List of Best Friends Whenever episodes
Best Friends Whenever is an American multi-camera sitcom developed for Disney Channel, created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas and executive produced by Jed Elinoff, Scott Thomas, and Michael B. Kaplan. The series stars Landry Bender as Cyd and Lauren Taylor as Shelby.
Series overview
Episode list
Season 1 (2015–16)
- Benjamin Cole Royer and Matthew Lewis Royer are absent for seven episodes each.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2][3] | Prod. code [4][2][5] | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||
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| 1 | 1 | "A Time to Travel" | Shelley Jensen | Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas | June 26, 2015 | 101 | 3.54[6] | ||
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Two best friends, Shelby (Lauren Taylor) and Cyd (Landry Bender), mess around in their classmate Barry's lab and end up getting powers to time travel. They use the ability by thinking about what time they want to go to and hugging or high fiving each other. The problem is that the two of them have to do it together.
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| 2 | 2 | "A Time to Cheat" | Shelley Jensen | Jed Ellinoff Scott Thomas | July 12, 2015 | 102 | 2.02[7] | ||
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Shelby and Cyd try to avoid studying by time traveling to the day of the test because of the theory that if they time travel there they'll already know the stuff. Unfortunately, they don't know and try to go back, but get stuck in the time period without knowing what to do on the test.
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| 3 | 3 | "A Time to Say Thank You" | Shelley Jensen | Michael B. Kaplan | July 19, 2015 | 103 | 1.96[8] | ||
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Cyd tries to plan a thank you party for Shelby's family, but it doesn't go as planned after Shelby attempts to help.
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| 4 | 4 | "A Time to Jump and Jam" | Shelley Jensen | Debby Wolfe | July 26, 2015 | 104 | 2.01[9] | ||
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Shelby and Cyd's powers are broken when they try to travel back to Cyd's favorite junior high event, and they have to find out why. It turns out Shelby was holding them back from time traveling to the event because she wanted to hide an embarrassing secret she had been keeping from Cyd.
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| 5 | 5 | "A Time to Rob and Slam" | Shelley Jensen | Jim Hope | August 9, 2015 | 105 | 1.87[10] | ||
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Shelby's science teacher Mr. Doyle pairs her up with a student called The Rob. The Rob is a jerk, and Cyd and Shelby soon travel back to see why.
Guest stars: Larry Joe Campbell as Mr. Doyle, Randy J. Goodwin as Vance Carroway, Madison Hu as Marci, Brendan Meyer as The Rob Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Butterscotch Effect" | Shelley Jensen | Steve Jarczak Shawn Thomas | August 16, 2015 | 106 | 1.67[11] | ||
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Cyd and Shelby go back in time to help Barry meet his idol. When they make it so Barry does that, they return to find that Barry has started a rock band because his idol ridiculed his theories, causing Cyd and Shelby to correct it; however, when they return to the present again, they find that Barry is an evil genius, and they go back to see that this is because they caused something else that made Barry and Naldo not meet. Guest stars: Stephen Full as Ray, Kevin Symons as Norm, Mary Passeri as Astrid, Ernie Kamp as Young Barry | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Shake Your Booty" | Victor Gonzalez | Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas | August 23, 2015 | 107 | 2.03[12] | ||
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Cyd and Shelby go back to the 1970s and get caught in a feud between punk and disco kids, but start forgetting each other when they start fitting in with the time period on each of the opposing sides.
Guest stars: Ben Giroux as Mr. Canavan, Mollee Gray as Roller Girl Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Back to the Future Lab" "Jump to the Future Lab" | Shelley Jensen | Michael B. Kaplan | September 20, 2015 | 108 | 2.09[13] | ||
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Shelby and Cyd discover a strange logo all throughout Barry's lab that has a tie with their brief future experiences. Upon identifying the logo, they infiltrate the company GloboDigiDyne, where Shelby's father supposedly works. Meanwhile, Bret and Chet think that Cyd and Shelby are detectives and follow them into GloboDigiDyne at the same time when the company's CEO, Janet Smythe, is testing the new robots. Special guest star: Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe Guest star: Kevin Symons as Norm | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape" | Victor Gonzalez | Jim Martin | October 4, 2015 | 109 | 2.18[14] | ||
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Barry creates a teleportation device, allowing Cyd and Shelby to travel to New York so they can attend the Halloween Spooktacular in New York.
