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So Bingo is the doctor and Bluey is the receptionist. Honey comes in and wants to see the doctor but she doesn’t really have anything wrong with her so Bluey tells her to make something up. Honey says her knee hurts and just as she’s about to go see the Doctor, someone else comes in with an issue that is a bit more urgent and serious than Honey. And that happens time after time after time, until Honey starts making the kids laugh out in the waiting room and the doctor comes to see what she’s doing and notices that it’s a serious issue and that the doctor needs to see Honey immediately. And Honey and the kids learn about playing to your strengths and just having a good old time.

Bingo gets to bring home Bob Bilby—a little bilby sock puppet. She is supposed to take pictures of all the fun things her and Bob do during the weekend and put them in the album the rest of her classmates have created during their weekends with Bob Bilby. But the girls get sucked into their screens, and after Chilli takes some pictures and shows them, Bingo is upset because Bob Bilby is having the worst weekend ever while with the Heelers. Bluey helps and puts the screens away for the rest of the weekend, and the family has adventures to last a lifetime and enough memories to put in the book to make all the other kids jealous of the weekend Bob Bilby spent with the Heelers.

It is the weekend. And the girls plan to play all the games with their dad. And as they are playing all these amazing games Bingo has a moment when she sees a leaf bug for the first time and just is in absolute wonder and awe at this thing. She tries to get the attention of her dad, but it flies away before she can. The rest of the day looks wonderful, but as Bingo and Bluey go to bed, Bingo starts to cry. She is upset that her dad didn’t come to see the walking leaf and how Bandit cheers her up, and the music that ensues in the credits...just makes me so happy and teary eyed.

The girls need to tidy up their playroom so they enlist the help of their dad—Bandit—who plays the character of Daddy Robot, to help them clean up. But things don’t quite go as expected when Bandit turns on them and tries to throw them in the wheelie bin. He malfunctions and Chilli needs to step in to save the day, which she does. The girls learn an important lesson about cutting corners and clear communication…and a little bit of love with their mom and dad. Chilli is also a fantastic plant parent and my hero.

The very first episode of Bluey is called The Magic Xylophone. I have many questions about this episode, but the one main one keeps hitting me in the back of the head: is the Xylophone real? Does it actually have magical powers. Because if not, Bandit is the greatest actor of all time. Join in for this episode as I chat about inclusion and how we can all learn from Bingo.