II. TEAMWORK EFFORT
After such a failed first session that supposed to exercise the emotions of the siblings, Dr. Renzetti directs them to the back part of the yard, near the garage. There, a net composed of nylon ropes tied together was set up, being held by two poles.
"Okay kids. Let's move on to our next part of our program," Dr. Renzetti "What are we doing here? And why is there a net that looks like a web from a spider?" Lola irritatingly asks.
"Spider?! Where?! Where's the spider?!" Leni panics hysterically after hearing Lola mentioned spider.
"No, you halfwit. There's no spider here," Lisa explains to her misunderstood sister, "Hypothetically speaking, if there would be, it would be a half a yard in length, and would have gigantic furred legs."
"Too much information, four eyes," Lynn scoffs at her child prodigy of a sister.
"Well, at least I have eyes, a muscle and a brain, unlike you," Lisa snaps back."Hey! I'm the only one who has the muscle here in this bunch!" Lynn replies.
"All humans have muscles, you ingrate!""Oh, whatever. What do you know about maintaining physical fitness and body resistance?"
"A lot!"
"Girls, girls, can we take this easy?" Dr. Renzetti persuades, "I know we have a rather bumper start but let's start afresh by kicking that teamwork spirit with…the spider's web."
Suddenly, Leni hollers in panic, "I knew it! This quack is trying to kill us with a spider! Mom! Dad! Help!"
Annoyed by her panicky misunderstanding, Lori grabs Leni by the back of her shirt and warns her, "There's no spider here, sis! Now if you won't shut up, I'll literally turn you into a human pretzel!"
Seeing this commotion, Dr. Renzetti approaches the sisters. "Okay, calm down there. Uhmm older one, what's your name again?"
"Lori," the older one answers.
"Okay, Lori. We have all our setbacks but you can discuss this in an orderly fashion, okay?" Dr. Renzetti insists, making Lori let go off Leni, much to her displeasure. "And Leni, don't panic. There's no spider in this activity. You'll be fine."
After that, Dr. Renzetti walks in front of the Loud children and dictates them the next instructions, "Okay kids. The next activity is really simple. Within one hour, all of you must cross the web without touching the ropes. It may look simple but you need team strategy to pull this off. Okay, got it?"
However, no reaction sprouts from the Louds. They kind of find the instructions pretty straightforward, but the majority (which does not include Lincoln) does not see the point of doing this.
"Wait, we need to all cross the web?" Lincoln raises his concern.
"What is the catch?" Lori asks.
"Catch? What do you mean catch?" Dr. Renzetti replies.
"You expect all of us to cross the web, doc," Luna defends.
"That will sure take a lot of effort to bug us. Hehehe. Get it?" Luan shares, "But seriously, what do we get from this?"
"Anything? I certainly don't expect lectures as the reward," Lola follows along.
"I mean you get the spirit of teamwork and…"
"No, really. What do we get from this?" Lynn confronts her concern, which triggers the other sisters to complain along.
On the other hand, Lincoln is not getting into the displeasure. Instead, he tries to convince them otherwise, "Guys, we don't need rewards on this. We get to bond and help each other. That's enough for us, right?"
But the girls do not hear him as their complaining overpowers Lincoln's encouragement.
As for the self-help, he leads to no other option but this. "Okay, $100 mall discount each, if you are able to pull this off."
At that agreement, the sisters cheer on in agreement to Dr. Renzetti's condition, making Lincoln palm his face in disappointment of his sisters' plight. Now with the program back in full swing, each of the Loud siblings make their attempt to cross the web.
"Stand back guys 'cause the beauty queen is about to set her leap of faith," Lola boastfully proclaims as she steps few paces back from the net and runs her way to leap through the net. However, as she does so, the 6-year-old beauty queen gets dangled by a rope on her waist that causes her to be tossed back to her siblings, causing them to be toppled over like aluminum cans in a carnival. "Well, that sure hope will not leave a mark," she utters while recovering from being tossed.
"My leg," Lana pouts in pain.
For their next attempt, Lori takes a pole that was formerly used for laundry and plans to pole vault herself through the web. With step back, the older Loud sister readies with determination. "Here I go," she utters.
However, Dr. Renzetti is not accepting this unfair practice. "Uhmm Lori, I don't think you should do that. This is not part of the…" But Lori ignores his warning and sprints to the point where she can strike the pole and reach the net. "…And there she goes. Brilliant."
