TGI – Episode 708 “The Honeymooners”

Summary

Pod Meets World: TGI – Episode 708 “The Honeymooners” (February 26, 2026)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong take on one of the most infamous episodes of Boy Meets World: Season 7, Episode 8, “The Honeymooners.” The trio revisit the 1999 episode, reflecting on the experience of filming it, critiquing its narrative choices, recalling behind-the-scenes moments, and sharing plenty of laughs and honest critiques. The hosts also make a major announcement about their new oral history book, Book Meets World, blending nostalgia and candid podcast chemistry throughout.

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1. Book Meets World Announcement

[03:00–08:35]

• Major News: The hosts reveal they are releasing Book Meets World: An Oral History of Boy Meets World on November 10, 2026, available for preorder now. The book compiles their favorite moments and new behind-the-scenes stories from the show and podcast.
• Project Insights:
  • Rider feels "having a book version of our journey is going to be amazing…makes me want to cry just thinking about it." [03:52]
  • Danielle highlights the inclusivity, even for fans just discovering the podcast: "Everything from our seven seasons of recaps and interviews... and you will get also all-new exclusive behind the scenes stories and never before seen images as well." [05:15]
• Funny Tangent: Will jokes about a "scratch and sniff" and "coloring part" in the book: "What did Topanga smell like?" [05:42] leading to laughter and offbeat book suggestions like a pop-up section and "obituaries of everyone who sat in the death chair." [06:09]
• Notable Quote:
  • "I think when people get to lend their voice to something without lending their voice to something…there's gonna be some stuff that people are gonna read about that we haven't been able to cover on the podcast." – Will Friedle [06:49]

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2. First Impressions: Revisiting “The Honeymooners”

[13:38–21:36]

• Hosts' Memories:
  • Will: Came in expecting it couldn't be as bad as its reputation, only to find it was "worse than that...bottom of the barrel." [14:21]
  • Rider: “This was so unredeemable. It was truly just bad.” [15:52] He appreciates only the episode’s final sentiment.
  • Danielle: Surprisingly, she liked Cory and Topanga’s chemistry in the episode—“for the first time in possibly years, loved Cory and Topanga together.” [16:15] Everything else, she admits, “was truly terrible.” [17:06]
• Meta Commentary: The trio openly discuss their right as actors to critique their own show while still appreciating its larger legacy.

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3. Recap & Discussion: Episode Breakdown

(Timestamps are for broader segments; see section highlights for quotes)

A. Episode Opening and Setup

[25:23–36:01]

• The Honeymoon Suite: Danielle leads a scene-by-scene breakdown, starting with Cory and Topanga’s arrival.
• Comedic Critiques: Writers call out plot holes, e.g., why Cory is surprised by their "Peterman" alias, or how Topanga magically has lingerie: "How is that possible? Another great way it could have been. The joke is that Myra Peterman has great taste in lingerie." – Danielle [27:23]
• Bright Spots: Will and Rider agree the opening hotel scene is genuinely funny and well-acted: “This all works.” – Will [31:18]

B. The Island Vacation & Lack of Conflict

[36:01–52:18]

• No Real Stakes: Rider repeatedly points out the episode's lack of conflict—“Literally, Cory and Topanga have gone to an island and are talking to an older couple and just expositing about sex. That's all that has happened. No conflict? No.” [44:01]
• Meta-moment: Danielle and Rider muse if the episode is a meta-commentary on blandness: “See how boring life is without conflict?” – Rider [51:23]
• Will’s Rewrite: Will pitches a better honeymoon episode—Cory and Topanga continually thwarted in their attempts to finally have sex, only succeeding in an unexpected way at the end. [44:53]

C. The Eric Factor & Behind-the-Scenes

[47:35–51:00, 65:38–66:54]

• Eric’s Role: Will and Rider note Eric’s B-plot lacks sense or tension: “He is not. You're still doing it, but I can see in your eyes...Will is unhappy and is not enjoying this week.” – Rider [19:51]
• Behind the Scenes: Danielle, Will, and Rider recall the mood on set; laziness and lack of care were reflected in details such as props and production design.
• Tarantula Story: Will shares that he had spiders on him for a scene and wasn’t fazed—leading to a hilarious tangent about Danielle’s arachnophobia and her willingness (or unwillingness) to do anything for a role. [71:24–74:40]

D. The ‘Coconut Hut’ and Further Critique

[54:47–62:43]

• Absurd Plot Turns: Cory becomes a celebrity coconut carver overnight; neither the process nor motivation ties to his established character.
• Production Gaffes: Rider notes visible crew hands, a poorly disguised table, and a lack of effort in the final product: “Everybody was so lazy. They just gave up. They were like, this episode is so dumb. We're not gonna even worry about visual logic.” [62:07]
• “Best Episode Ever?”: Will states, “People cannot come after us for this one...I can't imagine there's a person in the world who's like, you know, The best episode of [Boy Meets World].” [59:16]

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4. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I loved Cory and Topanga together...the Cory and Topanga relationship and thought that was cute...everything else about the episode was truly terrible.” – Danielle [16:15]
• “The first time I was like, nope. They pushed Will too far. I was like, I can see it in your eyes. I was like, Will is not enjoying this.” – Rider [19:33]
• “Give me one good reason why we shouldn't stay here. Why should we go home?...Because it's where our home is.” – [Topanga and Cory, paraphrased, 52:13]
• “See how boring life is without conflict?...Maybe what it is. What if it's genius?” – Danielle and Rider, riffing sarcastically [51:21]
• “Did you see the hand?...Looks like they're holding the wall so that when you guys kick through the door, the wall doesn't go down.” – Rider (on visible crew, 33:39)
• [About coconuts] “We just had to create this tape recorder just so you can explore.” – Rider on Eric’s pointless storyline [66:07]
• “Oh, that is kind of what I remember about this week is just going, oh, well, okay, good enough episode.” – Danielle [62:50]

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5. Final Thoughts and Reflections

[79:38–80:18]

• Consensus: All three agree—this is the worst episode of Boy Meets World.
  • “By far the worst episode.” – Rider [79:38]
  • “Yeah, it happens. Every show in the history of television has a honeymoon episode...and it’s just bad.” – Will [79:41]
• Looking Forward: They promise the next review will be better: “Hey, when you're flat on your back, the only way to look is up.” – Will [80:01]

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6. In-Episode Easter Eggs & Fun Facts

• Guest Star Tributes: Danielle provides a thorough run-down of guest actors, including their other credits and personal connections to the Boy Meets World set. [21:59–23:46]
• Magazine Nostalgia: Danielle and Will reminisce about reading magazines by the pool, a ritual replaced by scrolling on phones today. [35:08–36:39]
• Callbacks: Jokes about “red drink” and "pop-up" book sections surface as inside references.
• Continuity Errors: The hosts point out various continuity gaffes and logic holes in the original episode, adding to the amusement for devoted fans.

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7. Memorable Timestamps

• 03:31: Announcement of Book Meets World release
• 13:44: Introduction of “the episode that shall live in infamy”
• 14:21: Will’s raw initial reaction to the rewatch
• 16:15: Danielle’s surprising positive take on Cory and Topanga
• 19:33: Rider calls out Will’s visible lack of enthusiasm
• 44:53: Will pitches a ‘better’ honeymoon episode
• 51:21: Danielle and Rider tease the idea the episode’s lack of conflict is “meta”
• 62:07: Rider critiques visible production errors—lack of a tablecloth on the coconut booth!
• 74:09: Danielle laments she’d rather open an OnlyFans than have a tarantula crawl on her
• 79:38: The hosts sum up: “By far the worst episode.”

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Summary

This episode is an unfiltered, often hilarious takedown of “The Honeymooners.” The hosts let loose, sharing industry and personal perspectives, affectionate ribbing, and critical insight. For Boy Meets World fans, it’s a cathartic and entertaining listen—accentuated by the announcement of their upcoming book, which promises more stories and deep dives “beyond the podcast.”

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

If you haven’t heard “The Honeymooners” reviewed via Pod Meets World:

• Expect brutal honesty, nostalgia, and behind-the-scenes revelations.
• The hosts deliver pitch-perfect banter and sharp comedic takes on both the strengths (few) and weaknesses (many) of the episode.
• The episode is both a celebration of fandom and a masterclass in how to revisit and critique old work with affection and humor.

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Follow Pod Meets World at @PodMeetsWorldShow, and keep an eye out for Book Meets World this fall!

Transcript

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. Thank you. I feel seen with a dirge.

[Will Friedle]

Nice.

[Danielle Fishel]

Maybe you saw the announcement yesterday on people.com, but if you didn't, please let us be the first to tell you. We have a book coming out.

[Will Friedle]

Nope, that's not it.

[Rider Strong]

There's a law and order music. Dun dun.

[Will Friedle]

If it. Now, if it was a true crime book, then that would have worked, but it's not. Okay, well, the fanfare.

