So, I have myself a very interesting next couple of weeks regarding the Sunday block...well, there’s only two now because we now just had the recent episode which I’m doing (done it at the time of posting) and we now have the upcoming two episodes of The Great North and Bob’s Burgers this upcoming Sunday, being the 24th. And it looks like Halloween has been filled up with Doctor Who rearing its head, though unknown about the time because with no Great North and/or Bob’s Burgers on that day, meaning that I’m open for primetime despite the World Series also taking place. So I guess that’s a wait-and-see until then. Hopefully, and I mean hopefully, we could get a teaser for the movie on Friday. Possibly once “Ron’s Gone Wrong” is released like how most movie theaters do with the previews before the feature presentation.
On this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers, Bob and Teddy go on a road trip for Teddy to deliver a giant dummy head to the next town over for Fischoeder as Linda and the kids decided to have themselves a little competition for who gets the covenant title of “employee of the day” in my spoilerific review of the fourth episode of Season 12, titled “Driving Big Dummy”.
The joys and disdain of road trips. Those were the times before the pandemic struck and decided to fuck everything up with our plans when it comes to traveling. Sure, that’s mostly on either being on a plane or on a boat, but don’t forget about car rides. Especially with food, gas, or in this case, being around people. Even if it’s with someone who is a friend of yours but can’t handle countless hours on a car from point A to point B, even if it’s for...let’s say almost a day because you need something from there but is unable to get a ride. Even though ride-sharing apps are a thing now, though for a day? And out of town? Yeah...no. So where does this tie in with the episode?
Let’s have Bob have something waiting for him to pick up, but it’s in another town and needed a vehicle that can carry the doggone sink to have it delivered to the restaurant. And that’s where Teddy comes into play, though much to the idea from Bob who he thinks it’s a bad idea, but...it’s pretty much come down to swallow your pride and just get into the damn truck. And that’s what Bob all had to do for this week’s episode and he did with Teddy being his designated driver to get the sink while at the same time, getting the giant dummy head, being served as a plot device, to be shipped to another town. So we might get this review go down into the open road when it comes to this episode. This is “Driving Big Dummy”.
The episode begins with Bob wrapping up a phone call with someone and then hangs up on the phone. Telling the Belcher family that he found a sink from some guy with a really good price. And for him to pick it up, he needs to see the item first. Of course, gotta make sure the item in question is good to go or not, much like checking your order over at a fast food place. Making sure that you either don’t have an order mixed up or doesn’t forget anything from the bag. Don’t want it to turn into a repeat of what happened a few seasons ago, Season 5, with the whole ordeal with the toy helicopter that Bob ordered that later breaks into pieces.
So Bob is excited, yet somewhat worried, about the new sink that is set to replace the old sink. Which, I don’t know why or even what caused him to have it replaced. Aging is one thing. Because most household items are aging. The same goes for appliances in restaurants. So maybe it was time to replace it. Either that or it was broken and been unable to get someone to fix it, wink, wink. But regardless, it looks like Bob will be getting a new sink. However, there is an issue with getting the sink because it’s in another town outside of Seymour’s Bay. Last week, we paid a visit to Hunkawtaway. This week, the location of the sink is in Bridgehurst, which is a couple of hours away from the location. And Bob would go get it himself with the station wagon, but apparently, this isn’t a trip to the nearby Lowes or Home Depot where you get a can of paint or a box of nails. This is a sink. And yeah, that shit won’t fit. If only there was a guy who has a vehicle that can drive around with something heavy attached to the back? And luckily, they do!
Teddy enters the restaurant and jumped into the middle of the conversation about the sink situation and that Bob needed a ride to Bridgehurst to pick up the appliance and what a coincidence, Teddy was about to head over to Bridgehurst to drop off something for Mr. Fischoeder by carrying and dropping off a giant dummy head from the Wharf to a mini-golf course. Because nothing says playing a round of miniature golf like reaching one of the holes and having to deal with a giant head that might be a stuff of nightmares that could create some problems for the players. But regardless, it looks like Bob has found an opportunity to get the sink to the restaurant to replace the old one, and also have him install the appliance, but it looks like Bob may have some concerns about being in the same car as Teddy, especially when driving to another town for hours in the open road.
