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Recap / The Goldbergs S 8 E 11 Quaker Warden

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A Plot: With 68 days left in the school year, Beverly looks for any role she can fill at William Penn to be sure she spends those days close to Adam. As luck would have it, a teacher leaves to deliver her baby, providing Bev an opportunity to substitute teach. Adam inadvertently lets Beverly know about senior skip day. Bev confronts Ball and a few teachers, who are fully aware of the skip day and are actually looking forward to it. Desperate to make sure Bev doesn't mess up their plans, Ball assigns her the job of Quaker Warden, a position that is on the books but hasn't been filled in 75 years because it involves enforcing outdated Quaker principles. Of course, Bev takes the job seriously, much to the consternation of Adam, his classmates and the staff.

B Plot: Murray has become frustrated at work due to his partner, Formica Mike, constantly forcing him to go along with his product ideas and never listening to Murray's feedback. He gets advice from Geoff that would have him appeal to Mike's kind, reasoning side, but that backfires, forcing Murray to consider Barry's more vengeful tactics.


  • Gone Horribly Wrong: Giving Beverly a long-forgotten role was supposed to keep her from interfering with the students or the other teachers, but she quickly embraces the role and interferes with everyone's plans by enforcing it.
  • Snipe Hunt: Ball intended making Bev Quaker Warden to be this, as the accreditation process was supposed to keep her busy for the rest of the school year, if not longer. To his shock, Beverly gets accredited the very next day; apparently, the Quaker Elders just gave her the position to get her out of their hair.

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