Disney Channel was once home to many a great TV show with alot of those shows being very fondly remembered to this very day. With the show that i'm going to be talking about today being one such as an example as this show still has quite alot of fans and is even loved so much that people cheered when it was announced that it was coming back with new episodes only to be let down when the show was cancelled and so the join me as I review of the episode of the show that made Hilary Duff a household name with the episode is question being called simply just "Rumors" enjoy.
The plot of this episode when Lizzie accidentally starts a rumor about the most popular girl at school she has to work up the courage and stop one of her best friends for taking the blame for her. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as it was the kind of plot that you'd expect to find on the Disney Channel but at the same time tho this really wasn't the strongest plot either which makes it all the more baffling that Disney really chose this episode to air as preview for the rest of the rest of the series instead really of the shows actual pilot episode as that episode is a really more fitting to start the show with with plot of this also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire , Lalaine as Miranda Sanchez and Adam Lamberg as David Gordon. Also starring in this episode is Jake Thomas as Matt McGuire , Hallie Todd as Jo McGuire , Robert Carradine as Sam McGuire Byron Fox as Danny Kessler , Davida Williams as Claire Miller , Taylor Gunnin as Head Cheerleader , Mitchah Williams as Kid , Britney Mitchell as A Dancer , Melissa Matthews as A Dancer , Tiffany Burton as A Dancer and Ashlie Brillault as Kate Sanders.
Now then interms of what I personally thought felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really decent acting and not just the kind of acting that you'd really expect to find on a Disney Channel show where everybody shouts there lines and over acts as here the cast talk normally and act like normal people which makes the acting all the more and it really shouldn't be all that surprising that the acting in this episode is good as alot of the episodes cast went on to become some really good actors in there own right and as such it would make sense that they would turn in some really good performances in this episode with the acting in this episode really being helped by the fact that the script for this episode is just so good that all the episodes cast have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them really naturally.
This episode does a fairly decent job of setting up the bond that Lizzie with both her family and her friends. Both of which are things that this show would become known for and yet because there set up early on in the series run and are defined so well in this episode it makes them feel all the more believable then what it really could have been as alot of Disney Channel shows only give us the bare bones of what these families are like and what these friends are like and yet this show even in just this episode we see Lizzie struggle to be a good friend and we see the parents struggle to find there sons class pet which while that is goofy is also a good example of what good parents would do for there good kids and by showing Lizzie struggle to be a good friend it makes her feel like a more real person as real people do have daily struggles be it on big things or on big things we all struggle from time to time and to see Lizzie struggle and find away to over come that shows that she really is a good friend and one that will come through when it matters the most.
Watching this episode was so weird as alot of it was like travelling back in time to the early 2000's as there's alot of things that were only popular in the early 2000's. Like instant messaging for example something which hasn't been a thing for about ten years is a key plot point in this show and even the computers that the girls use look massive compared to the technology that we have now and while none of this dates the episodes in a bad way it does date the episode as alot of kids these days won't even know what instant messaging even is heck kids today will barely know what Facebook is as that's how far we've come technology wise as alot of what we knew and loved as a kid will now seem outdated when compared to what the younger generation are growing up with and while this obviously isn't the fault of those involved with making this show or this episode it is something that doesn't make this episode as timeless as it once was as while kids will always deal with rumors in there school it now won't come from instant messaging as it will now come from say Discord or Reddit to name but for a few examples.
As was mentioned at the start of this review this episode was technically the shows first ever episode as this episode aired as a preview episode about a week or so before the what Disney says is the official first episode Picture Day. Both of these are false as the actual pilot episode for the show was episode "Pool Party" as that episode quite literally has a scene with the animated Lizzie introducing us to all of the shows cast of characters where as this episode just expects you to know these characters and what there relationships are like which makes this choice to air this episode first was never the first episode of the show and nor was it intended to be because if it was then they would edited out the audio for animated Lizzie at the start of the Pool Party episode and yet they didn't which goes to show that this episode isn't the first episode of the show and yet because it was aired first it also technically is the first episode of the show all at the exact same time.
As was typical of this show this episode doesn't spend alot of the time on the parents and the brother storyline. Which does make sense as there not the main characters of the show but at the same time they are still main characters as well and yet not only does this episode not spend alot of the episodes running tine on that plotline it also never resolves it we get a resolution to the Lizzie plotline which does make sense as that is the main plot of the episode but the plot line that is just as interesting as it could tech kids that sometimes the things that we love do infact die and seeing a main character deal with that would be interesting to see even if it is basically just a comedic plotline is more interesting then seeing someone trying to be a better friend and learn to stand up for herself which just isn't that interesting of a plot line all of which makes you wonder why they didn't make the parents and brother plotline the main plot as while yes there not the title characters it's there plot line that is something that Disney Channel really didn't cover all that much in there series episodes or in there Disney Channel Original Movies either as that is soemthing that they never really did cover at all and it something that would have this episode standout and be really ground breaking.
Noe then this episode has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly twenty one minuets and forty one seconds. Which is a solid running time as none of the episodes plots have enough running time to cover a running time longer then that but at the same time even with that shorter running time it does make this episode a nice littler watch and while the episode could have benefited from having a slightly longer running time as it would allow the show time develop it's characters and both of it's story alot more then what it already does given that this is a TV show they don't really need nor even have to develop all that well as the show has sixty plus episodes and in this case a feature length theatrically released movie to develop the characters and the relationships alot more then what they could have done in this one episode and if the episode did have a longer time then both the main plot and the subplot would be stretched even more thin then what they already are but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
Son now then as this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty In in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As Disney Channel shows from this time period weren't really known for there comedy and yet this episode does have alot of jokes that while dated do feel very character driven and are whilst not alot of this episodes jokes are laugh loud funny alot of them are cute jokes that are highly realistic as alot of this episodes jokes are jokes that kids would mist likely be saying to there friends or to there family members in real life and it's that kind of comedy that this show does so well as there jokes that do feel real and aren't as over the top as alot of the jokes are in say The Suit Life On Deck or The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody for example are in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while this isn't the strongest episode to start this show of with it is still a really good episode as it gives you a good example of how really good this show show could have been and was like when it was at it's best as alot of what really made the show as good as it was in the first place it all stems from this episode in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Lizzy Mcguire fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great Google Images simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this episode and are really of course on Google Images are all really high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.