Maybe "what went wrong" are a harsh choice of words, but I did try to bring this subject on how BMW seem to really decline in quality in its last few seasons. I though about it again after reading some comments on Reddit. Simply put, we can all I think, agree that Boy Meets World at least when it started, was an actually funny and heartwarming show. The characters such as Cory were humble and sweet while facing with the challenges of growing up.

But does anybody else think that as the show progressed (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SeasonalRot/LiveActionTV) (especially from the mid-way point of the high school years), the characters outside of maybe Mr. Feeny and Shawn started to change for the worse? Take Cory for example, who practically went from being the funny guy/boy next door to an obnoxious, loud, self entitled teen. He is extremely disrespectful to his dad (at one point tells him that he is very mediocre and if he ends up like him then he will be a failure). He is quick to argue and jump down the throat of both his parents and Shawn. He throws a tantrum after marrying Topanga and not given a place to stay from his parents. The bottom-line is that Cory in the later episodes, seems to expect everything to be given to him and is extremely loud and annoying.

Meanwhile, Topanga goes from being a nerdy but cute hippie to arguably an arrogant little brat who thinks she should be on a pedestal. And of course, we can't talk about the "Flanderization" (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Flanderization/LiveActionTV) of BMW characters without discussing Eric. Simply put, he goes from being the likable funny older brother to an absolute moron. I've heard the suggestion that Eric turns into a moron because Cory looks up to him in the early seasons but then grows up a little and sees Eric as the idiot he is.

And then you have added characters who depending on your point of view, unnecessary like Angela who when you get right down to it, just serves as sidekick to Topanga and girlfriend for Shawn. Or Rachel, who was just there for Eric and Jack to fight over.

Do you think that a big part of the issue is that BMW just went on way longer than anyone expected it to? They ran out of ideas so just threw **** at the wall and used whatever stuck.

I will admit that at one point, I lost interest in the show somewhere in the middle, but I am sure that it was because I was the same age that Corey, Shawn, and Topanga were when the show first started, 11 and in the 6th grade then just like they were and then of course after that first season they were written into their high school years already.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

It was a good show until the writers decided to turn Eric into a completely brain-dead goof ball. It made absolutely no sense as he was a regular person for years before that. I also didn't like Jack, Rachel or Angela.

For those who watched "Roseanne" they did a very similar thing to "Jackie" like what was done to "Eric" from "Boy Meets World." Jackie was very normal, smart and funny only to become a complete moronic goofball years later. No reason for that either.

I will admit that at one point, I lost interest in the show somewhere in the middle, but I am sure that it was because I was the same age that Corey, Shawn, and Topanga were when the show first started, 11 and in the 6th grade then just like they were and then of course after that first season they were written into their high school years already.


In the first episode of the second season they were saying that they were in the 7th grade, but they were also saying that they were in high school. :confused: It didn't make any sense.

In the first episode of the second season they were saying that they were in the 7th grade, but they were also saying that they were in high school. :confused: It didn't make any sense.

There are some high schools that are 7th-12 grades, but it's rare. Most high schools are 9th-12th grades.

I don't think seventh grade children belong with 12th graders who are or almost are adults.

In the first episode of the second season they were saying that they were in the 7th grade, but they were also saying that they were in high school. :confused: It didn't make any sense.
They graduate though as the class of 1998 which is two years before I graduated.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

yea last few seasons were rough

yea last few seasons were rough

The final season in itself, was very uneven and often odd to say the list, don't you agree?


Starts with Cory and Topanga, as well as Shawn and Angela, breaking up.

The wrestling episode, with guest star Mankind.

Both couples reunite by episode 4.

A bizarre wedding planning episode, that is actually Cory and Topanga announcing the wedding is the following week.

The wedding and honeymoon episodes. The wedding theoretically, should have been a series finale, but instead it was less than halfway through the final season. And the honeymoon episode was just weird.

Cory and Topanga deal with being a young, newlywed couple still in college.

The Casablanca episode.

The episode where Eric got struck by lightning and gained the ability to see the future.

The episode with Eric and Jack in drag.

The episode where the gang nearly split up, with the bad future time skip.

