#hsmtmts ep 6

[thelastharbinger]

Like I can kinda see justifying Gina giving that speech to Ricky if we're all agreeing that Gina kinda knew Ricky had feelings for her.

But wouldn't it have been more flavorful to see Ricky and Gina slowly trip into a romance while trying to sneak into the shooting area of HSM4, being theater nerds during rehearsals, and thinking they're falling back into a natural friendship when they're really just falling in love?

#here's how i would've written that ending: have the confession actually get leaked #then have ricky try to immediately cover his tracks by telling gina he doesn't want the documentary to ruin their friendship #and him almost kinda making the decision for her to remain as friends cos he assumes she'll reject him #and she doesnt stop him so the season ends with gina knowing how ricky feels and it being hinted that she may like him back #so we're left to wait until s4 to see how she'll respond to being around ricky now that they both know he likes her #but with him having asked her not to make a big deal out of it #if season 4 has 10 eps then id have rina actually get together during ep 7 or 6 #really drag that shit out so that it feels earned #but nevermind THAT #hsmtmts #rina #ricky x gina #gina porter #ricky bowen

[frostluvrs]

the idea that gina had to stay in a relationship that she wasn’t happy in just because her boyfriend was “trying his best” is just not a good argument. especially when no, he wasn’t trying his best in regards to their relationship.

#his moment to fix things was 3x06 and he failed throughout the entire episode and completely destroyed whatever they had left in ep 7 #at the end of ep 6 really #hsmtmts #gina porter #b speaks

[underscore-jude]

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES TIMESTAMP ROULETTE

3x06 "Color War"

#continuing the trend of ep 6 being the crunchiest! #hsmtmts #gif #timestamp roulette #hsmtmtsTR #high school musical: the musical: the series #jude's work

[aquariusshadow]

to everyone that predicted correctly that it was miss jenn who ej called...bless y'alls galaxy brain on that

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts s3 ep 6 #ej caswell #miss jenn #if anyone remembers my nini post last week #yep #to those that commented and reblogged guessing it was miss jenn #thank you lmao

[spiderm1mi]

ooh i really like different way to dance. it's a good song to walk to. does that make sense.

#also ginabear having duets in every single ep from 4-6 as she deserves #gina porter #hsmtmts

[devisrina]

Do you ever just think about how Hsmtmts s3 ep 3 was when Ricky subconsciously started to realize resurfaced feelings he had for Gina again?

Ricky and Gina did not speak since s2 episode 6 and only started talking again in s3 ep 2. He noticed the awkwardness in s3 ep 2, but by the next episode they were comfortable with each other.

When Ashlyn says this, it seems to imply Ricky’s feelings towards Gina. I think it’s also significant Ashlyn says this about discovering she was born at brunch time. It’s not a new thing, it’s always been there she just had to discover it.

When Gina looks at Ricky, he is already looking at her. His look generates realization. He’s starting to realise how much being around Gina made him happy.

Him saying this after, really represents his journey of growth. How he had to face multiple obstacles and how Gina has been that person in his life whom he truly enjoys being around.

And not to mention this blatant parallel to Homecoming. To which Gina subsequently twisted hers and his world around.

I don’t know. I can just imagine him going back into his bunk and staring up at the ceiling and just reminiscing on his journey with Gina and how happy he is that he’s back on good terms with her.

#rina #rina hsmtmts #hsmtmts #gina porter #gina x ricky #ricky x gina #ricky bowen #ricky and gina

[girll-almightty]

Hsmtmts s4 ep. 6 proves that bottle episodes are the most important episodes in your tv shows.

i know it wasn’t exactly a bottle episode but the characters did spend almost the entirety of the episode in the same room, talking and bonding, which is the basis of what a bottle episode brings to the storyline. it was beautiful, i accept.

#hsmtmts #gina porter #ricky bowen #ashlyn caswell #kourtney greene #carlos rodriguez #hsmtmts s4 #miss jenn

[multimetaverse]

thoughts on the hsmtmts final season trailer?

