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Context Recap / RecessS2E21WeekendAtMuriels

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1	Spinelli has to spend the weekend under Miss Finster's charge. During this time, she learns that Miss Finster is not really a bad person.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* BigNo: Mikey's reaction to hearing that Miss Finster's babysitting Spinelli for the weekend.
5	* ConnectedAllAlong: It's revealed that Miss Finster is actually a long-time family friend of Spinelli's family; she's been friends with Spinelli's maternal grandmother, Aggie, since at least 1952, when they entertained troops in Guam, and is on a first name basis with Spinelli's mother and father.
6	* ContinuityNod: Gretchen mentions the events of "[[Recap/RecessS2E3MamasGirl Mama's Girl]]".
7	* CoolOldLady: By the end of the episode, Spinelli discovers that Miss Finster is a CoolOldLady.
8	* CosmeticHorror: Spinelli's reaction to Miss Finster wearing a facial mask and hair curlers.
9	* DemotedToExtra / OutOfFocus: Spinelli is the main focus of the episode, so the rest of the Recess Gang is shown only at the beginning and towards the end.
10	* ExactEavesdropping: Unbeknownst to Spinelli, Miss Finster overhears her calling her "boring" while phoning TJ. This distresses her into wondering if she's "gotten boring."
11	* FalseTeethTomfoolery: Miss Finster asking Spinelli to put her dentures in a glass full of water, much to Spinelli's disgust.
12	* FanDisservice: Miss Finster [[IWasQuiteALooker may have been a looker in '52]], but now... not so much, to say the least.
13	* HiddenDepths: It turns out Miss Finster is in good shape for her age, loves to do hula dancing, and is nice when she doesn't have to deal with kids' tomfoolery.
14	* IWasQuiteALooker: Miss Finster mentions that she and Spinelli's grandmother Aggie entertained the US troops in 1952, and there is a photo to prove it.
15	* KindheartedCatLover: Miss Finster has a cat flap on her front door to let in stray cats.
16	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: All of Spinelli's friends agree to this when they see Spinelli having fun dancing Hula Hula with Finster.
17	-->'''TJ''': ''(obviously shocked and slightly embarrassed)'' Guys, let's promise ''never'' to talk about this.
18	* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miss Finster, all the way. She is genuinely kind to Spinelli, even when she comes across as boring, then, towards the end of the episode, they bond over hula dancing.
19	* OddFriendship: Spinelli learns Miss Finster was good friends with her grandmother and thus is a longtime family friend.
20	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When she's not at school, Ms. Finster is revealed to be this since Spinelli genuinely doesn't cause any trouble.
21	* StockYuck: Horse liver with lima beans and brussels sprouts.
22	* TeachersOutOfSchool
23	* TruthInTelevision: In-Universe. Out of the other five members of the main six, Gretchen's the only one to accept that there's at least some truth in Spinelli's story, as teachers are human too and therefore must do things like go shopping, just like their parents do.

Context Recap / RecessS2E21WeekendAtMuriels