Boy Meets World Season 6 Part 1 Review

This is Jason Marsden. You're listening to the

GeekCast Radio Network. All right, folks, it

is episode 12 of Podcaster Meets World, brought

to you by the Geekcast Radio Network. I am one

of your hosts, Steve, Joe, and Mike. Joining

me, as always, is Steve Megatron. Hello, sir.

How are you? Good. How are you? Pretty good.

Pretty good. We are getting back to Podcaster

Meets World, folks. We are going to close this

thing off this year in 2025. Yes, we promise.

We're closing this off this year, or else, you

know, the Klingons are going to come after us

if we don't. So this time around, we've got the

first half of Season 6 of Boy Meets World. This

is Season 6, Episodes 1 through 12 of Season

6. First off, general thoughts from you. What

did you remember of Season 6 before you watched

the first 12 episodes of the season? uh not much

really yeah well it's more so because they all

kind of like when they start hitting like the

college years it all starts kind of blending

together for me okay so i i kind of forget who's

where and what's going on because you get you

know the addition of you know the penbrook stuff

you get the sean and jack situation sean and

angela situation corian topanga situation and

All the situationships, yes. All the situationships.

Plus, you know, I hadn't watched it in a long

time. And then I forgot the fact that, you know,

oh, there's a baby. Yeah, there's a baby. That's

true. What's old is new again. And I don't...

Think you did the research? I didn't do the research

either, probably, but as of this recording, folks,

Pod Meets World, which is Daniel Fishel, Ryder

Strong, and Will Friedle, they've been going

through their own show and reviewing it episode

by episode, and they just started season six

themselves. I never thought they would have Maitland

Ward, who plays Rachel, on the podcast. They

did. I've meant to listen to it. I've been sick

for the past two weeks. Ditto. Yeah, and I didn't

get a chance to listen to it, but I've heard

it was very explosive. So hopefully by the time

we record, yeah, hopefully by the time we record

part two of season six, we will get a chance

to listen to that and all that stuff. But yeah,

the funny thing about this is I've seen... So,

when Boy Meets World hit Disney Channel back

in the day, in the early days, when it went to

Disney Channel airing, when Disney Channel was

still a thing, I don't even know. I haven't had

cable in years, so I don't know if Disney Channel

is still a thing, where they actually, they're

like, oh, just throw it on Disney +, whatever,

just put it on there, it's fine. Streaming is

the new cable. That's a topic for a different

day, folks. Yes, it's true. Streaming is the

new cable. It's like Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Every ring is a different cable service or a

different streaming service. But when it originally

went on to syndication. At the time, I was like,

oh, cool, I'll watch. I hadn't seen Boy Meets

World in years. I'm like, oh, cool, I'll watch.

I remember season six and seven the most out

of them all. And when I went back and I rewatched

season six, these first 12 episodes, I'm like,

yep, I remember that. I remember that. I remember

that. I don't give a crap anything about Eric's

storyline. I don't care about Jack's storyline.

The comedy relief. I don't care about the comedy

relief. I want to know about the stories with

Corey Topanga, with Sean and Angela and all that.

That's what I was... Yeah. So, yeah. And the

funny thing is, because I think they are up to...

What episode are they up to? I think they are

up to... Ooh, I don't know. I think I'd have

to look at Spotify. I'm not doing that right

now. I think they're up to episode four or five

over on pod meets world. But I remember when

they did the episode one and two, like his answer,

part one, her answer, part two, that makes no

sense. Uh, I get it. It's an, it's a, it's a

naming convention thing, but you would think

that part one, part two would have the same,

but it's a, it's a, it's a thing uh yeah um yeah

i i'm so glad i never went through this in my

20s oh god college no thank you i did college

like i tried it at 18 like right after graduating

high school had no idea what i wanted to do Like

I literally was taking like programming and web

design and I'm like, this sucks. And I made it

like half a semester and I just dropped, I didn't

even drop it properly. I just stopped going.

And like, it was a job that you could just quit.

So I never fully like unenrolled or anything.

