iHave a Lovesick Teacher

"Life is jank! Because sometimes, certain little girls' brothers dump you for no good reason!" — Mrs. Ackerman to her class.

iHave a Lovesick Teacher
Season 1, Episode 25
First Aired	July 25, 2008
Production Code	125
Writer(s)	Ethan Banville
Director(s)	Roger Christiansen
Viewership	3.815 million
Episode Guide
previous	"iWin a Date"
next	"iSaw Him First (Season 2)"

iHave a Lovesick Teacher is the 25th episode and the season finale of the first season of iCarly.

Plot

After Lauren Ackerman, a history teacher at Ridgeway, gets dumped by her boyfriend, she cries and begins to treat her students very harshly. When she calls Spencer in for a guardian-teacher conference (because Carly criticized her cruel treatment), she falls for Spencer's charm, and they start dating. After that, Ms. Ackerman becomes an extremely fun and easy-going teacher: she makes caramel apples for the entire class and invites them to go ice-skating with her and Spencer.

After only one week of dating, Ms. Ackerman gives Spencer a PearPod, and after he finds out she writes down every time she calls him, he realizes she is a total control freak who wants to know where he is 24/7, and after she freaks out on Spencer, he breaks up with her. However, Ms. Ackerman thought they just had an argument, and are still together. She comes back the next day, and brings Spencer a "panda-pig", which she made by cutting the head off of a stuffed pig, and sewing it on the body of a stuffed panda bear. Spencer breaks up with Ms. Ackerman for real, and she retaliates by ripping the panda-pig apart and throwing it at Spencer. At school, she starts treating the students even worse, especially Carly, Sam, and Freddie. This inspires Carly to come up with a plan to get rid of her for good.

They invite her to appear on the next iCarly to talk about her relationship with Spencer, and trick her into admitting that she gave him a PearPod with 500 illegally downloaded songs as a present. The iCarly fans vote for whether they think Spencer and Ms. Ackerman should make up or break up; the fans vote for them to break up. The next day, after being tipped off by the iCarly gang to watch the show, the FBI come to the school and arrest Ms. Ackerman during class for illegally downloading music. The kids consider telling Principal Franklin that Ms. Ackerman was arrested, but decide to go ice skating instead just as Ms. Ackerman had promised.

Guest Stars

• Noah Munck as Gibby Gibson
• Jessica Makinson as Lauren Ackerman
• Ashley Argota as Kathy

Trivia

• Ashley Argota of fellow Nick sitcom True Jackson, VP, has a minor guest-starring role.
  • Jessica Makinson, who played Ms. Ackerman, also appears in the True Jackson, VP episode, "Trapped in Paris".
  • Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress also guest-starred in True Jackson, VP.
• This is the first episode in which a teacher is arrested.
• This episode was shown as part of an "iCarly Double-Date Night," following the episode "iWin a Date."
• This episode was the season 1 finale.
• This is the last episode in the series where Spencer has light streaks in his hair.
• On Paramount+, this episode is misspelled as "iHave a Love Sick Teacher."
• Miranda Cosgrove broke her left pinky finger while filming this episode.
• Ms. Ackerman might suffer from migraines, as she takes an aspirin and she gets another headache after breaking a plant in the Shay's apartment.
• Ms. Ackerman's stuffed Panda Pig was actually made from Carly's stuffed animals. That's part of why Carly was so shocked when Spencer says, "But she wasn't".
• In real life, copyright infringement is penalized by a fine of $750-$30,000 per work. This means that Ms. Ackerman would be facing a fine of somewhere between $375,000 and $15,000,000.
  • However, this amount is only set by statute and a court could potentially decide to fine her even more.
• The pig that Ms. Ackerman gets for Spencer looks like Arnold Ziffel from Green Acres.

Allusions

• Wahoo Punch is a parody of the Hawaiian Punch drink beverages.

Character Revelations

• Freddie has a bathtub study tray that broke.
• When Carly was younger, Spencer would get her to stop crying by mimicking her sobs, and if that didn't work, he would tickle her.

