Sorcerer’s Apprentice Episode Four
"Dedication, Discipline, Detail"
And so with episode four comes the end of the first week; the boys are dozing in their dormitory whereas the girls are improving their memories by memorising packs of cards.
Todays theme is restoration and penetration with the boys shown a torn and restored tissue trick courtesy of Mr Tariq Knight. The girls, as taught by Miss Sophie Evans, are learning a more impressive trick that involves making eggs penetrate inflated balloons. Self-styled “Emo-Child” Ellie, fast becoming the star of the girls team, once again impresses us with her first attempt at the trick.
At the 11:00 milk and apples break Mr Knight discovers, horror of horrors, an abandoned wand. It turns out to be, no suprises here, Harvey’s and he is reprimanded for the third time this week. His punishment is to walk around the quad shouting “I love my magic wand” at the top of his voice.
The morning is interrupted by the arrival of a limousine containing Bradford’s own Dynamo (aka Stephen Frayne) complete with trademark cap and bling. He impresses the sorcerees with his brand of hip-hop shuffles and moves, followed by a card trick involving the selection of four cards that are then found and revealed one by one: one “jumps” off the deck, another is found in Dynamo’s back pocket and the other two remain after the rest of the pack disappears. The students are suitably impressed by his street-wise style, and are then excited to learn they are to be taught some moves by Dynamo’s own dance teacher. The students are paired up, and the section finishes with a humourous “dance-off”. Needless to say the increasingly annoying Joe takes this very seriously, and it’s quite funny when his team fails to be even slightly coordinated.
We then see Max for the first time today, arriving with a seemingly empty box. After everyone has pointed and waved their fingers around a bit, the previously empty box is now shown to be full of polystyrene chips and letters from the students respective families.
The next day is taken up with practice for the performance later that day. Miss Evans isn’t satisfied with the girls’ presentation, and so arranges an emergency lesson to sort them out.
The sorcerees are summoned to the Grand Theatre to perform their tricks. The girls go first, with Ellie giving her usual polished performance. All the girls perform well, with the exception of Rebecca.
The boys then begin their show, with it all going well until Harvey takes the stage. He performs the trick OK, but suddenly gets a bout of stage fright and forgets his lines. Instead of carrying on, he rushes off the stage and refuses to return. This results in the girls winning yet again, with a score of 454 to the boys 394. The episode ends with Max talking to Harvey, trying to bolster his confidence and to keep “his chin up”. He is told he can succeed with enough “dedication, discipline and detail”.
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