OK, here goes.
"Harperella" tops my all-time Top 10 WOWP episodes. It was fun to watch the actors break out of their characters and indulge in fairy-tale fantasy.
"Back to Max" is No. 8 on my list. I enjoyed all the "Maxine" episodes. Max (as a boy) got very annoying in Season 3. This was a nice diversion. He wasn't so bad after he changed back.
It was inevitable that Zeke would learn the kids are wizards. Wish they'd have done it in episode 3 instead of Episode 11. I'd have enjoyed watching Zeke freak out after Max turned into Maxine.
The script continutity of "Rock Around the Clock" was a little off. They traveled back to 1957, told Hank not to sell the restaurant when Lenny Hume came by "in a few months." But they returned to 2012 on the same date, then immediately went right back to 1957 to retrieve Harper. On the second trip to 1957 Hank told them, "I took your advice" and didn't sell. How did several months pass on the same date? It looked like the time machine set only the year, not specific dates.
"Wizards Vs. Asteroid": In Season 1 Alex, Max and Justin traveled to Mars but didn't need space suits and oxygen or magic to survive. So I guess the country cows space suits in "Asteroid" were part of the Captain Jim Bob Sherwood Space Shuttle Adventure and not real space suits. Because they wore helmets but not gloves, and did not ruin their hands. On an asteroid the shadows are frigid and the sunlight is roasting. And they did not use magic to make them impervious to that.
Season 4 brought out Justin's dark side. His book smarts made him smug. Alex's street smarts made her a better wizard. That brought out Justin's pettiness, jealousy and insecurity as he realized he could lose the competition. (He showed violent tendencies, too, as when he slapped Felix around after Felix's wand was stolen during the "Apartment 13B" series.)
Mixed feelings about the finale. The middle segment with the kids learning to forgive and get along as a family without magic was very good. The contest segments were fun. But Professor Crumbs's appointment of Justin to head Wiz Tech (as a full wizard) felt forced, like a consolation prize for Alex winning the competition. I was a little confused, too, because all through the series Crumbs was around 850 years old, but he announced he was stepping down after 3,000 years as headmaster of Wiz Tech. And when Chancellor Tootie Tootie complained Crumbs said "2,000 years of bad breath jokes" cost him the job. Maybe the job required a lot of time travel.
All in all a well done season to cap a fine television series.
Yeah, I know filankey is not a word, but it's gonna catch on.
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