This causes Bob to take Linda to the kitchen in private to voice his concerns to her about the idea of Teddy being his chauffeur to pick up the sink from Bridgehurst. Mostly because coming from Bob...it’s Teddy. He can handle like 30 minutes, maybe an hour during the lunch hour as a regular in the restaurant. But for countless hours on the open road almost feels like a death sentence for the guy. But not in a harsh way to put it out there, just...I think we all know that feeling where we had to be paired up with someone who can pretty much annoy the ever-living fuck out of you whenever there’s a class project. Teddy pretty much fits the bill, even though in past episodes, in past seasons, he seems fine. Though sometimes, Bob can pop a nerve or two whenever Teddy is around. Mostly him overreacting or messes things up with prime examples being Teddy giving Bob the yips in “The Fresh Princ-ipal” or Teddy wanting Bob to react to him working for Jimmy Pesto by doing some harm, mostly on Mort. And you could get the notion that when it comes to Teddy, the fandom is pretty much divided on him ever since he got upgraded to main character status. Though as time passes, yeah, the hate is starting to grow whenever he appears in later seasons coming from the fans. But he’s the main, you’re pretty much stuck with him being there for almost every episode now. The point is, Bob doesn’t want to be with Teddy for countless hours to Bridgehurst, but Linda suggests that he should do it because he’s a lonely guy and needs a companion to pass the time while getting the sink and dropping off the dummy head. So basically, Linda wants Bob to be Teddy’s so-called “pity passenger”. A phrase that Bob had to pull out once the mishap takes place later on in the episode. So it looks like Bob has no other choice but to be Teddy’s passenger.
Causing Teddy to be happy to have Bob around for the long trip after having a discussion with the kids about the cargo in question with the kids. Telling him to wait for 15 minutes to get the truck pulled up in front of the restaurant with the giant dummy head and he did, 15 minutes later for him to take Bob to Bridgehurst to do some errands. Of course, the spotlight has to be focusing on the giant dummy head attached to the flatbed that is attached to his pickup truck. And man, Slappy the Dummy from Goosebumps must really have his life going downhill since the series...well, I guess the original series ended. Either that or the movie back in 2015. Either way, it looks like his life went downhill since then and now, he’s being transported to Bridgehurst with Bob and Teddy where he becomes a landscape for one of the mini-golf courses. And no, this isn’t the doll from Squid Game. That’s different. At least that doesn’t tell you to go red light, green light in a fatal manner. Though you can’t tell the difference that either one is total nightmare fuel. Especially for anyone who has a fear of dolls.
Bob and Teddy finally hit the open road, note that the show is based in New Jersey, but yet you have a highway route sign similar to California’s, get your facts straight, Bob’s crew! They made their way to the freeway and it’s not even the first hour of the road trip and already in your usual supposed road trip, coming from the animatic storyboard that was previewed from Comic-Con earlier this year, you have Teddy trying to create a conversation with Bob through various topics before being interrupted by a clutter of items on the floor of the truck, revealing to be various Tupperware with the lids separated. In which Teddy said to Bob that he was supposed to stack them together and even asks Bob to do that for him. Trying to turn it into a fun game, which it really isn’t because that doesn’t really sound fun while being out in the open road for endless hours. Like unless you have playing cards or those travel-sized board games or even a phone, though getting access through rural areas can be tricky due to lack of cell towers, believe me, I went through to and from between Texas and Georgia.
Not to mention the whole fart issue and the window issue where you would feel the wind blowing in whenever the highway is at the 50 mph speed limit. And he (Teddy) didn’t mean like once the truck goes over the 50 mph mark is where you would feel the wind blowing into the vehicle due to the issue with the window. No, it’s just 50 mph is where you would feel the wind coming in. Almost feels like we’re taking the playbook from the movie “Speed”, minus the bomb in the bus and more of a broken window that needed to be checked out. To the point where Bob has to place his hand onto it for hours until they reach their destination. You can now feel like Bob is going to pop a nerve.
