This episode is another DiMeo road trip. Kenneth has found a possible replacement aide for him when JJ goes off to college. His name is Tim and he lives in Seattle, so the family have to drive there to meet him. As it’s a DiMeo road trip, there’s no way it’s going to go smoothly. Kenneth suggests a shortcut and
Read moreThis episode is all about prom. The episode kicks off with JJ’s promposal video to Izzy, asking her to go with him. However when he shows Izzy the video, she tells him she doesn’t want to go to prom as her Grease theme for it was rejected. They argue about it, with it ending on Izzy giving JJ permission to
Read moreThis episode focuses on secrets. The episode’s cold open focuses on JJ, Dylan and Ray chasing down a woman who put money in JJ’s cup because she pitied him. When they eventually catch her and call her behaviour out, she apologises, but they need her money anyway to get back to Jimmy and Maya’s bank, where they were waiting for
Read moreThis episode focused on the changing dynamics within the family. The episode kicks off with the cold open with Kenneth accidentally telling Izzy on JJ’s behalf that he loves her, only for Kenneth to discover JJ meant “I love your car”. They rush to clear this up with her to both of their relief. The episode than shifts to Dylan
Read moreThis episode’s title, The Replacement, pretty much says it all. The episode kicks off with the until-now absent Galvin walking on a deserted island in an effort to help find Macy a cure for her dark side. He finds a mysterious glowing artefact and takes it with him, however on his way back, a dark shadow attacks him. Meanwhile, the
Read moreThis episode did the rare thing of picking up right where the previous episode left off. The family (sans Maya) get together to help JJ make his submission film for NYU. His submission film is “Wheelchair Planet”, which is, according to JJ, a Twilight Zone-like film that is dumb but shows good technique, and is about a world where everyone
Read moreThis episode revolves around a DiMeo family game night. The episode kicks off with JJ coming home from a date with Izzy and Maya immediately bombarding him with a PowerPoint presentation on the fact that she hasn’t met Izzy. JJ agrees to let Maya meet her and sets up a game night. The A story revolves around the game night
Read moreThe job of a pilot is to establish the show’s premise and characters. I feel that this pilot did half the job. This shows premise or rather its titular character was summarised in one sentence: “Mr. Black moves in with his daughter Angela and her boyfriend Fin to receive extra care. Mr. Black joyfully sets about psychologically dismantling Fin in
Read moreThis episode was the season’s Valentine’s Day episode. The episode kicks off with JJ and Izzy planning their Valentine’s Day at school and discovering that Maya is cyber stalking Izzy’s social media accounts. JJ rushes home via his wheelchair’s “stop mom” mode. The episode than goes into it’s usual A, B and C stories format. The A story revolves around
Read moreThis episode showed a lot of character development. The A story revolves around Maya and Melanie progressing with building their business by broadcasting a television ad and attending the 2019 Abilities Expo—a convention for vendors with accessible products. However their excitement about their progress quickly disintegrates when they realise that they have feuded with pretty much everyone in attendance. This
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