Janelle James sitting at her desk in Abbott Elementary Season 4
Ever since its return, Abbott Elementary’s fourth season has been one heck of a ride. From an entirely new dynamic for Janine and Gregory to Barbara quietly pondering retirement, Season 4 is still finding ways to subvert viewer expectations — but its latest episode makes one of the show's boldest choices yet. After a few weeks of exploring other goings-on at Abbott, the season finally circled back to Ava’s troubled relationship with her father, Frank .
Anyone who’s watched any long-running sitcom is likely to suspect that the episode is out to set up some sort of beautiful reconciliation between the two. Instead, the episode leaves things on a more open-ended note, with Ava only granting her father tolerance for the day rather than true forgiveness despite his efforts and financial generosity. It’s a bold move for the show, to say the least. After all, Abbott Elementary has always been focused on creative problem-solving.
Posts 2 'Abbott Elementary' Doesn't Try To Fix Ava's Relationship With Her Father Close Money has historically been the way to Ava’s heart, but in this case, it certainly doesn’t make up for the damage her father's actions have caused. While Frank’s past transgressions, including the existence of another family, are only briefly alluded to, due to Ava’s reluctance to talk about them, it doesn’t matter.
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