Disney Channel simply gave us a Baxter household reunion 17 years within the making.
Friday’s episode of Raven’s House welcomed T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Raven’s mom Tanya Baxter, marking the character’s first on-screen look since Season 3 of That’s So Raven again in 2005. (Keymáh left the present halfway via its run to take care of her grandmother, so Tanya was despatched off to regulation faculty in London.)
Raven was thrilled to have her mom again on the suitable aspect of the pond for the primary time in additional than a decade, however Victor had a barely extra difficult response to his estranged spouse’s sudden return. Contemplating he by no means even informed her about his coronary heart assault, it’s truthful to marvel how a lot the long-distance spouses converse to 1 one other. His awkward lack of ability to ask his personal spouse out to lunch was additionally troubling.
To make issues worse, Raven had a imaginative and prescient of Victor telling Tanya, “I can’t reside like this anymore.” Conventional shenanigans ensued as Raven’s paranoia led her to crash her dad and mom’ romantic sail boat experience. (“Nobody dumps my mama, not even my daddy!”)
In the meantime, Booker and his associates tracked down the precise tree wherein Victor and Tanya as soon as carved their names — the proper reward for Victor’s sixtieth birthday — however they fumbled the supply. Extra particularly, they dropped the stump off the Golden Gate Bridge… and wouldn’t you already know, it fell straight onto Victor and Tanya’s sailboat.
After being rescued by the coast guard and returning house, Victor lastly informed Tanya what Raven had been fearing. However right here’s a shocker, in case you can imagine it — Raven misinterpreted her imaginative and prescient! “I simply can’t reside like this anymore,” Victor stated. “We’ve been dwelling aside for years. I believed I used to be fantastic with that, however I noticed you at present and I spotted I’m not.” As an alternative of ending issues with Tanya, nonetheless, Victor introduced that he needs to maneuver to London to allow them to lastly be collectively.
Tanya was elated by this flip of occasions, much more so than Lazlo, who claimed Victor’s now-vacant bed room as quickly as he heard in regards to the massive transfer.
However concern not, Victor received’t be staying in London for lengthy. Rondell Sheridan is predicted again for the sixth season of Raven’s House, which was introduced at Disney’s D23 Expo in September.
Did you get pleasure from this long-overdue Baxter household reunion? Which different That’s So Raven characters are you continue to hoping to see on Raven’s House? Drop a remark along with your ideas beneath.