Abbott Elementary Season 4 Eps 14+15 Recap

[00:00:17] Abbott Elementary Season 4 Episode 14 District Budget Meeting and Season 4 Episode 15 100th Day of School are over but class is back in session here on Recap Kickbacks presents Abbott Elementary Apostle Show Recaps. It's me, Chappelle, and again we're back to talk about more Abbott and if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, we needed this. We definitely needed this and so I'm very excited to get into all the things and I cannot do that without my co-hosting.

[00:00:47] Oh, it's the principal here. Gia Worthy. Gia! We did it. We made it. We made it. It happened. It happened. We're thinking of the same thing that happened, right? It happened. Yeah, it happened. It happened. It happened. It happened. Barb's a grandma. Oh, that's what. I'm joking. Okay, look. Thank you all for listening, for subscribing, all that good stuff. Recapkickback.com slash subscribe. Make sure you're on our YouTube page, youtube.com slash at Recap Kickback. Hit the like button. Hit the subscribe button. We have to jump in.

[00:01:17] We have to jump in.

[00:01:49] Expecting for the I love you. The moment itself was very, very Gregory and Ava. I mean, Gregory and Janine, right? Because the moment I was talking about was Ava and O'Shawn. Ava and O'Shawn. We got to give it its own thing, okay? That's going to be a whole separate podcast. We're going to do a whole mini-series.

[00:02:12] So, oh, we should rank the elementary pairings at some, like not even necessarily just romantic relationships, but just like the pairs we get in the show. We'll do that a different time. But yeah, this was a very, I feel like the I love you we got from Janine and Gregory was perfect. It is so them. I feel like they were both and like the top form of themselves here. So, I loved that. I loved their love for each other.

[00:02:43] But also, I don't know when I was expecting this to happen. So, I know this was the Valentine's Day episode, but it really wasn't about Valentine's Day. So, this kind of caught me off guard. I'm like, oh, we're doing this. We're doing this now. Now, 14 episodes into them being a couple, it happens. Now, you and I, we were there day one of this couple, right? When they were just still awkward, kind of dancing around whether they like each other. And we talked about it. We were like, do we need them to get together now? Do we need to get them together in a couple seasons?

[00:03:13] Do they, you know, like, does Janine date around? She had been with Tariq for so long. And then we're like, four seasons in, okay. They've done it. They've tried. Other people come. Vince Staples has come and gone, you know, like, cool. But this is, you're not wrong. They move very quickly. 14 episodes from we go together to we now love each other. And, you know, I don't know. Do you think that we are getting to this point a little too fast?

[00:03:43] Because, I mean, there's got to be a lot more Abbott to come. I mean, yes, there is a lot more Abbott to come. But I think for Janine and Gregory, this makes sense to me, especially because they have, they've been doing this back and forth for so long. And also, they've been friends for a very long time, had a lot of ups and downs. They both dated different people. I think they really both know, even if they're not willing to say the quiet part out loud here.

[00:04:13] I think they're like, they know, or at least are strongly, strongly hinting towards like this. This is their forever person. I think they both know that even if they're not going to say it right in the moment. But they just fit well together. So why not? Why not let them say I love you in 14 episodes? Like, if it was any other couple, I'd say that this was corny and made no sense and happened way too fast from when they started dating. But it's Janine and Gregory.

[00:04:42] So they are all kind of those things anyway. So I think this just makes sense, especially since it was kind of on accident, but on purpose, really. It just, I get it. I understand the thought process here. Right. It's like, we don't feel like they rushed the I love you because he didn't mean to say it anyway. Right. Like he's talking about how he was planning on saying it at dinner. But, you know, like him thinking it and like just like really rushing into like a love bomb or something like that. It's very different. Right. And so, yeah, it slipped out.

[00:05:11] And I was very concerned at first because we see that they're at the budget meeting and Gregory goes on a run to go get some drinks for everybody. And he leaves a voice note in which he says, I love you. Now, we were presented with the idea that he said, I love you on a voice note. Gia, is that acceptable for the first I love you? First of all, I just want to come right out and say it. Voice notes are just never accessible to me.

[00:05:40] I hate, I hate like forget the I love you part of it. A voice note is just it's a red flag to me. I know Gregory himself is not a red flag. We love Gregory. Right. We cherish him. We cherish his relationship with Janine. The voice note. I'm not saying I would break up with someone for sending me a voice note, but it would be tempting. You know, it's like you need you need to cut that shit out. So. Just my personal opinion.

[00:06:08] But and I love you in a voice note is so unacceptable. So out of pocket. And it's so unlike Gregory that he would drop it in that moment that I even before we got into everything with this episode, my assumption was that he said it off the top of his head without even thinking it. You like, you know, after, you know, like I'll say I love you after I call my parents and stuff like that. Just like natural.

[00:06:35] And I'm sure plenty of people have had that awkward experience of saying it to somebody just because it's a habit when you're calling people on the phone. So that's what I was assuming was happening here is that Gregory does love Janine. Like it's very clear to all of us, but I don't think he meant he definitely didn't mean to say it in that moment. But my assumption was that it's so natural to him that he was just saying it off the top of his head because he does love Janine.

[00:07:01] So I wouldn't even say that the end of this is really a big twist that like Gregory admits that he said it and he meant it, but he didn't mean to say it in that moment. It just feels very on brand for him. So really well done. I feel like it did make sense. Actually, the smoothie part did throw me off because I thought the rest of the episode was going to be like Gregory feeling awkward because he knew that. He said, I love you to Janine in there. So a little bit different than what I thought was going to happen, but still pretty on the nose.

[00:07:31] Yeah, I think there's an easy there's an easy trope for them to latch on to, which is that I'm ready to say it, but I don't know how to say it. And I don't know if you're ready to say it. And so we're going to do this, you know, this kind of dance around like who's going to say it first and should I say it first? And I go I'm going to go ask Barbara like when is the right time to say, you know, like they could have done it. But this was I felt like this was so much cleaner.

[00:07:52] I think that it also shows the evolution of Gregory and Janine's relationship because there's a moment where she talks about like, oh, he said he's like he's so protective, you know, like over her. And the first season Gregory was getting nervous around Janine, you know, like it was very much like they were both doing the nerdy thing and the awkward thing. And this time when Janine is freaking out about the I love you, he's like, yeah, I said it. I said it. And I meant a little more confidence to him, a little more swagger.

[00:08:22] It wasn't like, oh, was it too soon to say it? Like he wasn't doing the I got to take it back. I got to hurry up and delete the voice. No, I unsend it. You know, we see stuff like that all the time where I said it by a meaning to say it. Now I got to put the toothpaste back in a tube. But he was just going, no, I said it. Now what? And then they went to Bone Town to get food. I genuinely hate every time they mention this restaurant.