Hours later and Bob is already beginning to have second thoughts about being on the same mobile roof as Teddy, only to be continuing to swallow his pride courtesy of force ghosts of Linda and the kids to make sure Bob is stayed put out to the open road. Not knowing that back home at the restaurant is where things get a little too busy for Linda and the kids, more on that in the subplot section of the review. But back to Bob, he was about to have second thoughts, only to be stayed put courtesy of what Linda and the kids say as he and Teddy decided to take an exit from the freeway and make a pit stop for lunch at a gas station. Though most road trips stop by a nearby restaurant, though fast food, whenever you see that blue sign where the exits have those restaurants listed. I mean, gas stations also. But it almost feels like almost all gas stations have to be those truck stops with a fusion of a fast food place and a diner. I’ve been to few in my lifetime. But I’m not going to bore you guys with the details. I mean, if this were YouTube, I could. But nah.
Bob and Teddy make a pit stop at the gas station with Teddy looking through the window to see who’s working for the day, surprising Bob to see that Teddy made some connections out into the open road. Starting off with the “Teddy Making Connections Tour” with whoever works at the gas station, being whoever works for the being either Kendall or Phil. And it looks like it’s Phil who gets the job for the day as Bob and Teddy later on finally got their hot dogs for the day. Yes, I know. A burger man got something different than a burger in a form of a hot dog. Someone should call the media on that. But regardless, it did open the idea of Teddy having connections to random people outside of the city and I do have to give the episode some pointers on what they’re doing with Teddy when being out of town with Bob to get the sink and drop off the dummy head. And we’re just getting started with one of the gas station employees, Phil, telling Bob and Teddy with how the gas station that they’re in has the best hot dogs. Just put it on a roller, plug it in, flip the switch, and boom. You’re golden. Though I think you could possibly find that online through Amazon, so basically, it would be easier to make a hot dog than putting it on a grill or boiling them. Though those things could take time, so uh...that’s on you unless you’re one of those people would microwave a hot dog. So sleep well tonight, you monsters. But other than that, I have to give the episode some pointers on what they’re doing with Teddy and proving I guess Linda wrong on the idea of him being lonely and it’s only just the beginning of this during the road trip.
Because just as they’re back into the open road with Teddy already finished with their hot dogs and Bob already halfway through eating his food, Teddy decided to make another pit stop where this time he has to go to use the bathroom. And normally with these road trips, you would find some rest areas from a mile away. Emphasis on the word “mile” because it can be a pain to find one. Not to mention, the restrooms...dear Christ, the restrooms. Note that this was before the pandemic. But no, Bob and Teddy have to stop over at yet another gas station, and if you’re questioning how come they didn’t use the bathroom at the previous gas station? Well, that was before they got their hot dogs. Though car sickness is no joke, folks. It can get you once you reached the second, third, maybe fourth hour out in the open road. So Bob and Teddy make a quick pit stop to use the bathroom over at the gas station. Of course, you have that policy where you need to buy something if you wanna go use the bathroom. And that’s what Teddy has to do when asking Bob to use some money, less than $20, even though Bob said that he could at least use the $20 for the bathroom. Think that you’re in need of extra gas even though you already had your truck filled up. But Teddy doesn’t want to do that because he thinks they if he’ll hand over $20 for a bathroom break, they’ll think of him as a “big-shot”. Just because of what he has in his pocket. Really? You know people can’t even afford to pay off student loan debts but you have $20 to use the restroom would consider you “Mr. Big Shot”? Orale, this guy here.
