No, Quinta Brunson will not be doing a 'school shooting episode' of Abbott Elementary

Why the hell do people keep asking her to write one?

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Quinta Brunson in 'Abbott Elementary'. Photo: ABC/Temma Hankin

It might be time to make like Abbott Elementary's Principal Ava and become a doomsday prepper.

In the wake of Tuesday's horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Abbott creator and star Quinta Brunson revealed on Twitter that fans have been asking her for a school shooting episode of her hit comedy... and she is not okay with it.

"Wild how many people have asked for a school shooting episode of the show I write," she tweeted. "People are that deeply removed from demanding more from the politicians they've elected and are instead demanding 'entertainment.' I can't ask 'are yall ok' anymore because the answer is 'no.'"

The 32-year-old Brunson, who broke through as a writer and star on HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show before unveiling Abbott Elementary last year, urged her followers to "use that energy to ask your elected official to get on Beto time and nothing less. I'm begging you." (Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, a vocal proponent of common sense gun laws, is currently running for Governor of Texas.)

It's almost impossible to imagine why anyone would want a school shooting themed episode of Abbott Elementary. The critically acclaimed comedy follows a group of teachers at a city school in Philadelphia, and while the staff faces serious challenges — primarily a dire lack of funding and an aggressively frivolous principal — the ABC sitcom focuses on delivering sharp observational humor and heartwarming comedy. The idea of a Very Special School Shooting Episode is completely anathema to what this show does, and it makes sense why Brunson was so dismayed by the suggestion. As she told EW in February, her goal with Abbott Elementary is to "make a comedy for everyone that still has thought behind it, still has messaging behind it, and still has a good story."

Brunson concluded her tweet thread with a simple reminder that it is politicians, not TV writers, who need to act on gun violence. "Make them listen. They ran for office," she wrote. "This show did not."

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