IBuckled

"Welcome back, to the most dramatic episode of any show, ever."

- Spencer

iBuckled is the first episode of season 3 of iCarly (2021), and the 24th episode overall. It premiered on June 1, 2023, followed by iLove Your Shoes.

Plot
In the Benson Apartment, Mrs. Benson is showing Freddie, Millicent, Spencer, and Harper an engagement ring. She remarks that it is 'Spit-shined and ready to go', before putting it in her mouth and gurgling. She spits it back out and says 'Just needed a little more spit!'

Freddie and Spencer walk over to the kitchen and Spencer asks if Freddie is nervous, and Freddie compares himself go LeBron James. While Spencer is taking photos of Millicent and Harper, Mrs. Benson drops the ring and Freddie pick it up. He gets down on one knee, and Carly walks in the door. "Yes!" She remarks, to which Freddie says "It's covered in my mother's spit." Mrs. Benson pushews Freddie and Carly out of the was and snatches the ring. Carly awkwardly says "Hello Carly we haven't spoken in three weeks so let me just say somethin' weird to ya".

Lewbert walks in and Mrs. Benson gets down on one knee, saying "Lewbert Robernette Patricia Sline, would you make me the happiest mother of Freddie on Earth?" and Lewbert accepts in a screechy voice. Pearl enters and Carly drink two glasses of wine to 'celebrate'. Spencer shows Pearl a video he taped of the whole situation, and says "It looks like Freddie is proposing to Carly." Carly tries to cover up the whole thing, but Pearl stares at her angrily.

Carly and Harper return to their apartment and Harper asks Carly if she wants 'wine and comedy or whiskey and light violence?' Carly says she wants to drink caboocha from a wine glass and watch soldiers reuniting with their dogs.

She says she's fine, but Harper challenges. Meanwhile, Spencer and Freddie talk about Freddie and Pearl's road trip for three weeks across six states and three sovereign indigenous areas to get away from Carly.

Carly tells Harper she has a new project, when really none exists. Harper sees right through her lie, so Carly calls Paul and says she needs a new project asap.

In the Benson Apartment, Millicent, Lewbert and Mrs. Benson talk about their 'Outdoor Las Vegas wedding in August at high noon'. Lewbert and Mrs. Benson take an uber to a date, while Freddie comes over. Millicent tells him she hacked Mrs. Bensons email and she wants Dannika from book club to be her maid of honour. Millicent wants the gig, so she tries to impress Lewbert and Mrs. Benson.

At Shay What?!, Carly meets with Paul. He begins to talk about how great it is to see her again in person, bit she cuts him off and says "If I don't get a new project immediately I will burn this city to the ground." Paul suggests she does a reality tv show, Carly says it may be a bad idea because last time she got replaced by a dinosaur. She accepts as long as she gets full control. They talk about other shows for a while and then get to Carly's feelings for Freddie. Paul suggest she has feelings for him, but she immediately declines. Paul persists and says 'Amore Triangula' (Love Triangle, meaning Freddie, Carly and Pearls odd situation).

In the iCarly Studio, Paul is giving the new shows producers directions. Carly walks in, wearing a fake ponytail, heavy makeup, and a tight pink dress with tights. Spencer walks in and calls himself 'the real star'. She makes Paul tell spencer he has been recast in the show Sunny Johnson. Spencer makes himself host, and forces Paul to agree. Carly begins doing a checklist of everything they have, and Paul makes a triangle shape with his hands.

Meanwhile Freddie, Lewbert, Millicent and Mrs. Benson have lunch together. Millicent has prepared food, trying to impress Mrs. Benson and Lewbert. Mrs. Benson spills food on her blouse, and Millicent pulks a bag out from under the table. It contains 'everything a perfect maid of honour would have'. Mrs. Benson and Lewbert leave in a hurry because Danica's hat has shrunken in the dryer.

Back in the studio, Spencer is busy hosting the show. Carly and Sunny are having trouble acting as sisters, as Sunny is no longer a fighter. Paul says the act is nothing, and Carly thinks it is amazing. Freddie and Pearl walk in, and Carly acts awkwardly around them. Paul reveals he has an activity for them to enjoy.

