Abbott Elementary
Egg Drop
TV Flash files “Egg Drop” as hour 21 of 94 in the TV Flash guide — Abbott Elementary (2021–present) on ABC, season 2, episode 8, aired 2022-11-16, 31 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E08: listed hour 21 of 94 in the Abbott Elementary guide, hour 8 of 22 in season 2. It aired 2022-11-16 (31 min). The listed hour before it is “Attack Ad” (S02E07). Next is “Sick Day” (S02E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When the eighth grade science class participates in an egg drop activity, Janine insists her second grade class join in; Barbara is shocked at the clothing one of her student's parents wears.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Egg Drop sit in the Abbott Elementary guide?
S02E08 is listed hour 21 of 94 — hour 8 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 8.
When did Abbott Elementary S02E08 air?
Egg Drop aired 2022-11-16 and is listed at 31 minutes.
Where should I start Abbott Elementary?
The Pilot. It is a mockumentary, not a clip show: you want Janine, Gregory, Ava, Barbara, and the building introduced the way Brunson meant.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it for the lounge-as-premiere energy: Quinta Brunson’s network hit that made a Philadelphia public school into awards-season soft power, with an ensemble that photographs like a family and gossips like a staff group chat.
The flash was a teachers’ lounge that photographed like a premiere. Quinta Brunson in a bright something, Sheryl Lee Ralph already dressed for the hymn and the camera, Janelle James smiling like she had dirt on the superintendent and the photographer. Abbott Elementary premiered on ABC in December 2021 as if network comedy had remembered how to throw a party without being cruel about it — and then the after-party never ended. Emmys. Golden Globes. A cast that cannot go to a junket without someone calling them…
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- Chris Perfetti as Jacob Hill
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- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara Howard
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