[Rider Strong]

There you go. Okay.

[Cindy Crawford]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Good. All right. Book Meets World, an oral history of Boy Meets World will be released on November 10, 2026. But it is available for pre order right now. So I'm very excited about this book. I know both of you are as well. Writer, what are you most looking forward to about the book?

[Rider Strong]

I think just having. Because we've had so many conversations that are over the course of what, three and a half years of this podcast. And it's just so nice to have a compilation of the best and the most important. And I just love the idea of being able to flip through basically what. Because this has been such a journey, you know, we talked about it on stage a lot and maybe less so on the actual podcast, but like, how important this podcast and re. Like going back over Boy Meets World and this time in our lives has been professionally, personally, it's just, it's affected. It's like the biggest change in my life in the last, you know, 10 years, I would say. And like, I'm just so glad we did it. And I think having a sort of a book version of that journey is going to be amazing. Um, yeah, I mean, it makes me want to cry just thinking about it. So, yeah, I think having it will be amazing. Yeah. Nice.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, I. I think it's going to be great because there are probably quite a few people who are huge fans of the show just for whatever reason, find out about the podcast now and then look and see that there are 4,500 episodes of Podmi's World to. To have to catch up on.

[Bowen Yang]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Is that true?

[Will Friedle]

There's probably. There's close to 600 though.

[Danielle Fishel]

There.

[Will Friedle]

There are.

[Danielle Fishel]

And so, you know, they're like, hey, it would take me forever to go through and learn all of the things through this. And now everything from our seven seasons of recaps and interviews, there will be notes about things we've learned, things we've uncovered, and you will get also all new exclusive behind the scenes stories and never before seen images as well. So that'll be nice. Will, what about you? What are you looking forward to the most?

[Will Friedle]

The scratch and sniff section. I think that's really cool. Like what did Topanga smell like? And all that kind of stuff.

[Rider Strong]

What did your poem smell like?

[Will Friedle]

That kind of thing. So I'm looking forward to that. The coloring part is going to be fun.

[Rider Strong]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

All the pictures I'm looking, I'm really looking forward to those.

[Danielle Fishel]

I didn't realize you were doing that. Am I doing a different.

[Will Friedle]

Am I doing a different book than everybody else?

[Danielle Fishel]

Maybe. It seems like it. My portion of the book is pop up. It's a pop up.

[Will Friedle]

There you go. See? Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's so.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, good. We're on the same page.

[Rider Strong]

You should have done all of this, by the way you pitching these ideas. We had a coloring section where you just colored in the red juice. The red drink.

[Danielle Fishel]

I want to know the ingredients of red drink.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, my God. Pop up of just our hair. Just open it up and it's just butt cuts.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

The.

[Will Friedle]

And then the obituaries of everyone who sat in the death. The death chair. We really. We really dropped the ball on the books.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. Will, could you please write these down in an email? Send them out? We're still working on it. We can. Yeah, we could.

[Rider Strong]

Could cram a little bit.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Okay. Is there anything other than those scratch and sniff and coloring sections?

[Will Friedle]

You know? You know what I'm looking for is I think. I think when people get to lend their voice to something without lending their voice to something, if that makes sense when it comes to like, say the podcast. We've had some people that haven't necessarily wanted to come on and talk about everything on the podcast that I think are a little more open to doing it in an interview that is then put down into written form. So I think there's gonna be some stuff that people are gonna read about that we haven't been able to cover on the podcast that I think they're really gonna like. And that's what I'm looking forward to, that little more in depth interviews than sometimes we've been able to do.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Well, writer Will and I are writing alongside producer slash husband of the podcast, Jensen Karp and writer Emily Longaretta, who has quickly become our favorite writer, who has been covering the podcast since its very inception for Variety. And now here she is helping to carve out the book that will define us. She is meeting with our past guests and us to learn even more. You guys have both had your interviews. I'm actually having mine later this week and that's how we're gonna make sure we take it even beyond just what we've said on the podcast. The book is being released by Hanover Square Press and we want to thank everyone over there and our book agent, Noah Ballard. And as always, we want to thank you, our incredible listeners who have with us for the entire journey or maybe you've recently joined and you're part of the community now. So thank you to all of you. We can't do this without you. So again, you could pre order Book Meets World right now, wherever you get books. But go support those local mom and pop shops if you can. We will have a link on the Pod Meets World show Instagram page and we hope you like it. We have had a lot of fun putting it together so enjoy everyone.

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[Rider Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Sorry, I think we should add in if you could find any of your old from 11 years old cigarettes. If you have any cigarette butts, we

[Will Friedle]

could sprinkle the scratch and sniff as well. The smell of just waking up from nap time and lighting a Camel. Hell yeah.

[Rider Strong]

There's nothing that Will talks about more

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

Well, an episode we have feared since the inception of the podcast that shall

[Rider Strong]

live in infamy

[Danielle Fishel]

is Here it is, Season 7, Episode 8, the Honeymooners. It originally aired November 12, 1999. The synopsis While Cory and Topanga honeymoon on a tropical island and flirt with the idea of staying forever, they have no idea that Eric has followed them there. It was directed by William Russ. It was written by Barbie Feldman. Before I jump into our guest stars, shall we hear our overall thoughts?

[Rider Strong]

Go. Will you go first?

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay, go, go.

[Will Friedle]

I thought there was no chance it could be as bad as we remember it being, and that with the amount of conversations we are having about it's the worst episode ever and it's terrible that it could not possibly hit those expectations. And it was worse than that. Yes, that's what I thought. It was just the bottom of the barrel. I mean, it's one of those things where it's like, you wonder what pitches they decided not to go with. Where it was just. Yeah, I didn't. And again, everyone's like, you know, you read the comments. Why do they hate their show so much? We don't. We love our show. Are you kidding me? Our show is amazing. Occasionally, as in every television show, you have some stinkers. And this. I think you'd be hard pressed to say there is a worst episode of a worse episode of Boy Meets World than this episode.

[Rider Strong]

Yep, totally with you, man. Totally with you. And I think about like other episodes that felt zany and stressful. Like the quiz show, you know, when I think like I. I had negative associations in my memory with that episode because it was like, why are we wearing stuff on our heads? And you know, there were natives dancing around us with spear. Like there was a lot of zany, ridiculous stuff. But when we watched it, I was like, oh no, that was actually a brilliant episode in a lot of ways. And I loved it. This was not. This was so unredeemable. It was truly just bad.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

I mean, the only thing I liked is I liked the sentiment at the end. I liked the Cory Topanga sentiment of, like, ah, like being home and being with these crazy people is what we really love. That's a nice sentiment, but, oh, my God, was it a horrible, long 22 minutes to get there?

[Danielle Fishel]

I thought it was so much better than I remembered.

[Rider Strong]

Are you serious?

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm serious.

[Rider Strong]

You're just high for being on the road.

[Danielle Fishel]

Like, oh, no, here's the thing. Here's the thing. I, for the first time in possibly years, loved Cory and Topanga together.

[Rider Strong]

Interesting.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thought they were cute and fun. Loved their. Loved their dynamic. Loved seeing Topanga happy with him. Loved seeing Corey in whatever that really just Ben scene was where he's making coconuts and he's just being funny Ben that we remember doing his impressions and making everybody laugh.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Considering I loved the two of them together in this episode and felt very happy that they were in a relationship. Didn't in. Not even once between the two of them did I feel like, oh, ick. I just liked them. Everything else about the episode was truly terrible. I just. I completely agree about everything else, but the fact that I even liked through an entire episode the Cory and Topanga relationship and thought that was cute and could see a world where. An episode where Cory and Topanga go on a. On a fantastic trip and Corey decides he doesn't want to come back and how Topanga is gonna have to convince him that home is really where paradise is. Cute in theory. Not executed well with any of the other stuff. I don't understand the. The joke about the people moving from Ohio, and I don't why they never had Eric interact with Cory and Topanga. There was, like, such a missed opportunity for real comedy there. It was really lacking in comedy. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Why is Eric there at all?

[Danielle Fishel]

Why. Why are you?

[Will Friedle]

Other than to have Eric in the show? There's no reason whatsoever. And then the whole joke is just. I just pass out every time. And. And I get what you're saying about Cory and Topanga, and I think you can actually attribute that to the last two or three episodes because we've said, like, you know, planning the wedding. That's. That's a great version of Cory and Topanga all. You know, even the wedding itself. Great version of Cory and Topanga. So Cory and Topanga couple.

[Rider Strong]

Cory and Topanga.

[Will Friedle]

I actually agree with you. It's. It's interesting, but it was also. It's so absurd where now Corey's an artist all of a sudden and can Carve things. They build the coconut hut within a day. It's just. It's so. And then anytime on any show ever. And this isn't just our show. This is any show. Anytime you go to tropical island land on a set, it always just looks so bad. I know where it's like, throw them. You've already had them. You've talked about Amish country. Put them in somewhere like the trop. Oh, God. I just. I can't. I can't. It was. And I. The thing that was also helpful while watching this episode is knowing that this is the bottom of the barrel. Like, everything else we're gonna watch is gonna be better than this episode. So I'm happy about that.