Like, so it like showed as like a negative on

my, my plat, you know, my, uh, credits. Yeah,

my credits and then on my like kind of record

record. That's what I was looking for. And then

and then I get to 2013 and I actually go back

and then I had to deal with that. And I was going

for media and I because I had a media program

by then. And then I was, you know, kind of having

to renavigate college, which was weird because

at that point I was married and had a kid and

working full time. And so, yeah, it was it was

totally different. But. I felt like I wasn't

ready when I went to college initially compared

to when I went back the second time. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't know what it was. I don't know.

Like I graduated in 99. So I don't know if it

was, I was ready to get out of school or I didn't

want to deal with school anymore or whatever

it was. I think my problem was college didn't

offer me enough. And the problem, at least in

Louisville, Kentucky, at the time, you still

had to have a math course to get anything in

college. Yeah, I still had to have a math course,

which sucked. And I'm like, why? Why do I need

an algebraic, genometry, whatever, for a creative

writing? degree or whatever kind of degree in

writing. Like what, what does math have to do

with writing? Nothing. Absolutely freaking nothing.

Like, so yeah, college was just not, not for

me whatsoever. So I went into the workforce.

I went in, I went and went out and got a real

job. But specifically this type of college experience

is what I mean that I never had because I went

to, A junior college type of thing where you

just went to the canvas and you went back to

your apartment or whatever. I never had the dorm

experience type like what Corey and Topanga and

all of their friends are doing here in this season.

I never had that. Oh boy, that would be rough.

Whether it was 25 years ago or even now, I don't

know how people do. dorm college life that that's

crazy to me i don't know how people do that or

dating now yeah which is like one of those weird

back and forths of like this season yeah it is

very much so i mean at least cory and topanga

are pseudo married at this point they're they're

married but they're not married i mean they've

been married since they were two but you know

it is what it is yeah that's Yeah, oh boy. But

I like seeing, as these 12 episodes go through,

I like seeing the journey that they all end up

taking. I think that's fun. Like I said, Eric

has turned into... He starts off as a joke character.

He eventually gets to the point of being somewhat

serious. Well... yes and no like he started out

in the original like season one and two and that

kind of stuff like more serious and then he starts

getting more stupid as it kind of goes along

and then he has moments where he's both like

for the remainder of the series now like seasons

yeah six and seven like he's got moments where

he's very profound and he's very thoughtful and

there's things that you know he's masking behind

the stupidity um and then there's things where

he's actually being stupid, like, um, or, or

things that actually matter to him, you know,

where he's just having a good time and like overly

excited about college. Yup. Or just kind of wandering

in life. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Uh, what were

some of your favorite moments from any of these

episodes? I mean, I like the aspect that, you

know, there's the struggle of Corey and Topanga

with their will they, won't they, get married

type stuff. And I don't know. I like Eric, even

though he is kind of all over the place in the

season. But I love the Feeney call. The iconic

ones that are, you know. Yes. That was quite

a presentation. I don't know what got into me.

Well, I think what got into you was something

that never really left you. I intended to come

here strictly as a student. I thought I had retired

from teaching. Yes, well, when I stopped teaching

to become dean, I thought the same thing. But

here I am. We're teachers, George. You put us

in a classroom, we teach. Yes, well, after all

these years, I still have a lot to learn. I'm

sorry, Rachel. I guess I was a poor choice for

a partner. You know, I've got to admit, I'd much

rather have you as a teacher than as a partner.

I'd rather have him as a colleague than a student.

Perhaps you'd care to call my office about that.

Well, you have my gratitude, Dean Bolida. You're

welcome, George. I look forward to your call.

Dude, let's go. And then, of course, like Eric

getting into college. Eric, you know, Feeney,

you know, knowing the dean and oddly enough,

isn't that his wife in real life? Yes. And then

we get, I don't know, there's just a lot of back

and forth with different characters, Corey's

getting more manic as the season goes, too, which

is funny. Yeah, he's... So, as this season progresses,

honestly, since season five, the end of season

five, but as season six and seven happen, Corey

ain't the main character anymore. No. At least

not for me. It's becoming an ensemble after this.

