May. 13th, 2015 09:17 pm
people change people.
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chicafrom3My prediction for Lucas's dark secret backstory before watching this episode: He let his friends pressure him into a prank that went wrong and turned out illegal and he got the blame for it.
I like the actual secret backstory more, mostly because I ended up like Zay quite a lot. He's like a slightly darker Riley! Or not darker, exactly. Brasher? Riley is impulsive and doesn't think things through and her self-perception is not always 100% accurate, but she doesn't pick fights like Zay does. And it's really interesting to me that Lucas was Zay's Maya, getting him out of trouble by being better at trouble.
I am not sure how the Texas friends we saw in the election episode fit into this backstory but whatever, I'll live with it.
And the lampshade hanging of Zay being incredulous that the class needs him to tell them that Lucas is a year older than they are. "Look at you!"
Meanwhile, Riley/Lucas drama. I was very pleased that she was upset because he lied to her, if only by admission, and not because of what he did in Texas. She doesn't care what trouble he got into; she cares that he deliberately kept that information from her and didn't trust her. And she's not gonna let him charm her out of it, or guilt her out of it either, even if she has to half-drown him to get him to understand why she's upset. (And the contact lens ploy was brilliant. Well done, Riley Matthews, well done.)
"He's going to be a veterinarian."
Oh, and Yogi got lines and was a delight. "I'm not your daughter, but I have value." I hope Yogi and Darby continue to be a visible presence in the series, because I adore them, together and separately.
And then we come to the car washing, and Cory reusing one of Mr. Feeny's lessons for effect (and "did he teach english, history, math?" "idk", I'll never get tired of the writers poking at their own lack of continuity), and explaining why he doesn't repeat Mr. Feeny's teaching style -- because as much as he admired and respected Mr. Feeny, trying to imitate him would lead to failure; Cory has to be his own kind of teacher. Which is a pretty excellent response to the people who complain that Girl Meets World isn't good enough because it's not an exact replica of Boy Meets World. It has to be its own kind of show!
I like the actual secret backstory more, mostly because I ended up like Zay quite a lot. He's like a slightly darker Riley! Or not darker, exactly. Brasher? Riley is impulsive and doesn't think things through and her self-perception is not always 100% accurate, but she doesn't pick fights like Zay does. And it's really interesting to me that Lucas was Zay's Maya, getting him out of trouble by being better at trouble.
I am not sure how the Texas friends we saw in the election episode fit into this backstory but whatever, I'll live with it.
And the lampshade hanging of Zay being incredulous that the class needs him to tell them that Lucas is a year older than they are. "Look at you!"
Meanwhile, Riley/Lucas drama. I was very pleased that she was upset because he lied to her, if only by admission, and not because of what he did in Texas. She doesn't care what trouble he got into; she cares that he deliberately kept that information from her and didn't trust her. And she's not gonna let him charm her out of it, or guilt her out of it either, even if she has to half-drown him to get him to understand why she's upset. (And the contact lens ploy was brilliant. Well done, Riley Matthews, well done.)
"He's going to be a veterinarian."
Oh, and Yogi got lines and was a delight. "I'm not your daughter, but I have value." I hope Yogi and Darby continue to be a visible presence in the series, because I adore them, together and separately.
And then we come to the car washing, and Cory reusing one of Mr. Feeny's lessons for effect (and "did he teach english, history, math?" "idk", I'll never get tired of the writers poking at their own lack of continuity), and explaining why he doesn't repeat Mr. Feeny's teaching style -- because as much as he admired and respected Mr. Feeny, trying to imitate him would lead to failure; Cory has to be his own kind of teacher. Which is a pretty excellent response to the people who complain that Girl Meets World isn't good enough because it's not an exact replica of Boy Meets World. It has to be its own kind of show!
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