“Girl Code” is one of those episodes that you want to like more than you actually do.

Much of the hour is centered around Mariana, the robotics team, and their competition. And as much as I love the fact that we have a smart, capable female at the helm of this group, and that the show is making some great feminist statements, I can’t help but feel annoyed by Mariana.

And my feelings have been building since the beginning of the season. Scratch that, probably since the beginning of the show. She’s tough and driven and focused, but she’s also kind of an asshole, especially in the first half of the episode.

After some nightmarish behavior and anger issues (and screaming and threats) Mariana does eventually cool down and get into the teamwork mindset. And naturally (also predictably, but who’s complaining?) the team wins, and Mariana is motivated to take it to the next level.

We should take a moment to acknowledge the awesomeness that is Lena, who was a great support during the competition. Actually, Both Jesus and Lena play the humorous bits while Mariana exploded with rage, so Jesus is also great here. But, that’s not a surprise, right? Jesus is great pretty much all the time.

Also, Jesus and Emma are pretty cute together. They should just keep them like that and give them some kind of story, because the constant back-and-forth isn’t cute.

Meanwhile, we get some development with Callie’s investigation——which is sadly, another dud. I’m afraid the show tends to tread on repetitive ground when it comes to Callie. She always certainly means well, but she goes about it the wrong way, landing her in trouble every time.

She ultimately lets Stef handle the situation and I guess she could have saved us all this trouble if she had only done that at the beginning. It feels like her plot with Aaron was a waste of time. But, we’ll see how it ends.

As all these separate stories are moving along, the most important still lingers. Whether Stef and Lena sell the house is to be determined, but they’re making moves this week to make it happen.

While I believe the show isn’t going to lose that beautiful set, I’m very curious to see how this plays out, and I actually think that if that family loses their home, some interesting stories can come out of it. Logistically, I don’t know if we’re going to see Stef, Lena, and the four teens living in an apartment, but it will be a great change of pace.

And at this point in the series, I think a change of pace will do the show some good.

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The Fosters airs Mondays at 8/7c on Freeform.

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