How 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Was More Than Just Nostalgia — and Why Its Finale Is a Fitting End

Despite critical acclaim and solid streaming numbers, Netflix recently canceled The Baby-Sitters Club — the latest victim of the dreaded two-season curse for the streaming service. Over its two seasons, the show delighted both the kids it was intended for and the millennial adults who grew up with the source material.

That is not to say, of course, that the show shies away from nostalgia. In fact, it embraces it. It was a thrill to see each babysitter’s personal handwriting — a distinctive feature strategically deployed in each novel — in their episode’s title card. Kristy absolutely had to have her visor, and Mary Anne her braids. Claudia’s snack stashes are always at hand, and the side characters we loved make appearances. The plots largely hew closely to the first several books as well.

A major example is Episode 4 of the first season, “Mary Anne Saves the Day.” The plot movements mirror the book’s closely: while on assignment, Mary Anne’s young charge spikes a high fever and, unable to reach the child’s parents and fighting with the other members of the club, Mary Anne takes her to the hospital. Like the book, the episode explores intergroup conflict and shy Mary Anne’s ability to step up and take charge when she’s needed.

Casting Alicia Silverstone as Kristy’s mom, Elizabeth, was a particularly sharp way of employing the nostalgia of its adult watchers to bring them on board with the show’s new vision. Adults watching the show weren’t just embracing a new version of kids they loved; they watched an iconic actor of their own youths playing a club member’s mom.

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