly podcast (now in its 13th year) is a backstage glimpse into the life and works of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, featuring interviews with our many comedian, actor, playwright, author, director, composer, dramaturg, and artist friends and many many deep dives into matters Shakespearean.

Reed and I also wrote the definitive irreverent reference book, Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged), which is still inexplicably in print (perhaps cuz it’s definitive).

We also wrote the stage play William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (“An absolute resolute hoot of a bawdy comedy of errors!” Broadway World), which premiered at the Folger Theatre in 2016, has toured the US and the UK, and is available for licensing via Broadway Play Publishing.

And in November 2019, the RSC will perform the international premiere in Israel of our brand new script Hamlet’s Big Adventure (a prequel) — what would happen if Tom Stoppard wrote Muppet Babies. It’s the comedy of the Prince of Denmark!

If after reading all this, for some insane reason you still want to get in touch, come find me here on Twitter. I think Mya will agree that it’s a much more civilized and fun place than its reputation suggests.

(Back to Mya) Thanks so much to Austin for taking the time to answer my questions! If you want to HEAR us actually talking to each other check out:

Reduced Shakespeare Co. Podcast #493

Reduced Shakespeare Co. Podcast #532

Reduced Shakespeare Co. Podcast #653

Q&A August continues next week with two phenomenal women who are using Shakespeare to build the most amazing things.

#Q&A August #shakespeare #reduced shakespeare company

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pavlovers · 5 years

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shakespeare tag except it’s done poorly by an unknowledgable rampallian

yooo so just remembered @britneyshakespeare the divine & sublime rockstar herself tagged me like a couple weeks ago to do this shakespeare tag and even though my very extensive reading history of shakespeare works consists of romeo & juliet, macbeth, and literally nothing else im extremely bored and too much of a sucker for tag things to not want to do it

1. The first production you ever saw:

i have never even remotely seen a shakespeare play live but in terms of just anything ever the first play i ever saw live would probably be my middle school’s production of the little mermaid jr circa 7th grade

2. A line that gets stuck in your head:

“I burn, I pine, I perish!” from the taming of the shrew im aware but of course im only familiar through jgl’s delivery of it from the 1999 classic 10 things i hate about you. really like & relate to that line a lot (not necessarily in a romantic sense but like in an overall yearning/dissatisfaction w life sense)

3. A production you’d fantasize about directing:

i could try but would it ever live up to baz luhrmann’s romeo + juliet (1996)? i think not

4. A character you’d fantasize about playing:

oh me? idk im not much of an actress and would feel extremely undeserving playing some of the really cool characters like mercutio or lady macbeth... id be content maybe playing one of the 3 witches though thatd be kickass and also they speak all together a lot and don’t have too too many lines.

or peter from romeo and juliet who i absolutely remember nothing about but would totally be fit for playing based on this sparknotes description of him

5. A character you’d fantasize about dating:

not entirely into the romance thing but if i had go w my stereotypical useless wlw gut yes i totally find lady macbeth h*t. also i just,, Know rosaline from romeo and juliet is Not Straight like will.i.am shakespeare couldn’t have made it any more obvious

6. A character you would fight:

honestly? macduff is stuck up and annoying and would totally attempt to fight even if he cuts my head off

7. A Shakespearean scholar, actor, or director you would fight:

baz luhrmann not over romeo + juliet but the great gatsby (2013). soundtrack was,, bad and also focused a little too much on the gaudiness and not enough on the intricately repressed homosexuality. the taylor swift you belong with me gatsby-nick amv was infinitely better

8. The play you’ve never seen performed that you most want to (alternately: the play you’ve never seen performed well that you most want to):

havent seen a shakespeare play ever but honestly would be game 2 see any!! like not just the couple ive read but really any one,, from what ive heard feel like hamlet or a midsummer night’s dream would be a trip 2 see live outdoors in a lawn chair chilling & eating a hot dog or something

9. The historical production you’d most want to see live:

dont know nearly enough to say

10. Your favorite film version:

the only one ive ever really seen and happened to enjoy thoroughly was romeo + juliet in 9th grade,, dont think i was ever fully shown a macbeth adaptation sophomore year, we just had to watch like various versions of act 1 scene 1 and take notes on how they were different

11. Your least favorite film version:

cant say i have one?

