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{{Quote|We may not live together, but we're still a family...and we're always gonna be.|[[Freddie Benson|Freddie]] to [[Millicent Mitchell|Millicent]] about them and Gwen.}}
{{Episode
| episode    =iLove Gwen
| season     = 1
| number     = 8
| image      = ICarly 108 iLove Gwen 0399 RT-scaled.jpg
| airdate    = July 22, 2021
| pc         =110<ref name=pc>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoXsoTJGQs/ Production code]</ref>
| writer     = Korama Danquah<ref>[https://twitter.com/SCHOUTOUT/status/1417176165983277063 Ali's tweet]</ref>
| director   = Morenike Joela Evans<ref>[[:File:ICarly Revival Script cover Carmela Zumbado.jpg]]</ref>
| viewership =
| previous   = [[iNeed Space]]
| next       = [[iMLM]]
}}'''iLove Gwen'''<ref>[https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/icarly/photos Viacom CBS Express]</ref> is the 8th episode of [[Season 1 (Revival)|Season 1]] of [[iCarly (2021)|''iCarly'' (2021)]], and the 8th episode overall. It premiered on July 22, 2021.

== Synopsis ==
{{Synopsis|Carly and Millicent push Freddie and his ex-wife together after a series of misunderstandings lead them to believe the couple wants to reunite. Harper and Spencer get roped into doing tech work on Millicent's school play.}}

== Plot ==
[[File:ILove Gwen 13.png|Gwen and Millicent reunite|200px|thumb]]
[[Gwen]], [[Millicent]]'s mother and [[Freddie]]'s ex-wife, returns home from a trip to see Millicent. Gwen and Carly act hostile to each other in the [[Shay Apartment]], but once they are outside and away from Freddie, they hug. This reveals that they are actually close friends, only pretending to hate each other to protect Freddie's feelings.

[[File:ILove Gwen 33.png|Freddie and Gwen re-create their first date|200px|thumb]]
After Millicent overhears a conversation between Freddie and Harper about him missing Gwen's specialty dish, Gwenchiladas, Millicent mistakenly believes that Freddie still has feelings for Gwen. She tells Carly, and together, they make a plan to get them back together. They re-create their first date, where they ate Ethiopian food. However, the two do not have feelings for each other and are comfortable being friends. Gwen even reveals that she has a new boyfriend named Ernie. At one point, Gwen holds Freddie's hand. Carly and Millicent, who are watching from afar, believe that the gesture is romantic and decide to bring them together through a grand soliloquy presented by Millicent in her school production of ''Romeo and Juliet''.

[[File:ICarly 108 iLove Gwen 0044 RT-scaled.jpg|Carly goes on stage to warn Millicent|200px|thumb]]
During the play, while sitting in the audience with Freddie and Gwen, Carly discovers the truth. She steps on stage, in place of the child who was supposed to portray Romeo, to tell Millicent not to go ahead with the plan. Millicent is upset when she realizes that her parents are not getting back together.

After the play, Olive, who is the stage manager, informs Carly that the principal of [[Ridgeway Junior High School|Ridgeway]] would like to see her, as she ruined the play by going on stage.

== Subplot ==
[[File:ICarly 108 iLove Gwen 0193 RT-scaled.jpg|Spencer re-attaches fallen toast with peanut butter|200px|thumb]]
Millicent tricks Harper and Spencer into preparing costumes and the set for the school play. She knows how competitive they are, and tells them that they have a chance to receive a prize. Harper creates Shakespearean costumes, and Spencer builds a set made with toast. On the day of the play, they hand out flyers with a QR code which links to a survey to see whether the audience prefers the set or the costumes. Throughout the play, slices of toast fall off and Spencer is seen crawling around and re-attaching toast with peanut butter.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Carmela Zumbado]] as [[Gwen]]
*[[Mary Scheer]] as [[Marissa Benson]]
*[[Malea Emma]] as [[Olive]]

