Abbott Elementary: Testing

January 20, 2025 10:15 PM - Season 4, Episode 10

Janine's class fails their practice test. Jacob tries to engage a student, and has a fractious relationship with his bus driver. Mr Johnson trains his intended replacement.
posted by simonw (6 comments total)

Vulture called this a bit of a filler episode and I'm inclined to agree.

I'm excited for the next one, which is called "Strike".
posted by simonw at 10:23 PM on January 20 [1 favorite]

You can't bring Eric Andre into your TV show and not let him get crazyweird. I hope it's a sign he returns.
posted by AzraelBrown at 6:38 AM on January 21

I didn't get the plot with the disengaged student. It wasn't funny, it didn't have an end....this was a total filler episode. The Janine/Principal 'poor' thing was kinda funny.
posted by The_Vegetables at 7:18 AM on January 22 [1 favorite]

Definitely a filler episode, but at the same time it was nice to see Janine's continued growth journey as an educator, and the mentorship of the older teachers.

I'm not sure how I feel about the Ava crush. I think she is an AMAZING character, and I love how we're kept hanging in general with the "...but IS she really a terrible person?" stuff. But while I love watching her have a crush and being all flummoxed, the "how do you date a poor" schtick is meh. Also, girl, you are a public elementary school principal. I know you've got some side hustles, but you're not exactly rollin' in it!
posted by obfuscation at 9:30 AM on January 24 [1 favorite]

I know you've got some side hustles, but you're not exactly rollin' in it!

Well she used to be part of Andre Iguodala's entourage (the Christmas episode) (NBA player) so her social class outruns her income; maybe that is tailing off and she's concerned.
posted by The_Vegetables at 10:22 AM on January 24

I think Ava usually dates guys with money, is where that's supposed to be going.

"Ava, you are not rich." "Let's pull up our bank accounts side by side."

Also not engaged in the boring student with very little personality.

Techie guy is also boring AF, I do not care about him.

I hate Jacob's shaved-sides-Roman hair.

Never been into Eric Andre and haven't started here either.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:44 PM on January 27