"Sense and Insensitivity" is the eleventh episode of the first season of The Owl House, and the eleventh episode overall.[6]
It premiered on July 11, 2020.
Synopsis
When King becomes a bestselling author, he learns a valuable lesson in reading the fine print.[7]
Plot
The episode begins with King and Eda sitting at the Human Collectibles stand trying to sell items. To their dismay, little to no customers are interested in what they have to sell. At seemingly perfect timing, Luz appears, excited to tell the two about the Book Fair happening nearby. Eda and King are uninterested, but Luz is able to convince King to give the fair a shot after allowing him a ride in her hoodie while Eda walks around searching for dorks to "pickpocket."
While the pair walks around, they stumble across a Writing Competition, which sparks both King and Luz's attention - but for different reasons. Luz aspires to write a story and inspire her readers, while King seeks to hold power over them. They decide to brainstorm a book together to submit for the contest. Meanwhile, Eda strolls the fair and spots her sister, Lilith, and a coven scout named Steve buying a map leading to a flower known as the Bloom of Eternal Youth to find and then give to the Emperor. Eda, desiring youth to hopefully reverse her curse, buys a map as well to find the flower herself.
Back at the Owl House, King and Luz start to brainstorm ideas for the story. It's clear from the start that the two desire different things for their stories - King seeks violence and bloodshed, while Luz yearns for romantic tension to tie the tale together. They agree to have their story be about "Luzura" (Luz's self-insert character based on Azura), and as Luz is well into writing the story with King, she is called downstairs by Eda.
Eda relays to Luz that she'll be going on a mission to an "undisclosed place for undisclosed reasons", and that she'll be left in charge for the next few days. After the conversation that only seemed to last under a minute, Luz comes back upstairs to find that King has completely changed everything they had planned for the story, throwing out everything they had written together into the trash can. Luz is deeply bothered by King wanting to take over the writing process and leaves him to write her own story.
Bothered by Luz, King goes to Grimgrub's Pub to find an editor who wants to read the new book he made, "Ruler's Reach". He comes across Piniet, an official from a publishing house who after reading his story, is very interested and wants to make King a famous author. King signs a contract, and seemingly overnight, becomes a literary sensation that's filling up bookstores, and getting reviewed by top critics. His books are flying off of the shelves, and King quickly gets enamored by his fame as fans run to get his autograph.
Meanwhile, Eda, running to find the flower, hears a sudden noise and discovers Lilith has crossed paths with her. The sisters then race to see who can find the flower first.
As Luz continues typing away her own passage, she's invited by King to go to a "Meet the Author" event where he'll meet up with his fans. Despite being originally reluctant, Luz decides to go to the event to (hopefully) reconcile with King and mend the issue. Before Luz arrives at the event, King is chatting with his fans as Piniet sits alongside him. Piniet then pulls King aside and asks to speak about when his next book will be getting released. King surprises Piniet by showing him "Ruler's Reach 2", the second addition to his series. However, Piniet finds the sequel so sickening that he thinks it's a joke, calling it "truly awful" (to King's dismay). King realizes he needs Luz's help, and just in time, she arrives at the event. King rushes over to her, and amid her apology, tells Luz that without her romantic writing to dislike and rebel against, he won't be able to write his series well enough. Angered by King insulting her ideas, Luz retracts her apology and leaves. Piniet hears this and comes up with a plan to get King to write him another bestseller.
Once Eda and Lilith finally make it to the Bloom of Eternal Youth, Eda pushes Lilith aside and grabs the flower for herself. However, the flower soon vanishes, and the two sisters realize they may have just walked into a trap. However, after the monster shows himself, Lilith and Eda realize he isn't much of a threat, and beat him up together, creating what appears to be peace amongst the sisters. Lilith begs Eda to join the Emperor's Coven and tells her that the Emperor can heal her curse. Eda denies the offer, as she does not want to owe the Emperor anything, and wants to break the curse on her own terms.
