The Feeny call. Eric
as a couch. Cory and Topanga 4eva! “Mr. Matthews.” “Mr. Squirrels.” “Eric?” “Plays
with.” “Oh my god, they killed Kenny!”
Evil Lauren.
There are so many funny memories, sad memories, memories
that make me giggle, ones that make me cry, that trying to put them all on
paper would just be a rehash of the entire show. I am going to do my best to parse them down,
so this series of posts only takes two months, instead of a full year, as it so
easily could.
To start out, I’d like to give a brief synopsis of the seven
seasons: Boy. Met. World.
OK, just kidding, Cory Matthews did more than meet the world…but
not by much.
Boy Meets World, which ran for seven seasons on ABC in their
famed TGIF block, followed the life of Cory Matthews as he grew from a snot
nosed twelve year old into a married adult of 21. And if you’re wondering how Cory went from 12
to 21 in 7 seasons, so am I.
In the first season, Cory and his best friend Shawn were in
the 6th grade, and they had typical kid problems, such as feeling weird
among peers, cheating on IQ tests, and staying out of trouble with their
teacher, Mr. Feeny.
When they moved onto seventh grade, in the second season,
Mr. Feeny followed them to their new school, and they met a new teacher, Mr.
Turner. Cory started to notice girls
more, including Topanga, but their problems were still pretty small and relatively
normal, including bullies, girlfriends, and dating bully’s girlfriends(whoops).
Season three found them in eighth grade, and things started
to go a bit off the rails, although the show was really in it’s prime. Cory somehow manages to teleport himself back
to 1957(what a dream!), Topanga wins a trip through school to Disney World, and
Cory and Topanga officially start dating(finally).
Ninth grade couldn’t be done fast enough, and apparently the
show runners though so as well, since the fourth season saw our favorite trio
in tenth grade. Cory befriends a former bully, whose dad happens to be a pro
wrestler, Topanga(gasp!) cuts her hair, and of course, the glorious,
fantastical, “Shallow boy”
Also not to be missed: Maladjusted Woman-hating Loser Freak
Of course, once a person is done with 10th grade,
it’s off to senior year, of course!
Season five watched Cory and Shawn have college application angst, Cory
kisses another girl(NOOOO!), and Eric auditions for Kid get Aquainted with the
universe. Yes, it’s as meta as you would
think.
Once the group was off to college, in season six, things
only got crazier. With the core group of
three expanded to six, or seven, depending on Shawn’s dating status, the
antics, they were wild. Cory and Topanga
were engaged until her parents dropped the big D on her and borked everything up. Cory also was killing people(in his dreams),
and a snake-y teacher causes Cory to lash out and hit him, even as that same
teacher hits on Topanga.
The final season saw the madcap zaniness of the group of
friends we loved come to an end, with all the antics we had come to
expect. Eric, Cory’s brother, was the
cause of most of them, from cross dressing, to gaining psychic lottery number
powers, to hiding in a couch; if you want crazy, you want Eric. Cory and Topanga had us all at 'I do', after Cory
finally convinced her that her parent’s divorce doesn’t affect her love for him. And oh, that Shawn, he’s so dreamy!
Next week: Cory, Shawn, and Topanga: A character study
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