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This episode is an emotional rollercoaster, and it's quite the ride...
- The children crying and howling once they learn that Bluey and her family are moving away.
- As the wedding for Rad and Frisky is being set up, Stripe accidentally lets it slip that Rad had told him about his plans to have himself and Frisky move away from Brisbane as well, the latter of which was not made aware of and is absolutely ticked when Rad calls her, making her kick a garden gnome in frustration before storming off and driving away, calling off the wedding in the process.
- When the girls try to give Frisky reasons to stick around, she sadly shoots each of them down. They remind her she was going to remove the "For Sale" sign, but she sullenly declares that it's staying after all since the wedding's off. When Muffin points out they went through the trouble of preparing to be flower girls. To this, Frisky apologizes, saddened that her choice to set boundaries (against moving out West) has also cost the girls their personal hopes to have this once-in-a-lifetime-experience.
- Later, at the Lookout Point, Frisky confesses to Chilli that the Heelers planning to move away has also taken a toll on her. If anything, Rad wanting to move them out west simply set her off at that point, as it was one drastic change in her life too many.
- Bingo's innocence about the whole moving process throughout the episode is also quite distressing when one considers that since she misunderstands the situation and doesn’t realize that selling the house means that they won’t be able to live in it anymore, she will learn the truth at some point, and given not only her young age, but also her natural sensitivity, everyone knows how she'll take it… and when she does learn the truth, it absolutely crushes her, especially when she learns that moving means that she won’t get to see Lila anymore.
- It's heartwrenching to see Bingo desperately trying to pull the "For Sale" sign out by herself once she learns what it actually means to move away — even a small tear is visible in her eyes. Thankfully, Bluey is there to comfort her little sister with the story Calypso told her at school earlier in the episode.
- It's shown numerous times that Chilli, although trying to be supportive, is not onboard with the moving process:
- Through this exchange:
Bluey: Why do we have to sell our house?Chilli: We've been through this, Bluey. Dad's got a new job in another city.Bluey: But what's wrong with this city?(Cut to an exterior shot of the passenger side window. Chilli looks out the window. The downtown Brisbane skyline is reflected, superimposed over her face.)Chilli: (sadly) Nothing...- When Bluey begs her mother to tell Bandit not to move, Chilli opens her mouth to say something - but after a moment she looks away and quickly walks out of the room.
- It finally comes to a breaking point.
(Bluey throws herself in Frisky's lap.)Bluey: Please, Frisky, tell Mum not to make us move!Frisky: Chilli, are you sure you're doing the right thing?(Chilli growls and stands up.)Chilli: Ugh! You think I want to move?Bluey: What? I thought you did. You said it was gonna be a big adventure.Chilli: I was just saying that to help you be brave.Bluey: So you don't want to move either?Chilli: Of course I don't want to leave, Bluey. You took your first steps in that house!- Additionally, Chilli's voice can be heard cracking a bit as she says this, as if she's about to cry.
- The entirety of the episode's ending, both in a sad and a heartwarming way. The tension of the Heelers moving builds up to it; the family says goodbye to their neighbours, remember the happy moments they lived in there (such as Bluey's first steps), heck, just watching the rooms of the house completely empty is disheartening. The fact that an intense music piece followed by Megan Washington's (Calypso's voice actress) "Lazarus Drug" plays in the background just settles it.
- Bandit ripping the "Sold" sticker off of the "For Sale" sign... before pulling it out and throwing it to the ground. Knowing what this means, Chilli tackles him to the ground, heaving sobs of joy, and their daughters soon follow. Bandit listening to his family leads to the Heelers ultimately staying in their house in Brisbane. In a climactic scene, they sit around a makeshift dinner table, laughing and really engaging with each other as Megan Washington's euphoric song plays in the background.I'm everything and everyone who is or ever was.
And You're nothingness, but shining.
and everywhere at once.
You're everything where everyone who is or ever was, forever. - The family is sitting in a house with nothing but a rug and an upturned cardboard box serving as a table for takeout, but nobody cares. Bingo and Bluey are happily playing with their food, Bandit is watching them smiling, and then he looks at Chili, who is just staring at him with a look of pure adoration, delight, and gratitude. It's enough to make everyone cry with joy at how happy they are- they're still home.
- Bandit ripping the "Sold" sticker off of the "For Sale" sign... before pulling it out and throwing it to the ground. Knowing what this means, Chilli tackles him to the ground, heaving sobs of joy, and their daughters soon follow. Bandit listening to his family leads to the Heelers ultimately staying in their house in Brisbane. In a climactic scene, they sit around a makeshift dinner table, laughing and really engaging with each other as Megan Washington's euphoric song plays in the background.
- The lyrics run, carrying on the episode's ruminations about how we're all interconnected, and that can help us to live in harmony.
- Finally, the episode closes with the Bluey theme playing during the end credits, albeit in a more relaxed and slowed tone that shifts from a simple xylophone, to a mellow flute, and then to a charming full-on orchestra.
