TGI – Episode 614 “Getting Hitched”

Summary

Pod Meets World: Episode 614 “Getting Hitched” – Detailed Summary

Introduction

In Episode 614 of Pod Meets World, titled “Getting Hitched,” the Pod Meets World hosts—Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Ryder Strong—delve deep into the intricacies of the iconic Boy Meets World episode. Released on June 19, 2025, this episode centers around Shawn and Jack navigating their father's trailer after Chet's passing, while Topanga contemplates cohabitating with Corey. The hosts analyze character developments, pivotal scenes, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, offering fans a comprehensive revisit of the episode.

Pre-Recap Discussion

Before diving into the episode recap, the hosts engage in a candid conversation about their personal experiences and the evolution of their characters over the series.

• Ryder Strong reflects on his character Shawn's growth: "I think my character is finally expressing something. This is good." (04:12)
• Danielle Fishel shares her frustrations with character dynamics: "High school should just be basic, like life skills." (07:40)
• Will Friedle discusses the challenges of balancing comedic and dramatic roles: "If Topanga put out once, she'd never have to see this man again." (17:18)

Detailed Recap of “Getting Hitched”

The episode opens with a heartfelt recap of past events, setting the stage for the current storyline.

1. Chet’s Legacy and Sean’s Struggle

   • Shawn and Jack sift through Chet's belongings, revealing financial struggles and heartfelt letters from their stepfather. This deepens Sean's emotional turmoil about his father's demise.
   • Will Friedle remarks, "I could do the Zippo trick all the time," reminiscing about shooting emotional scenes with Ryder.

2. Topanga and Corey’s Fiancée Game

   • Topanga introduces the fiancée game to cheer up Corey, leading to a competitive and revealing session between couples.
   • Danielle Fishel points out Topanga's frustration: "It's not just a game. It's our future." (34:26)
   • Ryder Strong critiques Corey’s superficial understanding of Topanga: "She just needs to realize we don't know each other well." (35:50)

3. Feeny’s Role as the Game Moderator

   • The trusted teacher, Feeny, reluctantly agrees to moderate the fiancée game, adding depth to his character.
   • Will Friedle notes a change in Feeny’s demeanor: "He's changed more than anybody else on the show." (29:43)
   • Danielle Fishel emphasizes Feeny's unbecoming participation: "He’s aggressively grabbing Eric’s shirt, which is out of character." (23:24)

4. Character Arcs and Emotional Beats

   • The tension between Shawn and Jack intensifies as they confront unresolved emotions about their father.
   • Ryder Strong expresses his initial frustration: "I was bored of my character." (50:09) but later appreciates the depth added.
   • Will Friedle highlights important scenes, such as Sean’s realization and Jack’s empathy: "Sean is taking accountability for his actions." (42:35)

5. Corey and Topanga’s Relationship Dynamics

   • The episode showcases the complexity of Corey and Topanga’s relationship, balancing commitment with personal boundaries.
   • Danielle Fishel critiques the portrayal: "It reduces Topanga to a shrill, withholding woman." (65:31)
   • Ryder Strong suggests deeper exploration: "Topanga’s conservative upbringing could have been better highlighted." (86:05)

Character Development Analysis

The hosts delve into the nuanced character developments presented in “Getting Hitched.”

• Shawn and Jack: Their brotherly bond is tested as secrets about their father emerge. The emotional weight is captured when Shawn admits, "I don't know what I am anymore." (68:20)
• Feeny: Transitioning from a composed teacher to a more volatile figure, Feeny’s participation in the fiancée game raises questions about his adaptability and coping mechanisms.
• Corey and Topanga: The fiancée game serves as a catalyst for exposing the fragility and depth of their relationship, with Topanga asserting, "We don’t know each other at all." (35:41)

Behind-the-Scenes Insights

The hosts share intriguing behind-the-scenes stories that add layers to their on-screen portrayals.

• Will Friedle recounts technical mishaps: "The sign said penguin correctly for the first two takes, then was misspelled." (26:03)
• Ryder Strong discusses emotional challenges during filming: "I had a breakdown during rehearsals for this scene." (26:44)
• Danielle Fishel highlights the collaborative environment: "Matt Lawrence was the nicest guy on set, always supportive." (56:20)

Iconic Moments and Quotes

Throughout their discussion, the hosts highlight memorable lines and scenes that define the episode.

• Danielle Fishel: "It's like parenting with a remote control." (05:02)
• Will Friedle: "We know each other pretty darn well, don't we?" (35:31)
• Ryder Strong: "This is one of the most well-plotted character arcs in an episode." (69:24)

Concluding Thoughts

In wrapping up, the hosts reflect on the episode's impact and its place within the broader narrative of Boy Meets World.

• Danielle Fishel praises the emotional depth: "It's a beautifully written scene between Jack and Shawn." (55:32)
• Will Friedle appreciates the balance of humor and drama: "The best kiss on Boy Meets World fits perfectly into the character arcs." (82:09)
• Ryder Strong emphasizes the authentic portrayal of sibling dynamics: "It's an honest depiction of how siblings cope with loss." (69:31)

Overall, “Getting Hitched” stands out as a pivotal episode that masterfully intertwines humor, drama, and character development, offering fans both nostalgia and fresh insights.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• "Is your team still running on yesterday's tech? Time for an upgrade." – Will Friedle (01:00)
• "If multitasking were an Olympic sport, I would have a gold medal." – Danielle Fishel (02:52)
• "Our junk. Permanence. Oh, my God." – Danielle Fishel & Will Friedle (21:44)
• "You're my brother in his underwear." – Ryder Strong (55:30)
• "I think this is a great way to see how well you know each other." – Danielle Fishel (22:31)
• "It's like having eyes in the back of my app." – Danielle Fishel (08:47)

Note: Ads and promotional content were excluded from this summary to focus solely on the podcast's analytical and discussion segments.

Transcript

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

40S are the new 20s, right?

[Will Friedle]

I think so too. My 40s are way better than my 20s.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, no, I remember way better. I remember being so excited to get out of my 20s. Like when, when I turned 30. Like, I was so. And I think my parents used to tell me that the 20s are the best. Your 20s are. And I remember being in my 20s being so miserable the whole time. Like, so much pressure and feeling incapable of doing the things that I wanted to do. Like, it was like I wanted to be achieving all the things that I felt like I should be able to, but I wasn't. And so I was just miserable.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

And everybody feels that way, right? Like, I mean, we had an extreme example. I mean, we were extreme because we had like, you know, Olympic medal syndrome, right? Where we're like, as teens, we had already won the Olympics and now we're screwed. But I think Most people their 20s are like, why? Why am I not doing all the things that I was supposed to do in high school?

[Danielle Fishel]

Gotta feel like the equivalent of what it is to be a toddler where you're like, right, I have mobility. I feel like I can express myself, but I have all these thoughts in my head. I don't know the right.

[Ryder Strong]

I look like a grown up. I sound like a grown up. Everyone should be treating me like a grown up, but I don't.

[Danielle Fishel]

Other grown ups seem way more grown up, but like I am a grown up. What is happening?

[Ryder Strong]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

I was just in one long panic attack from 24 to 35 was just anxiety for me. So it was like I erased that part of my life.

[Danielle Fishel]

Frankly, miserable.

[Ryder Strong]

But I think that that makes sense. Like that's.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Because that's what I was. You know, it wasn't a panic attack for me, but I felt like I was having this conversation with a friend like a couple months ago. They were like talking about that period of my life, like, oh, remember we used to go hang out at your house? And I was like, I was so miserable. He was like, really? I'm like, you're like, yeah, yeah. He's like, well we were always hanging out. I was like, yeah. And I was miserable.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. I think our parents generation though their 20s were our 30s. So for them, for their 20s, they were like, you know, my dad was, my parents were. My mom had a baby, she was my 24. My parents were both lawyers. They were, they were like, my dad was 27.

[Ryder Strong]

But so what advice would you give to like, if, if you had your own kid, like how would you tell them to approach their 20s? Because I don't know how to, I don't know how to avoid this.

[Will Friedle]

Like, how do you approach your 20s?

[Ryder Strong]

Like, what do I tell Indy? Like, here's what your 20s are all about.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Because I feel like I was told your 20s are all about living your life and having the best time. And I was.

[Will Friedle]

20S are really about. I think you're finding yourself, finding yourself and finding out what you want to do with your life. And I think that's okay. Where it's like you can be 26 and still have no idea what you're supposed to do.

[Danielle Fishel]

You should spend all 10 years trying and failing until you find something that you don't want to fail at and that you're not going to fail at.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

But because that's not what I mean. We, we've set it up so that's what people feel like they have to do. High school. Oh, you're supposed to be figuring out what you want to do. No, you are not.

[Will Friedle]

Right? No.

[Ryder Strong]

So really high school should go all the way till 26.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Like right.

[Danielle Fishel]

College should go until 26. Like if, if high school went to 22 or 20 and then there was a mandatory one or two year break and then it was college to figure it all out. Cuz. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Also no, certain, certain things that last forever. You, you can maybe try to find in your 20s, but stuff like the career you're supposed to be in for the rest of your life, the relationship you're supposed to be in for the rest of your life. No, don't commit to that until you're at least 30. Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, exactly.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. People getting. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Crazy.

[Ryder Strong]

If I were king of America, I would say. I would say you finish high school at 18, right. Which is just like basic. Like, just high school doesn't need to be as hard as it is right now. I feel like high school. High school is so advanced. Yeah. It's so hard, and there's so much pressure. So the idea should be like, high school should just be basic, like life skills, like how do you balance a checkbook?

[Danielle Fishel]

How do you like to do any.

[Ryder Strong]

Of that, Your basic stuff and, like, not, you know, theoretical physics and all the stuff that it is right now. Okay. So high school should be more basic. You finish at 18, and then you have to go into service for two years. You have to either go in the military or just teach other kid. Teach children some sort of, like, AmeriCorps.

