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"Sink or Swim Team" is the fourth episode of the fourth season and the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode overall of Craig of the Creek.
Synopsis[]
Craig offers to help the Sewer Queen by going undercover as a member of the swim team.
Plot[]
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It all starts at 4:17 pm with Craig in a hurry for his spin class. Then he bumps into a pool kid, who reveals to be the Sewer Queen. The Sewer Queen throws some leaves at Craig and leaves in haste. The Stump kids then have a spin class until they heard a horn from Frisboy who is sent by the Sewer Queen to fetch Craig. JP is curious about what is that about.
In the Sewers' throne room. Frisboy announces that Craig arrives. The Sewer Queen requests everyone to leave the area including Frisboy for a private talk. The Sewer queen admits that she is a member of the swim team. Craig commends her but is shot down due to her hating it. But under pressure from her mother that she signed up for extracurricular activities. She chose swimming due to her liking activities in the water and would rather spend the day in the Creek than at the swimming practice. She rants to Craig that swimming is an individual sport, confined to 6 lanes, doing flips over and over again. And admits that she ditched practice to spend the day at the creek. Craig suggests that she tell the truth but The Sewer Queen made a promise to commit to her mother about her activities and she is afraid that she went back on her word. Craig tells her that her mother may figure it out sooner but the Sewer Queen said that if Craig would tell her that she come to “practice”. The sewer queen then invites Craig to her place at dinner since he knows her secret and is afraid that her fellow subjects would find out that their Queen is hanging out with “pool kids”. Craig warned her that he is a terrible liar but the Sewer Queen suggests that he should “pretend”. Craig exits the area, unknown to him, JP and Kelsey are spying on him.
Later somewhere in the suburbs, Craig dons his swim attire and is greeted by the Sewer Queen's mother. Craig greets her and almost blurts the secret. The Sewer Queen, name reveals herself as Eileen and introduces Craig as a “fellow member” of the swim team. Eileen's mother invites Craig to come inside the house after he takes off his slippers and across the street hidden amongst the bushes Kelsey and JP keep an eye on Craig while asking themselves questions about why Craig is there.
Inside the house, Eileen and Craig make their way passing by her Elder sister (ATE) Krystal's room and introduces her friend Craig to her Eldest sister and reminds her that he will be eating dinner with them. Krystal then reminds Eileen to put the controllers when she is done playing causing Eileen to blush. They make their way to the living room where Eileen tells Craig about her Grandmother (LOLA) and informs him that Grandmother speaks Bisaya (CEBUANO) and whenever they say “Hi” they going to do “Bless” (PAGMAMANO) as a sign of respect to elderly. Grandmother watches a Teleserye on TV and comments that the show will be way better next time. Eileen enters the room and blesses the Grandmother and introduces Craig to her. As she reaches up to Craig and Eileen motions her hand on her forehead and Craig did the same the Grandmother's hand touches Craig's forehead and smiles. The Grandmother comments that Craig is cute and asks if he is Eileen's boyfriend causing her to blush again and urges Craig to help her prepare dinner.
As they sit down, Eileen informs Craig that her uncle is hanging out with his friends and her father will go home late. The mother and daughter also introduce Craig to some local Filipino cuisines such as Eggplant omelets and Fish soup. Craig is enamored by the food and states it's tasty. As the dinner progresses The mother asks Craig how he became the coach of a team. Craig then begins to tell how “his story” begins while Eileen quivers and sweats. The Grandmother laughs and said that Craig's story is funny. Eileen smiles and said that they bought it. Kelsey and JP looked at the Dining room window to see the events unfold but they get caught by Frisboy and his team. Frisboy asks the duo if they want to take the sewer queen away and the duo asks back and their yard fight begins.
Inside, Craig is just finishing his soup. The mother asks Craig if Eileen is practicing but Eileen and Craig try to bluff it until a conflict interrupts the discussion. They head outside and see the kids fighting but they stopped and the Sewer kids kneel down to Eileen revealing her sewer queen to her family. Eileen then begins to tell her the truth: She ditched practice to go to Creek and also tells her impact to the other kids while she plays there. Her mother assures her that all she wants is to stick to her commitments and also be well. Craig apologizes to Eileen's mother for lying to her the entire evening and she accepted. Eileen's mother then asks for any of their friends want some dinner. And Eileen's grandmother remarks that Eileen has a lot of friends.
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Trivia[]
- Some scenes from the episode went viral for their accurate representation of Filipino culture in a cartoon, resulting in coverage from various Filipino media, including live on Frontline Philippines.
- Numerous Filipino customs are displayed in the episode:
- Pagmamano, a sign of respect to elders where one bows and presses their forehead to the elder's hand.
- Pagsasaing, customs followed when cooking rice: rinsing the rice, measuring the water with (a) finger(s), and serving right after cooking to ensure the rice is hot.
- Eileen's family eats tortang talong (eggplant omelet), sinigang na isda (fish soup), and lumpia (spring roll), all traditional dishes.
- A painting of a man with a halo in the dining room, referencing The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.
- A sungka board can be seen on the cabinet.
- Lola's lines are in Cebuano with some English code-mixing, and translate as follows:
- "Maayo ra na sila sa sunod na salida." -> They'll be fine in the next episode.
- "Ka-gwapo. Imo ning boyfriend?" -> He's handsome. Is he your boyfriend?
- "Ha? Na-unsa ka?" -> Huh, what's up with him?
- "Binuang naman ni na istorya." -> This story is crazy.
- "Kamo tanan na tudlo mo'g langoy" -> You all taught how to swim?
- "Unsa? Kaning bata dili siya gusto mulangoy?" -> What? That kid never wanted to swim?
- "Maayo diay naa' y daghan amigo si Ei-Ei magbisita sa balay." -> It's so nice that Eileen has a lot of friends to visit the house.
- Chill Whip is a parody of Cool Whip.
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