[00:08:48] It's just they know what they're doing because they just said it so casually. We're going to Bone Town. I'm like, you're going where? After work? And you're telling everybody? But then I remember it's a restaurant where Janine gets those big ribs and eats them like a caveman. But go off, Queen. We love that for you. Well, that's the funny thing about it to me is that like they actually we're talking about getting a burger later on. If you remember correctly, you know, and I think there's

[00:09:18] to my knowledge, Bone Town doesn't serve burgers. There is not a bone in burgers. Exactly. Okay. We see what y'all doing. All right. You freaks. Yeah. Nasty. Yeah. Well, look. We it was such a big deal to me because I just know, like, how much will they want? They could have dragged out of this.

[00:09:46] But because we're talking about it, I do have to speculate. We're four seasons in. I'd imagine this is going to go about, I don't know, 10, 15 seasons. I don't know. 10 at least. Give me 10. 10 in a week. 15 seems low. I don't know. Right. But continue. Yeah. But this is very early to get to the I love you stage. I don't want to see the like breakup and makeup and all that kind of stuff that could potentially happen. You know, like don't drag us through the mud like that. Quinta. I don't need that.

[00:10:15] There is truly no relationship real or imaginary that I care about more right now than Gregory and Janine. And that includes any relationships I get to into in the future. Like, it's just not going to be like it truly is just like Janine and Gregory are more important to me, like as it's it's the principle of, you know, we've waited so long.

[00:10:37] So mentally, emotionally, physically, I cannot withstand the idea of them going through a breakup. So if anybody on production is listening to this, just know that, you know, my well-being is at stake with their breakup or not. I don't think we are necessarily. In like need to be worried about a breakup, though, I feel like with.

[00:11:06] The storylines that we get, but there is so much other stuff to focus on and we're still being introduced to so many different storylines here that. It just it doesn't seem like they would go in that direction, like they really they haven't been dating for very long. It's been a few months now at the time that they've done this. So they're like the time of the episode in the Abbott world is around February. They got together at. Was it the big?

[00:11:36] Oh, it was winter. Was it winter break? Was it? No, no, no. It wasn't winter break. Like, no, it was it was Halloween. Halloween. Wasn't it? Or was it winter? No, no, no. They got no because winter was when Mr. Johnson came around as Santa. Yeah, I think it was the end of last like the school year. It was during the summer. So. Yeah, so they've been together for like eight months now, something like that. That's not crazy.

[00:12:06] And now that I'm saying it out loud, it really isn't that crazy that they would say that it took them. I'm going to just say eight months, like eight months to say I love you. Like, OK, that's that's fine. That's appropriate. But we have like so much going on with the other characters, too. Like we just got introduced or just kind of finalized in these two episodes. The idea that like O'Shawn and Ava are going to go on a date. Melissa has her on it, her casual, not really casual thing, slowly becoming serious thing with this firefighter.

[00:12:34] I assume they're going to have Jacob dating around a lot more. And Barbara is about to be a grandma. And God knows what they're going to do with Tyreek in the next couple of seasons. So I just feel like we have a lot going on. And it would just really feel like a sharp veering right turn. Like it just really feels like they would come out of nowhere for them to start creating conflict for Janine and Gregory. That would result in a breakup in there.

[00:13:03] It just doesn't feel right to me. I just don't I don't see a world where they kind of justify that type of behavior, even if they do end up getting back together as a result of it. Yeah. Abbott does a really good job of kind of protecting our players. Right. Like they never none of our main characters are going into it through anything that we as a as a viewing audience are like, you know, in turmoil because of it. Right.

[00:13:30] You know, we've seen that they all have, you know, different stories and different walks and they come from different walks of life and all that stuff. You know, there are some very tender moments for sure. But they do a really good job. Like they keep it cute. You know, like they're dealing with a lot of other issues. To your point, social issues, school issues, you know, interpersonal, just, you know, cultural issues. They don't have to do the Gregory and Janine. I just don't want to, you know, like and I'm really just planting my flag on like, I don't want that.

[00:13:59] I don't want to do the whole like the one time Jim and Pam broke up. Like, I don't I don't want to do that. Like we've seen it. It's been done. These I don't care what anybody says. They're they're better than Jim and Pam. OK, like they're I don't care. But what about this? No, sorry. No, Gregory. Gregory. Like, yeah, they they body them. I'm sorry. I will hear arguments about Ben and Leslie, April and Andy, like some of the Parks and Rex couples.

[00:14:27] I will hear arguments for what's another mockumentary show or something like that. I will hear arguments for other sitcom couples that you have, but they will probably lose to Janine and Gregory as well. I'm sorry. Yeah, I've had them in a relationship for 14 episodes. I have seen enough to know what I am talking about. So, mm-hmm, OTP right here. Yeah. Yeah. So in this episode, of course, they are at the district budget meeting. And while this is happening, right, this is in front of the backdrop of Abbott trying

[00:14:55] to get funds along with the rest of the district, trying to get the district, you know, the bad guys here, the villains, to give them some money so that they can have necessities and stuff for their schools. There's a lot of Title I schools here that are fighting for money. But it's very common. It's common knowledge that the district is not going to give money to anybody except for maybe like one. They pick a favorite every year. And this is a storyline that I think we're going to be tracking for a while because in

[00:15:22] this episode, we know Abbott doesn't necessarily need the money right now. Ava has a black belt in, you know, black male. And so she has already secured the funds from the golf course, you know, for the things that they need. And so in this episode, she goes, due to Ava's due diligence, I would say, doing the Ed talk and all the other things that she's done. The district is kind of high on Ava. So they're ready to make it rain and give Abbott more money.

[00:15:51] But we're seeing that the other schools in the district do not get that same money, including the school led by Tatiana Ali's character, Crystal. So, yeah. In this episode, Abbott does get rewarded the money and Ava decides to split it. But the district is not happy about that. And Crystal knows that something might be up. Crystal girl, do not piss me off after Ava just gave you a favor.

[00:16:20] Like she did not have to do all that. And you're still worried about taking Ava down a peg after she helped out your school. Girl, Tatiana Ali is an amazing actor because when she originally she was on here, I was like that that is Ashley Banks. Like, do not play with me right now. Like, what is she doing here? And in the few episodes we've seen her, Crystal is like her. She is transformed into this own character.

[00:16:47] She's already played an iconic character, right? That will be immortalized through time because the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is such an iconic sitcom. But like every time I see her on the show, I get this girly angry. Like, what is she doing here? Just ruining my good time with Ava. And same with Sister Sloss because she's like they knew what they were doing, making her the head of the little council of evil right there.

[00:17:15] I just, oh, they are brilliant actors. They make me so mad. They are also it's on site if I ever see them in public. I love the I love the actresses that do this work, but they made it too real. They did a little too well. Yeah. Liberty Rings doesn't have computers. They need books. They need a discretionary fund. These are things that we really should have for these schools. And there's a lot of schools asking for stuff. I think we see schools asking for windows, sporks.