12. A dreamcast for stage or screen:

diana @britneyshakespeare in whatever role she wants

13. An underrepresented/underrated character:

hmm well i guess i always liked the nurse. and like i kinda find most of the well intentioned characters in macbeth boring but like banquo’s ghost is kinda badass

14. An underperformed/underrated play:

im the wrong person to ask buddy

15. A minor character whose story you want to know more about:

would love to know of the other escapades the 3 witches have been on. what other lives have they ruined. also of course rosaline like would highly enjoy hearing her perspective on things (since i think she’s like related to juliet and all so she’d probably be filled in on parts of the story)

16. A line you can quote in everyday life:

the aforementioned “i burn i pine i perish”. also i vaguely remember juliet’s little monologue in act 2 scene 5 because i had 2 film myself performing it in 9th grade for an english project

17: The scene that consistently makes you laugh out loud or the scene that makes you cry:

honestly cant say ive ever done either reading a shakespeare play (mostly because im probably struggling to interpret the language instead of being moved by it)

18. The question you’d ask William Shakespeare if you were drinking in a pub:

“oh cool youre like real and not just a cover up for various random playwright dudes in the 16th century. nice”

not tagging anyone obviously since i quite literally dont know anyone else on here who happens 2 be very into shakespeare other than the lovely who tagged me

#tag thing #never read henry iv part i btw just looked up shakespeare insults & thought rampallian sounded cool

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genderfluidfox · 5 years

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1) The first production you ever saw:

So I can't really pinpoint this. It must have been either a production of R&J in Vienna, which I haaaaaated, because instead of killing themselves beautifully Romeo and Juliet took a watermelon, held it in front of their belly and started stabbing a knife into it repeatedly, littering the stage with their 'organs' (I must have been around 7 years old) or a production of Taming of the Shrew in which my father acted but I cant remember anything except of lots of men talking and talking and talking and me not understanding.

2) A line that gets stuck in your head:

Pffuu, I think I might go with Hamlet's "Am I a coward?" just because I'm auditioning with that monologue for acting schools at the moment.

3) A production you'd fantasize about directing:

Romeo and Juliet just to make sure that FOR ONCE, the men get the credit as young, over energized men, that Juliet is super cool and that Friar Laurence and Nurse scenes go by as fast as possible.

4) A role you'd fantasize about playing:

Mercutio. No question.

5) A character you'd fantasize about dating:

All of them. Except for Iago. Fuck Iago.

6) A character you would fight:

Every clown character Will Kemp ever played.

7) A Shakespearean scholar, actor or director you would fight:

Kenneth Branagh.

8) A play that you have never seen performed that you most want to:

The Tempest

9) The historical production you'd most want to see:

The original first Hamlet, just to make sure that the dude who put the First Quarto together simply didn't know the lines and that it was never staged as written in the First Quarto.

10) You're favorite film version:

Each and everyone to me has it's flaws so I'll just go with Lion King ;)

11) You're least favorite film version:

Laurence Olivier's Richard III.. Hamlet was totally fine but Richard III was a disaster.

12) A dream cast for stage or screen:

I love the Henry IV Part I and II from Hollow Crown, just because, yeah, cast good-looking actors in Shakespeare to attract audiences but use those that look good and can act well and you got yourself one hell of a cast.

13) An underrated character:

That servant in King Lear who straight up died to protect his master and who doesn't even have a name.

14) An underrated play:

Richard II (I know it gets attention in the UK but I have never seen so much as a poster for it in Germany)

15) A minor character whose story you want to know more about:

Horatio, Benvolio, Poins, take your pick.

16) A line you quote too much in casual conversation:

"That desire should outlive performance by so many years." -Henry IV Part II

17) A scene that always makes you laugh/cry:

Basically every battle of wit makes me laugh because there's always another pun that you didn't get the last time. Hamlet's decision that he'll kill Claudius upon seeing Fortinbras' troops (only in the Second Quarto, not the First Folio) makes me cry. Alternatively Richard of York's death in Henry VI Part III by Margaret....man I hate that woman.

18) What would you ask Shakespeare:

I don't even know. I don't think I'd ask anything. I think I'd talk to him about his sonnets....

#shakespeareasks #williamshakespeare #shakespeare #questionsandanswers #qanda #romeoandjuliet #hamlet #hollowcrown #histories #willkemp #clowns

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stories4english · 7 years

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okay i might get jumbled up but the episode starts out at a Knight familia reunion jo is invited along and she is so happes because "wow im family?? WOW!!!!"