[Danielle Fishel]

Whatever episode we thought was the worst a few episodes ago, still, for me, is the worst of the worst of the worst, and this was better than that.

[Will Friedle]

Really? Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Impressive.

[Rider Strong]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

I don't agree, but impressive. Yeah. Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

And I feel like this. You know, we've always talked about how Will like your superpower and what made you so great was that they would give you anything and you would commit 100%. This was the. The first time I was like, nope. They pushed Will too far. I was like, I can see it in your eyes. I was like, will is not enjoying this.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Rider Strong]

And he is not. You're still doing it, but I can see in your eyes. I was like, he is. From the first scene when you. Like when you pull up your mat or whatever, I was like, oh, Will is unhappy and is not enjoying this week. So I feel like they maxed. They went as far as they could go, and it just didn't work.

[Will Friedle]

No. Well, I mean, I guess I think the way you save this episode is you do the A story is exactly this. Cory and Topanga on an island, and then you have a B story back in Philadelphia, and you do some kind of regular thing. Maybe everybody's life is completely different because Cory and Topanga aren't there, and there's something weird. You could do some kind of fun. But keeping it all there with nobody from the show, just the three of us, it was like, what is happening?

[Rider Strong]

But also the motivation. Like, why do they want to stay? Like, that is never. There is never established that, like, Cory and Topanga, like, even if Corey.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm stressed.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah. Like, what.

[Danielle Fishel]

What.

[Will Friedle]

What is it?

[Rider Strong]

That mode, if that was motivated from, like, a real. Like, I'm so sick of these crazy people in our lives.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

That that's all.

[Rider Strong]

That's all it would have taken is, like, the Eric factor. There's some. I can't believe there was not that. That Inciting things so that when they decide we're gonna stay here, which is insane. Well, that it comes from a real place.

[Danielle Fishel]

That being arrested on your wedding night.

[Rider Strong]

Right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Is. Is what incited that. The thing we just came off of.

[Rider Strong]

They don't. Like. Corey just says, like, we've had sex, and now I want to live here like these people. And you're like, what?

[Danielle Fishel]

Just say. Think about it. No stress, no Eric, no Feeny. He does, but he talks about that. Yes, but I don't.

[Rider Strong]

I don't feel like. I don't feel like Corey and Topanga hate their life in Philadelphia enough or that they're a specific enough reason for me to be like, oh, yeah, man. Go. Stay. Like, it's.

[Will Friedle]

I think it's supposed to be. Not to take this to a level where they clearly didn't mean it like this, because it's certainly much deeper than what we saw. But I think it's. It's especially. It's supposed to be eating the lotus blossoms. Right. You know, it's supposed to be the. The Odyssey where they land on a beautiful island, they eat the lotus blossoms, and they never want to leave. And I think that's kind of what they were going for, but it just never really worked.

[Rider Strong]

No.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was. It was odd.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, let's jump into our guest stars. We have Michael Dempsey as the cop. He's been working in Hollywood since the early 90s, when he appeared on shows like Roseanne, Life Goes on, and Beverly Hills 90210. He's probably most recognized from nine episodes of Desperate Housewives, where he also played a cop. And most recently, he has shown up on Barry Mayans MC and Netflix's you. So he is still working, and he

[Will Friedle]

was Beth's husband, right?

[Rider Strong]

That's right.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

I was so funny because I was like, why do I know him so well? I'm like. And I was like, oh, he must just be one of those character actors. But no, you're right.

[Will Friedle]

He was always.

[Rider Strong]

He was around because he was around.

[Will Friedle]

He was. He was. He and Beth were married.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah, that's right.

[Will Friedle]

Beth.

[Danielle Fishel]

Our page.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, yeah.

[Rider Strong]

The. The stage manager.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Rider Strong]

They ended up divorcing later.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Rider Strong]

But I saw him in a play. He did a play that was actually pretty damn good.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

So. That's right. Okay.

[Will Friedle]

I knew.

[Rider Strong]

I knew him when the second I saw him, I was like, oh, I know this guy really well.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, he hung out on the side.

[Rider Strong]

He's a good guy.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then we have anne Haney as Mrs. Nelson. Haney was a very recognizable comedic character actress to our listeners, mostly playing an uptight and rigid older lady. All her prominent roles happened after the age of 40. Best known from big parts in movies liar Liar and Mrs. Doubtfire. She also appeared on a lot of TV, from Doogie Howser to Golden Girls to LA Lawrence. Sadly, Haney passed away in 2001 at the very young age of 67. And then we have John Ingle as Mr. Nelson, best known as the principal in the movie Heathers. Ingle was a lifer on General Hospital, clocking in over 500 episodes as Edward Quartermain, but he also appeared in movies like RoboCop 2, death becomes her, and he was the narrator in the Land Before Time movies.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, cool.

[Danielle Fishel]

Ingle passed away in 2012 at the age of 84. And then we have Mimi Cozens as tourist number one's wife. Mimi was an industry vet who is best known as no Lie Soup Woman in an episode of Star the Next Generation. She was also seen in the Paul Thomas Anderson movie the Master, 7th Heaven and Seinfeld. She played Mrs. Canterman. Cossins died in 2021 at the age of 86. And then we have Paul Kent as tourist number one, another actor with a lot of credits. Kent oddly appeared in two different TV movie versions of Helter Skelter based on the Charles Manson case, playing two different characters. Other credits include Star Trek, the Wrath of Khan, not as Soup Man Webster and Frasier. He passed away in 2011 at the age of 80. So to jump in to our recap, we get a Previously on Boy Meets World. And we are reminded of Cory and Topanga's wedd. Sean toasts to the new couple, and Eric hands over his gift, the key to their very own honeymoon suite. Corey doesn't even let his brother finish his speech. He snatches the key and runs away like a giddy hornball who just changed his entire life as a teenager to finally have sex. And then we are at the honeymoon suite. Cory and Topanga stand in the hallway, still dressed in their wedding outfits. Corey asks with a grin, you think we're finally ready to be Mr. And Mrs. Matthews? She admits, I think we've been ready our whole lives. He picks her up to cross the threshold and kicks open the double doors. So what did we need a key for?

[Will Friedle]

Oh, there's a lot with this scene that's like, wait.

[Danielle Fishel]

Huh? He rushes into the room and throws her onto the bed like vader body slamming mankind, she tries to ask, don't you want to? Just as Corey shimmies out of his jacket and belly flops onto the bed, Topanga finishes her question. Explore and take our time. Corey continues to strip, not considering any of her suggestions. She reminds him there's such a thing as foreplay. He insists he doesn't need it, but she says she might. Like all considerate lovers, he responds, you've had 12 years of it. How much more do you require? She tells him to stay on the bed and promises he won't be disappointed. As she saunters away, he gets onto his knees, begging, don't leave me. I can't do this alone. Once she's in the bathroom, he perks up at the sight of a fruit basket. Corey grabs an apple and reads the card attached to the basket. It's from the hotel thanking Mr. And Mrs. Harold Peterman for their patronage.

[Rider Strong]

And it keeps surprised by the name.

[Will Friedle]

How is he surprised? How is he surprised?

[Rider Strong]

Fifth time this has happened.

[Will Friedle]

He was married as Myron Alan Peterman or whatever. How does he not remember that they were the Petermans? It's such an easy writing thing, though.

[Rider Strong]

I mean, such an easy fix. You'd just be like, yeah, well, you

[Bowen Yang]

know, I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

What.

[Rider Strong]

Like, he obviously knows what's going on.

[Danielle Fishel]

He should just say how much he loves being a Peterman.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Or calling, are you ready, Myra? Like from the. You know, yelling in. You could play on the joke, but the idea that he doesn't remember that's how they just got married is so weird.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. So, so stupid. Corey doesn't let it bother him, tossing the card aside without a care in the world. And then Topanga appears wearing sexy lingerie and sort of making up a Popeye face.

[Will Friedle]

How? Where'd the lingerie come from? You didn't know about the room? The room was not yours. How did you have lingerie? How?

[Danielle Fishel]

You're right.

[Rider Strong]

I didn't even think about it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I guess I was wearing it under my wedding.

[Will Friedle]

Wedding dress. You were wearing a thing with a cape. How?

[Rider Strong]

Lingerie.

[Danielle Fishel]

How?

[Will Friedle]

You walked out. I'm like, how? Unless she comes out naked, maybe.

[Danielle Fishel]

How is that possible? Another great way it could have been. The joke is that Myra Peterman has great taste in lingerie.

[Will Friedle]

Something is the same size and has. But nope, somehow panga is now magic and manifested lingerie.

