‘HSMTMTS’ Recap: Gina Makes A Tough Decision About Her Relationship With E.J.

In a country that wholly echoes erstwhile Bruce Bogtrotter stuffs his look with cocoa barroom in Matilda, the September 7 occurrence of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series begins with Ricky chowing down connected pizza to effort and people different happening disconnected his bucket database earlier helium turns 18.

Ricky, being the determined lad helium is, completes the task. By the extremity of it all, he’s delirious. “I tin odor colors,” helium says.

Joshua Bassett and Matt Cornett arsenic Ricky and E.J. (Disney+)

E.J. walks successful looking precise spiffy for Camp Prom. Jet and Ricky speech astir their mysterious “plan” for tonight. Carlos is funny astir the Gina situation, but Ricky is trying not to sweat it. He thinks he’s got a batch of clip earlier helium has to code it.

Well, that mightiness not beryllium the case. Carlos has discovered that a trailer is being released adjacent period with “juicy footage.” You cognize FootageGate is the explanation of “juicy.”

Maddox & Madison Finally Come Face-To-Face

Meanwhile, Ashlyn is ruminating connected her newfound discovery. “I learned thing caller astir myself past night, and it goes a small deeper than a rising sign,” she says. Ashlyn confirms that she does person a crush connected Val and “all that that implies.” Her “dating excavation got a small bigger, and truthful did my heart, and truthful did my world.” I emotion this for Ashlyn.

Gina isn’t fretting implicit not being capable to beryllium E.J.’s day to Camp Prom due to the fact that he’s promised her the past creation of the night. E.J., don’t you situation fto Gina down.

In a go-big-or-go-home moment, Jet truly goes for it. He brings Madison to Shallow Lake. Maddox is caught disconnected defender astatine first. Jet and Madison curse that Jet was conscionable trying to help. Just arsenic Madison is astir to locomotion retired the door, Maddox asks her to stay.

Jojo Siwa plays Madison. (Disney+)

Camp Prom isn’t conscionable astir the dancing, it’s astir tradition. E.J. explains that the guys extremity up pouring freezing h2o connected themselves and station a shirtless photograph for the Shallow Lake representation wall. It’s a hard walk for Ricky and Carlos. They wonderment if this is truly a tradition. “Anything tin beryllium a contented if you bash it much than once,” E.J. says

“Like slapping?” Ricky replies earlier mimicking a slap. E.J. is not amused. Ricky, you’ve turned into rather the brave lad this summer.

Ricky Can’t Hide His Feelings For Gina

Camp Prom begins arsenic E.J. continues to look implicit the script. He wants to tally lines with everyone astatine the dance, officially taking connected the relation of a buzzkill. When Gina walks successful with Kourtney and Ashlyn, Ricky virtually spits retired his drink. “Hello, boys,” Gina says.

The precise adorable and blatantly crushing Ricky clears his throat. Gina asks if he’s okay. Even E.J. notices that Ricky is wearing his feelings each implicit his look astir Gina. Ricky. Ricky goes for a speedy prevention and says it’s conscionable the polyester he’s wearing. “Need immoderate air, Richard?” E.J. asks. Cue the “she knows” meme we’ve each seen TikTok.

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

As the creation starts, Madison and Maddox drawback up successful the cabin. Maddox admits she was clingy and held connected excessively choky past summer. Madison believes that she “let spell a small excessively fast.” Madison brings up that Jet was “pretty emotional” connected the telephone and thinks helium could usage a friend. Ahem, Maddox.

Carlos happily gives Ashlyn a Pride emblem pin. “Welcome to the community,” helium tells her. EJ begins quizzing Carlos astir his lines and brings up the shirtless tradition. Carlos is inactive hesitant and doesn’t privation to beryllium forced into doing it. “We don’t bash hazing here. Whatever makes you happy, okay?” E.J. says.

Suddenly, Seb shows up! Seb and Carlos stock a saccharine reunion kiss. Seb is beyond precious. He’s dressed similar a grandfather. When Carlos told him the taxable was the ’70s, helium thought that meant dressing up similar idiosyncratic successful their 70s.

Gina asks E.J. to dance, but helium puts her disconnected to spell implicit much prompts. There’s that look betwixt Ricky and Gina again. E.J. begins to quiz Kourtney and she blanks. Her anxiety takes over.

Gina doesn’t hesitate to inquire Ricky to creation since E.J. isn’t budging. Before Ricky tin get his chance, E.J. says that Maddox is astir to instrumentality the stage. She speaks to the assemblage and admits she’s pushed radical away. She decides to sing a opus that made her small member blessed and extends the olive subdivision backmost astatine Jet.

They execute “Wouldn’t Change A Thing” from Camp Rock 2. Seb and Carlos adjacent articulation in. Madison and Maddox yet get their accidental to creation together.

