The Boy

The Boy is the 6th episode in the series.

Plot
Sick, Matt asks Jay if he wants to have a "video game day," which Jay suddenly and forcefully declines. While rehearsing a piece about a sick kid working with the Make-A-Wish foundation, they get the idea to befriend a terminally ill child and use their wish to get Nirvanna the Band a show at the Rivoli. They meet Mike, a boy alone at the hospital, and sneak him out and back to their house.

When they fail to impress him, Matt grills Jay for fun things to do. Matt suggests a "video game day" again, causing Jay to experience a brief vision that makes him blurt out not being able to go to Canada's Wonderland, a popular amusement park in the area, which inspires Matt to take Jay and Mike. A paranoid Jay tries to prevent Mike from having any fun at the park, citing stories told to him by his mother, while Matt encourages him. While the three wait to get splashed by a ride, Jay again tries to warn them using his mother's advice, before experiencing a flashback in which his mother scolds him for having a "video game day" and changes the TV to a commercial for Canada's Wonderland, saying several phrases that tie into the advice Jay has been trying to give. As Jay accepts the reason behind his terror of having fun, the ride splashes him and he decides to have fun with Matt and Mike.

The three spend the afternoon riding rides and eating unhealthy food until Jay notices a sign warning people with heart trouble not to ride the rides. Remembering a chart in Mike's room showing concern about his heart, Jay runs to get Matt and they find Mike passed out. Panicking, they carry him back to the hospital and leave him out front. Believing him to be dead, they lament not asking him about his wish when they had the chance. Wanting to know what it was, they call the hospital only to find that he is alive. When they visit him, the nurse explains that Mike is actually diabetic and his blood sugar had spiked, which Jay privately acknowledges is because of the park's food. When this confirms that he is not terminally ill and not part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the two quickly abandon him.

Jay, watching Lost, tries to convince Matt to watch with him. Matt calls a restaurant to book a table for the upcoming Canada Day, and instead of giving them his name, books it under "Nirvanna the Band".

Appearances

 * Jay McCarrol
 * Matt Johnson

Notes & trivia

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