Review: Abbott Elementary, Breakup | Season 3, Episode 5
“Breakup” is one of those Abbott Elementary episodes where the whole “schooling” part of the show “about a school” isn’t really the focus. (It almost makes you wonder why a documentary about public school teachers would spend so much time focusing on any of the material provided here. I’m sure the mockumentarian stickler that is my fearless editor, Myles McNutt, has something to say about that.) There are no chime-ins or one-liners from any of the students this week; the most they get in this episode is some screaming and dozing off. Even with the substitute plot in this episode—which, along with the cold open, follows up on the promise set forth by “Smoking” of a revolving door of substitute teachers—this is more of a personal character piece than anything else. My charitable reading is that it feels like the kind of bold and confident choice a hit show makes when it’s three seasons deep.
As I’ve noted my charitable reading, please allow me to get the substitute…
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