Odd Squad Needs You Odd Squad

My name is Agent Olympia.

This is my partner, Agent Otis.

This is my lunch after I ate it,

but back to Otis and me.

We work for an organisation run by kids

that investigates anything strange,

weird,

and especially odd.

Our job is to put things right again.

Hurry, Olympia!

I'm coming, Ms O!

CHEERING

Who do we work for?

We work for Odd Squad.

Thanks for coming, Odd Squad.

What seems to be the problem, sir?

Well, I'm trying to take a sip of this delicious orange juice,

but I just brushed my teeth.

Sir, I know that tastes gross,

but I don't see how that's odd.

Guys, I just brushed MY teeth.

Yeah...

that's not the kind of thing we deal with.

Bear with me. I'm going to try to take a sip.

Check this out.

DOUBLE CACKLES

Yeah!

-HE SPITS

-Disgusting!

-BOTH:

-Oh!

Not a problem, sir. We have a solution.

Orange-flavour toothpaste.

That way, it will taste the same.

Gee, thanks, Odd Squad.

Happy to help.

Have a great day.

DOUBLE LAUGHS

Oh, no!

HE SWISHES JUICE AND SWALLOWS

Ahh! Victory!

Hey, Oscar, returning a couple gadgets.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, no, no. I'm not touching those.

Then how do we return them?

I'm training my new assistant, Oona, to do it.

Oona?

Returning.

I think she's really working out.

Great news, people. Head office

asked me to make a commercial to get kids to join Odd Squad.

-I need your help, Oscar.

-A-Actually,

I'm just in the middle of training Oona, so I-I can't do it.

How about tomorrow?

HE INHALES

Ooh...

HE INHALES

Tomorrow's rough, too.

I can film the commercial.

It'll be like a little movie. I love movies.

Since when?

I talk about it all the time.

-I like movies.

-What?

-Nothing.

-Huh.

Great. Meet you in my office.

-Otis, what have you done?

-I'm helping.

They ask Ms O for a commercial every year.

I don't tell her, but I just film it myself.

How do you film a Ms O commercial without Ms O?

-OSCAR:

-"Odd Squad needs you. Join today."

Ms O is not easy to work with.

You can't boss the boss.

If I can handle celery... I can handle her.

It's hard to chew.

I agree.

Not about the celery - the movie.

I can set up a screening

so you can show your masterpiece to the whole squad.

Yeah, I don't know about that.

This guy and his thank yous. SHE LAUGHS

So how long does this commercial have to be?

Half a minute.

So one minute equals 60 seconds, half is 30 seconds. Easy.

So you're really going through with this, aren't you?

All right.

Oona, it's go time.

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Ready, boss.

OSCAR GRUNTS

-Where are you going?

-I'm just going inside of my bunker.

I'll come out when this is all over.

If there's anything left. See you!

Hey, Otis.

I heard about the commercial. Want me to record the sound for you?

Thanks, Orchid, that'd be great.

I should be the one that's saying thanks.

You just gave me a front-row seat to this train wreck.

Great, we're here.

SHE PANTS

We should probably have some lunch.

You know, calm the old nerves?

What do we have?

Let's see here.

We've got beans.

Oh, we've got beans.

Oh, look at this...

-beans.

-HE LAUGHS

Oscar, did you only stock beans?

Hey, did you come here for a fancy meal, or did you come here to live?

SHE SIGHS

You know you need unique New York,

you know you need unique New York.

-OK, Ms O, ready to start?

-Ready when you are.

And...action!

At Odd Squad, we're an organisation run by kids

that investigates anything strange,

weird, and especially odd.

Cut! Ms O, where are you going?

It felt more natural to go to the juice bar,

like something I'd do.

No problem, but please tell me so I can follow you with the camera.

OK. Hey, you're the director.

I'm here to help.

-I'm going to start here this time.

-All right, perfect, yeah.

And action!

Walk to camera.

At Odd Squad, we're an...

And cut!

-Ms O, can I talk to Orchid for a second?

-Sure.

-OK.

-WHISPERS:

-That was horrible.

I'm lucky if I can use five seconds of that.

And you need 30 seconds.

Right. So all I have to do is count back five from 30

to figure out how much more video I need to finish the commercial.

Ooh! Fancy-schmancy.

Orchid, you have one of these, too.

Don't tell me how to live my life.

So this number line goes from 0-30.

