Teacher Appreciation
🎞️ S2 E18 ✅ Mild

Abbott Elementary

Is Abbott Elementary S2 E18 OK for kids?

Teacher Appreciation

On Teacher Appreciation Day, the district gives Abbott two courtside tickets to a 76ers game and the teachers must decide who deserves them; Janine invites the teachers to her house for game night and her sister, Ayesha, comes to visit.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Mild — okay from about 10+

Abbott Elementary S2 E18, “Teacher Appreciation”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+. On Teacher Appreciation Day, the district gives Abbott two courtside tickets to a 76ers game and the teachers must decide who deserves them; Janine invites the teachers to her house for game night and her sister, Ayesha, comes to visit.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (6). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Drinking, sex talk, violence in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that Abbott Elementary S2 E18, "Teacher Appreciation", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for philadelphia public-school mockumentary — workplace jokes and innuendo, milder than The Office. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is alcohol & drugs (joke or passing mention, implied). Violence is mild but includes Bare-knuckle fist fight. Sexual content is mild but includes watch that "Sex and the City". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — could have some natural wine. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Abbott Elementary S2 E18:

  • Mild
    watch that "Sex and the City"

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Abbott Elementary S2 E18:

  • Mild
    Bare-knuckle fist fight.

Alcohol & drugs 6 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Abbott Elementary S2 E18:

  • Mild
    could have some natural wine.
  • Mild
    It's like real wine, but it's natural.
  • Mild
    Bring your own beer garden?
  • Mild
    signature cocktail.
  • Mild
    I also have a signature cocktail.
  • Mild
    It's called beer.

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