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Speaker Dialogue
(The episode starts with Craig, Kelsey and J.P. are feeling sad).
Craig I can't believe it's the last day of summer. I don't wanna go to school tomorrow.
Kelsey I feel like I've been stabbed by a sword made from sadness.
Craig It's not fair, being trapped in a classroom, no adventures in the creek with my best friends. Kelsey! JP! Let me look at you! Let me smell your summer scent before we go away to different schools!
("Kelsey crawls to Craig.")
("The Stump Kids start crying.")
J.P. And smell these books and let me know what they're about also!
Kelsey We're not doing your summer reading, JP.
Craig Why did you wait until today?!
J.P. Because I like living on the edge!
("Mortimor grabs Kelsey's phone while The Stump Kids where still crying.")
Kelsey Stacks? What's going on?
Stacks Come to the library! Quick!
("Cuts at the Herkleton Public Library.")
Stacks I did it! I read all 87 of the game master's journals, the only written records from the first kids that played in the creek, all the way back in the 1970s.
Kelsey I lent them to Stacks last week when I told her about the Tale of the Ancient Ones.
Stacks A kid society, just like ours, torn apart by a Terrible capture the flag war. So tragic.
J.P. You read all those in a week?
Stacks Well, book report season hasn't started yet, so...business has been pretty slow.
J.P. Well, I got a couple books that could use some reporting.
Stacks You got candy?
J.P. Chapter 2. "Duncan was a fine dog, though he twasn't much to look at..."
Craig So, Stacks, what'd you find?
Stacks Well, this game master was obsessed with keeping score for every game in the creek. But the more I read, the more I noticed something strange. Some of these scores don't make sense. 11 points in a game of HORSE? 30 points in a game of yo-yo? Yo-yo isn't even a game! This game master was meticulous.
Kelsey That's a fact!
Stacks There's no way these were mistakes.
Kelsey Mnh-mnh.
Stacks So...I tried something.
Kelsey Yeah, you did!
Stacks I added up all the weird scores.
Kelsey Stacks, no, you didn't.
Stacks And that led me...to a library book!
Kelsey I knew it!
Stacks Read the inscription inside.
Craig [ Reading ] "One last game of hide and seek. Only in the summer sun can you find my keep. Reflect the light where the tree strikes three, worthy friends will find the greatest treasure in the creek."
Kelsey "A quest?"
Kelsey [ Narrating ] Kelsey said with a weary smile. Looks like her weary bones would have a chance to see one more battle before retiring to a desk in Mr. Schulman's 4th grade class.
Craig Only in the summer sun can you find my keep...
("Craig closes the book.")
Craig School starts tomorrow! Which means summer will be over. If we want to find this treasure, we have to do it today.
Kelsey I'm in.
Stacks Me too.
J.P. But... Oh, what about my summer reading?
Kelsey The dog bites it. The girl was a ghost. The bridge is a metaphor for childhood.
Stacks [ Gasps ]
Kelsey I had to do it to him.
Craig "Reflect the light where the tree strikes three"...That must mean the time tree.
("Cuts at the Time Tree.")
Craig The ancients used this tree's shadow like a sundial. 1:00, 2:00, 3:00...Rock. Now we just need something shiny.
("Craig brings out a mirror from his purse.")
Craig Just like I left him.
J.P. Guess we do what the rock says?
("Kelsey jumps down.")
Kelsey Whoa! This place is...Empty? It's just some bottles and junk.
Stacks Did someone beat us to the treasure?
J.P. It might be invisible treasure. See if you can smell it. Okay, okay...I'm getting some roots...And dirt...
Craig 16?
("Craig looks behind.")
Kelsey No, no, no!
Stacks We're trapped.
J.P. Help! Somebody!
Stacks Is this the game master's idea of a game? Leading innocent kids who enjoy reading and mysteries and using weird books as an excuse to hang out to their dooms.
Craig Maybe this is a game. There's a scale and the number 16. I think the game master wants us to make 16 ounces!
J.P. Like... us make it? I mean, I drank a lot of juice this morning, but...
Craig Huh, he left us a 12-ounce jar and a 20-ounce bottle. I didn't want to think about school on the last day of summer, but I think our only way out of here is math.
