A couple didn't even get any lines.
This x 1,000!!!Here's my take on the finale:
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No speaking lines: Did Lee Norris even say anything? It seemed like they kinda shoved him into the background, just for the sake of having the
Boy Meets World (1993) cast in there for one last hurrah. They made a big deal about his appearance in
Girl Meets Maya's Mother (2014), and again in
Girl Meets Money (2016), only to have him stand there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe a quick remark if it did happen, but it's one of those blink-or-you'll-miss-it types of scenarios.
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Topanga's job decision: Who didn't see that coming from a mile away? Of course, it wouldn't make any sense for Topanga to completely uproot her entire family. I didn't think for a moment that they were going to have Riley and Maya live in different countries. It would have been an interesting challenge for them, seeing as how it's about the daughter having to face tough decisions. They should have left it open-ended, but I'm sure the fans would have been in an outrage.
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The two Morgans: I get it, there were two actresses in the original show. But, was it really necessary to have both of them? Even though Lindsay Ridgeway was possibly the worst Morgan IMO, Lily Nicksay looks nothing like her younger self. Morgan is a blonde. Lily should not have dyed her hair. Though, I will give them credit for the way Michael Jacobs & Co. handled it to a certain extent.
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Too much focus on Smackle: She made her first appearance in
Girl Meets Popular (2014), and didn't really have a recurring role until the beginning of the third season. I don't understand why the writers decided to give her more attention than any of the other secondary characters. I guess she was more popular among the fans???
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The flashbacks: More wasted potential on a secondary character that I couldn't care less about. Josh Matthews was hardly essential to the plot of
BMW. I believe it was a way for Michael Jacobs to fit archived footage of his son, Daniel Jacobs, into this show somehow, just as he was shoehorned into the last few episodes of
BMW.
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Maya and Josh: I'm glad that's over. It was borderline creepy, even with the speculation among the viewing audience.
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Riley and Lucas: Whelp, that ended rather abruptly. The writers forced the love triangle down our throats for the entire show's run, only to have them become a couple in
Girl Meets Ski Lodge: Part 2 (2016), then put it on the back burner until the end. They hardly seemed like they had any chemistry to begin with.
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Auggie and Ava: Ugh, if there's ever a spinoff of these two characters, I'm definitely skipping it. This is
Girl Meets World, not "The Exciting Adventures of Two Adolescents". They were maturing the Ava character, then decided to start over from scratch by making her annoying all over again.
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Danny McNulty: Poor Harley. When he made his first grand appearance in
Girl Meets the Forgotten (2014), it's like the audience didn't really cheer for him like they did with Lee Norris. They cut a scene between him and Minkus because Danny was pushing Disney to renew
GMW for a fourth season. You can read about it here:
http://www.mtv.com/news/2974938/girl-meets-world-finale-deleted-scene/•
Amir Mitchell-Townes: Ah, Zay. To me, he was more grounded than any of the other characters. They really didn't utilize him as much, and he didn't have any resolve in the finale. At least give him an arc, instead of being the useless fifth wheel of the group since the beginning.
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Maitland Ward: I'm aware that this has nothing to do with the finale, but I'm not surprised the Rachel McGuire character wasn't seen. I didn't think for one second that Disney would let the actress set foot in their studio because of some of the things she did after
BMW.
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Cramming way too munch into a half-hour episode: I understand that they couldn't really pack everything into a whopping 25-minute series finale, but, they should have reserved the hour-long episode for the ending, not
World Meets Girl (2017).
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Too many similarities: I know this was the intention of Michael Jacobs from the very beginning to somehow relate it to certain
BMW episodes, but come on, the finale should have been a wee bit different. Like I had stated above, Topanga not accepting the London offer is just like her not going to Yale because of Cory. Now, she's staying put for the sake of the children's relationships, be it Riley/Maya, and Auggie/Ava.
Well, this is exactly the outcome I should have anticipated a long time ago from a show on Disney. Also, Michael Jacobs isn't the same brilliant writer as he was when producing and directing
BMW.
I believe no other network or streaming service will continue this show. The finale only drew in a 0.47/1.64m viewers. This is hardly anything to boast about, especially featuring the original cast, and the very first episode having a 1.3/5.16m viewers. That's quite a loss. The numbers for this season were abysmal.
Any other network/service would have axed this show a long time ago.
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