Abbott Elementary Fans’ Hearts Are Melting Over Gregory And Janine’s Growing Connection – Looper

In the latest episode of “Abbott Elementary,” Janine eats a bad tuna fish sandwich and ends up missing a day of school because of food poisoning. With a shortage of substitute teachers, the school’s negligent principal Ava Coleman (Janelle James) is forced to take over Janine’s class. Gregory gets frustrated with Ava because he knows that Janine has a binder with specific instructions on how to run her class in her absence, and Ava isn’t following the binder.

Fans of Janine and Gregory’s friendship and latent romance were thrilled to see Gregory take a stand for Janine in her absence. “The way Gregory knows about Janine’s binder and all of her usual things when teaching ENDGAME,” tweeted @giselleb1234 with emojis indicating tears and applause. Eagle-eyed viewers like @schemmentis also caught the text from Gregory to Janine that can be seen on Janine’s phone when Ava tries to call her, which reads “You feeling any better? Let me know if you need anything.” As @karen_alexa pointed out, Quinta Brunson must have known that fans would be trying to read that text, making an excellent Easter egg for fans.

Finally, at the end of the episode, Gregory gives Janine water with electrolytes to help her recover from her food poisoning, and that just set off fans even more. “Gregory being domestic and taking care of Janine once she came back, my heart,” wrote @moonlitpisces21. Meanwhile, @Nikki____G insisted that “Gregory gave Janine water with electrolytes because he loves her!!!!!” Fans who root for Gregory and Janine to get together are certainly passionate and insistent, and hopefully they’ll get what they want.