[Danielle Fishel]

Where it doesn't get to be about you.

[Ryder Strong]

No, it's just. And you have to travel. You have to leave wherever you are and go somewhere else for two years and. And dedicate your time. And that's just giving back to America.

[Will Friedle]

To the country.

[Ryder Strong]

To the country. And then college starts at like 20. If you want it. If you want it, you can.

[Danielle Fishel]

Or you can go to school or if you want to start a business. Whatever you want to, Whatever it is.

[Ryder Strong]

There's no pressure until 20, and then it's like, okay, now you can figure out what you want to. If you want to do something.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep. All right, well, glad we have a plan for our children.

[Will Friedle]

Figured it out.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, that's.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's good. We've solved all of the world's problems and this is what we do here.

[Ryder Strong]

And we're only in pre show chatter, so.

[Danielle Fishel]

Great. We've been talking for only a few minutes and we've already got it all figured out.

[Will Friedle]

The world's problems. God, we're good.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

I'm Ryder Strong.

[Will Friedle]

And I'm Will Friedle.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

That was a solid role.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, that was a good one.

[Will Friedle]

Trombonist number one. I auditioned for that three times.

[Danielle Fishel]

Really? Didn't get an Honestly, no. You know why? You couldn't cry on cue.

[Will Friedle]

That's what it was. Yeah, I was just. They're like, can you cry while playing the trombone? I'm like, no. They're like, we'll just try to sell it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Try to sell it. And you did it three times.

[Will Friedle]

I couldn't hit submission. That's a trombone joke, by the way.

[Danielle Fishel]

Boom.

[Will Friedle]

I even got a trombone joke in my repertoire, people.

[Danielle Fishel]

I hope three of you enjoy that.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

Any overall thoughts before we jump into our recap?

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, we are in a weird space. Like, I'm kind of. Now I'm coming around on season six.

[Danielle Fishel]

You just kind of like it.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, you know, I kind of do. Like, this is just a soap opera. Like when we hit the recap. When we hit the recap, and I was like, wow. I'm like, oh, okay. You know what? This show's just become something else. And it's.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly.

[Ryder Strong]

And I kind of am like, yeah, do your thing, man. Like, you know, like, you turned me off for a little bit.

[Danielle Fishel]

Boy meets world go off kind of.

[Ryder Strong]

Kind of. It's like it's earning. It's. It's arguing its case now. Like, I'm like, you know, What? Sean has been a whiny this entire season, but now I'm kind of like, yeah, well, it's going around. It's flying away. Right. Well, it's becoming the thing. And I'm like, okay. I don't know. So I don't know. It's kind of winning me back in its awful way.

[Will Friedle]

I agree 100% with everything Ryder just said. I was sitting there going, it's a completely different television program now. I'm liking this version of the television program. Eric is a completely different person from episode to episode. Matt Lawrence is becoming the best director I've ever seen in my life, dramatically.

[Ryder Strong]

And his character is such depth. And when they kissed, I was like, what? This is a real kind of romance.

[Will Friedle]

And like, yep, had me. You had me at hello, boy meets. Yeah. So I don't know what the hell happened, but I agree with Ryder 100%. I liked it, and I don't know why. That's my review.

[Danielle Fishel]

So with you. You know what? I agree. I agree with you guys. Here's what I'll say. My only real complaint is that I guess it's just never gonna be on the table, that Topanga and Corey should just break up. Topanga is never, ever going to see that. Corey does not care about her.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Ryder Strong]

He just wants to get laid.

[Danielle Fishel]

He just wants to sleep with her and is willing to marry her to do it. That's it. The fact that they don't know each other, that he does not know her at all. And she goes, you know what this means, don't you? We gotta live together. I'm like, oh, my gosh. But okay, you know what? We've fully laid the foundation that that's not possible.

[Will Friedle]

If Topanga put out once, she'd never have to see this man again.

[Danielle Fishel]

Correct.

[Will Friedle]

And it probably would be the best thing that ever happened to her.

[Ryder Strong]

And then she could go off and be with Lauren and everybody wins.

[Will Friedle]

Take one for the team.

[Ryder Strong]

Just sleep with him.

[Will Friedle]

Just. I also love how live together in this world means spend one night together in separate beds. Because that's literally what it is. Because they've said at the beginning they're not allowed to live together at the school unless they're married, so they can't live together. So, Sean. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

I didn't understand. So we're shot. Like, they just pushed their beds together.

[Will Friedle]

And then separated them again.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Because Topanga was like, why are the beds together? We can't even sleep next to each other until we're married, apparently. And so that. And Then that's it. But yeah. So again, this, as the Boy Meets World turns, is becoming one of my new favorite shows that I've ever seen. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Boy Meets World.

[Danielle Fishel]

Days of our Boy Meets World.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

General Boy Meets World.

[Will Friedle]

General Boy Meets World. I love this. Yeah, exactly. Oh, man.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, so jumping into our recap, we get another. Previously on Boy Meets World. Why are we. Why do you think we're doing these now?

[Ryder Strong]

Because we needed to serialize it. Like, it didn't make sense. But that's the thing. Like, our show was serializing at a time when that wasn't a thing. And it's crazy. Like, it's such a big swing. It's such a big swing. We killed my dad. Yes. And like, this is. This is the follow up episode to my dad dying. Like, a comedic. Like, basically a joke of a character is like. I mean, it's. It's so cool. Like, this is why. This is why. This is why people still talk to us about it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Ryder Strong]

And it's like. But at the time, we were like, okay, this is what. But in retrospect, that is crazy. Yeah. It's so fun. And we have to do a recap.

[Will Friedle]

Do soap operas start with recaps every week? Is it like what you saw yesterday on Days of Our Lives? Is that a thing? I don't remember.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't know. But I feel like it has to. It has to.

[Will Friedle]

And that's what I think the vibe they're.

[Danielle Fishel]

Because if you're going for Two Days of a Soap Opera, Right, you miss a new twin who's a twin and a ghost.

[Ryder Strong]

We both were twins.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Who has amnesia, right?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, exactly. Okay, so in this recap, we see Chet re entering the boy's life. Sean relaying, realizing he's just like his dad. And Corey relaying the news that Chet had a heart attack. Then at the hospital, Sean and his dad have a tearful heart to heart. But soon after, Chet has another heart attack and passes away. And now we're caught up. We're at the student union. The brew lagoon mug has returned. As Corey takes a sip of coffee, Topanga sneaks behind him and covers his eyes. Corey smirks. Oh, I'd know those hands anywhere, Sean. Topanga smile fades. Corey realizes his mistake and tries to move on. How you doing, honey? Sorry, I was just hoping it'd be Sean now.

[Will Friedle]

I'm sorry. I thought we were opening with a joke. Yeah, but then they played it to where he really thought it was Shawn's.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hands, and he really Wanted it to be Sean.

[Will Friedle]

I wanted it to be Sean.

[Danielle Fishel]

And it's like, I know what it should have.

[Will Friedle]

I know it should have been, like, that's the joke. Like, I know those hands anywhere. Sean, like, oh, I know.

[Ryder Strong]

Like, he's teasing, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

No, of course.

[Will Friedle]

But I was like, wait, they're playing it to where he really thought it was.

[Danielle Fishel]

He really thought it was Sean. And Sean, whose dad just died, decided to play peekaboo with him with a.

[Will Friedle]

Very small, dainty girl's hands.

[Ryder Strong]

And that's the way. That's the way you react when your friends. Dad died.

[Danielle Fishel]

Your dad died.

[Will Friedle]

Come here.

[Danielle Fishel]

Let's play peekaboo.

[Will Friedle]

Who's not here when I open, When I take my hands away, you, dad.

[Danielle Fishel]

Our junk. Permanence. Oh, my God.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God. Yikes. Still gone.

[Will Friedle]

Still gone.

[Danielle Fishel]

It wasn't a bad dream. Wasn't a nightmare. So Topanga understands. She knows Cory's worried about him. Cory admits, yeah, it's his dad's funeral, and I can't reach him. I don't know what to do. Topanga reveals, I have something that'll cheer you up. Corey jumps up out of his seat. Is it Sean? It's not. Topanga pulls out a box. The fiance game. And, like, I really. Topanga.

[Ryder Strong]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. I have something that'll cheer you up.

[Will Friedle]

Do you remember shooting this?

[Danielle Fishel]

No.

[Will Friedle]

I remember. This is the only part I remember was the four of us shooting this game and then Bill coming in.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, really?

[Ryder Strong]

It's a lovely. See? I mean, it's actually very funny.

[Will Friedle]

It's just funny.

[Ryder Strong]

How do you get into this? Right? Like, how do you rationalize a fiance game to establish all the things that it needs? It's really poorly written to get into it. Like this opening and then the Feeny turn. Why does Feeny agree to do this?

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Ryder Strong]

Literally no rationale is given. He just goes, oh, the fiance game I'm in. But, like, play. There's a million things about Feeny that could entice him. Like, I don't know, like, Feeny loves to teach. And, like, there's something about this game that is like, oh, the person who narrates it or hosts it. I don't know, but there's no reason. He just is like, oh, I'm not gonna play. I'm with you guys. Oh, it's the fiance game I'm in.

[Danielle Fishel]

What?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. And then gets angry at one point, just grabs Eric. I mean, it's kind of out of character for Feeny. A little bit.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. But I do wish Feeny was the one who was. If Feeny was the one. Very excited about it. And it was like, we were kind of like, oh, do you. I got. Do you want to moderate it then? I guess, like, then it. Then he could have just had a. He said, the holidays are over, and one of my jobs was taking care of the decorations. But now what do I do?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, right. Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

Or he's teaching it. I'm teaching for my comparative literature class. Like, something random where it's like, yeah, I'm teaching.

