#danny's off-hand comment about how if his life wasnt in danger he would've thrown up kinda got me laughing too

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ep 22 : doctor's disorders is conceptually one of those episodes that i feel like had the potential for interesting conversations or conflicts, but maybe the writers weren't ready to broach that stuff. or felt it was unnecessary?

weird ghost bug ends up spreading a virus to the whole high school that forces ghost powers unto the kids that it infects. it doesnt look like every kid gets every ghost power, but they are completely incapable of controlling said powers, even if they end up being able to use and abuse said powers more than danny can

that alone makes for a really interesting premise, and maybe a bridge to students understanding what ghosts even are. but the episode only brushes that stuff and plays it off more like jokes than an actual topic to discover. there's a really tiny moment between danny and paulina where she's confused about the ghost sense because she has no control over it, and danny calmly explains what it is and even has it happen to him in the moment. it's just a super tiny thing i would've like to see happen with other students, too.

i know this happens in s2 a handful of times, but this is one of those episodes that felt like it was planned to be something different, but the concept of the ghost was put together before the story. and this episode has the return of spectra, trying to build herself a new vessel using bits and pieces of all the students at the high school.

while interesting, i still question why she needs a vessel, since she seems completely fine without one? is it for her personal desire, or because she's withering? no idea, and like before, id like for that to be expanded on one day. i know it wont be though...

i dont actually have a lot to say about this episode since the conflict sorta just resolves and not much happens with the students being affected by ghost powers. there's no commentary on people saying the ghost boy passed by and helped them, and spectra herself is sorta just downgraded from her last appearance (which was arguably one of the best villain moments in season one). i also cant, for the life of me, understand how danny's half-ghost genetic structure helps a proper full-ghost complete their body or whatever, AGAIN WRITERS, EXPAND ON THIS??? im yelling at a brick wall

it's hitting me how often this show just "creates" physical violence by having characters stand completely still or charge recklessly into an enemy with no defensive idea in mind. danny just flies straight at spectra and gets bodied for it because she was literally standing upright with nothing to deter her from retaliation if he ran at her. and i have to wonder if the story-board artists and animators just love torturing this kid with how much they make him run into things.

harmless episode, childish jokes at times, but otherwise, it's fine. i wish spectra had gotten a more serious return considering her first romp. but eh, could've been worse.

WE'RE DOING A NEW POST FOR SEASON 2, HERE WE GO

(link to the season 1 post here, check the notes for each episode)