It wasn’t long until Bob slowly becomes impatient like waiting for an episode from your favorite show to drop on streaming by coming out from the truck and enters the convenience store of the gas station and noticed that Teddy hasn’t even used the bathroom and instead, chatted with the next person who he knew in the other gas station owner, named Bonnie, before ready to head over to the bathroom but not before having Bob to do something while ready to take a shit. And that is to have Bob and Bonnie to have some small talk at the behest of Teddy. Try to have a conversation to pass the time. Small business owner to small business owner because not only Bonnie is a gas station owner and manager, she also has her own towing service when bringing up her tow truck. As well as for Teddy to ask Bob to find a piece of gum, but not before reading out each flavor with one of them going to be picked for the remainder of the trip. Honestly, Bridgehurst can’t be that far from their current location at the moment. Again, have to give the episode some pointers in pretty much proving Linda wrong on the idea of Teddy being lonely and Bob being served as a “pity passenger”. Although, you could feel the tremor shaking coming from Bob because much like a mountain following an earthquake, a nerve is about to erupt. Won’t be long now. Won’t be long now.
Speaking of “won’t be long” for the road trip aspect of things, Bob and Teddy finally arrive at Bridgehurst, which looking at the background, almost looks like your typical New Jersey town far inland from where the Belchers are stationed with the duo finally arrived at their destination over at a restaurant and finally got the sink for Bob to pick up. Ready to take that sucker home and ready to replace the old one. Of course, you still need your designated driver in Teddy to do that handiwork for installing that sink. Just be lucky that your little trip is almost over because Teddy still needs to drop off the dummy head. But that looks like that’s going to have to wait for Bob a little bit more because you have another rando popping out of nowhere just Bob and Teddy are preparing to head out. Apparently, Teddy is pretty much a big name to some of the citizens of Bridgehurst other than Phil from one gas station and Debbie from the other. And now we have this guy who happened to be an owner of an antique shop. Adding more trouble for Bob because he now just got the sink and now wishes to go back home, but it looks like he’s going to have to wait a little longer. I mean, he could possibly check up on Linda and the kids for the time being...not knowing that while that is happening, the lunch rush is already becoming frantic to the point where the kids, and later Linda, decided to make that into a game when dealing with a maxed capacity. And for Bob and Teddy? Try listening to a garage band with the owner playing the guitar and another rando doing the vocals. It’s almost over, Bob. The nightmare is almost over. You still need the head to be dropped off and then you’re home free.
That is what I would say if I don’t sound like a fucking dumbass because it looks like there’s one more errand that Teddy has to do before dropping the cargo that’s been carried around throughout the episode and that is something that’s been around since the very beginning of the trip and no, it’s not the dummy head. Remember the Tupperware that Teddy’s been having in the truck that Bob stumbled upon? Yeah, that’s the final errand before dropping off the head as the two arrive at a residential house. Just be lucky that there wasn’t a crash on their way to their current location regarding Bob’s arm starting to get tired while holding onto the window. Teddy heads out with the Tupperware in tow and about to knock on the owner of the house, only for the owner to not answer the door. Bob said to Teddy that he should drop the items by the door and just head out like the impatient person that he is, but Teddy has priorities and even though the parts of the fandom can’t even stand the ever-living crap out of him, you do have to respect where he is coming from. You can’t leave stuff on someone’s door without knocking first. You’re not dropping off a bag of poop and lighting it on fire. This isn’t a package you ordered over at Amazon. Whether you like Teddy or not, at least the guy has his priorities whether Bob likes it or not.
So rather than leaving it at the doorstep, Teddy decided to wait another day for the Tupperware to be dropped off to the owner of the house and now focuses on the giant dummy head and get Bob and the sink back home by having Bob to be the signal-caller as Teddy is preparing to make a U-turn because if you look at the neighbor...yeah, turning your car around is considered a nightmare as Teddy does so by Bob’s direction...of course, you have the mirror to confuse him in thinking that he’s going left, even though Bob said that he needs to go right. In which he did, only for the giant dummy head to be detached from the flatbed due to the wheels of the truck stuck by the ditch and rolled its way to the house. Luckily, the house wasn’t damaged. Which is good because I don’t know if the owner’s insurance company covers giant dummy heads. What also doesn’t cover by insurance...
