Partners & Parachutes

"Kira's completely out of the picture."

- Austin to Ally

"Partners & Parachutes", originally known as "Shut-Ins & Situations", will be the tenth episode in season 2 of Austin & Ally. It will air on March 17, 2013. This episode was the tenth episode filmed of Season 2.

Overview
After talking to her mom and Trish about Austin, Ally decides to focus on her music career now that she’s conquered her stage fright. Meanwhile, Austin is unsure about his friendship with Kira. This is a continuation of Chapters & Choices.

Episode Summary
Austin and Ally's kiss is interrupted when Kira arrives and agrees to be Austin's girlfriend. This episode is the continuation of Chapters & Choices. Ally decides to move on and just focus on her own career, but when Megan wants to interview both of them together it becomes a challenge to continue to ignore him. Meanwhile, Austin breaks up with Kira to be with Ally, but when Megan sees them hug she snaps a picture and posts in Cheetah Beat that Kira is Austin's new girlfriend. Later, when Austin tells Ally that Kira's out of the picture, Trish shows Ally the new Cheetah Beat issue, causing Ally to think that Austin and Kira are still together. Austin tries to prove to Ally that he loves her by getting her a new piano for her first concert. Dez convices him to parachute it down to her, but the parachute doesn't open and the piano crashes to the ground, breaking into little pieces.

Main Cast

 * Ross Lynch as Austin Moon
 * Laura Marano as Ally DawsonParteners_&_Parachutes_photo.png
 * Raini Rodriguez as Trish De la Rosa
 * Calum Worthy as Dez

Guest Cast

 * Aubrey K. Miller as Megan Simms
 * Andy Milder as Lester Dawson
 * Julia Campbell as Penny Dawson
 * Kiersey Clemons as Kira Starr

Trivia & Speculations

 * This episode, as revealed in a live chat with Ross Lynch and Laura Marano, went through many creative changes. A few days into the week of filming, the writers and producers completely changed the script, as well as the title (which was originally named Shut-Ins & Situations).
 * This is the continuation of Chapters & Choices.
 * Partners_Parachutes27.png Simms reappears in this episode.
 * This episode Austin and Ally might have their 2nd kiss.
 * This is Megan Simms's third appearance.
 * Austin will tell Kira about the kiss he and Ally had.
 * Austin and Kira will break up.
 * Trent may have gotten himself a record deal since he was on the cover of Cheetah Beat magazine with the caption "How to get a Record Deal?"
 * "Partners" in the title probably refers to the fact that Ally is going to leave Austin and not be his partner, while "Parachutes" refers to the parachute that is supposed to carry the piano but fails to.

Links
Partners & Parachutes Promo