Special guest stars: Rowan Blanchard as Riley Matthews, Peyton Meyer as Lucas Friar Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "When Shelby Met Cyd" | Victor Gonzales | Jim Hope | October 25, 2015 | 110 | 1.76[15] | ||
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After Cyd and Shelby return from the trip to their kindergarten years, things start going wrong when they begin de-aging due to never having time traveled to when they were that young. Barry and Naldo must help them by getting them to drink a lot of milk. However, while it works on Shelby, it does not work on Cyd. It turns out that Cyd was scared of growing up. After a pep talk from Shelby, all ends well. Guest stars: Larry Joe Campbell as Mr. Doyle, Lauren Lindsey Donzis as 9yr old Cyd, Amiah Miller as 9yr old Shelby Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Cyd and Shelby Strike Back" | Shannon Flynn Shelley Jensen | Steve Jarczak Shawn Thomas Jim Martin | November 27, 2015 | 111–112 | 1.72[16] | ||
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Cyd and Shelby discover that Janet Smythe is the one behind the future lab and seek to get rid of the lab and GloboDigiDyne. With Barry and Naldo's help, and an unauthorized biography of Janet, the girls find out Janet came up with the idea of wireless technology after being shocked by her desk lamp in 1991. When they plan to prevent Janet from coming up with GloboDigiDyne, the results will not be as they expected. Special guest star: Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe Guest stars: Kevin Symons as Norm, Madison Hu as Marci, Tamela D'Amico as Young Janet Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Girls of Christmas Past" | David Kendall | Kevin Engelking Sarah Jeanne Terry | December 6, 2015 | 114 | 1.33[17] | ||
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Cyd is feeling guilty on Christmas Eve that Shelby's gifts are always a lot better and jumps in bed with Shelby in order to jump back to a year earlier before she moved in. Cyd does her best to keep Shelby from finding out that they jumped while Shelby was sleeping; however, Shelby eventually finds out. Meanwhile, against Naldo's wishes, Barry performs an experiment and causes a war between Bret's group and Chet's group. However, he later realizes that what he did was wrong and apologizes. His apology is accepted, but he ends up being tied up in Christmas lights. Guest stars: Kevin Symons as Norm, Mary Passeri as Astrid | |||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "A Time to Double Date" | Robbie Countryman | Debby Wolfe | February 21, 2016 | 113 | 1.64[18] | ||
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Using their time travel ability, Cyd and Shelby plan to go to different events on the same night. Though it ends up backfiring then both boys they were dating end up at the same event. Meanwhile, Barry's laser accidentally causes Bret and Chet to switch bodies.
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| 14 | 14 | "Jump to the '50s" | Shelley Jensen | Loni Steele Sosthand | March 20, 2016 | 115 | 1.61[19] | ||
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Shelby's adventurous Grandma Rita comes to visit where Astrid makes a claim that she had encountered time-travelers during her youth who set her up with Shelby's future gradfather Paul. This causes Cyd and Shelby to jump to 1958 to investigate. Meanwhile, Barry works to raise money when he parents plan to sell his RV.
Special guest star: Marion Ross as Grandma Rita Guest stars: Mary Passeri as Astrid, Anna Grace Barlow as Rita, Garrett Westton as Paul, Casey Campbell as Vesper Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Diesel Gets Lost in Time" | Shelley Jensen | Jim Hope | April 17, 2016 | 116 | 1.55[20] | ||
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Cyd and Shelby track down Diesel after he accidentally swallows a time travel tracker. Meanwhile, Barry and Naldo watch the phases of the moon with Marci. At the same time, Bret and Chet watch a horror movie that their father told them not to watch.
