‘HSMTMTS’ Finale Recap: Nini Returns & Ricky Finally Comes Clean To Gina About His Feelings

It’s officially Ricky’s day and besides the opening nighttime of Frozen. Big Red shows astatine Camp Shallow Lake with a barroom acceptable to observe his champion friend. Big Red introduces himself to Jet arsenic “Ashlyn’s boyfriend,” and there’s inactive a batch they request to discuss. Ahem, Ashlyn’s crush connected Val.

Ricky asks E.J. if they’re bully aft Camp Prom. E.J. doesn’t privation Ricky to sweat it. As Ricky is blowing retired his candles, he’s wondering wherever the heck Gina is astatine this precise moment. Gina is trying to support things precise zen successful the aftermath of her breakup with E.J. truthful she’s doing yoga. Val’s making the rounds and saying her goodbyes. Val gives Gina immoderate proposal earlier she goes. “When the close idiosyncratic comes along, you’ll know. The timing volition marque sense,” Val says. Right aft that, Ricky shows up. Timing is always everything.

Kourtney, Gina, and Ashlyn successful ‘HSMTMTS.’ (Disney+)

Ricky wonders if things are each bully with Gina aft past night. “I similar to cognize wherever I basal with people,” Gina says. Last nighttime is over. Gina is moving on. Ricky hesitates for a infinitesimal and doesn’t cognize what helium should say. Ricky deflects and asks if this is astir E.J. Boy, conscionable archer the miss however you feel!

As Gina is walking backmost to the cabin, Emmy stops her. She’s frightened she’ll hide however to sing erstwhile she gets up connected stage. Gina encourages Emmy and tells her, “Theater is simply a household adjacent erstwhile we person our setbacks.” Miss Jenn surprises Gina and has immoderate words of contented for Emmy: “Now spell retired determination and find your voice.” This leads to an epic solo infinitesimal with Emmy arsenic she kicks disconnected “This Is Me.” Liamani Segura is simply a STAR!

Nini Returns For Opening Night

Just earlier the performance, Channing drops immoderate large bombshells. He has astir 10 cameras planted astir the theatre to drawback immoderate and each drama. Tonight’s show is besides live-streaming connected Disney+. Everyone begins to panic, particularly erstwhile Channing reveals helium has surprises planned.

E.J. vows to marque tonight’s show melodramatic capable for Channing. Once Channing leaves, E.J. swears that helium was conscionable acting. “We’re theatre kids, and we’re going to bash contiguous our way,” E.J. tells the crew.

One of the surprises Channing decidedly didn’t program is Nini showing up astatine Shallow Lake. She sits down with Miss Jenn to speech astir however California is going. Nina reveals that she’s been penning a lot. She’s blessed successful California. However, 1 of her moms thinks that she should decorativeness her elder twelvemonth astatine East High.

Olivia Rodrigo arsenic Nini. (Disney+)

Nini doesn’t privation to disappoint anyone. She has until the extremity of the nighttime to determine if she’s staying oregon going. Miss Jenn makes her a deal. If Nini meets her astatine the firepit aft the show, Nini’s coming backmost to East. If she doesn’t, Miss Jenn knows the different answer. “Stay oregon go, you’re ever a Wildcat,” Miss Jenn says.

Carlos performs a precious mentation of “In Summer.” During the performance, Big Red texts Ashlyn that helium wants to talk. When they beryllium down, helium says he’s been doing a batch of reasoning the past fewer weeks. “Whatever you’re thinking, I’m astir apt reasoning it, too.” Not exactly. Big Red is “more definite than ever” that Ashlyn is the 1 for him. “You’re my supernova, Ash,” Big Red says. Instead of telling him the information astir her feelings, Ashlyn tells Big Red she’s “never been better.”

Kourtney Lets Go Of Her Nerves

Ahead of her large performance, Kourtney’s nerves are getting the amended of her. Alex admits that she has anxiety, too. She besides sees a therapist. Alex tells Kourtney that you ne'er truly get implicit anxiety, you conscionable larn to unrecorded with it. This is conscionable what Kourtney needs to hear.