but turns out kendall only invited her along because the knight family always has 2-person team competitions but kendall has aged out the competition. jo hasn't tho. and there's so many people around with different last names other than knight that no one's gonna know if she enteres(also she looks just like them so no one will suspect a thing) kendall really wants to win a trophy but he and katie(rememebr this is two-people teams) always lose to their cousins ____ and _____(forgot their names)

jo gets mad at kendall for tricking her but agrees to join the competition with katie despite katie not wanting to compete either and kendall decides that everyone must start a-training for the race!!! then we switch over to logan and camille playing go-fish or something

logan tells camille about how kendall's at a family reunion and camille's like "oh yeah mine's coming up soon" and logan is like "ok" and camille's like "when was the last time you had yours?" and logan is like "lol never" and camille is like "???? but what about your FAMILY" and logan is liek "eh"

so camille asks "wait so your mom never had a reunion" and he's like "nah she isn't close with her family" and then logan is like "oh oh I just got a new board game we could play instead" so he gets up and leaves and camille realizes that she's never heard anything about logan's DAD. carlos walks in and camille asks about logan's dad but carlos has no clue where he is and camille's like "WHAT!? but you've known logan for years!!!"

and I forgot the next conversation but basically camille and carlos don sherlock and watson hats and decde to figure out the mystery of logan's dad and leaves the apartment right when logan comes back with the board game and logan is like "??? camille where r u"

camille and carlos past by james and lucy who are sitting in the palm woods lobby. james is like "wanna kiss?" and lucy is like "james. i'm an upstanding tax-paying young adult. I do not 'kiss' or 'make-out' in public areas." then james is like "ok. wanna go back to my place and kiss?" then lucy is like "OH MY GOD NO" and james is like "wow dont have to yell i was just playing." then lucy is like "no, not that. my mom's here!" and yeah her mom is there and is like "aww lucille ily i missed u so much i decided to visit." and lucy is embarressed and james is like "lol"

and after a somewhat pleasant conversation where mrs. stone is introduced to james, james suddenly screams in terror and lucy is like "dude screaming randomly is not a good first impression" but james is like "no, not that THAT!" and he points and turns out his mom is there as well

mrs. diamond sees james and runs over and talks about how she misses him and - OH WAIT MRS. DIAMOND KNOWS MRS. STONE OOPS. turns out mrs. diamond tried to cut down some nature preserve in order to build one of her new deluxe stores and mrs. stone was one of the main people who made sure that didn't happen

mrs. diamond and mrs. stone are like "YOU TWO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DATE EACH OTHER" and drag them away back at the family reunion jo and katie just finished some strenuous exercise to prepare for the competition and they are like "omg we are tired kendall can we stop" and Kendall's like "but we have to beat ____ and _____!! this is our last chance!" and they whine because they haven't had freaking lunch yet and after awhile kendall is liek "fine, let's break for lunch but right when they start getting food ____ and ____ come over and torment them by pointing out how many gold medals they've won at the Knight family reunions while the only actual people with a "Knight" surname haven't won any. Maybe...maybe they aren't true "Knight"'s after all... This gets Kendall MAD and Jo and Katie are like "FINE we'll skip lunch to practice some more uggghhh" (oh yeah see in the episode Knight's are descended from the first Knight but Kendall, Katie, and Mrs. Knight are the only ones with this last name. everyone else has different ones) then we go back to logan in apartment 2J trying to look for camille. he's flipping over couch cushions and everything

mrs. diamond barges in, dragging james inside as well. mrs. diamond is liek "you can not go near that tree-hugging hippie, understand?" and james is like "i've never seen lucy hug a tree." but mrs. diamond is like "DO NOT GO NEAR HER!" and walks down a hallway james runs over to logan and is like "dude u gotta help me. lucy's mom is here too and apparently they know each other and hate each other and won't let lucy and i date" and logan's like "just wait until both parents leave. I have bigger issues. ive lost camille." and james is like "but logan i havent been kissed in 4 days. FOUR DAYS. im dying. please help me." and logan is like "what am i supposed to do?" and james tells him to use that smart brain of his to figure out a way to let lucy and james see each other so they can kiss

and logan is like "ok fine. it's not like i was gonna find camille anyways - she's a world class champ at hide and seek." and they leave the apartment together camille and carlos pop out from behind the couch carlos brings out a scrapbook saying that it holds a lot of pictures from when they were young they look at the pictures and see tons of pics of the boys and also pics of adults as well and camille is like "...wait how do we know which adult is logan's dad?" and carlos is like "I have no idea." wait carlos is like "I have no idea. OK well I have to go to work now" and camille is like "WAIT you can't go to work! who's gonna be my watson!?" and carlos is like "Umm hey! gustavo has records of us at his office maybe he has something with info about logan's dad" and camille is like "ooh great idea let's go"

