"Summer of Je Ne Sais Quoi" is the second segment of the twentieth episode of Primos.
Synopsis[]
Tater learns how to act more maturely from Serena while teaching Serena how to act more like a kid.
Plot[]
Tater is at her favorite French restaurant, Café S'il Vous Plaît, waiting for Serena to arrive. When she sits with her friend, the waiter asks Serena if she would like coffee, but she insists on hot chocolate instead as she is only nine. When the waiter addresses Tater, he calls her "enfant" (which sounds like "infant", but actually means "child"). Somewhat insulted as being seen as young, Tater notices that Serena has ear piercings now. When they leave the café, they have a brief encounter with an adult that leaves Tater tongue-tied and Serena showing her maturity. Tater comes to believe that Serena's earrings showcase her maturity.
Upon returning home, Serena has the opposite problem as Tater is able to play around with her primos while she herself has an awkward encounter that ends with Nachito calling her "Small Señora". Additionally, Serena can watch some of Bud's shows and enjoy them. Tater calls Serena an "adult whisperer" and ask that she teach her to be mature. Serena, in turn, asks Tater to teach her to be a "child yeller" as she hates being seen as older. Tater attempts to listen to Bud's boring stories and watch the weather report, while Serena tries to enjoy the primos frantic games. Tater ultimately decides to get her ears pierced and gets a surprising approval from Bibi.
Serena slowly begins to become more accustomed to the primos style of play, especially when she becomes very good at playing hide and seek with them. Bibi takes Tater to the store to have her ears pierced, but upon meeting the clumsy teen girl working the area, Tater panics and tells her mother she isn't ready for piercings. Bibi tells her that it's okay and that her deciding not get them right now is a sign of maturity, pleasing Tater. Upon returning home, Tater tells Serena her epiphany, but she decides to give her stick on earrings to make up for it. Tater and Serena's next conquest is to know how to be teens, but decide never to be become one.
Cast[]
- Myrna Velasco as Tater Ramirez Humphrey
- Liza Koshy as Serena
- Ryan Anderson Lopez as Nachito Ramirez
- Rick Simon as Big Nacho Ramirez and Cousin Bud Humphrey
- Jim Conroy as Bud Humphrey
- Natasha Kline as Gordita Humphrey and ChaCha Ramirez
- Cristina Vee Valenzuela as Tere and Toñita Ramirez
- Becca Q. Co as LotLot Ramirez
- Jonathan Melo as Scooter Perez
- Elizabeth Grullón as Lita Perez
- Michelle Ortiz as Bibi Ramirez Humphrey
- Sarah Tubert as Lucita Perez
- Nomi Ruiz as Tabi Ramirez
- Cheech Marin as Pop Ramirez
- Angélica María as Buela Ramirez
Trivia[]
- Je Ne Sais Quoi is French for I don't know what. This marks the first time a French phrase is used in the title rather than a Spanish or English word.
- This episode reveals that Serena's eyes are green.
- The store Blaire's is an obvious reference to the real world Claire's.
- Bud's show, Don of the Drill is a parody of King of the Hill with the characters muttering "Yep," as a nod to the show.