[Ryder Strong]

Literally no reason for him to be.

[Danielle Fishel]

Or. Or tie it into his wife. Lillian and I knew each other like the back of our hands. If you two are getting married, this is a great way to see how well you know each other.

[Ryder Strong]

Yes. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, something like that. He hands you a cup of coffee, and it's like, where's the sugar? You take sugar? It's just something like that where it's anything simple.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep.

[Will Friedle]

But, nope, they don't do any of that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, Corey is excited. He was going to get this for her as a gift. Topanga says it's supposed to tell if you're ready to get married. Corey insists, trust me, I'm ready. She says they could play right now if they had another couple. And on cue, Eric and Rachel walk up. Hey.

[Will Friedle]

Totally different Eric walks in. I love it.

[Ryder Strong]

What do you mean?

[Will Friedle]

Because at this point now, I'm so. Just. Every line is said with a weird lil. Every line is a joke. It's now even pushed more than it was. We were going this direction, but this episode, I was like, oh, okay, now we're. We're officially at insanely crazy Eric. Yeah, like this.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, yeah. You're very loosey goosey.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, very loosey goosey. The whole. This whole.

[Ryder Strong]

But you were having fun doing that, right? I mean, blast.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, it was great. Oh, I love it.

[Ryder Strong]

Because you just got to come in, make the. Make the laugh. I mean, get the laughs. I mean, you were just. You're clearly having fun. Here's the thing.

[Will Friedle]

I talked to with some. Some fans at conventions, and it's true. People early Eric. Some people were like, do you kind of wish later Eric was more like early Eric? And I wish early. Early Eric was more like later Eric.

[Ryder Strong]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

If I could have played it differently, I would have had Eric more like this essentially the entire series. But it's such a change from where he was. I mean, even I was thinking about how cool I was playing it with, like, there's nothing better than naked ladies. Like, Even that line would have been done totally differently a season later as this Eric, where everything is just wacky crazy.

[Ryder Strong]

So. But they do give you, like, you're hurt by the fact that roommates are getting.

[Will Friedle]

And I think Tommy is going to be stuck. Sorry. The Tommy stuff is going to be a completely, like, dramatic arc. And I had my godalog. I mean, there's stuff there, but Eric is definitely loosey goosey.

[Danielle Fishel]

Now, what do you remember about shooting this scene?

[Will Friedle]

The thing I remember most was that when we flip over the sign, it said penguin. For the first two takes, it was spelled correctly. And I went to Glazer and I was like, why? It's gotta be spelled wrong? And he goes, what? And I grabbed the thing and I go. And I spelled it with the W. He's like, yeah, you're right. And then we flipped it over and I don't think the writers even knew that it was spelled, that we had misspelled it on the card. So I remember stuff like that. And then it was just the four of us laughing because it was. And I think episodes like this. The thing I remember the most about the funny either B or a story, whichever it was when the other story was really dramatic, usually the cast that was in the funny story was going nuts that week.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, right.

[Will Friedle]

Making each other laugh, going, like, having so much fun.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, I was miserable this week. Like, I have a distinct memory of breaking down.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Ryder Strong]

Yes. I have a distinct memory of breaking down this week.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, we'll get into that. But, yeah, no, that's just what I remember is us shooting it and having a blast and flipping the card over. And the Feeny call was changing every take and all that kind of stuff.

[Ryder Strong]

It was nice to have it back. This is the first Feeny call we've had. Season six. It's been a while.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, it's been a while. I don't know that it's the first one since seasons, but it has been a while. And it's a callback to the one we just were like, okay, this is the one that everyone thinks of.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, no. The one in the classroom. The big one was this season.

[Danielle Fishel]

It was. Yeah, it was.

[Ryder Strong]

That was. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

We can't remember. It's already been 17 episodes.

[Will Friedle]

We'll find out on our re. Listen. We'll find out on our re. Listen.

[Danielle Fishel]

So Corey invites his brother to play a game, and Eric responds. What you got? Perquacky. Topanga reveals the box, and Rachel's interest has piqued. You know, I was almost Engaged. Once we planned our whole future together. I hope he dies. Eric asks, we don't have to be engaged to play the game, do we? Because that'd be okay with me. But Rachel isn't done. Not just dies Burns. I want to step on his face with a golf shoe.

[Ryder Strong]

This is good. Maitland was given.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know a bit.

[Ryder Strong]

And does it. I was like, oh, a character.

[Will Friedle]

But still about the ex. But there was coming through.

[Ryder Strong]

It was like, yo, this is funny. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Eric is unfazed. That's very hostile. Will you marry me? Rachel shrugs. Why not? We already live together. Right? Eric agrees. That's right. We've been living together ever since she moved in. He goes on to tell the actual engaged couple they're toast. Topanga reminds him she and Corey have been together for 17 years. So I guess we're now 19 years old. Right? I know. So we. So we've been together since we were two. Which we said that in, like, the last episode. Right. So I guess we're sticking at least with that. So I guess now we're 19. I don't know. But the game is set. Now all they need is someone to read the questions. And Eric knows the perfect person. He spots Feeny nearby. And we get the most exaggerated Feeny call yet.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Eric assures everyone. This is going to be great. This dude can totally read. Feeny aggressively grabs Eric's shirt. I've told you a thousand times. Leave me alone. I know. What.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Eric simply giggles. And Feeny smiles at everyone else. How can I help? Topanga explains. They need him as the game's moderator. And Feeny's aghast. You interrupted my quiet cup of coffee for. Then he spots the box and gasps. Oh, the fiance game. He jumps right in, telling the couples to take their seats. And Ted, Panka and Corey are excited. No idea.

[Ryder Strong]

Rewrite, guys.

[Danielle Fishel]

Just.

[Ryder Strong]

This is such first draft stuff. Like. Just rewrite this. It's. It's all.

[Will Friedle]

I have a hot take. I have a hot take.

[Danielle Fishel]

What's the hot take?

[Will Friedle]

Which is all of the conversations we've been having the whole time about how Shawn is such a different character, how Eric is such a different character. I think the character that maybe has changed the most over the last two seasons is Feeny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Maybe.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, he's completely. Because they don't know how to use him anymore. He's not in front of the classroom much. It seems like he's changed more than kind of anybody. And it slid under the radar.

[Ryder Strong]

He was supposed to go off to Jackson Hole Jackson Hole got dragged back by Corey from Jackson Hole. Now he's from Jackson Hole. So now he's stuck. He has to teach college as opposed to fifth graders.

[Danielle Fishel]

He had that new kind of bumbling idiot thing because he was attracted to the dean, which was really cute, but, like, we don't get Dean Bolender every week, so we don't get to see him in that situation.

[Will Friedle]

He's grabbing Eric by the shoulder of the collar a lot, and, like, this is why I can't sell my house. He's getting angry at certain times.

[Ryder Strong]

He's.

[Will Friedle]

They're, like, throwing him into things. It's. He's changed, I think almost more than anybody else on the show.

[Danielle Fishel]

Interested?

[Will Friedle]

Weird.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, then we're inside Corey and Shawn's dorm, and Shawn is inside stacking cans of soda into a pyramid, as grieving people do. And then there's a knock at the door. It's Jack. Who is concerned what people do.

[Will Friedle]

Well, that was the original gps. It's grieving pyramid stacking. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

Grieving people.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, is the implication that, like, Sean's drinking, like.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, it's soda. Too much soda, but.

[Ryder Strong]

All right, but it would make sense if it was beers, right? Like, it would actually be.

[Danielle Fishel]

Totally. Yeah. I dated a guy with a beer can pyramid.

[Will Friedle]

Did you really?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, yeah. Big, big, big beer can pyramid. Oh, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Were you in, like, in your 20s, I hope? Early 20s?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, I think I was in 20s or 30s. They. They really blend together. I had a long. I had a long 20s. No, it was. It actually was 20s. You're right. It was 20s.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, that's. That's kind of okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

He was from Ohio. Okay.

[Ryder Strong]

Indy could have guessed that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, exactly. Indy would have known. So Sean doesn't even turn around because I don't want to. Jack says they need to go down to their dad's trailer to go through his stuff. Sean shrugs. You do it. Throw everything out. He grabs an empty soda can from his brother's hand and sets it on this sad boy pyramid. Jack asks, you grew up there, all right? You know what everything means. I wish I did, but I don't. Sean says he can tell him what everything means right there in the dorm. I had a lousy relationship with my father that I don't want to relive, so I ain't going. He falls onto his bed. Ain't I know.

[Will Friedle]

That's how we know trailer park.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's how we know all of a sudden.

[Will Friedle]

Did you. Are. Is everybody. Please. I don't want to keep harping. On this. But are you? Now everyone's spotting the lobster everywhere.

[Ryder Strong]

No, no, seriously, I'm not even looking.

[Will Friedle]

It doesn't even occur to me on the pyramid. So the pyramid thing is here. It's right next to you on the dec. Then it's hanging on the fridge in the boy's apartment. It's literally in a shelf on the magnet on the thing in the Boy Meets Lobster.

[Ryder Strong]

Now, like for you, every single scene.

[Will Friedle]

They put the lobster in and it's like, as much as I thought it was like, ooh, it's tucked away, hidden somewhere. It's not. It's just like lobster, lobster, lobster everywhere.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. When we first started talking about it, I was like, ooh, eagle eyes. I wonder if we're gonna be able to spot it. Now Will literally only sees the lobster bigger than Feeny. So funny. He falls onto his bed. The one that has a framed picture of a bus above it. But Jack persists. We need to go down. We owe it to Chet. Sean protests, we don't need to do anything. So Jack's confused, so Sean elaborates. It means that Chet was the only real link between us. So now that he's gone, I don't think you owe anybody anything. Jack breaks the tension. I'll go do it myself. There's a knock at the door and it's a student who is not Kenny from last week. He tells Sean and his brother called a half hour ago. Jack responds, yeah, he got the message. And angrily walks out.

