The episode starts with Miley (as Hannah) rehearsing with her band, singing He Could Be The One with different lyrics, like "I'm not going your way" and "I'm just having fun", which she realizes sound as tired as one of her dad's "back when I was in a band" stories, one of which he's telling a worker at the rehearsal. Lilly (as Lola) says they're not that bad but Oliver (as his alter-ego Mike Stanley III) says they're not that good either, then mocks them in a "girly" voice, until Miley gives him a look. She breaks up the rehearsal to work on the lyrics more, and her guitar player - Jesse - asks her out to luch. She says no, and when Lilly asks her what she's doing, she argues that Jesse has a rep, and her dad told her to steer clear of him. Lilly is in extreme disbelief over this. Miley's phone rings and when she doesn't answer and says it's nobody, Lilly immediately figures out what's going on. She scolds Miley for being stupid, when Oliver is just confused, and Lilly gets the phone from Miley and answers it for her, to talk to Jake. Miley then confirms she's dating Jake again, and when Oliver is surprised, they both hit him and say "Oh keep up." After the theme song, Lilly asks Miley how she could keep this from them, and Miley says she wanted to tell them, but she knew Lilly would say, and they say in unison "You are making the biggest mistake of your life." Lilly, realizing she's very predictable, backtracks and says that after that she would say that it's Miley's life, and she deserves to make her own choices and date who she wants. Miley says that she made Jake work for it and beg, then flashbacks to their reunion, and is shown tackling Jake the second she sees him at her house. Oliver remarks that he's surprised her dad is okay with it after everything Jake put her through, and Lilly correctly points out that Miley hasn't told her dad yet, and says its been secret meetings with code names like "Falcon" or "Snowbird" and Miley says she's wrong...it's actually "Anakin" and "Queen Amidala" (Where my Star Wars nerds at?) Miley says she plans on working on Jake's image to make him seem like a great guy so her dad will like him, until it becomes very clear this won't work. To soften her dad up, she makes dad one of his favortie meals - catfish stew -as well as a boysenberry pie, and wears the cat sweater her dad got her for her 14th birthday (a hilarious early season 1 episode), and has a movie with a plot similar to her situation, where in the end the dad accepts his daughter's relationship, all of which she's hoping to use to break the Jake news. Jake tells Miley that no matter what happens, they're telling her dad the truth. RObby comes home, and is suspicious, thinking Miley wants something, and she says she just wants her dad to know how much she loves him. After the movie, she looks it worked, but her dad says the movie is a bunch of hooey cause no dad would ever forgive a slimeball for hurting his daughter. Jake runs, thinking he'll get hurt, and Miley scolds her dad for being heartless, and Jake comes back hiding behind a surfboard to stand up for them. When Robby sees it's Jake, he's clearly upset, and when Miley says no matter what he says or if he yells, it won't change what she wants, and Robby says he can't believe she kept this from him, and thought they had a better relationship then that, but that he must have been wrong.. (Ouch). To try and make her dad feel better, she asks him for advice on what to wear to an award show, while praising him for his amazing song-writing. When he doesn't give advice, she says she'll just go naked, and he says "Whatever" and she growls at him. After this, she goes to him and reminds him of when she went to Florida without his permission (in season 2, leading to Ready, Set, Don't Go, which left waaaayyy back at #94) and tries to get him to write a song about this with her, and starts singing "I want the best for my girl" to the melody of The Best Of Both Worlds. He puts his headphones in, and ignores her. She's then seen singing lyrics about the situation to the tune of He Could Be The One to Lilly and Oliver. When she asks for their untruthful opinion, they praise it to the high heavens, but they all quickly agree the lyrics are horrible. She brings up the situation, and Lilly says "Wow that's tough". Miley gets upset and says that if this was Lilly's problem, she would come up with an elaborate plan to fix everything, and says someone must have forgotten to bring a present to the friendship party. Lilly says she gives Miley great ideas all the time, like suggesting going to a