Kelsey No, Craig! Anything but math!
Craig Come on, Craig, just remember common core. Okay, if I fill up the jar, that's 12 ounces. That leaves me with 8 left in the bottle. Let me dump this so I can put the 8 in here.
("Craig fills the bottle with water.")
Craig Now, if the jar can hold 12, but it's only got 8 in it, there's room for 4 more ounces. So 20 minus 4 equals...16 ounces!
J.P. He's a God! A math god...One of the lesser gods, but a god nonetheless.
("Craig puts the bottle on the scale.")
J.P. Wow, my teacher was right. You can use math in the real world.
Craig Come on!
Craig P59. This must be another game.
Stacks Maybe it's a page number from the book! Page 59. Be... the... friend... ship... tree.
Kelsey The friendship tree? Like the poem?
J.P. More school, game master! What kind of sick monster are you?
Kelsey My dad used to read this poem to me before bed. It's about two friends who had to move away from each other, so they planted a tree so their friendship could still grow!
Craig Okay. What are we supposed to do with that?
Kelsey We need to be the tree. We need to use the power of friendship to touch the sun!
("Cuts to J.P. trying to lift Craig and Stacks.")
Kelsey J.P., are you sure you can lift all three of us?
J.P. I eat my sandwich crusts so my body is extra fortified!
Stacks Come on up, Kels!
("Kelsey jumps up.")
Kelsey A little higher!
Stacks Ohh!
Kelsey Ahh! Got it!
Craig Kelsey? Stacks?
Kelsey We're here! We're okay!
Stacks But...Looks like this is another game.
Craig Hey! There's a door over here. It won't open. There's no handle!
Stacks I see a handle! It's on our side!
Kelsey Stacks! Wait!
Stacks Ahhh!
Craig What happened?
("Kelsey pulls Stacks up.")
Stacks Oh, you know, I was just trying to walk and I stepped onto a tile and almost fell into a death trap! This is what I get for trying to enjoy my childhood!
Kelsey Alright! The floor here has all these tiles with weird symbols on them.
Craig Yeah, there's weird drawings on our side too, but...on the wall. Maybe it's the way across?
Kelsey Okay, so what's the tile that won't end us?
Craig Uh, the first one is like a big curvy shape with a pointy end and a round end. In the center, it's all squiggly but...
Kelsey Hey! Craig! This is life and death here! Give us a concise description!
J.P. To me, it looks like a snake that's eaten too much pasta.
Kelsey Oh, I see it!
("Kelsey steps on the tile JP described.")
Kelsey Haha! I'm alive!
J.P. Alright, game master. It's my turn. Box man.
Kelsey Got it!
J.P. Hand but no thumbs. Bricks, but they're metaphors!
Stacks [ Laughter ]
J.P. Skeleton knees! Buttered toast! A baby's imagination!
("Stacks opens the door.")
Kelsey JP, that was amazing!
JP Aww... I am what my guidance counselor calls a visual learner.
Craig Ah! What now? The final game.
J.P. What is it?
Stacks Look! [ Reading ] "In this game, there are winners and losers. We lost the creek, but you are the future..."
Craig They must be talking about capture the flag.
Stacks [ Reading ] "Pick the things that make the creek the best. If you're wrong, this game will be your last."
J.P. Alright, well, let's just do trial and error.
("J.P. picks "Power".")
J.P. Here we go... power!
Craig Somebody turn it off!
Kelsey I got it!
("Kelsey tries turning "Power" off.")
Kelsey You guys alright?
Craig Yeah, but we should be careful with this one.
Stacks It looks like a game of tic-tac-toe. So I'm guessing we have to choose three things?
Craig And there were three trials. The water in the bottles...The creek. It gives us a place to play and be ourselves.
("Craig picks "Creek".")
Craig Phew! Okay, what was next?
Kelsey The friendship tree! The creek would be nothing without friends to make memories with.
J.P. And trust! Like how you trusted me with those picture tiles and your hearts.
("J.P. picks "Trust".")
("A ladder appears with a treasure.")
Craig The treasure!
Stacks Wow... rags!
Kelsey What? Just a couple of rags?
J.P. Wait, hold on, Kelsey. These just aren't any rags. Oh, yes, they are.
