Driving Miss Hazy

"Driving Miss Hazy" is the fifth episode of Season 1 of The Loud House.

Plot
Tired of doing Lori favors to get her to drive him around, Lincoln tries to help Leni pass her driver's test, which will not be an easy task.

Synopsis
Since Lori's the only one of the Loud children to have a driver's license, she's the only one who can drive her siblings to wherever they want to go, provided they do her chores for her. Lincoln gets sick of doing Lori's chores, and is surprised to know that Leni has to do them, especially since she's legally old enough to drive, but she doesn't have her license, and failed her driving test twelve times before. Seeing an opportunity, Lincoln decides to help her study for her next test.

Lincoln tries to train Leni with a video game that utilizes a wireless wheel controller. Leni keeps losing at first, but Lincoln gives her motivation by saying that they're going to the mall. This helps Leni win the game, and she feels confident to take her test again, but she is brought home by the police for driving recklessly like in the game.

Next, Lincoln, this time with his other sisters' assistance, fashions a makeshift car, to help Leni learn good driving habits. Leni doesn't understand the technical names for things like the wheel, and the turn signal (calling them the "spinny thingy" and "blinky blink", respectively), and Lincoln realizes that he has to talk down to her level to get her to understand. Using simple terms and fashion lingo, Leni is able to drive the fake car, and then the lawnmower, flawlessly, and again feels ready to ace her next test. But Lori, not wanting her siblings to weasel out of her chores, wants to make sure that she fails. Later that night, Lori slips on a pair of headphones onto Leni's ears, and plays a tape that teaches bad driving habits.

The next day, after Leni leaves to take her test, Lincoln refuses to do Lori's laundry for a ride since Leni will ride him after she passes, but Lori reiterates by saying that Leni won't pass because she assured it, accidentally revealing her treachery. When a suspicious Lincoln threatens to shrink her favorite Bobby-sweater in the dryer, Lori confesses her attempt at sabotage, saying that she'll feel unneeded if Leni gets her license and her siblings will want rides from her. Lincoln calls her out on her actions and points out that Leni could herself and others seriously hurt (or possibly worse) with the bad instructions she picked up from Lori.

Now worried about Leni's safety, Lori drives herself and Lincoln to the DMV to stop her. Thankfully, she didn't crash, but she has failed the test once again for adhering to the bad instructions. Lori admits her responsibility for her sister's failure and, to make it up to her, she agrees to help Leni train for her next test, which proves to be easier said than done.

Cast

 * Grant Palmer as Lincoln
 * Catherine Taber as Lori
 * Liliana Mumy as Leni
 * Nika Futterman as Luna
 * Cristina Pucelli as Luan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Lynn / Lucy
 * Grey Griffin as Lana / Lola / Lily
 * Lara Jill Miller as Lisa / Nun
 * Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr. / Police Officer

Trivia

 * The Loud family's address is revealed to be 1216 Franklin Avenue, Royal Woods, Michigan.
 * Royal Woods is a take on Royal Oak, Michigan, the birthplace of show creator Chris Savino.
 * In this segment, Leni had no problem with training to drive by playing a video game. But in "Changing the Baby", she claims to dislike video games.
 * This is the first episode to have one of Lincoln's sisters be depicted on the title card.
 * This is the first segment in which Clyde doesn't appear (aside from the pilot).

Running Gags

 * Leni constantly failing her driver's test.
 * Lori making her siblings do favors for her in order to get a ride.

Errors

 * Leni's eyelashes are missing when she was saying good night to Lori.
 * When Lynn says "Ah, you're teaching Leni to drive?", the closed-captions says "Ah, you're teaching Lenny to drive?".