No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. I'm actually a) updating so soon after my last post, and b) doing a BMW recap. Two-for-one, I know. I'll let it sink in a minute.
All better? Good. Without further rambling, here's a recap I randomly decided to do. My recapping skills are a little rusty, so please bear with me.
Episode Overview: Eric takes Amy to Lamaze class, since Alan is nowhere to be found. He rushes in late, admitting he sidetracked looking at Harleys. He confesses that he’s worried about having the new baby at this stage in his life because he doesn’t have the energy to keep up with it the way he did with his other children. Eric points out that playing baseball isn’t what makes Alan a great father: it’s that he’s always been there for his children. At another Lamaze class, Alan saves the day when one of the women goes into labour. He realizes he’s ready to take on this new baby, even though things will be a little different this time around.
Meanwhile, Shawn and Angela draw up a restraining order against Cory and Topanga, forbidding them to butt into their relationship (or lack thereof). They both go on dates for the first time since their break-up, and end up at the same restaurant. Shawn is miserable with his date until he sees Angela with hers, and he and Kelly (his date) even try to outdo Angela and Ron (her date) in a karaoke competition. However, when Kelly holds his hand, he freaks out and has to leave. He later confesses to Cory and Topanga that he’s scared he’ll never have a relationship like theirs because he might be incapable of loving someone. Cory tries to convince him otherwise, but Shawn doesn’t listen.
At the end of the episode, the gang, minus Shawn, is hanging around the student union, laughing together. Shawn sees them, all happy together, and leaves.
The Good:
• This is the karaoke episode! Cory and Topanga sing “War” at the end of the episode, and it’s hilarious.
Hahaha! I wish we could have seen this side of them more often. Especially Topanga. I know it's just Danielle Fishel breaking character, but it's nice to see Topanga let loose every once in while!
• I love Eric filling in for Alan in Amy’s Lamaze class. He’s so sweet.
• I also love that Eric answers the door by saying “Come!”
• Alan visiting Eric at the apartment. Gotta love it.
• “Middle-east crisis.” Ha.
• Jack’s step-dad went through a mid-life crisis too. He bought a Ferrari. He also smashed it up.
Oh, Jack's rich step-father.
• I always like it, even though it’s rare, when the adults come to the kids for advice in the later episodes. It’s nice getting to see the kids dispense some words of wisdom instead of the other way around. I also like seeing the adults interact with the “non-regulars” like Jack, Rachel and Angela. As you get older, your relationship with your parents changes, as does your relationship with your friends’ parents, and it’s cool seeing that depicted on TV instead of having it just be kids vs. adults.
• Rider Strong has a great singing voice. It’s so cute!
The Bad:
• Angela really annoys me in this episode. I think it’s partially because she has the same expression throughout. Maybe that’s just her character, but I found it especially off-putting. She’s very monotone, and I think I only like her when she isn’t.
• Shawn is so frustrating! Get over Angela already, she’s not that great. To be honest, I never thought they were that good together. And in the previous episode, he told Angela he doesn’t want to be with her, but in this one, he desperately wants to be with her and can’t even sit up at the dinner table during his date because he misses Angela so much. What do you want, Shawn??
• “Cory, for the first time, I’ve realized how different we really are.” Not only is that a bad, cheesy line, it’s completely untrue.
• This is really shallow, but I hate the bows in Angela’s hair at the end. They look ridiculous.
The Ugly:
• Overall, I just can’t get on board with the Shawn-Angela thing. I know that that’s practically sacrilegious in the Boy Meets World universe, but I think they could have found a better match for Shawn. He needs someone stable, who will put up with his flightiness and who is strong-willed enough to deal with his problems. I don’t think Angela was strong enough for him – especially when you consider that we find out in the next season that her mother abandoned her when she was young. She has enough of her own issues to deal with; she can’t really help Shawn through his the way he needs.
• I know that he’s in love with her, and I can relate because I know what it’s like to be so in love with someone that it takes over you, but it bothers me how he does such a 360 from the last episode, where he wasn’t sure if he should be with Angela. Ahh. I don’t mind the “will-they-won’t-they” of sitcomery, but I really don’t like it when it goes back and forth every episode. (This was one of Gossip Girl’s biggest faults in the second season, but that’s beside the point.) Luckily, I think they give it a rest for a while after this episode.
Thoughts About the Episode:
• On the whole, pretty solid. It was great and refreshing to have a non-Cory/Topanga and non-Eric centred plot/side plot, like most episodes. Alan’s side plot was pretty interesting, but not one of their best – after all, how many of the preteens watching can relate to going through a mid-life crisis?
• I also like the point Shawn brings up: he’s afraid he’ll never have a relationship because he thinks he may be incapable of loving someone. This is a very real feeling and they did a great job capturing the issue.
Random Things About the Episode:
From TV.com:
The title is an idiom meaning being separated from something that has become familiar and comfortable. The phrase fits both storylines in this episode. Shawn is having trouble cutting the cord on his relationship with Angela, and Amy and Alan, soon to have a baby, will literally cut the cord.
Thanks for the insight, TV.com! Alan could be cutting the cord from his hang-ups about what parenting should be. Or something.
Episode Grade: A-. Mostly filler, but still a great episode with lots of funny and touching moments.
Quote:
As a bonus, I picked two. The first one is more on the delivery of the lines, so I urge you to go watch it for yourself, but it's still pretty funny:
Jack: So are you still getting the Harley? 'Cause I was thinking of borrowing it.
Alan: Sorry, Jack. You can borrow my station wagon.
Jack: (sarcastically) Yeah, that's great. Women are really gonna love that.
And, the winner for best quote of the episode goes to....
Eric: I'd do anything for [the baby] little Eric. Or, if it's a girl, Eric the Girl.
And that's all she wrote, folks! I hope you enjoyed recap #3. I'm going to try to do another recap soon, and also try to perhaps pick an episode from the earlier seasons. But I make no promises!
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