A Night To Remember
After chasing clout for several episodes, Paula has her hit dream with Canadian Boyfriend and she ends up pretty big-headed about it. That is, until the next dream. Jean wheels in a Feelsen machine to test Riley’s emotions. With a lot riding on this, Paula ends up stealing Xeni’s ideas and goes way overboard, as the pressure gets to her. She overwhelms Riley with a ton of boyfriends during the romcom dream. They break the Wake-Up button and nearly hurt Riley too.
Management are not happy and at the end of episode 3, Xeni is demoted and Paula is given one last chance to turn it around.
Episode 4 of Dream Productions picks up with Paula determined to make a big change. No more mess-ups, no more sleep walking; this is the last chance saloon.
How does Xeni get revenge on Paula?
Xeni is not happy after being demoted to sandwich maker, forced to take the blame for Paula’s slip-up. The big drama for Riley though is the dance, and she’s flustered over how to handle this. She vents to her dad and between not having a date nor a decent dress, she doesn’t know if she wants to go.
The studio heads have made some changes behind the camera though, and Jean is now taking a much more active role in dream productions. Teen Riley is going to be on the roster, and they can’t be deviating from the scripts anymore. However, Xeni decides to completely sabotage the project. He switches the scripts while distracting the writers with coffee, and throws the old one away.
As for Paula, the old memory of Goodbye Paci disintegrates, no longer needs. It’s a bittersweet reminder that we have to move on from the past but Paula doesn’t see this. Instead, she looks over the script Xeni has written. Turns out it’s basically a nightmare; a recurring, horrific, anxiety-inducing dream that completely pushes her over the edge.
What happens with the script?
Xeni boasts about his script to his co-worker but soon realizes what he’s done, and it hits him like a sledgehammer. In his desire to make Paula suffer, it’s really Riley who’s going to feel this, caught in the crossfire of their feud. Xeni races to the studio but they’re already setting the place up, ready to go. And that awful script? Well, it’s going to be directed by Janelle.
Xeni and Paula both make peace with one another in the meantime, admitting to their wrongdoing and needing to do right by Riley. Unfortunately, Jean is lusting for power and even the combined efforts of three Directors aren’t enough to dissuade Jean from this. Jean is having none of it and fires Janelle. On the way out, Paula takes the time to apologize to her, pointing out that Janelle is a great director but she just never appreciated her talent.
The trio eventually come up with a plan. They work to sabotage the bad dream that Jean is adamant in going ahead with, and each work to their strengths. Xeni gives direction to the boyfriends, while Mel and Paula work to change the dream filter… and it gives Riley a lucid dream.
How does Dream Productions end?
Riley realizes that she’s dreaming and that allows Paula to step up to the plate. She tells Riley this is her dream, and she decides to direct it herself. Paula hands over the microphone to Xeni, who directs from her on out, while Janelle leads Rainbow Unicorn inside too.
After the dream, things have changed in Dream Productions. They’ve optimized the executive department, where Jean is relegated to sandwich maker instead. A new director is put into rotation immediately, and the group properly work on a variety of different dreams.
Riley and her friends go to the dance after all, and make the first moves on the dancefloor. This works to get everyone else intrigued and into the mood, which eventually ends with a new memory for Riley, and another trophy for Paula to look over.
The Episode Review
So Dream Productions comes to an end with a heart-warming finale, one that sees Paula learn some humility and how to work with others. It’s a simple message, but a very effective one, allowing her to really understand the value of teamwork, rather than just ploughing ahead with her tunnel vision.
There’s also a nice way of feeding lucid dreaming into this, while the show does well to flesh out its central trio of characters. Personally, it would have been nice to get some more classic dreams in here, harking back to the movies and how the place feels about the way the Emotions sabotaged the production back in the day, but that’s a minor gripe to be fair.
The show has done well to keep things interesting, and the four episodes are the perfect length too, working well to keep things tight and concise, while also delivering an extension on the Inside Out world.
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Episode Rating
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