Fresh Starts & Farewells

"This is going to be the best summer ever!"

- Austin to Ally, Trish and Dez

"Fresh Starts & Farewells" is the twenty sixth and final episode in Season 2 of ''Austin & Ally. ''The episode was the twenty fifth episode filmed of season 2. It aired on the 29th of September. On the night of its premiere, it garnered 3.270 million viewers.

Overview
Ally, Trish and Dez prepare to join Austin on his first national tour. However, after performing as his opening act in Miami, Ally receives an offer to help launch her own music career and is faced with the difficult decision of staying behind or joining her friends on tour.

Detailed Plot
Austin and the rest of Trish. Austin lets Trish take credit for getting Ally to perform opening night on the tour. Dez gets a 94 on the exam, while Ally gets a 92. Trish gets hired again but, later she's fired another time. This time for not getting her to perform, when Austin did it. She sings The Me That You Don't See and later Ronnie Ramone comes. Austin sings Better Than This, while Ronnie wants to make a record with Ally. Ally hires Trish again, but finds out that she has to choose: going on tour with Austin or staying and make her album. She decides to stay and make her album. She comes to Austin's tour bus to say goodbye to her friends. Austin almost confesses he loves Ally, but he gives her a card that has a "Thinking About You" sign on the front. Later, Ally is seen playing the piano in a recording booth, with the card Austin gave her on the piano, and Austin playing the guitar on the tour bus.

Songs Featured

 * Can't Do It Without You (theme song)
 * The Me That You Don't See (premiere)
 * Better Than This (premiere)

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

 * Sunkrish Bala as Roger Dunlap
 * Joe Rowley as Ronnie Ramone
 * Richard Whiten as Jimmy Starr

Trivia

 * Austin goes on his first tour and Trish and Dez join him.
 * Ally gets a record deal and decides to stay in Miami.
 * Ally is the opening act for Austin's tour.
 * Ally admitted she still has feelings for Austin.
 * Austin almost admits to Ally he loves her.
 * There are two new songs in this episode called, Better Than This and The Me That You Don't See.Freshstartsfarewells.jpg
 * Both Austin and Ally perform in this episode on Austin's tour.
 * This is the second summer related episode of the series, the first one is Everglades & Ally-Gators.
 * Austin's performance was actually the last scene to be filmed in Season 2.
 * It's confirmed that Austin's performance was filmed at 1 am.
 * Writers confirmed they had to go 50 feet from their studio to film the goodbye scene.
 * This is the first episode with a  sad ending.
 * This episode is the Season 2 finale.

Goofs

 * When Austin and his friends enter the tour bus, it's a contemporary Prevost. Later stock footage of the bus shows them riding an Eagle from the mid-20th Century.