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Can't fault the cute little kids they got to play the younger versions, but I have to say their acting was distractingly bad for me. I thought the ending with the younger and older versions was cool though. Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard were really good. My favorite joke though was how Lucas still looked like a teenager in all his old pictures.

Were the Tomato and Bacon a couple of young Disney stars I'm too old to be aware of?

I completely agree with you about the tonal inconsistency of this show, as you put it, and all of the unrealistic and nonsensical stuff that happens on it. I'm pretty sure I hate this show and won't be watching for too much longer.I will say though, about showing the movie in class, that I had several classes in college that were 2 or even 3 hours long, depending on how many times they'd meet per week. It's kind of a fanwank but yeah. I've never seen Glee, it's not my kind of thing, but American Horror Story is a MUCH better show than this one.

The message Ariana Grande was typing out on her computer right before she died actually got sent out, right? What was she posting it on, Facebook or something? None of the characters mentioned seeing that message online yet have they?

I feel like the cast and crew hopped on board with this out of respect of and with faith in Ryan Murphy. Maybe the Pilot script looked better on paper than how it actually turned out on screen (the directing of these episodes was, after all, pretty weird and bad, and I'm usually not even one who notices bad directing).

Actually my problem with it is that it moved too fast. There were three deaths in just the first episode (5 if you include the flashbacks!) so there wasn't really any time for characters to properly grieve or react in any realistic way.

Having seen the Pilot now, the tone of this show seems really bizarre to me. I'm all for campiness, but none of the characters are reacting even halfway realistically to these tragic events. All these girls are just suddenly willing to become accessories to the murder of the nanny? And the Chanels seem barely affected by the death of Chanel 2 (Ariana Grande). Not to mention the sorority girls in 1995 at the beginning who were just over-the-top bitches who'd rather dance to TLC than help a girl who just GAVE BIRTH (and then DIED) in their tub. There's no sense of gravity or real stakes. And the episode is LOADED with very played-out cliches, and not in any way I'd call clever. Chanel is way too over-the-top bitch, and don't get me started on the spark of romance with the barista dude. Chanel 2's death scene, for instance. She acted SO stupidly when confronted by the killer, I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to be scared or laughing. Instead I just felt awkward. I guess they were playing into the classic slasher trope of the pathetically ditzy victim, but this was just too over-the-top. Instead of clever satire like Scary Movie, it just felt like a really poorly done horror B-film. Maybe some of these (IMO) issues will get better as the show progresses. I'm a sucker for a slasher murder mystery so I'll keep watching. On the plus side Jamie Lee's character seems pretty awesome.

According to Twitter, Rowan Blanchard actually ad-libbed that whole speech on the spot!

I like how they actually explained why Lucas looks older than everyone else!

There will definitely be at least one new episode in April. The writers and some cast members have been teasing on Twitter a special episode called "Girl Meets Demolition", which supposedly takes place between seasons 1 and 2 and will air in April. (But, this episode supposedly has the production code 207, implying it takes place in the middle of season 2, but they swap episodes around regardless of production codes a lot anyways) Then there was just recently a press release from Disney Channel saying an episode called "Girl Meets What the What" will air on April 17. So it's a little confusing. But I definitely think we'll get an episode in April, with the rest of season 2 following soon after.

You mean Rowan? The name of the girl who plays Riley is Rowan Blanchard.

I just gotta say that Rider Strong was really great in this episode, and I agree with the others who said he brought something to the show that it seemed like it was missing. As unrealistic as it might be, it really would be awesome if Shawn became the "wacky neighbor". Hey, Feeny followed the kids to every school they went to in BMW and we didn't have a problem with that

Riley's whole plot with Shawn was that she thought he had been cold to her every other time they had seen each other before this episode. So if Riley has met and seen Shawn multiple times before, then of course Cory and Shawn have also seen each other since Shawn moved out of the city

The episode description for "Girl Meets Master Plan" says that Riley and Cory will try to set up Shawn with Maya's mother. I kind of doubt it will work though

Riley did in fact mention that Malala was the youngest nominee of the Nobel Peace Prize. This episode was written and filmed months ago so you can't blame them for not mentioning that she actually won it. I don't think it's so far-fetched that Lucas considers Farkle his best friend. He just moved into town after all, and we haven't really seen him interact with anyone outside of Farkle, Riley and Maya (at least until this episode, with Mr. Jealous). Anyway I thought this was a pretty great episode; one of the season's best, along with last week's. This show can be pretty cheesy for any audience member over 15 years old, but it has a lot of good qualities too, and I think it's been on a positive trajectory lately. I will keep watching, if not only in loyalty to Boy Meets World. It would be cool to see these characters get older and deal with more adult issues just like BMW did.