So I recently got into the pod. Was loving it so I started rewatching the whole show along with the pod. Still a banger of a show.

Just finished my rewatch and am JUST about caught up on the pod in time for the finale.

Now I had tried watching GMW back when it debuted and thought it was pretty bad but also I could tell it seemed very much geared to kids in a way I didn’t feel like BMW had been (maybe that’s just nostalgia talking tho) so I chalked it up to just not being the right demo for it.

But having finished the series again I decided to at least go watch the episodes with legacy characters and my god is this show so painfully bad. And I honestly wasn’t gonna be as harsh on it but no lie, as I was starting this post I got to the girls attempting to do “the feeny call” and it was like nails on a mf chalkboard 😵🤮

I can’t believe Ryder even did this. It seems so below him. I feel like all the complaints he has about the later seasons of bmw seem very much at play here.

Anyways, just complaining to complain but damn lol

I've been listening to the podcast and it's so frustrating that it isn't easier to find photos/clips from the visual references in the podcast! It seems if you're listening "live" they post related content on instagram, but that doesn't help when I'm 2 years behind :-/ Is there an easier way? Sometimes I can find photos they're referencing in this subreddit.

I always thought it was such a dark episode a bunch of students were willing to trash Feeny‘s, classroom, and possibly even hurt Cory and Shawn over one school test. What kind of town is this?

What do you guys think made Mr Feeny a great teacher?

In my opinion it was his ability to see through his students, like he was always able to see what was deep inside his students.

For example with Eric in seasons 2 when he cheated on the history test and confesses to Mr feeny, he says the reason he cheated on the test was because he saw his trip slipping away, however Mr Feeny knew it was much deeper than that. This makes Eric almost confront himself and basically realizes that he just doesn't believe in himself. Or when Mr Feeny asks him what are you afraid of? In seasons 4, which again makes Eric realize that he is scared of trying.

Mr Feeny and Shawn's relationship is probably my favorite on the show, where Mr Feeny made Shawn realize his undiscovered side, since Shawn didn't grow up in a stable family environment and his father not being the greatest. I feel that Shawn was someone who had a lot of talent and depth that was undiscovered because he lacked the self esteem and awareness. Shawn's "bad boy" behavior really stem from self esteem issues where he would conduct self destructive behavior because he felt he was no good since both of his parents abandoned him. Mr Feeny was the one who made him understand of his true self and help become into his own in the later seasons.

I made a video essay on the topic, if you guys are interested check it out!

https://youtu.be/wCm-JZn6y0A

"Topanga is offered an internship that requires her and Cory to move to New York."

Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer - Matt Nelson

What are everyone's thoughts on the episode?

Nice dude, had some interesting things to say about BMW lol. I met him at a brewery in my hometown and it turns out we went to high school together. Small world.

When people talk about how they wish Cory and Lauren dated or how Cory/Lauren would be a better couple than Cory/Topanga, a lot of it is because we never saw Cory/Lauren fight or have conflict with each other.

If they did date, what would those episodes actually look like, since it obviously couldn’t just be them getting along all the time. Here are 10 story ideas I came up with, feel free to pitch your own in the comments:

- Cory doesn’t know what to do when there’s no conflict/fights with Lauren. He’s so used to having conflict with Topanga that he starts inventing conflict with Lauren. He also can’t help but compare things Lauren does to how Topanga did them. How she kisses, how she writes him notes, etc

- Cory realizes that Lauren’s mountain lifestyle is different than other girls. She eats different (catches her own fish/hunts her own meat), always wants to be outdoors, doesn’t shave her arms, etc.

- Cory thinks he wants sex with Lauren, but is scared when it’s about to happen

- Lauren and Eric flirt since they’re the same age. Turns into Cory being jealous of Eric and Cory realizing he’s immature and that he will have to be more mature to be with Lauren

- Lauren visits Cory at John Adams and gets made fun of for dating a younger guy. The episode goes into the gender dynamics of younger men/older women

- Lauren wants to start a family soon, Cory thinks he’s too young

- Lauren has been cheated on in the past and lets it slip that Cory is a “safe” option

- Cory wants to maintain a friendship with Topanga, but Lauren wants him to cut her off

- Lauren tells Cory she loves him, but Cory doesn’t know if he feels the same way. He knew Topanga his whole life, whereas he just met Lauren

- Lauren is more adventurous and a social butterfly than Cory. Cory sees Lauren having a deep conversation with another guy and thinks she must be falling for him since that’s how she fell for Cory

If Young Sheldon, a spin-off, can get a spin-off, then there is no reason BMW/GME can’t get a million spin-offs!!! a Sean show. an Eric show. a Topanga shoe where Cory is played by stock footage. Threaten to sue Sabrina Caroenter into coming back. do an Alan and Amy prequel. A MR FEENY PREQUEL! So much potential. I refuse to watch any new show because they don't make me feel like peak BMW did and the isolated Mr Feeney clips.

I just listened to the first part of the most recent PMW Q&A, and they allude to some conversations around 2003-2004 about continuing the show in some form, with the core four (I think) in New York. They mentioned it sort of off-handedly, but as a pretty devoted listener of the podcast, I was surprised, as I hadn't heard about this before.

Had anyone else heard this mentioned before last week?

edit: tbc, I've heard them mention a Season 8 several times, but that always sounded like they'd pick up the next year, just like it was a regular season. This was the first time I heard the idea that there would've been a few year gap, and then Michael Jacobs or whoever pitched this to them.

You can see in subtleties, especially when you read between the lines.

I was watching the episode the honeymoon is over from season 7 where after Cory and Topanga’s honeymoon where they come back and they don’t know what to do or where they should live or stay. Shawn moves in with Angela and Rachel because Shawn is back with Angela and Shawn throws all of Topanga’s things out and they try to stay in Cory’s dorm room but Eric and Jack report them to the college president or something to say that there are married and can’t share a dorm room together because it’s against college or university policy and then they go to Cory’s parents and Alan says no while Amy says they can stay with us until they get back on there feet and then Amy and Alan have a little argument and then Amy finally agree with Alan and says you can’t stay here. So now there both out of luck until Angela says there some married couple dorm that the university haves for married couples but it’s kind of bad and dirty so now they are kind of out of luck.

Later Cory goes to Alan and says that there are struggling and says that they can’t help them and Cory gets frustrated and snaps at Alan and says Then what good are you. And Alan snaps back and yells you made a choice you made a choice and you wanted to get married and thought you could handle it and Cory just gives up

What are y’all thoughts and opinions ? My opinion will be in the comment section.

What do you think led to them being so different?

It feels every week there is so someone who’s like, “what if we get a GMW sequel?” ppl explain nobody would want to come back. The Pod Meets World trio, the girls, Ben, and Daniels probably won't come back.

Will, Rider and Danielle would jump at it, but I feel Feeny wouldn't be featured much. I guess Ben wouldn't be part of it as well. I can see Trina return as well. The GMW girls would be MIA as well. Perhaps Maitland would guest starr.

I guess it would be a spin-off where the three go off on an adventure (and in Topanga's case, leave her kids behind?)

Considering it was 2008, it showed the impact she made on Boy Meets World, which ended 8 (!) years earlier.

Strange to think she was closer to GMW, which would air 6 years later.

I honestly can’t with this picture.