Well anon, I think the trailer and the just released synopsis and photos for the first 6 eps look pretty good and I'm cautiously optimistic that the show will maintain the quality of S3 and if we're very lucky it may have some moments that come close to the excellence of S1.

I wish Disney would stick to the status quo and release the final eps weekly but it seems that their MO is now to burn off seasons of shows they've cancelled or have given up on (I wonder if they regret their decision with it likely that the actors and directors strike will last for many months). I'll be away from Meta Manor for a while so I don't know when I'll have time to watch S4; I won't do ep by ep reviews but I may do a season review in a few weeks. That being said, here are the main points I'll be grading S4 on, in no particular order:

Rina: I've never been a Rina shipper but I've long said that Rina's fate is inextricably tied with the show. So I want a great season for them, no pointless breakups, no pointless drama. Now in real life with Ricky graduating they wouldn't last but Tim needs to drop the realism and have a nice unambiguous Rina endgame. I'm hopeful that Gina's acting career plot will allow her to be with Ricky even after he graduates.

Big 3 Cameos: At least one of Zac, Vanessa, or Ashley must appear on screen for at least one scene or else the OG cast plot will be pointless. Especially since in universe they're doing a HSM 4 which Disney would not have green lit without at least one of the Big 3 starring. And I won't accept some too clever by half bullshit like Drew Seely shows up as Troy.

LGBTQ Rep: HSMTMTS has made huge strides with lgbtq rep on disney and I hope they can continue to make history in this final season.

Series Coherence: I think looking back that S2 will be the breaking point for a lot of future viewers who will give up after what turned out to be the longest and the worst season. The show isn't very coherent and I hope that S4 can meaningfully connect with S1 and we have more focus on the epic highs and lows of high school musical theatre. Enjoy the final season everyone. We're in the endgame now, wildcats.

#hsmtmts #rina #ricky bowen #gina porter #seblos #kourtney greene #carlos rodriguez

[maddieladner1999]

Hsmtmts s4 ep 6 thoughts

They wrapped the movie

No one told Ricky and Gina the show got cancelled

How are we saving the drama club?

Tell us a story ash

This is how Kourtney and Ashlyn met?

If you audition I’ll join crew so that’s how that happened

Now miss jenn and Mr mazzara meeting

Mr mazzara was in a big band?

She’s calling him Benny now

I love seeing how some of the more side characters met

“That was the day you saved me” so cute

Seb came to stand his ground

Now Seb is singing to Carlos?

Seb dated a girl before Carlos?

“Or Ryan and sharpay” the irony since Ryan is now gay

I love when they cuss why they bleep it out?

Oh it is a duet now

Kourtney and jet dancing along so cute

Are they back together? Yay

I’m loving all the flashbacks

Is EJ going to be in any of them though?

So she signed up because of Ricky?

They are so Troy and Gabriella coded

Alyson reed remembered miss jenn?

She thought Mrs Darbus deserved a power ballad?

And told miss jenn to trust the process

Miss jenn got everyone wrap gifts sweet

Mr mazzara sticking up for miss jenn is too precious

Emmy is singing to save the show?

I love that everyone showed up to watch

Alyson and Bart showing up to help save it too?

They’re donating their salaries to the drama department!

Where is EJ? He could play coach Bolton

We got more nini last season than EJ so far

Ricky got into college? And miss jenn and his dad applied for him? And Mr mazzara vouched for him?

What happened at the end with Gina on the phone?

