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[Royal Woods Mall: At Reininger's, Fiona is stacking perfume bottles on a display stand. They are being advertised as "Swell by Miguel".] Miguel: "Nice work, Fiona. But I like my display bottles slightly askew." [He walks over and slightly turns all the bottles except one. He faces them, notices the straight one, and turns it as well.] Fiona: "Please, as if anyone's gonna--" [glances] "Actually... I see the vision." Miguel: "Ugh, sorry I'm being so picky. It's just, ever since I started working the fragrance counter here, I've dreamed of selling my own perfume. And now that I have the chance, I want it to be a hit! Thanks for this opportunity, Ms. Carmichael!" [A rolling ladder rolls over to them, and Ms. Carmichael slides down, holding a box of light bulbs.] Ms. Carmichael: "Oh, my pleasure, Miguel. Here at Reininger's, we like to empower our employees by investing in their dreams..." [The camera dramatically zooms in on her.] "...As long as those dreams make us lots of money." [This sudden change in demeanor makes Fiona and Miguel nervous.] Miguel:[chuckles nervously] "Well, you know what they say: 'Smells sell!'" [Fiona grins nervously in agreement.] Ms. Carmichael: "And if yours doesn't, you can always help me replace every light bulb in the store. Did you know we have fifty different types of bulb--" [She lifts the box, but one light bulb falls out and breaks.] "Welp, forty-nine now. Back to work." [She grabs the ladder and rolls away.] Miguel: "I hereby officially launch Swell by Miguel! The perfume that's like a beach party in your nostrils."
[Perfume clouds transition the scene to Lola, and Miguel sprays some of his perfume on her hand as tropical music plays.] Miguel: "Swell is meant to invoke a Lake Michigan sea breeze." [Lola smells Miguel's perfume, but she is revolted by it and gags.] Lola: "More like an aging Michigan cheese. Miguel, honey, I love ya, but this ain't it." [leaves] Miguel:[puzzled] "Hmm..." [Next, he tries giving some to Mr. Grouse. But as he takes one whiff of the perfume, his mustache becomes jagged and breaks off his face. He collapses, which leaves Miguel stunned. Then, he sprays some at Cheryl and Meryl, but their hairdos become frazzled, and they walk away, gagging.] Miguel: "Oh come on, it's not that bad." [Leni nervously makes her way past the Farrells and over to Miguel's display stand.] Leni: "Hi, Miguel. How's your perfume drop?" [elbows her friend] "Is everyone under your Swell spell?" Miguel: "Oh, the Swell sell is not going well." [Cheryl and Meryl come over to Leni and smell her face in delight.] Cheryl: "Ooh, honey, whatever you got on smells sweeter than a piece of pecan pie huggin' a sugar cookie!" Meryl: "Mm-hmm." Leni: "Thanks, it's just a mix of face creams and some other stuff." Meryl: "Well, I'd buy a whole mess of whatever that is!" [They run off.] Miguel: "Hmm..." [gets an idea] "So, Leni, how would you like to help a bestie and go into business with me? With your scent and my knowledge of the perfume game, we'd make a great--" Leni: "I'm in! You had me at 'bestie', bestie!"
