S1E7: Victory Repeats Itself (Crown Jewels)

Bilal and Lee try to escape, while Heer, Nazzy, and Altaf struggle to find them.

Characters

 * Heer Kazan
 * Altaf Mirza
 * Nazzy Kazan
 * Bilal Kazan
 * Lee Quincy
 * Elena Quincy
 * Cagney
 * Rhys Wagner

Summary
Nazzy threatens a nurse at the hospital to find Bilal, but is told that they cannot find him. Meanwhile, Cagney continues to chase after Lee and Bilal. Bilal finds the place strangely familiar and guides Lee to different room, which turns out to be a warehouse floor. Cagney, Lee, and Bilal are all locked in the warehouse, which is being run by an experimental artificial intelligence system. Bilal reveals that they have been locked in a Mirza Warehouse, a failed project that produced merchandise for the Mirza family. They discover "Mirzapets", plush toys used as incentives for employees. However, the walls are plastered with merchandise saying that the Mirzapets are a security threat, as they can interface with the A.I. used for the digital lockers that employees use.

Elena receives a call from the school saying that Lee was not at class, which causes her to worry. Rhys blames the error on Cagney, then reminds Elena that they are making an appearance on a late-night show called The Late Night Jo to discuss the company. However, Elena wants to discuss what the nature of her and Rhys' relationship is, which Rhys rejects. Jo appears and makes small talk with the two. Rhys belittles Elena and Jo joins in, before Elena sends them off. Rhys receives a call from Cagney and instructs him to take care of the situation, threatening his livelihood.

Lee breaks into the office in the warehouse and attempts to find the digital HR server, which could be used to unlock the doors and allow them to escape. Bilal continues to play with the Mirzapets and the locker, convinced that it will help them escape. Lee tries to find the correct door for the HR server. She returns frustrated and Bilal recognizes that she is hungry. He then uses the Mirzapet to hack the room's vending machine. The two of them chat in a friendly manner before Bilal starts to push Lee's buttons and she gets angry with him again.

In the waiting room of the hospital, Nazzy, Heer, and Altaf try to find a lead on Bilal. Heer laments that Lee isn't there to help, then receives news that Lee has also gone missing. The nurse alerts the three that the cops are going to get involved as it's a missing patient case. After watching some of The Late Night Jo, Altaf mentions that the reason he was visiting the city was to do an interview with Jo and to commemorate the re-opening of the Mirza Museum in time for the 100th anniversary of the Mirza Empire. He references that the warehouses producing merchandise for them were briefly restarted, but then shut down after their technology specialist, Reuben, implemented new technology with security issues in the code. The three deduce that the Dorado warehouse that is currently only holding Mirza stock is the most likely place that Bilal would have been taken, since it is unusual that the warehouse was abandoned. Nazzy requests that the nurse find them a ride to the warehouse and the nurse agrees to let them ride an ambulance as long as they return it to the hospital.

Bilal enlists a begrudging Lee's help with finding one of each of the plushies to continue experimenting with them. Lee only agrees to help in order to find a bludgeoning object to break down the door to the digital HR server. As they get into an argument, Lee incorrectly guesses the password on the server three times, prompting a security shutdown and putting them into further danger from Cagney, who can now enter the floor. Lee accuses Bilal of not understanding why she wants to get close with her mom again, referencing Bilal's extremely fraught relationship to his own mother, who had Munchausen's-by-proxy. Bilal apologizes for his behavior, but tells Lee that the two of them don't need to compete to find out who has it worse. Instead, he suggests the two simply understand that they're similar positions where they are being manipulated for their family's wealth and that they both can find a way to escape that situation and the warehouse.

Cagney runs to try and find Lee and Bilal, getting into an argument with Rhys that starts showing cracks in their relationship. Bilal tells Lee that the program is likely based off of a prototype Mirza game that he played with Nazzy when they were younger and may hold the key to their escape. The two gather up one of each plush: Hiro, Li'l Ball, Dora Knot, and All Tuff, then use the costume codes on the back in the developer mode to trigger a power outage. The two flee from Cagney and push over a box to deter him, which Cagney returns by pushing a shelf into Lee's way. Lee falls and twists her ankle badly and Bilal struggles to help her due to his injured arm. Seeing two injured teenagers suddenly causes Cagney to stop and question what he's doing, enabling them to make their escape. As they race outside, they are picked up by Nazzy, Heer, and Altaf. Bilal apologizes for his recent behavior to Nazzy and they all pile into the ambulance, where Altaf accidentally pricks himself with an IV and passes out again.

On The Late Night Jo, Elena gets tired of being belittled, only for Jo to bring up a picture of Lee--who has now positively been identified as Elena's daughter. Elena, who has hidden the fact that she was a mother when she was still a teenager, deflects from answering the question by announcing that she and Rhys are in a relationship. Rhys is startled and Elena further deflects by making Rhys propose to her on air. After the show ends, Rhys berates Elena for not knowing how to manage her money, saying that she is still under his control. Elena relents, but continues to worry about Lee, who arrives after her escape. Due to Rhys's presence, Lee lies about why she skipped classes and got injured, and is subsequently grounded by Elena. Elena leaves for some air and Rhys threateningly reminds Lee of the deal they've cut. Lee, with renewed hope from Bilal, quietly challenges Rhys's threats.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode that Wissall Homayun appears in as the voice of Elena Quincy.
 * Victory Repeats Itself is the only Crown Jewels episode to have published in 2022.
 * This episode's promotional art was commissioned from ShoySlayer.