Previously on Girl Meets World:
Disadvantaged Girl Maya has a dead beat dad for a father and an inattentive loser for a mother. Through best friend Riley, Maya meets Riley's father's best friend Shawn, the former Disadvantaged Boy from the original "Boy Meets World" series and they bond over their shared disadvantedness. Riley then gets Shawn to begin dating Maya's mother Katy in order for Shawn to become Maya's "father." Shawn has Maya model fancy new clothes and has his breath taken away like a father (or a creepy pervert) would. With every proceeding episode, Katy becomes less of a loser, she and Shawn go on a few more dates (which the audience doesn't see), they get surprise engaged, blah blah blah, presumably happy ending.
The episode arc is:
Girl Meets Father, Girl Meets Maya's Mother, Girl Meets Home for the Holidays, Girl Meets Master Plan, Girl Meets Pluto, Girl Meets Hurricane, Girl Meets Upstate
Character List:
Riley – The golden child. The sun/daughter that all the other characters revolve around. Is a queer in the classical sense. May also be a queer in the modern sense.
Maya – the crown 'Disadvantaged Girl' of the program and best friend of Riley. Think Sam Puckett, but more realistic, if only slightly. She has no father, and only half a mom, which equals exactly 0.5 parents.
Cory – Riley's equally queer father (hey, everyone's a little queer as Weezer can attest), the teacher of Riley, Maya, and all of their degenerate friends (if you remember, Cory juuust happened to be promoted to being a freshman history teacher last spring, and Riley, Maya, and all their friends juuuust happen to be sharing the same 1st period history class, uuuuuuuhhhhgain, uuuuvvvv course)
Shawn – the former 'Disadvantaged Boy' on Boy Meets World, current globetrotting photojournalist, and best friend to Cory. Between the period of Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World, he lost his 1990s Jonathan Taylor Thomas/Dylan Klebold 'curtained' haircut, and gained a 2010s Disney friendly hipster beard
Topanga – Cory's wife, Riley's mother. Despite being a busy lawyer / bakery entrepreneur, always seems to have time to hang out at home with her family
Katy – Maya's waitress mother, initially introduced as a flaky, inattentive, vainglorious loser on the show, then upgraded to jilted lover, then further upgraded to marrying material by a hapless writing team. Is demoted to being loser in this fanfiction
Farkle – Star student at Riley and Maya's high school. The wonk of the show, especially hip to current (and not so current) events and world news. Surprisingly sociable for an autistic kid
Lucas – Riley's pseudo boyfriend, from Texas, a cowboy (like everybody from Texas). Until just recently, Riley and Maya had been fighting over his affection (is that plot arc finally done with? Jeez!)
Zay – A token black kid introduced in Season 2 (Al Sharpton must've given Disney the shakedown, XYZ Affair style, no?), is also from Texas and miraculously is old friends with Lucas
3 Taco Sarah – A background student in Cory's class who constantly muffs / flubs / butchers her lines. Seriously how did she land a job on this show? She must know someone…