Boy Meets World- Season 4 ep Long Walk to Pittsburgh

Lately I started doing a full series run through of BMW. I loved watching this show with my dad when I was young so I always have a soft spot for it. There are a ton of things in it now watching as an adult that could be scrutinized or eye rolled as being totally unrealistic, but I mean it's just a TV show so who cares. However there was something from an episode yesterday that bugged me.

It's the 2-parter in season 4 when topanga finds out her family is moving to pittsburgh. Once the news drops cory is understandably torn between refusing to accept it and being really sad/upset about it. His parents are always the voice of reason and logic and act generally in the way most real life parents would. So at first they respond like you'd expect adults to- comforting corey but basically saying "this is her parent's decision, it's out of our control, we just have to learn to adjust and move on". Perfectly reasonable. So then towards the end of the episode they're having dinner and Topanga shows up at the door. (as an aside- this is one of the things I mentioned above that are totally unrealistic. It's 5 hours between the two cities and topanga didn't drive there presumably because they needed to call someone to come pick her up. But again, this isn't really the point so whatever). The parents do the rational thing and call Topanga's parents, as you'd expect. So (off screen) the parents contact topanga's aunt who lives local and she comes to the house to get topanga.

So then the odd part. On a dime the parents do a total 180 about face from everything they've done up to this point. 90% of the episode it's been "this isn't our life or decision; Topanga's parents are moving and that's the end of it. Not our business". But when the aunt arrives they tell her "this isn't right! topanga has grown up here and all her friends and family are here and she should stay here her last year of high school dammit!" So then (in again a totally unrealistic situation) the aunt calls the parents they talk for 2 minutes and it's decided that her parents are totally cool with topanga just staying in philly 5 hours away for another year and living with her aunt.


this is all great and happy bc of the outcome but I couldn' help but feel a bit annoyed by the Matthews' actions. They have ALWAYS been steady, even keel, and reasonable but in the very last minute they decided to go the opposite way .

So I've rambled on long enough here I guess. Anyone else love BMW or what?!