- Welcome to the final review of GMW’s final episode. You will notice changes have already began to take effect at WindowlessReviews, so, please bare with us as we work out the kinks of the site. On with the show!
- We’ve arrived at the surprisingly end of GMW (for now- I’m an optimist and believe given the chance, another network may want this show to shape it in what it into what it should be).
Your face when you realize what GMW could have been! - We pick up at what is presumably the next day, back in school, Riley and Maya arrive at class, to find their whole class is sad, because without Riley they have no class. Their lesson is on Belgium 1831 and it failed after gaining it’s independence. Everyone fears their friendships will fail when Riley moves.
Sad class be sad! - There is also a bit about Carrie Ableson, who was in the group in grade school and she moved and they soon forgot about her. Turns out, Carrie is still in their class and she only moved across the street. Kids are so shallow . . .
If Riley leaves we can have Smackle meets World! - We must suffer through one last Auggie and Ava scene. It’s usual antics with Ava speaking in a British accent because she wants to move with them and Topanga fearing that Ava may really end up going with them. Ava questions how do they make such a decision (to stay or go)?
Of course this had to happen . . . - Which leads back to class where Cory poses the same question. Suddenly, we have this wonderful moment where Maya realizes how great Farkle has been to her and Riley! (Riarkle forever)!
- Upon getting back home, they find everyone has travelled to NYC to help Topanga make her big decision (everyone from BMW that is . . .except Angela and Rachel . . .and Jack- they weren’t invited!).
Look, it's (not) everyone! - As everyone takes turns giving advice, we finally get the Sean and Mr. Turner scene we’ve been waiting over a decade for. It was nice and led to Sean announcing he wants to adopt Maya and everyone being happy for that.
Look, he does exist! 
Finally! - Cory’s parents gave no real advice, Eric tells them to follow his heart, and Feeny tells them they should go! Both Morgan’s are there and the show is being really meta, acknowledging them, joking about it, and literally having them tag out.
These people literally gave no advice . . . 
Tag Team Champs: The Morgans! 
This show needed more of this . . . 
Oh, Eric . . . - Next, Riley gathers with her friends at Topanga’s to essentially say goodbye. She tells Zay their group was not complete without him, shares a nice moment with Smackle, tells Lucas goodbye, Farkle tells her he will always love her (because everyone knows they should have been together-imo)!
Let's gather, one last time . . . - Finally, Riley and Maya say goodbye in the . . . you guessed it, bay window! (The show really should have been called Bay Window Meets World).
- The final scene is odd, at Topanga’s, she announces they are staying put because all of her life she wanted something of her own, like Riley’s bay window and that bakery is her bay window and she isn’t going to leave it (See! Also she probably also can’t practice law in another country, but meh, specifics). Everyone is happy and blackout!
My Thoughts:
That last scene was odd and almost just cut out, not like Soprano style, but as soon as the last word was said- BAM! Done! Now, we all knew this was not going to be BMW do-over, but we all had hoped it would have the same spirit and continue the type of storytelling BMW did. It times it succeeded in this, but it was clear this was a Disney show and sadly, as of yet, it has not had the chance to grow in the same was BMW did. Even if we had go the fourth season on Disney, I have no doubt it would have centered around the Bay window while referencing the cookie incident and poking fun at the triangle and how much older Lucas looks than the rest of them.
Let’s take a look at things that never happened:
- RIARKLE! (As well as any other pairing we all wanted).
- Taking advantage of William Daniels while they can.
- Actual issues that spanned multiple episodes (and the triangle doesn’t count because they would address it and then go five episodes with it not being a thing).
- A Rachel return. I swear read articles back in season 2 saying the actress and the show were both open to it and it never materialized.
- A breakup that actually took a toll (it didn’t have to be Riley and Lucas). The show tackled some issues, but they could have done so much more if they were able to take on some that actual high schoolers face.
My list could go on and on and who knows, maybe one day soon, the show will be picked up on a network where everything will not have to literally be butterflies and rainbows all the time. Overall, I have enjoyed the show and all the feels that came with it. It is a Disney show after all, maybe too Disney, but thank you to everyone that read this reviews.
