Synopsis
Marinette has an amazing mom! Sabine is great at building harmony around her, always supple and smooth. Every day, her talent is put to the test as she helps her clumsy and forgetful daughter grow. And because of one of Marinette’s careless mistakes, Sabine ends up being accused of committing an offense. She protests her innocence, but no one believes her. A terrible feeling of injustice comes over her, and she gets akumatized into Qilin. This time, Ladybug is the one who will have to help her mom!
Disney+
Ladybug and Cat Noir face Qilin.
Netflix
After Sabine has a run-in with a prejudiced ticket inspector, she is akumatized into powerful Qilin – forcing Marinette to go up against her own mother.
Plot
The episode starts with Sabine preparing for the day, showering, reading her calendar, adjusting the house decor to align with the concept of Feng Shui, preparing the kitchen for Marinette’s accidents, making coffee and tea for Tom preparing baked goods for the Chinese ink painting class she is teaching later, all the while doing Tai Chi. She books a reservation at noon for herself and Marinette at Dimsum Delight.
Marinette wakes up sleepy, tripping down the stairs as she does so, landing in the laundry basket full of clothes Sabine planted there on purpose. Sabine greets her and asks about her tired disposition. They are interrupted by an urgent newscast, reporting Ladybug and Cat Noir’s victory in stopping a turbine from exploding at the coco plant factory and saving the city from an explosion of hot chocolate denied by the CEO arrested for professional negligence. Marinette goes along with the scenario Sabine presented. Sabine asks Marinette to do the laundry, measuring her height as she does so, acknowledging new growth. Marinette eats breakfast, but spills the milk as she does so. She apologizes, but Sabine simply picks up a soaked sponge on the floor. Marinette notices the shoe advert Sabine placed earlier, remembering that she is growing out of her current shoes, and asks for a new pair as shown in the advert, which Sabine agrees to and sets up a meeting after her painting class and their lunch.
Just then, a breaking news report alerts Marinette about the reappearance of Lollipop Boy, kicking Marinette into action. Marinette makes up an excuse about being late to class. Sabine reminds her it is a Saturday, which Marinette backtracks and clarifies it is about a meeting with Alya Césaire as they are doing a project together. Sabine gets Marinette to promise that she will not forget their lunch, to buy a ticket for the bus, and to change out of her pajamas, which causes Marinette to freak out and run upstairs. Tikki comments about Sabine’s impressive organisation skills despite her busy lifestyle, which Marinette reflects on how it is the opposite of her, revealing how she is more than a month late for Mother’s Day thanks to her duties as Ladybug. Marinette realises she could buy a gift for her before meeting her, giving it to her at the restaurant. They proceeded to transform to take care of the Sentimonster as Sabine leaves the bakery, collecting the pastries from Tom for her class.
At the school, Sabine teaches a class about Chinese ink brush painting, highlighting the differences between western styles of painting and emphasising certain features of the eastern style. Ladybug and Cat Noir pass by, battling Lollipop Boy. Sabine sympathises with them as they have been up all night dealing with other issues, yet are already back in action. The heroes defeat the villain and leave. Sabine’s students head out, while she packs her things up and goes down to the bus station. She calls Marinette, but she doesn’t pick up; Sabine ends up leaving her a voicemail, telling her to hurry up.
Once the bus arrives, Sabine leaves her bag next to bus driver, so that she can pull out her wallet. Marinette arrives shortly after, but realizes she forgot her bus ticket. Unsurprised, Sabine then takes out two spare tickets, as if she expected Marinette to forget about the favor. Sabine and Marinette then walk down in the bus and come across a handicapped person, who’s struggling to fit their wheelchair in a tight spot, because a rude passenger is busy discussing business plans on a phone call. After Sabine is shut down by the rude passenger upon asking him politely to let the handicapped person stay in the special spot, made for their use, she forms a plan including a traffic light, the rude passenger, a gear on the handicapped person’s wheelchair and a paintbrush. Sabine then places the paintbrush on the ground in front of the rude passenger. Once the bus pulls to a stop, the rude passenger trips on the paintbrush, which moves him out of the spot, and the handicapped person is relocated uncontrollably, yet swiftly to the desired spot.
Sabine finds out about her daughter’s lateness at the bus stop.
Sabine thanks the man for letting the man in the wheelchair go to his designated area as the bus drives past a flower shop. Marinette suddenly realizes that she has forgotten the Mother’s Day present she wanted to buy for her mother. Marinette gets off the bus and buys a flower just as the bus drives off and Marinette chases after it. Marinette calls her mother and responds calmly. Sabine tries to get off the bus as the ticket inspector asks for her ticket. She tells him that her daughter got off with her ticket. She then suggests that her daughter is supposed to be at this stop. The inspector gets on the bus and issues Sabine with a fifty euro fine.