[Danielle Fishel]

I did not even think of that. I really did.

[Will Friedle]

Just sitting there going, how?

[Rider Strong]

How is that possible? It's the most realistic part of this episode. It's the most realistic part.

[Will Friedle]

And by the way, not an awful way to start the episode, them fumbling through sex for the first time. What's going to happen if they rewrote the m? It's like, okay, this is not awful. Them in the room.

[Rider Strong]

Great.

[Danielle Fishel]

I'm.

[Will Friedle]

You got me so far. But other than the stupid stupidness, it's like, okay, this isn't the worst thing ever. Ben's really funny. Danielle, you're funny and sexy and it all works at this point, but, yeah, and it goes downhill fast.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well. And then Corey shouts this. Corey, with a huge grin, watches Topanga walk over to the bed and get under the covers. Then, while Corey is mesmerized, her lingerie flies across the room and lands on his head. He basks in the moment, totally blinded by the nighty and laughing.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, my.

[Danielle Fishel]

The camera flips back to Topanga, who now appears to be naked and smiling. It's a gif sent to me daily, I'm sure. Social media.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

Really.

[Danielle Fishel]

Huh. What are you actually.

[Will Friedle]

What are you actually wearing under there? Do you remember what you had on?

[Danielle Fishel]

I think I had on just some sort of, like, tube top. Like a tank top and shorts. No, not a tank. No tank. No straps.

[Will Friedle]

Just a tankini.

[Danielle Fishel]

But a tankini has straps.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, it does. Oh, okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

A two beanie.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, a two beanie. It was a two beanie. I was wearing a two beanie under there. Yeah. Corey can't stop boasting. This is so great. I wish Sean was here.

[Will Friedle]

Great line.

[Danielle Fishel]

Very funny. Very funny.

[Will Friedle]

Best line of the show.

[Danielle Fishel]

Probably so good. Topanga seductively reveals, it's probably best There alone. And reveals. That's it. There's nothing under the covers but her. Corey, who's wearing the lingerie as a makeshift veil at this point, scurries over to the bed. I've been waiting for this moment my entire life. He then peeks under the covers and screams at the top of his lungs. In excitement, Topanga adds, and only for you. In response, Corey quickly takes off his pants and tells his bride he loves her. They start to kiss, and Topanga says, I love you, and I love Eric. Corey quickly pulls away what she earnestly clarifies. This beautiful wedding he arranged, this beautiful room makes up for everything bad he's ever done to us. Corey nods in agreement. And then they go back to kissing and professing their love for one another. And then a squad of cops break into the room. Corey pulls away from Topanga and hopes they're kidding. One of the cops Commands, roll away from the young lady and put your hands where I can see them. Corey is unwilling to follow orders. He holds on to Topanga for dear life. No. Kill me. As Topanga is being crushed by him, she asks the cops, why are you guys doing this? The cop simply asks, are you Mr. And Mrs. Harold Peterman? Topanga says, no, and the guy explains, that's why. And with that, the officers hoist the bed into the air with Cory and Topanga still in it, and walk into the hallway.

[Rider Strong]

It's pretty funny. Like, they actually have to pick. You had to have six cops so you could carry the bed. I love it. It's like,

[Will Friedle]

again, most realistic part of the episode, the squad of cops.

[Danielle Fishel]

Corey yells out, asking for the cops to come back in two minutes when he sees Eric again. Good job. This whole scene, this is very funny.

[Will Friedle]

This all works.

[Danielle Fishel]

Works.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

Very well done. Eric is also in handcuffs. He asks. Corey begs him for help, but Eric just laughs. How cool is this, man? He puts on a Scottish accent. We get to go on the paddy wagon.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, so this. I'm glad you got it, though, because I do say man, but there's a whole thing on the Internet that's convinced that I'm saying Ben. So they think I'm saying this. How great is this, Ben? We get to go in the paddy wagon. So it's people, like he said. And to the point where we watched it last night. Sue's like, like, did you say Ben? It sounds like you just said his name. And we went back. I was like, no, I'm saying, man.

[Rider Strong]

You just like an accent.

[Will Friedle]

People are thinking that I'm saying Ben. Yeah, we got to go on the potty wagon. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, that's so funny.

[Will Friedle]

And it's Irish, Danielle. It's Irish, not Scottish.

[Rider Strong]

Not Scottish.

[Danielle Fishel]

So sorry. Whatever. Oh, my gosh. The cop pushes him to follow the couple. Let's go, fun boy. As they walk away, Eric wonders, can I use your nightstand? And then we're on the honeymoon.

[Will Friedle]

They should have just rolled the credits after Nightstick. Yep. Funny episode. That's it. Cut right to the end of them coming back from the honeymoon. It's them going, we didn't want to leave. This episode was nine minutes long, and it would have been great, by the way.

[Rider Strong]

I wonder if that's what happened, if that. If it was actually this was the end of the wedding episode, and they just. The wedding episode got too long, and they were just like, well, let's just push it. We'll just make that the next episode. And, oh, maybe then they had nothing else.

[Will Friedle]

You gotta talk to Barbie about it.

[Rider Strong]

It was like, let's stretch this out. How do we make this a whole episode?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oof. Well, we get some grainy stock footage. A plane taking off, a tropical island and a beach with some lawn chairs. And then we see Corey and Topanga kiss once again. Now in front of a lit tiki torch and some tacky tropical decor. Corey asks with enthusiasm, are you excited we're finally on our honeymoon? She wonders if he's going to carry her over the threshold, and he huffs. No, because the last time I did, the police broke in and I spent the night with a guy named Sheila.

[Will Friedle]

Hey.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hey, there we go.

[Will Friedle]

Hey, there we go. We're back.

[Rider Strong]

Prison jokes. So funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga figures they'll just walk right into their room then. But Corey stops her. She laughs. You want me to carry you? He extends his arms and insists, I'm light as a feather. Really? She hoists him into the air and plops him onto the bed with a grunt.

[Rider Strong]

Now, did you see the. Do you guys see the hand?

[Will Friedle]

What?

[Rider Strong]

When you guys burst in, there's a crew hand on the right side of the screen. It looks like they're holding the wall so that when you guys kick through the door, the wall doesn't go down. With a watch holding it up the wall, it's like, I couldn't believe how obvious it was. Like, my God, guys.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, that's great.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah, that's really funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, that's so funny. I did. I'm gonna have to go back and watch that. I did not notice that. He strikes a sexy pose. Have your way with me now. She closes the door, and we hear Corey yell, yay. And then stock footage of waves crashing against rocks and palm trees. And then we are poolside.

[Rider Strong]

So, okay, so we're just never gonna say where we are. We're just tropical place with native peoples.

[Will Friedle]

We're on. Ryder, we're on island.

[Rider Strong]

We're on island with native trib people

[Will Friedle]

who are cannibals and from Ohio, and the other party is communist, so do the math, Rider. We're on island.

[Rider Strong]

So. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Is it so bad to be like, we went to Hawaii.

[Rider Strong]

Where does the whole. Yeah, but then you have to, like, you know, actually name the people that you're demeaning with your colonial like, crap. Right, right. But this way they just get to be generic island folk who we can.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

Yep. Ugh.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga is reading a magazine by the pool as we hear an announcement on an overhead speaker by the way reading a magazine by the pool was my favorite activity.

[Will Friedle]

Old school jam, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, man. To just go. I think magazines came out on Fridays. My mom and I used to go, like, if you went Thursday night, sometimes the Friday magazines were already out, and you just rifle through the new mags, pick out a bunch of them, and then just sit by the pool. Sometimes I would go to Palm Springs with Jamie, and we'd buy magazines and sit out there, and it'd be, like 120 degrees, and the magazine binding would melt, so the magazine would just peel open as you were reading it, as

[Will Friedle]

you're reading Tiger Beat, Just go and dated him, Dated him, dated him, dated him.

[Danielle Fishel]

That guy's a jerk.

[Rider Strong]

Dated him. That guy's a jerk.

[Danielle Fishel]

That guy's cute. Good kisser, bad kisser.

[Rider Strong]

Should have dated him, turned him down.

[Danielle Fishel]

Why didn't I go out with that guy?

[Rider Strong]

What magazines would you have been reading? Honestly? Like, you were probably reading, like, what, Vanity Fair.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't know what I was reading. Us. I was reading People. I was reading Cosmo. I was reading. Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

So nowadays you scroll, right? This is what's replaced magazines.

[Danielle Fishel]

You just sat there.

[Will Friedle]

Still an actual magazine, right? Like, there's a physical magazine for people.

[Rider Strong]

Isn't that still a thing?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, and for us, but. But they are. You know, you can see them at checkouts, but they're just not the same as they used to be. But I. Man, I still. When I think of, like, going on vacation, I think, where. Where am I gonna get my magazines? Wow.

[Will Friedle]

On your phone.