[In the Louds' dining room, Miguel and Leni are preparing a bunch of science equipment to replicate Leni's smell as a perfume. Tanya is there, too.] Miguel: "Okay, first step in perfume-making: Secure safety goggles." [They put their goggles on, and Leni and Miguel get excited.] "Ooh, adorbs! Now, we need to replicate exactly what you were wearing yesterday." Leni: "Umm, I had on a lavender face cream..." [Miguel cuts some lavender into a beaker with his purple perfume mixture.] "Ooh, a cinnamon bark serum..." [Miguel grates some cinnamon into the beaker.] "And, ooh, coconut sunscreen!" [Miguel pours coconut milk into the beaker and swishes it around. But as he takes a sniff, he is not satisfied.] Miguel: "Hmm, something's missing. Maybe if you walk me through your day, we can figure out what it is." Leni: "Well, I started my morning with an açaí smoothie." Miguel: "Great. It must've been coming through your pores!" [He squeezes some açaí berry juice into the beaker.] Leni: "Oh, then my dad made me Pad Thai for lunch." Miguel: "Perfect! Lemongrass and peppercorns going in!" [drops in some] Leni: "Then on my way to work, I walked through a food fight at Spaghetti on a Stick!" Miguel: "Hmm..." [He reaches into Leni's hair and pulls out a piece of spaghetti covered in sauce.] "Definitely pomodoro sauce. Diced tomatoes and basil, going in!" [He drops the piece of spaghetti into the beaker, then he takes a sniff.] "Oh, we're still missing something. Leni, I need you to put on your thinking cap." Leni: "Will a beret work?" [She pulls out a beret and puts it on her head, then she begins focusing.] Miguel: "Focus, Leni! Focus!" Leni:[She focuses so hard that she begins to sweat.] "Mmm, ahh..." [A drop of her sweat runs down her face and drops into Miguel's beaker, which changes its color to pink. The beaker erupts like a volcano, unleashing a cloud of perfume. Miguel and Leni smell it.] Miguel: "That's the scent! Leni, we did it! The missing ingredient must have been..." Leni: "Friendship." Miguel: "Your sweat!" [confused] Leni: "Oh. That makes more sense." Miguel: "In honor of your perspiration, we'll call this...Lenergy!" [A pink perfume cloud with the word "Lenergy" written in cursive and colored white and seafoam green appears and fades away.] Leni: "OMGosh, I love it! I just hope other people do, too."
[Sure enough, there are several customers at Reininger's who are willing to buy Lenergy. Leni is collecting money while Miguel passes out the bottles. Even Lola is demanding one. Miguel hops on top of the Lenergy display stand.] Miguel:[whistles] "We only have one bottle left!" [The crowd becomes even wilder.] Lola:[She jumps onto the display.] "You people reek of desperation!" [They run away.] "I'll take that." [She runs away with the bottle, throwing the money for it at Miguel.] Miguel: "That's a wrap, everyone!" [jumps down] "This batch of Lenergy is sold out." [The customers get angry.] "I said we're sold out!" [He sprays his Swell at the angry mob, and they run out of the store, yelling. The last one is gagging, and he faints.] [Ms. Carmichael's ladder rolls over to Leni and Miguel, and she slides down from it.] Ms. Carmichael: "Oh, looks like your perfume was a smash hit! Can I put in an order?" Miguel: "Well, sure, Ms. C. What should I put you down for: 50 bottles? 60? 70?" Ms. Carmichael: "Ten thousand." [Leni and Miguel's mouths drop at Ms. Carmichael's enormous order quantity.] "And I'd love them by the end of the week." [She grabs her ladder and rolls away, leaving Leni and Miguel still stunned. They close each other's mouths.] Leni: "Ten thousand? That's like, a million bottles!" Miguel: "Looks like I'll be handling the accounting."
[Miguel is with Leni in her room, writing in a notebook. They also have a fishbowl.] Miguel: "So, I ran the math, and if we're gonna complete Ms. C's order, we need enough of your sweat to fill up this fishbowl I got from the Reininger's clearance rack." [He shows the fishbowl.] Leni: "Well luckily, today is my workout day, so we can start now." Miguel: "Ooh, I can tag along and be your gym buddy!" Leni: "Love this for us."
[At the gym, a sweaty Leni is running on a treadmill with a towel wrapped around her neck, panting heavily.] Miguel: "Push it, Leni! Push it real good!" [He presses a button on the treadmill, and Leni starts sprinting. She is flung off the treadmill and crashes, and Miguel grabs the towel. He wrings out the sweat into the fishbowl.]
[Next, Leni is doing yoga.] Leni: "And...break." [She sits down on the mat, then she holds it up to Miguel, who uses a squeegee to collect her sweat.]
[Outside, the sun is sweltering. Leni is panting heavily as she pedals her bicycle uphill.] Miguel: "Yes, girl, you're crushing this!" [He is riding on a skateboard tied to Leni's bike with a rope, and he has an umbrella to provide him shade. Leni wipes off her forehead, and the sweat flies into the fishbowl.]
