G.I. Jessie is the twenty-sixth (also a one-hour special) episode and the season finale in Season 2 of JESSIE. It first aired on September 13, 2013 to 4.77 million viewers.
Plot[]
Jessie's father invites her to the military base where she grew up and reveals that he is marrying her rival's mother. Meanwhile, Darla's super smart and crazy handsome brother, Caleb takes a shine to Emma and they try to make their relationship work.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Debby Ryan as Jessie Prescott
- Peyton List as Emma Ross
- Cameron Boyce as Luke Ross
- Karan Brar as Ravi Ross
- Skai Jackson as Zuri Ross
- Kevin Chamberlin as Bertram Winkle
Guest Cast[]
- Molly Shannon as Col. Beverly Shannon
- James Patrick Stuart as Lt. Colonel John Wayne "J.W." Prescott
- Molly Burnett as Darla Shannon
- Kate Flannery as Corporal Cookie
- Dylan Boyack as Caleb
- Merrick McCartha as Chaplain
Trivia[]
- The episode title was G.I. Jessie, a parody of G.I. Joe.
- This is the last appearance of the season two intro
- This is the first time Jessie’s mom was mentioned.
- It is revealed that Darla is a flight attendant
- It is revealed that Emma has her own make up company
- This is the first appearance of Darla after being mentioned several times throughout the show
- This is the first appearance of Jessie’s dad after being mentioned several times throughout the show
- Debby Ryan's real life father is also a military officer.
- On the Disney+ version this episode was divided into two episodes titled:
- G.I. Jessie (Part 1 of 2) episode 27
- G.I. Jessie (Part 2 of 2) episode 28, this is also the second episode to start with “previously on….””
- Darla has a brother named Caleb
- This was the third Jessie one-hour special event, following Austin & Jessie & Ally: All Star New Year and Jessie's Big Break.
- Jessie can speak Hindi
- The title is a reference to G.I. Joe and G.I. Jane.
- In this episode, it’s revealed that Jessie's mom died when she was younger.
- Jessie claims that Darla threw her down a well
- The majority of the episode doesn’t take place in New York.
- Jessie now spends way too much time with Ravi that she learned how to speak Hindi and copy his coping mechanism of screaming in Hindi and running around in circles.
- It can be assumed that Ravi is a vegetarian.
- Jessie temporarily quits in this episode
- Emma is now in a long distance relationship
- In this episode, Jessie quits, but after Luke, Ravi and Zuri save her and Emma, she comes back to the kids as their nanny.
- Jessie curses in this episode, though it’s censored by a blender that Bertram uses. This is the second Disney Channel show to feature it. The first time it was shown was in the American Dragon Jake Long episode Dreamscape when Jake’s parents swear at each other in the morning when they wake up in a bad mood and they use a blender to censor the bad words.
- The transitional music in this episode is remixed with a military rhythm.
- It's the second time Emma painstakingly mentions One Direction, first time in "Quitting Cold Koala".
- This episode is the Season 2 finale, but would've been a reasonable series finale for the following reasons:
- It's the first episode where Jessie's dad and Darla appear, two characters who have been mentioned several times throughout the series.
- Jessie's dad gets married to Darla's mom in this episode.
- It illustrates that family is worth fighting for.
- Jessie almost quit because the kids weren't obeying her, something they never do in the series. Her job holds the whole series together; without her, there would be no Jessie.
- The episode was first in the part of Friday Night of Premieres right after Wander Over Yonder's episode "The Greatest / The Egg".
- This is the second time (after Diary of a Mad Newswoman) where Emma calls Luke a nimrod
- This is the Season 2 finale.
- This is the second time the Ross kids almost lose Jessie as their nanny after New York, New Nanny.
- Jessie says her dad believed giving back the Panama Canal was a huge mistake, the same way many felt after the treaty to eventually return the canal to Panama was signed by then-President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
- The United States controlled the canal from its opening in 1903 through the end of 1978. From 1979 through the end of 1999, the canal was under the joint control of the U.S. and Panama. On January 1, 2000, Panama took full possession.
- The music where Emma sees Caleb was later used in the Season 2 premiere of BUNK'D.
- Molly Shannon who plays Wanda in Hotel Transylvania guest stars in this episode.
- When Darla forbids Caleb from spending time with Emma it’s a reference to William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. Due to her rivalry with Jessie and Emma being one of the kids that Jessie takes care of.
Goofs[]
- In New York, New Nanny while in the cab, Jessie tells the driver that her dad is in the Marine Corps. In this episode, she and the kids visit Fort Tavey in Texas where her dad is a Lt. Colonel in the Army, not the Marine Corps.
- After Jessie played the trumpet, Luke and Zuri fell off the bunk beds on the same side. After that Zuri said that it was “5 a.m and that there better be presents under a tree, or things will ugly”. After that she wasn’t seen, but she was hidden under a blanket on the other side of the bunk beds. They might have done another take and Zuri fell on the other side.
Gallery[]
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Transcript[]
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