#hsmtmts #gina porter #ricky bowen #ashlyn caswell #maddox

[taylorkellyreporting]

i hope no one minds if i liveblog this bitch: hsmtmts from 1x07-1x10

i haven’t given this show the time of day since it was airing in 2019 but rina has me in a chokehold so here i am lmao

so thankful for that recap cause i don’t remember shit from ep 6 😭

pls this rehearsal is so chaotic

‘i hope you have a wonderful holiday with whoever could possibly love you’ fuck 😭😭

‘the only thing i’d ever throw at your face is a brighter spotlight cause i like the way you sing’ aw

fuck ricky’s mom x100

gina making ricky a hat cause it was cold out oh that’s so cute

lmao jealous nini is hilarious

gina doing a little happy dance cause she was invited to a sleepover i’m gonna cry

oh nah not gina having to move just when she was finding her place

‘sound familiar?’ damn ricky didn’t have to go there

OH SHIT A FIRE?!

will never get tired of listening to kourtney sing

big red’s so real for interrupting that kiss

NOT LUCAS SHOWING UP IN MISS JENS DREAM??? LMAO THIS SHOW IS SO UNSERIOUS

CARLOS WHACKING HER IM CRYING

kourt is such a good friend

‘it’s jewelry.’ ‘it’s a dog tag!’ ‘he’s gonna wear it around his neck, that’s jewelry.’ say that!

three rats fighting over a milk dud 😭

gina’s back 🫶🏻

GINA AND SEB KILLED IT

the way ricky was looking at gina performing…yeah i’m a ricky settled for nini cause gina moved away truther til i die

‘i wish…’ FINISH THE SENTENCE

i am once again saying fuck ricky’s mom! bringing her boyfriend with her to his opening night before even introducing them is sick and she didn’t even tell him she was going to bring him with her

poor ricky ☹️ he was doing so well

‘pray for me’ lmfao

ej bought her the ticket??? wow

ashlyn and big red are so cute

it’s clear the writers never intended for rini to be endgame and they’re so real for that🫂

that’s the end of s1! can’t wait for the s2 drama lmao

#hsmtmts lb #ricky bowen #nini salazar roberts #gina porter #ej caswell #ashlyn caswell #big red #seb matthew smith #carlos rodriguez #kourtney greene #miss jenn #mr mazzara #lucas grabeel #rina #ashlyn x big red

[steve-needs-a-hug]

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#i am in no way shape or form in the hsmtmts fandom but my sister made me watch the first 2 seasons and i still believe in them

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from Jed’s son:

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literally that scene in ep 6

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I would like to talk about the intense state of stress Eddie was in for pretty much the entirety of season 4 and how Eddie used teasing/flirting with Steve as a kind of stress relief

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[homemade-ghosts]

You know the meme of that man entering with a pizza and everything is on fire? That's me right now opening the rina tumblr tag kkkkk. Opinions from you hun? Me- I thought we all were aware EJ is staying next season mister director say it in an interview xD I'm not THAT worried bc s4 is confirmed I guess the only thing that could really wreck me if they allud Gina is 'in love with both' I personally WOULD HATE that I hate those type of love triangles, but some smart people say they love it so

Love that meme lmao, but I don't really go through any hsmtmts-related tags on here very often (+ I try to stay off of all my socials on Tuesdays so that I don't hear about/feel tempted to listen to the songs or watch whatever sneak peek they release for upcoming eps -- with all the leaks, I like to go into each ep being as surprised as possible) so I'm not sure what this is in reference to, I'm sorry!

If this is about Miss Jenn offering EJ a job (even though, as it turns out, she didn't -- at least not this episode) someone else asked me what I thought about that, so you can see my response/thoughts here.

I agree with you though, I wasn't aware people still thought that EJ was leaving the show after this season (like I mentioned in that other ask, prior to this season airing I really thought they were going to write him off, but once this season started, it was pretty obvious that wasn't going to happen). In my opinion, whether or not EJ stays in town/on the show has absolutely no effect on pw's fate. They're breaking up very soon due to factors that will not & cannot be changed by EJ simply staying in SLC. & while I don't think it's necessary for EJ to be in season 4 and his screen time could & should be devoted to other characters (new or OG) that are still high school students, it's nothing to freak out about and doesn't concern me in the slightest, tbh.

As for Gina being in love with both EJ & Ricky and having to effectively choose between the two, I think, especially after this week's episode, we can see that that's definitely not going to happen (thankfully because, I'm right there with you, I would hate that too).