He takes them downstairs and forces them to do ariel silking. Carly says she is not relaxed and so does Freddie. Meanwhile Pearl swings from side to side loving it. Freddie says she has triple jointed elbows. Paul reads a list of thing Carly said about Freddie, and she attacks him.

Back in the Benson Apartment, Millicent is sobbing on the couch because they chose Danika to be their maid of honour. Lewbert and Mrs. Benson walk in with a barber shop quartet. They sing that they want Millicent to officiate their wedding and she immediately accepts,

In Harper and Carly's apartment, Carly explains how she tackled Paul to Harper. Freddie walks in, and Harper runs into her bedroom. Freddie asks her why she attacked Paul, and Carly says she wants to go back to being Freddie and Carly. Freddie gets a text from Pearl and he has to go. Before he leaves, Freddie says that he will always be there for Carly, which makes her knees buckle, revealing she has feelings for him. He leaves and Carly asks for wine, whiskey and all movies.

Later, Spencer and Carly watch the episode of their show, only to find out no studios picked it up and its terrible.

Guest Stars

 * Josh Peck as Paul Denham
 * Mary Scheer as Marissa Benson
 * Jeremy Rowley as Lewbert Sline
 * Mia Serafino as Pearl Wallace
 * Hannah Stocking as Sunny Johnson

Trivia

 * This is the season 3 premiere.
 * The next episode, iLove Your Shoes, premiered on the same day.
 * This is one of Paul's five appearances in season 3.
 * This episode premiered on Nickleodeon on June 3, 2023, during the Nick@Nite block. This the 3rd episode of the revival series to do so.
 * The first was IStart Over on July 17, 2021, and second was IObject, Lewbert! on April 9, 2022.
 * It is one of Pearl's 2 episodes in the season, followed by the next.
 * First appearances of Marissa and Lewbert in season 3.
 * Marissa is engaged to Lewbert.
 * Carly realises she has feelings for Freddie in this episode.
 * The title is a reference to Carly's knees buckling whenever she is around Freddie.
 * Carly and Freddie had not spoken for 3 weeks until this episode.
 * The working title was "iDon't Want Things to be Weird".
 * Sunny mentions the events of iHit Something.
 * Millicent gets the role of officiant for Marissa and Lewbert's wedding,
 * Lewbert and Marissa are planning on getting married in Las Vegas and were thinking of the ceremony being in Hawaii, until they changed their minds.
 * Paul tells Spencer he has been recast as her sibling which may be a reference to Drake & Josh ending when Josh Peck was Miranda Cosgrove's bother until Jerry Trainer (who was Crazy Steve on the show) ended up playing Spencer, Carly's brother on iCarly.

Character Revelations

 * Carly is Sunny Johnson's 11th cousin but Paul doesn't say that she is also Spencer's cousin, implying Spencer and Carly are half-siblings.
 * Lewbert's middle names are Robinette Patricia.
 * Freddie's middle name is Freduccini, a Spanish nickname. This could explain why Freddie spoke a lot of Spanish in the old show.
 * Lewbert's mother is dead.
 * Freddie taught Millicent how to hunt.
 * Pearl was Peter Pan on off-Broardway and has triple jointed elbows.

Goofs

 * Carly told Paul that the last time she was on TV she was replaced by a dinosaur, which was not true as Sam was replaced but not by a dinosaur, but another child star actress Amber Tate
 * Also, it was Harper who was replaced Zeebo.
 * On a side note, Carly last appeared on TV in iShock America when she and her friends were on the Jimmy Fallon show.
 * It may be possible that sometime offscreen, she was on another TV show.

Running Gags

 * Paul making a triangle with their hands.
 * Spencer thinking he is the host of Carly's TV show.

Series Continuity

 * This episode picks up after the events of the season 2 finale.
 * The episode takes place 3 weeks after the season 2 finale.
 * Lewbert last appeared in iObject, Lewbert!.
 * Marissa and Lewbert get back together in this episode, following their brief relationship in the old show, in the season 2 episode iHurt Lewbert.
 * This episode mentions the events of iCarly Saves TV.

Credits to

 * iCarly Wiki on Fandom