Review of Episode 2 of School House Rockz by Steven Ang

Wow, so its episode two already. Unfortunately I was in Vietnam the past week and had to miss episode 1, hope I didn’t miss much!

Anyway, today’s episode is really quite a laugh: both schools took part in the annual ‘Brain Juice’ competition but the team from the Elite School, who often came in first because of their ‘winning formula’ (big hand gestures, big smiles, big waves and a lucky keychain), had to settle for second place while the team from Eastwood Secondary came in first despite not wanting to win at all!

The big difference? It seems that Inka’s presence in a team is much luckier than the lucky keychain! However, there is still one more round to go before the eventual winners will be decided upon. As both teams prepare for the finals, Ros and Amni try to get Inka to help them with their preparation, yet they continue to plot to make her team lose. Meanwhile over at Eastwood, the unlikely team of Dawn, Preety, Wen Bin and Inka have a hard time working together even though each person enjoys being a winner in front of their friends! Will they get their act together in time? Will Inka betray the team for her old friends at the Elite School? Guess we’ll have to tune in next week to find out!

Lets talk about the musical sequences too. I particularly enjoyed Inka’s singing, gifted with a dark, warm voice that is as expressive as it is musical. And who knew that Preety’s (Shraddha Ramsundar) and Wen Bin’s (Shawn Tok) voices blended so well!

Lastly, it seems that Wen Bin has finally discovered the identity of his pen pal to be none other than the loathed Inka! The big clue? Some very unflattering remarks about apes made by both his MSN buddy and Inka live in person. It doesn’t take a genius, which Wen Bin is, to figure it out! But just when he is about to confront Inka on MSN, she sends him a heartfelt message of thanks for his support and understanding. So what next? Will Inka find out the identity of her MSN buddy? Will Wen Bin eventually confront Inka in person? Who will win the Brain Juice Compeition? Argh…the suspense is killing me! Can’t wait for next week’s episode!