Bob and Teddy get into a fight over the whole mess with turning the truck around and this is where we finally have the moment where Bob finally struck a nerve and now starting to regret ever tagging along with Teddy to pick up the sink. Telling him that he felt sorry for him. Calling himself a “pity passenger” and was forced to carpool with him because he can’t carry the sink with his car and also feels sorry for the guy because he thinks that he needs a companion around. Again, that is coming from Linda who said to Bob that he’s lonely earlier in the episode. So technically, that’s kinda her fault but it’s mostly on you for needing a truck to pick up the sink, Bob. That fight leads to the owner of the house, Mr. Estock, who happened to be the owner of the Tupperware that Teddy was supposed to deliver back, to check out both the damage and the argument between him and Bob. Though while the house is looking fine...yeah, the dummy head may need some cleaning up from all the damage it took from rolling through the grass before being dropped off. It’s all about the quality that matters.
The head is finally got towed back into the flatbed thanks to Debbie on speed dial with her tow truck while cleaning up the mess caused by himself, but mostly on Bob as Teddy and Debbie, and later Mr. Estock all have a chat and a little catching up and whatnot, causing Bob to now realize that he’s not a lonely person because he noticed that Teddy isn’t that lonely than he thought. And now realizes that it’s not Teddy who has some problems in the social side of things, but rather it’s more on Bob. Mostly because he’s not a bit of a social person and doesn’t like being around people who is not his family. Even though he did come across with some people in the past on the recurring side of the aisle doesn’t mean that he’s the lonely one of the batch. Just not going to pretend that the people that Bob met in the past doesn't exist like...oh I don’t know...Fischoeder, Mickey, Marshmallow, just to name a few as examples. The point is that what he thought about Teddy being lonely is nothing more than nonsense and Bob pretty much checked on himself and realizes that he’s not a people person. This almost explains that subplot in “Aquaticism” where he had trouble with his customer skills and had Linda to help him out.
This causes Bob to step in and apologize to Teddy for everything that happened from today. Realizes that he got it all wrong with him (Teddy) not being the social type because we noticed the people who he talked to during the trip leading up to where we are now when getting the giant dummy doll back onto the flattop. And that he’s not a people pleaser when noticing what happened throughout the day. Not saying that he’s an introvert like yours truly, though I really hate being around people, but for someone who is an owner of a restaurant, that caters to people...yeah, I don’t know. I mean the guy is in his late 40s, so it’s not too late to learn some people skills. Teddy accepts the apology and then closes out the main plot of the episode with the duo ready to deliver the dummy head to the golf course but not before making a minor detour to get some beef jerky to wrap things up with the main plot. Which was average at best, though sometimes dull at best. And while it was something to give some leverage to Teddy when it comes to the idea of him having connections to some people during the trip, yeah, you kinda wish it was expanded a bit more, don’t you think?
So while Bob and Teddy are away with their not-so-excellent adventure out of town, over at the restaurant and man, oh man, it looks like Linda and the kids got a lot of shit to deal with when dealing with what appears to be a packed house with an influx of customers coming in. Almost feels like a rehash and a role reversal to the subplot of “Thelma and Louise (Except Thelma is Linda)” when Bob and Teddy had to deal with a packed house filled with bikers. How very original, writers. Whether being Gene writing down people’s orders to Louise passing out the plates to even Tina trying to clean the tables by treating the plates and cups like Jenga blocks. Just be lucky that it didn’t shatter into pieces because otherwise, that’ll be on Tina’s paycheck...if the restaurant even pays their employees, i.e. Linda and the kids. And much like with the events of the subplot from that Season 7 episode, yeah...it’s going to be a really long day ahead for the four Belcher members.