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| The last GMW scene! |
I hope everyone will join us this Friday, for our first review of CW’s new show Riverdale! Thanks again!
It's over. I hate to feel this happy, but I am super happy. This show was a chore for me most of this season. I think Rider Strong recently said something about Michael Jacobs being really good at writing for younger audiences, and I agree with that. I know the target audience for this show starts at like age five, so I hesitate (believe it or not) to complain since there is an obligation to such young viewers to provide an age appropriate show. I was more OK with the material in seasons one and two since the actors, minus Lucas, were so young, but they had grown so much by season three that it just felt weird watching sixteen and seventeen year olds talk about how much their friendship means to one another. I mean, I guess there are some teens that do this in their spare time.
So the finale was all about Topanga trying to make a life altering decision. She doesn't know if she should move her family to London for a promotion, or stay where she is. Of course the move would do damage to relationships, especially Maya and Riley's since they are so close and would not be able to see one another in person on the daily. And anyway it's a big move and the family would see major changes by moving to another country. So it is a big deal. A deal so big it requires the attention of nearly the entire BMW cast to help her figure out. Feeny was there, Eric, both Morgans, Josh (why? no I know why, but why?), Amy and Alan, Minkus, and Shawn and Katy. With a short episode and so many characters, there wasn't much time for too much interaction between all of them, but they all chimed in at some point. I really could have done without Josh. What was he there for? To tease Maya? Kind of seemed that way. It just wasn't necessary. I honestly don't know how much help they really were to Topanga with their words, I think Topanga just seeing them had more of an impact on her decision than anything else.
Of course Topanga chose to stay. And the show's final message was delivered by Riley and Maya, as it should be, and it was about the importance of friendship. No way, really? Yes, really. Cool.
And now here we are. Some comments from Jacobs that I have seen seem to give promise and hope to the idea that the show could potentially continue. It wouldn't be a Disney show, we know that, so it could come back at some point and give us more mature content and stories which would be totally awesome. I won't pretend to know about these kinds of things though. For now I accept it's departure from TV. I won't really miss it, but if it comes back I'll give it another chance.
That's all for Girl Meets World. See you soon for Riverdale.
It's over. I hate to feel this happy, but I am super happy. This show was a chore for me most of this season. I think Rider Strong recently said something about Michael Jacobs being really good at writing for younger audiences, and I agree with that. I know the target audience for this show starts at like age five, so I hesitate (believe it or not) to complain since there is an obligation to such young viewers to provide an age appropriate show. I was more OK with the material in seasons one and two since the actors, minus Lucas, were so young, but they had grown so much by season three that it just felt weird watching sixteen and seventeen year olds talk about how much their friendship means to one another. I mean, I guess there are some teens that do this in their spare time.
So the finale was all about Topanga trying to make a life altering decision. She doesn't know if she should move her family to London for a promotion, or stay where she is. Of course the move would do damage to relationships, especially Maya and Riley's since they are so close and would not be able to see one another in person on the daily. And anyway it's a big move and the family would see major changes by moving to another country. So it is a big deal. A deal so big it requires the attention of nearly the entire BMW cast to help her figure out. Feeny was there, Eric, both Morgans, Josh (why? no I know why, but why?), Amy and Alan, Minkus, and Shawn and Katy. With a short episode and so many characters, there wasn't much time for too much interaction between all of them, but they all chimed in at some point. I really could have done without Josh. What was he there for? To tease Maya? Kind of seemed that way. It just wasn't necessary. I honestly don't know how much help they really were to Topanga with their words, I think Topanga just seeing them had more of an impact on her decision than anything else.
Of course Topanga chose to stay. And the show's final message was delivered by Riley and Maya, as it should be, and it was about the importance of friendship. No way, really? Yes, really. Cool.
And now here we are. Some comments from Jacobs that I have seen seem to give promise and hope to the idea that the show could potentially continue. It wouldn't be a Disney show, we know that, so it could come back at some point and give us more mature content and stories which would be totally awesome. I won't pretend to know about these kinds of things though. For now I accept it's departure from TV. I won't really miss it, but if it comes back I'll give it another chance.
That's all for Girl Meets World. See you soon for Riverdale.
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