Let's start with the bad and move on to the good. I am just going to flat out say it. The writing and performances are cringe worthy at times. Examples are as follows. The grocery store worker guy was written so awfully that when he was checking out the old man's grocery's talking about the food and weather, I cringed, no word of a lie. The shoplifting girl was not good either in my opinion. The character made no sense. At the beginning of the episode, she was a rebellious and cocky shoplifter, and at the end, she was a nervous girl trying out for a musical? What? Some of her line delivery, not sure if it is her performance, the writing, or both, just was bad. The worst part of the episode was the director of the musical. He downright insulted a child using foul language for no reason! He was so cringe worthy and absolutely awful. He made me almost turn the episode off. Other than that, the other acting was pretty strong, the cinematography was really good, especially the impressive bicycle scene and it was an overall fun time! I just could not get past the three issues I stated earlier. The writing is fine at times and at other times atrocious. Most performances are decent, some good. But some I could not get past. I hope they will impress me in the next episode! the effort is clearly shown and it is obvious that the people behind this project were very passionate.