And I mean a really long day for the Belchers, especially on the kids while dealing with an overhaul of customers following Linda taking orders from a group of aunts in one table who like to gather around once a month and to do some stuff where they’re planning on going to visit a go-kart track once they’re done eating. Nothing wrong with a group of aunts having some time to themselves, even if they only meet up only once a month. You would invite Gayle into the mix since she is an aunt to the kids, but...yeah, it’s Gayle. Even if she were to have her life together for only two sessions in last week’s episode, knowing this show, it’s nothing more than a distant memory. This causes Linda to call in the kids, who are currently working at the moment, for a private talk in the kitchen on what to do with the situation at hand. That’s where Linda noticed that the kids are not listening to a single word that Linda is saying, causing concern at the wrong possible time when dealing with an influx of customers coming in wave after wave. I mean they’re kids, they usually have short attention spans. Especially at a time like this. So that leaves Linda to come up with a little wager for the kids to at least get their shit together and that is the covenant title of “employee of the day”. Something that no employee can look away. Treat it like it’s kindergarten class and whoever gets the answer right will have a front-row seat to the toy chest. But the kids seem unphased over the idea of taking the title for a day and that’s where the backup idea comes into play because she decided to up the ante in hopes to get the kids into doing their jobs in a form of a prize. The prize in question? The ice cream machine. A 20-second pull on the machine. That’s enough for the kids to finally agree with Linda and decide to do their jobs when dealing with a wave of customers while Bob is away.
However, that backfires once we head over to the next scene when Gene was delivering water to one table and both Louise and Tina carrying plates for the table. Linda noticed that something is off about what the kids are doing, despite that they’re doing just as they’re instructed but there were some issues regarding the orders when it comes to how cooked the meat should be on the burger. Which to be frank, it can be a hassle when it comes to making food, especially the meats, on how fully cooked do you want in your steak or burger patty. I’m more of a medium, maybe medium-rare even though most of the time, it’s freaking undercooked. The point is the kids fucking suck at their jobs to the point where Linda decided to pull a Michael Bloomberg and enters the race. Causing concerns for the kids with the ice cream machine now hanging in the balance and with Linda throwing her hat into the ring, they’re pretty much fucked. Mostly because Linda has experience. She has that veteran experience since she did work alongside Bob ever since she met the guy. I mean the kids also since the day they were born...though not as babies. Don’t think that’ll be a good idea to lend a baby a spatula and take possession of the grill.
This leads to the next scene and yeah, you might as well say that this little contest is pretty much all but over with Linda going all over the place while the kids, mostly Gene and Tina, watching what their mother is doing. Realizing that they have no chance of beating her until Louise steps in and decided to do some minor pep talk to her older siblings. Telling them that this is no time for them to stand there and wave the white flag while watching their mother going from table to table with a plate of burgers and fries in one hand and a pitcher of water in the other. Again, it’s that experience is that made Linda a natural when dealing with customers. Especially this packed while Bob is away to get the sink. While at the same time as Bob struck a nerve following the giant dummy head being separated from the flatbed and rolled into the house. Though normally with the kids...this would be a good time for them to make things interesting. Something to have them at an advantage to their liking. I’m talking about sabotage. Talking about sabotaging their own mother to make sure they get an advantage...that would’ve been useful but knowing where we are now, Louise would have the go-ahead, Tina would be against the idea. Oh look, Tina was right about sabotaging being the wrong answer in getting their shot of misusing the ice cream machine. So it looks like they’re going to play fair in making sure Linda doesn’t win the contest. I think we all know where this is going regarding the outcome of this subplot.
Which leads to here in the final moments of the subplot where Linda and the kids tally up their totals for the day after serving a lot of customers and wouldn’t you guess it, Linda won the competition by a single burger of the day. The kids almost had it. It was nearly close to tying even. But at the end of the day, it’s Linda who would take home the crown and be taking a one-way ticket to Soft Serve City...is what I would say because if you remember last week’s episode where you have that pumpkin incident with the reason behind it being revealed that she threw away her shot in winning because she doesn’t want to hurt Gayle due to her low self-esteem to the point where she may have caused the contest to be canceled for a year. Yeah, well here we are again where Linda one-up the kids in who’s getting the most paper, and in the end, she throws away her win and hands it over to the kids. I mean, I get her being a good mother and let her kids have this one despite falling short, but we all know that once Linda entered the competition after the kids’ abysmal performance in getting the customers’ orders, she would win it all and then throws it away in favor for the kids. I mean, it was nice but can also be predictable. At least the kids can enjoy their 20-second use of the ice cream and wouldn’t believe what to tell Bob once he and Teddy come back.
