▁and ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Metropolitan ▁Opera ▁( The ▁Met ) ▁while ▁trying ▁to ▁find ▁common ▁interest ▁between ▁them ▁and ▁his ▁date ' s ▁parents , ▁not ▁real izing ▁that ▁they ▁keep ▁forget ting ▁about ▁the ▁Inter mission ▁they ▁usually ▁believed ▁the ▁stories ▁to ▁" end ▁ab rupt ly ▁in ▁the ▁middle ". ▁In ▁several ▁episodes ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁( more ▁so ▁in ▁season ▁one , ▁than ▁in ▁other ▁seasons ), ▁Jerry ▁often ▁makes ▁a ▁remark ▁that ▁accident ally ▁ins ult s ▁Ther esa , ▁and ▁quickly ▁tries ▁to ▁correct ▁his ▁statement . ▁Such ▁an ▁example ▁is ▁in ▁season ▁one ' s ▁" M ov ies ", ▁in ▁which ▁Ther esa ▁tells ▁Alex ▁that ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁old ▁she ▁gets ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁not ▁too ▁old ▁to ▁spend ▁time ▁with ▁her ▁family , ▁Jerry ▁respond s ▁" Ex actly , ▁just ▁look ▁at ▁your ▁mother ". ▁Alex ▁then ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁Jerry ▁accident ally ▁called ▁Ther esa ▁" old ", ▁and ▁he ▁attempts ▁and ▁fails ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁subject . ▁ ▁In ▁W iz ards ▁of ▁W aver ly ▁Place : ▁The ▁Movie , ▁Jerry ▁gives ▁Justin ▁the ▁family ▁wand ▁and ▁the ▁spell ▁book ▁which ▁Alex ▁ste als ▁accident ally ▁wish ing ▁her ▁parents ▁never ▁met ▁or ▁fell ▁in ▁love , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁resolved ▁– ▁iron ically ▁by ▁Alex ▁herself , ▁the ▁reck less ▁one ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁three ▁children , ▁who ▁also ▁surprising ly ▁won ▁the ▁Prem ature ▁Family ▁W izard ▁competition ▁against ▁Justin , ▁as ▁Justin ▁was ▁the ▁favorite ▁out ▁of