Abbott Elementary S02e01 R5

GREGORY I painted my living room. Beige.

JANINE (To camera) Okay. Season Two. New year. New us. We are ready . We are prepared . We have twenty-seven cases of glue sticks that I had to personally bargain for at a Staples in the suburbs. I had to pretend I was a contractor. It was intense. abbott elementary s02e01 r5

BARBARA (CONT'D) (To camera) It was the custodian who did good. But you have to let the young ones feel useful. It keeps the morale up. GREGORY I painted my living room

BARBARA Lord have mercy. They are monetizing the trauma of the past. Season Two

Determined to prove she is thriving after her breakup with Tariq, Janine adopts a "new year, new me" persona, complete with a side part that she desperately wants others to notice. Her primary goal is organizing a faculty mixer and securing a major celebrity guest for the students.

Barbara walks by, stops, and stares. She slowly removes the succulent.