[Back at home, Leni is exhausted and lies down on the couch.] Leni:[panting] "Phew." Miguel: "Nice start, but we got to keep you sweating. Should we power walk? Hit a sauna? Power walk in a sauna?" Leni: "How about we stop?" Miguel: "Huh?" [He lifts up the fishbowl, which is only half full.] "Ms. C needs those 10,000 bottles in a few days. We only have enough sweat for, like, 5,000." Leni: "I'm supes sorry, Miguel. I just can't keep this up. I'm exhausted." Miguel: "Okay, well, maybe Ms. C will be cool with half the order. Oh, we should go break the news to her, though." [However, Leni has fallen asleep, so Miguel spreads a blanket over her.]
[At Reininger's, Miguel approaches Ms. Carmichael's ladder and knocks on it.] Miguel: "Um, Ms. C? You up there?" [She slides down the ladder and lands by him.] "So, quick update: I know you wanted 10,000 bottles of Lenergy, but...how does 5,000 bottles sound?" Ms. Carmichael:[shakes a light bulb] "No, no, no, Miguel. I already have preorders for all 10,000 bottles. Do you remember the denim scent, Smells like Jean Spirit?" [Miguel shakes his head, and she gets close to him.] "That's because the creator couldn't deliver the bottles he promised his customers. After that, no one took him seriously. He was finished, kaput." [She rolls away on her ladder, leaving Miguel horrified.] Miguel:[frantic] "Okay, this is a perfu-mergency! I need to get more sweat from Leni, or I'm finished!"
[The next day, Leni walks up to Reininger's. Miguel opens the door for her.] Miguel: "Good morning, bestie." Leni: "Morning, bestie." [Miguel hurries over to the thermostat, which is set at 70 degrees. He increases the temperature so much that it shows a flame icon and blares. Right away, the vents start blowing out a lot of hot air, and Leni becomes soaked in her sweat.] Leni: "OMGosh, is it hot in here? I'm, like, totes swimming in sweat." [Miguel runs up] Miguel:[nonchalantly] "Oh, I hadn't noticed. I run cold, so I'm as comfy as can be." [He laughs and holds up a napkin.] "Napkin?" [Leni wipes off her face and hands the napkin back to him. Miguel wipes the counter off and wrings the sweat into the fishbowl.]
[Next, Miguel is bringing plates of gorditas to Fiona and Leni.] Leni: "Thanks for bringing us lunch, Miguel." Miguel:[He places one plate in front of Fiona...] "Oh, my pleasure." [...then he reveals a bottle of ghost pepper sauce, and a scream is heard.] "I love making gorditas for my gal pals." [He pours the sauce on Leni's food, then hands it to her.] "Bon appetit." [Leni and Fiona take their gorditas and begin eating in satisfaction, but Leni suddenly groans. Her face turns red, and she begins sweating heavily from the hot sauce. Fiona notices this and Miguel grins.] Fiona: "Leni? Are you okay?" Miguel:[holds up a napkin] "I think she just needs a napkin." [The screen pans to the fishbowl, into which Miguel wrings more sweat.]
[Next, Miguel is showing sweaters to Cheryl. He notices Leni walking over, looking worn out.] Miguel: "Leni! Just who I've been looking for. You mind modeling this athleisure wear for this customer?" Leni: "Actually, I was gonna take a break--" Miguel: "Leni, you know the Reininger's motto: 'Breaking is flaking'." [He dashes off and comes back with a winter jacket and puts it on her.] "Here, put on this jacket..." [He gets a headband and puts it on her.] "and headband..." [He grabs a pair of wooly earmuffs and puts them on her.] "Don't forget the wool earmuffs!" [Finally, he brings her a jump rope. He spins her around, and Leni begins jump roping.] "You can use this to demonstrate how well the athleisure wear functions when you're exercising." [Leni is panting heavily.] "Yes! There we go, that's the stuff!" [to Cheryl] "So what do you think?" Cheryl:[confused] "Uh, I just came in for some pantyhose." [Leni is sweating more and getting very exhausted. She finally collapses in a puddle of her sweat, and Miguel wipes off her face with the napkin.]