Back at the book event, Piniet captures Luz and traps her in a purple shrinking box. He brings in King, trapping him in the box as well, and threatens them that if they can't come up with a good book, they will become compressed into boxes and be trapped eternally. When Luz and King beg him to let them out, Piniet reminds King of the contract he signed.
As the box closes in on them, King comes to his senses and apologizes to Luz for how he acted. They work together and come up with a plan to escape the box. The two call over Piniet and give him the book to read through, but he still doesn't find the story absorbing. He eventually reaches the final page, he encounters a light glyph. Luz activates it, blinding Piniet, which allows King to use his scarf to snatch the contract and destroy it, freeing them from the box. As Piniet corners the two using his guards, a fan runs into the room where they are and asks Piniet to read what she wrote. Thoroughly impressed, Piniet focuses his attention on the fan and lets Luz and King leave.
Eda comes home to find Luz and King asleep on the couch. She declares she would like to calm down with a book, which makes Luz and King leave the room, still in fear of what had just happened. Noticing King's book on the table, Eda picks it up and turns to the back cover, looking confused when she sees King's picture.
Cast
- Sarah-Nicole Robles as Luz Noceda
- Wendie Malick as Eda Clawthorne
- Alex Hirsch as King
- Cissy Jones as Lilith Clawthorne
- Andre Sogliuzzo as Piniet
Additional voices
- Matt Chapman as Bounty Collector, Welcome Mat, and Yellow Bird Fan
- Jake Green as Jon De Plume, Merchant, and Book Lover Boy
- Alex Hirsch as Steve and Blue Haired Teen Boy
- Cissy Jones as Book
- Ryan O'Flanagan as Typewriter
- Eden Riegel as Bo and Amelia
- Andre Sogliuzzo as Reviewnicorn
- Dana Terrace as Tinella Nosa
Non-speaking cameos
Title in other languages
| Language | Title | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Sensatez y resentimientos | Sense and Resentments | |
 Bulgarian
|
Разум и безчувственост | Sense and Insensitivity | |
 Portuguese (Brazil)
|
Razão e Insensibilidade | Reason and Insensitivity | |
 Mandarin
|
最佳寫書拍檔 | Best Writing Partner | |
 Czech
|
City proti bezcitnosti | Emotions Against Heartlessness | |
 German
|
Gefühl und Unverstand | Sense and Ignorance | |
 Arabic
|
الحساس و اللامبالي | The Sensitive and Indifferent | |
 French
|
Auteur à succès | Successful Author | |
 Indonesian
|
Kepekaan dan Ketidakpekaan | Sensitivity and Insensitivity | |
 Hebrew
|
תבונה וחוסר רגישות | Wisdom and Insensitivity | |
 Italian
|
Ragione e Insensibilità | Reason and Insensitivity | |
 Japanese
|
作家デビュー！ | Writer debut! | |
 Korean
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킹, 작가가 되다 | King Becomes a Writer | |
 Malay
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Kesedaran dan Tidak Peka | Awareness and Not Sensitive | |
 Dutch
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Zinnen en onzinnen | Phrases and Nonsense | |
 Portuguese
|
Sensibilidade e Falta de Senso | Sensitivity and Lacking of Good Sense | |
 Polish
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Rozważna i nieromantyczny | Sense and Unromantic | |
 Romanian
|
Rațiune și Insensibilitate | Sense and Insensitivity | |
 Russian
|
Чувства и бесчувственность | Feelings and Insensitivity |
Transcript
| For a full transcript of "Sense and Insensitivity", click here. |
Gallery
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Trivia
- Viewership: This episode was watched by 0.41 viewers on its premiere.[5]
- The eleventh rune code of the season is visible within an open book on top of a book fair bookshelf:
, which translates to "a". - The Book Fair contained the following stalls:
- Hot Romance
- Half Moon Publishing
- Even More Books
- Read or Die
- Trekking the Stars
- The Reviewnicorn
- Ghost Writers
- Tragedy Section: Read 'Em and Weep
- Books, Books & Books
- Don't Judge by this Cover.