Kourtney’s show of “Let It Go” is thing abbreviated of excellent. However, close successful the mediate of the performance, Channing shuts disconnected the lights. This plunges the full country into darkness. Miss Jenn and the remainder of the assemblage propulsion retired their phones to radiance connected Kourtney. She gathers the courageousness to support connected singing. Gina turns the lights backmost connected and warns Channing to NOT get her started.

After Kourtney’s epic solo, Nini heads out. She sweetly leaves everyone an opening nighttime card. When Ricky finds retired that Nini is here, he’s understandably stunned. Kourtney and Nini person a saccharine reunion earlier Nini exits.

Channing is simply a antheral who doesn’t springiness up. Backstage, helium tries to drum up play betwixt Ricky and Gina. Ricky is D-O-N-E. Ricky grabs Channing’s camera and tells him that helium and Gina were conscionable “faking it” during rehearsal. (That is simply a lie, but okay.)  He orders Channing to get lost. After making definite Gina is okay, Ricky heads retired to execute his gentle mentation of “What Do I Know About Love.”

Matt Cornett arsenic E.J. (Disney+)

Gina is watching Ricky arsenic E.J. watches her. When she looks astatine E.J., Gina realizes that helium knows astir her feelings for Ricky. And with that, Ricky yet looks implicit astatine Gina portion singing astir love. This is prestige television!

E.J. asks Val for enactment arsenic helium calls his dad. E.J. yet stands up to his dad, but his words autumn connected deaf ears. E.J.’s dada hangs up connected him. Val comforts E.J. aft the heartbreaking telephone call. Meanwhile, Kourtney asks Ricky astir his paper from Nini. He awkwardly says that Nini forgot his. After the opening nighttime is over, Miss Jenn runs to the firepit to find Nini. Nini’s not there, but she near a note. She’s heading west.

Corbin really recognizes Miss Jenn from the archetypal High School Musical movie, and it whitethorn conscionable beryllium the top infinitesimal of her life. Channing’s obsession with the documentary comes to a halt erstwhile Corbin yet sticks up for the Shallow Lake crew.

It’s the past nighttime of camp, and Gina feels similar the extremity of something. It’s besides the commencement of thing caller arsenic well. Corbin begins singing “Everyday” from High School Musical 2, and everyone joins in. Suddenly, E.J. announces that they’re trending successful Brazil. Jet besides hands Ricky an opening nighttime paper from Nini that helium found. Nini bought him his lottery ticket.

Ricky & Gina Have Their Epic Moment

One period later, the formed assembles for the premiere of the documentary. There’s a reddish carpet and everything. Corbin pulls everyone speech to amusement the archetypal full-length trailer. The trailer is straight retired of Bravo. The footage is taken retired of context, romances are teased successful a large way, and Jet adjacent confesses his feelings for Kourtney. The trailer ends with Big Red revealing that he’s bisexual.

Everyone is speechless. The unit bolts from the auditorium, and it’s conscionable E.J., Corbin, Ricky, and Gina left. Gina tries to apologize to E.J., but helium says that “we each saw this coming.” A heartbroken E.J. tells Ricky, “I’d fake slap you, Ricky, but you’re my brother.”

Sofia Wylie and Joshua Bassett arsenic Gina and Ricky. (Disney+)

Corbin thinks this is simply a bully clip for him to exit, truthful it’s conscionable Ricky and Gina near connected stage. Gina’s ne'er been 1 to fell her feelings, and she doesn’t bash truthful now. She tells Ricky that E.J. whitethorn person seen this coming, but she didn’t.

“God, Ricky Bowen, you person been a astonishment since the time we met,” Gina says. You weren’t the plan. You were ne'er the plan. Plans change. And if you privation maine to unopen up, I’ll unopen up. But I don’t person possibly feelings astir you. You aren’t a maybe. You’re a yes.”

She ever wants radical to cognize wherever she stands with them, truthful that’s what she’s conscionable done with Ricky. Now she’s going to locomotion retired of present with her caput held high, and she’s not looking back.

Not unless Ricky stops her. As she walks away, helium grabs her arm. “Wait,” helium says earlier kissing her. Ricky and Gina yet get their spot successful the spotlight… together. When they propulsion away, Gina goes backmost successful for different kiss. SCREAMS!!!! “Don’t get maine started,” Ricky says. And that’s a wrapper on HSMTMTS play 3!