"Miss Guided" Homecoming (2008)

Director:

Todd Holland

Writer:

Caroline Williams (writer)

TV Series:

"Miss Guided" (2008)

Original Air Date:

18 March 2008 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | High School | School | Guidance Counselor | Counselor

Cast

Judy Greer	...	Becky Freeley
Chris Parnell	...	Vice Principal Bruce Terry
Kristoffer Polaha	...	Tim O'Malley
Earl Billings	...	Principal Phil Huffy
Brooke Burns	...	Lisa Germain
Tim Bagley	...	Peter
Daryl Sabara	...	Russell
Chad Broskey	...	Shane
Chelsea Harris	...	Allison
Vanessa Marano	...	Kelly
Juan Carlos Cantu	...	The Janitor
Tom Choi	...	Ed the Wheelchair Man
Jane Galloway Heitz	...	Lunch Lady
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher L. Antie	...	Student
Charles Chen	...	Student in Library
Kristin Crandall	...	Student
Ken Edling	...	Teacher
Lauren E. Gates	...	Thin Danish Girl
Tiffany Hines	...	Pretty Student
Carol Shook	...	Teacher
Efrem P. Towns	...	Student
Anthony Traina	...	Student

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Quotes:

Becky Freeley: Lisa Germain and I had every class together for four years. I was an 'F' and she was a 'G' so you would've thought I would've sat in front, but, somehow that was never the case.
Lisa Germain: I think we had a class together. Is she the same Becky who vomited during the safe sex assembly?
Becky Freeley: Day after day, year after year, one foot away from each other. I memorized every inch of her long, shiny ponytail because I could never see over her giant head.

Homecoming is a little amusing first episode of "Miss Guided"

Having seen Judy Greer in movies like 13 Going on 30, 27 Dresses, and TV shows like "Arrested Development", "Love Monkey", and "Two and a Half Men", I was anxious to see her in her first starring role in the TV series "Miss Guided". Here, she plays Becky Freeley, a former student at the high school she returns to as the new guidance counselor. Also on hand is former SNLer Chris Parnell as the vice principal, Kristoffer Polaha as the Spanish teacher Becky has a crush on, and Brooke Burns as Lisa, Becky's rival back then and now. Ms. Greer provides many amusing lines and does some good physical stuff. Parnell himself also steals some scenes. Judy's dialogue with some of the students, like the one she thinks has a crush on her, also has some moments. The whole thing seems uneven so far though, since the show can't make up its mind if we're supposed to laugh at or with the characters. Nonetheless, this seems like a good start for a promising series.