Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph) is seen in her classroom, where she has a perfect, vintage, all-metal sharpener from 1987. She pats it gently.

“That’s weird.”

Ava walks by, snatches one pack of glue sticks from Janine’s pile, and mutters, “Administrative fee.” She then uses them to glue a tiara to her office door.

“No. We don’t have money for glue. We don’t have money for paper . We barely have money for my salary, and I’m the most important thing here.”

The video goes viral – not for pity, but for the accidental comedy of Jacob holding the “CRY ON CUE” sign upside down. A local news station picks it up. By the end of the episode, the Wishlist is cleared.

She marches to Principal Ava Coleman’s (Janelle James) office, determined. Inside, Ava is reclining in her chair, eating takis out of a dog bowl while watching herself on a ring camera she installed in the teachers’ lounge.

Janine explains she created an Amazon Wishlist. The problem: no one is buying from it.