Jessi and the Superbrat (spoilers)

[CharlotteTJohanssen]

This is for the episode based on the book Jessi and the Superbrat, please discuss this episode here.

[sparklymouse]

Jessi’s so pretty. I think the actress is the same age as the older girls, so I’m not believing her as an 11 year old. I love that she wasn’t the best and was in fact a background icicle.

Who in the world would be watching a little kid unbox products? Actually, I bet there are real social media kids like Derek out there.

[oldhickory]

The Ramseys were done very well. I liked all the actors and believed their chemistry. The fight between Jessi and her mom, with Mary Anne trying to shrink into her chair, was hilarious.

Derek bringing flowers for Jessi and hanging with the club afterwards was cool.

[sparklymouse]

^I loved Mrs. Ramsey going "this is Mary Anne" in the same aggressive tone she had been using.

[seastar]

I haven't read the book for a long time, but from what I remember Derek was a lot less likeable in the book. He was really sweet in this episode, not bratty at all.

Unboxing toys is huge. My kids could definitely rattle off a list of all the stars they watch on youtube, most of them teenagers or a bit younger, like Derek. So for me, it was very believable and tied in nicely with Jessi's dilemma.

I find reading about ballet in the books pretty boring, but wow, it was so nice to see on the screen.

Jessi's parents were very cool. I wish Becca had had more lines because she was pretty cute. And I still like Mallory!

[thatssodibble]

I loved this episode. It is way too underrated.

Jessi getting into her new prestigious dance school and not being the star was a perfect plotline. From Madame correcting her, to her wanting to film on TikTok (lol), to her realizing she danced for herself, and she didn’t have to be the star.

Derek was a nice kid and I liked the actor who played him, its cool how that plot influences Jessi.

Didn’t Jessi only have ballet twice a week in the books? 4 times is a big upgrade but it makes sense.

The parent child relationships in this show are just. Amazing. I’m jealous!

Mary Anne sunk into the chair was so funny XD

Also, unrelated, but I loved Jessi’s space. It felt so homey and it’s only a bit of the Ramsey’s house but it feels like a real home and really lived in, not like a picture you could find on Redfin.

[booboobrewer]

I took a break and already forgot most of what happened I did like the Ramseys.

[sparklymouse]

Lol, I'm glad you're finally able to watch the episodes. Jessi was not the ballet star, got a background part and wanted to quit, her mom told her she wasn't quitting just because she didn't get what she wanted, Derek Masters was a child YouTube-like influencer, the end.

[wanderingfrog]

This might be my favourite episode of Season 2. As a ballet dancer, I loved the changes they made to the ballet plotline because they made it so much more realistic.

I also loved Mallory's Book Nerd Pride T-shirt so much that I paused the episode and immediately ordered one from Out of Print... as well as two BSC shirts and a BSC face mask because there was a sale that weekend. I hate women's fitted T-shirts because they're always so tight around the armpits that they make me sweat, but I have other unisex T-shirts from Out of Print and even the size XS unisex shirts are huge on me, so I got a women's S in the Book Nerd and in this shirt, and the 14/16 in the kids' shirt with the graphic novel characters. Sometimes a kids' XL is still way too small for me, but girls' 14/16 usually overlaps with smaller womens' sizes.