Brian suggests that to honor Mayor West, the James Woods High school should be renamed Adam West High. After the ceremonious event, Carol also suggests that Brian should be mayor, which he's happy to run for as long as there's no opposition. But when Quagmire shows up, things start going south...
What made this episode work were first and foremost the jokes. I chuckled at Peter's video tribute to Adam West gradually turning into more and more about his basketball tricks. The cat launcher squad firing away cats as a reference to Adam's classic cat launcher was cute. Principal Shepherd got some time to shine at the start as well. It was hilarious when he got chased by a mob and then randomly turned into a superhero and flew away on a cloudy surfboard. Brian not caring about Stewie not giving him the slightest bit of support was pretty funny. After Quagmire starts running for mayor, I laughed at when he tricked Brian not only to go without a tie, but guaranteeing he doesn't need to bring pizzas to hand out to the crowd. The fact that he brought up pizza at all should've made him at least a little bit suspicious.
Later on, Brian reluctantly starts traveling with Quagmire on a bus. They get into a fight of course, and the driver is knocked dead and the bus crashes and ends up on the edge of a cliff. I always love when the show throws the characters into a scenario where they are stuck in an impossible situation and have to use strategic thinking to survive. It was genuinely suspenseful when it got more and more dangerous. But there were still some pretty amusing dialogue too, like Quagmire failing to get the bus driver's name right, Brian and Quagmire discussing the pancake benefits of being a mayor and the repertoire with Quagmire's radio correspondent Melissa.
The funniest part is near the ending when Brian crashes Quagmire's pool party and he's ready to do the cannonball, only to be reminded he doesn't have a swimming pool and falls hard down.
While the jokes are generally strong however, the plot feels a bit halfbaked. We don't see as much of Brian and Quagmire running against each other in the election as I thought, instead there's only the debate scene and then straight to the bus. Maybe they were worried it would be too similiar to Running Mates or It Takes A Village Idiot, And I Married One, but it still felt underwhelming. And one joke that didn't land was the bit riffing on Sean Hannity. It went on for too long and the burns weren't really that clever. I was also looking forward to seeing who the new mayor would be, but in the end we didn't get one at all, which was disappointing. Oh well, maybe next season.
Not as epic of a finale as I might've expected, but still a very good ending to the season. The show will thrive on, but West will always be missed.
What made this episode work were first and foremost the jokes. I chuckled at Peter's video tribute to Adam West gradually turning into more and more about his basketball tricks. The cat launcher squad firing away cats as a reference to Adam's classic cat launcher was cute. Principal Shepherd got some time to shine at the start as well. It was hilarious when he got chased by a mob and then randomly turned into a superhero and flew away on a cloudy surfboard. Brian not caring about Stewie not giving him the slightest bit of support was pretty funny. After Quagmire starts running for mayor, I laughed at when he tricked Brian not only to go without a tie, but guaranteeing he doesn't need to bring pizzas to hand out to the crowd. The fact that he brought up pizza at all should've made him at least a little bit suspicious.
Later on, Brian reluctantly starts traveling with Quagmire on a bus. They get into a fight of course, and the driver is knocked dead and the bus crashes and ends up on the edge of a cliff. I always love when the show throws the characters into a scenario where they are stuck in an impossible situation and have to use strategic thinking to survive. It was genuinely suspenseful when it got more and more dangerous. But there were still some pretty amusing dialogue too, like Quagmire failing to get the bus driver's name right, Brian and Quagmire discussing the pancake benefits of being a mayor and the repertoire with Quagmire's radio correspondent Melissa.
The funniest part is near the ending when Brian crashes Quagmire's pool party and he's ready to do the cannonball, only to be reminded he doesn't have a swimming pool and falls hard down.
While the jokes are generally strong however, the plot feels a bit halfbaked. We don't see as much of Brian and Quagmire running against each other in the election as I thought, instead there's only the debate scene and then straight to the bus. Maybe they were worried it would be too similiar to Running Mates or It Takes A Village Idiot, And I Married One, but it still felt underwhelming. And one joke that didn't land was the bit riffing on Sean Hannity. It went on for too long and the burns weren't really that clever. I was also looking forward to seeing who the new mayor would be, but in the end we didn't get one at all, which was disappointing. Oh well, maybe next season.
Not as epic of a finale as I might've expected, but still a very good ending to the season. The show will thrive on, but West will always be missed.
