Abbott Elementary S01e08 Bdmv May 2026

Welcome back, faculty room faithful. We are officially past the halfway point of Abbott Elementary’s sensational first season, and Episode 8, "Zip Lap Cider," is the one where the show stopped being just a funny mockumentary and started being a romantic funny mockumentary.

Episode Title: "Zip Lap Cider" Original Air Date: February 15, 2022 BDMV = Best Digital Moment of the Week

"I don’t have fun."

Just don’t drink the Zip Lap Cider. That stuff is definitely 8% alcohol. What was your BDMV from this episode? Drop it in the comments—just don’t @ me about the "bus safety protocol" plot hole. 🍎

"Come on. You didn’t have even a little bit of fun today?"

Let’s crack open a warm, suspiciously fermented cider and talk about this week’s (Best Digital Moment of the Week). The Setup: Field Trip Gone Sideways The episode follows the gang on a chaotic field trip to a local apple orchard (sponsored by "Zip Lap Cider"—a name so aggressively generic it loops back to being hilarious). Ava is useless, Melissa is scheming, and Jacob is… Jacob.