Abbott Elementary
Warning ! This article contains SPOILERS for Abbott Elementary season 3 , installment 8
Summary
WhileAbbott Elementaryseason 3 has leaned into many situation comedy tropes , the mockumentary also subverted one of the biggest with installment 8 ’s Principal Ava subplot . Abbott Elementaryisn’t a self - aware meta - sitcom like30 RockorCommunity , where every episode mock the tropes of ordinary situation comedy . alternatively , Abbott Elementaryis a mockumentary workplace sitcom that follows the lives of a mathematical group of uneven co - actor . LikeSuperstoreorBrooklyn Nine - Nine , Abbott Elementarymines most of its humor from its characters and their interplay . The show ’s wittiness is rarely self - referential or focused on parodying television conventions .
That said , Abbott Elementary ’s cast of charactershave been known to engage in some wink jokes that run on the fourth wall . Abbott Elementaryseason 3 ’s anti - drug episodewas a pitiless satiric takedown of after - school specials that saw the series mock the unhelpful , hypocritical content of these infamous public education programme . Similarly , season 3 , episode 8 , “ Panel , ” saw the serial publication mock the show ’s strange format with a quick ego - aware jest that was seamlessly integrated into the plot of the outing . This occurred when Principal Ava face off against her longtime curse , a fellow principal and former sorority babe key Crystal .
Abbott Elementary Season 3 Admitted How Weird Mockumentaries Are
Ava noted that she couldn’t get rid of the camera crew if she tried
Why Abbott Elementary’s Mockumentary Format Is Ingenious
The style makes Abbott Elementary feel like a classic sitcom
Since the in - universe docudrama is ostensibly about the nominal school , it make no sense forAbbott Elementary ’s crew to document Janine ’s work in the schoolhouse district . However , this throwaway meta - caper hid the reason the series go with the mockumentary format in the first place . Since the style top out in the later 2000s , it now reminds viewers ofThe Office , Parks and Recreation , andModern Family . This makesAbbott Elementaryfeel like a classic situation comedy even though its themes and characters are distinctly contemporaneous , allowing the show to borrow from the past while keeping its feet hard planted in the present .
instalment #
Episode Title
Release Date
1
" Career Day , Part 1 "
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February 7
2
" Career Day , Part 2 "
3
" Gregory ’s Garden Goofballs "
February 14
4
" Smoking "
February 21
5
" Breakup "
February 28
6
" Willard R. Abbott "
March 10
7
" Librarian "
March 13
8
" Panel "
March 20
9
" Alex "
April 10
10
" 2 Ava 2 Fest "
April 17
11
" Double Date "
April 24
12
" Mother ’s Day "
May 8
13
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14
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