On one note, Lincoln tries to take control of the situation and lays his plans. "Okay, I think I got the solution for this challenge. If we can all just work together…"
But Leni interrupts her brother when she spots Lori about to pole vault, "Why don't you tell that to Lori who is carrying a giant barbecue stick?"
At her words, the siblings glance at Lori and approach her speedily, with Lincoln lagging behind and get trampled by her sisters.
Just as her sisters arrive, Lori gets the chance for the projectile motion to allow her to pass through the net and make it to the other side. Her sisters cheer for her from below, "Lori! Lori! Lori!"
"Thank you dear…family. Now witness the feat of your honorable sister," Lori boasts.
"Hey Lori, take me with you!" Lola insists, leading others to do as well. And each of the siblings try to reach out to Lori as if they are like zombies from the Brad Pitt movie World War Z. This comes as horror for Lori.
"Hehehe. This cartoon physics will lead somewhere," Lisa comments sarcastically.
"Okay guys, calm down. Stop! Let me cross first, then…" Lori says, but Lola clings on to her, followed by Lana and Leni. This causes the pole to swing back and forth repeatedly and sends them screaming until, thanks to pressure and internal friction, it snaps into half and sends the four sisters to fall towards the rest. Little did Lori realize that she actually used a plastic pole to catapult herself to the other side.
"That really is gonna leave a mark," Lola utters in pain.
"My leg," Lana follows.
Realizing where her attempt of victory led to, Lori gets furious at her siblings (or sisters for this case).
"I think someone owes you an a-pole-logy. Hehehe. Get it?" Luan reacts jokingly. And out of vexation, Lori grabs the broken half of the pole and beats it to Luan's head, causing her to woozily faint. "I think I see stars that shoot…"
For their might-be last attempt to cross the web, Lynn hatches an idea to cross the web. But she has to convince someone to go along with her plan.
"Lucy, help me get a boost up to that hole above," Lynn insists to her closest sister.
"Why would I do that after you trample my hand?" Lucy replies.
"Come on. Stick with me, and this will be over," Lynn persuades her, "Come on. Don't you want that $100 discount? You can buy cool stuff with that kind of dough."
And after moments of encouraging bribery, Lucy finally agrees to join Lynn, "Fine, but only because of the $100 for my exclusive Edwin collectibles."
"Deal!" And with that, the two seal the deal with a handshake. Just as Lynn laid out to her, Lucy helps Lynn reach for the topmost hole, so she can leap right through it.
Meanwhile, Lincoln gathers his sisters for them to come up with a solid strategy. "Okay guys, if you please lay your eyes and ears on me. Thank you. Now this is gonna be a tricky one. Looks easy. But we can pull this off together," he declaims.
"Whatever. Just as long as we literally have the discounts in our hands," Lori reacts passive-aggressively, "What's the plan, Lincoln?"
"Now, if I just need to know if everybody's here…" Lincoln says.
But Lana interrupts, spotting Lynn and Lucy attempting to cross the web, "Too late, those two are up ahead."
"Hey! They're going without us! Ahhhh!" Lola exclaims, causing the sisters to approach the two while unnoticeably trampling onto Lincoln, again. Just as the sisters hurtle to them, Lucy lifts Lynn's leg up and tosses her above, prompting Lynn to cross the web without touching the net and execute a perfect dive towards the ground. It is only now that Lynn realized she had succeeded another sport: gymnastics.
"I did it. I did it. I crossed the net!" Lynn screams in victory.
Lucy applauds her from the other side but address this as well, "Good, now what about us?"
"Uhmm what do you mean?" Lynn asks.
"You aren't just gonna leave us here, aren't you?" Lucy confronts her matter.
"Uhmm you can teleport, right?"
"Are you mocking me?"
"What? You always appear out of nowhere every now and then. Why don't you do that?"
"That's just another way of saying 'I'm not gonna help you because you're a jerk'. So help us up!"
"Yeah, help me out too, Lynn!" Lola berates, leading for others to do as well. Then, it suddenly culminates for the sisters to fight each other to the top, just like a while ago.
"Hey! I'm first," Lana complains.
"No, I'm first Lana!" Lola snaps back.
"Get off dudes!" Luna scolds.
"No, you literally get off!" Lori vents in response.
"Hey! Stop it!" Leni whimpers.
"No! You stop!" Luan replies complainingly.
"We have reached a new low," Lisa comments.