Yeah, it is, but like... Corey is not the point

of view that I really care about. Do I like seeing

the Corey Topanga stuff? Yes. But you're absolutely

100 % right. He has become more manic and more

weird and more crazy and he's just too out there.

Corey, why? Before you say anything, I just want

to state that as a man, I am entitled to certain

rights and privileges. I understand. So as a

man, I went with other men and did man things

because I do not want to be thought of by those

men as... How do I put this delicately? Whipped?

You could at least let me say it. Corey, I'm

not mad at you. But you're disappointed in me.

I understand your need to be one of the guys.

The only thing that's important to me is that

we are always honest with each other, okay? You're

not just being understanding now, but actually

harboring bitterness and resentment that will

fester over the years until one day you hack

me apart in my sleep, right? No, Corey, that

would be wrong. But this first half of this season,

these 12 episodes, Sean's the character for me.

Because we get into his whole poetry thing and...

His relationship with Angela and all that. Well,

and you've got him still dealing with his dad's

situation and his brother, and he's very much

evolving and trying to grow. Yep. Despite, you

know, everybody around him. Yeah. So, I mean,

I feel for him in a lot of instances. Oh, absolutely.

Like the whole poetry episode, which we're not

going to... We aren't going to skip over the

Everybody Loves Stuart episode, folks. Trust

me, we're going to talk about that. But the Poetic

License and Ode to Holden Caulfield, which is

the one where Corey reads Sean's poems at the

local coffeehouse. Like... Sean is the type of

person that will write stuff down for himself.

He's the type of character that needs to, he

wants to say things to people, but he just finds

that he can't. So he writes it down in poetry

order or else, and Corey doesn't listen to his,

he heard his friend's poems, but he didn't listen

to them kind of thing. And I think this is one

of the first real arguments we really ever see.

Have they had arguments before in the past? Yeah.

But this is something that Sean doesn't share

with anybody. Like, this is something for just

Sean. This isn't just, and he even says it in

the episode. No, you're not just going to apologize

to me. No, you're not just going to blow this

off. This is something that's very important

to me. you can't just Corey your way out of this.

When you see him being very vulnerable. Absolutely.

And it kind of sucks that they drag his story.

Like he's been dragged through the mud since

the start. Yeah. And I mean, not that these situations

don't happen with people in real life because

they do. Right. It just sucks that it took like

until the end of girl meets world for him to

have a final resolution. Yeah, but it is what

it is. But you do relate to him and feel for

him and have the empathy and the, you know, like,

you desperately want to help him. Yeah, absolutely.

And even at the end of this, even at the end

of this series, because we didn't know, in 2000

when this ended, we didn't know. When did Girl

Meets were 2014, 2013? Whenever Girl starts,

I forget when Girl started. I think it was 2014.

I could be wrong. Might be later than that. If

you have a mic here, it was 2014 to 2016 for

the Girl Meets World run on Disney Channel. Now

back to our show. Because Girl only had three

seasons whenever it was. Anyway, the point is,

when the year 2000 happened and this series ended...

Again, I remember this like it was yesterday,

the finale. Spoilers, folks, for our Season 7

episodes. Here. She throws him a duffel bag.

What's this for? You're coming with us? I'm going

with you? Yeah. I mean, he kind of gets a sort

of... happy ending he gets to go with his best

friend and his best friend's wife he gets to

go with jesse and jesse's girl essentially uh

but yeah no i mean again we're gonna get to girl

meets world when we eventually cover those three

seasons folks and i like that show for The new

characters and the spin -off, not spin -off,

but the continuation aspect of it being Cory

and Topanga's daughter and their son and all

of that. But again, like you just mentioned,

Sean's story, he finally got his happy ending.

But to talk about Everybody Loves Stuart. Oh,

God. So this is where Bonnie Bartlett really

shines as Dean Bolander, which they only credit

her, at least on Wikipedia, they only credit

her as Dean, but her name is Dean Bolander. Special

guest star, Fred Savage, as the gross Stuart

teacher person. No. How about no? yeah yeah that

was it was a little cringe this yeah very not

not not a little very like a lot of yeah yeah

i know like i yeah i i was like okay um like

it's almost like cringe enough that like i don't

ever want to watch it again but i know that these

situations happen and i'm glad that like he gets

reamed and like Corey did the right thing. Yep.

