"Ties That Bind" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of The Loud House.
Plot[]
Lincoln eavesdrops on his parents and thinks they have decided to get rid of their children.
Synopsis[]
One typical Saturday morning at the Loud house, in which Lincoln maneuvers and dodges his sisters' destructive antics on his way to the bathroom, he hears his parents having an argument through the air vent. His mother is demanding that her husband get rid of "all eleven" by tomorrow for garbage day. Lincoln believes that she's talking about him and his sisters, and runs out of the bathroom to tell them. What he doesn't know is that Rita is really telling Lynn Sr. to get rid of his collection of novelty neckties, even though he loves ties.
The girls refuse to believe him, believing it to be paranoia, only to become convinced when Lincoln brings Lori into the bathroom, and has her listen to the argument out of context. Believing their wild and crazy natures are to blame, they decide to work together to give up their vices, and clean up the house. Afterward, they hear their parents again through the vent, and it appears that Rita has decided that she won't get rid of them all...instead, she will only let Lynn Sr. keep one. As they decide which ones to get rid of, they single the kids out one by one until it apparently leaves Lincoln as the one they'll keep.
Lincoln is ecstatic that he'll finally get to be an only child, much to his sisters' offense and anger. As they leave to pack up their things, Lincoln hears Lynn Sr. saying that he can't pick a favorite, because it's hard, and Rita begs him to get rid of one. Lynn Sr. decides to get rid of "the one with the white hair" (in reality, it's a "white hare" tie from Easter). Believing that he's getting kicked out, Lincoln sadly goes to pack up his belongings and prepares to run away from home, but he gives his sisters all of his most prized possessions.
Feeling sorry for their only brother, the girls decide to confront their parents about the issue. When they go into their parents' room, the kids finally find out that they were really talking about ties. They confess to their parents them about their assumptions, and they reassure their children that they wouldn't think of getting rid of them. As they leave the room, Lincoln sees Lynn Sr. in the Easter tie and thinks that he should get rid of it. The next Saturday, Lincoln and his sisters resume their usual antics, having learned never to eavesdrop again. However, when Lincoln hears his father complaining about his wife having "a bun in the oven", he assumes the worst, and runs out to tell his sisters (not knowing that Lynn Sr. meant it literally, as he can only eat gluten-free foods).
Cast[]
- Grant Palmer as Lincoln
- Catherine Taber as Lori
- Liliana Mumy as Leni
- Nika Futterman as Luna
- Cristina Pucelli as Luan
- Jessica DiCicco as Lynn / Lucy
- Grey Griffin as Lana / Lola / Lily
- Lara Jill Miller as Lisa
- Caleel Harris as Clyde
- Jill Talley as Rita
- Brian Stepanek as Lynn Sr.
Moral/Lesson[]
- Don't believe everything you hear; you might be misinterpreting it for what is really going on.
Trivia[]
- This episode reveals that Lana is the older of the twins.
- This episode shows how Leni is truly accepting of Lincoln's white hair.
- When Rita says they have ten children instead of eleven, and Lynn Sr. reminds her, she said nervously, "Yep, right". This would suggest that not all eleven Loud children are the biological kids of her and her husband.
- However, it is also possible that she might have been counting the twins' birth as one instead of two by mistake.
- It is also possible that Rita thought Lily wasn't born yet seeing that she is still a baby.
- In addition, it is highly unlikely that any of the Loud children are adopted, since Lori is revealed to be a natural-born Loud in "Potty Mouth", the twins' hair looks just like Lori's meaning they're probably related to her by blood, Leni and Lily's hair match Rita's, the brunette sisters' hair match Lynn Sr.'s, Lincoln is revealed to be a Loud by blood in "Not a Loud", and Lucy looks similar to her great-grandmother Harriet.
- Luan spends much of the episode dressed like a mime, and doesn't speak a word after she puts away Mr. Coconuts as punishment for her parents deciding to send one of the kids away. But she speaks at the end of the episode (also having gotten Mr. Coconuts back, and she's back in her regular clothes).
- Clyde appears in Lincoln's "only child" fantasy.