Apart from EJ telling Ricky "she's in love with me here at camp" in 305 (which, by the way, still kind of...grosses me out? Like, Gina literally never expressed to EJ that she was in love with him, so it felt like EJ was just weaponizing Gina's feelings for the express purpose of pissing Ricky off. To me, it felt like he didn't care whether or not Gina actually loves him, he only cared only that he could say she does for his own benefit and to parade Gina in front of Ricky like some prize he's "won" and that Ricky has "lost.") we never got any indication that Gina loves EJ. &, after ep 6, where Gina is (like always) putting in all the effort in their relationship while (literally and metaphorically) waiting for fireworks between them that never come, I'm confident in saying that Gina doesn't love EJ and she never will.

#if this ask isn't in reference to the whole 'EJ gets a job' thing my bad! you might have to explain #hsmtmts #hsmtmts s3 #anti-portwell #asks #anon

[heartsgallery]

hi iara where can i see the emojis of each episode that you guys were talking in the latest ask?

hiii! a tiktok rina reviewer replied to a lot of comments on a tiktok of hers, a lot with the emojis (she got sent ep 4 to 6). here’s the link so you can see all the comments she replied bc i don’t think i have the screenshots of all of them ☹️: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNnpA9QD/

#ricky x gina #rina #hsmtmts

[spidey-sydney]

i see no difference

#hsmtmts #peter parker #marvel #ricky bowen #spiderman #ricky bowen is spiderman #i need the fics #imagine them as friends #spiderman far from home #far from home #high school musical: the musical: the series #just imagine the aus #my bisexual icons #i love them #hsmtmts spoilers #hsm the series #hsmtmts ep 6 #hsmtmts s1

[fallindomino]

hsmtmts ep 6 THOUGHTS

it rlly seems like ricky and nini are hurtling towards a breakup again if ricky doesn’t stop being so clingy and weird ,,,

lmao imagine ricky seeing the rose song on the musical’s insta after carlos posts it and just being like wut. absbdbdndnd honestly i’ll will be on the floor when i see that i think

ricky’s best line this ep i thought was when he apologizes to miss jenn and she tells him that she won’t be seeing his dad anymore and he goes “really?” and idk how y’all saw that but i took it as like he was happy about it cause he’s clearly bad at dealing with change but also not happy cause he knows his attitude is killing his dad’s chance to be happy with someone else? idk i just thought there was a lot of nuance in the way he delivered it

honestly it’s too bad my dream of nini transferring to north high is dead <//3 but i do like her being the rose cause its a good metaphor for how she feels weirdly objectified almost in her relationship with ricky these days

god ashlyn is so so good as belle i LOVE her voice and ya know i thought it was interesting to see her kinda snap at gina like she was characterized as the nice caswell cousin kinda in the first season so all this fleshing out of different aspects of her char is nice

also kourtney and howie have good bants, once the show develops howie’s char more i think they’ll be cute tgt

#hsmtmts #hsmtmts ep 6 #ricky bowen #nini salazar roberts #rini #ashlyn caswell #kourtney greene #i don’t really like miss jenn and ricky’s dad tgt either lmao #ricky needs to stop being such a moody dick all the time tho #also i wish they did real method #like instead of answering questions for their chars #having to actually act as them for a whole school day would be SO funny

[multimetaverse]

HSMTMTS 3x07 Review

Camp Prom was a great ep for lgbtq rep but was dragged down by bad writing. Let’s dig in!

It’s amazing how far this show has come since Carlos and Seb’s first dance in 1x05. HSMTMTS has broken barrier after barrier when it comes to lgbtq representation on Disney and continues to do so tonight with Ashlyn’s bisexuality and Maddox and Madison’s relationship. It’s a legacy to be proud of and if this show is remembered for anything other than launching Olivia Rodrigo’s career it should be for the lgbtq rep. I think most of the credit goes to Tim Federle and his commitment to telling lgbtq story lines, doubtless informed by him being a gay man himself, is commendable

