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Why Girl Meets World Is About to "Surprise" You With Shawn and Angela's Reunion That's 15 Years in the Making

Exclusive: Creator Michael Jacobs sounds off on the huge surprise coming on the Disney Channel hit series

By Tierney Bricker Jun 19, 2015 6:00 PMTags
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Girl meets love triangle. Well, make that girl's uncle meets love triangle.

Boy Meets World fans, we highly suggest you watch tonight's episode of Girl Meets World live. Why? Because Angela (Trina McGee-Davis) is finally making her debut on the Disney Channel hit series...and is about to change everything for Shawn (Rider Strong)!

15 years after their relationship ended when she decided to move to Europe, leaving a heartbroken Shawn behind, the fan-favorite couple is set to reunite...just as Shawn's relationship with Maya's (Sabrina Carpenter) mom is taking off. Love triangle activated!

And fans can expect a "big surprise" when it comes to Shawn and Angela's relationship in the "intense" episode, titled "Girl Meets Hurricane."

"I think what the audience wants and expects will not be what the audience is going to receive," series creator Michael Jacobs told E! News of Shawn and Angela's relationship at the 2015 ATX TV Festival. "The reason is that we decided we wanted to write what was real. Instead of doing a television ending, we looked very closely at where the characters were when we left the series and what really would've happened to them. And that's what's going to happen. The relationship is lovely and the episode ends that they're in a good position, but I think there's a big surprise to come."

Star Rowan Blanchard, who plays Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga's (Danielle Fishel) daughter Riley, said tonight's outing is "one of my favorite episodes we've ever done," and teased, "I would say it's intense in the sense that Shawn's kind of having to make a definitive decision between Maya's mom and Angela, so it's really fascinating."

The episode will also include "a big change" for Maya "in terms of figuring out who she is," Carpenter told us. "You think Maya, she's so confident, she should know who she is, but there's something that happens and she definitely changes. It's a really exciting episode."

Die-hard Boy Meets World fans can also look forward to the return of Shawn's late father Chet (Blake Clark), in ghost-form, as he offers advice to his son about his difficult love decision. Plus, Matthew Lawrence will also reprise the role of Jack Hunter in an upcoming episode. 

Girl Meets World airs tonight at 8:30 p.m. on Disney Channel.