‘Abbott Elementary’ Just Aired Its Cringiest Episode Ever

Was anyone else wincing during the entirety of this week’s episode of Abbott Elementary? A double date and the worst book club ever just plagued the teachers. No one makes it out unscathed. Well, except for maybe Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis), who always manages to end up on top.

We’ll start by highlighting the lesser of the two evils, which would be the new book club helmed by new school librarian Roz (Cree Summer) and Ava (Janelle James), who has just gotten back into reading. (In the same way that some TV characters have Letterboxd profiles, I’d like to see Ava’s Goodreads account.) This month, the book everyone is reading is Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

Everyone has a motive, heading into book club: Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) wants to spread the good word of the Bible, and Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) wants to prove she’d survive in an apocalypse. Jacob (Chris Perfetti) wants to prove he’s smarter than Mr. Morton (Jerry Minor), although he wasn’t invited even though Morton was. Ava and Roz, for the most part, just want to host the damn book club.

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