The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
warn ! This clause contains spoiler forBel - Airseason 1 , episode 9 .
The latest entry in theFresh PrincerebootBel - Airreimagines some of Uncle Phil ’s original election campaign run , and , in doing so , fend off one of the precursor series ' drear trick . Bel - Airseason 1 , instalment 9 , " Ca n’t Knock the Hustle " express some beautiful and touching themes on the grandness of home and sacrificing sure desires or ambition for the goodness of a person ’s loved ones . Though there are a bunch of obstacles , tautness , and turmoil throughout the installment , it ends on a comparatively finger - good bill . However , had the Peacock reboot been truer toFresh Prince of Bel - Air’sversion of election events , " Ca n’t Knock the Hustle " would ’ve doubtlessly portrayed a much more quirkily macabre vibration .
Fresh Prince of Bel - Airoriginally shine a unseasoned Will Smith onto TV screens everywhere when it premier on NBC in 1990 . As the now - well - roll in the hay theme song famously explains , the sitcom told the story of how Smith ’s case of the same name transitions from life-time in West Philadelphia to a new existence with his flush family members in the Bel - Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles . Fresh Prince of Bel - Airended after a solid six - seasonrun , and cement itself in dada culture for years to come . The series ' popularity was recently jumpstarted when its modernised reboot version , simply entitledBel - Air , premier on Peacock in February 2022 .
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As many rooter have already noted online , Bel - Airis a much more serious revitalization of its precursor ’s universe of discourse . Though there are certainly lighthearted and comical moment , there ’s a tangible heaviness compare toFresh Prince of Bel - Air- and it ’s not just due to a lack of laugh racecourse in the setting . Ironically , however , the show ’s most late episode actually takes some of the darkness out of sure election - colligate events from the original series . In " Ca n’t Knock the Hustle,“Bel - Airrepeats an notorious , Uncle Phil - related feud . Judge Robertson ( Dorian Harewood ) pick up the verity behind Will ’s ( Jabari Banks ) taking into custody in Philadelphia . Most importantly , he also know that Uncle Phil ( Adrian Holmes ) used some of his influential connection to help his nephew avoid prison fourth dimension for his law trouble . To deflect family matters and subsequent controversy being exposed to the public - as well as , hopefully , create enough external respiration elbow room within the busy house unit for Vivian ( Cassandra Freeman ) to take her art fellowship - Uncle Phil resigns from the election and indorse his former opponent , Fred Wilkes ( Joe Holt ) . As many fans surely think back fromFresh Prince of Bel - Airseason 3 , this reboot sequence is a quite modified version of the original election ’s dark events .
Bel - Airhas already bring in back a mickle of themes from its herald ( like how itrevivesFresh Prince’simportant Boyz II Men obsession , and much more ) , and episode 9 is based on a specific , election - related entryway from the original series . Fresh Prince of Bel - Airseason 3 , episode 10 , " screwing to ash tree " actually visit Uncle Phil fall behind to his opposite in what was a battle for a judge nates . In the original edition , this opponent was Judge Robertson ’s theatrical role . Will famously tells the man , who pull ahead the movement partially by maculate Uncle Phil ’s reputation , to " put down dead . " Of course , the instalment took a dark turn by seeing Roberston literally go of a meat attack after this .
It was a morbidly funny elbow room for Uncle Phil to eventually plug the location he had been gunning for , to make a point about morality and not speaking badly of the bushed ( Robertson was bashed by his own funeral - goers after his destruction ) , and add together some levity via Will accidentally criticise over the justice ’s coffin . Though dissimilar , it ’s easy to see where the 2022Fresh Prince of Bel - Airreboot episodegot some of its plot inspiration from . Still , the terminal merchandise is also a starkly different installation - and not nearly as dour or humorous as 1992 ’s " Asses to ash . " It ’s probably for the best thatBel - Airveered off a bit from its inspiration ; it would ’ve been difficult to make the events ( which , though they ended up working , were almost funnily dark when they aired the first clock time ) translate over intoBel - Air’svery unlike feeling , seriously striking . In addition , Uncle Phil ’s family - centered decisiveness to take out from the election also helps advance episode 9 ’s focus on family and sacrifice .
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Bel - Airreleases young episodes Thursdays on Peacock .
