With no options for housing available, Louise reluctantly takes a bus to Aunt Gayle's drab studio apartment, planning to hide out until further notice.
Linda then presents Louise with a wager: if she can make it through the weekend without being driven crazy by Gayle's neurotic behavior, she will not have to get the filling.
Louise confidently agrees to the bet, unaware that her sister Tina is acting as her parents' "inside man," communicating with them via text message.
Dr. Yap, aware of the setup, plays along and tells Louise that the fate of the universe rests with her, and that she must get the filling in order to save the world.
Bob, Linda, and Teddy arrive as the "enemies," firing invisible weapons around the exam room as Louise bravely allows Dr. Yap to repair her tooth.
Club gave the episode a B+, saying “The Kids Run Away” isn’t quite the show firing on all cylinders, but it’s a consistently funny half-hour of television.
The little tendrils that feed off of it make for some great color and weird bits of humor, like Teddy’s suggestion that when Bob and Linda stake out Gail’s apartment they get some food (“Get some steak!
This made it the fourth most watched show on Animation Domination that night, losing to American Dad!, The Simpsons and Family Guy with 4.02 million.