#THE BES TEPISODE!!!! THE BET FUCKIGN EPSIOIDDE!!!!!

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S1 Rewatch - Maggie’s Take [ 1.07 ]

my favorite episode, my FAVORITE episode?!?!?!?!?!?! i dont even know how im gonna talk about this lmao

Favorite scene

I genuinely can’t pick one. I can’t. This episode holds such a concrete piece of my heart and trying to choose one scene out of it feels impossible. So some honorable mentions -- Lucas and Jack in his office after “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”; the entire paint balloon sequence; Farkle & Zay actually having a meaningful conversation and him gaining a better understanding of Zay; Riley & Lucas and her “you inspire them” speech; Riley & Isadora at Svorski’s where Isadora explains what Lucas means to her; WHEN THEY MEET IN THE PARKING LOT AT 9PM LAMFKSDJGLDG; the divas coming together; Riley & Lucas’s final scene “maybe you don’t have to do everything alone | no maybe not”... LIKE GOD!!!!!

Favorite performance

Dead tie between “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” and “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” but I think the former might just eek out as the winner. It’s just... SO iconic. Sometimes I forget this song was in the show and it comes on shuffle and I just start cackling because it’s THAT LEGENDARY. Like of COURSE this is what the techies would launch into, of course they’d cause chaos down the halls and not give a fuck anymore. Also, although the influence is Lucas and the number is all the techies, this is REALLY Asher & Dylan’s first lead performance. They lead the vocals from the start, and are focal at the front of the techie brigade when Isadora and Lucas aren’t in the frame. Like this is truly their number, and I’m so proud of them for being so legendary. And then I mean... banger. Just banger! Top 10 performance of the season contender EASILY.

Favorite character (within context of the episode)

It’s gotta be Lucas James. He was a catalyst, a game-changer, a charmer, an inspiration, a troublemaker -- this was one of the first episodes where I feel like we get the full taste of his character and all his dimensions. Also the entire episode wouldn’t have kicked off without him, which is a nice role to boast. I still want my gifset that’s just “Lucas James + (:” and it’s all his little smirks throughout this episode -- because there were many. It was also fun to give him the chance to be a little theatrical, and sort of reveal that while Lucas isn’t a performer by any means, he is just as dramatic on the inside as any one of those divas, and that’s a lot of fun. But he also demonstrated a softer side that we hadn’t gotten to see much of yet -- in hesitating to hit Riley with the paint, listening to her actually say nice things about him, his “believe me, when I care about something, you’ll know” ... IDK, I just love him. I love a boy. This is his episode and I love him.

Favorite line(s)

“This is how all great rebellions begin, Principal Hunter, sir. I think you’ll want to be on the right side of triple A history. It’s like they say, you know. “If we burn, you burn with us.” That’s classic literature, right? [ The Hunger Games. ] Same difference.” –Lucas James Friar

“Sure I do. [ pointing to Asher ] Thing 1. [ pointing to Dylan ] Thing 2. [ pointing to Lucas, with vitriol ] Jackass --” –Farkle Minkus, when asked the techies’ names

“We dabble. In one another. Now and then.” –Riley Matthews, about Lucas James Friar

“I am not one to ever dispute the notion that Isa is amazing, in many aspects. And she may be the face of the operation, but you, you’re the engine. You’re what motivates them. They look up to you, I mean, you’re the one they march for. They take comfort in you, you inspire them. And that’s certainly not nothing.” --Riley Matthews

“I texted him. He just said… [ reading from his phone ] ‘white nonsense.’” --Charlie Gardner, on behalf of Zay Babineaux

An underrated moment

Everything in this ep is simultaneously underrated because I love it with everything in me, but I would say Lucas cleaning up in the auditorium at the end of the episode before Riley shows up. I love that moment because like... he is so disdainful all the time, but I think he loves that auditorium. He loves AAA, despite everything he hates about it. It’s his home, and you always love your home even for it’s faults because it’s a place to feel safe and come back to when all is said and done.

Anything I would’ve changed

This episode is the best episode on Earth so no.

First impression vs your reread impression

I loved this episode from its inception, and I love it now. It’s still my favorite even as we’re gearing up for S2 (although it might shift after S2 is said and done, it will always be the S1 fave). It has so many fun elements I love -- the PAINT BALLOON SEQUENCE; Riley’s crooning while covered in paint and thinking Isadora loves Lucas; TECHIES -- and just really feels like a *chef’s kiss* episode to me. I don’t know man, I don’t know! I can’t talk anymore I’m gonna cry.