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| 16 | 16 | "Fight the Future: Part 1" | Shannon Flynn | Steve Jarczak Shawn Thomas | May 8, 2016 | 117 | 1.33[21] | ||
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Shelby and Cyd time travel into the future, only to learn their school has turned into a 'Dystopian Smythe-averse'. When Cyd goes off to look around while Shelby stays to talk with Drake, Cyd learns Drake is working for Janet Smythe and has frozen Barry and Naldo in suspended animation. Drake tells Shelby about Janet Smythe's inventions and the fact that she came to the school to watch a clock being installed. The girls get caught by Janet Smythe and try to jump back, only to learn Janet Smythe implanted a time travel blocker inside the school building. Shelby figures out the time travel blocker was placed in the clock, meanwhile Janet calls security to take the girls to suspended animation, when Cyd starts yelling at Shelby as she's been too obsessed with Drake the past day. They get into an argument and each get weapons, but throw them at the clock and jump back to the present. After Cyd tells Shelby how she truly feels, Shelby breaks up with Drake. Special guest star: Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe Guest stars: Madison Hu as Marci, JT Neal as Drake Absent: Benjamin Cole Royer as Bret, Matthew Lewis Royer as Chet | |||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Fight the Future: Part 2" | Jon Rosenbaum | Michael B. Kaplan | May 15, 2016 | 118 | 1.63[22] | ||
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Janet Smythe invites herself to the Marcus' house for dinner, and Shelby and Cyd grow suspicious. They learn Janet Smythe created a tachyometer to track where Shelby and Cyd have time travelled. They jump back to before Janet Smythe came over, however they learn she remembers every timeline she has been in, so the girls go to GloboDigiDyne with Barry and ask him to remove their powers. They learn that they only made things worse by giving away their powers, and they are powerless against Janet Smythe's inevitable future. Special guest star: Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe Guest stars: Kevin Symons as Norm, Mary Passeri as Astrid | |||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Fight the Future: Part 3" | Jon Rosenbaum | Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas | May 22, 2016 | 119 | 1.23[23] | ||
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Janet Smythe confiscates Barry's lab equipment and takes Barry and Naldo hostage - for the secret to time travel. Shelby and Cyd look around Barry's lab for ways to help him and figure out the secret to time travel - they figure out a blue liquid gave them the ability. While trying to save Barry and Naldo, Shelby accidentally gives away the secret to Janet and she gets the ability to time travel, moreover Janet gets security to take them all to suspended animation. Meanwhile, Bret and Chet turn Barry's RV into an 'exclusive' nightclub. As Norm enters the room where Cyd and Shelby are being held, he accuses them of lying and gives them a stern warning, but soon after realizes they were telling the truth and apologizes, then fights off the guards. Shelby and Cyd try to block Janet's time travels and end up fighting Janet Smythe with their time travel abilities. The battle gets rid of Janet's powers, but also creates a time-loop, which future Cyd and Shelby jump out of and fight away Janet's goons. Future Cyd and Shelby win the battle and take Janet and the blue liquid back through the time-loop, and the timeline resets and nobody remembers apart from Cyd and Shelby. Later, at Barry's lab, the girls tell Barry and Naldo the secret to time travel was the blue liquid, which turned out to be Naldo's old homemade hair gel. Special guest star: Nora Dunn as Janet Smythe Guest stars: Kevin Symons as Norm, Mary Passeri as Astrid, Stephanie Brait as Future Cyd, Brooke Newton as Future Shelby | |||||||||
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [2] | Prod. code [4][2][24] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 19 | 1 | "Princess Problems"[1] | Unknown | Unknown | July 25, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
| 20 | 2 | "Worst Night Whenever"[25] | Unknown | Unknown | July 26, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
| 21 | 3 | "Epic Girl's Day"[26] | Unknown | Unknown | July 27, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
| 22 | 4 | "Girl Code"[27] | Unknown | Unknown | July 28, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
| 23 | 5 | "Derby Little Secret"[28] | Unknown | Unknown | July 29, 2016 | TBA | N/A |
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