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Oct 2017
25m 12s

S3 E3: The Day the Grown-Ups Quit

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In today's episode, the kids experience the scene foreshadowed in episode 1, and they have to decide what to do once the adults disappear. And questions still surround Megbot, and the little blue baby alien that showed up last episode isn't helping. And finally, Jonathan takes a week off from introducing the show and BeeBop doesn't like it! My video about ho ... Show More
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