[00:17:45] You know, the kids miss the sunlight, Gia. And so when Abbott goes up there to ask for stuff that feels a little bit, I won't say it's not a necessity, but there are definitely things like bigger fish to fry for some of these other schools than a counselor. Ava takes it upon herself to decide to divide these funds and do the right thing here and make sure that these other schools get the money. But it was Jacob's plea for this counselor.

[00:18:12] They really got Crystal's, you know, wheels turning here because Jacob tells the district we don't need the money for essentials. We we need, you know, a counselor. And why does an Abbott need the money? I mean, the Abbott that we know, Gia, has been broke for a long time. Jacob, why did you say all that? It did not. Did not need to go into Abbott's financial business right now.

[00:18:41] Like you are on an upswing. Why do we need to try to change that in any way? So I I love Jacob. This was not his episode. I get what he was trying to do here. But I kind of cheered when Ava threatened him afterwards. He deserved it. He deserved it. Yeah. And she had to, you know, restore balance because she gave him an inch and he took a mile. She literally handed him the paper of the things that they were supposed to be asking for. Yeah.

[00:19:11] And he went up there and went off script. I and with the district, you know, being upset about this thing that Ava tried to pull, you know, dividing these funds up with these other schools. Manny tells them that the district going to be on your ass. Yes. And we know that there is something for the district to find. So they have to be on their P's and Q's. But we got to we got to figure out how we're going to get away with the extortion.

[00:19:37] I mean, gifts from the golf course, Gia. I am so glad Manny was here this episode. He was great. He's so thrown on me these past few episodes. I have noticed in the past few episodes, it's just because it's become a pattern. We haven't seen a lot of Tariq this season yet. Like we saw him a lot more at the beginning of the season and I miss him. And then we she's been mentioned a few times, but we really haven't gotten a lot of Erica.

[00:20:07] Right. Like we haven't gotten her at all. She's been mentioned a few times, which gives me hope that she will be back at some point. But I miss her. I like that Janine has friends that aren't just her work friends. Well, you know, when you get in a relationship and you get in a relationship and then you're all in the love bubble and then you stop saying hi to your friends and blah, blah, blah. There might be a little bit of the honeymoon phase going on with Gia. I mean, with Janine and Gregory.

[00:20:35] I know, but it's just like like the I enjoyed the in the previous round of episodes, we talked about the Gerard Creek episode. She had mentioned that Erica couldn't go to their tasting menu being at a fancy restaurant, which turns into the episode of Gregory trying to like new foods at that point. And I liked it, but I was also like, yeah, like I love the storyline.

[00:21:02] But also, I really wish we saw Erica this episode. Like, let's get her back in the rotation. Mm hmm. No, we got Manny and Manny is, you know, he's kind of the middleman between the district and Abbott because he's worked so closely with them. And he's telling Ava, like, we threw you a bone, but then you went and pissed the district off. And so very concerned. I'm very concerned about what it looks like when the district starts poking around and we have Gerard Creek.

[00:21:27] But I do think that it's going to be hilarious trying to make sure they could keep this a secret with people like Jacob walking around. You know, I just don't trust him to be able to keep his mouth closed. And so there are going to be definitely episodes where Melissa is trying to keep Jacob very quiet about the happenings at Abbott Elementary. So I don't know what kind of trouble they could get into, but I would be concerned if the district started showing up. And I know we are like blackmailing the local country club. Yeah, but they're so easy to blackmail, you know.

[00:21:56] And they suck. I hate them. They suck. Can you blame them? They're just so blackmailable. Mm hmm. And they have the black belt in it. So I don't I don't blame it. And Jacob's Jacob's ask makes sense. Right. Yeah. He wants to get a counselor to come in three times a week because these kids have problems outside of the school. We have to look back at RJ, who was our student, who, you know, he was very introverted. He wouldn't he wouldn't participate. It seemed like he was down.

[00:22:26] And Jacob really took a liking to him and helped him find a club that he would be interested in. And Gia, when these kids approached Jacob about RJ's club, I don't think I've screamed that loud watching Abbott Elementary since Ava started dancing to back that ass up. Because that kid said, hey, get on it. And then I believe the phrase was chop, chop, bitch.

[00:22:52] They said and this is how kids talk this and the the beginning of this episode and the 100 days of school episode. The kids were so out of pocket the entire time. It is so on brand for how children act. But the like, no. And I think the girl next to him was like, yeah, I have a hard home life, too, or something like that. I'm like, yeah, that is exactly how kids talk.

[00:23:17] So, I mean, and again, and I think it it's making more sense because I know earlier we were speculating. What is this storyline leading to because it ends with RJ being happy, but Jacob recognizing that he can't do what he did for RJ for all of the students all the time. Every time somebody is struggling with something or wanting to find an interest in there.

[00:23:42] So and again, and they bring it up later that when Jacob is talking to Melissa that he does want to cross funding for more clubs, but also think about who's going to oversee these clubs. Who's going to get equipment for the types of clubs we want to do. Who's going to help run the clubs, advise the clubs like all of those things cost a lot of money and a lot of time that none of the staff at Abbott Elementary have to provide them with.

[00:24:11] And I believe one of the students said you teach history. That's your whole job. Jacob going to go get a third, a third full time job trying to manage all the clubs and organizations and counsel the students and teach history. It's a lot. And so I understood why he asked the district for that money.

[00:24:31] But, you know, just just spoke a little too much in revealing Abbott didn't necessarily need two ply toilet paper or school buses or, you know, I think some of the schools need a roof, you know, so they kind of felt bad even taking the money from those other schools. So it was it was an interesting episode for sure. I want to see where this what this leads to, obviously, because I think it's a big deal, right? Like the funding for these schools matter.

[00:25:02] It's why we celebrate when Abbott is able to extort this golf course that is coming and leeching off of the community and making the block hot and raising the property taxes and excluding people of color. But trying to pretend like they have them is like, yeah, y'all kind of deserve to be extorted. No disrespect. I mean, but all disrespect. And to me, I can look at that and say, yeah, and Abbott needs the money. But all these schools need the money.

[00:25:24] And so I'm hoping that in this battle, this upcoming battle with the district, we're able to maybe get some funds for some of these other schools a little bit more fairly, because right now it's looking like Abbott is the favorite. And that's not going to last too much longer. Yes. And also I do. One of the things I do like about Abbott Elementary is that it addresses real world problems and also talks about some real world solutions for these problems.

[00:25:53] Like Abbott Elementary as a school is not going to solve the budget crisis for all the schools in Philadelphia, in the Philadelphia School District. And even though Ava did this really bold thing, there's still so many other schools that are not going to get funding that they received.

[00:26:13] And now they've kind of opened a can of worms for how the district reaches the funding or how they treat the funding themselves, which is that they hoarded resources for their favorite schools. And the moment that Ava requested that these funds be distributed to some of the previous schools that were presented, that presented their needs. That's when they got tripped up. And of course, they said, you know, they had put a pin in it.

