S1 • E16
Insomnia
Charlie plays a joke on Matilda, replacing her chocolate-flavored milk for instant coffee. Matilda spends the night awake, and due to her power, dawn never comes. In the face of this strange event, Curlybeard, Bob, and Felicia think it's a zombie apocalypse, and seek refuge in a makeshift bunker in the yard. Meanwhile, Charlie and Matilda have fun in the town "by night", doing all the things they've always wanted to do but haven't been able to do until now, because children like them can't go out alone at night. The fun comes to an end when they get to the forest. Here, they find out that the trees are dying because without sun, they are unable to photosynthesize and sooner or later they will die. If the trees die, all humans die too, since no one will produce oxygen. In order to counteract Matilda's power, they have to make her sleep no matter what... and quickly!
