With Miranda out of the way, this show can finally get on with its true endgame: making Lizzie and Gordo happen, for some reason. Hey, remember how Lizzie worked on the school paper last year? It only factored into the plot for "Random Acts of Miranda" and tangentially in "Here Comes Aaron Carter" "Aaron Carter's … Continue reading Season 2, episode 21: “Dear Lizzie”
It's begun: the exile of Miranda. Lalaine missed six episodes of the second season, including the finale, and was absent from The Lizzie McGuire Movie for reasons vaguely related to her music career and the filming of a completely forgettable DCOM. I don't fully understand the timing on that, because they filmed the movie during the fall … Continue reading Season 2, episode 20: “Lizzie’s Eleven”
If you like John Hughes movies, boy will you understand the basic gist of what this episode is trying to accomplish! I've been dreading this one, and it was simultaneously better than and just as bad as I was expecting. It begins with a food fight, which is another one of those things that I … Continue reading Season 2, episode 19: “She Said, He Said, She Said”
This season is really committing hard to actually specifying the time of year for its early episodes, which is sad because the network didn't commit at all to airing them in the correct order. This one begins with Lizzie gushing, "I love the fall! Leaves changing colors, ducks flying South..." Don't they live in, like, … Continue reading Season 2, episode 18: “Party Over Here”
What did I do to deserve two dramatic episodes in a row? We're at the official halfway point of season two, but "Movin' On Up" was clearly intended to be one of the first episodes of the season. Lizzie and Miranda rave about the "first few weeks of school" being easy and Lizzie again gushes over how eighth … Continue reading Season 2, episode 17: “Movin’ On Up”
Oh no! We've reached the Very Special Episode! This one's essentially about eating disorders, so if that's a topic you don't feel good about, this might be a week you want to skip. It opens with Lizzie and Miranda dancing to extremely loud stock music. It's blaring so loudly that it's hard to make out some … Continue reading Season 2, episode 16: “Inner Beauty”
Guys, I don't know how much longer I can harp on how unrelatable Lizzie's life is. I relate to the washed-out celebrity/talking horse on BoJack Horseman more than I relate to Lizzie. I relate to the pie maker who can raise the dead on Pushing Daisies and the dog with magical stretching powers in the post-apocalyptic … Continue reading Season 2, episode 15: “Lizzie in the Middle”
You may recall that in my review for this season's premiere I said, "I bet a few weeks from now we’ll get a 'we’re in eighth grade now!' episode aired completely out of order." I had actually almost forgotten about it, because we're almost halfway through the season and the timeframe still hasn't been established. … Continue reading Season 2, episode 14: “Just Like Lizzie”
Season two is a lot weirder for me to review than season one. Season one was definitely much messier, with more out-of-left-field episodes. Season two actually nails down basic characterizations and puts Lizzie in more “realistic” situations (comparatively - she hasn’t become famous yet this season), but that can mean it’s a lot cornier. This one was written … Continue reading Season 2, episode 13: “You’re a Good Man, Lizzie McGuire”
In addition to a myriad of other problems with it, Disney’s janky online video player often lists the episode titles wrong. I found this out the hard way when I recently looked up the Aarton Carter episode on IMDB and found out that it’s actually not called “Here Comes Aaron Carter,” as it’s named in … Continue reading Season 2, episode 12: “Best Dressed for Much Less”
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