Another season is finally here. It was a very long summer for...well, everyone since the end of Season 13 back in May. Primarily with the strikes from both the writers and actors that put production on hold and the fears of the duration and how it would impact everything leading up to the Fall season and possibly going into the Winter and Spring. As of this moment, the writers got their fair deal made, which is good news last week in the final week of the off-season. The actors, as of the writing of this review, don't know other than both the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA will meet at the negotiating table in hopes of getting their fair deal made.
Other than that, this past summer has been hell. And I say that because we had gone through the worst heatwave the likes we have ever seen. Not since 2011, which was the last time we had a brutal heatwave and drought. If that doesn't scream "climate change", I want you to take a look in the mirror and tell me this isn't a result of it. In the sports world, the Denver Nuggets, the Vegas Golden Knights, and the Spanish Women's National Team won their respective championships though, no offense to the Spaniards, after seeing and hearing the news the moment y'all won the Women's World Cup...oh boy. We're now in another election season with a presidential election coming next year...yeah, not looking forward to what 2024 has in store for us. And in the Battle of the Week side of things, we're now in the semifinals. Only four candidates are left to go for the year. JoJo's, Hetalia, Bob's Burgers, and The Great North are all that remain in the race. I told you; this shit isn't scripted. On God, I swear to fucking God. I don't even own a script. Speaking of Bob's Burgers, we have a brand new season. And a new episode to review.
In this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers, speaking of strikes, the Belcher kids are in one when the topic of chores is brought up by Bob and Linda, causing a standstill and we get transported into a western-themed story in hopes of a fair deal or getting out of doing chores in my spoilerific review of the first episode of Season 14, titled “Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral”.
The topic of chores isn't new to everyday life. Since the beginning of time, no one likes a dirty house. No, this isn't a topic about OCD. The Great North pretty sure tackled that issue back in January. When you're a kid, no one wants to clean around the house. No one. We're pretty much dirty little rascals who are too busy being kids and whatnot. Yeah, no one wants to do it but once you become an adult...well, the issue of doing housework, whether living at home or in an apartment can be a challenging one when trying to balance between taking care of the house, having fun, and trying to make ends meet to continue living. But if we have to be real, no one wants a dirty, clamp house that would possibly be looking at a future episode of Hoarders.
For this episode, it's a standoff between the parents and the kids to start the season...yeah, we're starting the season with a standoff over whether or not the kids should do housework. But it's not in the way of the kids picketing or playing the long game by holding their favorite things hostage and whatnot, but instead, try to go towards the more creative way possible for both sides to come to a mass mutual agreement...or in Linda's case, hoping for the kids to crack. Yeah, that almost sounds like the AMPTP being desperate bitches during the past five months. That’s enough talk on the introduction, we got an episode to review out of...what is pretty much going to be seventeen episodes for this season...or twenty-something...it’s going to be a long and weird season. This is “Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral”.
And right off the bat, we got no intro to kick off the show’s fourteenth season. Yeah, we started off the new season with no intro and jumped over to the Belchers at the dinner table at night. We had one at the end of last season with "Amelia" where that episode had no intro. And now, we have this episode with... no intro. You could say that it's probably cut for time or they forgot to put in the intro. And no, this has nothing to do with the strikes that happened in the past few months. This episode was part of the seventeen episodes that were in production before the strike put a pause on everything. So why the cold opening? Who knows? All we know is that whenever there's no intro to start the episode, you know that we're in store for a good one. Well, except for "Apple Gore-Chard" last season where it had no intro, and that episode...eh.
So, we start the episode at 7:30 at night for the Belcher family with them eating their dinner at the table, and right off the bat, you have Louise being upset over something that is bothering her throughout the day that caught her family's attention and that something happened over at school. And you’d probably think to yourself when Louise got moody over something at school. Probably thinking to yourself, “Oh, so Louise got in trouble at school again. That’s not new.” But here’s the kicker, it’s not something that Louise did, it’s what Louise DIDN’T do that made her upset. Well, it’s more of both ways...the flashback should tell you.