Gina & E.J. Break Up

Gina continues to hold patiently to person the past creation with E.J. She looks astir for him and spots Ricky, who’s already looking astatine her. He tries to marque her laugh, but she’s conscionable bittersweet due to the fact that E.J. fto her down again. She goes to find him backstage. She tells him that helium missed the past dance. He attempts to salvage his mistake, but Gina is done.

“We had 2 wholly antithetic nights, and I’m starting to deliberation we had 2 wholly antithetic summers,” Gina tells E.J. She’s realized that he’s already had each these experiences that she’s wanted to person with him. He missed retired connected the Woman successful the Woods and hasn’t been taking portion successful the bucket database quest. E.J. snaps that some of those things impact Ricky.

“This is not astir Ricky,” Gina says. E.J. replies, “I cognize there’s past there.” He continues to not perceive to Gina. “I was trying to marque a aboriginal with you.” she tells him. He stresses that if things enactment retired with the philharmonic past maybe things volition beryllium different.

“I deliberation the occupation is that possibly isn’t bully capable for maine close now,” Gina admits. “Maybe’s each I’ve ever known. And maybe, I came to the creation solo, and possibly I… I don’t cognize EJ possibly I should permission solo, too.”

She points retired that they haven’t truly been unneurotic each summer. If that’s an denotation for the future, she wants to “skip ahead.” Gina doesn’t privation to beryllium pushed speech anymore.

Sofia Wylie and Matt Cornett arsenic Gina and E.J. (Disney+)

“I can’t beryllium a possibly anymore, EJ. Not present and not later,” she continues. While E.J. is simply a decent guy, it’s over. Gina and E.J. interruption up. “Can it truly beryllium implicit if it ne'er truly got a accidental to start?” she replies. Seriously, Sofia Wylie is simply a unit to beryllium reckoned with. Give her each azygous award!

The breakup infinitesimal is interrupted by Seb, who’s conscionable recovered retired that E.J.’s existent sanction is Elton John. Gina leaves E.J. and races done the creation successful tears. Ricky sees an affectional Gina walking to the overgarment closet. He goes to cheque connected her, arsenic helium ever does.

Ricky brings up that helium has thing to archer Gina. When helium sees the tears successful her eyes, helium says it tin wait. She drops her back. They some driblet down to prime up. There they spell up with that look. The Rina look. Gina runs retired earlier Ricky has a accidental to accidental anything.

Kourtney & Carlos Conquer Their Fears

Kourtney is backmost astatine her compartment singing her prayer. Ashlyn sits down with her and asks if there’s thing going on. Kourtney is disquieted astir opening night. She wonders Ashlyn should instrumentality her place. “I’m good… You are better,” Ashlyn tells Kourtney.

Maddox and Gina locomotion in. “I deliberation I conscionable broke up with EJ,” Gina says to the room. Don’t get her started. Ashlyn, noticing that everyone is benignant of successful a weird space, asks Kourtney, “Can I get your prayer?” They each travel unneurotic to sing. Kourtney’s not alone. She ne'er has been. Fueled by her spot and the spot of her friends, she decides to look her fearfulness and instrumentality connected the climbing wall.

Ricky finds E.J. successful their cabin. Both of them accidental their nights were “confusing.” Carlos decides that helium wants to bash the shirtless crystal bucket contented and conquer his fear. Jet, Ricky, EJ, and Carlos each bash it together. As this is happening, Kourtney makes it to the apical of the climbing wall. Gina, Maddox, and Ashlyn cheer her on. “You cognize you’re 1 of america now,” Ashlyn tells Maddox, which is each Maddox has wanted to hear.

Carlos calls Ricky his “hero” for encouraging him to bash the shirtless tradition. Being called a leader is conscionable what Ricky needed to people different happening disconnected his bucket list.

Gina walks backmost to her compartment unsocial and runs into Ricky. “What was the happening you were going to archer maine earlier?” Gina asks. Ricky begins to explicate that helium said thing to Carlos that Channing caught connected camera.

Maddox, Carlos, and Ashlyn successful ‘HSMTMTS.’ (Disney+)

Ricky is conscionable astir to travel cleanable erstwhile E.J. walks by. When E.J. doesn’t travel up to them, Ricky asks if something’s going connected tonight. “We benignant of broke up tonight,” Gina admits. Ricky is stunned. Gina refuses to fto Ricky disconnected the hook, but helium doesn’t consciousness it’s the close clip to confess. Gina knows that Ricky isn’t telling her the truth. You tin archer she doesn’t privation to get her hopes up astir Ricky. But let’s look it — it’s ever been Ricky for Gina.

E.J. and Maddox conscionable up, and she goes done her nighttime with Madison. E.J. asks if immoderate of the caller girls caught her oculus this summer. When Ashlyn walks by, E.J. has his answer. But that’s not the existent crushed for this late-night meet-up. Maddox reveals she got a extremity that Channing’s “going to spell afloat world show” and “stir up each kinds of trouble” to marque definite opening nighttime is simply a bid wreck. E.J.’s nighttime conscionable got a full batch worse.