Takeaways

• Ariel's real problem isn't Ursula — it's that she fell in love with the idea of Eric, not Eric himself, and Ashley and Jesse aren't sure she ever truly gets to know him.
• The original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale ending is genuinely dark: instead of a happily ever after, Ariel faces the choice of killing the prince or dissolving into sea foam. Disney made the right call.
• Peter Pan, not Eric, might actually be Ariel's perfect Disney match — and Ashley and Jesse make a pretty compelling case for it.

Summary of the episode

Hot Disney Summer is officially underway, and Ashley and Jesse are kicking off the season with The Little Mermaid. Between snack debates, personality quizzes, and an extended riff on what life would actually look like if you were top half fish, bottom half human, this epi ...