Andi Mack broke so many grounds on Disney Channel, and today they announced the show is coming to an end. The series was the network’s first serialized show, first one to feature an Asian family and have a character say, “I’m gay!”
It was not only about these milestones, but it was also about so much more. Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) is a 13-year-old girl who finds out her older sister (Lilan Bowden) is her mother and the people she thought were her parents are really her grandparents. If that is not enough, she also has her first crush (Asher Angel), he becomes her boyfriend and they break up. While she can’t make love work, her mom and the dad (Trent Garrett), who she never knew before now, can. They are getting married and I bet you that will be the final episode.
Andi’s friends have had their own struggles with being a teenager. Cyrus (Joshua Rush) came out as gay and Buffy deals with being an overachiever. They have good times together and bad ones too. It reminded me of what it was like to be in junior high school all over again.
That is why I feel that three seasons is not enough. I am surprised by Disney Channel’s decision to end the show. Especially since it is their biggest series. If you have never seen, you can watch it on their app. That is how I discovered it, it came on after I watched Z-O-M-B-I-E-S for the first time and I fell in love with both instantly.
