Episode Idea: Dream Boat Willy
One day at school, a day of a big test Lincoln studied hard for, instead of his usual teacher, Mr. Bolhofner, Miss DiMartino comes in and fills in for him and of course all the male students start fawning over her. It turns out that Mr. Bolhofner injured himself and is resting at the hospital. Lincoln tries to take his test in his locker, but Principal Ramirez has a policy against that to prevent cheating (she absolutely hates cheaters), and Lincoln, distracted by Miss DiMartino’s gorgeous looks, ends up failing his test. He begins to worry about getting held back and doesn’t know what to do. But then he sees his older sisters with their partners (Lori with Bobby, Leni with River, Luna with Sam, etc) and thinks that getting a girlfriend would solve his problem. He starts hanging out with the other girls in the middle school to get to know them. This idea, however, is easier said than done, as not many of the girls were his interest and the ones who were didn’t quite feel the same (he didn’t bother trying his luck with Stella, as he remembered the rift between him and the guys last year and didn’t want to risk ruining his friendship with them).
Just as things were seeming hopeless for Lincoln, he sees an ad for an upcoming show: “Dream Boat Jr.”, where middle school guys compete to win over a girl like in the original “Dream Boat” for the cost of $25.00. With his situation becoming desperate, Lincoln auditions and gets on the show. There he’s up against two other guys hoping to with over a beautiful girl. In the end, Lincoln wins, but when he takes his date to Gus’s, he soon discovers that his new “girlfriend” is actually a robot. He immediately realizes that he got scammed and rounds up his competitors that Willy McNilly, host of “Dream Boat Jr.”, is a fraud. With the help of their family’s lawyers, they were able to get their money back. Furthermore more, The show got cancelled and McNilly got fired from the network and arrested for fraudery.
At home, Lincoln’s older sisters and parents console him by saying that he’ll find that special someone when he’s a bit older, but Lincoln, while satisfied that he got justice, is still depressed that he’s going to flunk. He takes a walk to clear his mind when he notices that one of the houses in his neighborhood is being sold by Miss DiMartino. It turns out that Miss DiMartino quit her job as a substitute teacher and got a job as a real estate agent and that she not only enjoys it more than teaching, but she’s better at it too. The episode would end with Lincoln being able to retake the test he failed before and passed it.