Pssssst. Hey guys. It's me Christian. Just me this time. Hi! We don't need Sean for THIS ONE. This is just about you and me.
Now, that all of Season 1 is finally reviewed I wanted to have a place with all my episode grades and MVPs altogether in a list. So, here it is:
- "Girl Meets World": C (MVP: Ben Savage)
- "Girl Meets Boy": C+ (MVP: Sabrina Carpenter)
- "Girl Meets Sneak Attack": C+ (MVP: Olivia Stuck)
- "Girl Meets Father": D+ (MVP: Peyton Meyer)
- "Girl Meets Truth": B+ (MVP: Ben Savage)
- "Girl Meets Popular": C+ (MVP: Sabrina Carpenter )
- "Girl Meets Maya's Mother": A- (MVP: Lee Norris) [I find my MVP choice on this one suspect]
- "Girl Meets Smackle": B (MVP: Rowan Blanchard)
- "Girl Meets 1961": D (MVP: Sabrina Carpenter)
- "Girl Meets Crazy Hat": D+ (MVP: Danielle Fishel)
- "Girl Meets World: of Terror": C- (MVP: Rowan Blanchard)
- "Girl Meets the Forgotten": B (MVP: Sabrina Carpenter)
- "Girl Meets Flaws": C (MVP: Ben Savage)
- "Girl Meets Friendship": F (MVP: Danielle Fishel)
- "Girl Meets Brother": A- (MVP: Rowan Blanchard) [Wow, that seems an exceptionally high grade.... I should rewatch this one, maybe....]
- "Girl Meets Home for the Holidays": B+ (MVP: Rider Strong)
- "Girl Meets Game Night": B (MVP: Ben Savage)
- "Girl Meets Master Plan": A (MVP: Rider Strong)
- "Girl Meets Farkle's Choice: C- (MVP: Corey Fogelmanis)
- "Girl Meets First Date": B (MVP: Rowan Blanchard)
- "Girl Meets Demolition": B+ (MVP: Danielle Fishel)
- "Girl Meets Fish": F (MVP: Rowan Blachard, awarded under duress)
Top episodes by grade:
- "Girl Meets Master Plan": A
- "Girl Meets Maya's Mother": A-
- "Girl Meets Brother": A-
- "Girl Meets Home for the Holidays": B+ (I was way too lenient on this one)
- "Girl Meets Truth": B+
- "Girl Meets Demolition": B+
Worst episodes by grade:
- "Girl Meets Fish": F
- "Girl Meets Friendship": F
- "Girl Meets 1961": D
- "Girl Meets Crazy Hat": D+
- "Girl Meets Father": D+
MVP Count:
- Rowan Blanchard: 5
- Sabrina Carpenter: 4
- Ben Savage: 4
- Danielle Fishel: 3
- Rider Strong: 2
- Peyton Meyer: 1
- Corey Fogelmanis: 1
- Olivia Stuck: 1
- Lee Norris: 1
And so, we finish our Anniversary celebration of doing micro-reviews for the first two episodes.
Episode Review: "Girl Meets Sneak Attack" (#1.03)
I had sort of forgotten about Missy Bradford until someone in the comments suggested her as a possible culprit for the person bullying Riley in an upcoming episode that will be about that. It's a good idea. I like Missy in this episode (as a character, not as a person) and her performer, Olivia Stuck, does a good job. Riley's life is generally so blissful, it's nice seeing an antagonist for her and it's probably something she could use in a recurring fashion. I liked Missy too. She is exactly what's missing from this show. Doesn't need to be every episode, but an antagonist is pretty damn important to any story. We had bullies in Boy, but the antagonist in Boy was really "The World," constantly giving Cory a hard time. The World doesn't seem to be giving Riley a very hard time. By all accounts her life is super duper easy. So she needs some other form of antagonist.
You know who's not good in this episode? Lucas. I recall this being the episode that really cemented my dislike for him, as he spends the entire episode just smiling blandly being clearly fought over like a Ken doll without a care in the world. The whole conflict is around keeping this horrible girl away from Lucas, because it's apparently taken for granted that Lucas is too weak-willed and stupid to make any decisions for himself. Then he finally, pathetically, does speak for himself at the very end. It's all dumb and lame and I hate it and him. This is indeed the episode where we all realized how much of a chore Lucas was going to be. This picture is an accurate summary of his contribution to the episode:
I'm glad he lost to Charlie.
Silver round 2 is now closed. You can see the updated bracket here.
Blue Round 2 is closed, here's your bracket.
Got another great match here. Which non-Cory-that-Shawn-cares-about do you like more?
The voting for Round 1 has come to an end, with some of the more interesting matches being Eli's very close win over the Dean, Nicksay's convincing win over Ridgeway (which I did not expect) and CHARLIE GARDNER beating out the Disney Prince Lucas himself after only appearing in one episode. Way to go Charlie. You can see the results of round one here on the bracket.
White division round 1 is closed, here's your updated bracket.
Hello everyone, time for Round 2. We saw two or three interesting matches in Round 1, but now things get exciting. Green's first round closed today, so here's your updated bracket.
