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Bob's Burgers: The Amazing Rudy (2023)
One of the best animated episodes ever
I did not expect this. I had never seen an animated episode like this. I have a love/hate relationship with Bob's Burgers. I think Gene is the most annoying character in the history of animation, and Linda is second, so I'm not a fan of episodes that are centered on them. I like Tina and Bob, and I like the episodes where Louise shows her soft side. The writers and animators hit it out of the park with this one. The look on Rudy's face and the focus on it throughout the episode was well done and really conveyed his feeling of being lost in his new reality with his parents.
Humor was not needed here, but they did try to force it with Gene, which is why I took away a star. The Simpsons tried for an episode like this with "Lisa's Belly," but that came off preachy. This episode was sweet and heartfelt and showed how confusing and sad moments in life can be for young children.
Bob's Burgers: All That Gene (2019)
Gene is so annoying
Gene is very annoying. He's given a small role in a play, and he has one line, and he over-acts on purpose and adds words, and never learns how to be part of a play and follow directions.
But in the end, he's rewarded for his obnoxious behavior when he saves the show. Liinda makes excuses for him instead of telling him to listen to the director and stop being a diva. Gene gets mad his mom made a deal to get the part, but does not realize there's anything wrong with his behavior.
Tina and Louise emasculates their dad by poking him in his love-handles without permission and suffering no consequences.
This show is a microcosm of the worst aspects of the show: LInda and Gene's annoying behavior. Linda infantilizing Gene, and the family's lack of respect for Bob.
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Bob and Tina Good: Gene and Linda annoying. Louise eh.
Shows centered on Bob and/or Tina are good.
Gene Belcher is the most annoying cartoon character of all time. He's loud, annoying, still has a imaginary friend, his mother infantilizes him, and he has the emotional maturity of a 4-year-old. No 11 year old should be in love with his mother. The Linda-Gene relationship is very creepy. Both Gene and Linda are pretty dim too. It's rare to have a cartoon couple or any couple on a sit-com where the wife is more annoying and less intelligent than the husband, but this show does it.
Louise hates anyone and anything who thinks differently than she does, and is always scheming. Usually her schemes don't go all the way as she has a change of heart, though she was going to cut Gene's ear off once and only stopped when Bob walked in on them. Gene, by the way, had no problem with his ear getting cut off.
So if you like humor, watch the shows were Bob or Tina is the focus. If you like dim-witted annoying characters, watch shows where Gene and/or Linda are the main story line, and Louise - it's a crap shoot.
American Horror Story: When the Bough Breaks (2023)
Enough with Kim!
This was the best episode yet, even Kim Kardashian's bad acting could not totally ruin it. Anna's slow descent into a mental breakdown is progressing at a nice pace, and it's hard to tell which of those around her are in on it.
The pacing of the episode and the creepiness of it were very good, but for the love of all things great and small, could they kill off Kim's character soon? From her grotesquely inflated lips, to the forced profane dialogue, it's just awful. Where they so worried about ratings they had to do this?
Another thing I like about this season is they avoid the tired tropes of the past season: the emasculated men for example.
American Horror Story: Rockabye (2023)
Second Episode Slump?
I was OK with the first episode. Gave it a 7, but the second episode this season was just bad. Kim Kardashian ruined every scene she was in. She may be OK in small doses, but she was too much to take in this episode with the profuse use of profanity and the inflated lips was hard to take.
The bathroom scena at the awards ceremony was brutal with the bad acting. It was hard to watch. I can only hope this episode was an aberration, and the season recovers. A few small does of Kim would be OK.
I was also not impressed with Cara Delevingne's performance or that scene either.
It was like this whole episode was rushed through to get it done before the writer's strike.
American Horror Story: Multiply Thy Pain (2023)
Good start, but
This season is off to a good start. More creep and psychological intrigue than gore, but every time Kim Kardashian was on the screen, I cringed. She's not bad, but not good either. I kept thinking there's some real actress out there needing a big break, and instead they give the role to a celebutante. Episode is great at leaving me in suspense.
Emma Roberts is very good in this, and was a smart choice for the lead. Matt Czuchry is not bad as the male lead. No other character had enough screen time to see how they are. Also seems this season will skip some of the tropes of the previous seasons.
The Simpsons: Poorhouse Rock (2022)
not funny
I'm thinking guest star Robert Reich wrote this episode. It was a preachy economic screed, not comedy. If you want real satire, watch South Park. The Simpsons pointing out the cast of the take off of Bridgerton was funny, but after that, the laughs stopped and the economic preaching began.
The Simpsons: Lisa's Belly (2021)
almost no laughs
After the water park scene, there were no laughs. The Marge/Lisa story arc was not even comedy; it was more like a script from an old ABC Afterschool Special.
Bart's story arc was also devoid of laughs.