The bakery do-good felt really flat. Like, I understand the small business vs. big chain/evil law firm trope, but I didn't *feel* any reason to root for this particular small business. (Also, I was hoping Topanga would use her shark lawyer powers to demonstrate the loophole wasn't really a loophole. Because like, are they just subsidizing the rent? Fine, you get an advance from the law firm, but an advance for how many months of the rent?)
This was exactly my response, too.
I couldn't decide whether the show was gonna have the happy ending with the mom after all, and while I have mixed feelings about how it played out, I do appreciate that privileged seventh-grader Riley doesn't get to magically fix everything. And I do appreciate that the talent she inherited most from her parents is fierce friendship. (One could, in response to that, ask where Shawn is, but...)
Yeah, I'm not sure the logic works for me with Maya's mom (I mean, one of the takeaways seemed like if you are a poor parent who wants a different [read: better] life for your kids, you need to stay away from them and let their friend's more successful parents raise them?), but I liked that Riley can't fix these things in the span of 20 minutes or so.
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Date: 2015-09-03 02:06 pm (UTC)YES.
The bakery do-good felt really flat. Like, I understand the small business vs. big chain/evil law firm trope, but I didn't *feel* any reason to root for this particular small business. (Also, I was hoping Topanga would use her shark lawyer powers to demonstrate the loophole wasn't really a loophole. Because like, are they just subsidizing the rent? Fine, you get an advance from the law firm, but an advance for how many months of the rent?)
This was exactly my response, too.
I couldn't decide whether the show was gonna have the happy ending with the mom after all, and while I have mixed feelings about how it played out, I do appreciate that privileged seventh-grader Riley doesn't get to magically fix everything. And I do appreciate that the talent she inherited most from her parents is fierce friendship. (One could, in response to that, ask where Shawn is, but...)
Yeah, I'm not sure the logic works for me with Maya's mom (I mean, one of the takeaways seemed like if you are a poor parent who wants a different [read: better] life for your kids, you need to stay away from them and let their friend's more successful parents raise them?), but I liked that Riley can't fix these things in the span of 20 minutes or so.
Good point RE Shawn.
Weeping IRL at the explanation of the tuna melt.
I'll be ok with just half. OH MAYA MY HEART.