[00:26:43] So, of course, they were going to eventually do that. But we know they weren't actually going to. And everybody there knows that they weren't actually going to. So it, you know, egg on their face. But it also addresses like here, these are the things we need to do to actually make some positive changes.

[00:27:01] But there's still larger structural issues in how just education works in our country that makes it really unfortunate. And obviously, we get into some very funny scenarios as a result, but a lot that needs to be addressed. And Abbott Elementary is not going to solve all those problems themselves, but they are doing their part to try to make things just a little more fair, even if it involves a little bit of blackmail. Just a little bit.

[00:27:31] I do like that. And this is the last thing I'll touch on this episode before we get to some of the fun from the next one. But Ava learning how to speak with the, like to the district and districts. Yes. This means so much to me because anybody who's worked in a corporate setting or in an office setting or in education, you know the hot button topics. Like, you know the words that get the people going, right?

[00:27:55] When she said equity, academic rigor, action item, I was like, ooh, it's like when you say those words, you feel like I'm in a meeting now. You know? A little shiver down my spine. Right. We don't have the bandwidth. You know, we started saying that in our real lives now because of COVID. COVID ruined us. You know, but I think that it's so funny because it's so true. You have to learn how to kind of speak the language and like almost code switch in front of different areas just so you could get things done.

[00:28:24] And so with her mastering it, you know, I was like, yeah, this is the Ava I love. I'm just kind of concerned about the outcome of some of this. That's all. Even Melissa was impressed with the let's circle back to that. What does a KPI mean? Let's circle back. Let's circle back. That's the that's the best way of telling somebody like we're never going to circle back. We're not coming back to that. If I say let's circle back, you won't hear from me again. That is corporate fuck off. Right. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. So do the mindful. I have one more.

[00:28:54] One more point about this episode before we talk about the hundred days of school one. Yes. I watched this episode. Right. Actually, I have two points. Sorry. First. First thing's quick. The bingo cards. Genius. Because that's that's the type of shenanigans that a great work environment gets into. Like, especially when you're comfortable with your coworkers, because this is stuff that we do in our everyday lives. And it's lovely. I love it so much. But. With. With.

[00:29:25] But that was the other part. The other thing was, by the time we got to the end of the episode. Right. Right before the that little closing credit scene. I was like, huh. We really haven't seen a lot of the kids or Mr. Johnson this episode. And then right after the commercial break, we get Mr. Johnson requesting $50 and a sandwich. And when they denied them, he said $50 and I will just starve. And you know what? We love a man who compromises.

[00:29:55] Right. Exactly. Happy to see Mr. Johnson pop up. And shout out to those two kids at the beginning. But that young boy, I can't remember his name, but he he's funny. He's been a recurring character for a while. I don't think I remember seeing that the young woman, the young girl either before this. But also like this was so funny. You know, just the idea that like they went to go him up Jacob about the the clubs. It wasn't like they were like, hey, you know, can we get a club? It was like, hey, I got problems. Where the clubs at?

[00:30:25] You know, chop, chop, bitch. So. So, yeah. Great episode. It was fun. We got the big moment with Gregory and Janine. But there's so much more to kind of dive into in the 100th day of school episode. And so we'll be back right after this to talk about it. And we're back. So, yeah, 100th day of school. I remember when I was a wee lad.

[00:30:52] We used to do the 100th day of school, but we didn't dress up like old folks. I think that's new. We used to count things. I just remember like you bring like 100 of this, 100 of that. Is that what y'all did? That's what we did. We would do 100 of some like you would either bring in like 100 of something or do like a poster and do 100 of that. Like I remember one year I did like 100 fish. So I made like a little fishbowl poster and you put 100 little fish cutouts in there.

[00:31:22] I think this is so cute, though. The little parade of children in there. So I don't know if this is a regular thing in elementary schools now, but it was very adorable. And I do agree, though, that the concept of the 100th day of school is always has always been like a big deal. That is always that is something that in elementary schools is an institution. You know, there are there are rhymes and reasons and practices that are.

[00:31:52] What's the what's the word I was thinking of? Like a religious practice. Yes. Yes. What are they? I don't know. Ritual. Ritual. Ritual. Yes. There are rituals. There are rules, rhymes, reasons. All of this. Yes. Yes. And I'm glad they I'm glad they did an episode of this because I was worried we were losing some recipes without the 100 days of school. So it was great. It was it was wonderful. Yeah.

[00:32:21] I remember doing a poster as well. I remember I took 100 pennies and I spelled out the word like like the numbers one zero zero, but like 100 pennies. So that was like my 100 project. But here we get these little old people and it's so much fun. I've been I've been seeing it for years now. I guess it's like it's like a relatively new thing. But I'm glad. Like you said, they spice it up. They got to keep these kids locked in because it's a long time before the summer. I do really like the idea.

[00:32:48] And I think social media, you know, whether or not you like social media or not, this is one of the more fun aspects of social media is that we get to see a lot more of these really fun moments of schools doing like their spirit week themes and people going all out for them. I saw one recently that I think would also be really funny for the Abbott elementary cast to do. It was like 100 or no, it wasn't 100 days of school. It was a spirit week, but it was like Sunday best day. That was the theme for it.

[00:33:15] So all of these, you know, teachers and I think these must have been middle school students coming in with like the big church hats, the the you know, I'm talking about the cardigans, the long skirts, like the whole ensemble was in there. And it was lovely. I loved it so much. So things like that, more of that, because the kids get super creative here. I have to talk about who I am suggesting is our star child of this pair of episodes.

[00:33:44] If it if it is not Margaret, it's got to be Margaret. I will write it. It's got to be Margaret. It's got to be Margaret. Every second that this little girl was on this on the screen is just like, oh, but also like this, this girl, this girl. I just I don't even know where to start. So Barbara gets a phone call in the middle of class and it's her daughter about to announce that she is, you know, going to be a grandmother.

[00:34:12] Barbara is panicking because all the devices are going off at the same time. And being a woman of a certain age, she needs a little help. Margaret walks over and she introduces herself to Barbara. It's the 100th day of school, Gia. And she says, no, I'm Margaret. No, it's even funnier because did you do you remember what Barbara said right before she introduced herself? Oh, help me, Jesus. Yes, she was like comparing herself to Jesus Christ.

[00:34:41] Yeah, like, no, no, Jesus couldn't make it. But it's me, Margaret. Jesus can't help you, but Margaret can. So just think about that. Right. She she introduced herself and immediately I was like, she won. She's a student of the episode. I didn't see anything else. Yeah. And she will show up at school on the 100th day of school dressed in what she calls Barbara wear. She's dressed like Barbara. At least she says.

[00:35:08] Now, I've never seen Barbara dress how Margaret is dressing. But to Margaret's point, Barbara is the oldest person that she knows. She's older than their grandma, older than Miss Teague, who's about 50. This is so funny. I did laugh when they said you're older than like Miss Teague's and she's like 50. Like my first of all, she did have the pearls. Right. So we got to give her some credit. She did get the pearls in there.

