Episode 16

YOR'S KITCHEN / THE INFORMANT'S GREAT ROMANCE PLAN (MISSION: 16　ヨル's キッチン / 情報屋の恋愛事情) is the sixteenth episode of the SPY x FAMILY TV anime series and the fourth episode of the second cour.

YOR'S KITCHEN
Loid is concerned that Yor has been coming home late lately. Anya is worried about Yor as she saw her crying in Bond's prediction. Yor, on the other hand, has been going to her colleague Camilla's house in secret. What is the purpose of this?

THE INFORMANT'S GREAT ROMANCE PLAN
Loid is called by Franky. He has found a woman he likes, and he wants to teach him the winning formula for a date. Pushed by his enthusiasm, Loid decides to lecture him on the conversational skills of a terrific spy.

YOR'S KITCHEN
Loid notices that Yor has been coming home late recently, which makes him suspicious. Anya asks when they will have dinner, and Loid says when Yor arrives home. Anya then turns to Bond and asks to know what their dinner is.

Yor arrives home with a grim face and hands covered in cuts and bandages. Loid asks if she would like dinner, but she declines and tells them to eat without her as she is not hungry. Anya reads Bond's mind and sees the future where Yor is crying, and she wonders why. In her room, Yor looks at her hands and thinks that if she fails "this," she might lose her family.

The next day, while Yor and the others are finishing up their work for the day at Berlint City Hall, Millie invites Camilla out for a drink, though she declines. After leaving, Yor goes to a store to make a purchase, then goes to a house with a grim face. Camilla opens the door with a worried expression, asking if they are really doing "this" again, to which Yor nods. Camilla then yells at Yor for squashing the tomatoes, which have begun to drip from Yor's paper bag. Dominic welcomes Yor, and Camilla yells at him for starting this whole thing.

Three days earlier, Yor told Camilla, Millie, and Sharon that she wanted to learn how to cook because a breakfast she made put Loid on the toilet for a whole day. Yor worries that if she cannot learn to cook, it will endanger her marriage (and secret work). The girls do not offer much help, but Dominic overhears the conversation and tells Yor that Camilla is a great cook. Yor asks Camilla to teach her to cook, but Camilla tries to decline. However, Dominic pushes for her to teach Yor at Camilla's house.

Back in the present, Yor excitedly puts on her apron and prepares for another lesson. Camilla yells at Dominic and says he will be on poison-testing duty, but he tells her he invited someone over for that. Yuri cheerfully opens the door, happy to eat his sister's cooking again. He greets Camilla and thanks her for looking after Yor before asking about the purpose of their get-together. Yor explains that she is learning to cook for Loid in secret, which makes Yuri upset.

Deciding to cook minestrone for the night, Yor presents to Camilla all the ingredients she bought, who complains that Yor keeps buying too much. Camilla tells Yor to start peeling the potatoes, but Yor ends up cutting herself and covering the potatoes in her blood. Camilla is shocked that anyone could be this bad at peeling, to which Yor replies that she is much better with a knife. She begins chopping up some ingredients on the cutting board but ends up cutting right through the board.

Camilla gets angry at Yor and asks how she even got married, upsetting Yuri. She then tells Yor to divorce Loid, and Yuri silently agrees. Yor pleads for Camilla's help as she does not want to get a divorce, and Camilla relents.

Dominic compliments Camilla for having a hidden soft side, which Yor never saw as hidden. Yor finishes her first dish of the day, a minestrone filled with various ingredients, including bones and the head of a fish. Dominic tells Yuri to eat up, so he enthusiastically digs into the dish. Yuri screams at how fantastic it is while constantly eating and throwing it up. Camilla and Dominic curiously decide to take a bite and fall to the floor.

Camilla yells at Yor for messing up the dish so much that Yor apologizes. Camilla suggests trying something easy, like meatballs. Yor presents her finished meatball dish, which looks just as horrid as the soup. Yuri digs in once again and proclaims how his life is flashing before his eyes, and Dominic worriedly tells him to stop eating. Camilla remembers that Yor and Yuri grew up orphaned and deduces that the siblings' tastes must have been warped since they only ate Yor's cooking.

Camilla asks them if they remember any dishes their parents used to make. Yuri remembers a stew their mom made with a fried egg on top. Camilla tries to help her make it by walking her through the steps and figures that it must have been a southern stew with a simple base. As Camilla carefully helps and watches Yor cook, she points out that she has been a lot less robotic lately. Yor wonders aloud if it is because she got married, irritating Camilla as she dismisses the possibility and insists it was something simple like a makeup change. Dominic compliments Camilla on being a beautiful woman, before also complimenting the smell of Yor's stew, saying that she might have gotten it right.