[Danielle Fishel]

On my phone.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

So we hear an announcement on the overhead speaker. Attention Katanka. So we're at Katanka. Is that. Is that the island name or do we think that's the resort name?

[Will Friedle]

I don't know.

[Rider Strong]

I don't know, because don't they, like, make up a greeting? Like, Corey says something like hunka tonka or whatever.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Or something like that.

[Rider Strong]

They're just making up, like, fake Hawaiian speak.

[Danielle Fishel]

Will the couple who left their dog in the piranha tank please come claim his collar? Topanga happily sips on a coconut drink. When an older woman asks if the seat next to her is taken, Topanga admits, I was saving it for my husband, Corey. Corey Matthews. I'm Mrs. Matthews. That's my name now. He's my husband. I'm his wife.

[Will Friedle]

Did either of you do that after you got married?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. Jensen is still in my phone as husband. Mr. Karp.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

I do remember thinking it was super fun to be like.

[Will Friedle]

It is.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

It's like, my wife this. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

My wife, my husband.

[Will Friedle]

That's a great line from Seinfeld where they're trying it out and Jerry's like. It's a great way to start a sentence. My wife this, my wife that. Kramer just goes, my wife has an inner ear infection.

[Rider Strong]

That is great,

[Bowen Yang]

but you do.

[Will Friedle]

It's all shiny and new. My wife.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

My wife, my husband. So cute. Now we're all old, and now we're just married. The lady assumes, on your honeymoon, dear. Topanga grins. I'm a wife. The woman responds, me, too. Madeline Nelson. They shake hands, and Madeline explains, I used to be Madeline. Pig sniffle. That's why I got married. Madeline ignores Topanga's earlier answer about the chair and takes the seat.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah, that's. I was kind of like. She just sits down like she literally told you. It's. I'm saving it for my husband. And you just take it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Take it. Topanga explains, I got married because I'm crazy about my man.

[Will Friedle]

And the audience. The audience is like, yeah, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

The inmates are obsessed with true love, and they cheer at that declaration. Madeline gives a knowing nod.

[Bowen Yang]

God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Honeymoon. Yes. Topanga whispers to a total stranger. Last night was our first night together as man and why we had sex.

[Rider Strong]

Want to hear the details? Okay. Last night, we started off this way.

[Danielle Fishel]

Madeline's eyes go wide to ask, is he still sleeping? Topanga brags, oh, yeah. I wore him out, cuz.

[Will Friedle]

Now Topanga, all of a sudden, who wouldn't do anything but kiss, is now a sex kitten. Like, just so in charge of sex and sexuality. Like, I've been planning this for 28 years. Like, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

The peanut gallery cheers again. And Madeline approves. Atta girl. Madeline admits her man is also sleeping. Topanga wonders, you wore him out Too. And again, a very, very funny joke. Madeline nods. Yes. Gradually. You know, we honeymooned here ourselves. We come here every year on our anniversary. But this year is very special because we've decided to retire here. And then the PA blasts again. Paging Mr. Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. Corey Matthews. Topanga excitedly claps her hands together. That's me. That's me. Then we see Corey proudly gliding in, high on life. An old man grabs him by the shoulders and laughs. Honeymoon. Corey grins. How can you tell? The man points out. I can see all your teeth. Corey nods. It's true. I'm a man now. The man praises him. You're very happy, boy.

[Rider Strong]

I mean, what has happened in this episode? Literally, Cory and Tabanga have gone to an island and are talking to an older couple and just expositing about sex. Like, that's all that has happened. No conflict? No.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, but it's about to get super funny.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, my God. Like, we have just. We've had, like, five full minutes of nothing.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. Nothing.

[Rider Strong]

Just characters being like, this thing happened with my penis. Yeah, okay. Who cares?

[Danielle Fishel]

Who cares?

[Rider Strong]

Just like, it's so dumb. There's no conflict. Like, just give anything. Anything. Like, it's just like. Like,

[Danielle Fishel]

oh, my gosh. Okay. The old man agrees. It's good in the beginning, isn't it? And Cory announces, it's my new favorite thing.

[Rider Strong]

Still just talking about what happened with body parts.

[Will Friedle]

Can I. Can I pitch a better honeymoon episode really quickly, please? Okay.

[Rider Strong]

Anything, by the way, Set it up perfectly.

[Will Friedle]

No, I know, but they set it up perfectly where they're stopped right before they're about to have sex in the hotel room, right? So the entire episode should be them, right? About to do it somewhere, and then they're stopped. And they've waited this long, and then out of nowhere. And then at the end, something happens where they finally. They do it where they never think they're gonna. Or something like that.

[Rider Strong]

I bet that was the initial pitch. And then they were just like, that's too obvious. Let's go. Let's. Let's do coconuts. Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

Nearby, Topanga waves to Corey from her spot. Hi, Mr. Matthews. He greets back. Hi, Mrs. Matthews. He points and tells the old man mine. In return, the man points to Madeline mine. The new friends approach their wives, and Corey boasts about the Mr. And Mrs. Matthews page he arranged for Topanga. He also asked for them to page Dr. Chocolate Pudding. Next, Topanga introduces him to the Nelsons and explains that they are retiring on the island. Corey calls the island amazing. And says the towels are the softest that has ever graced his tush. Topanga adds that the water tastes like candy, which honestly sounds terrible. He tells the Nelsons they're lucky to be on the island because normally they'd be in cold Philadelphia in Feeny's class right now, and the sanitation department would probably be on strike. The Nelson's counter. We'd be in Baltimore watching our grandson Joey's soccer team, the Mighty Gophers. And she'd be in the car with the heater going, saying, is it over yet? I'm so cold. So now the only any conflict or problem that has been revealed, it's not even exposition.

[Rider Strong]

It's still just backstory.

[Danielle Fishel]

Where we live is cold.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Here it's warm.

[Rider Strong]

Exactly.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's it.

[Rider Strong]

And we've been.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, my God.

[Danielle Fishel]

She'd be in the car with the heater going, saying, is it over yet? I'm so cold. Madeline rolls her eyes. She doesn't like the cold. And Corey agrees. Me neither. In fact, I'm cold right now. Topanga's confused. It's 92 degrees. But Cory rattles on in a robotic tone, I'm very cold. Why don't we go into the bedroom and go under the covers like we did before? Topanga quips back, we're married now. We can do it every night for the rest of your life. Mr. Nelson suggests. Get it in writing, kid. Then over the PA we hear Dr. Pudding paging Dr. Chocolate pudding. Topanga and Corey laugh. They love this place. Then they start to kiss. But sneaky music begins to play, and we see a masked man with a plastic lizard strapped to his ski mask snooping around. The creeper takes off his mask, and it's Eric gasping for air. Oh, I am so freaking hot, guys. I bet here's where the conflict is gonna come in.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, heat.

[Rider Strong]

And the comic is the God.

[Will Friedle]

Comedy. Comedy and conflict. Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

This is when I saw Will's face, and I was like, oh, no.

[Will Friedle]

For the first time ever, he's dead inside. Do you know?

[Rider Strong]

You just looked off. Everything was just off. I was like, he is not having fun. He is not. Like, this is this.

[Will Friedle]

There's only so much you can make funny.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, there really does come a limit where you're like, I. I don't. I don't know what I can do with this. I don't know what I can do. I'll do my best, but I don't know what I can do. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

He pulls out a recorder. Honeymoon Day 2 Continuing duties as best man. Screwed up wedding night, so must make it up to them here in paradise. So exposition for why you're there.

[Rider Strong]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's so overheated that he's lost his train of thought. He's decided to pass out. And with that, he falls to the floor. And then we're on the beach. Topanga feeds Corey a chocolate covered strawberry.

[Rider Strong]

Most useless scene I've ever like. It's just.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

They were like, oh. Then he's there. We gotta have an ending to the scene. Okay. They just haven't pass out because it's

[Will Friedle]

so hot and it happens multiple times. That's the end of the scene. Like just have will fall.

[Rider Strong]

That's the button. Pass out.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

You pass out at the end of every scene, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga feeds Cory a chocolate covered strawberry. And he notes how romantic of a move that was. She explains, well, this is the most romantic place there could ever be. He smirks. Do you want to dance? Topanga's confused, since when do you like to dance? And he answers, since I'm in the most beautiful place in the world, staring at the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. The audience, who has genuinely just awed for 10 minutes straight, they do it again. He takes her hand and starts to sway. But Topanga points out, there isn't any music. Corey proclaims, we're in paradise. We'll make our own. And immediately after he says that, music begins to play. They're in shock. That was cool. And then we see Eric in a white tuxedo, conducting a live band. He's now dripping in sweat. How is it this hot when there's no sun out? He starts asking other hotel guests, are you hot? Are you hot? Every time he points to someone, he confuses the musicians, creating an audible mess. Meanwhile, Cory and Topanga are still in a haze of love. Topanga feels so relaxed, she's forgotten about everything else.