[00:35:37] I'd say a little doubtier of clothing choices than Barbara would wear. But I kid you not, Chappelle. The most foul and funniest thing that happened is Mr. Johnson chiming in right after saying, I want to look as good as you when I'm your age. And I'm like, that ain't right. That ain't right. But I'm going to think about this moment forever. Especially because just seconds before when Margaret says, you're the oldest person we know.

[00:36:06] She says, you know, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson. Yeah. You are older than Barbara, whether you like it or not. I'm sorry, sir. You just have to believe it. But the kids don't know people's ages. And this is a fact. Children do not know what ages are. They don't. I've had kids ask me if I was a billion. I've had kids ask me if I was 18. And then I'm in the last year. You know, like it just happens. And so Melissa points this out because she wants to make Barbara feel better. And they bring in a kid named Stevenson.

[00:36:37] And Stevenson, she says, hey, guess these people's ages. And he's like, well, this is about 59. Oh, what did you know? She said 49. Gregory's about 37, spiritually, of course. And then he gives to Barbara. And I believe he said 69, 67, something like that. I think he said Janine was 19. And Barbara was 63. 63. And Barbara was taken aback. And he's like, look, you dress like this. And you speak.

[00:37:06] Did he say olden vernacular? It was like, you talk like this. I can't remember what he called it. He said olden times. He said your diction from an olden time. He came with receipts too. He's like, I know my ages. Yeah. Yeah. Shout out to the kid right before him that said, I'm not touching that. That's the kid that said, Jacob, get on it. You know, that's the same kid.

[00:37:36] I think he's like, he is a, if Margaret was not there, he would have been my pick for child of the episode. Yeah. Two good episodes for him. You know, like I said, he's pretty standard here at Abbott. But Stevenson was new, at least for us. And yeah, he told Barbara that she dresses old and she talks like an old person. And so Barbara's idea is to go and talk to Ava about a makeover. And yeah, this is what I'm talking about.

[00:38:05] She had to stuff her pearls into her pocketbook, you know, next to the next to the next to the I'm sorry. I have to say any. I don't even care about the pearls. Right. Or the fact that she has peppermints in her bag because girl same. But anybody that calls a purse a pocketbook. Uh huh. Even if you are not physically 60 plus years old, you are going to be 65 plus to me mentally. Like that is just I'm sorry. It's a it's a pocketbook thing. It's the fact that you call it a pocketbook.

[00:38:36] Mm hmm. I can hear it snapping, you know, pocketbook. Yeah. Billfold is another one. Yeah. Billfold is I just like. Billfold. Yeah. Yeah. Just it's I don't have like any other immediate. Oh, calling dinner supper. Oh, that's a good. That's another one. 70 years plus. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Um, Barbara's trying to avoid muumuu time.

[00:39:03] She she's been told that the grandmas, they wear a muumuu. And I was listening to this and I was thinking. I know some people who are not grandmas that wear the muumuu because I think what they realized was that the granny's got it right. Sometimes you just want to be comfortable. Granny got her kids to school on time and her bills paid. Right. In that muumuu. You know, like who am I to question the process? Right.

[00:39:31] Gregory even says we need a minmu. That was an underrated moment for me here because I think like Gregory, he's all about fashion and function. If he he's all about function over fashion. So if he could go to school every day in a manmu and not get clowned for it, he would. Absolutely. I truly believe that. What did you think about Ava having this entire wardrobe in her office just in case of an occasion for where she needs to give somebody a makeover? Yeah.

[00:40:00] You know, I mean, we've seen the closet a couple of times. It came up in our It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover episode that we saw before. But. This was the fact that she had clothes set aside specifically for the moment Barbara would ask for a makeover, and I'm sure she has sets of clothes laid out for other elementary staff members. Janine looking at you. Looking at you. Just in case they need her assistance in there. I know she's got a section for Dia's clothes for Dia.

[00:40:30] Yeah. Oh, Dia in this episode. We will get to her shortly. She is so funny. Dia, I think they are picking up on the fact that people love Dia because she's strongly, she's slowly and surely getting more screen time. It's like these very underappreciated moments for her. Put a pin in that. So Janine is concerned. She can tell that something's wrong because she sees Barbara walking around in quote unquote jeans that was made by a man named Florida.

[00:41:00] I believe these are apple bottom jeans. Yes. From Florida. And so she's now got a new makeover and Barbara is looking younger. She's looking more, more hip, I guess I'd say. But also this is not Barbara. She looks very uncomfortable in these clothes that Ava gave her, even though people seem to like it. Mr. Johnson definitely liked it. I don't know if that's the glowing endorsement that Barbara, that Barbara is looking for.

[00:41:29] She looked great, but it was very clear. This is not Barbara wear. Mm-hmm. Crystal from the PTA. She was like, she was like, you're looking good. I see you giving out the looks. I said, now that lady knows fashion. We've seen what she was wearing. I, I so glad Amber's, or not Amber. What's her name? Crystal. Crystal. She's Crystal. There's two Crystals. Yeah. Tatiana Lee's character is Crystal. And this is Crystal as well, I believe. I can't deal with that.

[00:41:59] Well, this is my favorite, Crystal. Not again, nothing against Tatiana Lee, but I love when Crystal shows up as well. Mm-hmm. Yeah. They, she, she's there to help out with the students, I guess, for this, this, what is it called? This parade, I guess. The parade. The 100 days parade or something. Yeah. Yeah. The 100 days parade. And so, uh, in this moment, people are starting to catch on that Barbara's not having, uh, a great 100th day. So Janine goes to give her some advice and they talk about what Barbara's concerns might

[00:42:29] actually be. And this was a good moment because Janine picks up that Barbara's kind of worried about her mortality. You know, it's like, I'm getting older. I've been told that I'm a grandma now. And people are now just like, okay, now that you're a grandma, you can just sit around and watch your grandkids wear a muumuu and then get ready to die. And she doesn't want to do that. She's not waiting to go on to glory. So I thought this was very interesting because I look at aging a lot different than other people. I know people are like fighting tooth and nail not to like get older because, you know, we don't have forever on this earth.

[00:42:58] But for me, I'm always like, I feel like it's a blessing to get older, right? When people's like, oh, you're old. I'm like, yeah. You know, like, cause I know so many people didn't get to be old. You know, like, you know, every, every year that I make it, I'm like, yeah, like such and such would have loved to make it to this age, you know? So, oh yeah. I kind of wear it as a badge of honor, but I think for, for Barbara, she's starting to notice that she might have, you know, less years ahead of her than she does behind her. And that's probably hard to deal with when people calling you granny. Yeah.

