“New Jack City” |
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Season 2, Episode 19 (19) |
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Air Date |
October 29, 2012 {{{pc}}} |
Writer(s) |
Joel McCrary & Itai Grunfeld |
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Sean K. Lambert |
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"New Jack City" is the 19th episode in Season 2 of Kickin' It. It aired on October 29, 2012. It features the only appearance of Carson Hunter.
Synopsis[]
Jack feels replaced when an old friend of the gang and Rudy's former star pupil, Carson, moves back to Seaford. After Carson overtakes Jack for the coveted spot to compete in the tournament, Jack decides to join the rival dojo, the Black Dragons, and compete against his own team.
Plot[]
The Bobby Wasabi Dojo is one of the dojos selected to compete in the annual California Battle of the Dojos, which Jack will be representing; however, the Black Dragons are also selected to compete. Later, Carson Hunter returns to Seaford, who everyone but Jack seems to know. Rudy explains to Jack that Carson was one of his first students and that he was the youngest student in California to earn his black belt. Jack starts becoming jealous of Carson when he sees that his friends, including Rudy, appear to be more impressed by him.
Later, Jack tells Kim that he cannot go to Rockchella with her because he has to practice for the tournament and gives her his ticket so that she can take a friend; however, when Kim later returns and Jack discovers that she took Carson with her, he becomes even more jealous. When Carson is impressed by Jack's bo staff skills, he tells him that he is probably the best man for the job; Jack is confused and tells him that he is the only one at the dojo who works the bo staff. However, Carson reveals that he also works the bo staff, and Jack challenges him to a bo staff sparring match, with the winner being the one who will represent the dojo.
Carson is able to win the sparring match after his bo staff snaps Jack's bo staff in half, much to everyone's shock. Later, while at Falafel Phil's, Jack talks to his friends about how he cannot stop thinking about his loss because he feels that something is not quite right. He has been doing martial arts for years, and bo staffs do not just snap and shatter like that. Jack starts to feel like Carson could have possibly cheated and that his bo staff could have been weighted. Later, Jack confronts Carson, who quickly admits that he used a weighted bo staff. Jack threatens to tell everyone, but Carson tells him he will just look like a sore loser. Later, during the tournament, in a surprise turn of events, Jack has joined the Black Dragons, much to everyone's shock. Milton, Jerry, Kim, and Eddie confront Jack, but he tells them that Carson is a cheater and that none of them believed him, including Rudy. Jack further explains that if Carson is the kind of person they want at the dojo, he is out, but he wants a fair fight.
When Carson fakes an equipment failure and calls a timeout, Kim discovers him putting something on his hand and quickly tells Jack that he was right and that she wants him defeated. Carson's cheating gets him the upperhand at first, but Jack is able to defeat him fair and square. Rudy notices what Carson was using to cheat and bans him from the dojo. Everyone then apologizes to Jack, and Rudy asks him if there is any way that they can convince him to come back to the dojo, and Jack only has one thing to say to everyone: "Wasabi?"
Cast[]
- Leo Howard as Jack Brewer
- Dylan Riley Snyder as Milton D. Krupnick
- Mateo Arias as Jerry Martínez
- Olivia Holt as Kim B. Crawford
- Alex Christian Jones as Eddie
- Jason Earles as Rudy Gillespie
- Boo Boo Stewart as Carson Hunter
- Ian Reed Kelser as Sensei Ty
Trivia[]
- In this episode we learn Jack's last name is Brewer.
- Also it is presumed Eddie was Rudy's first student, predating Carson by a few weeks.
- Carson was the one who taught Kim how to "dance".
- This is the second time Boo Boo and Leo have worked together, the first being the movie Logan.
- The episode title takes it's name from the 1991 film of the same name starring Ice-T and Wesley Snipes.
- This episode is Carson's first and last appearance.
Goofs[]
- Kim and Carson act as if they have known each other for a long time, and were close friends. While this is highly unlikley, since Kim would have been a Black Dragon at the time. However, it can be possible. Kim could have met Carson during a match, or at school, and they may have dated for a while long before Jack came to town.
- When Jack breaks Carson's bo staff, you could see that it broke in half and one piece was on the floor. But when Carson lifted it, it wasn't broken and the bo staff was bent.
- When Jack and Carson approaches each other for the second-part of the match at the Black Dragon Dojo, a cameraman and a boom operator are seen. They are still seen throughout the shots. It's unknown if they're visitors filming the tournament or if they are part of the camera crew of the show.
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Photo Gallery[]
To view the New Jack City gallery, click here.