Across the Universe / Britt's Picks Alvin and Bocarter get into yet another bet: this time, Alvin has to prove the existence of alien life out in space within one week, or else he will have to parade himself around in Basil's bunny suit. Desperate not to lose the bet, Alvin enlists Simon's help, as Simon also wants to prove the existence of alien life - for completely different reasons. Simon develops a communication machine that can pick up and transmit signals from outer space, but after days of hearing nothing, Alvin grows even more desperate, and has Theodore record a tape message, claiming to be an alien, which he then sends afloat into the air with balloons so that Simon's machine can pick up the signal. Unforunately, this backfires, and Alvin loses the bet - much to the amusement of actual aliens that have been watching it all unfold the entire time. Brittany writes a blog about fashion, make-up, and beauty, but computer problems and a cold slow her down, so Jeanette decides to help her out. Feeling that her blog is shallow, Jeanette decides to blog about volunteer work and preserving the environment instead. After Brittany is back in full health and sees what happened to her blog, she assumes the perpetrator was Alvin trying to prank her, so she retaliates by setting up a series of pranks and jump scares throughout the house to make Alvin think that somebody is out to get him. When Brittany learns the truth, she feels insulted and betrayed by her sister, until she ends up receiving an award for a specific blog entry she had written about in regards to inner beauty, which also helps Jeanette realize that not all of Brittany's blog is as shallow as it seemed; the two sisters decide to team up and write the blog together.