[00:43:26] And I think for Barbara in particular, it's more because, and again, this is because she is surrounding herself with people that do not understand the concept of age well. Like she works with kindergartners who will just say the first thing that is on their mind and don't really know how old anybody is. And the other people that were included in this conversation, they're all, you know, like they're people that either didn't know their grandmothers either because they were not in

[00:43:56] their life or because they had passed when they were young. And same with, and you know, like people were, uh, had grandmothers that acted a certain way that is not really to like the lifestyle that Barbara is for. Like, yes, Barbara is a woman of God. You know, she does her, you know, she wears her pearls. She goes, gets her nails done, but she's like a very glam, a glamma.

[00:44:24] She's very, she's a very glam lady and you know, she'll get wasted at teacher, teachers conferences. She'll go out for drinks with everybody. She has her outings with Melissa. So it's just, I think that some people, it's not even the idea of getting older. Like she knows that she's going to get older at some point. And I agree with you, Chappelle, about looking at it as a blessing, but I think it means that like, she's going to start acting different.

[00:44:51] Like she's going to be one of those people that's just lazing around her whole life now is around helping out with her grandkids, being the, uh, like a more subservient character and, uh, having their life revolve not around them. You know, like I think Barbara is someone that her and Gerald seem to be like very active individuals and have, you know, they're still working. They have very active lives. They go on vacations and stuff like that.

[00:45:19] So I can understand the worry about not wanting to be somebody that's just, uh, just aging around and watching their kids and having that, not like being a mother again, essentially, or a second parent and not really being able to live the life that she wants to, whether she's at work or not. Yeah. It's like, uh, her daughter has a daughter or a kid. And then now all of a sudden, Barbara is forced to be home healthcare.

[00:45:48] You know, like, Oh, like now she's the daycare. It's like, no, I don't want to be the daycare. I don't want to keep the kid every day. Now, God forbid you take the kid to the other grandparent because no, absolutely not. She's not going by glam or anything. We shutting this down. This is my glam child. But initially she has to like kind of tackle the idea of like, you want me to be a grandma. You want me to be at home and taking care of the kids and all this other stuff while you go and live your happy life. Uh, out of wedlock? Question mark.

[00:46:17] Barbara doesn't remember a wedding. So, you know, not saying that they were, that this baby was conceived outside of marriage, but Barbara doesn't seem to remember. Exactly. Exactly. So, so she's, she's supposed to be a grandma for a child that she's probably already going to be looking at you side eyes for having. Right. And so, um, so she, she went on a whole journey in this episode, but I'm very happy that Janine was able to talk to her and really get Barbara to realize like, it doesn't have to be like this.

[00:46:46] You don't have to be a caricature of a grandma. You could just be you and you can be the glamor unless the other glamor has already claimed that name. I really want to know what they're going to come up with. Um, I, I find in my life that people call their granny or grandma, whatever they can say. Um, so like you might want to be called grandma, but if that baby calls you gam, gam, you're going to be gam, gam. And that's, and there's nothing you can do, you know, they're kids. Yeah. I don't, I actually didn't call any of my, none of my grandparents are called, uh, grandma

[00:47:16] or grandpa. Um, they were, I don't even know. So my grandparents on my mom's side are Bobby and Mimi to us. Cause that's like the name that they wanted to be called. And also like my other cousins that are not as popular as me or, um, call them grandma and grandpa. So, you know, obviously we got to be different. We got to be those kids. Um, but also then my, my grandparents on my dad's side are Nana and Bunker.

[00:47:46] And so this is my black side, right? Mm-hmm. I'm like, not my grandfather was a big fan apparently. And I did not know this. Um, he was a big fan of all, uh, all in the family. And I was like, did they call him Bunker after Archie Bunker? So I asked my dad, he's like, oh, I actually don't know. So. Oh my God. I know. I think that might be, that might be the reference, but unconfirmed. Yeah.

[00:48:16] I'm from the South. My, I call my grandmother granny and I call my grandfather pawpaw because I'm pawpaw. Yeah. That's my granny and pawpaw. Uh, cause we were kind of Southern down here. Uh, but yeah, there's no way that woman would have been able to get glam artistic. She was granny from the day I met her and she's always going to be granny. And that's the end of that. Also very true.

[00:48:41] Also, I just, I like the idea of glamour for Barbara, but I don't, I, that's not really a grandparent name, right? Like it's more, it's more like a nickname you give yourself. Yeah, exactly. I think you got to pick like my, my mom now she picked Gigi for her grandma name. And that's a very easy name to say. Yeah. And she, her grandmother that she was very close with was also called Gigi. So that's why she said she wanted to be called Gigi.

[00:49:08] Um, and those are like the types of names you want to play around with. Yeah. Um, I want to talk about some other honorable mentions when it comes to these kids. I have to give a shout out to Jacob's Spanish lesson. This was incredible. This was amazing. Amazing cold open. We opened the episode and everybody's speaking Spanish. And I thought, do I need to fix my settings?

[00:49:35] Because why do all the Abbott kids know Spanish all of a sudden? I really thought they were, the segment was going to be, they brought in a Spanish teacher. We've had a couple instances where teacher, like we get like a, uh, a part-time teacher, like a specialty subject come in for, you know, once a week or something like that. And it turns to Jacob, who I know damn well does not know Spanish.

[00:50:04] But I have heard so many stories of people like to either try to acclimate themselves to Spanish or to if they, if they were born speak, cause we have a lot of Spanish speakers here, but I know some people that they will watch telenovelas partially because they're very dramatic and very good. But the other part is like to keep up with their Spanish.

[00:50:32] Like they're watching something that is playing Spanish and just keeping, uh, like keeping the Spanish language going on in your head. It's like a, it's a learning tool for a lot of people. Yeah. It was so well placed here. It was so good. Right. And these kids, I mean, the pronunciation, I was like, I like, these kids are good. They really are. I, I have done this before. I have tried to basically teach myself Spanish by watching telenovela.

[00:51:00] Um, when I was in middle school, there was this girl and she had a friend and they would just talk and talk and talk about this damn novella that they will watch. And so I needed to get that girl's attention. And so what did I do? Had to go watch the telenovela. Uh, so I ended up binging or not binging, but daily watches of Amigos y Revales on, uh, Telemundo. Oh, you got that titled out quick. I was studying it.

[00:51:30] Okay. Listen, I, I knew the theme song. I was tapped in. I used to watch Laura. Uh, she had a talk show. Uh, I used to watch Segunda Sita, uh, as well. So I was tapped in because I needed to get this girl's attention. So I felt this in my soul. Okay. Like sometimes you need to just turn on Narcos and learn how to speak Spanish. This was so cool. I think Jacob is an underrated teacher. I know Gregory has won teacher of the year before, but I think that this, this year I would really

[00:51:59] push for somebody like Jacob. He's been doing a lot of good work. Oh yeah. I think this is not just about Jacob, the character, right? We have been saying for a long time that like, we love Jacob as a character and also his growth. And to this day, I think strongly, strongly Chris Perfetti needs an Emmy. Yeah. Somewhere down the, like, I really think season three was his time. Fuck you, the bear for ruining that for me. Like that.