Camilla takes a spoonful and tells her it is not bad this time. Yuri enjoys a spoonful but says it is not quite as he remembers. Camilla asks them where the siblings are from, and Yor tells her East Nielsberg. Camilla notes that they put sour cream in their stew there, so she adds a bit. Yor and Yuri both take a spoonful of the stew and look at each other, realizing that this is the stew they had as children. After the Briar siblings leave, Camilla says she is exhausted. Dominic stares at her, and after she asks what he is doing, he tells his partner that he was just admiring how cute she was. Flustered, Camilla tells him to shut up.

At the Forger household, Loid goes through obedience training with Bond and sees how bright he is. As Anya complains that she is hungry due to her stomach growling, Yor arrives home with a bag of ingredients. She proclaims that she will be making dinner tonight, to Loid and Anya's shock and worry.

While Yor starts making the stew, she explains how she was taking cooking lessons and apologizes for keeping it secret. She serves them both a plate of the stew, which they worriedly take a bite of. They are both surprised and tell Yor that it is good. They continue to enjoy eating the dish, and Yor begins to cry out of happiness. She realizes that this marriage is not just to protect her contract-killing job but also because she likes making her family happy. Loid tells her that he cannot wait to see what she makes next, so she presents them with her "Yor Forger original" dish. They both excitedly eat the dish before collapsing to the ground.

THE INFORMANT'S GREAT ROMANCE PLAN
Franky calls Loid to tell him that he has fallen in love with someone. Uninterested, Loid turns around, wishes him good luck, and starts walking away. Franky stops Loid and asks him for help to which Loid tells him the secret is effort before walking away again. Franky threatens to sell Loid out to the secret police and receives a look of killing intent. Franky tells Loid he was joking and promises to make a smaller listening device for Loid in exchange for his assistance.

They stop by a coffee shop, where Franky tells Loid about the woman named Monica McBride, an employee at the cigar club on Fifth Street. Franky proceeds to divulge lots of personal information he has collected on her. Loid gives him a face of disappointment, calling him a stalker, which Franky complains about as Loid researches others too. Loid fires back, saying that it is part of his job. He asks why Franky even needs his help if he has already gathered this much information on her. Franky loudly whispers to him that information gathering and analysis are two very different things and that he is only good at the former.

Franky begs Loid to help him, as he keeps buying fancy cigars every day just to see Monica. Loid decides to help Franky out and proceeds to make a large conversation flowchart for him to memorize. Franky tells Loid that it is too complicated and asks for a surefire solution. Loid shoots off the idea that he could sit behind Monica and give Franky hand signals, but Franky shoots down this idea as he does not want Loid to hear their conversation.

Loid then suggests that Franky practice having a date with him, which Franky initially refuses to, but quickly changes his mind. Loid throws together a disguise of Monica, and the two of them practice having a conversation. Franky, feeling satisfied, thanks Loid and heads out to go ask out Monica, while Loid worriedly believes Franky will fail. Franky arrives at the cigar club, and Monica greets him. Franky tries talking to her but stumbles over his words.

The Forger family goes out for a walk, and Anya tells Yor she wants to go on the playground obstacle course, which Yor says would be fun. Loid notices Franky across the street, and Anya greets him. Loid asks Franky how his invitation went, and he relays the excuse Monica gave for why she could not go on a date but adds that she promised to watch a movie with him someday. Reading Franky's mind, Anya gives him a consoling pat.

Franky sobs at the bar and asks for another cheap drink. However, he instead gets an expensive drink provided by Loid. They greet each other, and Franky asks why Loid is not with his family, who tells him that Yor is taking care of Anya. Franky believes that Loid just came to mock him, but Loid tells him that people like Franky and himself cannot afford to have feelings for others in their work. Franky yells at Loid since he has a wife and daughter, which Loid comments are part of his mission. Franky tells him that he is going to get drunk on Loid's tab, and Loid says he will join him.

Anime Notes

 * This is the first episode of the anime divided into multiple segments, instead of only one.
 * Camilla's front door is missing the gold knocker it had on Episode 2.
 * The scene with Dominic and Camilla near the end of Yor's Kitchen is exclusive to the anime.
 * Bond does not appear in the family outing of where the Forgers meet Franky.
 * The bar Franky and Loid visit at the end of the episode is slightly different from the one in Short Mission 2. The design of the seats and the front of the counter have been changed to match the design of the bar from Chapter 35, meaning that the bar Loid and Yor visit in Episode 24 is the same bar as the one in this episode.
 * The scene with Yor and Anya playing at the park is not included in the episode.