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"I'll Always Remember You"

"I'll Always Remember You" is the ninth episode of the fourth season, and 94th overall episode, of the Disney Channel sitcom series Hannah Montana. It was written by Andrew Green and Maria Brown-Gallenberg. It originally aired on November 7, 2010.[1] The episode title is a reference to the Hannah Montana song "I'll Always Remember You". The one-hour episode is notable for being the first time Miley Stewart admits her secret to the world that she is Hannah Montana.[2]

The episode features three original songs: "Barefoot Cinderella", "I'll Always Remember You", and "Wherever I Go." This episode is also notable for being the last time that Hannah Montana and Lola Luftnagle are featured in an episode, with Miley Stewart becoming the main focus of the show for the remaining episodes.

Plot

Miley's boyfriend, Jesse, comes to see Miley, and reveals that he knows Miley's secret, that she is the pop star Hannah Montana. After telling him that he can be her guitarist again, she tries to convince him to not show any affection while she is Hannah Montana, for fear that it is revealed he is cheating on one of them.

While performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jesse kisses Hannah, and Leno calls them America's new sweethearts. After Jesse gets recognized at the pier, he hugs Miley, and this picture is spread across the news, including Leno's show, where he announces Jesse cheated on Hannah. Via text messages from his family, Jesse learns that Hannah fans are growing upset with him, and says to Miley, that as long as there is two of her, he cannot be with her, so they separate.

Miley and Lilly's college acceptance letters come in the mail, and Miley finds out she did not get accepted to Stanford University, when Lilly did. Miley drives the 200 miles to Stanford, to find out that though she has the right character and grades, she did not have as many extracurricular activities as Lilly. She becomes more upset when she realizes that she has done plenty of things, but cannot tell because of the Hannah secret.

After driving back home, Lilly has the idea to tell the admissions woman that Miley was Hannah's assistant, and that she did do all those things. On the drive there, Dr. Phil appears as a visual manifestation of her overstressed subconscience. Upon arrival, Miley finds out that she needs some sort of proof of employment, and drives back home once more to change into Hannah Montana. When arriving as Hannah, she finds out that a celebrity like herself would be admitted, if she had Miley's grades. After a short consideration to take off the wig, she returns home disappointed.

Lilly then opts to stay out of college for a year, until Miley gets in. Jesse then comes over, reconciling with Miley. While in her bedroom, Miley talks to her conscience, which appears as Hannah, about how much her friends and family have had to compromise for her secret. Then again in the house, she sees Jesse and Lilly telling her that they have had to compromise their lives for her.

After a talk with her father, and looking back at all her Hannah outfits and remembering the great times she has had as Hannah, she sits down to talk with her conscience again, finishing with the words "Thank you." She appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno again, with something to say. She goes on to say that the eleven year girl wanting to be a rock star, and to have a normal life, no longer wants to pretend anymore, and takes off her wig and sings a song as Miley. In a show of support, Robby takes off his manager moustache, and Lilly takes off her Lola wig.

Narration

This is the second episode where there is background commentary along with the storyline, the first being "He Could Be the One". Earles, Arias, and Sursok narrate the story, not in their traditional characters, in eight performances.

  • The episode is introduced with the three as singing mice, each with their traditional character's respective initial on their sweaters, singing to the tune of "Camptown Races", in an Alvin and the Chipmunks parody, on the kitchen counter.
  • After Hannah kisses Jesse on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the three perform an electronic song at the pier as silver living statues.
  • After Miley gets rejected from Stanford, the trio performs a show tune parody.
  • On Miley's drive back to Stanford, the three sing an old-time song as hillbillies on the car radio.
  • After Hannah gets rejected from Stanford, they perform another show tune, this time as cats.
  • After Jesse takes Miley back, the trio appear on a bag of horse feed, where they sing a western as cowboys on a wagon.
  • After Miley realizes what the secret is doing, the three parody Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance" dressed as jesters.
  • At the end of the episode, the three sing a lullaby to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as babies, listing all of the people who knew Miley's secret prior to her telling the world: Lilly, Oliver, Jesse, Jake, Siena, and the town of Crowley Corners.

Cast

Cultural references

Miley appears on the late night snow, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Leno makes a reference to two Hannah Montana songs, "Nobody's Perfect" and "Supergirl", when commenting about Jesse. Dr. Phil is parodied when Miley turns the radio on in her car and Phil McGraw pops up to discuss her problems. Jay Leno makes a reference to Flitter (Twitter) and references Cyrus leaving Twitter in real life.

Stanford University is mentioned as the only school Miley and Lilly apply to, and is mentioned frequently throughout the remaining episodes.

Production

This episode was primarily taped at Sunset Bronson Studios. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno portions were taped at NBC's Burbank Studios.

Reception

The episode "became the series' most-watched telecast in more than 3 years among Total Viewers", with 7.1 million viewers.[4] Being the most watched episode of the fourth season, the episode also generated "the largest Total View, Kid 6-11 and Tween 9-14" audiences in an hour in Disney Channel's history.[4]

Music

In addition to the above mentioned narration songs, Miley Cyrus performs three songs in character:

References

  1. ^ "I'll Always Remember You November 7, on Disney Channel". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-01-16. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Jay Leno and Phil McGraw Guest Star in "Hannah Montana Forever"". Disney Channel. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-01-16. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "I'll Always Remember You". IMDB. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2006-01-16. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Gorman, Bill (November 8, 2010). ""Shake it Up" Averages 6.2 Million Viewers; Disney Channel's #2 Highest Rated Series Premiere Of All Time". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved November 9, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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