![]() Andi’s grandmother Celia (Lauren Tom) feels unmoored after her husband decides to take a trip abroad without her. The exploration of identity doesn’t remain just with the children though. While she made history at her school as the first girl to join the boys’ basketball team, in the end, she decides to leave that behind and start a girls’ team instead. Her story about identity, however, has to do with gender roles and parity. (Seriously though, can Andi’s friends stop crushing on her guys? Let them widen their circle a bit). ![]() In that same vein, Buffy herself seems to have awoken to her sexuality. While he may have felt conflicted at first, her acceptance has made it possible for this to be a continued conversation. What is important is how the series shows how matter-of-fact that these discussions about crushes between him and Buffy have become. Therefore, rather than putting an end to Cyrus’ coming-out story, it’s left it as an ellipsis. It’s possible that Cyrus will have a crush on another boy next season or he may have a crush on a girl (and thus might be bisexual). This makes it possible to avoid the dreaded Very Special Episode, which more often than not comes off as preachy and too neatly resolved in one go. While some would fear that this smacks of erasure or backtracking on Cyrus being gay, this is in keeping with the show’s style of taking its time to unspool storylines in an organic way. Furthermore, in a recent episode, he admits that his crush on Jonah is over. And while it’s true that he revealed to Andi and Buffy (Sofia Wylie) that he had a crush on Jonah, the word “gay” was never used. Identity Joshua Rush, “Andi Mack” Disney ChannelĪndi’s friend Cyrus (Joshua Rush) was the focus of attention earlier this season when it was revealed that he would have the first coming out storyline on a Disney Channel series. If the show were just that, it would be plenty fun and charming, but “Andi Mack” makes an attempt to actually connect with viewers through stories of inclusion that aren’t typically seen on TV for the tween crowd, and that includes some adult issues as well. But in the end, most of her story is something we’ve seen on TV before (once they get past that whole “my sister is actually my mother” aspect). She deals with her family’s various squabbles and is feeling out dating for the first time. In some ways, Andi’s story is the most typical of all the kids on the show. Just when she finally gets on the same page with Jonah (Asher Angel) and becomes his girlfriend, she learns they’ll be parted as he goes off for eight weeks of Ultimate Summer Camp. ![]() For one, it highlights just how much Andi is craving that picture of a perfect family she never had, but also, these circumstances mirror her own love life. While this sort of cliffhanger is introduced to create drama for the end of the season, it also accomplishes more than that. But before that could happen, Bowie gets an offer to rejoin his band on tour in Europe. In fact, in the finale, the duo teams up to host an elaborate dinner in which Bex would propose to Andi’s father Bowie with a ring embedded in a layer cake. Read More: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ to ‘One Day at a Time’ Are the Family-Friendly Shows Leading the Charge for Youth Coming-Out Stories ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Is Mike Flanagan’s Spectral, Vicious Screed Against Actual Ghouls Season 1 was concerned with her adjusting to big revelations - the people she thought were her parents are really her grandparents, and her cool older sister Bex (Lilan Bowden) is actually her mom - while this season deepened that mother-daughter bond to a “Gilmore Girls” level. This season sprinkled in a Chinese New Year celebration, a dumpling-making bonding session, and a significant use of the yin-yang symbol.īut at heart, “Andi Mack” is the coming-of-age story of bubbly teenager Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) who just wants to make art, hang with her friends, and see her single parents marry each other. While the series never leaned too heavily on its characters’ Asian roots, it didn’t ignore them either. Amidst a month filled with culturally relevant movies and TV shows starring actors of Asian descent, add Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack,” which wrapped up its second season Monday night.
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