Switching over to what happened that made Louise upset during class when she pulled her science textbook when her candy accidentally popped out of nowhere from her bag and landed on the table. A candy with a pig serving it as a cap. Almost getting some remanences of those candies that came in a stick, rather, those candies you found at the checkout aisle at the store where they're like those pop things where it's not the usual lollipop from your grandparents' generations, but more of...Push Pops. My mind went blank for a moment there, Push Pops if anyone remembers those. Well, remembering eating them whenever you're at the store and you're at the check-out aisle and want to take home something. That something is a piece of candy that you may or may not be planning on eating it all on your way home or planning on smuggling it to school. So a Push Pop would be on everyone's mind when seeing the candy that accidentally bounced out of Louise's backpack. Would also go with Baby Bottle Pop but that won't work because one, the width and the circumference of each of the candies. Also Baby Bottle Pop has the powder inside and if you don't close it tightly in the event it falls, it will cause a mess and a pain to clean up. Also, knowing that yours truly is Hispanic, of Mexican descent, living in a Hispanic neighborhood since moving to Texas at the end of the 2000s, though there are some Hispanic stops while living in Georgia, the only candy I can think of when people often time have them in their possession...
Oh yeah, those things. Pelon Pelo Rico, which is a Mexican on-the-go snack that is like a Push Pop but instead of the candy-coated stick, you have to push that sucker to the ground and the pieces of tamarind, which resembles the hair, hence the "pelon" part of the name, and you lick that sucker up. Well, that and the Chamoy-flavored lollipop with the chili power that came with it. This conversation has derailed a bit. Getting back to being on-topic.
A stick of candy accidentally popped out of Louise's backpack and just as she was about to put it back into her backpack in a quick millisecond before anyone noticed it, or hoped she had the powers to stop time, she got caught red-handed by Ms. LaBonz and accuses her of potentially eating the candy during class. I mean, Louise could do that and treat it as if it's a normal Tuesday for her to do whatever the hell she wants. Hell, the thing was already half-eaten before it was discovered, so there would be a few nibbles...that Louise didn't waste any time consuming it. The issue is that Louise wasn't even planning on eating it right away during class or even before class began while LaBonz wasn't looking, I mean, she could, it was half-eaten, but that didn’t help her case and thus, it’s bye-bye candy with the pig cap. Thanks in part to bad timing and accidental occurrences or something like that for it to pop out like a coil from a mattress when pulling out her science book. So, you have Louise hating the fact that the grown-ups can make up their own rules and whatnot like confiscating her candy. That's item number on the list. And here comes item number two, the main item. The focus of the episode once Louise vents her frustration over what happened earlier in the day.
Linda announces to the kids that they should start doing housework. So what Linda is proposing to the kids is that they should start thinking about doing chores across the house. As if doing restaurant work for them isn't enough to balance their time at school. And to no one's surprise, the kids say, "Hell fucking no" when giving out their response to the announcement that they have to start doing housework. That and also the lack of a reward that came with it. The reward being they contribute to the family and learn to be responsible people in society. Should’ve at least put out a please and thank you or maybe an I.O.U. and a piece of lint as a reward but that alone won’t budge with the kids because it looks like they don’t want to do it.
The reason why Linda had to bring it up because she was talking to her mom Gloria the other day and mentioned that she remembered both her and Gayle doing housework growing up, they did alright...-ish, so if Linda and Gayle had to do it growing up, the kids have to do it. And I guess there are some differences between doing housework and taking care of the restaurant is that the kids have to do the restaurant work like filling up the napkins, refilling the bottles, taking out the trash, cleaning the menus, etc. Though technically, they don't get paid for doing it because...well, it's a family restaurant, can't afford to pay the employees even if they're kids. Also, let's face it, Bob can't handle taking care of the place on his own whenever there's a crowd. That and also child labor laws wringing at their necks...at which in some states, primarily Republican-led states, they got rid of the child labor laws. Like, it’s stupid. It’s so stupid.
And of course, the kids, under Louise, rather Louise in general and dragging Gene and Tina along even though they don't want to do it of their own accord, are putting their foot down. Resulting in a...well, don't know if you want to call it a "strike" because you would have the kids going outside the house and picket right in front of their doorstep. Outside of the restaurant, even though people might think that they're protesting against the restaurant and not the house. So a standoff had to be declared by both Louise and Linda for Linda to hopefully break the kids and do the housework and for Louise to dump the proposition. And uh...yeah, quite the standoff we got courtesy of Linda and Louise with Bob, Tina, and Gene having to be caught in the crossfire.