Craig C-T-F...Capture the flag. They're the flags from the ancient game of capture the flag! The game master must've hidden these flags after the war to make sure they didn't fall into the wrong hands.
Kelsey Whoa. With these two flags, we could start a war.
J.P. So much power in such a low thread count. So scratchy!
Kelsey But wait, if the game master was so worried about them falling into the wrong hands, then why didn't he just destroy them?
Craig Because it's a game. You can't destroy a game, but you can make sure it's played right.
J.P. Wow, the pipes are so happy we solved the puzzle, they're screaming! The pipes weren't excited, they were trying to warn us!
Mortimor [ Chriping ]
Craig The ladder!
("Kelsey opens sewer entrance.")
Craig Well, that's it. The end of summer. The last night without homework, the last day all to ourselves...It's over.
J.P. Well, at least we have a creek to come back to, unlike those other kids.
Kelsey That's true. Let's keep it safe.
Craig You're right. See ya tomorrow, creek, after school, When the time tree strikes three.
(The episode ends).


ve Episode transcripts
Pilot Pilot
Season 1 "Itch To Explore" • "You're It" • "Jessica Goes to the Creek" • "The Final Book" • "Too Many Treasures" • "Wildernessa" • "Sunday Clothes" • "Escape from Family Dinner" • "Monster in the Garden" • "The Curse" • "Dog Decider" • "Bring Out Your Beast" • "Lost in the Sewers" • "The Future is Cardboard" • "The Brood" • "Under the Overpass" • "The Invitation" • "Vulture's Nest" • "Kelsey Quest" • "JPony" • "Ace of Squares" • "Doorway to Helen" • "The Last Kid in the Creek" • "The Climb" • "Big Pinchy" • "The Kid from 3030" • "Power Punchers" • "Creek Cart Racers" • "Secret Book Club" • "Jextra Perrestrial" • "The Takeout Mission" • "Dinner at the Creek" • "Jessica's Trail" • "Bug City" • "Deep Creek Salvage" • "The Shortcut" • "Dibs Court" • "The Great Fossil Rush" • "The Mystery of the Timekeeper" • "Alone Quest"
Season 2 "Memories of Bobby" • "Jacob of the Creek" • "Return of the Honeysuckle Rangers" • "Kelsey the Elder" • "Sour Candy Trials" • "Fort Williams" • "The Other Side" • "Summer Wish" • "Turning the Tables" • "Kelsey the Author" • "Council of the Creek" • "Sparkle Cadet" • "Cousin of the Creek" • "Camper on the Run" • "Stink Bomb" • "Evolution of Craig" • "The Haunted Dollhouse" • "Craig and the Kid's Table" • "Creek Daycare" • "Sugar Smugglers" • "Sleepover at JP's" • "Tea Timers' Ball" • "The Cardboard Identity" • "Ancients of the Creek" • "Mortimor to the Rescue" • "Secret in a Bottle" • "Trading Day" • "Crisis at Elder Rock" • "Kelsey the Worthy" • "The End Was Here" • "In the Key of the Creek" • "The Children of the Dog" • "Jessica Shorts" • "Ferret Quest" • "Into the Overpast" • "The Time Capsule" • "Beyond the Rapids" • "The Jinxening"
Season 3 "The Other Side: The Tournament" • "The Ground Is Lava!" • "Council of the Creek: Operation Hive-Mind" • "The Bike Thief" • "Craig of the Beach" • "Plush Kingdom" • "The Ice Pop Trio: Creek Street" • "Pencil Break Mania" • "The Last Game of Summer" • "Trick or Creek" • "Fall Anthology" • "Afterschool Snackdown" • "Creature Feature" • "King of Camping" • "The Rise and Fall of the Green Poncho" • "I Don't Need a Hat" • "Alternate Creekiverse" • "Snow Day" • "Winter Break" • "Snow Place Like Home" • "Breaking the Ice" • "Winter Creeklympics" • "Welcome to Creek Street" • "Fan or Foe" • "The New Jersey" • "The Sunflower" • "Craig World"
Shorts "Craig of the Car" • "How Was Your Day?" • "The Williams Family Opening Theme Song" • "How to Map the Creek" • "Creek Kid Rap"
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