Girl Meets the New Year

This episode was a great pickup from where we last left Riley, Maya, and Lucas! I am so excited to share my thoughts on this episode.

Charlie Gartner: Man! My favorite character was destroyed in this episode. I was so hurt, I was yelling at my television screaming "NOOOOO". If you have read any of my previous blogs about this show, then you know that I am a huge fan of supporting characters like Charlie Gartner, Yogi, Darby, and Dave. I really wish we had more of them. Charlie has had the most lines by far of any of the supporting characters. He has proved in every single episode that he is genuinely a good guy. Even Corey admitted to liking him. In this episode, Charlie proved his devotion to Riley, he showed that he was caring, and he also showed that he really pays attention to Riley. All of this made it hurt for me more when Riley breaks his heart for the second time on this show. Although, I think that Charlie Gartner might last a few more episodes. They hinted at a bonding moment between Auggie and Charlie that could potentially continue.

Lucaya: Well, we know one thing is for sure. These two crazy kids really like each other. Maya knows deep down that Riley still likes Lucas, but there is a part of her that really wants to explore her feelings for him. I think that this is really important for her character because last season she was very concealed, but this season she has really been exploring her history and reasoning for her actions. It's nice to see her work through new feelings that she doesn't quite understand. It seems like Lucas is doing the same thing. He knows that Riley has some feelings for him, and he still has some feelings for her. The only issue that he struggles with is how he feels about Maya. I think he really wants to explore all of his feelings, but it's hard to keep his heart in two different places. 

Smackle: Smackle has come a long way since season 1. By dating Farkle she has learned more about emotions and human connection. She used to struggle with contact but now she willingly gives awkward hugs. She's grown a lot.

Farkle: His New Years outburst was the bravest thing i have ever seen him do. I was really proud that he had the courage to betray Riley like that. I am hoping that they don't hold this against him because he did a really good things. If they continued to keep secrets from each other it would put a strain on their friendship. It hurt Maya when Riley didn't tell her  about her bully, and it hurt Riley when Farkle didn't tell her about his bully. He hated the idea of more secrets being introduced to their friendship. 

New Years: Now this was huge because it was all about who is going to be with who. They say that who you are with at midnight will be who you spend the year with. I think that it was admirable of Riley to break things off with Charlie. I really enjoyed the moment between Lucaya. Lucas shows his confusion by saying that he was saving the spot next to him for someone but he just didn't know who. Maya stands there and says that she is glad to be with Lucas at midnight. Lucas really likes hearing this compliment, since it is the first nice thing that Maya has ever said to him. I mean come on she has said other nice things to him in the past. There was that time she said she wouldn't know what to do if something happened to him while he was on that bull. That was nice-ish.

The kiss: so we finally find out the the kiss from "Girl Meets Texas Part 2" wasn't a kiss at all! Yay for clarification!

Tune in for a brand new episode of Girl Meets World on January 8th, 2015 entitled "Girl Meets STEM"