[Will Friedle]

Good beat.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. And I liked again how non reactionary Jack is because they paid off.

[Will Friedle]

They actually pay it off at the end, which is great.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. He's so for two episodes now, understanding.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Upset but non reactionary.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then we're in the student union. Rachel and Eric are hysterically laughing while their opponents, Topanga and Corey, look very concerned. Feeny reminds Corey they're waiting on his answer. He shifts in his seat and guesses. Tuna fish. Topanga holds up her board and it says, salmon. Not tuna fish, Salmon. Do you know you haven't got one question right? Corey tries to laugh it off. It's just a game, honey. But Topanga insists, it's not just a game. It's our future. Which I was like, no, the problem is it's all the past. Not about the future. It's about you've had 17 years to pay attention to any aspect of who I am or what I like.

[Ryder Strong]

A perfect reflection of what we've seen on this show, which is that Corey doesn't care.

[Danielle Fishel]

Not Taking in anything.

[Ryder Strong]

She is not a real person. She just wishes it was Sean.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

And that he could have sex with her.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, right.

[Will Friedle]

That's it.

[Ryder Strong]

Just sleep with Sean.

[Danielle Fishel]

Just.

[Ryder Strong]

Sean should just take one for the team, have sex with Corey, and then get it over and everybody's happy. And Cory could actually respect his partner.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Topanga would be in Paris with a beret.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, absolutely. Corey scoffs. I hardly think this game is an indicator of our future. Topanga reminds him. Not tuna fish. Corey understands now. Yes, ma' am. Feeny moves things right along and asking Rachel, what is Eric's favorite fish? Rachel gasps. She knows this one. Penguin. Feeny thinks she misunderstood, but Eric quickly holds up his board. Bam. He also wrote penguin. Rachel exclaims, I know, my man. And Eric grins. It's like we have one brain. Feeny mumbles to himself, yes. Well, that's too easy.

[Will Friedle]

So good. Good joke.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga still can't fathom that Corey hasn't got one question right. Corey calls the questions ridiculous, but Topanga reminds him, you didn't know I was right handed?

[Will Friedle]

Come on.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, it's a good joke, but it's also tragic. Yeah, tragic, but accurate.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, exactly.

[Ryder Strong]

I totally believe that Corey does not.

[Danielle Fishel]

Know anything about 100%.

[Ryder Strong]

That he's annoyed by her more than anything.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yes, but this is his wife and has been his whole life, and there's.

[Danielle Fishel]

No other way around it. Corey admits that was bad. And Topanga sighs, we don't know each other at all. Feeny notices the fighting couple and declares, I think we have run out of time. Good night, everyone. And he leaves. Rachel exclaims, we won. And Eric admits, we know each other pretty darn well, don't we? Rachel nods. Yeah, but how did you know? When I shower, I. Eric cuts her off and says, oh, that's not important. We won. In fact, they're so in sync, it's scary. And this game really revealed something about them. Rachel admits they're great together, but frames it in a more just friends way.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I got that vibe too, bro. Yikes.

[Danielle Fishel]

She tells Eric she'll see him at home, and Eric watches her leave, longingly calling out to her, honey. He eventually exits, leaving Cory and Topanga alone. Topanga is furious. Eric and Rachel know more about each other than we do. Corey writes it off. It's a stupid game. Topanga explains. You know what this means we need to do, don't you? Corey starts to panic. It was a stupid, lousy, rotten game. Topanga interrupts him. Live together. Corey's frown turns upside down. He grabs her and shouts, this game's a genius. Hi, it's Danielle Fishel from Pod Meets World and I have a confession to make. I am officially tech jealous of my children. We just got the Samsung Galaxy Watch for Kids and now they are the one giving me tips on how to use smart devices. Honestly, it's the perfect first tech option for your kid if you're not ready to hand them a smartphone. And really, who is? I still know adults who shouldn't have one. Galaxy Watch for Kids is smart, safe and super easy to use. They can call and text yes from their wrist like a mini secret agent. And the best part? I get to decide who they talk to. Which means their BFF from preschool who once ate glue is not on the list. And let's talk about location sharing. I can open my phone and know if my kid's at soccer practice or if they've wandered off to stare at vending machines in the hallway again. Plus I get alerts if they leave a zone I set. It's like having eyes in the back of my app. They can even track their activities with a few taps, whether they're dancing, hula hooping or doing that thing where they run in circles just to burn off post snack energy. And yes, the watch supports age appropriate content on Google Play, which means games and apps that don't make me want to throw the tablet out a window. Best of all, and this is clutch, I can turn on Do Not Disturb mode from my phone. So when it's time for homework or school. Boom. Distractions gone. It's like parenting with a remote control. Get Galaxy Watch 7 on T mobile now. Kid ready with a new paired line? Visit t mobile.com to order yours today. Parent and child must have a Samsung account and Google account with family link requires initial pairing with a compatible Samsung smartphone and qualifying wireless plan with LTV service activated. Please check with your carrier for more information. Trusted contact applies to compatible apps. It does not restrict communication through third party or other communication apps. Emergency services and contacts remain accessible. Location sharing is dependent on network connectivity and device being recently active, supervised Google account required. Kids can still access limited features like calling and texting emergency contacts t mobile terms via 24 monthly bill credits when you add a qualifying paired watch line. See additional Offer terms on t mobile.com Summer is right around the corner and you know what that means.

[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

And then we're in Chet's trailer. Jack walks around the cluttered living room and wonders aloud, where do I begin? Just then, Sean walks in through the door. Jack asks if he's changed his mind, and Shawn explains. I didn't mean we're not brothers. I just meant that with all the stuff that's going on between me and Angela, Cory and Topanga together all the time, and now dad dying, I don't really feel connected to anything I really like.

[Will Friedle]

I want to say I really liked this moment because it's the first time in a while that Sean is taking some accountability for his quote unquote, where he's, like, realized what he said. And he walked in, he's like, all right, that's not what I meant.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

And I liked that it was some kind of, you know, at least some sort of a self realization.

[Danielle Fishel]

He pulled himself out of his self wallowing for long enough to realize he owed his brother an apology.

[Ryder Strong]

Cares about the. Another person's feelings, like, just recognizes. Yes. And it's. It's. It's cool, too, because, like, what the episode is actually doing is acknowledging Jack's experience.

[Danielle Fishel]

Correct.

[Ryder Strong]

The same way that Sean needs to acknowledge Jack. It's awesome. Like, it's. Because, yeah, Matt. Matt's character has been given nothing, you know, like, real, like. And this is great.

[Danielle Fishel]

This is a great way to.

[Will Friedle]

It's a roundabout Jack episode.

[Ryder Strong]

It's totally a Jack episode.

[Danielle Fishel]

It is.

[Will Friedle]

It really is. Which is great. Which. And Matt does a great job.

[Ryder Strong]

He's so understated. He's so. And it's. It's. It's actually a. And it's also very accurate. I mean, now that I've had so many friends lose their parents, like, I feel like among siblings, this is what happens. One person makes it all about themselves and falls apart, and the other person manages and, like, cleans up the. And takes care of the house and the death warrant and all this, you know, like, all this stuff. And it's like. And. And so it's a very accurate depiction, you know, that Jack would do this. Like, that's where all his emotion would go. It's like, well, I'm just gonna deal with it. And Sean would just be like, you know, it's great.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's absolutely. Jack pulls him in For a hug and says he's here for him. Sean thanks him, then gets ready to work. He makes his way over to the kitchen table and grabs a lighter. He flicks it open and smiles before stuffing it in his pocket. And. Ryder.

[Ryder Strong]

What?

[Will Friedle]

I remember this so much.

[Danielle Fishel]

Me too.

[Will Friedle]

You at the Zippo.

[Danielle Fishel]

You at the Zippo. You don't remember? Yes, you were.

[Will Friedle]

You were doing it all the time.

[Danielle Fishel]

All the time. I could also. The minute I watched you do it, I smelled it. It.

[Ryder Strong]

Me too.

[Will Friedle]

I just remember you doing the flip. And you and I were.

[Ryder Strong]

Carry a Zippo around.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, you sure did.

[Ryder Strong]

I never smoked. What do you. That's so weird. I know. I know how to do a Zippo, but I did I carry a lighter. Like, that's so weird.

[Danielle Fishel]

Will, did you have one? Yeah. Yeah. So he would you. When we were stand with Will. Why he'd do this? Exactly.

[Will Friedle]

I could do the sn do the first you do the pinch on the both of it where it pops open. Then you do the clip to snap it open. I do that all the time.

[Ryder Strong]

I would have those tricks, but that's so funny. Yeah. I just like that this was an unspoken sort of character beat where it's like you see Chet, you know, like Shawn's connection with Chet without having to like verbalize it. Which is what always Boy Meets World characters do is like the thing about the lighter and my dad is, you know, like it's just done. It's just behavior and it tells the whole story.

[Danielle Fishel]

It speaks volumes. Yeah. I wonder if that's something you and Jeff did on your own.

[Will Friedle]

Worked out. Maybe.

[Danielle Fishel]

I bet you and Jeff.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean, it seems very unlikely. I mean, given the way Boy Meets World is written, it was not a likely.

[Danielle Fishel]

He finds moments that they'll go unspoken. No. That feels like something you and Jeff came up with.

[Will Friedle]

Crazy Zippo story very quickly. To show you why I had a Zippo, why I still had that Zippo 8th grade Christmas, my friend Pat Starr and I, for all of our friends, bought two cartons of Marlboro Lights, like 10 or 12 Bic lighters and then five Zippos for the closest friends. So it's eighth grade, so we're 12. So everybody got a pack of smokes and a lighter. But the five closest friends, we all got zippos. And I had it all through Boy Meets World. That was my 12 year old smoking.