[00:52:27] He should have been nominated, right? You're not a comedy. He should have been nominated. What? The bear is not a comedy. The bear is not a comedy. Put it in drama. Succession is over. Put it in the drama category where it belongs and let the comedy people enjoy their time. But yeah, I really think he, the actor himself does such a good job with Jacob. Really? I really would have loved to see him get an Emmy nomination in season three.

[00:52:53] But like, I know a word season just ended, but for your consideration, Emmy, I don't know. What is it? A panel? Like Academy. I don't know. You know, whatever they are. Chris Perfetti. Just remember that. Keep that in your head. Yeah. This was so good. This was so good from a teacher standpoint, from, you know, just a viewing thing, because these kids are picking up on the Spanish. I thought that was so dope.

[00:53:19] Um, and, uh, now I think we have to talk about, um, our main event. Yeah. I've been saving it for last. I know you wanted to get right into it. Um, Ava and Ocean. Yes. Yes. It happened. It happened. Now, I know you said you're more invested in the Janine and Gregory relationship. Come on. But this relationship here has the potential to change my life. I don't know how.

[00:53:49] I, I'm going to tell you, Chappelle. Well, this all, and maybe it's just because we had to wait three seasons for Janine and Gregory. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But this relationship has happened. The buildup to this has happened kind of fast for me. Yeah. Like he already asked her out on a date and it does seem kind of more Ava and Ocean speed. They don't have to be a replica of Janine and Gregory. Mm-hmm.

[00:54:17] But if we're worrying about couples going through ups and downs in this series, I am more inclined to be worried for these two than Janine and Gregory. Ooh, I, I don't know. I don't know. I, I love that. I love O'Shawn and Ava. I want to see if they go up and down, I will watch every, every hill they climb as a Amanda

[00:54:43] Gorman would say, but, but of the two, I, again, I'm very excited. I want to see them go on a date or how the date goes. If he's just going to be around, like hanging out, like some bum boyfriend, like the whole, I know he has a job, but still, I feel like he's going to be just like hanging around for no reason now. And, which I don't hate. But if we're worried about the, you know, these couples staying together for the long

[00:55:13] run, these two are very interesting to me because it does feel like they went through, like they went through the motions a little quick. Mm-hmm. So I'm curious to see what you think about this. So to me, it's just the date. It's just one little date. I think for Gregory and Janine, we were like, oh my God, for the love of God, hurry up. You know, it was like, stop dancing around each other. But when, but we were there, we were there when Ava met O'Shawn and it wasn't, Ava was

[00:55:41] looking at him like, oh, he has glasses on. Are you serious? You know, she very much was not giving him the time. But then every episode that he comes up, there's a little bit more. Oh, he's been texting me. Oh, he's been helping me with this, that, that. Like it's just been building, building, building. So they've been laying the groundwork for a while that this was coming. And then in this episode, he's just like, yeah, I think I'm going to ask Ava out. And I got so happy because I started thinking, oh, this is going to be fun. I'm like Gregory and Janine, Ava is about to put this man through the ringer.

[00:56:10] But he seems a little unflappable when it comes to her. You know, Gregory and Janine are like, this is Ava, okay? She talked money. She needs lavish things. She needs to be pampered. And he's like, okay. Yeah. He doesn't even flinch. I just think, I think that's the kind of energy that Ava needs. And Ava doesn't cry either. She's not like, hey, before we go, I need a helicopter. And I need a, you know, I need a five star. I need Michelin stars and stars with an S. She doesn't do any of that. She just goes with the flow.

[00:56:39] I was thinking, oh, this is going to be a good one. This is the one. She's tricking him into thinking that she's chill. All right. He's going to find out. He's going to find out late. Yeah. But I love it. She's giving indifference. And I love that so much. He goes, hey, you going to go on a date? She barely looks up from her phone. She said, yeah. And then he just walks out. I said, huh, what are we doing here? You know, what are we doing, Ava? I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I need to see. I need to see the next few episodes.

[00:57:09] I'm very curious where this is going. Yeah. But I loved the side story of just Janine and Gregory being in their business so much. Like you can tell Sean regretted telling him that they were going to ask that he was going to ask Ava out. And it's such a headass couple thing to do. Yeah. So this is just so on. It's Janine and Gregory. So we love it. But this is such a like this is such a we're together and happy.

[00:57:37] So now we're going to team up and make sure that Sean is prepared for Ava because we are experts in Ava's everythingness. Yeah. I mean, we don't see Ava with a lot of like we've seen her like her homegirls. Right. When they're doing the bar crawl and stuff like that. But in the school, she's kind of talking to her subordinates, you know, in a lot of ways. And so they learn a lot about Ava. But we don't see a lot of the interaction between Ava and them on a personal level. Right. We just see kind of like Ava coming in and dunking all over them.

[00:58:07] But she she has an interesting conversation with Daya. And she is telling Daya that like, yeah, she knows he she likes him. She's she's a fan of Ocean. But, you know, he's always asking her about her likes and dislikes. And she really just wants to know, what are you going to do to me? You're going to bleep me. You go bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep me. You know, I'll bleep you. And you'll do the same. Yeah, it's mutual. She'll bleep you back. It's a and Daya responds in an interesting way.

[00:58:36] And that's why I said let's put a pin in Daya because Daya says I'm building a case against you. Look, in a vacuum, I would not be concerned. But can we trust Daya? When the district come a knocking, is she building a case against Ava? Yes. And I don't. And like, but do I think that we should trust that? Yes, because she told us that's exactly what she's doing. No one should be surprised if Daya betrays Ava here.

[00:59:05] Like, they'll be fine. They'll work it out. But yes, Daya is absolutely building a case against Ava. I'm so concerned because like the previous episode. Yeah, the district's pissed. We know Ava is blackmailing people. She openly talks about all her crimes, you know, like to whoever will listen. And Daya does not look like she is a fan of Ava at all. Like she's like, yeah, she's going with emotions. She's listening to Ava say some pretty heinous things. I don't know.

[00:59:33] I can only imagine what those bleeps were, but I'm intrigued. And I want the other cut, you know, send us the Quinta cut. But that said, I think we got to get rid of Daya. I think we've been fans of Daya from a distance. But now that the fans are coming knocking, I don't know if she can stick around too much longer, Gia. I'm curious to see how she reacts to some of the nonsense that the Abbacast has gotten themselves into.

[01:00:01] So I'm interested. But also we can't say this woman has been fired like five times by Ava just in the seasons that we have seen. Yeah. With Daya in it so far. And who knows what was off camera? You know, like who knows how many times she's been. So it's not like I love Daya. I think she's such a fun foil to just some of the a lot of these cast members are good foils for just the nonsense that Abbott gets into.

