"Juice" is the eighteenth episode of Abbott Elementary and the fifth episode of Season 2.
Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juice which puts her into conflict with traditionalist Barbara, especially as the juice leads to toilet misuse. The battle of generations also carries over with Melissa who's struggling to figure out how to manage her new aide Ashley in her class.
- Birds of a Feather: Ava takes a strong liking to Ashley for having the same interests and fun-loving energy as her. She even ropes the aide into helping her with her clothing auction scam.
- Cold Open: Jacob tries to ask for Ava's help with finding his stolen bike but can't bring himself to describe the perpetrator without coming off as "racist".
- Disproportionate Retribution: Ava tried (and thankfully failed) to fire Jacob after he bought her a re-usable bottle for Christmas.
- Do Wrong, Right: The reason the city is delaying itself to fix the bathroom crisis is because Abbott still has one working bathroom. Barbara gets the hint and uses Melissa's baseball bat to let out her pent-up frustration.
- Dramatically Missing the Point: After firmly reminding Greg and Janine about her platitudes and how there are periods at the end of each of her sentences, Greg has the bright idea to mention how that last one had an exclamation point.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The comments in Ava's video stream show that they aren't interested in the clothing she's auctioning.
- From Bad to Worse: It wasn't enough that all the upper graders have to use the bathroom after enjoying their new juices. But the ongoing flushing results in all their bathrooms being over-stimulated and forced to shut down.
- The Generation Gap: Janine butts heads with Barbara over her refusal to accept the new juice the former wanted to support.
- Get Out!: Ms. Howards gives a surprisingly calm version of the phrase to her coworkers and their students.
- Good Is Not Soft: Barbara decides to forbid the rest of the school from using her in-class bathroom as it keeps her kindergartners from being able to use it freely and they need it more than everyone else.
- I Warned You: Barbara has too much "class" to say "I told you so" to Janine over the juice problem.
- The Load: Played With regarding Ashley. While she does make decent lessons to teach the kids under her care, she doesn't follow through with Melissa's orders and often hinders her own lessons.
- Loophole Abuse: Mr. Johnson gets around Barbara's restriction of only allowing kids to use her kindergarten bathroom by saying he's a kid at heart.
- Mistaken for Racist: Averted. The man who stole Jacob's bike was black but Jacob has trouble describing him to Ava out of fear of coming off as offensive.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Janine and Greg get the big idea of using Barbara's off-limits bathroom while she and her class are away. This ultimately results in them ruining her toilet because of their excessive flushing.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Janine only had good intentions with bringing in a new series of juice for the kids to enjoy. But the fact that it comes with two extra ounces ultimately results in every upper grade student needing to use the restroom.
- No. Just... No: Melissa says this after her aide Ashely insists that the students watch the material instead of reading from their designated textbooks.
- No Sympathy: Ava laughs at Jacob for admitting that he rides a bike to work and plays along with his inability to describe the culprit.
- Noodle Incident: Melissa has a brother who owes her ten grand because he keeps betting on the Jets who always lose.
- Shout-Out: Mr. Johnson prays to the Mario Brothers to watch over the plumbers who'll have to fix Abbott's broken bathrooms.
- The Stinger: While Jacob and Melissa are checking out lottery tickets, Ava reveals that she has her own private bathroom hidden deep within the school's basement.
- Taught by Experience: Played for Drama. Barbara reveals that she never had a senpai to help her when she started teaching so she had to learn just about everything by herself while making mistakes along the way.
- Tranquil Fury: Barbara has every right to be angry at Janine and her coworkers for ruining the Abbott bathrooms with their excessive flushing, to the point that her own kindergarten bathroom is out of commission. Yet she chooses to remain serene while expressing how furious she is at the whole situation.