Despite being put on probation. Yep. Yeah. The

only thing that I like about season six, episode

seven, everybody loves Stewart is two things.

Number one, William Russ directed it or three

things. William Russ directed it. Matthew Nelson

wrote it. Matthew Nelson was an amazing writer.

Number three, I like seeing the Savage brothers

act together. I just like seeing them act together.

I don't obviously like the role that Fred Savage

is playing, but I like seeing Fred and Ben act

together. Even though this is not the best of

roles for them to be acting as. Whatever. But

yeah, no, absolutely. This is not, oh boy. But

this is an issue that I think this show needed

to tackle, especially in college. You're going

to have teachers, unfortunately, sadly, colleges

have teachers that think they can do this kind

of bullshit. And that's just wrong. And I love

that Dean Bolander and all that comes down on

him. And I love that Corey took the stance that

he took and stood up for himself and stood up

for his friends and stood up for his girlfriend,

obviously, and everything else. Oh, boy. And

again, it just goes to show you that this show

did not shy away from hard topics. No, it didn't.

Because this show wanted to teach everybody life

lessons. And unfortunately at college, sometimes

when you run into people like Stuart, but yeah,

no, this was, um, that was an episode in, in,

in these 12. And then for us, so that, that through

line, the whole Sean and Angela thing comes to

a head in that, uh, in that 12th episode with

cutting the cord where Sean and Angela drop a

restraining order that forbids Corey and Topanga

from any further interference in their romantic

lives. Oh, man, this episode. Again, this is

why I love this show, these seasons, is because

it's just so much fun. Seeing Sean go through

this stuff, and honestly, Sean and Angela both,

seeing them go through this and seeing them get

through it, obviously. Like, it is hard. Dating

is hard. Dating is, but if you're, you know,

and I think this is good, where season six, where

we split these, technically we should have split

this at 11. But I like splitting it at 12 because

you have this ending here with cutting the cord

with them because Alan also has a midlife crisis.

He has a midlife crisis and goes shopping for

a motorcycle. And the very next episode, which

we'll talk about next time, is, well, we'll have

a good time then because Sean and Jack. They

get reunited with Chet. Chet is back next time

for episode 13 of season 6. So I like splitting

it here, even though there are only 22 episodes

in this season. I thought there were 24, but

there are only 22. But yeah, this first half

is kind of up and down, but overall I liked it.

I thought it was interesting. I thought it was

fun. I wish I could relate more to the college

stuff, but I just didn't have that kind of experience.

It's nice seeing the experience of it and seeing

what it was like to go through it. I know I'm

not talking much about the Eric and Jack situation,

but that's because I don't particularly care

about the Eric and Jack storyline yet. I don't

know if I ever will. Yeah, I didn't really care

for that much either. I mean, it just doesn't...

I mean, they get... So, the basis of it, folks,

and I'm sure you all have seen it if you're listening

to the sound of our voices by now, considering

Podcaster Meets World has been going on for nine

years, sort of. Which is nuts. Yeah, I know,

right? We will finish this before the 10th year,

folks. Trust us, we will. You know, folks, this

is all the Top 100 TV series' fault. Just because

Boy Meets World made it to number 50 on the list.

Stupid people, stupid voting. Yes, I'm going

to bring it up every time. But anyway, yeah,

just... I don't know. Just not really that invested

in... I think it would have been cool to have

Sean, Eric, and Jack do the roommate thing, but

then Sean has his whole thing with Angela, as

we've already talked about. So that's the thing.

And then what really is the thing is obviously

Corey and Topanga can't be roommates because...

They're not married. They're not married yet.

And you have to be in them. And Oh boy, the married

dorms. I can't wait to get to, Oh boy. That's

a whole other situation. Once we get to those

episodes. Uh, so yeah. And then as that happens,

turns out girl down the hall, uh, who apparently

what, see, this is what confuses me about this.