== Trivia ==
[[File:ICarly Revival 108 iLove Gwen script cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Script cover]]
*On July 20, 2021, Miranda Cosgrove revealed on Instagram that one of Freddie's ex-wives would make an appearance in this episode.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkjdv5plP2/ Miranda's post]</ref>
*The production code of this episode is 110, but it aired as the 8th episode.<ref name=pc />
*Millicent's school puts on a play of Romeo and Juliet.
*iLove Gwen is the first episode of TV that Korama Danquah has ever written.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418345123503435779 Korama's tweet Jul 22]</ref>
*During the live tweeting session, writer Korama Danquah tweeted a number of behind the scenes trivia points.
**The VR space moment was Korama's first idea for the cold open. She then cycled through about seventeen other ideas, cried to her mom and remembered that Ali Schouten often says "First idea best idea!" in the writers' room.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418345401048985600 Korama Danquah's tweet 1]</ref>
**The crop top worn by Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) and the cargo pants worn by Gwen (Carmela Zumbado) were designed by the costume designer, Bramli Knauf.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418345715021934592 Korama Danquah's tweet 2]</ref>
**Gwen was almost going to be a geologist instead of marine biologist. If it had gone that way, Millicent would have had a rock collection made up of rocks that her mom brought back from work trips.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418346004084973568 Korama Danquah's tweet 3]</ref>
**Writer Korama can't get enough of watching Nathan Kress play the love that Freddie has for Millicent. Nathan and Jaidyn also have a lot of fun goofing around together between takes.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418346333967065091 Korama Danquah's tweet 4]</ref>
**Mrs. Decker, the drama teacher, is named after Korama's younger sister who is a big iCarly fan.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418346543510212609 Korama Danquah's tweet 5]</ref>
**Jokes about Millicent's head are from Korama projecting her issues with her own big head. Korama made sure to tell Jaidyn that she has a lovely normal sized head.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418346631800385538 Korama Danquah's tweet 6]</ref>[[File:ILove Gwen 38.png|Harper measures Millicent's head|200px|thumb]]
**Gwen was a filler name the writers were using in the writers' room. Once they came up with "Gwenchiladas", Korama said that they couldn't change it. Korama came up with the enchilada misunderstanding but one of the consulting producers, David Holden, was the one to say the magic word.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418347000454471682 Korama Danquah's tweet 7]</ref>
**Writer Korama finds it fun to see Carly and Millicent team up because they're more similar than they are different.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418347299361624066 Korama Danquah's tweet 8]</ref>
**"Michael B. Jordan? More like Michael B. Ugly" was an on-set alt pitch from [[Laci Mosley]], who portrays [[Harper]]. The second the writers heard it, they ditched the written version.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418347426616733696 Korama Danquah's tweet 9]</ref>
**Mary Scheer and Korama have the same pajamas. Korama found out when she wore pajamas to set for pajama day, and Mary Scheer said "I just tried those on!"<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418347735921487873 Korama Danquah's tweet 10]</ref>
**Writer Jay Mitch (who writes episode 11) wrote Millicent’s note to her parents. "Your little miracle" made the writers giggle every time.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418347983066714115 Korama Danquah's tweet 11]</ref>
**Jerry Trainor and Laci Mosley ad-libbed their puzzle lines. Ali Schouten actually has a puzzle of them doing a puzzle.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418348459791314944 Korama Danquah's tweet 12]</ref>[[File:ILove Gwen 25.png|Mrs. Benson's puzzle|thumb|200px]]
**[[Olive]] was written into this episode after seeing how great she was in [[iNeed Space]]. Every draft had more Olive than the last.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418349080934191105 Korama Danquah's tweet 13]</ref>
**Korama loves Shakespeare and really wanted to play with the idea of a Shakespearean plot involving a misunderstanding with the backdrop of Millicent being in this scene from a very famous Shakespeare play that involves a "much higher stakes" misunderstanding.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418349287109402627 Korama Danquah's tweet 14]</ref>
**Gwen's boyfriend, Ernie, was almost named Rod.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418349556400459777 Korama Danquah's tweet 15]</ref>
**There are approximately two thousand pieces of toast in the Shakespeare set.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418349753817976833 Korama Danquah's tweet 16]</ref>
**Ali Schouten came up with the idea of having [[Olive]] do an Ashlee Simpson hoe-down dance and Korama was immediately on board. It's an homage to one of Korama's favorite moments in pop culture history juxtaposed with Shakespeare gone awry. [[Malea Emma]] did the dance in one take.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418350339363721221 Korama Danquah's tweet 17]</ref>
**Korama loves the sweet moment that Millicent gets to have with her family. She loves that in the end, even if Freddie and Gwen aren't together, Millicent gets what she ultimately wanted and already had - a loving family. Korama is still a Gweddie fan though.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418350639579504651 Korama Danquah's tweet 18]</ref>
**Korama's headcanon is that now Mrs. Benson and Carly have regularly slumber parties.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418350639579504651 Korama Danquah's tweet 19]</ref>
**Members of the writer's room for this episode includes Ali Schouten, Danny Fernandez, Jacques Mouledoux, Clay Lapari, Jim Armogida, Nasser Samara, Franchesca Ramsey, Kate Stayman-London, Jay Mitch, Esther Povitsky and Suzie V. Freeman.<ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418351225452388353 Korama Danquah's tweet 20]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/koramadrama/status/1418351645457477632 Korama Danquah's tweet 21]</ref>

===Allusions===
*Harper calls Spencer Whitney, a reference to the late [[wikipedia:Whitney_Houston|Whitney Houston]].