- The Book Fair featured the following titles:
- The Sword and the Stone and Me
- Pulling a Faust One
- The Magic Mirror
- Realm Warrior
- Ruler's Reach
- Planetary Love
- My Boyfriend from Tartarus.
- This episode aired on the same day as the premiere of Amphibia season two.
- Coincidentally, this episode of The Owl House and "Swamp and Sensibility", a second season episode of Amphibia, share similar titles because they both refer to the aforementioned Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility.[8]
- The episode completed production on November 27, 2019.[9] This is also the last episode produced in 2019 according to the credits.
- Lilith repeatedly calls Eda old throughout the episode. The eventual reveal that Eda's the younger sister makes this gag both ironic and hypocritical.
- Amelia's voice is different than it was in "Once Upon a Swap", being in a similar pitch as Boscha's.
- This is the only episode where Steve is voiced by Alex Hirsch.
Revelations and significant events
- Since being a witch isn't possible in the Human Realm, Luz's secondary career choice is to be a writer.
- It is revealed that books on the Boiling Isles aren't printed, but forged.
- Contracts on the Boiling Isles are enforced by magic and can be voided by destroying the original document.
Allusions
- Sense and Sensibility - The title is a play on the first book written by Jane Austen.
- Excalibur - One of the stalls at the book fair is called "The Sword and the Stone and Me", referencing the "sword in the stone" motif from Arthurian legend.
- Faust - One of the books in the book fair is titled "Pulling a Faust One", referencing the name of this German legendary character.
- Star Trek - One of the stalls at the book fair is called "Trekking the Stars".
- The Critic - The motion standee of King which recites "Spend money on my thing I wrote" resembles a standee of Jay Sherman which recites "Buy my book" ad nauseam in the season one episode Miserable.
- Save the Cat - Luz's list of story elements references Blake Snyder's essential volume on story structure.
- Hero's Journey - The circular plot diagram references this classic story archetype.
- Nom de Plume - The author Jon De Plume references this phrase, which refers to a pen name or pseudonym.
Errors
Two Boschas?
- When the people throw and catch King, his scarf is black in one frame instead of green.
- When Piniet previews King's notepad for the Ruler's Reach, he speedreads it backwards.
- When Eda is sitting on the couch, the frame of her right hair tuft disappears and its outline intersects with the couch.
- In the scene where people are crowding at a King Ruler's Reach stand to get his book, Boscha appears in two different spots in the same scene.
- When Piniet confronts Luz and King, he steps on a purple cubed demon. In a later shot, the green cubed demon is shown as flattened.
Edits
- The line "What the heck, man?" was cut during the Southeast Asia broadcast.
Memorable quotes
Luz: Don't you dare insult shipping in my presence!
Videos
References
- ↑ Sense and Insensitivity - Concept by Matthieu Cousin 5.jpg
- ↑ Disney+ Channel UK [@DCUK_NEWS] (August 9, 2020). "Don't miss out BRAND NEW Show The Owl House starts tomorrow at 9:30pm! Monday to Fridays at 9:30pm" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Disney Channel UK HD, Monday, Aug 24, 2020". TV24.co.uk. Retrieved on January 8, 2023.
- ↑ "特別編成「新作 #アウルハウス 入学準備サタデー」" (Japanese). Twitter (April 20, 2021).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Metcalf, Mitch (July 14, 2020). Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.11.2020. Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020.
- ↑ From risky robotics to museum mishaps, we can't wait for you to watch these brand-new episodes of #Amphibia, #BigCityGreens, and #TheOwlHouse! Which ones are you most excited for?. Twitter (June 23, 2020). Archived from the original on June 23, 2020.
- ↑ "JULY 2020 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS". DisneyABCPress. Retrieved on June 25, 2020.
- ↑ "An official tweeting of Disney TVA on Twitter". Retrieved on June 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Sense and Insensitivity (2020)". IMDb.