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Now You See Them, Now You Don't

Episode 1
Thursday, December 09, 2021 (ABC iView - full series)
Friday, December 10, 2021 (ABC ME, 5pm)
Written by Tiffany Zehnal
Directed by Retro Rexius

Min and Yu Na Park think their parents are boringly ordinary, until they wake up one morning to find them missing: leaving only a strange dog named Ludwig and a note warning them not to trust anyone. Enlisting their closest friends Raph, Allegra and Dutch to help them keep their secret, they must make it through the day without raising any suspicion. But with a new, especially nosy guidance counsellor (Ms Waters) and a Suspicious Man intent on following them home, the task proves much more difficult than expected.

The kids are forced to employ a number of different tactics, including an imperfect ‘Mrs Park’ disguise and some wrestling moves, to stay safe. At the end of the day, they make a shocking discovery: the parents they thought were so boringly ordinary are, in actual fact, spies!

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Shondelle Pratt as Ms Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat Foster, Rajan Velu as Principal Singhal, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min, Dean Povic as Suspicious Man, Chase Lee as Waiter, Zar as Ludwig The Dog

Mission Possible

Episode 2
Saturday, December 11, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Tiffany Zehnal
Directed by Retro Rexius

When a mysterious package shows up on the Park family’s doorstep containing a bug-sized camera and a note with the address of an enemy agent’s house, Min and Yu Na realise this is a spy mission from their parents’ top-secret spy organisation, Tenacity. In their parents’ absence, they decide to embark on the spy mission themselves — paying a visit to the address while Dutch, Raph and Allegra keep an eye on them via the CCTV footage in their parents’ secret spy room.

At the enemy agent’s house, Yu Na and Min are in the midst of planting the camera when the enemy spy unexpectedly arrives home. With some quick-thinking, they make a nifty escape and get back home safely, where a suspicious Talgat (Yu Na’s wrestling nemesis) is waiting for them with some questions about their new dog.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Eduard Geyl as Talgat Foster, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min, Zar as Ludwig The Dog Zak as Mr Chaos The Dog

Parent-Teacher Night

Episode 3
Sunday, December 12, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Tristram Baumber & Michelle Lim Davidson
Directed by Retro Rexius

It’s Parent Teacher Night, and Min and Yu Na are in a panic — how are they supposed to get through this with both their parents missing? They pay a visit to their family’s hardware store to convince a very reluctant Mr Potts to step in as acting grandfather, and Dutch designs an earpiece for him to wear so they can communicate lines for him to deliver on the night.

However, when a voice interrupts their frequency halfway through Mr Potts’ interview with Min’s drama teacher about the school play, the kids realise there must be a bad spy present! When a black-out sends the evening into chaos, Yu Na seizes the opportunity to track down the voice, and catches three possible suspects in the school corridor: Mr Turei the janitor, Ms Waters the counsellor, and George — Allegra’s dad.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Shondelle Pratt as Ms Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Rajan Velu as Principal Singhal, Socratis Otto as George (Allegra's Dad), Matthew Backer as Mr Brown, Felix Turinui as Dash, Paul Talbot as Pete (Dash's Dad), Eloise Winestock as Serena (Dash's Mum), Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min

Lies, Spies and Maintenance Guys

Episode 4
Monday, December 13, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Melissa Lee Speyer
Directed by Chase Lee

The kids invite the three Parent Teacher Night suspects over for an afternoon of interrogation — using the help of a small bottle of truth serum found in their parents’ spy room, which Raph bakes into a delicious batch of muffins. When the suspects show up, the kids have thirty minutes to get the truth out of them before it wears off — which gets derailed by its various side effects, including speaking in foreign languages and random bursts of emotions.

Still, the kids manage to find a way to ask a direct enough question to find the truth — which is that Mr Turei is a bad spy, working for Turmoil, and he has an upcoming mission at the Botanic Gardens. But once all the suspects are gone, Min and Yu Na discover an uneaten cupcake — which means one of the other suspects was lying!

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Shondelle Pratt as Ms Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Rajan Velu as Principal Singhal, Socratis Otto as George (Allelgra's Dad), Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Zar as Ludwig The Dog

Senior Shake-Up

Episode 5
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Andrew Lee & Tiffany Zehnal
Directed by Hyun Lee

The kids organise an excursion to the Botanic Gardens to intercept the Turmoil drop-off mission — but things go astray when, on the day, their grandmother, Halmeoni, shows up out of the blue! They make a lame excuse for their parents’ absence before rushing off to the excursion — only to arrive to find her already there with a Seniors Group, much to their surprise.

The kids must divide their efforts between keeping Halmeoni safe from Turmoil activity and throwing Ms Waters off the scent for long enough to intercept Mr Turei’s drop-off. But when they finally get to the drop-off point, the package is already gone! Moments later, Halmeoni reveals that she swiped it herself — because she’s also a spy! She gives it to them with an instruction to ‘protect the Seedling’ before disappearing.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Shondelle Pratt as Ms Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Kyung Oak Kim as Halmeoni, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Rajan Velu as Principal Singhal, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min Victoria Haralabidou as Harriet, Scott Gallagher as Cyclist

Going Potty

Episode 6
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Tiffany Zehnal
Directed by Darlene Johnson

Min and Yu Na are in the middle of inspecting the mysterious device Halmeoni left them with when it starts beeping suddenly — showing that, whatever the ‘Seedling’ they’re supposed to be protecting is, it’s at the hardware store. They pay a visit to the store to track the Seedling down, only to realise that it’s their very own Mr Potts, who wears the tracker around his neck! But Mr Potts can’t leave the store unattended, so while Min takes Mr Potts back to their house, Yu Na takes over running the family business for the day — which proves far more difficult than expected, since the store is having its sale of the year.

