Carly, Sam, and Freddie wonder why people can't celebrate Halloween more than once a year. They decide to celebrate it halfway through the year as well creating a new holiday termed "Halfoween" and have a party. Carly dresses up as a life-size serving of tuna sushi, Sam dresses up with a hat with "hand sanitizer" on it, and Freddie dresses up as Lewbert. Once Nevel finds out, he dresses as a purple robot and give the "iCarly's" candy, which changes their voice and freaks out many people. Because of this, they angrily split up to find out who the purple robot is. Freddie successfully finds Nevel in the iCarly studio. He calls Carly and informs her it was Nevel, but Nevel's friends E-von and Dimitri force Freddie into the robot costume. Nevel silences him and magnetically seals on the head so Freddie cannot take off the costume. Meanwhile, Sam and Carly get their real voices back, and Freddie probably does too. After Freddie is sent downstairs, he is caught by Gibby and Spencer. Still silenced Freddie is unable to tell his friends that it is him in the costume not Nevel. Subsequently he is suspended and lowered twenty times in Spencer's new game, Jerk Basket, everyone thinking that it is Nevel being punished. After Carly and Sam feel they have their revenge, they realize Nevel was right behind them, happily watching Freddie get jerked. Nevel unlocks Freddie's robot head and they find an angry Freddie. Spencer tries to apologize to him, giving him a free stuffed unicorn from the Jerk Basket, only for Freddie to throw it back at him. Nevel finally feels he has had his revenge for the"iCarlys" not rising his popularity. Carly pretends she feels sorry and lets Nevel stay at the party, but she makes Sam "dangle" him above Spencer's Jerk Basket. They finally let him fall, and he collapses in a huge pile of toys and such. All the partygoers clap and cheer as Nevel is then suspended once more, as he has finally learned his lesson and he will not try to get revenge.
Ob Fuller House, Roseanne oder Gilmore Girls: Das "Wiederauferstehen" alter Serien liegt voll im Trend. Doch warum eigentlich?
Die Antwort ist klar: Der Streaming-Markt ist übersättigt, und es fällt den TV- und Streaming-Sendern zunehmend schwerer, originelle Serien an den Start zu bringen, die auch langfristig Erfolg haben. The Walking Dead etwa, einst ein Quoten-König für AMC, wird nächstes Jahr nach 11 Staffeln enden, und ein neues Game of Thrones wird teuer – zu teuer für viele Streaming-Plattformen. Die erste Staffel des Fantasy-Hits hat nämlich 50-60 Millionen Dollar gekostet – diese Summen wird heute kein Verantwortlicher mehr in die Hand nehmen, zumal man für diesen Preis mindestens 10 "normale", weniger groß und extravagant produzierte Serien bekommen kann. Serienmacher müssen es also "safe" spielen und haben weniger Möglichkeiten zum Experimentieren.
Und ein weiterer Faktor bestärkt den Retro-Trend, denn die Klickzahlen der großen Streaming-Anbieter zeigen, dass die beliebtesten Serien keine Originale wie Stranger Things oder The Crown sind, sondern ältere Serien wie Friends, The Office oder Parks & Recreation. Deren Streaming-Rechte wanderten Anfang 2021 wieder zurück zu NBCUniversal sind und nun auf der hauseigenen Plattform Peacock zu sehen.