Spoilers under for the most recent episode of Abbott Elementary, so be warned in case you haven’t but watched!
As endlessly hilarious as Abbott Elementary’s whole ensemble forged is, and as a lot as I’ll by no means tire of Barbara and Melissa’s wardrobe and private lives, the core draw of the ABC comedy is arguably the cutesy more-than-a-friendship state of affairs sprouting between fan-favorite characters Gregory and Janine. Partially because of the two characters’ pursuits aligning so strongly, and partially on account of Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams’ palpable on-screen chemistry. Certain, it’s wild that these two engaging brainiacs are so dorky about making a romantic connection, however that’s a part of the enjoyable (and very a lot a purposeful ingredient). And the most recent episode, “Trainer Convention,” took the enjoyable up a notch due to a booze-fueled smooch inside a room made out of colourful plantlife.
I wouldn’t be shocked if the vast majority of Abbott Elementary’s viewership gasped exhausting sufficient to inhale their TV remotes through the scene in query, though it was all expertly telegraphed to result in that precise level. The garden-minded Gregory had simply been dumped by Amber on account of his disappointing LEGO flowers present and over-planning an island trip, and was clearly in search of a option to cope with these feelings. In the meantime, Janine was pumped for the convention, much more so for the flower-filled room, and hasn’t been so fixated on her personal relationship that she’d squashed all of her Gregory-centric needs. So the kiss was all however inevitable, though it was adopted by disappointment, with Janine blowing it off as an in-the-moment lapse as a substitute of going together with her true needs.
As social media can attest, Abbott Elementary followers have been in every single place throughout and after Wednesday night time’s episode, with reactions spanning from pure bliss to delicate disagreements to outrage that particulars have been spoiled. (To not point out those that have been completely glad to learn these particular spoilers.) Let’s undergo a number of the Twitter responses that tapped into abject elation, such because the one under, utilizing an ear-piercing Raven clip to punctuate the joy.
IT HAPPENED, IT FINALLY HAPPENED #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/3wVVea2itGFebruary 23, 2023
The viewer under undoubtedly appreciated all of the story components that got here into focus for Gregory and Janine’s first kiss.
janine speaking about how flowers remind her of her progress as a trainer, gregory gardening, the lego flowers, the flower room…#AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/CIdh4RrovHFebruary 23, 2023
I believe everybody would agree that flower room was a killer piece of set ornament that deserved to have an all-time memorable second set inside it.
Waited so lengthy for this and writers, set designers, and the actors understood the task!!! They didn’t give us some weak ass kiss scene. The setup was immaculate #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/vksv9my1WJFebruary 23, 2023
Various viewers commented on Janine’s particular transfer to make use of Gregory’s lanyard to tug him in for an additional smooch, making it some of the romantic lanyard strikes in TV historical past, if largely by default as a lot as real price.
when she grabbed him by that lanyard to kiss him once more #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/VurzusJhfUFebruary 23, 2023
Let’s get one other lanyard-related celebration in right here simply because we could by no means get this opportunity once more. No less than till Season 5 when Gregory and Janine totally hit that Leslie and Ben stage (or the Pam and Jim stage, no matter your tastes are) they usually’re getting married, and whereas they’re standing in entrance of the priest, he presents her ring on the tip of a PECSA lanyard, and all people passes out from how cute all of it is.
JANINE PULLED HIS LANYARD SHE PULLED THE LANYARD ITS A WRAP #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/8A3CCbOrabFebruary 23, 2023
And now yet another purely optimistic response earlier than tapping into a number of reactions that strayed from the norm.
#AbbottElementary spoilers —-tectonic plates shifted. lives have been modified. your entire world stopped. everybody moved. and so on pic.twitter.com/VlfIzEbPs8February 23, 2023
As pumped as viewers have been about seeing the kiss lastly occur, Janine and Gregory’s personal reactions within the aftermath have been past cringe-worthy, and bordered on purely psychotic. No person needs to have a passionate and romantic hallmark kneecapped by one thing as libido-depleting as “finger weapons.”
not the finger weapons and the high-five please they’re so 😭 #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/XJ9gVy8t32February 23, 2023
The above and under posts admittedly comprise the vast majority of barely destructive reactions about Janine and Gregory locking lips, wherein the not-quite-complaints are extra geared toward their awkward incapability to only personal their emotions for one another. And the way every try to take action simply results in a sitcom-familiar zone of miscommunication, equivalent to Gregory turning round to nothing close to the tip of the ep.
NOT HIM TURNING BACK AROUND I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/ZlgCgleXDhFebruary 23, 2023
To make sure, there have been defintely some commenters who really feel like this was too quickly, and that the Abbott Elementary artistic staff ought to have waited longer to get Janine and Gregory collectively romantically. To that I say: I am positive anybody in TV would adore the assure that their reveals will keep on the air lengthy sufficient to play for such prolonged plot arcs. Additionally, they’re nonetheless not technically collectively in any capability, seeing as how she nonetheless has a boyfriend.
I believe I align with the viewer under, who appears to be good with what occurred, whereas additionally content material to have their courtship undergo loads of different problems earlier than it goes additional down the road.
I’m prepared to attend one other season for them to determine it out #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/IgQ0x9NvIOFebruary 23, 2023
In fact, the subsequent episode of Abbott Elementary may finish with Janine and Gregory in mattress collectively for all we all know, even when it will in all probability be for a college play or some type of in a single day discipline journey snafu, as a substitute of one thing purely romantic. This present is certainly wonderful at balancing the broad audience-grabbing laughs with genuine private moments that ring true to these watching. Now time to start out on some lanyard-heavy fan fiction whereas ready for the subsequent ep.
