ILove Gwen

iLove Gwen is the 8th episode of Season 1 of iCarly Revival and the 8th episode overall.

Plot
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’s Apartment, but once they are outside and away from Freddie, they hug, revealing that they are actually close friends, but pretend to hate each other to protect Freddie's feelings.

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.

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 would like to see her, as she ruined the play by going on stage.

Subplot
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

 * This is the second episode to start with "iLove" in it following the original's "iLove You".
 * Marissa Benson appears for the second time in the iCarly revival, after iStart Over.
 * Ridgeway Junior High School appears after being last seen in iGoodbye.
 * Mrs. Benson seems to have gotten frendlier 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.