[Ryder Strong]

Lighter that I learned how to do Zippo tricks with.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hold on, question. Did you and your 8th grade buddies have to spend your own money on this Your parents. How did it happen?

[Ryder Strong]

Nickelodeon money went right. This is the Nickelodeon money went right to the cartons of Marlboro.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm like, I. Where did you get money to buy cigars?

[Ryder Strong]

You could buy cigars?

[Danielle Fishel]

And where were you buying them?

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, no. There was no place that. That carded us in town. No place whatsoever.

[Ryder Strong]

That's crazy at 12.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, well, we'd already been smoking for several years by that point.

[Danielle Fishel]

It'd been selling to you for years?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. So that was Pat. Shout Out.

[Danielle Fishel]

Pat Star. Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

Merry Christmas to all our friends.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, my gosh. Okay. Then he notices Chet's financial portfolio sitting on top of the fridge. It's just a bunch of documents stuffed into a coffee can. He pulls something out and laughs. Do you know what this is? His unemployment stub, number one. Dad always considered this his first honest money. So funny. He dumps out the rest of the contents and Jack rifles through the papers. Past due. Final notice. Pay up. We're not kidding this time. Jack wonders why he. Why he'd save them. And Shawn explains, dad was a sentimental guy. Then Shawn finds a paper and shows it to Jack. It's a letter to Chet from your stepdad. Jack tells him it's nothing and tries to take it before Shawn can read it, but is unsuccessful. So Shawn reads it aloud. Don't worry about paying me back, Chet. Sean is Jack's brother, so he's practically family. We're happy to help out. Jack says once again that it's nothing, and he tries to snatch it, but Sean doesn't believe him. Pay him back for what? Jack jokes, for your shirt. Sean presses him again, and after a big sigh, Jack comes clean. For your tuition. Shawn questions for college, and Jack admits Chet just couldn't afford it. But Sean interrupts him. You and your stepdad decided to make us the charity case of the year. Jack tells him the truth. Your dad wanted you to go to college so bad that he came to my stepfather for help. Can you imagine how hard that was for him? Sean can't believe this.

[Ryder Strong]

It is really intense.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Ryder Strong]

Like, yeah. I mean, first of all, like, the part that I have a hard time with is Sean really believed Chet was helping him pay for college. That's what I think.

[Will Friedle]

Hoping. He was hoping, I guess.

[Ryder Strong]

But it's just.

[Danielle Fishel]

Here's what I'll say. The only thing that I could then point back to is just last week when he showed up at the school, he was hustling kids out of money at pool, and he was doing Such a good job at it. He had a big wad of cash. And the only reason he had to give that up is because Sean took it from him.

[Ryder Strong]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

So it's possible that it's not actually that Sean's dad never has any money. He does. He can. It's just not honest. It's not reliable.

[Will Friedle]

That's the thing. He's probably one of those guys who either had a pocket full of cash, thousands, or none.

[Ryder Strong]

But I guess for me, Sean's emotional story is that his dad is never there for him. But if his dad was actually paying for his college in Sean's story. So I believe that the denial is possible, but that's actually like, his dad was taking care of him then in Sean's mind. And that seems like a. A bigger point, like, that Sean did think his dad was paying for college is a huge deal. Like, and. And. And that kind of just gets glossed over into this, like, oh, he wasn't actually paying. But it's like. But actually, I don't know that that's more interesting to me. And then, of course, yeah, it is crazy that a stepfather would pay for a kid who's not.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, set it up where.

[Ryder Strong]

This guy, he's just so rich. Yeah. It's just like, all right, here's a chance.

[Will Friedle]

And he probably did it for his son. Like, Jack's like, come on, Sean wants to.

[Ryder Strong]

You know, we were gonna go to college together. Right.

[Will Friedle]

I also liked the thing I really loved about this episode, though, and it's something that I forgot this storyline entirely is that even five or six episodes ago, the second Sean found out that Jack's parents were paying for the tuition, he would have bailed from the trailer park.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Like, he would have turned and walked out. And the fact that they played the scene out and Sean didn't leave and you stayed there and had the conversation I thought was just such a better way to go about it than Sean just leaving again. And it was great. Like, oh, yes, it is really good. I was gonna leave. Yeah, right.

[Ryder Strong]

Well, I am gonna leave. Right. I mean, that's what happens next.

[Will Friedle]

Well, yeah, right.

[Danielle Fishel]

We're going there. We're getting there, but we delayed it.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

So this is where I had my breakdown. Like, I just remember during rehearsal for this scene. Cause this is where I take my shirt off and like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was really. I was really bored by my character. I feel like what's funny is, like, in retrospect, this is actually a well written episode for Sean. And this is actually a great. He's finally expressing something. But I remember just being, like, during rehearsal, like, I just lost it. I was like, I feel like I'm saying the same thing every week. I'm over and over again. I'm like, what is. You know, and it's. It's interesting because now I look at it and I'm like, actually, my character is finally expressing himself. This is good. But I don't know. I guess maybe I was just tired of being on the show. I was like, why are they keep throwing drama at me? And now looking at it, right? This is on the heels of an episode where they killed my father and really put a lot of pressure on us as actors. Pressure on Blake and Matt and me. And so I think what I was really reacting to was not given a problem with the way this scene was written or whatever, but just feeling all this pressure to, like, suddenly have to do all this drama.

[Danielle Fishel]

The days of our boy meets world.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. I think I was like, you know, wishing I could be, like, more in the B story, where it was just fun, have comedy.

[Will Friedle]

I was just about to say, this just shows how self absorbed we kind of were as people and as actors. Because I would sit there and watch you and go, like, why don't they give me any of that? Why don't I ever get a chance to do any of that? Where actually, when we're going back and watching the show, they gave me a lot of that. Yeah, I had quite a bit of the dramatic stuff, but in my head, oh, I'll just be in the goofball. And they're gonna let. Ryder's gonna go off and win an Emmy. And hey, let's cut to Will as he dances, where there was actually a decent balance.

[Ryder Strong]

Absolutely, man. Like, and I think that that's. That speaks to the bubble that we were in, you know, and also the environment on set. Like, there was an understanding on set, right. About, like, our talents and about our abilities. And, like, we were kind of played against each other.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

You know what I mean? Like, I mean, you and I always had, like. Like a lot of mutual respect. And we were. But. But there was this sense of, like, what are they getting over there? And, like, why, you know, like, Will is the real comedy actor. And, like, I felt like I wasn't allowed to have fun. Like, I felt exact.

[Will Friedle]

I was like, well, Ryder's the actor and I'm the guy. They're just going to tap dance so they can get a laugh. And then let's Cut to Ryder being the actual actor on the show.

[Ryder Strong]

Right. And didn't you feel like Danielle was lucky to be there? Which is awful. But true, true. That was the feeling. Like, I look at it now and I'm like, Danielle's amazing, obviously. But, like. And of course, the actual. But, like, at. In the environment of our set, wasn't it sort of a given that, like, Danielle is just kind of there to be pretty and, like, not really. And, like, that's the way the character's written. It sucks, man.

[Danielle Fishel]

Like, absolutely.

[Will Friedle]

That was the lead of the show.

[Ryder Strong]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

It was like he was the one in charge.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

You were the dramatic guy, I was the funny guy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well. And we've learned how the girls were positioned against each other. Apparently Trina and Maitland were both led to believe I was gonna be very jealous of them.

[Will Friedle]

Where you have told us that you're like, you'd wake up every morning going, like, I wonder if this is the week I'm gonna get fired. Like, I wonder if I'm done on the show.

[Danielle Fishel]

And on top of that, by the time we get to season six, when. When Maitland's even arrived, I am, like, so sick of feeling like I'm lucky to be there. And I'm like, please get me the F out of here. I'll go anywhere. I'll go back to high school. Which is, like, I'm obsessed. Obsessed with.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Was this done on purpose, do you think?

[Danielle Fishel]

I think it's all, I think, power play stuff.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean. Yeah, you have to, like. I mean, we're. We. We might get canceled at any moment. Right. So it's an ongoing tightrope walk that our show was doing, so. But it just sucks in retrospect, like, that I. That we couldn't just enjoy being there. I mean, I think, like, as a grown up, being on a sitcom, it would been. It would have been so nice to just like. Like hang with you guys and not have that sense. But, like, I felt a lot of pressure and I felt a lot like. I don't know. It's a weird. Yeah, it was.

[Will Friedle]

It was a strange. Yeah, it was a very strange dynamic all the way through. And it's. It's. It's strange to. To watch it back now because what I see and what I remember are two completely different things.

[Ryder Strong]

Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, exactly. Totally.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. That's the thing where it's like, there was a very good balance for Eric of drama, but that's not how I saw it. In my head. I was on a whole different show where I was just the wacky, goofy guy. And that was. Was it so. Yeah, man, it's. God, it's so strange.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, Shawn can't believe this. What else did you get me, Jack? He assures him that was it, but Shawn won't let it go. Did you buy my books? Jack admits, maybe some books. Shawn questions my shirt. Really? Jack tries to joke again. I would never pay for that shirt. Shawn doesn't even crack a smile. Jack tries to explain, I'm just trying to help out. That's what families do. We help each other out. Shawn wonders, well, how have I helped you out? Which I loved. Right? Like, you're right, writer. This is so well written for him.

[Ryder Strong]

It is. No, this is, like, the best Shaun and Jack scene ever.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

It's so nice. It's wonderfully played by Matt, wonderfully written for both of our characters. It's true. It feels honest. Nobody's like a bad person. It just. The conflict feels totally real. It's really good. It's really. It's a great scene.

[Danielle Fishel]

Really well done.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And he begins to unbutton his shirt. We're family, right? Tell me one thing I've done to help you out. He shoves his flannel in Jack's chest and forces him to take it. It doesn't belong to me. Nothing belongs to me.