"Says you!" Lola replies to her, while stepping on her face.
"Why you?!" Lisa utters in irritation, making her beat up Lola and the rest of her sisters, forming another fight cloud in the process. Lincoln and Lucy move away from the scuffle. "This is what I fear the most, the lows of humanity, berating," Lucy comments sulkily. Yet, she gets punched by what is to be Lisa's fist, causing her to enter the cloud. Lincoln tries to outrun the scuffle, to no avail, as it moves to his direction and right through the spider web, absorbing Lincoln and Lynn in the process.
Realizing things got out of control, Dr. Renzetti blows his whistle, for the siblings to stop the scuffle. However, when they stopped, they all tied up each other with the ropes from the broken down spider web.
"Okay, spider web activity done, guys. One hour has passed. Let's move on to the next activity," he initiates hopelessly.
"Uhmmm can you literally give us thirty minutes, please?" Lori requests, aware that they cannot mobilize with them tied up.
"I can't breathe!" Lynn mumbles from her mouth shut.
III. MONTAGE OF FAILS
The whole afternoon is basically the siblings going through hilarious hijinks on activities that are supposed to be treated seriously. Though he gets fed up on handling the Louds, Dr. Renzetti tries his best to keep up with the program. If you think that is an easy task, here is what happened through the duration of the teambuilding program.
After the failed spider web activity, Dr. Renzetti has the siblings walk around the yard and do simultaneous breathing exercises while having their legs tied together in caterpillar fashion. The catch is that they must do this within thirty minutes without breaking off. But Leni is much of a predictable ditz that when she accidentally dropped her slipper, she tries to retrieve it, causing line to break off, much to the annoyance of the sisters.
After that, the therapist persuades the siblings to undergo a counting exercise where they have to finish off counting one-to-ten together by taking turns dictating a number. However, despite nearly finishing from eight, Lisa and Lana keep debating who gets to be the one to dictate. Of course, this resulted in a shouting match from them and towards the others.
Since counting is not a thing for the Louds, Dr. Renzetti decides to play the trusting instincts of the siblings through two activities. The first one is the blindfold test where the siblings are separated into pairs, with one blindfolded and the other to guide him/her. Lincoln is paired with Leni, which "really" go well. Lori is grouped with Lynn. Lucy is joined by Lisa. Luna tags along with Lana. And finally, Luan is paired with Lola. It goes on as planned, if Dr. Renzetti does not regard the numerous hijinx that each pair goes through. But the worst offense goes to Luna and Lana, and Luan and Lola bumping into each other, and since they are still bitter with each other, they resume their quarrel.
The final teambuilding activity for the day is typical trust fall routine. Lincoln is the first candidate to take the fall. But since no activity within the day instigated for the siblings to resolve their differences, they predictably argue with each other, even on their positioning of the fall. Dr. Renzetti tries to pacify them but he only makes things worse, causing another fight cloud. Lincoln tries to escape but he trips from the platform he is standing. Yet, he manages to crawl away from the squabble, along with Dr. Renzetti.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Loud take notice of this ugly feat from the living room and reflect of the regression of the siblings' teambuilding. Abruptly, Dr. Renzetti enters the house, bruised and beaten up.
"I officially think your children are a delight," the therapist utters in pain.
"Oh doc, sorry about this," Mrs. Loud apologizes in behalf of her children, "My children would never go to such lengths on their fighting."
"I am sure. I don't know what to do. My activities don't work. Your kids are just…out of control," Dr. Renzetti comments.
"But doc, is there something else you have in mind?" Mr. Loud asks.
"Well, I have one activity for the night. But it's more of a question and answer."
"Just anything doc, for them to stop," Lynn Sr. pleads.
"I don't know if I can pull it off."
Suddenly, Lincoln enters the house and falls down from being beaten up as well.
"Lincoln!" his parents react and approach to his aid.
"Are you okay, honey? Are you alright?" Mrs. Loud asks in concern, "Quick dear, the first aid."
"Right," Lynn Sr. utters and rushes to get the first aid kit. Lily then approaches Lincoln to comfort him, to which he takes delight on, since he is desperate for one sister to show empathy to him.
Lincoln then takes at Dr. Renzetti. "Doc, can you do something about this?"
"I'm afraid, my boy, I don't what else to do but confront each of you," Dr. Renzetti confides.
"Anything, doc. I am sorry for my sisters," Lincoln confesses, "I just want to see them not fighting again."