Goofs

• In the opening sequence after Sam knocks down three bowling pins, the two remaining pins are located right at the far corners of the blue floor tile, but after the discussion concerning Ms. Ackerman and Sam attempts to knock them down, both pins have moved, it is possible somebody else knocked them down.
• When Ms. Ackerman gives Spencer the PearPod, the box says PearPhone. Although there's a chance that Ms. Ackerman placed the PearPod on a PearPhone box, or that the packaging itself had an error.
• A section on the whiteboard in Ms. Ackerman's classroom reads "State claims to land in the in the west in 1776", it is possible she was too busy taking her anger out on her class to double check how many times she writes each word.
• Spencer mistakenly refers to people from Thailand as "Thailamanians". They are actually called "Thai".
• Despite being a major plot device, merely downloading copyrighted music for free is not actually a crime. Rather, it is a civil liability to being sued by the music's copyright holder if one exists and the music was not officially offered for free anyway. It would neither involve the FBI nor result in arrest unless Ms. Ackerman was caught selling the music files for money to other people, it is possible she may have sold them to Spencer while they were dating.
• Why would Carly throw the PearPod to the FBI agent? If he hadn't caught it, it could've broken and destroyed evidence and Ms. Ackerman would've been released.
• Ms. Ackerman could have easily been arrested for teacher abuse. It is possible that she was in fact charged with alleged abuse when the FBI arrested her.
• After the FBI arrest Ms. Ackerman, Freddie says that maybe they should tell the principal. That is a mistake because to arrest someone in the school, the policemen have to already have permission from the principal.
• When Ms. Ackerman comes over for the first time when she is wearing the red dress, she notices that Spencer's "soup" is boiling over. With the pot that Spencer was using, he would have easily burned his hand.
• Teachers cannot make students write an essay about why men are terrible; again, this could be a result of her anger towards her class after somebody breaks up with her.
• It is unknown why any of Ms. Ackerman's students did not bother to report her behavior to Principal Franklin, considering the fact that he can easily reprimand or fire Ms. Ackerman for teacher abuse. Considering that Carly was sent to Principal Franklin's office for "sassing" her, Carly could have told Principal Franklin on how it was caused.
  • Though several scenarios could be theorized:
    • It's possible that all of them were afraid to speak up, worried on what Ms. Ackerman could do to them if they did report her to Principal Franklin.
    • It's possible they or one of them tried off-camera, but to no avail. (Carly may have told Principal Franklin, but Carly was still punished regardless).
    • If they did off-camera, Principal Franklin could have given Ms. Ackerman a warning for her behavior but eventually felt that he didn't need to step in after her behavior improved. But it still wouldn't explain why the students wouldn't report her again after her behavior got worse.
    • Additionally, the students probably decided it wasn't necessary to report her after her behavior improved and considering that her aggressiveness only lasted a day on both times she was rude to them.

Running Gags

To be added

Series Continuity

• In this episode, Spencer is working out. In the next several episodes, he doesn't work out anymore until iKiss and iSpeed Date.
• It is noticeable that in this episode and iWin a Date, Freddie's voice is starting to change as his actor, Nathan Kress, was hitting puberty.
• In the last scene, Carly wears the same shirt she did at the end of iChristmas.
• In this episode, Freddie suggests that Carly and Sam talk about vegetables (asparagus and squash) on the web show, and they both ridicule him for suggesting this. However, in iThink They Kissed, they do precisely this - at least with squash (which is technically a fruit and not a vegetable).
  • Asparagus makes its way onto the web show in iMove Out, where Freddie is forced by his mother to eat his leftover asparagus by Marissa live on-air. Though as it turns out, Freddie is no longer fond of that particular vegetable.
  • In response to his suggestions, Sam points out that she and Carly are the creative people on the web show and Freddie is just the technical producer. This becomes a major plot point in iBalls, where Freddie has a desire to be more creative (including co-hosting the show with Sam) after a news reporter ridicules him for the same reason. This time, Sam tries her best to help him achieve his goal.
• In the scene where Carly, Sam and, Freddie are eating grapes and talking about Ms. Ackerman, Carly is wearing a penny-tee saying 'Parole Baby'. In iStakeout, Sam's cousin Annie, who gave Freddie the tattoo, said the same thing.
• This is Ms. Ackerman's only appearance in the series.
• This is the last episode to feature Nathan Kress wearing platform shoes.

Quotes

Carly: You have a bathtub study tray?! Freddie: Yeah. Carly: Oh, my God!

Freddie: [to Sam] Why do you have a bowling ball? Carly: Don't ask why. Just pretend you don't see it, and that way, we won't be a part of the tragedy that's about to happen.

Carly: But, how are we supposed to write an essay on something you haven't taught us about yet? Ms. Ackerman: I don't need your sass, Carly Shay! Carly: puzzled] Sass?? Sam: Look, it's not fair to make us write ten pages… Ms. Ackerman: Let's make it fifteen pages! Yeah, that's right! [She gets a headache] Ow. I'm gonna go get some aspirin, start reading…chapter whatever! [Ms. Ackerman exits the classroom] Carly: I'm not sassy! Freddie: Her boyfriend must have dumped her hard. Sam: No kiddin'. Lady's losing it! Carly: Sometimes I'm bold, but I'm never sassy!

