Nostalgia Through the Screen: One Show That Feels Like home

Some TV shows are just different. Timeless, relatable and entertaining, “Boy Meets World”  is one that checks all those boxes. The show aired from 1993-2000, and took fans through seven seasons of middle school, high school and college: a journey of growing up. 

The show stars main character Cory Mathews; he lives with his mom Amy, dad Alan, older brother Eric and younger sister Morgan. They live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and are a close knit family. Next door is no ordinary neighbor. Directly to the left of their house lives Mr. Feeny, and not only is he a teacher at the local middle school, he is Cory’s teacher. 

Cory is not the most perfect student; while he gets it together in the end, in the early seasons he is often in detention after school. It's not all bad though, because the likelihood of his best friend Sean sitting next to him is pretty high. Sean and Cory are best buds from season one, to season seven, they go through it all together, and on an even more real note, they grow up together.

While the two are the inseparable duo of the show, Cory also spends the seven seasons developing his relationship with his love interest, Topanga. The two have lots of chemistry, and through their relationship they go from awkward 6th graders, to sophomores in college, who are also married adults.  

While his family, Mr. Feeny, Sean and Topanga are some of the most essential characters in this show, what truly makes “Boy Meets World” timeless is how each of them guide Cory through the stages of growing up. 

That is why this show can be loved by everyone. Its seven seasons hold some of the most treasured and memorable years for many of us. Even decades later, everything about “Boy Meets World” feels familiar, the characters feel like middle school friends, the Mathews feel like a second family. 

In a time that is as hectic as today, it can be refreshing to turn on the TV and become a part of simpler times. Sometimes it’s hard to know what was left behind in middle school, high school or college years without going back. Boy Meets World allows a revisit of every stage of life, and it is hard to oppose that.