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Since Boy Meets World focuses on young people who spend most of their time goofing off in high school, one would think its holiday episodes are always family-friendly. However, its mission is to teach its audience lessons, and it’s not going to give that up just because it’s time for milk and cookies. In fact, Boy Meets World Season 4 houses one of the darkest Christmas episodes of all time, which brings in two comedy legends to do its dirty work.
“Easy Street” Sends Shawn and Cory Down a Dark Road
While the holiday season is a time to celebrate, it’s hard for some because getting presents isn’t as simple as waiting for Santa Claus to open up his magical bag. Shawn and Cory decide to take matters into their own hands in “Easy Street” by getting jobs during their break from school. While Shawn struggles to find his footing at the dock because it’s not as easy as the brochure made it out to be, Cory’s living the good life at a local restaurant run by two men, Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Martini, played by Buddy Hackett and Soupy Sales, respectively. Unlike most food service gigs, all Cory has to do is bring his bosses coffee and do odd jobs for them to make big money.
When Shawn hears about the arrangement, he goes down to the restaurant to see it for himself. Of course, he has a bit more street knowledge than his best friend, which allows him to pick up on the fact that Fontaine and Martini are members of the mob. It takes some convincing to get Cory to come to terms with the fact that he’s involved in shady business, but he quits as soon as he puts it all together. But Shawn sees an oppurtunity for himself and accepts Fontaine and Martini’s offer to take over Cory’s position. His choice proves to be the wrong one and takes Boy Meets World to a pretty scary place.
