In Life Is Wild Episode 3, the lodge opened successfully for business (after a rough start), Katie got the lead in choir (a duet with Oliver), and Jesse got fired from the bar for being underaged.
It’s Halloween and Heritage Day. Everybody’s happy to celebrate. Except Art. Then again, Katie doesn’t seem much more chipper than Art does, at least not with family anyway, and she expresses no interest in a braai.
This is interrupted by Jesse having stuff stolen from him by a monkey. While chasing after the monkey, Katie finds out Jesse was invited to a party at Mara, a party she wasn’t invited to. Tumelo asks her to the township festival, and she accepts. Not long after, Oliver finally asks her to his party, and she accepts this, too. She goes to Jesse of all people for advice, and he calls her lame and says because of that, she’ll do the right thing and go with Tumelo.
At a Heritage Day speech, there’s mention of helping out oppressed South Africans. It’s already obvious Chase won’t need to be asked twice. He interprets this as meaning black South Africans in general and sees a girl and insists on treating her better and paying for her lunch. He follows this up by insisting on cleaning for Notatu, the new worker at the lodge. He eventually learns that he can’t fix everything himself but that all he has to do to help is be himself.
If she wasn’t interested in Jesse before, she is now. Oliver’s sister Emily hits on Jesse when he cuts class. He couldn’t care less, though, and blows her off to “work” (at a job he doesn’t have any more).
The couple staying at the lodge want to get married. William tells Jo he brought Lynn there to propose. Then his girlfriend tells Colin she’s tired of waiting and wants to leave him. Jo insists they need to meddle because that will set them apart from other lodges. They fill William in and say they’re setting something up on the game ride later in the day. He says it sounds perfect and is pleased… but then they see a monkey with a ring. Problem is Lynn doesn’t believe the monkey story, and they just get into a big fight when he tries to propose to her.
Colin wants to avoid all the work and instead would rather go to the township festival, starting a new family tradition. He reveals why Katie’s acting unusually bratty. She misses her mom, who made a big deal out of Heritage Day. He has a talk with her and invites her to the festival, but since Oliver won’t be there, she’s not interested. Then it’s time to break the news to Tumelo as well. She says she just needs a party like back in New York.
Jesse again tries to apologize to his old boss, this time with a necklace… a necklace that turns out to be an engagement necklace. She informs him he has to convince her boss, not her.
Jo’s got a plan to fix the fight with the couple at the lodge. Lock them in a room. While they’re in there, the kids come up with the ring, but it’s not needed since by the time they open the door, Lynn’s already accepted William’s proposal anyway.
Jesse doesn’t want to go to the festival, and it’s not long before his mom figures out it’s about a girl. She tells him to just tell her how he feels. With that, he decides to go, and he finds out the girl he’s been interested in is engaged. So I guess now the job doesn’t matter any more. With that, he gives Emily what she wants and makes out with her.
At the party, which she’s been enjoying, Katie starts to talk about her mom, and Lauren’s typical attitude problem gets her down, so she decides to leave and go to the township festival. She convinces Art to drive her there, but she can’t convince him to go celebrate.
Tumelo’s happy to see Katie made it, but it’s not long before Oliver shows up there as well. While they’re dancing, Katie and Oliver kiss, 5 feet away from Tumelo.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Life Is Wild episode 5, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on The CW.