movie and getting pizza afterwards (ddddd). WHen Oliver asks Robby how it's going, Robby says his opinion doesn't matter and he should ask Miley instead, cause all the matters are her decisions in his house. (Yikes). It then cuts to Jesse breaking up with a girl, who doesn't quite leave so she can yell at him (while giving him her new number) and Robby tries to talk to him. Robby says that everything he does needs to stop (showing up late, the way he treats girls and interrupting him) and Lilly and Miley talk about how much her dad hates him. Lilly comes up with a plan to get Jesse to ask her out again, making sure Robby hears, so he'll be more upset about Jesse then Jake. After they rehearse Let's Do This (as in, my 11, which left way too early), Robby says great rehearsal, not that his opinion means much. Miley puts the plan in motion, asking Jesse if they can talk, and pulls him as close to Robby as they can get. They start talking but Robby moves, and she forces Jesse to follow him, and Robby moves again as they talk, so she drags him closer, and forces him to yell, asking her out. Robby figures out what she's doing and explains the situation to Jesse. Miley says it isn't true, and Robby gives his permission to let them date because he isn't a fool. Jesse says he isn't either, and stands up for himself, saying thathe doesn't like being liked just to prove he's less likeable then another guy. (Because, let's be real, that's a pretty rude thing to do to someone, especially if you know the someone is interested in you.) Robby and Miley talk about the situation, and Robby officially gives his okay for Miley and Jake. Miley leaves to call Jake to tell him the bad news, but she sees Jesse packing up his guitar and looking upset, and goes to talk to him first. She tries to lighten the mood, but it's clear Jesse is really bothered by it. Part 1 ends wth Jesse telling Miley he really likes her and Miley says what, and the ends credits have Jackson and Rico singing a song that wraps up the episode and hints at the next one. Part 2 starts where part 1 left off. Jesse tells Miley he's a big boy, and he'll get over it, and it's vcear she's way into this other guy. When Miley says she kinda thinks he could be the one, Jesse points out it's a good line for a song, if the kinda was left off. Miley starts singing it, and Jesse starts playing the keyboard to her voice. They sit at the piano and start writing the song together (in a extremely ICONIC scene) coming up with the lyrics for the second verse and the chorus. It then cuts to Miley singing the song to Jake, starting with the first verse (the lyric I highlighted changed to "He's such a cutie, he's gettin' to me" to make more sense for Jake, as well as a change from "And I can't keep myself from doing something stupid" becoming "And when he walks into a room it's like a movie" cause Jake is an actor) and as she plays, she sees Jesse's head on Jake's body. She finishes and Jake hugs her, saying he loves the song and loves that she wrote it just for him. Miley says "Yup, that's what I did" in a kind of shifty way. After the theme song, Jake says he can't believe everything is working out for them, and tries to kiss Miley, but she fakes a cough. She says that she's sick and doesn't wanna get Jake sick, and keeps accidentally referring to Jesse. Jake leaves and Miley calls Lilly, and tells her it's a code red, and she rushes over right away. It cuts to after Miley explaind what happened to Lilly, and says she's not in love with Jesse, but Lilly points out the whole "seeing his head" thing. She says she can control her attraction to Jesse cause she doesn't wanna ruin what she has with Jake, but then starts rambing about how great Jesse is. Robby comes in and interruots their talk, and Miley acts overly happy (and weird) and Robby says he's going to invite Jake over for dinner. Miley continues to be weird, and Robby says they need a code-word for when Miley is dealing with teenage girl things, and she immediately uses the code-word. Lilly and Miley continue to alk, and it's clear that her attraction to Jesse is strong (she makes out with a ceramic monkey, then breaks up with it) and Lilly asks if Miley is gonna put a paper bag over his head, and Miley says no, that's ridiculous. It cuts to them performing He Could Be The One wearing HUGE animal heads. The rehearsal is awkward and kind of a mess. Jesse points out it isn't working, but Miley argyes the kids will love it, and then falls off the thankfully small stage. Lilly points out it isn't Miley's best idea, and Miley says she just has to get used