IGo Public

"We are live streaming for an exclusive announcement."

- Freddie iGo Public is the fourth episode of Season 3 of iCarly (2021), and the 27th episode overall. It premiered on June 15, 2023.

Synopsis
Freddie asks Spencer for help creating an elaborate display to announce his relationship with Carly, who is not yet ready to go public with the news. Millicent and Harper become obsessed with a new arcade game at Shay What!?

Plot
The episode opens with Carly and Freddie about to go live with iCarly for the first time as a couple with a Q&A and he wants to publicly announce their new relationship, but she wants to do it a certain way and keep it a secret a little longer. Carly and Freddie come up with a romantic gesture to announce their love so Freddie asks Spencer for help. Spencer comes up with an idea of 100 drones that spell out "Creddie forevie" in the sky, which Freddie accepts despite being unsure at first.

In Shay What?!, Carly talks to Harper about Freddie wanting to make their relationship public, but she isn't ready yet as she likes them being in a "bubble", which leads Harper to believe they have finally slept together, which Carly doesn't deny. Carly comes up with the idea to make a picnic for Freddie on the Bushwell Plaza rooftop. That a few days later, Freddie is setting up the camera ready to announce his and Carly's new relationship and she finds him up there, having left the picnic downstairs in Spencer's apartment. Carly accidentally closes the door which means she and Freddie are locked on the roof. Freddie, panicking, shouts for help but no one can hear him. Carly and Freddie talk about keeping their relationship either a secret or if they should go public. Freddie asks Carly why she doesn't want the world to know, worried she is embarrassed to be dating him. Carly reassures Freddie she is not going to dump him and that she is obsessed with him, but says she went public with Beau and the internet were judgemental towards her and she wants to protect him. Freddie tells Carly she doesn't have to worry about protecting him and is happy to keep their relationship a secret if it means he gets to be with her. Freddie tells Carly he is in love with her for the first time which moves Carly to tears. Freddie finds out from his mom that the camera is still on and live streaming everything they just said. Carly and Freddie get lovely comments about their love, including "its about time". Carly realises from this how much Freddie means to her and turns the camera on, saying she loves him. The two passionately kiss, happy to have declared their love and Harper and Spencer rescue the couple from the roof, but all of them get locked up there after Millicent removes the chair that has kept the door open, ending the episode.

Subplot
Meanwhile, Spencer is given an old arcade game named Possum Secret Handshake, which talks to people and both Harper and Millicent become obsessed with it, to the point where Harper misses an important event of her girlfriend, Tinsley an doesn't come home. However, things get worse when the game starts to freak Harper and Millicent out by threatening them and they ask Spencer for help. Spencer soon starts to play, however, and the game attacks him and Harper so Millicent has to unplug it. Spencer is forced to dispose of the game, asking where he can dump the corpse.

Guest Stars

 * Zehra Fazal as the voice of Janine

Trivia

 * It was filmed as the 7th episode, but aired as the fourth.
 * Carly and Freddie are an actual couple and go public with their relationship.
 * Filming for the episode wrapped on December 16, 2022.
 * The table read was done on December 8th.
 * Beau is mentioned for the first time since his last appearance on iGuess Everybody Just Hates Me Now.
 * Carly and Freddie both tell each other "I love you" for the first time.
 * Tinsley is mentioned since her appearance in ILove Your Shoes.
 * Freddie calls Carly his girlfriend for the first time.
 * Socko is mentioned for the second time this season, and is still friends with Spencer.
 * Marissa is mentioned after appearing last in the previous episode.
 * This is the first episode in the season not to feature any guest stars.
 * Spencer's fridge is actually stocked with real drinks and food.
 * There was a take where Nathan battering-rammed the roof door but it was cut for time.
 * When the fedora flies off Freddie's head, Miranda Cosgrove is seen trying not too laugh.

Allusions

 * The TV show Young Sheldon is mentioned.
 * The TV show Frazier is mentioned.

Character Revelations

 * Janine reveals that Millicent broke up with Derek.
 * Spencer has a Australian accent he uses when he's hiding something.
 * Harper never actually liked Millicent's name.
 * Spencer mentions that Socko has lost his life savings.
 * Freddie loves power point presentations.

Running Gags

 * Carly referring to her and Freddie's private relationship as a bubble.
 * Harper and Millicent obsessively playing the arcade game.
 * The Possum Secret Handshake game making a reference to Sully Sullenberger landing a plane.
 * Spencer and Harper making fun of Freddie's fedoras.
 * Carly and Freddie saying the Bushwell roof is romantic, and Spencer and Harper disagreeing.

Series Continuity

 * This is the fourth time "iGo" is featured in an episode title, after iGo Nuclear, iGo to Japan and iGo One Direction, from the old show.
 * Millicent and Harper becoming obsessed with the Possum Secret Handshake game might be a reference to IStage an Intervention, when Spencer became obsessed with playing Pak-Rat.
 * This is the first time that the Bushwell Plaza Rooftop is shown.
 * Carly saying the internet can be mean is likely referencing IGuess Everyone Just Hates Me Now, when people were mean to Carly for dumping Beau and Wes.
 * This is the second time in the revival that the ship name Creddie is mentioned, after IGuess Everyone Just Hates Me Now. In that episode, Carly and Freddie were fake dating, but are in a real relationship this time around. It is also the third time overall as it was also mentioned in IStart a Fanwar, from the old show.
 * Harper is officially dating Tinsley, following their kiss from ILove Your Shoes.
 * Socko is mentioned for the second time, and it's the first time he's been mentioned by Spencer.
 * Its implied that it has been 5 weeks since the events of the previous episode, as said by Carly, meaning she and Freddie have been dating 5 weeks.

Credits to

 * iCarly Wiki on Fandom