Finally found the episode online after some detailed searching. My review of episode 3. At least the younger brother points out the snowplow thing is wrong and some of the lines like “I wanted you” were still funny. I think this episode sends really bizzare messages about fitting in. This episode is almost saying inclusion is the same as fitting in which it is not. This episode could have had a really great message about forcing fake inclusion, which often makes things worse, and how able bodied sometimes feel the disabled get “special” treatment instead of just getting what they need to function. But about halfway through the episode it seems to switch back to a thing about a need to be popular. JJ’s friends accept him back way too fast and the subplot with the sister could have been an entire episode and a much more interesting one at that but her story kind of got hidden under the “popularity” junk. This episodes writing was sloppy and if I wrote it I would have gone a different direction with it. I would have had the mom realize she had been wrong and say she should have considered the able bodied students more and then by the end of the episode had some kind of compromise worked out like how I work out compromises in real life to handle inclusion. That’s just my take on it initially. I may have more thoughts later but just a very weak episode in my opinion and this kind of sloppiness is what I feared would happen. I have seen movies and shows do the same kind of story with an able bodied character but with a disabled character the audience gets the short shift. Indeed disappointing.
Rose,in the future, feel free to post your thoughts regardless of whether I have watched an episode. I have no problems with spoilers but if I did I can just not read the thread until I’m ready.
Thanks Mary Grace! Yes there were good scenes in here but the scenes do not fit together well in the full episode.
Rose,in the future, feel free to post your thoughts regardless of whether I have watched an episode. I have no problems with spoilers but if I did I can just not read the thread until I’m ready.
Thanks Mary Grace! Yes there were good scenes in here but the scenes do not fit together well in the full episode.
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