Once Upon a Time in the Upper West

The episode is perfectly summed up by the three surprised faces when Max somehow pulls out a small to medium sized dog out of his coat pocket, without realizing it had been there for quite some time. Nothing makes sense here, quite possibly the worst bit of television I've seen in some time.

I found watching the new reboot to be enjoyable. Although I found most of the characters to be fascinating and well-written, Zoya came out as the most annoying, entitled, and socially obtuse character in the show. Maybe the reboot wanted to make Z the new Dan, but Z's aggressive moral superiority and untimely outspokenness have made her the worst character in the show.

This is by far the best episode in the season, this is the essence of the OG show. Lots of characters (with unique characteristics), lots of drama (like so much that you have to be very attentive while watching), and the most important thing, it lives you with desire of watching the next epidose. Please kee doing episodes like this one.

This reboot couldn't capture the magic of the original series. And they failed at making the kids stuff as good as the grown ups. Which is why this episode is so good. It focuses more on the parents and professors, and that was a real treat. The way they are portrayed, has a soft parody feel to the OG series, which prevents this 2.0 version to completely fall flat. Had the « heroes » bickering and sleeping around, been the only juicy stuffs happening. The Julien and Zoya feud is so typical of sisters, it's bland and annoying. And can't capture Serena and Blair's frenemy aura. But the fathers baggage they share, make up for it. The rest is ok, and free of woke cringe, in this episode at least. Yet this new version seems to be suffering the same thing as other reboots. When it's biting off more than it can chew.

This episode was clearly developed with the intention of recreating one of the messiest episodes of the original series and this was a valiant effort. The curation of drama that was exposed this Thanksgiving is one for the books.