Reaction/Thoughts:
So all and all, what do I think about this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers? Well...at least it somewhat improved than last week’s episode. Though I think this might be one of those episodes where it’s average at best, but would be deemed as forgettable to a tee. I mean, it has some moments throughout the episode but kinda wish it would be expanded just a bit. Though besides all that, it’s average at best, the rewatchability factor is there, but I could see that as a forgettable episode despite being four episodes into the new season.
I do have to give some praise to the episode when it comes to Teddy. Sure, Teddy can be a...I guess a complicated character. A divisive character if you wanna go with that. Whether you like him or hate him, this episode did give him some leverage when it comes to his character. Mostly when it comes to his social status because when it comes to Teddy, you’d seen him as a lonely guy. A lovable or hateable handyman who has zero social status since his wife left is what you see him when painting his character. But this episode may have proved that wrong and we have seen him knowing some people during the trip whether being in the gas station with one of the workers in Phil, another gas station owner and tow truck driver in Debbie, an antique store owner in Gerry, and the owner of the Tupperware in Mr. Erstock. Stating that Teddy isn’t the lonely person of the bunch. And I do have to give the episode some props, just kinda wish they could’ve at least expanded it a bit more. And also proves Bob wrong and realizes that he’s pretty much the loneliest patch of the bunch, even though he has his family and a few people besides Teddy.
The subplot was okay, just being dragged out. And to be perfectly honest, the subplot to the episode feels like a retread and a role reversal to the events of “Thelma and Louise (Except Linda is Thelma)” with its subplot when dealing with an influx of customers. The outcome of it was considered predictable the moment Linda dropped her hat into the ring of the competition that she created for the kids to get their butts to do their jobs with both the ice cream machine and the title of “employee of the day” hanging in the balance. Which I’ll give Linda some pointers in being a good mom to them in throwing away her win to give the dub to the kids, even if they fall short by a burger of the day order. It was predictable but again, I do have to give Linda some pointers on that. I mean, she threw away her win 27 years ago with the pumpkin contest to appease Gayle. And now this week to appease the kids. A predictable outcome, but it was something coming from Linda from a subplot that felt kinda dragged out.
So final thoughts, this episode was average at best. There are some good bits. Some bad bits. It did give some leverage into Teddy’s personal life and see that he’s not the loneliest person in the bunch and whether you like or hate him, the episode did give him some leverage and proved some doubters wrong about him not having a social life or something like that. I could relate to Bob on not being a people pleaser, so uh...you’re not alone on that one. The subplot felt a bit dragged out with the outcome being predictable but have to give some brownie points to Linda for being a good mom in throwing away her win by a burger of the day order to the kids. So that’s something. So I’ll give “Driving Big Dummy”...
A 5 out of 10. But that’s pretty much my thoughts on the episode and now I wanna hear yours in the comments below. What do you think about this week’s episode? Do you like it? Do you hate? What’s your take on Teddy? Do you think that the main plot would’ve expanded a little more? Is Linda the best mom right now? All that and your mini-review in the comments down below.
One more episode before the two-week break for Halloween and the one for this upcoming Sunday should be interesting with Gene coming in grip of hitting a certain part of his life of being a middle schooler and that is the unmagical train ride known as puberty in the fifth episode of Season 12 in “Seven-tween Again”. Follow me over at Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes stuff with the Battle of the Week Voting Tournament currently underway with the semifinals. Round 1 between Italy and Krillin begins to wind down and once next Sunday arrives, burger fans get ready because you’ll be facing a brutal two weeks against The Owl House for a trip back to the Finals. And of course, y’all should know the drill by now...
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