[Ryder Strong]

I actually remembered being topless in this scene, so I wonder if that was also part of why I freaked out. Because they were making me take my shirt off, and originally I was supposed to be topless. And I was like, why am I. And the reason I remember that is because Matt Lawrence is just the nicest. Just the nicest guy. I remember him being like, you look good, dude. You look. No, you look good. Like, you know, I was never. I never worked out. Like, I was never cared about. But, like, I remember he was totally like, no, you're looking good, man. He was supportive of the fact that I. I remember him telling me that to just be like, it's. It's good, man. Like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. I promise. You're not gonna. You're not gonna watch this and be uncomfortable.

[Ryder Strong]

Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

He was such a.

[Ryder Strong]

Just such a mensch.

[Danielle Fishel]

Like, the best.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Other than one director, I don't remember him having a single problem with anybody on the set ever.

[Danielle Fishel]

No.

[Ryder Strong]

Never.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, just.

[Will Friedle]

He was just. That guy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. The nicest.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, he really was.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's still the nicest. He's still just. No. Now you don't like him. Oh, okay.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, hate that guy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

He's the nicest person ever.

[Danielle Fishel]

Eric knocks on Corey's door first, checking the hallway payphone for change. That's obviously just you, right?

[Will Friedle]

It was every day there was.

[Danielle Fishel]

I remember just over my. It's like when the minute Ryder did that with the Zippo, I was like, oh, my God, that's so Teenage Rider. And the minute he did that, I was like, that's so Will walking past the pay phone. It's just so cute. So Corey tells him it's open. Eric jumps when he enters, seeing Corey posing on his bed in red silk pajamas on top of a matching silk blanket. You weren't expecting me, were you, Hef? Corey frantically jumps up. What is it? Topanga's coming over. Eric takes a seat at his desk. You saw how in sync Rachel and I were. It's obvious to me that we were meant to be together. By the way, Will all talking about the balance. I love how real you play this real feeling you have for Rachel instead of all the BS we saw in those first couple of episodes of like, get away from her. She's mine. Like, right. That over the top exaggeratedness has gone completely away. And now it's a real honest. I think there could be something here with this.

[Will Friedle]

I think I like this girl.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, I think I actually like her. And it's so well done. So you guys both. Thank you.

[Will Friedle]

They still never explain why all of a sudden you're allowed to live together in the dorms when you originally weren't allowed.

[Danielle Fishel]

That was the whole point, by the way. We never got that official word. It was. The parents said they don't let you live together unless you're married. Right. Like, wasn't it. Wasn't it Amy and Alan who say that we didn't.

[Will Friedle]

Official.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, I think it was.

[Will Friedle]

They let you in college. Can you. Can you live with a girlfriend in your dorm in college?

[Danielle Fishel]

Grown up?

[Ryder Strong]

Yes. If you're over 18, who cares? I mean, if it's a co ed. I mean, some dorms are.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right, right, right.

[Ryder Strong]

Separated by gender. But if it's not, why not?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. So, okay, you saw how in sync Rachel and I were. It's obvious to me that we were meant to be together. Corey simply responds, congratulations and get out. But Eric doesn't budge. That's not the problem. But Corey tells him to get out again. But Eric elaborates. The problem is, Jack, ever since Rachel moved in, there's been an unspoken competition between the two of them.

[Will Friedle]

Unspoken. Unspoken.

[Danielle Fishel]

Unspoken.

[Will Friedle]

I don't know if you've.

[Danielle Fishel]

Did you not watch the first six episodes of Rachel.

[Ryder Strong]

It's done in pantomime. It's literally.

[Will Friedle]

I do my. My little nod to Robin Williams in this scene, too.

[Ryder Strong]

Really?

[Will Friedle]

I don't know if anybody else. So you notice how I sit on the chair? Like, I sit backwards on the chair. I put. I sit my butt on it, but then I put my legs over the top of the chair.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So the audition for Mork and Mindy, he walked in. There's a famous sitcom story where he walked in, and I think it's. Garry Marshall said to him, so you're from another planet. How would you sit in a chair? Just, this is your audition. Sit in a chair like you're from another planet. And he walked over and he sat. He put his head on the chair and he sat upside down with this. Like, did, like, a headstand on the chair with his legs going. So whenever I had a chance to, like, sit in a chair a completely different way than anybody else, I was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Always in my head.

[Will Friedle]

I was like, I got a morkin Mindy. I got a morkin Indian.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's so cute.

[Ryder Strong]

Your brain was working in so many ways.

[Will Friedle]

It's just sitcom. It was, like, all sitcom.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then Eric gets dark and very dramatic. Eerie music plays in the background. Sometimes at night, I imagine he gets killed. But then he quickly snaps out of it. He says that Jack is his best friend, so if this thing works out with Rachel, he has to be okay with it. Corey insists that if he and Rachel really care about each other, Jack is bound to understand. Eric asks, asks, you really think so? And Corey admits, I couldn't care less. Now get out. On his way out, Eric tells him he's a good brother. Just as Topanga arrives, Eric notices her duffel bag. What'd you bring? Toys. Which I think is supposed to be like a kid. Kid toy.

[Will Friedle]

I think so, too. I don't think. You don't have a bag of sex.

[Danielle Fishel]

Toys read as sex toys? Yeah, yeah. Because he's dressed like Hugh Hefner and he's in the set, and then. And, you know, we're spending the night together. And so toys just. I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

Your whole bag is toys.

[Ryder Strong]

Even, like a phrase back then, though, I feel like that's a more contemporary thing. Really, you think?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

No, Sex toys was a thing, wasn't it?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Come on, Ryder.

[Ryder Strong]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

The first vibrator was gas powered.

[Ryder Strong]

I understand that sex toys existed, but did you call them sex toys?

[Will Friedle]

I think so.

[Danielle Fishel]

I think so, yeah. What else would you have called them? Love making tools.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, I like that love making tools.

[Ryder Strong]

These aren't toys.

[Will Friedle]

This is serious work.

[Ryder Strong]

This is grown up stuff. These are tools.

[Will Friedle]

Here in the 40s, we use lovemaking tools. Wow. Look at her excitement.

[Ryder Strong]

I'm genuinely curious about this. Like, it feels more like an early aughts teens thing to call things toys.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Okay, please let us know what you come up with.

[Ryder Strong]

Googling.

[Danielle Fishel]

She gives him a weird look before walking in. Corey asks her, what do you think of my silk pajamas? They cost me $2,000. Topanga admits they're nice. Then wonders, why are the beds pushed together? Corey sits on the now large bed. Well, we are going to be living together, so I just assumed that. Topanga interrupts Corey, you and I are living together to get closer as a couple. This needs to be an ordinary night where we behave just as ourselves. Nothing special. Sex is the last thing we should be doing. Corey's disappointment is palpable. He sticks his finger into Topanga's face. And you are wrong. You just are.

[Will Friedle]

O. Oh God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh no. What did you.

[Ryder Strong]

If you Google sex toys, it's a whole nother thing.

[Will Friedle]

Did you know that sex toys date back over 28,000 years? Ancient phalluses were made from stone bronze.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, but that's not.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, and bread. Yes, you heard me. Bread.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, you heard me. Bread.

[Will Friedle]

I know. The camel is fine. And then there is a picture of the world. World's oldest dildo.

[Ryder Strong]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Looks like bread.

[Ryder Strong]

But that's not the question you're asking. You're asking did sex toys exist? I'm. No.

[Will Friedle]

No. I just asked when did the term sex toys originate?

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

And this is what came out of the bread. Of the bread Sec. The. The. A. Sex toys. Yeah. It doesn't. Marital aids is what they were.

[Danielle Fishel]

Marital aids.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Alternative terms for sex toy included Adult toy and the dated euphemism. Marital aid.

[Danielle Fishel]

Adult toys. Is that what it said? Adult toy.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Adult toy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, got it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I guess adult toys make sense.

[Will Friedle]

It does. Marital aid makes sense. I mean, there's. I can't. I can't even believe we're having this conversation. Bone ivory tall. Oh, geez. Yeah, there's a Of lot not. Yeah. And the first vibrator was made in the 1880s. Imagine trying that out for the first time.

[Danielle Fishel]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, Topanga ignores the dramatics. I'm looking very forward to spending all the next few days together getting to know you better than I ever have before. Corey scoffs. Well, if I would have known we were just going to do that, I would have bought the flannel Pajamas with the feet. He angrily blows out a candle before continuing in his fit of rage. Instead of the silk pajamas and the silk blankets and these silk sheets, he jumps onto the bed quite forcefully and slides right off, sending him to the other end, knocking over Shawn's sad tower of soda stunt.

[Ryder Strong]

Like, quite a bit.

[Will Friedle]

He slams into. Yeah, he slams into that wall. My question is, does Corey at this point not know that they're not having sex until marriage? I mean, it's just not going to happen.

[Danielle Fishel]

I also.

[Ryder Strong]

I mean. I mean, I think it's kind of funny. I think it's a good bit. Like, I think it's funny. Like, I mean, totally. The bummer is that it reduces Topanga to a joke, right? The bummer is that it reduces or makes Topanga as a character just the, like, shrill, you know, withholding woman. That's a bummer. But taken as, like, a bit. Like, the idea that, like, Corey's just trying is really funny. It makes for good frustration. It's like, I mean, think about the poem episode when he's like, that's funny. Like, yeah, I. I like Corey being neurotic and crazy about the. I don't know. I. It's. It's. Yeah. It's just that the other side is not good. Like, yeah, Topanga had a better argument both.

[Danielle Fishel]

If we got both, that he very clearly loved and adored her and knew her and worshiped her.

[Ryder Strong]

Or just imagine if we had an episode where Topanga wanted to also have sex, but, you know, but had reasons. Like, I don't know, I guess religious reasons to not. Not lose her virginity. Like, it would be funny if she also had desires, right? Like, wouldn't that be a.

