****Spoilers Ahead****
This episode begins with Lucas processing Riley's statement: "I like you like a brother". Zay chimes in, complaining irrelevantly, about his history with Vanessa, the cheerleader who broke his heart, previously mentioned in "Girl Meets Rah Rah". Riley enters in total doubt about her feelings for Lucas. She is trying to process the idea of looking at Lucas as a brother for the sake of Maya. They all go out an try to have a good night in Texas. Later around the campfire Maya's true feelings are revealed.Let's talk Farke: Farkle seems to act like even more of a jerk in this episode. He gets into a confrontation with Pappy Joe about the health concerns of barbecued foods. He stands up to him and calls him a cliche, if he attacks a nerd. Farkle seems to be into name calling, he calls Pappy Joe: hombre. He also attacks Lucas for telling him to calm down his obsession with barbecue food.
There is, however, a really warm moment between Farkle and Maya. Farkle confronts Maya, but she has no words. She just cant seem to process her feelings, so she rests on his shoulder. Farkle tries to force Maya to admit that she really cares about Lucas, but Maya will not budge.
Zay's Problem: A blast from the past comes and attacks Zay. Vanessa comes into the picture, and Zay is lucky enough to have friends as good as Riley and Maya. Maya pretends to be Zay's girlfriend, and Riley jumps in and pretends to be his other girlfriend. It was really nice that the writers thought incorporated this element of Vanessa. In "Girl Meets Rah Rah", we saw how much of an effect Vanessa had over Zay, and his negative viewpoint of cheerleaders. We finally meet the love of his life two weeks later, and she doesn't disappoint. Zay ends up being the one that got away(nice twist). More importantly, Zay find closure with Vanessa, and he ultimately realizes that his friends are more important than Vanessa.
Maya's Dilema:Maya works through her feelings for Lucas in this episode. She almost admits to caring about Lucas being hurt in the beginning. Her real feelings don't come out until the campfire scene. They play around with the idea of Maya and Zay pretending to be a couple, and it feels as though Maya is using this as a way to distract from her feelings.
"Dear My Favorite Children,
Take Care of Each Other,
Enjoy The World"
The Hoedown:There is a moment inside of the hoedown where Maya and Riley are caught on opposite sides of Lucas. There is a moment of tension, where both of these girls are so in love with Lucas, but they don't want to hurt each other. One of the most promising moments was that standing right next to Riley, in this scene, was Farkle. Could this be a hint to their parallel of Corey and Topanga?
In this scene there was also a song sang by two girls, Madie&Tae. The song is called "No Place Like You". This song is a reflection of both Riley and Maya's feelings for Lucas. They seem to be directing it to Maya mostly because in the end of the episode she just wants wants to stare at the fire. She just wants to enjoy Lucas they way they were, and she didn't want her feelings to complicate things. "Sometimes I wish I could close my eyes and kick my shoes, theres no place like you". They also have a moment where Riley is staring at Lucas. It's subtle, but it's still there.
The Campfire:Sitting by the camp fire, all of the truth is revealed. Riley spills Maya's secret, and she also offers to buy Farkle ice cream(to give Lucas and Maya some time alone). While they are alone, all Maya wants to do is stare at the fire. She feels so uncomfortable being alone with Lucas. She doesn't want to admit that she likes Lucas, and she confesses that it is easier for her to make fun of Lucas rather than address her feelings. Lucas caresses Maya's hair, and it should have been a kiss. He says something perplexing "please don't tell my sister". He doesn't Riley to find out that this happened. Why? It was very confusing. I am still not sure if this was supposed to be a kiss or not, but it seems that it was some intimate moment.
The ending:The conclusion of this episode was great because it included the two animal motifs at the beginning, and turned them into more than just simple motifs. Lucas faces both the bull and the sheep. The sheep represents Riley and the bull represents Maya. He admits that he was originally afraid of the sheep, and he says that the bull gave him nightmares from the very beginning. Once he realized he had a c
chance with the bull he was terrified. They both have impacted him as he has grown up. His Pappy Joe sends him off with a good luck.
My favorite part:The letter that Corey writes to the kids is by far my favorite piece of the episode. This letter reminds viewers that he isn't in this episode. Riley has always had issues where her parents were two feet away, and this season the kids have been saying that they don't want their interference. They want to work things out on their own. It has all been preparation for this. Now, they are in Texas, thousands of miles away from Corey and Topanga. They have to fix their issues by themselves, they can't go running to their parents.
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