[Will Friedle]

Also, if you notice in the background, so you guys are dancing and then there's a couple dancing right behind you to the left, over your shoulder. And the woman gets bumped into and looks at the guy and her partner. She goes like she wants to kill the guy. Like, how? And it was just. I rewounded three times. It was like this angry, angry, close to violence woman right behind you as you're doing this scene. She's just like, what the. It was.

[Rider Strong]

I wonder what was happening on set that the background was gonna throw down.

[Will Friedle]

It was awesome. I also looked like I was piped into that. That. That Tuxedo. Like, they opened the top and just piped my body into that thing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Stop it.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, it was bad. It was bad.

[Danielle Fishel]

A white tuxedo doesn't really look good on anybody. FYI, Corey agrees. It's so unspoiled, it's as if time has stopped. As they gush about the island, Eric is on the verge of passing out again. Topanga reminisces about cute thatched huts, and Corey tells her about an old fisherman he saw making a flute out of bamboo reed. Topanga also celebrates that there was practically no line at Starbucks nearby. Sweat is now pouring out of Eric,

[Rider Strong]

and he looks talking about how there's no conflict.

[Danielle Fishel]

No conflict.

[Rider Strong]

Everything's great. There is no problems. And even Eric, you're able to get the music that they need. So we need.

[Danielle Fishel]

What if this whole episode is commentary on the episode? And it's meta? Like, look how bad an episode is.

[Rider Strong]

See how boring life is without conflict?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Rider Strong]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Maybe what it is. What if it's genius?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

At the same time, Corey has made a decision. That's it. We're staying here. Topanga's excited. Really? We can stay a few more days. Corey, no odds. We can stay a few more days with no responsibility. No Feeny, no crazy Eric. On cue, Eric finally crumples to the floor from heat exhaustion. But Topanga and Corey don't notice. They're both focused on staying a few more days. But Corey takes it even one step further, suggesting, let's never go home. Topanga laughs. Sure. Let's just never go home. But Corey's dead serious. Give me one good reason why we shouldn't stay here. Why should we go home? Home? Topanga responds like she's talking to a toddler. Because it's where our home is. But Corey throws his arms in the air. Not if we stay here the rest of our lives. Topanga seems disturbed. And then, I guess it's a cliffhanger. Commercial break.

[Rider Strong]

Yes. What is this act break? Like I was.

[Will Friedle]

Because now he wants to stay. And she's like, oh. And there you go.

[Danielle Fishel]

There we go.

[Rider Strong]

Who doesn't want to just stay wherever they're on vacation? That's not a turn. That's. Who cares?

[Danielle Fishel]

I know. Back in the hotel room, Topanga is packing their bag while Corey simultaneously unpacks it. He's still set on moving to the island, seen in his new huge necklaces. But Topanga needs him to snap back to reality now.

[Will Friedle]

Wait, I'm sorry. Were they supposed to leave then, that day? Is that why she's all of a sudden packing when they were going to stay for. Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Also, it makes sense now because I was thinking, why is she reminiscing about the thatched roofs when they're still there? And like. Like. But I guess it was their last day, so she's going back through all the days of their honeymoon.

[Will Friedle]

Gotcha.

[Danielle Fishel]

And thinking about all the their favorite hearts.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Corey can't believe she wants to go back to Philadelphia. You want to spend our youth breathing pollution and having to bow down to the man and then come back here when we're too old to win the limbo contest? Is that what you want? To not win?

[Will Friedle]

I think it's funny, Ben. That's been.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga admits that she would like to win, and Corey is happy to hear it. He runs to their blinds and pulls them open to show Topanga the beautiful island they could call home. But instead of a beautiful beach, it's Eric just standing there. Only Topanga sees him before he darts out of the way and jumps into the pool. Corey continues to sell the island as home, but Topanga has seen a ghost. I think someone was on the balcony. Corey shrugs it off. Who cares? Don't you want to stay? She reminds him that no one stays on vacation forever. But he reminds her the Nelsons do. So Topanga wants to know, how will they make a living? Paradise is expensive. Corey grins. You think I haven't thought about that? You think I'm not a realist? You think I haven't thought of little Corey Jr. And Barbara? Barbara. Topanga corrects him. Stephen and Chloe.

[Will Friedle]

Ah.

[Rider Strong]

Which is.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Rider Strong]

Her mom's name, right? Jedediah and Chloe.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, Rhiannon.

[Rider Strong]

But it was in the original.

[Will Friedle]

It was in the original.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're right. It was Jedediah and Chloe.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, you're right.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

He was killed in that tragic blimp accident with Nebula. Yeah, Everyone knows that.

[Danielle Fishel]

He likes those names, too. He jumps back onto the bed and grunts, let's make them. She suggests they make a living first, but Corey insists. You think I haven't thought of our living situation? You think this is whimsy? It's not whimsy. Then he pulls a big wrinkly coconut out of a bag and declares, this is our future, baby. What does this have to do with coconut?

[Rider Strong]

Corey established like, it would be so funny if Corey had a plan that was related to his character in some way. I don't know what that is, but like, you know, anything that we've established about Corey could. Could pay off here. And instead it's just a complete non sequitur. He just can carve coconuts.

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, he used to carry around a camera. He was into journalism. He could decide. He's gonna be a photographer for people on the island. I'm gonna take pictures of couples on their honeymoon.

[Rider Strong]

Right, right, right.

[Will Friedle]

But nope, he's a coconut carver. And. And a damn good one, let's be honest.

[Danielle Fishel]

Very good. It looks like a genius overnight. He whispers like a madman. Oh, yeah. And then we cut to Corey's celebrity coconut hut. I really did think this was going to be a dream sequence.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. I thought the whole episode was a dream sequence, but yes. And can we also just have a very quick nod to Ben's tiny little man nipples? Cause he has very small nipples. Ben, there are these tiny little man nipples. It's amazing.

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't think we comment on things such as this.

[Will Friedle]

Well, I did, because they were distractingly small.

[Rider Strong]

Ben is so fit.

[Will Friedle]

He's so fit. He's in such good shape. Such good shape.

[Danielle Fishel]

He's in really great shape.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's somewhere in here in the celebrity coconut hut that I realize my belly button ring is just of just showing for everybody in all my crop. In all my crop tops. And I thought, why was that? Why? I guess maybe I wanted to wear a crop top. But why. Why was somebody like. I don't think Topanga would have a belly button ring.

[Will Friedle]

I don't know. It's also. I have to be honest with you, too. From the beginning, you walking out in the lingerie, then under the covers, then on the island the whole time, the idea that three or four episodes from now we do an episode about you being heavy is insane to me.

[Rider Strong]

Oh, right.

[Will Friedle]

Insane to me as I'm. Because it's not that far away. And it's like. It's like, really? This is what it was. I thought about, like, I'm like, how is that possible that the next, like, four or five episodes, we're gonna do one about us being fat? Like, I get me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep.

[Will Friedle]

Because I put on it. No, no, no. But I. I may not be huge, but I put on a significant amount of weight compared to what I looked like before, whereas you did not. And the idea of seeing that when I like you again, you walked out in the laundry. You did all stuff. It's like, how is that going to be an episode? How are they going to do that in the next couple. Couple weeks?

[Rider Strong]

It was crazy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, we'll find out. Corey is surrounded by coconuts in the shapes of celebrity faces. He holds up David Letterman and we see a crowd has gathered around him. He harshly shouts, hello. And grabs a Jay Leno to do his best impression. He then calls David Letterman edgy and Jay Leno Nice. Not. And their guest this week is, in his accent, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hello. How are you doing? I'm the Coco Nater. The crowd loves it. And this is just the most. Ben. Ben could possibly be trying so hard, too. He's just heavy laughing. He is trying.

[Will Friedle]

He is trying. God bless him.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep, yep. He's doing his best. As Corey thanks his admirers, Topanga rushes towards him carrying a bunch of shopping bags. We are a total success. Over and over. Fight. I took out a bank account at Katanka Savings and Loan. I took out an ad in the Katanka Times, and I still had time to catch this fish. What? Corey beams. What a woman. He continues, Just think, all that time with Feeny wasted, when my real success was right here. Because I am. He turns back to his line of customers and announces, the coconut guy. A man in a crown with a camera points to Topanga. Hey, you're the wife of the coconut guy. Topanga beams. Yes, I am. Cory and Topanga pose for a picture. When Madeline appears. Corey is excited to see her. What can I carve up for you? Madeline's surprised to see them in the hut. Corey admits, we've decided to stay here like you guys. You convinced us. Topanga whispers, I bought this entire outfit for three bananas. That convinced me.

[Rider Strong]

Get it? Because taking advantage of the locals. It's so you get to live like a queen here. An old man. There's a Starbucks. She wants to shop, but there's a Starbucks.