and gustavo is like "Carlos, I didn't tell you you could bring your girlfriend. and wasn't she dating james?" and kelly's like "i thought she was dating logan." and gustavo's like "oh who knows you guys break up with your girlfriends like all the time i don't care just make sure she doesn't destroy anything out here." and gustavo, kelly, and carlos go inside the recording booth camille puts back on her sherlock hat(which they took off before entering rocque records btw) and sneaks into the office then we go back to lucy and mrs. stone. Lucy is all like "mom. we are all strong, independent women - except for james - let's just talk this out." and mrs. stone is like "NO! That MONSTER tried to cut down the nature preserve for a MAKEUP SHOP! you will NOT associate with anyone as evil as that!" we flip over to the outside of the apartment. logan has a gift basket entitled "from mrs. diamond to mrs. stone" and he says that all girls liked gift baskets so this might help smooth things over. he leaves the gift basket on the floor and knocks on the door and he and james run around the corner mrs. stone finds the gift basket and james and logan are excite

but then mrs. stone gets mad because the gift basket contained muffins and she freaking hates muffins and lucy is like "come on mom i doubt mrs. diamond knew that you are exaggerating" but her mom is like "NO! She must've known I hated them so she gave them under the guise of a 'let's be friends' gift."

logan and james get all sad cuz their plan failed and wonder what to do next when mrs. diamond walks by. she asks the boys why she heard screaming and they tell her what happened and she's like "Oh darn, I wanted to be the one to give her the muffin basket" and she holds up a muffin basket of her own. she then praises james for seekign revenge for his mommy and leaves ok back at the knight reunion and it's competition time. it's a team obstacle race with all the lame obstacle race obstacles you can think of. all the competiters look happy and smiley except for jo and katie who are really dirty because they spent all day practicing they run the race and they win kendall is very excite katie and jo go up to collect the trophy and they decide to deliver a speech congradulating kendall for helping them achieve the award they invite kendall on the stage. he gets tons o' applause and he is very happ. then Jo grabs and kisses Kendall on the lips. remember they all think jo is a family member. everyone is SHOCKED and DISGUSTED at the KISSING COUSINS kendall gets le boo'd off stage jo and katie laugh camille leaves gustavo's office in ruins. there's even smoke coming out of it. carlos comes out of the recording both and she tells him that she found nothing so they leave. Kelly and Gustavo watches them leave and Kelly is like "wait where did Camille get that hat?" Gustavo then screams because HIS OFFICE IS RUINED at the palm woods Lucy is standing in Jo's balcony that overlooks the pool and James is standing below it. Lucy's like "oh my god James why did your mom have to try and tear down a forest where I live!? We wouldn't be in this mess otherwise!" And James is like "what the heck it isn't my fault your mom is a tree-hugging hippie" And Lucy is like "do you even know what a tree-hugger is or are you just repeating what your mom says??" And Logan is like "huh. this reminds me of a very twisted version of romeo and juliet." Lucy and James argue until their moms walk in. They yell at their children to stay away from one another when the bar on Jo's balcony FREAKING BREAKS and Lucy FALLS DOWN AND HITS JAMES AND THEY BOTH FALL DOWN and their moms are like OH NO R BABIES and they get all sad and they realize that they might not agree on a lot of things but they do agree on one thing: their kids r the #1 most importante thing in their lives and if they want to date each other than so be it so the moms bond and walk away logan is like "wow, romeo and juliet, you guys did great. how did you fake a fall like that?" and lucy and james are like "we didn't....call 911....." camille and logan walk into the lobby and are mad because they couldn't figure out any info on logan's dad they see lucy and james being carried out by the ER on stretchers and get even madder because they apparently just missed something really cool logan walks into the lobby and is like "Oh hey I found you camille - why are you two wearing sherlock and watson hats?" they tell him what they were doing and logan's like "well you could've just asked me" turns out logan does have a dad but he just travels a lot and carlos is like "ooh yeah I forgot about that somehow." and camille is like "really? that's super anti-climatic I can't believe I wasted all day on this." logan is like "lol you should just ask next time. I'm going to the hospital to see james and lucy; wanna come?" camille and carlos are like "nah we'll go there next time" and logan leaves kendall, katie, jo(and mrs. knight who was there but doesn't really do much of anything) walk in and kendall talks about how he learned his lesson and that he shouldn't trick jo or force anyone into doing things they don't want to blah blah blah camille and carlos ask them how the reunion was like and katie's like "It was great. Kendall kissed his cousin!" and then they walk off, much to camille and carlos's confusion and kendall's embarrassment camille then wonders about why she never heard of kendall's dad carlos is like "idk i forget" camille and carlos then don their sherlock and watson hats once more and decide to go investigating!

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