Andi Mack Finale
I haven’t written any thing like this in ages but seeing as it’s the finale, I thought I would.
First off, I loved Cece’s departure. I loved that she was well aware that they were going to throw a party and was fine with it but also let them enjoy the rebellion of it.
Bex and Bowie trying to hide the letter from Andi was very amusing. I loved Andi’s “you know there are other places to sit”
Andi looked gorgeous in her party dress and SO grown up. it was really emotional when you think of her in that little yellow dress at her first party and how little she was. It was such a great parallel.
Bex and Bowie getting to dance in their wedding outfits was a really sweet moment. I don’t know what the song was called but I love how the “I’ve searched across the universe” line. It was so fitting for Bexie. Very beautiful, romantic moment.
Cyrus saying “I still don’t believe it” about Marty not liking Buffy was literally all of us.
It was so cute to see Buffy nudge Cyrus when TJ arrived. But it was not cute when Kira popped out of nowhere.
TJ watching Cyrus’s goofy dance was so cute and it’s so in character for him to be all heart eyes over that. And I LOVED seeing TJ call Kira out on making fun of Cyrus. It was very much like the time he told Reid to stop when he was laughing at Cyrus riding the dirt bike.
The part where Kira said she made TJ pick was a little vague. I’m assuming she meant pick as a romantic choice but it could be interpreted other ways. Either way — bye bye Kira.
The dancing dinosaur part was very amusing. At first I thought it was a call back to the season 1 party but as soon as I saw Andi I knew it had to be Cece. And I was glad it was. As Cece’s last moment on screen it was nice to see that wild side of her we always knew existed. But I wish she’d been in some of the upcoming scenes.
Not going to lie, the “Baby I was born this way” scene made me really emotional. Just seeing them all together like that and singing their hearts out. There was so much energy and it was just a really fun scene that absolutely belonged in a finale. Also they all sounded SO good. Josh especially impressed me.
The Jandi scene was quite sweet. I never shipped Jandi but I think it was overhated. Jandi was the perfect representation of a middle school relationship and I think that’s important. Andi’s comment about the bracelet having more lives then a cat was really funny.
After the Jandi scene my WiFi stopped working and I was so frustrated because I knew the bench scene had to be coming soon so I kept trying and trying to get my WiFi to work on my phone. It was working on my laptop so I tried to find a link on tumblr from my laptop but ended up finding spoilers. So then I had to set up a hotspot from my laptop for my phone so I could continue to watch the episodes. So anyway, enough of my struggles, back to the episode.
The re-enactment of Buffy and Marty’s first meeting was my favorite thing about the episode after the bench scene. It was just such a great callback to such a great scene. And of course — the Muffy confession. We have been waiting so long for this. Marty’s little smile when he said “that was very straightforward” was so cute. And then that “I never changed my mind” and of course THE KISS. We’ve been building up to that kiss for so long and it just got into the scene so well. Unlike the Jandi kiss, it wasn’t awkward at all and it was very sweet.
The bench scene was perfect. I’ve watched it over and over and it’s only more perfect every time. The lead up was great, learning TJ’s name and all that. And the confession was so sweet. They were both so nervous and looked close too tears. And the tension in the scene gave me butterflies in my stomach. I felt like the scene was so realistic to what a real confession would be like. And the emotions were so raw, the acting from Josh and Luke was PHENOMENAL. I really can’t believe the Underdog and the not-so-scary basketball guy finally held hands. And I’m actually really glad they didn’t kiss because it would have taken away from the caution and nervousness of the scene which is what made it such a powerful and real scene. The one thing I am sad about is that we never got to hear TJ call Cyrus Underdog in season 3. Although I’m sad to leave TJ and Cyrus on that bench, it really was the perfect place to end their story. Now we are free to imagine everything ahead of them.
Childhood playhouses and forts play such an important role in tv shows to show that a character is growing up., eg Stranger Things and Anne With An E. Having Andi clean out Andi Shack really is the most impactful way to show that Andi is growing up and moving on.
The flashbacks were quite nice although a kinda feel like they were added later as filler? The little flash to the future was also really cute. And it was a nice way to show what these characters might go on to accomplish even if we don’t see it happen.
Cyrus saying the party was life changing was very significant and that final GHC + Jonah group hug was great and then them agreeing to meet at the spoon text day shows that though things are changing, they are going to stay together some way or another.
And I really liked the song choice for the final scene of Andi alone in Andi Shack. . The line “there’s so much time to get things wrong” really hit me.
The ending really was perfect. Very emotional. And it felt like a solid ending while leaving enough open to keep the story alive as we imagine and dream up everything that might happen and everything in store for these incredible characters.