Both the house and store descend into chaos as the kids try to stay on top of it all, but with the help of their friends (and Talgat!) they manage to get both jobs done.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min, Lawrence Ola as Burly Person # 1, Jenae O'Connor as Burly Person #2, Aaron Cronin as Burly Person #3, Ron Smyck as Delivery Guy, Josh Quong Tart as Tradie, Amy Kersey as Customer #1, Brayden Palmer as Customer #2, Lee Adler as Customer #3, Angeline Penrith as Customer #4, Zar as Ludwig The Dog [uncredited]

Sixteen Smiles

Episode 7
Thursday, December 16, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by David D.S. Park & Tiffany Zehnal
Directed by Darlene Johnson

Yu Na is excited for her sixteenth birthday, until it becomes clear that everyone else has forgotten. Min is pre-occupied with a science project he’d forgotten about for the notorious Mr Cranky Pants’ class, and with Allegra’s help, he steals a device called The SmileMaker from the spy room to hand in. The presentation goes well until he pushes the device to its limits, causing the whole class severe migraines.

To make matters worse, use of the device has attracted the attention of Turmoil, and Mr Turei shows up while the kids are in sick bay. Min asks Yu Na to break into the classroom and destroy the device, which she does — earning herself a detention. After a very bad day, she returns home from school to find everyone waiting to surprise her with a birthday party, and all is forgiven.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Stephen Hunter as Mr. Kranz, Nicola Parry as Ms. Kelly, William Best as Horace

Fly Fly Birdie

Episode 8
Friday, December 17, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Sophia Chung & Alice McCredie-Dando
Directed by Neil Sharma

Min’s rehearsals for the upcoming play are interrupted by a phone call from Yu Na to say that Ludwig is missing. Raph and Allegra cover for Min at school and Dutch stays home to keep an eye on Mr Potts while the Park siblings go looking. On their search, Min and Yu Na visit a local council, where Min dresses up as their father to register a Missing Pet notice — shortly after which, they run into a very emotional Ms Waters, who tells them she is keen to help them with their hunt.

While spending time with them, Ms Waters reveals that she knows their parents are spies — and that she is too, sent by Tenacity to look out for them. They find Ludwig at the bad spy’s house (from Episode 2) and rescue him in time to be back for the play. But little do they know, at home, Mr Potts has gone missing...

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Shondelle Pratt as Ms. Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Matthew Backer as Mr. Brown, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min, Matthew Whittet as Council Clerk, Zar as Ludwig The Dog

ComicBookFest

Episode 9
Saturday, December 18, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Tristram Baumber
Directed by Neil Sharma

When Min notices Mr Potts is missing from his cubby, he agrees to take Raph and Allegra to go find him while Yu Na focuses on getting ready for formal. The three kids pay a visit to ComicBookFest, where Mr Potts’ note says he is, but Min struggles to get in, and is let down by his friends half-hearted efforts to help him. Tensions come to a head when Raph sees Mr Potts’ note and reveals that it’s actually Talgat’s handwriting.

The three kids arrive at formal just in time to interrupt Yu Na and Talgat’s slow dance, and Yu Na is shocked to learn the truth about her crush. Ms Waters takes them home, and they find the house ransacked in their absence — only to learn that Ms Waters is a bad spy too, and has been using them to gain information about the whereabouts of a top-secret vault.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Shondelle Pratt as Ms. Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Matthew Backer as Mr. Brown, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Sara Isakka as Dutch's Mum, David Ashby as Dutch's Dad, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Jenna Owen as Bouncer, Zar as Ludwig The Dog

Stronger Together

Episode 10
Sunday, December 19, 2021 (ABC ME)
Written by Hyun Lee & Justine Flynn
Directed by Justine Flynn

Aware that the top-secret vault contains seeds critical to the world’s food supply, Min and Yu Na urgently round up their friends to stop Turmoil’s mission. Min, Raph and Allegra track Mr Potts to a warehouse where he is being held hostage by Talgat while Yu Na and Dutch make their way to the vault — where they find the Park parents trapped by Ms Waters!

When Min narrowly escapes capture at the warehouse and runs to get help, he and Yu Na are caught and thrown into the now-emptied vault with their parents — and a bomb! By using all their new skills, they defuse the bomb and manage to get out. Meanwhile, Talgat has a change of heart and helps Raph, Allegra and Dutch escape Turmoil’s clutches. Together, the Tenacity squad chase the baddies to the harbour to stop them making their escape.

Cast: Hannah Kim as Yu Na Park, Ocean Lim as Min Park, Alex Kis as Allegra, Lulu Quirk as Dutch, George Holahan-Cantwell as Raph, Danny Kim as Joon Park, Julia Yon as Soo-Jin Park, Nicholas Hope as Mr. Potts, Shondelle Pratt as Ms. Waters, Eduard Geyl as Talgat, Kyung Oak Kim as Halmeoni, Miritana Hughes as Mr. Turei, Dean Povic as Suspicious Man, Aidan Gillet as Turmoil Agent #1, Dion Gleeson as Turmoil Agent #2, Olivia Park as Young Yu Na, Aiden Lim as Young Min, Zar as Ludwig The Dog, Socratis Otto as George (Allegra's Dad) [uncredited]