No TV, as seen with the Belcher family seeing the TV off. An early bedtime for the kids. Hell, threatening to cancel Christmas. That seems a little too excessive, don't you think, Linda? I know that you want to break the mold in hopes for the kids to abide by the proposal, wanting them to just wave the white flag and do their housework. Did I mention that Bob, Tina, and Gene are caught in the crossfire? Yeah, they have to deal with the standoff with Bob on Linda's side and both Tina and Gene on Louise's side, being a part of the kids' supposed strike against their parents over the issue of chores. Having to deal with the consequences of the standoff like having no TV or going as far as canceling the holiday. Yeah, it sort of does feel like everyone in the past few months when the strikes happened or every sports fan and...everyone else when the COVID lockdowns happened. Suck it up and get used to it. So what Linda is doing in punishing the kids when refusing to accept the demands seems way too excessive by everyone's standards, as Bob noticed when having to deal with his wife and daughter having a complete standoff, and now decides to step into the battlefield and proposes a more creative and peaceful approach to end the standoff. Speaking of creative, that’s where we’re heading for this episode when Bob and Linda ask the kids to come over to their room and thus, we’re going into story mode with a western theme to take over the episode.
No, this isn’t an anthology episode. That is what I thought at first when the first images came out leading up to the night of the airing when seeing everyone in Western getup, but no. It’s not an anthology episode and instead, it’s one story to take over the entire episode. Sort of like with last season with “Radio No You Didn’t" where we have one story taking over the entire episode. However, that episode was more lore-focused when bringing up the topic of the radio that ties in with Bob's grandmother Alice while taking care of a baby Lily. This episode will be more on the resolution of hoping that both sides will come to a mass mutual agreement when talking about the topic of doing housework. Besides, if it is an anthology episode, we would’ve been in a story two, three minutes into the episode instead of five going into six.
We begin the story with Chad the Jacked-Up Horse making his way to town, looking at all that horse meat with those chiseled abs that you might grind some meat with those abs. The horse's actual name is Pepperoni and he makes his way to the town where we are introduced to Louise, Gene, and Tina's positions in the story. Louise is the owner of the saloon with big ass boots that not even a single Texan can walk around with these boots. And the western, rancher life would be any Texan's specialty, next to BBQ and fucking over people's rights. You have Gene as the entertainer at the piano...before switching over to playing the same piano, just had to carry around. So basically, the closest you get to the invention of the accordion...or at least have him carrying an accordion because the Western theme in stories usually based around the 1850s to the 1890s, so Gene in the story would've had the accordion on his position but where's the fun in that? Mind you, the accordion was first invented in 1822. Just a little tidbit. Tina's position in the story is running a hotel for both humans and horses when seeing Pepperoni making his way to his stable with a butler having his stack of hay on the ready. And then, you have Bob and Linda as the sheriffs of the town. Keeping things in order and already picking a fight with the kids over the topic of chores and also, you have the adults ruling the town. You know already where this is going when you've already put two and two together on where this episode is heading. So, by day, Bob and Linda serve the town sheriffs. Running the town and keeping things in check. By night...
They decided to go on horseback in the middle of the night while everyone was asleep. Not knowing that Louise, Tina, and Gene, riding on horseback with Pepperoni, deciding to follow their parents' tracks and making their way. Leading up to Bob and Linda’s secret location spot by the mining cave and of course, it’s none other than Fischoeder who ends up being the villain of this story...well, one of the villains because Fischoeder in the story mentioned “Big G”, might as well spoil it right away if you haven’t seen the episode, it’s Gloria because her name had been mentioned earlier in the episode. It’s like treating Darth Vader as the big baddie, which he is, not knowing that there’s a bigger baddie behind the scenes in Palpatine. So, Fischoeder isn’t too pleased with the whole situation regarding the kids not doing their chores. Mostly because it would cost them money and could have Bob and Linda's finances, and also Fischoeder's, on the hot seat. Money's on the line and Bob and Linda will make sure that the kids will get to do their chores. Too bad that the kids overheard everything when eavesdropping their conversation from the top of the hill and decided to take matters into their own hands.
