GrrArrgh

I kept squinting my eyes and half looking away during the kid scene because surely, a house that has a robot nanny voice the child is afraid of is also a house that has floors that will electrify a noncompliant child. When this did not happen, I was simultaneously relieved and disappointed.

It's worth a "yeesh" at least. They know better and it just looks bad. I look forward to a future episode that isn't completely nonsensical, but it's no Boy Meets World. I think the show would seem less bizarre overall if there were more teachers and some interaction between them. I can only imagine it must be serious budgetary constraints keeping the cast intentionally tiny. Otherwise, WTF show? Why so weird?

Ah, the good ol' "Mystical Black Woman drops in to teach the white kids a lesson" trope. Yeesh. Also, I don't understand what's supposed to be happening with Auggie. Is he homeschooled? Is it just not in the budget to show him doing his wacky things in kindergarten during school hours? Prediction for next season: Auggie is a prodigy and joins Riley and Maya's class.

Yeah, she "only" had a dumbphone, so obviously she was the poorest kid at the school. What kind of crap message is that? There aren't kids without phones altogether in NYC? Is Corey also going to pay for Maya's data plan now? Because that would be the actual expensive part of having a smart phone. This show, I swear.

This whole time, I was thinking that Maya's big "I have no future" schtick came from something, I don't know, big like her mom being a felon or something (okay, not really, since it's Disney). But the big thing is that her mom is a waitress? I just...is something supposed to be wrong with being a waitress?! Way to go, show. Odds are, more viewers' parents are blue collar than white collar. I get that Maya is supposed to be the Shawn, but for pete's sake. Shawn was actually abandoned by his parents. Maya's parents are divorced. And also, not that she should be dressed in a street urchin outfit out of Oliver Twist, but if she didn't have identically expensive makeup, hair, and clothes to her friend, it would be easier to convince me of their class differences.