[Danielle Fishel]

She used to. Remember we used to say she would. When he would want to do. When they'd plan their nights away and she'd go, it's my. I. I don't trust myself. I also want to do this. And, like. But yet it's important to me. For whatever reason, it's important to me that we wait, and yet I want to. So it was played that way before, and now it's played. And Topanga also somehow finds this cute because in the episode a couple of weeks ago when she said to Angela, isn't my patient, little Corey cute?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, like, you're dangling.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, it's really not. It's not cute. But that's the dynamic that they've set up, is that Topanga is withholding and thinks it's cute that she's toying with him.

[Will Friedle]

Tiniest little Switch. For this episode, the tiniest little change that could have made the difference is that Corey actually gets everything right in the game about Topanga. And it's Topanga that gets the things wrong about Corey.

[Ryder Strong]

So then she wants to move in.

[Will Friedle]

So then she's like, we need to spend the night. We need to move in together. Where he's like, no, of course I know your left hand. Like, if he knew everything about her.

[Ryder Strong]

He like worships everything about her. He keeps a notebook because he's obsessed with her and she's taken him for granted all these years.

[Will Friedle]

Well, even if she didn't take him.

[Danielle Fishel]

For granted, even if it's more she actually has, she's like, no, it is tuna. Remember that night we went to such and such and it was tuna? And he was like, that was just that place that one time. But overall, my favorite fish is salmon. Like, if she thought she really knew him and had reasons to think she was getting the answers right, only then to find out, oh my gosh. Yeah, I. I don't know you. I don't know you on like that. Well, right, because that. Cuz you could save them both that way. He's completely obsessed with her. She thought she was right, had a great answer for it, but no, you. You didn't pay enough attention. You weren't looking, looking close enough.

[Will Friedle]

Enough if he was the one. It was like you didn't even know I was right handed. She's like, yeah, that was bad. I mean, like, yeah, would have changed everything.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then we're in Chad's trailer. Sean has now taken his jeans off and thrown them in Jack's face. He points to his boxers and asks, are you sure you didn't buy these two? Jack begs him, don't take those off. Shawn continues, I don't want to spend my life being a handout case. Jack tries to tell him he understands, but Shawn shouts, no, you don't. You don't. Jack's Jack sighs and Sean quickly cools down. I don't expect you to. It's not your fault. I appreciate what you and your stepdad did for me. What a beautiful scene you guys are having. Two multiple scenes. It's just so great. Jack wonders then why can't you just accept it and move on? And Sean responds, move on from what? Nothing is what I thought it was. I don't know what I am anymore. Jack assures him, you're my brother in his underwear. Shawn cracks a smile. Jack begs him to please get dressed and throws his clothes back at him. Shawn Promises. I'm gonna pay you back for everything. Jack lets him know you want to pay me back, let me know who my father was.

[Will Friedle]

That's great.

[Danielle Fishel]

Beautiful.

[Will Friedle]

Also minus the father stuff. This would have been a corry Sean scene. Three seasons.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. Right.

[Will Friedle]

So, yeah, it's great.

[Danielle Fishel]

Shawn doesn't understand. So Jack explains. Why do you think I wanted to come down here so badly? I wanted to find out just a little something about him. Sean's convinced Jack knows more about him than he does. But Jack wants to know the important stuff. At least Sean has memories with him. Jack was gone before he could have any. Jack was gone or Chet was gone? Chet. Chet was gone before he could have any. And now that he's gone, he'll never have any. Sean thinks that might be a good thing. Because Jack's okay. He's the lucky one. There's no need for him to go through this kind of pain.

[Will Friedle]

I'm sorry. That line right there is just. It says everything for the episode. It's like there's no. You didn't know him, so you're not going through anything. And it's just. There's no reason for you to go through what I'm going. I'm glad you're not feeling anything right now.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're safe from feelings. I know.

[Will Friedle]

Because you know that Jack's going through stuff too, and his feelings are just being completely diminished. Oh, it's great. It's really good. Good.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. This is like, like low key. One of the most like, like, well plotted character arcs.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Ryder Strong]

Drama wise in an episode. Because we don't like. Because. Because it's a Jack episode. You're right. And it just takes. It's a time bomb and it just takes its time to get there. And we. It never is like spelled out in any. Really. It's. It's really, really well done.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, very, very well done.

[Will Friedle]

It's very layered. So yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's a sleeper hit.

[Will Friedle]

Hit it is.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Back in Cory and Topanga's dorm, Topanga is in a robe, laying on her bed, covering her face with a book she's reading. Corey walks in from the co ed bathroom, toothbrush in his mouth, towel around his neck, humming to himself. Topanga moves the book, revealing a bright green face mask. Corey screams in fear and Topanga gives him a sad look. He quickly corrects himself. I do remember this mask.

[Will Friedle]

Me, too. I remember this whole scene with you and I.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's onion dip.

[Will Friedle]

Is that what it was?

[Danielle Fishel]

It's onion dip powder. Because that's gross. Well, yeah. Well, it's food coloring, so I think it's yogurt with an onion dip mix so that you get the onion, like, little chunks. He quickly corrects himself. I mean, you look nice. Topanga explains, it's face cream. It keeps. Keeps her skin soft. Corey pleads, take it off. It scares me. Corey sits on his bed and removes his slippers to begin a toenail clipping routine. So, something he does every night, or.

[Will Friedle]

No, because he said he hadn't cut it in a year.

[Danielle Fishel]

Jeez. Where the nail flies directly onto Topanga's face.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah, the whole toenail clipping.

[Danielle Fishel]

I. Oh, God.

[Ryder Strong]

We could have done something else. We could figure out another.

[Danielle Fishel]

So gross.

[Ryder Strong]

Let's just come up with another it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I just, like. I still don't understand why Corey had in his mind a big, sexy night, even though now. Is he trying to punish her? Like, is he? Is he? Because I would. Otherwise, why be. Not. Be like, I'm not gonna cut my toenails tonight. Topanga's here. Like, I don't want to turn her off. I don't know. It just feels like you also cut.

[Will Friedle]

Your toenails before sex night. That's the whole point. Prepare for it. Right? Yeah. I mean, come on.

[Danielle Fishel]

She yelps in pain. Get it off of me. Get it off of me. Corey calls her a baby because it's just a toenail. Topangan whines, which toe? And Corey grins. The Big Daddy.

[Will Friedle]

But it wasn't. Did you notice he cut one of the small little ones?

[Danielle Fishel]

Did he? But he said it was the Big Daddy.

[Will Friedle]

He said it was the Big Daddy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga asks when he last clipped it, and Corey guesses, I don't know, a year ago. Topanga demands him to get it off of her. It's stuck on her face somewhere. Corey groans. Gosh, take it easy, you baby. It's just hygiene. He starts searching her face for the toenail, and that's when Eric barges in. You know something? I was so into my own thing, I forgot to give you a little brotherly advice on this whole living together situation. Then he sees Topanga's green face. First thing you're gonna have to do is get rid of the alien. Call Mulder and Scully. They'll know what to do.

[Ryder Strong]

90S reference.

[Will Friedle]

Hell, yeah. Love it.

[Danielle Fishel]

My favorite show at the time. Yeah, Topanga tells Eric it's her. Eric lights up. Pengy. Dang, girl, you look bad. He points out. Oh, you got a toen right here. Look at that. He holds it in his finger and wonders, ground rule double. Corey nods. Yeah. Off the green monster, Eric grabs the clippers. He's up. He begins to take off his shoe, but Topanga isn't having it. Get out. That's fine with Eric. He has his little kumquat at home. But there is one thing he wants to do before he leaves. He grabs Topanga's face and starts squeezing it, leaving his fingers covered in green stuff. He eventually finishes, peace, I'm out of here, as he leaves and then eats it.

[Will Friedle]

I just remember that was the third take of doing it, too, because you could hear the audience going, oh, I hadn't done it before. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was that the first time you did it?

[Will Friedle]

That's the first time I licked my fingers. Yeah. I just remember I was just trying to make you laugh because the whole time I was just, like, shaking your face, like. Like, just trying to see if I could get you to break. And you didn't.

[Ryder Strong]

This is a truly bizarre scene. Like, what is going on? It's just silliness. It's just like, let's get Will in there and do some silliness.

[Will Friedle]

It's.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep. And then, as he leaves, he sticks a finger of the green stuff into his mouth. And the inmates find this disgusting.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Now alone again, Topanga looks at Corey with utter disappointment. Even that knows you better than I do. Corey tells her to relax. It's only because he and Eric have lived together. Topanga size. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but Cory assures her it is. Anytime you and I are together, it is always a good idea. Idea. Topanga tells Corey she's going to wash up now with noticeably less green on her face than the prior shot, and then they can go to sleep. She leaves, and Corey straightens up his sheets and then shakes his pillow 10 times. Topanga watches from the door in utter shock and then decides to just leave. Corey continues his nighttime routine, which includes winding up his alarm clock, straightening the sheets on the other end, and saying a prayer aloud as an acoustic guitar begins to play. He asks God to bless his mother and father and asks that the new baby be blessed and live a good life and be a good person. Person. He asks that Eric, Morgan, Jack and Sean be blessed as well, and asks that they please get through this tough time. He also asks that Chet be taken care of and that Sean not go too crazy. Then Topanga walks in undetected. He asks that Angela be blessed and that she and Shawn always be together. Not that he's pushing one way or another. He just wants everyone to be happy. And lastly, he asks that Topanga be blessed. She's now staring at him and smiling, just five feet away. He has no idea she's there.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

He thinks she's off camera. No big deal. Everyone has a catalog and.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, and he's doing it right now.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, he's doing his right now. He thanks God for bringing her to him and asks that they always be together, no matter what happens. Even if they're not completely compatible. Let them learn to be completely compatible. Topanga then takes a seat next to him and starts her own prayer. She asks that Corey be blessed. He's the greatest guy she's ever known and someone she can't wait to spend the rest of her life with.

