This week we're digging into some of our favorite characters on Abbott Elementary!

We take a look at our favorite terrible boss Ava, with a psychological analysis of supervisor-employee relationship patterns, and how Ava's management style stacks up to other fictional bosses like Michael Scott or Don Draper.

Then we explore Janine and Barbara's unique found family mother-daughter dynamic, a type of relationship we don't often see in media, despite the many "reluctant father figure/teen girl daughter figure" duos that seem to be everywhere in pop culture.

Further Reading:

10 Terrible Bosses from Movies and TV

Psychologist breaks down boss-employee relationships in media

The dubious Milgram Shock Experiment

The equally sus Stanford Prison Experiment

7 Times Barbara was a Mom to Janine