Girlfriends & Girl Friends

"I thought you and Ally liked each other."

- Kira to Austin

"Girlfriends & Girl Friends" is the 8th episode in Season 2 of Austin & Ally. It aired on January 27th, 2013. It earned 3.96 million viewers on its premiere night.

Overview
Austin wants to go on a date with Kira, yet she thinks that Austin and Ally are in love. With Austin wanting to make the perfect date to prove to Kira that it's not what she thinks, he asks Ally for help. After a small practice date, Ally confesses to Trish that she has a crush on Austin.

Episode Summary
The episode starts out with No Ordinary Day being revealed as the #1 Song of the Day, and Kira comes in to congratulate them. While doing so, Austin, Ally, Trish, and Dez notice a lack of a strong flaw in Kira: her horrendous breath has been cured!

Because of this, Austin wants to ask Kira out on a date. The first time, Ally tries to make it subtle by complimenting Austin. The second time, Austin directly asks her out, and Kira laughs it off, saying her suspicions: Austin and Ally have a thing for each other. Austin calls that crazy, and Kira agrees to go on the date, but when a simple bouquet of flowers for Ally in exchange for the Extreme Wrestling tickets gift turns into numerous bouquets, Kira calls off the date, thinking once more that Austin and Ally like each other.

Austin and Ally plan the perfect date for Kira, and while doing so, Ally starts having feelings for Austin. She later tells Trish this, and Trish, because of this, throughout the episode drops subtle hints about the crush.

Right after Austin leaves with the perfect date idea- a picnic in the park feasting on a mostly meat meal with pickles while watching a silent film- Dez reveals that the date idea is exactly what Kira doesn't like. He says that her mySpace page revealed a lot about her, including the facts that she doesn't like silent films, grass makes her itchy, the slightest smell of pickles makes her want to puke, and she doesn't eat meat. On top of that, Trish reveals that Ally is wearing the Kira necklace, thus making them realize that Austin has the Ally necklace with him.

They try to fix the date. Ally first tries to swap picnic baskets with a couple who has a more "Kira-like" meal, but when the man recognizes his mother's homemade fettucini and fights with it with Austin, the fettucini ends up spilling all over Kira. After that, Austin is about to give Kira the Ally necklace when she pops up, and tries to say that Austin has the wrong necklace. She gives off the wrong idea, and at that very moment, Dez's distraction pops in; the park sprinklers go off.

Ally and Trish expect them to not go on a second date, but to their surprise, Austin and Kira had a great first date playing zombie attacking games at Dez's house, and are looking forward to a second date! Kira then apologizes to Ally for having assumed that she purposely tried to ruin the date, and Austin thanks Ally once more before they both leave.

Trish heads up to the practice room, and Ally stays down for a moment. She takes the special card that Austin wrote for her, There's no way I can make it without you, and puts it in her songbook diary before heading upstairs. As Ally and Trish feast on the picnic leftovers, jokingly acting like a couple in a way, Ally wishes that Dez were there to help them finish up the meal, and Trish wonders where he is. The scene then cuts to Dez watching the romantic silent film in the park while the park sprinklers are still going off, and the episode then ends.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
 * No Ordinary Day (Part of it)

Cast
Main cast:
 * Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
 * Laura Marano as Ally Dawson
 * Raini Rodriguez as Trish De La Rosa
 * Calum Worthy as Dez

Guest cast:

 * Kiersey Clemons as Kira Starr
 * Russ Marchand as Jett Deely
 * Stefan Niemczyk as Vinny

Trivia

 * The first promo for this episode aired on January 11, 2013.
 * In this episode, Ally reveals her feelings for Austin.
 * In this episode, Kira doesn't have bad breath like in the previous episode.
 * Austin tries to ask Kira out, but it doesn't work out the first time because of Trish giving Ally too many flowers than what Austin asked for.
 * This episode is the second episode to air in 2013.
 * In this episode, Kira finally thinks that Austin & Ally like each other.
 * This episode was thought to be the start of the romance between Austin & Ally, yet it did not happen like many people thought.
 * Kira reveals that she's been playing guitar since she was 4.
 * No Ordinary Day was the #1 video of the day that this episode starts on Video Countdown Daily.
 * The episode title refers to Kira, becoming a girlfriend to Austin, and Ally remaining a close friend, to Austin, that is a girl.
 * This is the first episode that has two "topics" that are spelled the same. The second is Real Life & Reel Life.
 * This is the 4th most watched episode
 * This is the first episode out of the Top 4 most watched episodes to just be an ordinary episode: the other three were: at number three, the Season 2 premiere; at number two, the Jessie- A&A crossover; at number one, the Season 1/Series premiere

Goofs

 * Kira left after eating but when she leaves, you can still see the four slices of pizza on her plate.
 * In Backups & Breakups, we learn that Austin likes romance movies. But in this episode, he is disappointed when Ally suggests they watch an actual romantic movie.

Links

 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3
 * Part 4
 * Part 5
 * Part 6
 * Part 7
 * Part 8
 * Part 9
 * Part 10
 * Part 11
 * Part 12