Mad Songs Pay So Much (Cory in the House)

"Mad Songs Pay So Much" is the thirteenth and final episode of the second season of mh:besttvshows:Cory In The House, and the thirty-fourth episode overall, and it marks the series' finale.

Plot
Meena breaks up with Craig again, and as a result pours a lot of emotion into performing a song. Cory gets an offer to buy the song, but can Meena keep up the performance?

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sophie is at her absolute worst in this episode. She does the most brattiest thing she’s ever done, by watching TV late at night instead of doing her book report, and also acts like a Karma Houdini.
 * 2) Besides Sophie, NONE of the other characters are likable here:
 * 3) * Meena and Craig because they break up, but it’s not handled well, as Meena gets angry enough to write a song through anger, and after they get back together, they trick Cory and Newt after knowing they tricked them (although, Cory and Newt had it coming, so this last pointer isn’t too bad).
 * 4) * Cory and Newt, mainly Cory because he’s more annoying and unlikable here than his worse moments in That’s So Raven, because both of them tried to trick Meena and Craig into breaking up again because of Meena needing to be angry in order to finish her song.
 * 5) * Tanisha and Hayley, because of the same reason as Sophie, didn’t do their book report and watched TV late at night, but they were not as bad as Sophie was.
 * 6) Like most episodes of the show, the laugh tracks plays NON-STOP and is the most OBNOXIOUS here.
 * 7) This episode is so mean-spirited, like when Sophie, Tanisha and Hayley rudely declined the chef’s pudding, saying they don’t like it, and when Meena’s anger caused some discomfort for Cory and Newt.
 * 8) The comedy here is mostly not good, and there are many unfunny moments, like the one where Craig was tied up and when we all thought his tongue was cut off.
 * 9) Awful ending: Sophie was teasing Cory about the check she somehow got from the music manager.
 * 10) This also ends the show on a cliffhanger, as we don’t know how Sophie got the check.
 * 11) This was an awful way to end the series, and would have been a bad way to end the mh:besttvshows:That's So Raven franchise if mh:besttvshows:Raven's Home didn’t happen.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The adults, like Victor Baxter, are the only likable characters in the episode.
 * 2) The acting is good as usual.
 * 3) Some funny moments in the episode, like when Tanisha and Hayley mistake the 3:30 show as 3:30 PM, when it was actually 3:30 AM, and the Chicken Wings jokes with Meena’s dad.
 * 4) The moments with the adults, like when Victor was with the other adults and the music director, are some of the decent moments in the episode.
 * 5) The characters do have some redeeming qualities:
 * 6) * Sophie, Tanisha, and Hayley ended up falling asleep in class, and had a bad time explaining the movie they watched (which was based on the book), so they had to read the book for real this time and gave them, especially Sophie, their much needed comeuppance.
 * 7) * Meena and Craig, because they got back together, and their bad moments were not shown on screen, and they also worked together with Meena’s dad and their workers to trick Cory and Newt, and teach them a lesson.
 * 8) * Cory and Newt definitely got their comeuppance, as the trick they fell for led them to confessing to Meena and Craig about tricking them, leading them to apologize, and were shocked when it was revealed they were tricked, and taught them a lesson.
 * 9) Fortunately, when mh:besttvshows:Raven's Home came to Disney Channel in 2017, the That’s So Raven’s franchise came back strong and so this finale isn’t the sour ending of the franchise.

Reception
Despite receiving decent reviews from critics, like a 6.5/10 on IMDb, it was negatively received by many fans of the show, because of the very disappointing ending, the cliffhanger, and not feeling like an actual finale.