[Will Friedle]

So do you pay for Starbucks with. With bananas?

[Danielle Fishel]

I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

People cannot come after us for this one. I get people having opinions about some of the episodes we don't like. And I completely and totally understand and respect that. I can't imagine there's a person in the world who's like, you know. The best episode of Women's.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

The best episode that's ever been done.

[Danielle Fishel]

I definitely do not think there's anyone who says this is the best. I think that's a safe bet.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, good.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Then Corey realizes, I'm out of puka shells. Wife. Topanga, could you run to the Shell station? She lets out a laugh. You're funnier in paradise. She walks away, and Mr. Nelson approaches the stand. And Madeline tells him the good news. The Matthews are staying on the island too. Too. Mr. Nelson welcomes Corey to Paradise. And reaches out to shake Corey's hand. But Corey does a shaka instead. Muka toka, baby. And Mr. Nelson happily does it right back. Corey asks the couple what they'd like him to carve. Regis Philbin, his lovely wife, Joy. Mr. Nelson requests a soccer player and pulls out a note they received from their grandson, Joey. Madeline gasps. The mighty Gophers made the playoffs. Mr. Nelson complains. Eight years we watched that kid stink up the field, and the minute we leave, he's payless.

[Will Friedle]

Can I ask why? Because they. They talk about making a phone call. Why did the kid write them a letter to say he was in the thing?

[Danielle Fishel]

I just was going to say the same thing. Because they say, let's go call him.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, let's go call him. If he wrote us a letter, wouldn't you know, Especially with the Katanka post office the way that it is. I mean, that kid, that championship is.

[Danielle Fishel]

How many bananas do you have to smear on your envelope to mail that letter? You know?

[Rider Strong]

Well, how old is the letter, too? He must have sent it like, you know.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

Four days ago.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly. That's what I'm saying.

[Rider Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Our team made it. Stop. We are good. Stop. Going to the championship. Stop.

[Danielle Fishel]

The couple decide to go call their grandson and wish him luck. As they leave, Corey realizes he forgot to have Topanga pick up some of those googly eyes. He flips his open sign around to reveal gone to get googly eyes. Corey leaves, and we see the line of celebrity coconut.

[Rider Strong]

None of the coconuts have googly eyes.

[Danielle Fishel]

No.

[Rider Strong]

Like, all it would take is just have some googly eyes on the coconuts. There's not one of them.

[Danielle Fishel]

We see the line of celebrity coconuts inside the booth. Howard Stern, Elvis, Richard Nixon and Eric. He's tanned a coconut brown color and glued coconut husks to his face. He's even wearing buck teeth. But now into.

[Rider Strong]

His table is not covered. You can see that you are kneeling behind the table. Like, I love Rusty. You're directing this. And you don't think. Just put a cover on the table so it looks like it's actually ahead.

[Will Friedle]

But I have to stand up and grab the hammer. That's why.

[Danielle Fishel]

But you could put the tablecloth just

[Rider Strong]

in front of the tablecloth in front of you. So it looks like you are like. The couple walks up and is like, there's one talking to me. I'm like, no. You can see the guy kneeling through the table. It's like, we. Everybody was so lazy. They just gave up. They were like, this. This episode is so dumb. We're not gonna even worry about visual logic. Like, it's so bad. It's so bad. We're gonna spend, what, at least 45 minutes putting will in makeup, but we're not gonna put a tablecloth on the table. Guys, what happened? It's.

[Will Friedle]

I think you're right. We all just get. Yeah, there's.

[Rider Strong]

I mean, you could just see you kneeling there. It's. I don't.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, that is kind of what I remember about this week is just going,

[Will Friedle]

oh, well, okay, good enough episode.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, well. Oh, my gosh.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

So Eric lisps into his recorder. Honeymoon Day 6. When they decided to live here, I thought the newlyweds had caught a bad case of island fever. But it turns out they've adjusted well and I don't really know what to do. One of the shoppers notices Eric and gasps to her husband.

[Rider Strong]

Eric has no conflict either. Like what? Have Matt Lawrence follow you, have Jack follow him to try and stop him. So. But instead he doesn't even have anybody to talk to. So they have to create this tape recorder just so you can explore.

[Will Friedle]

Who's the tape for? I'm curious. Is it for Eric to listen back to later? Is he giving this to somebody?

[Rider Strong]

But what is your mission? Your mission was to make.

[Will Friedle]

Make their honeymoon better, right?

[Rider Strong]

And it's anti conflict. You're literally there to reduce conflict. There's no story. It's so fun. I hate it so much.

[Will Friedle]

But it's also. So they were supposed to leave on day three of their honeymoon, I would

[Danielle Fishel]

imagine day four, day five.

[Will Friedle]

Then he rebuilt the entire coconut hut, which in the beginning, if you saw, was behind them and empty and, and like broken and busted up. So in a day, they bought the coconut thing. He carved 20 coconuts the first day and then made a googly eyes sign.

[Danielle Fishel]

Made a googly eyes sign and overnight were successful.

[Will Friedle]

And are you living at the resort?

[Rider Strong]

Uh huh. Yes. You're staying in the hotel.

[Will Friedle]

All right, well, now it makes sense.

[Danielle Fishel]

One of the shoppers says, look, Irv, this one tops. Eric whispers, oh no. And tries to stay still. Irv argues, coconuts don't talk, Gladys. But she insists she heard him. So Irv, as one would, challenges his wife to smash the coconut open with a hammer. It's a totally logical next step.

[Rider Strong]

So you have the hammer right there and you can see the guy kneeling behind the table.

[Will Friedle]

I'm sorry, I'd like to throw out. What else are you supposed to do? Okay. No. Okay, no.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hammer, hammer.

[Will Friedle]

Stab it in the eye with A fishing knife. Like, yeah, it's. What the hell's happening?

[Danielle Fishel]

So Gladys approaches the coconut with the hammer until Eric springs up and snatches it from her. How about I smash you open with a hammer? The couple runs away screaming in horror. Eric asks, coconut, Elvis Presley. You believe that? A week later on the island, Corey and Topanga are setting up for another day of success. At the hut, Corey greets another local worker. Good morning, Faduki. He then notices his female doppelganger. Good morning, Bavuki. She swats a lizard off of a bar. Then Kori sees another man. Good morning, Uki. The man grins. Oh, Kori, Mrs. Corey. You two are the talk of the island. Topanga hopes it's all good, and he assures her it's very good. Feduki and Bavuki agreement. Very good. Very good.

[Rider Strong]

Okay, what's the point of this entire scene now? Like, I don't like. So Cory and Topanga are getting along well, and now it's just make fun

[Danielle Fishel]

of native people being native people's names and I guess, funny names and.

[Rider Strong]

And. And civilization crumbling. Okay, okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

UKI tells them, we think you are Katanka's favorite fun couple. We're very impressed with how quickly you've acclimated to customs. Corey admits, I'm still having trouble using soup as deodorant.

[Rider Strong]

Soup or soap. What does he say? He says, soup.

[Will Friedle]

Soup. And again, my head instantly went to what lines did they not want to use? Because that's the pitch that worked.

[Rider Strong]

So it's like, what is the winner?

[Will Friedle]

Soup as deodorant.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. UKI continues, we have an election for mayor coming up, and we'd really like you to consider running for office. Office? Representing our Mookie Timbala party. Topanga wonders, who's the other party? UKI matter of factly responds, communists. The other ukis spit on the floor in disgust. UKI explains, this is the most important election since our people moved here from Ohio. Corey can't believe it. They want me to be mayor of paradise. Then Mr. And Mrs. Nelson reappear, now wearing their normal street clothes and carrying suitcases. Corey tells them the good news. He's going to be Mayor McCoanut. He asks Frank to be his campaign manager. Corey whispers to Topanga, they'll bring in the old vote like it was early bird dinner at Luakas. But the Nelsons have bad news. They're leaving. Cory and Topanga don't understand. The Nelsons proudly announce that Joey's soccer team made it to the finals. So did the. Did The Nelsons never contemplate that their grandchildren were gonna have a future.

[Will Friedle]

No. They also have one bag between the three of the. The two of them for the entire time they're staying there. He's got. He's got a bag over his shoulder and he's holding his bag that just

[Danielle Fishel]

has all their gold in it. That just has all their gold in it. The other bags are at bellhop.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, good. Fair enough.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Madeline reveals. So I'm going to sit and be cold in the car. Car. Frank laughs. How could we miss it? Topanga wonders. But you guys are coming back after the game, right? Madeline and Frank share a look and simply say goodbye. Frank wishes them a nice life. And Corey wonders, how could we not? We're in paradise. Then sneaky music plays again, and we see Eric sitting nearby, wearing a new vacation ready disguise. He records into his tape player. Honeymoon Day 12. But as he's talking, no one warned me.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, really? Oh, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

No one warned me.

