Stream Abbott Elementary on Hulu/ABC. And for the love of Mr. Johnson, don't teach extinction before Christmas.
For nine episodes, we’ve rooted for Janine because she cares. She fights the system. But in "FullRIp," the system (in the form of Gregory’s logic) wins. Her lesson failed because she prioritized her need to feel like a good teacher over the emotional reality of her students. That is a hard truth for a character built on hope. abbott elementary s01e10 fullrip
Her foil? The Veloci-pastor of Philly himself, Mr. Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams). Stream Abbott Elementary on Hulu/ABC
Season 1, Episode 10 of Abbott Elementary —titled "FullRIp"—understands this chaos intimately. But more than that, it delivers the most surprising gut-punch of the series so far: the realization that Janine Teagues might actually be wrong. The episode kicks off with Janine (Quinta Brunson) brimming with her usual relentless optimism. She is tasked with filling the final day before break with an educational activity. While her colleagues are showing The Polar Express for the 47th time (looking at you, Ms. Howard), Janine decides to teach the kids about extinction. For nine episodes, we’ve rooted for Janine because
The B-plot, as always, is a masterclass in character work. Ava (Janelle James) discovers the documentary crew is filming and decides to manufacture a "viral moment" by staging a rap battle with Mr. Johnson (the immortal William Stanford Davis). Meanwhile, Jacob (Chris Perfetti) tries to bond with the kids over a "banger" playlist, only to realize his taste is aggressively uncool. Let’s talk about the rap battle. Ava’s diss track—featuring the line "Mr. Johnson, more like Mr. Boring-son "—is perfectly terrible. But Mr. Johnson, the janitor who has seen things that would break lesser men, retaliates by simply blowing an air horn into the microphone. It is the funniest, most petty, and most accurate depiction of workplace chaos I have seen on television in years.
However, the comedic gold lies in Gregory’s quiet "I told you so." Williams plays Gregory as a man physically restraining himself from saying "I told you so" out loud, while his eyes scream it in 72-point font. The dynamic between Janine and Gregory shifts here from "flirty nemeses" to "weirdly domestic partners in crime." When Gregory quietly prints out coloring pages of dinosaurs to salvage the day, it isn't just a nice gesture—it’s him learning to bend his rigid rules for her. The title is a pun. On the surface, it refers to the "full rip" of a dinosaur from the earth. But thematically, this episode is a full rip of Janine’s pedagogical idealism.