Raven’s Home: Season 1/ Episode 6 “Adventures In Mommy-Sitting” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
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. Momma Needs Some Fun Time: Raven, Chelsea, Booker, Nia, Levi, Tess On a Saturday, since apparently they don’t have their walking and talking…
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.
Momma Needs Some Fun Time: Raven, Chelsea, Booker, Nia, Levi, Tess
On a Saturday, since apparently they don’t have their walking and talking children clean, Chelsea and Raven are scrubbing toilets and the bathtub. Leading to the idea, they need to get out of the house and go out. However, there are no sitters available. Which is a problem since while Nia, Levi, and even Tess seem like they can be home by themselves, then there is Booker. A kid who keeps getting things stuck on his head.
Yet, with them really needing to go out, and Tess’ mom being across the hall, it is agreed Chelsea and Raven are going to “The Vault!”
Commentary
I was so hoping we’d actually meet Tess’ mom this episode. For the way her family has been portrayed, much less the fact we never see the kids go over her house, makes her life so interesting. But, on the subject at hand, I find it strange that Raven doesn’t make the twins clean. Especially considering there are three of them so it isn’t like cleaning the bathroom, kitchen, and living room, alongside their own rooms, would be a huge to do. But I guess she spoils them. That and she might be worried about Booker trying to prove a floor is so clean by licking it and ending up consuming just enough floor cleaner to end up being poisoned.
While The Moms Are Away: Levi, Tess, Booker, Nia
Being that Raven did not really trust the idea of leaving Booker alone, he is freaking out about anyone doing anything he could be blamed for. Leading to him causing Nia to spill juice over one of Raven’s cushions. Which, luckily, between Tess having an uncle who knows how to get any stains out, including blood, and Levi’s water color set, they fix the problem. Well, until, while drying, the cushion falls out the window and is discovered by Raven later. Which, thanks to Booker not lying about it, makes her trust him.
Commentary
Again, what type of people are in Tess’ family? Because with the mention of her uncle knowing how to get blood stains out of things, you got to question what this kid has been exposed to? I mean, it helps you understand why she spends so much time in Raven’s home, because it provides normalcy, but what is going on across the hall?
Operation – Save Mom!: Raven, Chelsea, Booker, Nia, Levi, Tess
Raven and Chelsea make it to the club, but it becomes one thing after another. If it isn’t the bouncer giving Raven a hard time about not having her ID then it is Raven bumping into this Chyna-esque woman named Brenda. Someone who Raven keeps bumping into and has issues with. To the point, Brenda locks Chelsea and Raven into a vault – which is something Booker sees in a vision.
Leading to the kids sneaking into the club and saving their parents – without getting caught. Meaning we’ll still be waiting to see what happens when Raven learns Booker has visions.
Commentary
I know that Raven is now sharing the lead position with the kids, but I find it odd that we have only seen, though I could be wrong, only one have a vision per episode. In terms of story, I get why that has been done, but it seems weird looking at it from a point of view of this being “real life.”
That thought aside, it’s safe to assume that we’ll have to wait until the season finale for Raven and Booker to share they both have visions, right? This seemed like the perfect episode for that reveal but surprisingly, the kids weren’t caught at all – in terms of saving their parents.
Question(s) Left Unanswered
- So, what are Tess’ family members into exactly?
- What was the secret Chelsea told Raven, in the vault, that had Raven mad?
Overall
Highlights
- Tess is becoming more interesting.
- How cute it is that Levi calls Raven Aunty Rae.
Low Points
- This Booker getting his head stuck in things. Why the hell did he have a bucket anywhere near his head? Does he actual clean things? Well, try to anyway?
