The Pokémon School announces that it will hold an open school where people in the area can come visit it. Ash will be holding a presentation there. And his mom will attend it!

Well so much for Ash leaving Melemele. I had hoped with the previously announced titles, that he was finally moving on.

I feel like an episode with a plot like this is the kinda thing that the writers would use to bring old characters back. Possible. But unlikely, and since Ash's mom is actually appearing for an episode other than the first and last of every series, I guess it's a small victory.

The mother of our beloved protagonist returns:

What questions me now is who will become Mimey's new English VA when the dubbed version airs.

Pros
Delia returning
Litten was so cute with Delia
Delia being bae and commanding Litten
Class quite rightly pissed at Ash for cheating
Ending was dope with possible foreshadowing
Rotom made use of one of it's functions from a previous episode despite for a bad cause

Cons
Team Skull barely had any screen time! Hopefully upcoming episodes make up for that.
Delia left as soon as she came
Was expecting more from classmates with their presentations but eh

Overall 8/10. It sort of felt like a filler but was very enjoyable all the same

Best reaction: The class for not taking Ash's crap.

Anyone got SpongeBob vibes from this episode, more specially the essay episode and the "what I learned from boating school is" scene? I'll bet once Litten evolves into an Incineroar, it'll still be all embarrassed towards Delia. Wasn't expecting Team Skull to show up in this episode (they're suppose to be due next week with their first ever encounter with Team Rocket).