The essential episodes of Just Add Magic
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Just Add Magic — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Healing Hazelnut Tart heals Darbie's ankle, the girls discover they have the power of magic.
- 02
In order to unravel the mystery of how to save Grandma, the Girls make a Brain Boosting Bolognese to help decipher the book's clues. But at school, they learn that there is such a thing as being too smart for your own good. Meanwhile, the mystery of Grandma's past deepens.
- 03
When the Girls lose the neighbors' dog Cowboy, they cast a Lost and Found-ue spell to bring him back. But instead of finding Cowboy, they attract everything that has been lost in the neighborhood over the years. Mama P attempts to use magic to prepare for a long-awaited trip while Ms. Silvers finds something she's been searching for.
- 04
The Girls attempt to get Mama P to disclose the mysteries of the past by baking her a Bitter Truth Truffle, but their plans are foiled when Terri accidentally eats one of them. Kelly is forced to spend the day with her mom to cover for her excessive honesty. Meanwhile, Hannah and Darbie butt heads while searching for a way to break Terri's spell.
- 05
When Kelly and Hannah forget Darbie's birthday, they whip up a surprise sugary feast. But a magical mistake causes it to be a celebration they'll never forget. To undo the magic, Darbie must sneak into one of the scariest places in town.
- 06
After the Girls learn more of the book's secret history from an unexpected ally, they cook Mind Peering Peppermints to learn who cursed Grandma. The magic leads to surprises at home, and they come away with more questions than answers.
- 07
When Kelly finally finds her magical mentor, her cooking and spell knowledge is put to the test. Meanwhile, Darbie and Hannah learn that "forever" is a long time when they use magic to become BFF's with a world famous author who brings new meaning to the term, "stick together."
- 08
In Part 1 of the season finale, Kelly has finally found a recipe that will save Grandma but the uncertainty around what its side effects are causes a riff between the friends. Before Kelly can cook it, she's grounded and Darbie must eat Walk-In-My-Shoes Schnitzel to impersonate her at home. Hannah continues to unravel secrets about the book that will put all of them at risk.
- 09
After their Last Ditch Layer Cake breaks all the town's curses and brings an old enemy back, Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are on the hunt for a special ingredient to determine his whereabouts. The ingredient only blooms once a year... on Halloween, so The Girls have to find a way to go back to last year's Halloween and get it without running into their past selves.
- 10
Using the special ingredient the girls gathered from last Halloween, they cook up a Miso Soup to determine Chuck's location. However, when that fails to work, Kelly instead cooks a "Settle the Beef" sandwich in order to draw Chuck to them instead...but in order for it to work, Kelly has to spell her own Grandma.
- 11
Unable to get consistent answers from Grandma, Ms. Silvers, or Mama P about exactly what happened with Chuck in 1965, Kelly, Hannah and Darbie cook a recipe that allows them to observe past events. Meanwhile, Chuck gets closer to the Quinn family when he saves Buddy from a skateboarding accident.
- 12
As the girls continue to uncover details about Chuck's history, they must cook a spell to save Jake from Chuck's magic.
- 13
Kelly, Hannah and Darbie are racing to solve the final mystery within the pages of the book before Chuck manages to trap one of them inside the book for all time. Along the way, they learn a surprising bit of information about Chuck's past and his family.
- 14
After re-growing the magical garden, Kelly's Grandma appears...from 1975! Becky has cooked a recipe that inadvertently alters the course of history and everything is turned topsy-turvy. Kelly, Hannah and Darbie have to travel back in time to 1975 to set things straight.
- 15
Grandma disappears into thin air, prompting Kelly, Hannah and Darbie to travel through time to create a brand-new spice that can save her. But will they have to pay the ultimate sacrifice and say goodbye to the cookbook forever?
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