It also hurt that Alan and Amy got rarely used in the last part of the show.

It also hurt that Alan and Amy got rarely used in the last part of the show.

I wonder if the writers felt that by the end, the kids were getting "too old" to always need their advice and wisdom. That was the rationale behind Beverly Hills, 90210 writing Jim and Cindy Walsh (Brandon and Brenda's parents) out after the fifth season, since the kids were no longer in high school.

I wonder if the writers felt that by the end, the kids were getting "too old" to always need their advice and wisdom. That was the rationale behind Beverly Hills, 90210 writing Jim and Cindy Walsh (Brandon and Brenda's parents) out after the fifth season, since the kids were no longer in high school.

So why would they need the advice of Mr. Feeny but not their parents (who were more likable and FAR better parents than Cory and Topanga wound up being on GMW)? Sorry, but I definitely think it hurt the show!

The final season in itself, was very uneven and often odd to say the list, don't you agree?


Starts with Cory and Topanga, as well as Shawn and Angela, breaking up.

The wrestling episode, with guest star Mankind.

Both couples reunite by episode 4.

A bizarre wedding planning episode, that is actually Cory and Topanga announcing the wedding is the following week.

The wedding and honeymoon episodes. The wedding theoretically, should have been a series finale, but instead it was less than halfway through the final season. And the honeymoon episode was just weird.

Cory and Topanga deal with being a young, newlywed couple still in college.

The Casablanca episode.

The episode where Eric got struck by lightning and gained the ability to see the future.

The episode with Eric and Jack in drag.

The episode where the gang nearly split up, with the bad future time skip.



agree, its like they were throwing stuff at walls seeing what stuck

College years episodes that should never have existed.

Yeah, I honestly never had a huge problem with the later 'Boy Meets World' seasons, though I can understand those who did.

Season 5 and Season 6 I both like. They have some of my favorite later episodes and storylines, like the Corey and Topanga 'almost proposal' at the start of Season 6.

Season 7 I will absolutely acknowledge has some serious flaws, however. You could tell they were running out of steam by then. Even that season has some episodes I like, though, so I'll still give it some cred.

As for why they moved Corey and the gang to high school after the first season, I've always figured it's because they wanted to shift the show to a more 'teen' oriented audience, and weren't sure that teens would watch it as much if the characters were in junior high. That's just a guess on my part, though.

You can certainly tell that the show shifted after the first season, though. The first season honestly feels totally different to the rest of the show to me.

College years episodes that should never have existed.

Also, do you agree that Mr. Feeney lost his purpose come the college years? Sure, he was Cory's teacher and next door neighbor, but having him become his college dean just seemed like an out and out excuse to keep William Daniels on the show.

Also, do you agree that Mr. Feeney lost his purpose come the college years? Sure, he was Cory's teacher and next door neighbor, but having him become his college dean just seemed like an out and out excuse to keep William Daniels on the show.

It would have helped had there been more growth as characters by Cory and Shawn but it seemed they actually regressed to being even more immature in the last year and Mr. Feeny seemed to somehow have less power to enact consequences for it. Although, I did like in the final scene, Cory, Shawn and Topanga giving nice tributes to Mr. Feeny and showing that they DID grow as people (too bad ALL that got trashed for GMW).

Also, do you agree that Mr. Feeney lost his purpose come the college years? Sure, he was Cory's teacher and next door neighbor, but having him become his college dean just seemed like an out and out excuse to keep William Daniels on the show.
Mr. Feeny never became the dean as far as I am aware. He did go to work as a teacher where the kids did their college education, but I remember when Corey had to go before the dean after pushing the teacher who hit on Topanga. It was a woman who decided that Corey be suspended for one day.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

You are correct that Mr. Feeny became a professor at Pennbrook and that was one of the better episodes of the later years with Cory assaulting Professor Stuart No Name (played by Mr. Savage's Real Life Bro Fred) after the latter had made a pass at Topanga but that wasn't the only bit of nepotism shown on that episode.

The 'woman dean' was Dean Lila Bolander who would marry Mr. Feeny before the end of the 6th Season- and was played by none other than Bonnie Bartlett who has been married to William Daniels since June, 1951!