[Will Friedle]

I'll freak you out even more because you couldn't feel it. You literally couldn't feel this thing on you. At.

[Rider Strong]

Are you serious? At all?

[Will Friedle]

I had several on me and you could not feel it, and you weren't

[Rider Strong]

creeped out at all. Like, you didn't. This didn't bother me.

[Will Friedle]

No, spiders don't bother me at all. I frankly kind of love spiders because they eat and kill a bunch of other bugs that didn't bother me. Oh, my God. So, yeah, it didn't bother me at all.

[Rider Strong]

So what do they do? Do you, like, put some, like, something that attracts a spider to stay on?

[Will Friedle]

They just put it on my hand and the thing just started walking. And they did that a couple times. Yeah. No, it doesn't. The thing that freaked me out the most was, like, as I remember walking away going, like, I could be covered in spiders right now and I'd never know it because he just couldn't feel it. It was weird.

[Danielle Fishel]

Not me. Not me. I'd feel it. I'd feel it for sure.

[Rider Strong]

You'd have the spidey sense.

[Danielle Fishel]

As he is talking, a tarantula crawls up his hand. I. This must. This must be the moment that I blocked this episode out of my entire memory. Because, like, I. There's no way.

[Will Friedle]

What would you do? What would you do? I'm curious. If you got the role of a lifetime, whatever it is, whatever you wanted, and in one scene, you had to have two or three tarantulas crawling on

[Danielle Fishel]

you, I would never do it.

[Will Friedle]

And it's a crux of the film, they're offering you $10 million. It's a star maker. You also get to direct whatever you want to do. You just have to have a spider crawling on you. On you. You can't do. Danielle, didn't you have a show.

[Rider Strong]

Didn't you have a show recently that said they might have a spider?

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, I had to direct an episode of Just Roll with it where the audience. It was that kid improv show on Disney Channel, and the audience got to pick between three things that could happen at the end of certain scenes. And in one, when I had the director meeting, they were like, do you have any fears? And I had to decide in that moment if I tell them about my tarantula fear or if I thought they were asking me because they were going to spec, or what if I say I have a fear and then they're like, well, there is gonna be a spider in the episode, and then I don't get the job. So I had all those thoughts running in my head, and I just decided to say, no, I didn't have any fears. And I thought, what are the odds? They've already done a bunch of episodes. I'm only doing one episode. What are the odds there will be a tarantula in my episode? There was a tarantula in my episode, and I had to ask my associate director if she could direct. The audience picked it. It was one of the three choices. The audience picked the direct the tarantula one, and I had to turn away from the camera, and I said, can you. You just direct. Just pick the shot.

[Will Friedle]

So no amount of money in the world to have tarantulas on you. $50 million, and you just have to have two tarantulas on you.

[Danielle Fishel]

Absolutely not. No, I would not. I. You know what? I might spend five minutes thinking about it, and I would still decide no. For $50 million, I might. I might think about it, but I think I would still have to decide now.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, I could.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, no, I would. I'm literally just thinking about it right now. I'd be like, okay, what would I do? Would I close my eyes? Eyes?

[Will Friedle]

No, you got to keep them open.

[Rider Strong]

No, actually not.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, I'd open an. Only fans.

[Will Friedle]

Before I.

[Danielle Fishel]

Before I would.

[Will Friedle]

I know.

[Rider Strong]

I don't.

[Danielle Fishel]

That. I mean, I. There's a. I would literally do anything else.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, my God, that's so funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, man. So Eric wonders how he can help Cory and Topanga and then glances at the spider. What do you think, Mr. Bird? Eric winces in pain. Bird Bit me. His words begin to slur. Left side paralyzed. Possible bad sign. Then he falls to the floor yet again. And then we're at the Coconut Hut. That night, Corey is asleep at his work table when Topanga walks in and tries to wake him up. As his eyes open, she explains, you've been here all night. Come to bed. She grins. You used to like like that. Corey explains. Sorry. I was just finishing the soccer player for the Nelsons. Topanga takes a closer look.

[Rider Strong]

Didn't the Nelsons leave? Yeah, they said goodbye for have a great life.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Huh. Yeah. He's gonna mail it to him. This is Sean. Sure enough, it does kind of look like Sean.

[Rider Strong]

I wonder how they made these coconuts. What are they like?

[Will Friedle]

Well, they went to the actual coconut guy.

[Danielle Fishel]

They went to Katanka. Quickly, Corey denies it, but then he can't come up with an alternative. He admits it is Sean. Why would he carve Sean? In fact, he doesn't even remember doing it. Topanga notices another nearby coconut. Who's this supposed to be? Corey stammers. That's Captain Crunch. But Topanga turns it around and no doubt about it, It's a bespectacled Mr. Feeny. Topanga asks why he'd stay up all night making these faces. Corey says he doesn't know. He doesn't remember making the Feeny one either. There. So there still isn't any conflict?

[Rider Strong]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

For Cory and Topanga?

[Bowen Yang]

No.

[Rider Strong]

Because he could just keep no.

[Danielle Fishel]

By the way, he misses his family. But we reveal in just a little bit that it's Eric who did the carvings. And he's saying he doesn't remember doing it. So even the idea that Cory and Topanga go home because they miss their family was only implanted in their mind by Eric.

[Will Friedle]

They also make it seem like it's really easy to carve these perfect figures to where anybody can just perfectly carve a Feeney and a Sean. Like, oh, Eric will take care of it now. It's the weirdest thing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Topanga admits. I miss them, too. Soft music plays and Corey notices. It's hot here all of a sudden, isn't it? Topanga agrees. Yeah, it's hot. And then we're at the Matthews House in Philadelphia. Alan and Amy, Sean and Angela Morgan and Mr. Feeny are gathered in the living room when Cory and Topanga walk through the door with huge smiles on their faces. Is Alan is wearing extremely out of character baggy Tommy Hilfiger jeans.

[Will Friedle]

Is he? I didn't even notice that. Yes, Rusty.

[Danielle Fishel]

Everyone stands up to greet the newlyweds. And Alan asks how the trip was. Topenka says it was incredible. And Corey admits they almost didn't come home. Morgan asks her brother what he brought her and he unapologetically answers, nothing. Then Feeny warmly welcomes home Mr. And Mrs. Matthews. I expect to see you in class tomorrow. Making up 12 days of lectures will be no easy to task, especially the way I teach many nuances, you know. Amy pulls in Corey and Topanga for a group hug. You'll never know how much we missed you. Then Morgan interrupts once again, come on, what did you bring me? And Corey reiterates, nothing. Now it's Sean and Angela's turn to welcome back their best friends. And it's so funny. To me, it looks like Trina was standing back to back with you. She's like, got her back to you and her arms are crossed. I was like.

[Rider Strong]

The blocking of the scene is so weird. Horrible. Because, like, Morgan. Morgan is like. Turns to join Cory and Topanga.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

And then talks upstage to you guys. It's. It's so weird.

[Will Friedle]

And you're right. Barely saying your lines. It's like you're just like. It's like you are just. You're making the sounds, but that's it. God, yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Sean asks, how was the honeymoon? Did you ever leave the room? Topanga answers, we left. And then Corey adds, but then we came back. Sean wonders, what did it look like? And Corey says, I have no idea. Idea. Topanga reveals, it was beautiful. Angela begs to hear more. And Topanga obliges. Right about now, we'd be sitting with our feet in the sand and watching the sunset. Corey adds, having dinner between these two gorgeous little palm trees, staring out at the ocean. Shawn thinks it sounds like paradise. Cory and Topanga glance around the room and their family. And Corey admits, almost. And then there's a tag. We're back in Katanka. Can we pretend there isn't? Can we pretend there isn't? I know. He's sweating profusely, recording another diary entry. Didn't even have to finish the Coconuts of Mom, dad, Me and Morgan. For Corey and Topanga to realize where paradise really is. Good for them. For me, paradise is a place I've found the best part of being the best man. Steam rises around him and the camera pulls out to reveal he's sitting in a giant pool.

[Rider Strong]

Hot.

[Danielle Fishel]

The Oois excitedly gather around him, starving. Peeling a carrot into the. Eric's too. Eric looks around. Ten more minutes, man. He snatches a carrot to snack on and that is our episode.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Rider Strong]

I mean, yes. By far the worst episode.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it happens. There's, there's, there's Every, every show in the history of television has a honeymoon episode. Has, has one of those episodes. That's just the worst episode. And it's just bad. And we all probably knew it. We knew it was bad as we were shooting it. I mean, it was just, it was bad.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, it's just bad. It's just, it's a bad episode.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it happens. Oh, well, then the next one will be better. Hey, when you're flat on your back, the only way to look is up.

[Danielle Fishel]

What a perfect thing to say for the honeymoon episode. Join us for our next episode, which is season seven, episode nine, the Honeymoon Is Over. Thank God.

[Will Friedle]

Thank God.

[Danielle Fishel]

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