We already have five seconds, so if we count backwards,

that's 29, 28, 27, 26, 25.

That means we only need 25 more seconds.

OK, Ms O...

Ms O?

I want to film in the Creature Room. It's better in there.

Choo-choo! Kaboom!

You were right, Otis, this was a way better idea to film in here.

But it was your idea.

That you inspired.

-Can we get to work, people?

-All right.

Ms O, just tell us how great the Creature Room is, all right?

And...action!

At Odd Squad, we have our very own Creature Room.

Booyah!

OTIS SCREAMS

DINOSAUR GROWLS The sound was no good on that.

I heard screaming.

Ms O, what are you doing?

I thought it'd be better to SHOW, rather than tell.

HE SCREAMS

Let's go.

BLEATING

-I win again!

-Oh!

It's been a while.

Maybe it's safe to come out.

Oona, no, no!

SCREAMING

ROARING

SHE SCREAMS

All right, Ms O, new plan.

Dr O is going to ask you a few questions. Dr O, keep it simple.

I'm a doctor. Everything is simple.

And...action!

-OTIS:

-Oh, uh, OK, yeah.

So just go ahead and ask.

OTIS CLEARS HIS THROAT

OK. Dr O, ask her what it's like to work at Odd Squad.

Ms O, what's it like to work at Odd Squad?

Good answer.

And why do you want kids to join?

Another great answer.

You getting any of this?

Ms O, we need to be able to hear you.

Sorry, that's between me and my doctor.

Well, this was fun. What's next?

All right, I think we got two seconds from this interview.

We need 25 more seconds to finish the commercial.

We got two seconds from this interview,

so that's 24, 23.

And three seconds from the Creature Room.

ORCHID: 22, 21, 20.

That means we still need 20 more seconds of video.

You look old and tired.

I admit, this commercial wasn't the best idea.

Don't sell yourself short -

it was a terrible idea.

You know what this show needs?

More action. Follow me.

Go, go, go!

We're on the move.

15 hours later...

Otis, you're wonderful behind camera.

You took the camera from me and ran away with it.

Only because of your great directing.

-Can you give us a moment?

-Sure.

We got ten seconds in the cave.

19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14,

13, 12, 11, ten.

Then, we filmed three seconds of Ms O and the lumberjack.

Nine, eight, seven.

And two seconds on the Savannah,

which brings us to six, five.

We just need five more seconds.

But look at Ms O.

SHE SNORES

I can work with this.

-OTIS:

-Thanks for letting ME,

Ms O, show YOU around.

Remember, Odd Squad needs you.

Join today.

How's that, Orchid?

Solid.

You like the commercial?

Oh, I was talking about my muscles.

They got pretty big from holding this equipment.

# La-la-la-la-la... #

You watch.

I'm going to fix it all in editing.

15 more hours later...

Here it is, guys, the masterpiece from my partner, Mr Movie Man. Mr...

I'm just going to push play.

At Odd Squad, we're an organisation run by kids.

Ms O, what's it like to work at Odd Squad?

It's...really...good.

And that is a custard fruit tart.

I thought it'd be better to SHOW!

LION ROARS

Sho-o-ow!

Odd Squad needs you.

You getting this?

Show! Show! Sh-Sh-Show!

RECORD SCRATCHES

What?

Odd Squad needs you.

SHE IMITATES SIRENS

Odd Squad needs you.

Odd Squad needs you.

Odd Squad needs you.

SHE ROARS

-OTIS:

-'Join today.'

Odd Squad needs you.

And you...and you...

and you...you...you...

you...you...you...

y-y-you.

SHE GROANS

Otis! That doesn't tell anyone anything about Odd Squad!

-But, Ms O, it was really hard to...

-This commercial was supposed

to show that Odd Squad is a place where kids come together,

support each other, learn from one another.

It's a place that runs on teamwork,

where everyone is equal, and everyone belongs.

INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC

It's a place where kids save the day, every day.

And we need kids to join today!

And cut.

30 seconds exactly.

You know, with a title and credits...

Wait, you tricked me?

You know how to handle your actors.

Well done, director.

Otis, I'm so proud.

You made a movie!

Actually, it's a commercial that will air on basic cable.

Still, cue the fireworks!

CHEERING

Hmm. It's been a really long time.

I'm pretty sure it's safe.

FIREWORKS CRACKLE

Nope.

Still not safe.