Girl Meets World

Girl Meets World is the sequel to the ABC series Boy Meets World, and will air on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. You don't have to wait that long, because the first episode is now on the Watch Disney Channel app. I watched the first episode today on my Apple TV, and here are my thoughts.

The show takes place in New York City. Cory and Topanga Matthews live in an apartment with their two children, Riley and Auggie. The first episode is about Riley wanting to take the subway for the first time without her parents (the episode is not clear if she ever took it before with her parents). So right from the first episode, we see her growing up and taking some responsibility.

The first thing you notice is the similarities between the past and present characters:

• Farkle Minkus acts very much like Stuart Minkus, but with less of a nerdy quality. Just as Minkus was after Topanga, Farkle is after both Maya and Riley, and pretty much any other girl he sees; both characters seem concerned with doing well in school.
• Maya Hart has a lot of the same mannerisms as Shawn Hunter, but her personality seems to be more of a combination of both Shawn and Jack Hunter. It was revealed she has issues with home life, no one is around to help her with her homework.
• Riley Matthews the daughter os Cory and Topanga, is the main focal point of this series. It's her world now, not her dads. She seems a little like a mixture of both Cory and Topanga. She wants to do well in school (Topanga) but also goes along with the stupid stuff Maya suggests (Cory with Shawn). She is learning though, even in the first episode she learned what it means to grow up and make decisions.
• Lucas Friar is the love interest of Riley, but I have yet to figure him out. At the moment he seems like just a generic character, we'll have to wait until more episodes to see how his character progresses; it wasn't shown off very well in the first episode.
• Auggie Matthews is the younger brother of Riley, and his character is also not yet fully developed in this episode. He thought he and Riley were twins, so he might not be "all there" but I'll hold off any judgement of Auggie until I see more episodes.

It was nice to see George Feeny at the end of the episode, even if he just as memory for Cory. Hopefully we see more of him, but I'm happy that he was in at least one episode. And his appearance was done well in the first episode; much like Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.