Going into the next scene with the kids, back in town, having a secret meeting with Zeke and Jimmy Jr. about what to do with Bob and Linda after hearing that they're working with Fischoeder, who is working with Gloria, over the topic of chores for money. Jimmy Jr. and Zeke in the story at first don't have a problem with Bob and Linda as sheriffs because they did nothing wrong. But once Louise brought the dreaded "C" word from her mouth, the word was "chores", not the other one, and that alone was more than enough to have the duo, under Louise's direction, dispose of Bob and Linda from their quarters. A tough decision for Jimmy Jr. and Zeke in this story, but it looks like they have no other choice if they want chores to take over the town. A decision, come the next day, they have to take Bob and Linda, underneath a giant cloth with them not knowing where they’re going...
Dropped off miles upon miles from the outskirts of town in the middle of nowhere, leaving them for dead with no food, no water, nothing to survive. And mind you, since this is a western-themed story, in the middle of the desert. And knowing that the genre is usually based between the 1850s and the 1890s, you are screwed. And I mean SCREWED all caps. Like one wound, just one wound would potentially end your life. Civil war soldiers learned that and some people who served in America's bloodiest war moved to the west after the war ended. You could see Jimmy Jr. and Zeke, either one of them wanting to go back and take Bob and Linda back in town and possibly slip up and say that Louise has something to do with the order to remove them but they couldn't because they make the situation worse. But with Bob and Linda now ditched by Zeke and Jimmy Jr. at the behest of Louise, depriving of law and order in the town, along with the supposed corruption that came with those two since Bob and Linda in the story are in cahoots with Fischoeder, who is in cahoots with Gloria, it looks like the town are now sheriff-free and will now have no one to tell them what to do. And that’s pretty much the end of the story...too bad that Linda didn’t hear no bell. We are not done with the story because this is only the second act of the episode. We still have a lot of episode left.
We got Bob and Linda in the story as it continues making their way back to the town on foot. They don't have their horses because remember, they got taken and dumped by Zeke and Jimmy Jr. There was a third horse that took them to that exact location but that was taken by tow by Jimmy Jr. to take it back to town. Resulting in the parents wandering through the desert back to town like they're Moses wandering through the desert for 40 days. And let's not kid ourselves when seeing the episode, the animation and visuals look superb to start the new season. Mostly with the story itself. Having the characters be shaded as if we're taking some things from the movie but unlike the movie...budget. I mean, hell, the part of the story where Bob and Linda had to go through the desert on their way back and had to deal with a pack of wolves. Dancing, fighting, more dancing. And those shots, my god, it's like something coming out of a painting. Because it is! Those shots feel like something you want to buy from a local flea market or in this case, screen grab it and print it to put it on a wall. Did I mention that the animation and visuals look good? Oh yeah, they look good. And this isn’t like with the one scene in “Show Mama From the Grave” with Bob and the kids walking through the graveyard and you have that sunset shot that looks freaking sick, it’s the whole freaking, fracking thing throughout the whole story. Like bruh, it’s only episode one of the new season. It’s only episode one of the new season. They don’t have to go that hard in the animation department.
So, just as Bob and Linda make their way back to town on foot, you have the whole town, including Louise, Gene, and Tina celebrating, having a ball that they don’t have to deal with the “tyranny” of having Bob and Linda telling them to do housework. Hell, you have Louise celebrating by firing a few celebratory fires into the air. Nothing too concerning about having a nine-year-old having a gun, especially if it’s in a story. That’s America for you. Too bad that the celebration has to be cut short because...
