Raven’s Home, on the surface, seems like your regular, live audience, comedy. However, like it’s predecessor there is more to it than you can see on the surface.
After being away for nearly a decade, Raven Symone and Anneliese van der Pol return to the Disney Channel and quickly adapt to the culture change since That’s So Raven ended.
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Season 1 of Raven’s Home comes to an end with Raven making a bold and scary decision. One which Booker attributed to.
As Nia pursues trying to see if she may have powers to, the boys are trying to show their moms they are appreciated.
Similar to the Halloween episodes of Girl Meets World, while there isn’t much in the way of story progress there is some insight into the importance of character relationships.
Raven comes face to face with one of her biggest fears: Clowns. Meanwhile, the kids make a new friend with said new clown’s son.
As Chelsea and Raven clash over parenting styles, we learn Tess has a crush on someone!
As Chelsea is forced by Raven to face what Garret did to her life, we learn Levi is walking in his father’s footsteps.
As Chelsea cements the idea she isn’t a complete airhead, Raven tries to be supermom and Nia expresses some anxiety about the 6th-grade dance.
Being single mothers raising kids who, at most, are 11, is stressful and tiring. So, Raven and Chelsea decide to go out. Naturally leading to some hijinks for them and their kids.
I’ve come to accept Raven’s Home as is. Like many post-Girl Meets World programs, there are certain mature elements but while Andi Mack made a leap, Raven’s Home make careful baby steps. Which you can learn to appreciate. Even if it leads to the handling of some topics or jokes being pursued in a corny…
Devon officially moves to Texas and one of the things the twins have to remember him by gets thrown out and destroyed — by Chelsea.
While the jokes keep coming, a handful of serious moments remind you of some of the issues Raven is facing raising a family on her own. With help from Chelsea which can only be chalked up to good intentions.
I’m having a bit of a difficult time getting into this. If only because, while you can tell there maybe arcs and episode to episode storylines, the comedy is sort of dated. Also, Raven Home doesn’t have that, for a lack of a better term, cross over appeal where it can appeal to both Disney’s…
Raven returns to Disney in Raven’s Home and while the formula is mostly the same, there is some adaptation to the more mature direction Disney is going.
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