'Abbott Elementary' Sneak Peek: Janine Is Going on a Solo Girl's Trip (Exclusive)
etonline.com, in which our favorite group of teachers share their plans for the upcoming three-day weekend. Jacob (Chris Perfetti) will be helping his boyfriend, Zack, clean out his shoe closet since they are «drowning in swooshes,» while Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) shares that she is going with her husband, Gerald, to a soft jazz cafe for some musical appreciation.
Ava (Janelle James) will be busy with her fellow doomsday preppers to assemble hurricane kits filled with «two kinds of rum and an assortment of island flavors,» while Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter) boohoos the three-day weekend that is just delaying «the inevitable.»Janine (Quinta Brunson) reveals she has exciting plans for a solo «girl trip» to Ocean City — Maryland not Jersey — which is met with the surprise approval of everyone. «Just me and the stamps on my passport.
Metaphorically, I don't have one of those,» she notes, warning her co-workers not to insult her with false pity. But in a surprise turn, no one takes the chance to make fun of her for not having friends — instead, Barbara and Ava cheer her on.«Don't make fun of yourself, it makes it less fun when I do it,» Ava tells her. «OK, solo vacation!»Unbeknownst to poor Janine, her plans for a girl trip will be derailed when her mother, Vanetta (Taraji P.
Henson), shows up unannounced and asks for help.Henson is the latest of the Teague family to make her appearance -- s Ayo Edebiri previously appeared on the ABC sitcom as Janine's sister, Ayesha.
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