[Will Friedle]

With.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then she turns to face Corey. You want to know why? Because I want to change everything about you. The audience laughs as Corey lovingly takes her hand.

[Ryder Strong]

The sweet ending.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, sweet.

[Ryder Strong]

Little bit.

[Danielle Fishel]

And a funny joke for Topeka.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And then we're in the apartment. Jack's at the kitchen table looking through Chet's financial portfolio when Rachel enters. She wants to know how it went at the trailer park. And Jack says, Sean came down. She asks if he's doing okay, and Jack shriek. Drugs? I don't know. I hope so. Rachel inquires. Well, how about you? Jack insists. Oh, I'm fine. Yeah, I'm good. See, I'm the lucky one because I don't have to go through any of that pain. Clearly sad, he takes a deep breath. I just didn't even know him. Rachel quickly comes to his side to comfort him. Jack's now on the verge of tears. It's just that I'm trying not to get in the way of his grief. But I'll just never get to know my real dad. Bad, Rachel explains. I know, but you can't keep this inside. You just can't. Jack insists that he can. And then he leans into Rachel for a hug. She holds him and strokes his hair, telling him it's gonna be okay. He pulls away, but she continues to hold him. They stare into each other's eyes. And then they kiss.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. And, Rachel, this was a great moment. Like this?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

The kiss felt real. It was like it was earned. Their performances were just great. I was like, this is like one of the best kisses on Boy Meets World. Like, could not agree With. You know what I mean? Like, we have lots of kisses on this show that are just like. Like, just a kiss. But this was like, actually a character beat. Like, you watch them change. It's like, this is a kiss you, You. You have on a show to. Yeah, really.

[Will Friedle]

And they kissed well together. It looks good. Like, it looks like a good. I agree with you.

[Ryder Strong]

It was intriguing. It was character based. It was like, wow, burned.

[Will Friedle]

It was passionate. It was great. A very good kiss.

[Danielle Fishel]

I also think they set it up perfectly where it really came out. You were not expecting that this episode was going with that. You just did not. You did not see it coming. They start to fully make out. And that's when, on cue, Eric walks in. He hangs his head in sadness and walks.

[Ryder Strong]

And they don't notice because, of course.

[Danielle Fishel]

They'Re five feet away. Five feet away in a door open, no big deal.

[Will Friedle]

Tongue deep in each other.

[Danielle Fishel]

So at this point, yeah, they're about to bring out the marital aids. And then we're back in Chet's trailer. Sean's rifling through some more of his dad's things when Corey walks in. Sean's happy to see him, and Corey thanks his best friend for letting him have the room last night. Sean wonders how things went, and Corey tells him, so do you know.

[Ryder Strong]

So they're moving in together by having one night?

[Will Friedle]

Yes. That was.

[Danielle Fishel]

We were spending a couple of days together. Which is what she said. Yeah, she said we. We're. We should live together. But living together is like when you move somewhere for a couple of weeks and you say, I lived in Seattle once. And really, you just meant you spent. You spent some time there. So true.

[Will Friedle]

So true.

[Danielle Fishel]

You know what the best part about being a virgin is? Sean doesn't get it. What? But Corey clarifies, no. I'm asking.

[Will Friedle]

Such a good beat.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's so funny. Corey changes the subject, asking Sean how he's doing. Shawn admits, I've been so angry, I haven't been able to see straight. But now that Angela's not in my life anymore and my dad's gone, I figure it's a good chance for me to get out of here. Corey agrees. Yeah, you don't want to be hanging around in this trailer. He suggests Shawn come back to the dorm so they can talk. Shawn wonders, so you and Topinka aren't living together anymore? Corey says, yeah, but only during the day. At night, she's scary, but I love her. And we have our whole lives to live together and get to know each other. Sean earnestly is happy for him. Then he reveals he wants to break away for a while, clear his head, and find out who he is. Corey reminds him, you just lost your father. Shawn points out, he left me this trailer. It's all he had. Eventually, I'm going to have to sell it off and start paying back some debts, but in the meantime, I'm going to hitch it up and hit the open road. Thought maybe you'd come with me for the weekend. Corey's in. You know, we're young, we're wild. He asks Sean if he can drive, and Sean quickly says, no, no. Corey calls shotgun instead and hops out of the trailer. Sean hangs back for a second, kisses his hand, and touches the horseshoe above the door before heading out.

[Ryder Strong]

What is the value system of Corey and Topanga? Not just, like, wrapping my head around, like, what's going on, because, like, the. The idea is, like, we love each other. We're meant to be together, so we.

[Danielle Fishel]

No matter what.

[Ryder Strong]

No matter what. Okay. Right. So they're not getting married because they want to have a good wedding ceremony with all their family. That was the decision based on the first two episodes.

[Danielle Fishel]

So I'm assuming that means they feel the need to save up for it or to do something, but they definitely want to have a big wedding.

[Ryder Strong]

Big wedding.

[Will Friedle]

And they don't want to do it in secret. They don't have to run away to do it like they're doing.

[Ryder Strong]

But they're not sleeping with each other or living with each other because of religion. Right. I mean, it has to.

[Danielle Fishel]

I guess it has to be. Even though Topanga's never. Like, Corey's mentioned God more than Topanga has.

[Ryder Strong]

Right. He's praying. Right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Right. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah. It's. It's so interesting. Like, it. Like, I feel like nowadays you would have to explain that a little bit more because it's like, back then, it does feel like it was just kind of a given. Like, oh, you're not married, you don't live together, you don't sleep together. And waiting till marriage to have sex is, like, understandable. But I feel like nowadays you'd be like, wait, if we're supposed to believe that these people have known each other forever, they're totally in love, they're committed to one another. Why not just together?

[Will Friedle]

Topanga was raised by a very open hippie family, and they're very much known to not have sex at all and to be involved in organized religion.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Anybody who knows about Woodstock knows it. Very buttoned up.

[Will Friedle]

It is all about organized religion and Abstinence.

[Ryder Strong]

It actually would have been a great. Because it act. It kind of does make sense. Because the truth is, a lot of people that grow up in those situations.

[Will Friedle]

Go the other way.

[Ryder Strong]

Oh, the other way. Right. So the idea that Topanga would be more conservative and, like, crave structure and, like, rules makes perfect sense. And I wish we kind of had explored that and, like, spelled that out a little bit, because it would. It would have been a nice touch for.

[Danielle Fishel]

That would have required episodes about Topanga.

[Ryder Strong]

I think we do get there because we do have your parents come back. They haven't. They're gonna come back.

[Danielle Fishel]

And I think it comes. I think. I think, unfortunately, what we have, though, is not good. I think it's very, like, yeah, I don't think it's good, but I don't, to be honest, don't remember.

[Ryder Strong]

It's probably all about Cory. Let's just.

[Danielle Fishel]

Or, you know. Know what? It's all about my father. It's about their marriage. It's not about me. It's about them. And. And. And it's, like, not about them. I mean, not about me.

[Will Friedle]

Have you not picked this up yet?

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. I'm either a mom or a withholding.

[Ryder Strong]

Woman or a sexy girl.

[Danielle Fishel]

The best women are men. Then we're in the tag. We're in Corey and Sean's dorm. In the hallway, Corey is following Sean, who looks very focused. Corey doesn't understand why it was so important they come here. And Sean explains, I want to say goodbye to Topanga. Corey reminds him, we're going away for the weekend. I'm not even saying goodbye to her. Shawn points out, they're already here, so why not now? At the door, Corey suggests not to go in, but Sean says he's only going to say goodbye. He opens the door to see Topanga in her pajamas back with the green face cream on. But this time she's clipping her toenails and broadcasting her own basketball game with Cheryl Swift. Swoops. Topanga yells. She shoots. Then she clips a toenail, landing it directly onto Shawn's face. She victoriously shouts, scores.

[Will Friedle]

Woohoo.

[Danielle Fishel]

Shawn grabs his eye in pain. What the heck was that? Corey pats him on the shoulder. She's beautiful, isn't she? Sean whispers, she looks like the Swamp Thing. Corey laughs. I know. Let's go. Corey leaves without saying a word to her, but Shawn again lingers by the door. He gives her a very serious goodbye, and Topanga waves without a second thought, going right back to her toenails. There we go.

[Ryder Strong]

There we go.

[Danielle Fishel]

Super hint.

[Will Friedle]

This could be one of those ones where we're, we're trying to do the season six draft. This could be one that we're all trying to grab up there. One of the higher episodes. Unexpected.

[Ryder Strong]

Really good.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yep.

[Ryder Strong]

Probably the best kiss on Boy Meets World.

[Danielle Fishel]

I think, I think you're right. I think if we're giving out awards, it's the best.

[Will Friedle]

I think this best kiss, most important kisses. Topanga. Pushing.

[Ryder Strong]

I was gonna say that's.

[Will Friedle]

But that's most important, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Best kiss, most earned kiss ever. This is. This has got to be up there.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, thank you all for joining us for this episode of Pod Meets World. As always, you can follow us on Instagram Pod Meets World show. You can send us your emails. Podmeatsworldshowmail.com and we've got merch.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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Will, send us out.

[Will Friedle]

We love you all. Pod dismissed. Pod Meets World is an iHeart podcast produced and hosted by Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Ryder Strong, executive producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman, executive in charge of production, Danielle Romo, producer and editor Tara Sudbaksh, producer Matty Moore, engineer and Boy Meets World superfan, Easton Allen. Our theme song is by Kyle Morton of Typhoon and you can, you can follow us on Instagram odmeatsworldshow or email us at podmeatsworldshowmail.com.

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