‘Girl Meets World’ episode 4 preview: Riley’s dance drama in ‘Girl Meets Father’

What happens when your children grow up? Well inevitably, they choose to partake in a series of things that are going to end up making you nervous. This will be at least one component to Friday night’s new episode of “Girl Meets World” entitled “Girl Meets Father,” where we learn a few more details all about whether or not Cory can learn to let go.

The basic premise of the story is this: Riley’s school dance is going to come around the same time as her annual trip with her dad to Coney Island, and he’s going to start to feel some of that parental jealousy when she decides that she would rather be with her friends. So what does Cory want to do in the process to punish her for this? Try to weasel his way into being a chaperone for the dance. Basically, he wants to become a member of the Fun Police in addition to being her teacher and her dad.

The thing about this show is that in the end, it’s almost all about lessons … and not all of them have to necessarily be lessons for Riley. We could easily see this episode being one where we start to learn a thing or two about where Cory’s head is at just as much as Riley. He’s having to learn to be a better parent, and hopefully he’ll take some lessons from his own childhood there in the process. After all, that’s a great way to connect the past of “Boy Meets World” to the present.

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