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Low ratings and moderate reformatting brought the show into the toilet.
Ddey6527 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
***RELUCTANT SPOILERS***

The first season of sitcom "I Didn't Do It" had unique characters and settings, and until the series finale could be considered a non-musical. This made it stand out among the usual formula for Disney Channel sitcoms. What it didn't do was bring high ratings, however. The second season brought the writing staff from "Good Luck Charlie" in, and they changed aspects of the show that shouldn't have been changed. Besides the removal of the disaster of the week, the show was no longer set in the northern suburbs of Chicago, but in Chicago itself, in spite of the same sets and B-Rolls as in Season One. Then there's Delia, who's more made up than she was in Season 1, and not as a joke this time. At the same time, while she once had a mother who forced her into child and teen beauty pageants, suddenly she has two gay fathers. And yet, it could've been worse; They could kept the characters in name only and given them each drastically different personalities and backstories.

For the time being, let's focus on the series finale. The animal shelter that Lindy has been helping out since "Lindy Goes to the Dogs," is facing the threat of being closed unless they can get $5000. After trying to find various ways of raising money, Logan suggests trying to get the band "The Weasels" to perform a charity concert, since he met the band's drummer in "Logan and Lindy's Brrrrthday." Later on the three girls are drinking coffee on the porch at Lindy's house, and Jasmine reveals that she's still torn about her feelings for Logan despite dating Owen. Delia insists she should flat out dump the guy, and we eventually find that her relationship with Brandon isn't so wonderful either. Then when Garrett is taking a break from his job at Rumble Juice where he previously tricked his boss into letting the band perform at the smoothie joint, Delia approaches him and hires him to help her break up with her boyfriend. This is one of many aspects of the show that makes it appear that a potential romance between Delia and Garrett is possible, but then again there have been a few where the possibility of Lindy becoming Garrett's boyfriend could've happened as well. Either way, Lindy runs to Logan and tells him that Jasmine still loves him, and he should prepare to move in on her if she breaks up with Owen. Later on Keith Edwards the drummer for the Weasels stops by the Watson household, and tells the twins that the band broke up, because some of the members accused the others of flirting with their respective girlfriends. That's when Lindy decides they should form a band of their own.

As for the relationships, Jasmine admits her desire for Logan and she and Owen break up, but it's not a messy break up at all. In fact just as the two are discussing their prospects for relationships, another random brunette flirts with the guy. Garrett isn't having that much luck splitting Brandon up with Delia, because her ex-beau is now spending too much time crying on his shoulder. Thankfully, Betty LeBow saves the day for both of them. The yet to be named band of main characters performs at Rumble Juice, and they succeed in raising the money. And yes, after the show Jasmine and Logan finally become girlfriend and boyfriend, as fans had been waiting for since mid-Season One.

Somewhere it has been said that "The Doris Day Show" was the only sitcom to change it's format in all five seasons. Judging by this episode, one can only speculate that the remote possibility of a third season would have involved the "fab five" performing around the country in a band to raise money for animal shelters and other charities, which would've meant another change in format. Also, I still think there are people who haven't forgiven Olivia Holt for leaving "Kickin' It." A few months after the show ended, I got some spam about Olivia's style which identifies her as "Kickin' It's Olivia Holt," not IDDI's Olivia Holt. I liked her and the rest of the cast, the uniqueness of the characters, and the far-flung chaos of Season One. The reformatting in Season Two was moderate, but still drastic enough to make the show look too much like yet another standard generic Disney Channel kid-com. As sad as it is to see the show go, I think it'd probably be better off that it did. The problem was never that there weren't any good episodes, because there were. The fact is, that the creators of the series wanted to make something that was a little different, and too many people just weren't used to it.
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