First half of this season, Rachel is introduced

to us by being in the dorms, living with her

boyfriend. But if you can't be in the that makes

no see that part of the story makes no sense.

It's because they. They needed a reason to write

her in. Yeah, I understand. But it's like, yeah,

I don't know. I just wish there was a different.

Because technically, because the girls dorm is

not on that floor. There are no girls dorms on

that floor, right? The girls don't think so.

Yeah. I think the girls dorms are on a separate

floor. If the girls dorms aren't on a separate

floor. Feedback at geekastrodeo .com. Let us

know, folks. I don't remember off the top of

my head. I honestly do not remember off the top

of my head. Because I know once we get into this

further, before we get to the point of Corey

and Topanga being in the married dorms, which

I know are almost a separate building, or I know

those are a separate floor, I don't remember

if the girls' dorm and the boys' dorm are in

the same building or not. I think they are. But

I'm pretty certain they're on a separate floor.

It's a whole thing. But overall, I enjoyed this

first half. It was kind of a memory lane thing

for me. Again, Sean and Angela, I'm more invested

in them and seeing what comes of their relationship,

even though I know where it goes. But at least

going back and re -watching this series. Having

hope. Yeah. Even though we know where it goes.

Any other, any moments, any specific moments

or quotes that you want to call out from these

12? Anything that sticks out in your mind? Hmm.

Anything stupid Eric did that made you laugh?

I don't think anything really. This go around.

I know. I like Eric a little bit more in season

seven because he gets he loses the goofy hair

and gets the spiked haircut. And that's when

I I'm like, OK, because I can kind of relate

like I. I did like the spiked hair thing like

back in high school and so. it it was it was

entertaining to me plus he's like more goofy

but he's also like a little bit more real in

some regards because like he was a little bit

more vulnerable with like topanga and beanie

and things like that yeah and i know we didn't

talk about the parents too much but as we mentioned

we did mention briefly that uh amy and alan are

having a fourth child and there is one thing

that does happen in this in episode 12 Lamaze

class. Oh, Eric. Oh, Eric. The man has no shame.

No, the man has no shame whatsoever. Oh, God,

Eric. Nope. All right, folks, I think that's

going to do it for us. I don't think we're going

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you got going on, anything you got coming up

that you want people to know about? Just working

on different podcasts and some 3D print stuff

that hopefully I'll get some video footage of

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time here on Podcaster Meets World. Oh, everything

is more than okay. She's the mother of a beautiful

baby girl. And she's got this man right here

to thank for it. Eric. I'm serious, Dad. You

knew just what to do. Oh, I didn't do anything.

I mean... She was in trouble. No, I'm not talking

about with her. I'm talking about with me, man.

I was petrified. You saw me. I froze there, man.

But I'm telling you, you knew what to do, like

always. You're going to do that for the new baby,

too. Yeah, the very lucky new baby to have a

great dad like you. I hope so. So you're still

getting the Harley? I was thinking about borrowing

it. Sorry, Jack. You can borrow my station wagon.

Yeah, that's great. The women are really going

to love that. So this midlife crisis is all about

the baby, right? There's never been any question

about how much I want the baby, Amy. I'm just

worried about how much the baby's going to want

me. I'm afraid I'm going to be too tired to play

catch or teach him how to ride a bike. I'm worried

I'm not going to have enough energy to run around

with him the way we did with the other kids.

You think that's what makes you a good father?

I mean, yeah, sure, you taught me how to swing

a bat, but any little league coach could do that.

I mean, it was more important that you were there

for me after I struck out. You made me feel better.

You're always there for me, man, just to listen

to me, to give me advice, you know, to help me

get through stuff, just like you did today. You're

never going to be too old to do that. Well, I

know I'm never going to be too old to give my

son a hug. No, you really are. Hey, everyone,

I propose a toast. A toast. You know, is that

your printer? Yes. Okay, I just wanted to make

sure. I was like... Yeah, that's my 3D printer

going in the background. No, no, no. I just wanted

to make sure. I was like, wait a minute. Price

check, aisle five? Because that's what it sounded

like a second. I was like, wait a minute. Who

dinged the price check guy?