Ms. Ackerman: Well, look! More backtalk from the sass master! Carly: [stands up, raising her voice] I am not the sass master; and it's wrong for you to be mean to Freddie just 'cause your boyfriend broke up with you!! Sam: Wow, Carls. Maybe you are the sass master. Ms. Ackerman: Now you go straight to the principal's office! Carly: What?! Ms. Ackerman: You heard me! Carly: But-- Ms. Ackerman: GO!! Carly: But-- Ms. Ackerman: NOW!! Carly: But-- Ms. Ackerman: GET OUT!! Carly: Ohh...

Spencer: So, Principal Franklin said you want to speak to me about Carly's behavior? Ms. Ackerman: Yeah, that's right. Because she sassed me in front of my entire class. Spencer: Right. We've talked about it and... um... she regrets her sass, though she felt she needed to defend Freddie. [Ms. Ackerman nods sadly and starts to sob, with her left hand on her lips, then over her heart] Spencer: Did I-- did I-- say something? [Ms. Ackerman takes her hand off her heart and continues sobbing] Spencer: Hey, come on. Don't cry... blue skies... oh no! Oh no! [Spencer starts crying too] Ms. Ackerman: Why are you crying? Spencer: Well, this is how I used to get Carly to stop crying when she was little. Ms. Ackerman: Oh. Spencer: [stands up] And if that didn't work…little Carly could expect a surprise visit from the tickle monster! [tickles Ms. Ackerman] Ms. Ackerman: [starts laughing] Oh! Now, now! I cannot take- I can't take it! Stop! Stop!

Freddie: Okay, how about this: What if you guys do an iCarly segment where you compare vegetables? Sam: What? Freddie: You talk about squash, and Carly talks about asparagus. Carly: What? Sam: You see, this is why Carly and me are the creative ones, and you're the technical producer who really shouldn't talk so much in these meetings! Freddie: Carly! Sam: [mocking him] Carliee!

Carly: Ms. Ackerman, you forgot to give me a quiz. Ms. Ackerman: That's right, because I already graded yours! [holds up a blank quiz paper, on where she wrote a gigantic "F" with a red marker] Carly: You gave me an F on a quiz I never took?! Ms. Ackerman: That's right! F F F F-ity F F! Sam: [angrily] Okay, that is jank! Ms. Ackerman: Life is jank! Because sometimes, certain little girls' brothers dump you for no good reason!

Ms. Ackerman: There's no talking during the quiz! Carly: But it's not my fault! Ms. Ackerman: That tears it! You give me 100 jumping jacks! [points to the corner] Carly: Huh? Freddie: That's so not fair! Ms. Ackerman: You too, flapjack! One hundred jumping jacks with her in the corner! [points to the corner again] Sam: Man, you're off your nut! Ms. Ackerman: Is that so? Well, then I guess I… Sam: Yeah yeah, I know, now I gotta go do jumping jacks. Ms. Ackerman: No, you are gonna wash my car. [hands Sam a bucket and cleaning materials] Faster! I want those faster! FASTER!! I wanna see you sweating! [Carly and Freddie do the jumping jacks faster]

Carly: [To Freddie] Is that it? Freddie: That's it. Ms. Ackerman: Well, what's the vote? Freddie: The iCarly viewers think you and Spencer should… [Results on screen] Carly: [To Ms. Ackerman] Break up. Spencer: [Jumps up and shrieks] Wooohooo! I'm deeply sorry. [holds out his hand] Ms. Ackerman: Yeah right! Freddie: [To Ms. Ackerman] Listen, we know you feel bad. Sam: [To Ms. Ackerman, holding out a burrito] Want a bite of my burrito? Ms. Ackerman: No. [To Spencer] And if the vote says that we shouldn't be together … then I hate you! [To everyone] and the internet! [Goes to the door and knocks down a plant] Oww. [exits] Spencer: [to Carly, Sam and Freddie] Okay, what was the point of all this? Now she's just gonna be mean and vicious to you guys at school. Sam: I dunno … Freddie: A lot of people watch iCarly … Sam: And sometimes … Carly: We make sure certain, specific people watch. Freddie: Yes, yes we do. Spencer: You guys are up to something, and [runs to his room] I don't wanna know what it is! [the next morning at school] Ms. Ackerman: I hope you all hadn't made any plans this weekend because you're gonna be up to your eyeballs in homework.

Ms. Ackerman: You set me up! Freddie: That's a lie! Carly: No, we set her up. Freddie: Oh yeah.

Freddie: We should probably tell Principal Franklin that our teacher's been arrested. Carly: Or, we can go ice skating! All classmates: Yeah!

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