===Character Revelations===
[[File:ILove Gwen 27.png|Millicent, Mrs. Benson and Carly's sleepover|200px|thumb]]
*Mrs. Benson has never been invited to a sleepover.
*[[Gwen]] is one of Freddie's ex-wives and the mother of Millicent.
*Freddie used to have a soul patch.
*Millicent's biological father is deceased.
*Carly and Gwen are actually close friends, but pretended to hate each other for Freddie.
*Mrs. Benson refers to Millicent as her granddaughter when she tells Freddie to be quiet indicating how close they are.
*Carly has been to Zanzibar with Gwen. There, she swam with turtles that ate out of her hand.

===Goofs===

===Running Gags===
[[File:ILove Gwen 15.png|Spencer and Harper compete|200px|thumb]]
* Mrs. Benson wanting a sleepover.
* Freddie talking about Gwen's Enchiladas.
* People taking advantage of Spencer and Harper's competitiveness to trick them into doing things.
* People making fun of Millicent's large head.

=== Series Continuity ===
[[File:ILove Gwen 28.png|Mrs. Benson leaves the room with her "mini" first aid kit|200px|thumb]]
* This is the second episode to start with  "iLove" in it following the original's "[[iLove You]]", and the third is [[ILove Your Shoes]] from season 3.
*[[Marissa Benson]] appears for the second time in the [[iCarly (2021)|iCarly revival]], after [[iStart Over]].
*[[Ridgeway Junior High School]] appears after being last seen in [[iGoodbye]].
*Mrs. Benson seems to have gotten friendlier with Carly over the last 10 years, considering she was not fond of the original gang.
*Mrs. Benson's First Aid kit from [[iFence]] and [[iCarly Saves TV]], from the original series, appears again.
*This is the fifth episode in the revival to not host a webcast.
*Gwen would return 2 years later in the season 3 episode [[ICreate a New Ecosystem]], where Carly and Freddie are dating.

==Quotes==
{{Dialogue|
'''Gwen:''' Isn't there a little thespian in here who misses her mommy?<br>
''[Harper begins to raise her hand]''<br>
'''Millicent:''' Me! ''[runs to hug Gwen]''<br>
'''Harper:''' Oh! You said ''thespian''...}}

== Related Cast Posts ==
*On July 23, 2021, Nathan [https://twitter.com/NathanKress/status/1418762851657736194 tweeted] "Hear ye, hear ye! Get thee to a teevee! This week we're going back to Ridgeway, kids. And lemme tell ya, we're bringing the draaaaaaaaammmaaaaaaa. Freddie's ex/Millicent's mom is back, and it's getting all Shakespearean up in hurr. Episode 108 is streaming now on @paramountplus!"

== Reception ==
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== International Premieres ==
{| class="article-table"
! scope="col" | Platform
! scope="col" | Premiere date
! scope="col" | Title
|-
| Paramount+ Australia
* Australia
| ''TBA''
| iLove Gwen
|-
| Paramount+ Canada
* Canada
| ''TBA''
| iLove Gwen
|-
| Paramount+ France
* France
| December 1, 2022
| iLove Gwen
|-
| Paramount+ Latin America
* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
| ''TBA''
| Quiero a Gwen (Spanish)<br>Eu Amo Gwen (Portuguese)
|-
| Paramount+ Nordic
* Denmark
* Finland
* Norway
* Sweden
| ''TBA''
| iLove Gwen
|-
| Paramount+ UK & Ireland
* United Kingdom
* Ireland
| June 28, 2022<ref>[http://www.nickalive.net/2022/06/icarly-official-trailer-paramount-plus.html?m=1#.Yruxs16vqbM.twitter iCarly | Official Trailer | Paramount Plus UK & Ireland (Season 1)]</ref>
| iLove Gwen
|}

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