to being around Jesse without getting weak kneed. It then shows Jesse taking taking off his flannel to reveal muscualr arms (looking back, an early sign of my queerness, because I know I thoroughly enjoyed it back then) and Miley walks shakily saying "Sweet sweaty nibblets". When Jesse confronts her, saying she's too smart to come up with something this stupid, she tells him several stupid costume decisons she's made. Jesse says if she's not going to talk to him, he'll leave, and Miley decides to tell the truth. Lilly tries to stay while they talk, but Miley tells her to go, and Lilly says fine, she'll go to the bathroom. Miley comes right out with the fact she's attracted to him, but she won't do anything cause she loves Jake. Then starts rambling again and has Jesse put a animal head on. She says he's a heartbreaker and she can't be with a guy like that. Jesse takes the animal head off in disbelief and Miley brings up the girl he dumped the oher day. He says he dumped her because he met Hannah. She asks how many times he's used the line, and he says "Okay, a lot" but this time he means it, and it's different with her cause he can't get her out of his head. He iconically says, and I quote "Your laugh, the way you lose yourself in a song, the way you love life. Just say no if you want me to stop". (We love a consent respecting king!) He leans in but Miley says no, repeatedly and he backs off. She continues, saying she wants to kiss him, and continues saying it when Jake walks in. Jake naturally gets upset, and when she figures things out to let him know. Jesse says "Me too, but for what it's worth, I wanted to kiss you too." Lilly shows up and is upset she missed everything. It cuts to Miley in her room and Lilly and Oliver comes in. Lilly says they would've been there sooner, but Oliver made them stop for frozen yogurt. Oliver and Lilly talk to Miley about the whole situation with a couple foot-in-mouth moments, that lead to Lilly leaving awkwardly with oliver cause "they're late". Miley talks to pictures of the two guys talking aboutbhow hard it is to choose, upset that they're both wonderful, and hits the pictures together, and the pictures start talking back, arguing with each other. It's kind of disturbing. Robby comes in asking if she's okay, and when Miley asks if yelling at pictures seems normal to him and he replies "In this family, I stopped expecting normal a long time ago." Miley explains the situation to him, and Robby's advice is to dump them both and buy shoes. Miley says that isn't helpful and leaves. It cuts to her on the porch and Robby comes out with a laptop, saying he thinks he knows who can help. Miley says she doesn't want him to show her the Gilligan's Island episode where he has to choose between Ginger and Mary Ann and ends up losing both of them, but he has her push play after he leaves, and it ends up being a video of her mom, giving her advice to listen to her heart, cause the voice that matters is the one inside her and it's easier then she thinks and she loves her. It always gets me a little emotional. She tries to get her heart to talk, and the house phone rings and it's Jake. She thinks that's the answer, but then her cell phone rings and it's Jesse. She answers both, pretending to be a voicemail machine, and they pretty much both say that no matter what she decides, they just want her to be happy. She just says she bets her mom didn't see that one coming. She sits on the steps and Don't Wanna Be Torn (which left at #62) starts playing. A breeze picks up and blows the Jesse picture into her lap. She says "Wow" and it cuts to her talking to Jesse, and he says "So it's not me" and understands that she was disappointed when his picture landed in front of her. He says it's okay, and she kisses him on the cheek and leaves. He looks upset when she's gone. It cuts to her at her house, and Jake shows up saying he got her message, and Miley tackles him. It ends with Rico and Jackson dressed in Hannah drag (which is low-key disturbing and to be honest I found the way they act kind of gross, but it's possible that's just me) and singing a song wrapping up the situation to the tune of The Best Of Both Worlds. This is an iconic episode, with plenty of memorable moments, and one of the best overall episodes of season 3. The "song-writing session" with jesse is one of my favorite moments of the entire series. They just look like they're having so much fun.Even though she chooses Jake at the end of it, it's all just a bunch of foreshadowing for how Jesse is truly the one for Miley, which we find out in season 4.
