Raven's Home Reviewed: Diss Track (S3E6)

Pump-FAKE!
...is that the only thing you say?

What is it? blah blah blah you know

...so after being so harsh on the last episode (and make no mistake: I absolutely stand by everything I said about it down to the...what did I give it? An F rating?) they went and threw in a pretty decent one.

Yeah. I actually really liked this. It had several points going for it:

 - it was well-written
 - Principal Kwan acted like an actual principal and not like a lunatic
 - it had a good lesson behind it
 - it had great interactions between the kids and they actually acted pretty natural (for a Disney multi-cam at least)
 - Principal Kwan acted like an actual principal and not like a lunatic
 - it had a pretty good and actually heartwarming resolution
 - Principal Kwan acted like an actual principal and not like a lunatic

This is without a doubt the best episode of Season 3 so far and...really one of the best of the entire show. That said...the show's been rather lackluster so far. I hate to say it but I think Season 1 might be the best season of this show, where it occasionally got into I'd say B- territory. Season 2 was...alright in parts, especially the first arc of the season where Booker revealed he was psychic to Raven and he got introduced to the Sleevemore institute, but they definitely also did many creative decisions that sent the show into the wrong direction. And then Season 3...has been especially lackluster, feeling like a show from 15 years ago aimed at maybe 4th graders at best. 

Episode Grade: B+
Episode MVP: Isaac Ryan Brown really does put the whole package together. There's serious talent in front of the camera (Raven-Symone proved that 15 years ago) it's just the talent behind the camera that's somewhat lacking.

Extra thoughts

 - as of the time of this writing (9/13) it's the six year anniversary (meaning that 6 years ago 9/13 was also a Friday - lucky us I guess) of...when G.I Jessie aired. Whee! 

 - it also means that tomorrow is the 6 year anniversary of my blog. Well...not this blog, but this blog -> http://writingsofray.blogspot.com/