Carlos giving Ashlyn the pin was a sweet little moment. Odd of course that Ashlyn came out to him off screen but this is still Disney. Even on Riverdale it took them many seasons to use the word bisexual so it wouldn’t shock me if we never hear it on HSMTMTS

It was nice to see Maddox and Madison have their dance. Tim reached out to Jojo Siwa specifically to play Madison and I’m glad he did so especially since I’ve heard that Nickelodeon hasn’t treated her very well since she came out

Jet and Maddox’s duet was great and it continues to amuse me that musically speaking Jet has been the male lead for most of the season. Reader, I’ll admit that I had to fast forward most of Maddox’s speech because it was too cloying but I’m glad that she found her people and that her and Jet reconciled. Also good to know that her parents are just strict and not homophobic

Nice to see Seb again and we even got a kiss right out of the gate. Seb being dumb can be overdone but he was hilarious tonight especially when he burst in on EJ and Gina

Dara’s song was great and I’m glad the cast is still getting opportunities to write and sing original songs. Glad she overcame her fears. Carlos afraid of being shirtless was more just set up for a montage of the male cast members getting wet and shirtless which I doubt a lot of the audience will be complaining about

We got the inevitable Portwell break up which was even more poorly written than I expected. For Gina to say that their relationship didn’t even start is just completely false. We know they were dating happily for months in between the end of S2 and the beginning of S3 but Portwell needs to be torn down to build up Rina. I’m glad EJ finally mentioned Ricky’s part in this mess, true he’s not the only or even the biggest reason why Portwell has gown down in flames but he played a role and his flirting with Gina has been so blatant that EJ and others have noticed it

Gina’s right that they’re in different places right now and that EJ’s life is in flux and with the age gap between them it’s an extremely valid reason to break up. However, that will all equally apply in less than a year in universe once Ricky graduates but I’m not holding my breath that Rina sinks over it. Gina wanting someone reliable is very understandable and is part of why she fell for EJ in S2 as he was reliable while Ricky was not but Ricky can be reliable during this two week summer camp because he doesn’t have any responsibilities. Sure EJ has gone overboard with directing the show but anyone filling that role would have to dedicate most of their time to it. And yes their teenagers but the show is literally the next day, the huge drain on EJ’s time is literally done in 24 hours

Looking Ahead:

One thing that caught my attention was Ricky saying that he would have a long time to figure things out regarding his confession before the documentary would come out. Shortly after the S2 finale an account on reddit claiming to have connections to the production side of the show said that the show would stop filming on location in Salt Lake, that S3 would be set at a summer camp and would feature camp rock songs, and S4 would return to East High after a 6 month time jump for the final semester of Ricky, Big Red, and Kourtney’s senior year to wrap up the series. Most of that has come to pass and as Tim has said that the documentary will have a big impact on the kids lives it would make sense for the documentary to be coming out before or early on during S4

There’s no doubt that Gina will find out about Ricky’s confession one way or the other before the finale ends, even if we don’t see or hear her reaction. And yet as of now it doesn’t seem very dramatic, there’s no real obstacles between them at this moment. The only cheap drama I could think of is that EJ attempts to win back Gina or Gina agrees to give EJ a second chance before Ricky confesses or his confession gets played. It would be terrible but with Tim’s track record it might just happen

It’s weird that Carlos and Ashlyn are so blasé about Ricky flirting with Gina but it’s even odder that no one mentions that Ashlyn is currently dating Big Red. It’s great that she’s exploring her sexuality but she’s not a free agent at the moment. That little scene at the end implying Maddox likes Ashlyn wasn’t very well set up and it’s hard to see Disney letting a bisexual love triangle unfold even if that’s what Tim intended. Certainly it would be very weird to have Big Red show up in the finale only for Ashlyn to break up with him

Well let’s see how much of Frozen we actually get to see. Next week might be the final appearance of Nini and will in many ways determine the course of the rest of the series. Until next week, wildcats

#HSMTMTS #Gina Porter #Ricky Bowen #EJ Caswell #Portwell #Rina #Ashlyn Caswell #Kourtney Greene #Seblos #HSMTMTS Reviews