In Life Is Wild Episode 2, Jo started her mission to transform the lodge into something that functions, Katie met Oliver’s ex-girlfriend and got tricked by her, and Jesse lied about his age to get a job to get close to a girl.
The lodge is open for business. Jesse’s about as happy with this as he usually is about everything else, and Katie’s not much happier than him because she wants to get to school. The kids head off for school, and Jo and Art take the guests sightseeing for animals, where they manage to see a cow. Colin resolves this by taking an elephant that can’t be around people and buying something not particularly fitting to Africa, two ostriches.
Katie’s a singer, and as luck would have it, she’s trying out for the club that’s run by Tumelo and has Lauren as a lead singer. Much of the rest of the (talentless portion of the) school is there as well, since the club is a big deal and does a lot of assemblies and travelling. Katie turns out to be pretty decent, though. She gets the lead duet with Oliver.
Jesse’s upset he has to hang out with the guests’ teenage son, until he finds out he’s a rebel like himself. Drinking, being a poolshark, and forcing himself on Jesse’s boss. Despite the company he’s keeping, Jesse does get a promotion to bartender because the other person quit.
Her husband and son aren’t impressed (and the husband’s getting less impressed as time goes by), but the woman of the family staying at the lodge seems to like it. Jesse returns with their drunk child, though, which may not go over well with either of them.
Katie blows off practicing her duet to have pizza with Oliver, then gets upset about it the next morning and blames it on the lodge being under construction. When she gets to school, she can’t get anything right in the song. She blows up at her father in the morning and again when she gets home.
The two younger kids agree to pitch in and help. Jo has a minor breakdown, but Colin’s there to cheer her up and try to convince her she wasn’t a fool for reopening the lodge. Oliver invites Katie over to work on the song, but she decides to stick around and also help. The mother of the family staying with them wants to help, too.
Jesse’s boss tells him to get his friend out of the bar because he’s becoming more obnoxious. He flings some insults at the lodge and Jesse’s mom/boss, so of course things get physical. After the fight, Jesse’s boss cards the kid, finding out he’s only 17, and he tells about Jesse not being 18 either.
Colin starts the process of healing the elephant, then lets him go back to the competition in Mara to be with his family. In exchange for his help with the elephant, though, Colin does get a lot of help on the lodge in the form of workers and equipment. He also helps the man who’s staying them start to enjoy himself by letting him feed the elephant.
Jesse apologizes to his parents for the fight, which is a step in the right direction. His boss is not as easily impressed by an apology and fires him.
Tumelo and Oliver exchange words about Katie. This triangle isn’t resolved by a long shot.
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