[The next day, Miguel enters Reininger's and sees Fiona on her phone.] Miguel: "Morning, Fiona. Have you seen Leni?" [holds up a lamp] "I brought her a heat lamp." [He turns it on, and Fiona is uncomfortable.] "It's supposed to be amaze for your skin." [turns it off] Fiona:[groans and fans off her face] "Miguel, y-you didn't hear? Leni's at the hospital, she's--" Miguel:[Upon hearing this, he drops the lamp and is horrified.] "What?! The hospital?! OMGosh! What have I done?!" [He runs off]
[Miguel arrives at the hospital with the fishbowl and runs up to the receptionist frantically.] Miguel: "Hi, I need to see Leni Loud, stat!" [The receptionist is puzzled.] "The woman from Reininger's!" [The receptionist points to a room, and Miguel hurries off, spinning her around. He arrives at the room and sees a woman covered in bandages, with only her eyes visible, and believes it's Leni.] "No, no, no! Sweet, sweet Leni!" [voice breaking] "Look at what I did to you!" [The woman tries to say something, but she can't talk clearly, and Miguel shushes her.] "Shhh, I got to get something off my chest: I've been secretly making you sweat so I could fulfill the rest of Ms. C's Lenergy order!" Leni:[offscreen] "You've been doing what?!" [To Miguel's confusion, Leni walks up with a bouquet of flowers.] Miguel: "Leni! You're okay!" Leni: "Obvi! Can't say the same for Ms. C. She fell off her ladder changing light bulbs." Ms. Carmichael:[muffled] "Mm-hmm." Miguel:[relieved] "Oh, thank goodness!" [realizes] "I mean, sorry, Ms. C. Hope you feel better soon." [He is very disappointed in himself.] "Leni, look, I should've never taken advantage of you." Leni:[hurt] "This is, like, really hurtful, Miguel." Miguel: "I know, and I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you. I'm hoping this is a start." [He hands the fishbowl to Leni.] "It's your sweat." Leni: "Oh...and, ew." [pushes it back] Miguel:[puts it down] "I'm not gonna use it anymore." [He pulls out a bottle of his Swell perfume and opens it.] "I've decided to put in the work and remake my original scent, Swell." Leni: "Good for you, Miguel. I know you're gonna do great things!" Miguel: "Oh, Leni. You're like, the best bestie a guy could..." [He tears up and begins crying.] "ever ask for!" [He cries and hugs Leni, and as they let go, one of Miguel's teardrops run down his face and drips into his bottle of Swell. It suddenly lets out an aroma, which Leni smells.] Leni: "Miguel, your perfume..." Miguel: "Oh, I know, it smells foul!" Leni: "No, it's amaze!" [Miguel looks at his perfume in confusion.] "Your tears, they fell into the bottle! They must be the secret ingredient, like my sweat!" [Miguel smells his perfume and smiles, realizing Leni is right. Some of it flows over to Ms. Carmichael as well. She smells it through her bandages and rips them off her face, somehow having been wearing her glasses underneath them.] Ms. Carmichael: "Ooh, I'd definitely buy that!" [Miguel hugs her tightly.] "Ow, ow, ow."
[Back at Reininger's, Leni is folding a shirt at the counter when she hears Miguel crying. She comes into the break room and sees him crying.] Leni: "Aww, Miguel, are you okay?" Miguel: "Oh, I'm fine. I'm just trying to make myself cry by watching my favorite romantic movie." [He is watching The Dream Boat on his phone.] "I need tears for my new scent: Cheers for Tears! Do me a solid and grab me the fishbowl." [Leni hands him the empty fishbowl.] "Thanks, bestie!" [Miguel hugs the fishbowl and goes back to watching his movie, and he begins crying fountains of tears into the fishbowl, and the episode ends.]
