Janine has to deal with her parents not trusting her, as well as her ex-boyfriend who is back in town. She is making him take back all his stuff in order to make things right.
Janine thought their encounter wouldn’t be a big deal, but Tariq actually wanted to reconnect and convinced her to get dinner with him. ..
Tariq tells Gregory he plans on something happening between himself and Janine. When Gregory warns Janine, she insists it’s none of his business.
Janine gets pretty excited about dinner with her ex, but Tariq’s childish actions eventually wear her down and remind her why she broke up with him in the first place. So, she cancels dinner (making Gregory happy), only to learn that Tariq has a girlfriend (or is lying about having one).
The other teachers at the school try to get the attack ad taken down. They speak with a lawyer, who claims it’s no use. They gave the camera crew for the ad full permission to film them, even if they were mistaken in believing the crew was the one that usually comes to the school.
Draymond says that he’s been to Abbott Elementary before, and that it’s just as bad as ever. He hates all the students here, except for his favorite teacher, Barbara Howard.
Barbara tells the others that she was ashamed to tell anyone about her relationship with Draymond, but she felt like the world was against him. She says that he was a good kid, but he felt like the world was turned against him.
Jacob and Melissa are skeptical of Draymond’s claims that he only wants to help Abbott by turning them into Legendary charter schools. But Barbara realizes that she can’t let his attacks on Abbott slide.
Barbara had a talk with Draymond. She told him she was glad he succeeded. He said he was so lost at Abbott, but charter schools later helped him get ahead. ..
Barbara says that he can’t blame everything that happened in his life on all public schools. In reality, what he’s doing is hurting teachers like her- people he wants to help. ..
He tells her she’s still teaching him, and decides to take down the commercial.
Draymond Green, a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, has announced plans to turn every Philadelphia school into a Legendary charter school. He plans to start with Abbott Elementary. ..
The Episode Review
This week on Abbott Elementary, we welcomed a new character named Sarah and also saw the potential departure of another character named John. ..
It’s unclear whether this was Tariq’s last goodbye. If it is, his presence in this episode allows for a sense of closure. Janine may be lonely, but she’s on the way to creating her own life apart from Tariq. And she needed a reminder of that.
It’s time for Janine to look forward from now on. The rest of the teachers at Abbott Elementary can’t look back to the school’s past failures, but they can do everything in their power to defend Abbott Elementary from Draymond, whose intentions are pure but who could see many Abbott teachers get hurt. ..
