What holds this one back from a perfect 10 is the nebulous, unexplained re-disappearance of Chet and Virna Hunter after Shawn moved into the apartment with Jack and Eric.
I could never put the timeline together in reruns on Disney Channel, but it's obvious now why: The show sometimes made quiet changes to the established status quo, without showing the events on screen. Chet leaving again was one such case; he was on the way to becoming a better father with his job at John Adams High and a life reunited with Shawn and Virna, but shortly after convincing Shawn to move out, Chet simply vanished from the scripts except for a few vague mentions.
Given how important it was for the show to, well, show us when he came back, it's disappointing for multiple reasons that we were left out of further developments on that front. I'd argue that at least one or two of the weirder (somewhat out-of-character) stories with Jealous Cory could have been replaced by much better, more meaningful scripts involving Chet and Virna (and Shawn)—which in turn would have made this episode even more powerful.
It's not like this episode needed more dramatic punch, but I still wish the producers had planned ahead a bit more.
Shout by jBlockedParent2019-04-18T19:54:09Z
This episode breaks me every time I watch it.