[01:00:27] Like that the substitute teacher, I'm so sorry, I can't remember their name, that came back for the budget one for the budget episode and was saying, you Abbott people are weird and everybody talks about it. Like, absolutely. Yeah, this is just this is just par for the course here. So I do want Daya to stick around, if only to be a foil to the nonsense that happens in Abbott Elementary.

[01:00:52] So I hope it doesn't turn into a situation where we either get Daya or we get Ava, because obviously we're picking Ava. But I would like both. I hate seeing two queens pitted against each other. That's true. I just feel like we haven't had a big, huge conflict since Legendary Schools. You know, that was like the charter schools coming to shut us down. We should all be on alert. It's Abbott versus everybody. Abbott versus the world.

[01:01:21] And I feel like then after that, we did like, you know, the will they, won't they some more with Janine and Gregory. We did, you know, we've done things. But I think that was like the biggest storyline of just like, OK, what are we doing here? We got to fight. We have a fight on our hands. Yeah, but the last time I was really scared was when Ava almost got fired from the original superintendent that she bought. I don't want to go through that again. You know, like I don't want I don't need I don't need everybody's jobs to be on the line.

[01:01:48] I just I just want them to continue blackmailing horrible people. Right. And that's why I'm concerned about Daya, because, yeah, Daya is not playing ball like she's she's not she's not all the way in. And I think it had it not been for the previous episode. You know, like these two episodes being back to back. I probably wouldn't have even thought about it. But when she said I'm building a case against you. Look, some bosses just they cross the line and we love Ava, but that's because we don't work for her.

[01:02:15] You know, if I work for her, I would be building a case as well. We try to shut this thing down. Yeah. Yeah. Listen, we can't be mad. She told us what she was doing. Yeah. At least she was up front about it. And then finally, I guess I'll call this a C plot. Melissa's going through because Jacob has let sweet cheeks get away.

[01:02:34] And he almost got Kirk Franklin stomped by some Timberlands and some old people, some old little kids before she eventually found it running around wearing a wig. Now, had they just told Mr. Johnson the guinea pig was wearing a wig, he probably would have found it because the last time he saw the guinea pig, it was wearing a wig. Yep. Yep. So they should have thought about this ahead of time. But yeah, I love them. I love the recurring character that is sweet cheeks. Mm hmm.

[01:03:03] Like they really haven't brought up any of the other class pets, but like ever. But sweet cheeks is special. And he knows that. And we know that. And Melissa knows that. So I'm very happy with this arrangement. Yeah. And I was very happy with these two episodes. Gee, is there anything we missed that we need to touch on before we go? Oh, I think we covered everything. Everything was great. I think the hundred days episode in particular, like the the budget, the budget one was a plot centric episode. Right.

[01:03:33] Like this is they are going to be referencing this episode later down the line. It's going to come up. The hundred days episode is more of an isolated episode that you can just watch and enjoy at any point. You don't need to know anything else that's really going on in the Abbott Elementary universe. We just know it is the hundredth day of school. Honestly, it's one of my favorite episodes of this season. It was very funny. I think all of the plots were really strong. We got to see so many great characters here and it was just really funny.

[01:04:01] It was fun to see and it was fun to see kind of like the growth that happens for a lot of these people. I really enjoyed it. So both good episodes. I would say the hundredth day episode is kind of amazing. And I'm very excited for the next few episodes we get. Yes. And I only have one like lingering question and it's not something we need to answer right now, but I'm dying to know who's going to be our three days a week counselor when the time comes.

[01:04:30] Because we've had some iconic videos here. So I thought that Jacob was going to end up switching from being a teacher to a guidance counselor. That's what I before before they got into this budget requesting for a guidance counselor. So I think I was wrong. Wait, we don't know that yet. But we don't know that yet. Yeah, I think we have to leave. Even if it does end up with Jacob becoming a guidance counselor.

[01:04:58] I think that we do. There is going to be at least another guidance counselor that we need before then. So there's going to be like a new character being introduced soon. It's just a matter of... Or a replacement history teacher, you know? Or a replacement history teacher. Listen, all I'm saying is if they haven't cast the guidance counselor yet,

[01:05:23] I know this man named Bryce Isaiah, who I just personally think they should give Bryce a call. They listen to this podcast. So I feel like now that... Quinta, you hear us. You know, give Bryce a call. So I'll just send his phone number in the show notes and they can... I assume just send him a contract right away. You know, like there's... What else do we need at this point? Exactly. Yes. So I just, you know, if you guys haven't checked out the Purple Pants podcast,

[01:05:53] I would say just go do that and agree with us that like this is Abbott Elementary's new guidance counselor. Yeah. And check out everything that Gia has going on. Gia, what are you working on right now? Oh my God. What are we not working on right now, Chappelle? We've had such a bit... We had a week break of Abbott. We had a week off of Abbott Elementary, which led to this being recorded when it was. And we've done so much in the past few weeks. So Survivor is officially back.

[01:06:23] Let's get that out of the way first. So I did a 50 for 50 over the offseason. Me and some of the Inside Survivor writers did a 50 for 50 draft where we each drafted 10 players and wrote an article about them for who we wanted to see for Survivor 50.

[01:06:43] Me and Christine Palin, who is my co-writer on Inside Survivor, did a Brant Steel with each of our 10 picks and did a Survivor season with that. We did a simulated Survivor season. My team got decimated, but it was such a fun time. So I regret nothing. It was fantastic. But now that Survivor is back, we are still doing our weekly roundups on Inside Survivor.

[01:07:12] And I am doing weekly recaps on my podcast on Silent Podcast called I Don't Know About That. And also, speaking of Brant Steels, Chappelle and I were joined by Isaiah Goines. And we talked about, we did our own Brant Steel simulation, Survivor one. We did Survivor Heroes versus Healers versus Hustlers.

[01:07:39] I really miss the, the out of pocket theme names. They're so fun, but they, and we did a simulated Survivor season on them. I don't, I don't think I should say the winner in case you haven't watched it. No, but we are in works of figuring out the platform for our, the format for our second season. So this is going to be a series of podcast, of a podcast in here.

[01:08:06] But if you haven't seen our first Black Survivor, brilliant Brant Steel, it has all Black, Black cartoon characters. Fantastic run. We all had a great time. Definitely check it out. Mm-hmm. And it was so much fun. Yeah, it was so much fun. And yeah, thank you Gia for that. And yeah, for keeping these Brant Steels alive. Cause we're going to do, at least we're going to try to do that one a month. We also might have some brackets, some March Madness ideas here for the Abbott crew. So stay tuned for that.

[01:08:36] And then check out Recap Kickback for more content. We are covering Clean Slate, starring Laverne Cox and George Wallace on Amazon Prime. Mari and I have recorded our recap and that should be out this week. So make sure you go and check that out. And then tune in next week to see what else we have coming your way. But until next time, class is over. We will see you all later. Peace.