| “ | Well, if you gotta hurt, hurting backstage at The Weeknd is a pretty good place to do it. | ” |
| — Alice to Raven. | ||
"Working for The Weeknd" is the twelfth episode in Season 6 of Raven's Home and the one-hundred and sixteenth overall. It premiered on July 23, 2023 to 0.13 million viewers.
Plot[]
Booker, Neil and Ivy do everything they can to get tickets to The Weeknd concert. Alice's classmate uninvites her to the same concert. Raven tries to cheer her up.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
- Issac Ryan Brown as Booker Baxter
- Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter
- Felix Avitia as Neil Flores
- Emmy Liu-Wang as Ivy Chen
- Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
Recurring Cast[]
- David Parks as Dave (uncredited)
Guest Cast[]
- Chloë Berlinger as Andie
- Matt Richards as Stage Manager
- Brandon Molale as Security Guard
Trivia[]
- This episode filmed on March 2-3, 2023.
- The title is derived from the 1981 song "Working for the Weekend" by the band Loverboy.
- The cast and crew celebrated Mykal-Michelle Harris's 11th birthday a few days early (as they would be off during the actual date) during production of this episode.
- Tanya Baxter, Chelsea Grayson, Eddie Thomas, and the Boyz N' Motion were mentioned.
- Despite being this episode's main focus, Canadian R&B star The Weeknd does not appear, but is mentioned several times throughout. Pink Floyd, Pitbull, Tom Holland and the Harlem Globetrotters were mentioned as well.
- Ivy has permission to use her mother's credit card, but not for merch.
- Paige was mentioned, and her mother works for the concert venue.
- Dave's girlfriend is named Sharon.
- Ivy and Neil can lip-read.
- Neil has a racing turtle named "Donashella".
- Booker's vision was somewhat inaccurate, as the hand motion he foresaw Ivy making was not the one she actually made.
- Victor claims to have once been part of the rap group Run-D.M.C.
- Raven says her best-known catchphrase "ya nasty" again, even though she claimed she doesn't say it anymore in The Big Sammich.
- This episode premiered on the same day as the season 7 premiere of Bunk'd: Learning the Ropes.
- Matt Richards previously appeared as "Roman Winwood" in Bizaardvark, and "DJ" in The Storm Maker episode of K.C. Undercover.
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