Max and Phoebe start a fight between Billy and Nora so they can avoid riding a scary roller coaster, but their scheme backfires when the feud escalates.

Some of the best Thundermans episodes are ones that involve the whole family.  Recently, Max and Phoebe have been isolated from Hank and Barb.  Its good to see the whole family back together.

Max and Phoebe are terrified of return to ride Thunderman: The Ride.  Naturally, Billy and Nora (who has now reach the minimum ride height) are excited to finally having the chance to ride it. In the car ride to the amusement park, Max and Phoebe start a fight between Billy and Nora (that’s pretty cruel in my book) and, of course,  the trip is off.  Hank utters one of the classic parenting lines – “If you kids don’t stop fighting, I’m going to turn this car around.”  And that he does.

When they return home, the fighting between Billy and Nora escalates to a point where they aren’t speaking.  Nora argues that she has to do everything for Billy, while Billy counters that he has to wait around for Nora to get bigger to do stuff.  We need this conflict to move the story along but Max and Phoebe don’t seem to be overly upset by the growing dispute.  They do put on a play to convince Billy and Nora to make up but that doesn’t work either. In the end, Max and Phoebe cave and bring Billy and Nora back to the amusement park, using Chloe’s teleportation technique.  Max and Phoebe fess up – and Billy and Nora trick Max and Phoebe onto the ride.  Lesson learned!

In the B story, Dr Colosso spends about $2000 of Hank’s $ to play some form of Candy Crush.  Colosso decides to raise money by selling Collos-O’s cereal (he must have a pretty savvy marketing plan because sales go through the roof).  Don’t the raisins!  Colosso’s sales are recognized by the Cereal Bureau of the IRS and Colosso’s business is shut down.  While Colosso’s commercials are hysterical, this is a pretty weak B story.

The Thundermans seems to be getting back on track.  The beats in the story work well, and the conflict is slowly amped enough to make it believable.  Max and Phoebe’s comeuppance at the end was visible from miles away but that’s to be expected.

Two extra points for an episode title that pays tribute to that classic Nick show “Are You Afraid of the Dark?