THE GOLDBERGS Season 5 Premiere Will Be a WEIRD SCIENCE-Themed Episode!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again... The Goldbergs is one of the best shows on TV and if you're not watching... what are you waiting for!? It's so good! The nostalgia aspect of the series is what resonates with me most.
One of the things the series does that I love is when it features themed episodes that are inspired by classic 80s movies. Over the years they've played with The Breakfast Club, The Karate Kid, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Dirty Dancing, The Goonies, Say Anything, A Christmas Story, Knight Rider, Misery, and Commando.
Now according to Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey, the Season 5 premiere will be a Weird Science-themed episode! I love that movie and I'm so excited that The Goldbergs is going to get a whole episode that pays tribute to the classic John Hughes movie.
In case you don't remember, Weird Science follows the story of two geeks, played by Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith, who create a woman (Kelly LeBrock) using 80s computer technology. McLendon-Covey teased:
“We’re opening the season with a Weird Science homage. Trying to build a girlfriend for Barry since Lainey is away. I don’t want to spoil it for you but it doesn’t work. It doesn’t work, you guys. You cannot build a lady with a computer. I know that’s hard to believe.
You’re going to see George Segal trying to be very game with a bra on his head going, ‘I thought you guys wanted to learn how to unhook ‘em like normal kids.’ Most of our episodes, they’ll take a pop culture reference and use it as a point of departure for something bigger. Our film homages are just good stupid fun. I love ‘em.”
This news makes me happy. I can't wait to see what else they have planned over the course of the next two seasons. The Goldbergs will at least be around through Season 6, but McLendon-Covey has hopes that it will continue long enough to see her character Beverly become a grandma.
“If we go so long that we actually see these kids get married and have children, that’s when [the real Beverly] will affect it. I think she’s probably the best grandma in the world. I think she’s probably the one who is always slipping money into the kids’ pockets and candy, and then gives them back all hyper and sugared up to their parents.”
The Goldbergs returns Wednesday, September 27th on ABC.
Source: /Film