You have Fischoeder and his posse, I’m guessing they’re supposed to be a pact of carnies, could be wrong there, invading the town just as the town is celebrating deposing Bob and Linda from their sheriff duties. It’s like trying to enjoy a nice, little celebration, not knowing that without having any authority figure protecting the town, it could create an opening for invading forces to take over. I could imagine one resident in the town celebrating right as Fischoeder stumbled into town and saying to themselves, “Alright! We’re finally free from tyrann- oh fuck, we’re being invaded.” Yeah, so Fischoeder is pissed that Bob and Linda didn’t do what he ordered them to by enacting the chores rule as if he knew that the kids would draw their parents out of town by threatening Louise, Tina, and Gene to get out of town or get shot by a pair of beans. Though...God, Linda, chill with the violence. Especially towards your kids. And knowing the kids, under Louise’s direction, they’re not going to stand and it looks like we got ourselves a standoff to close the first half and going into the second half of the first episode of the new season.
A standoff of epic proportions to start the new season. Three kids versus their landlord in Western get-up. The ultimate battle of destiny...even though they faced off a few times, mostly by Louise. They’re armed. They’re set. The whole town is on the line and watching as we’re about to watch this shit go down. Let’s get negative...
Only for Bob and Linda to enter back into the area, running out of breath after walking through the entire desert from where Zeke and Jimmy Jr. dropped them off, just as we’re about to have ourselves a showdown. So Bob and Linda made it just in time before the showdown even began with a flick of a draw with Fischoeder thinking that with Bob and Linda back in town, he had a helping hand to one-up the kids, but that doesn’t look like the case because Bob and Linda turned their attention towards the kids and tell the three they're only here to protect them. To protect the town. Tying into Linda's case of why doing chores is a good thing and the reward if you even want to call it that, from earlier with her saying that with them doing housework would contribute to the family and served as a learning lesson. However, Louise called bullshit on that claim and says to Linda on how does she knows if both she and Bob are finger-crossing behind their backs for the kids to stand down so they get their payment and impress "Big G", aka Gloria. And you’d think that with the argument between the kids and the parents, mostly Louise and Linda in front of everyone who is watching the argument taking place rather than a potential standoff that was supposed to take place, watching the drama unfold, that includes Fischoeder who is witnessing it. Though you’d probably think that he should probably watch the drama, grab a bag of popcorn, and watch it unfold or at least be a gentleman and back away to give Louise and Linda some space.
But no, Fischoeder uses the opportunity of Linda and Louise accusing one another of disarming the kids with their weapons. Making them easily become targets for Fischoeder and his posse to be pelted by beans, not bullets, beans. Because no one wants to pelt kids with bullets in this show. Bob and Linda, at the behest of Linda, make sure they don't want to put the kids in harm's way because of two things. One is, as mentioned, don't want to get the kids into harm's way. Don't want them to get hurt. And two, something like this, what we're seeing or what we're about to see, it's going to be "bloody", it's going to cause some damage and that's going to be something that "Big G" won't be too pleased to hear or see. Grabbing him in the balls, metaphorically, putting him in a pinch because he's mad that Bob and Linda didn't go ahead with their side of the deal to get the payment to get the kids to do chores, but decides to be generous and let it play it Linda's way to ease the situation and have everything settled. That being having the adults taking on the kids. Though two adults taking on three kids almost sounds like a massive disadvantage for Bob and Linda though any given Sunday they said. And no surprise, Fischoeder throws his metaphorical hat into the ring to make things interesting with the prize of the standoff deciding each person's fate. Who stays, and who leaves? Treating it as if it's an apartment eviction with what the winner deciding the fate of each townsfolk's status of residency. And hopefully, we don't see something like that in the not-too-distant future here...oh boy, not looking forward to 2024 and beyond. And with that, we got ourselves a tournament-style standoff between the adults and the kids. And we’ll get to that in a short bit because...ladies and gentlemen and others...we have a character not seen in forever making a return.
It's Marshmallow! Marshmallow is back and with a new voice actor taking over the role. Jari Jones is the name who will be taking over the role from David Herman, who originally voiced the character from 2011 up until the Summer of 2020 when the protests took over. And honestly enough, the voice fits well for the character who last spoke back in Season 8. Back in 2017...almost six years since we last had a speaking role from Marshmallow. And we finally got a speaking role after six years. And again, the voice fits well for Marshmallow under Jones’ jurisdiction, even if it’s for a few lines in one scene in the episode, but at least we know that Marshmallow is back in the show. And if you have a problem with Marshmallow having a new voice actor, then we’re going to have a problem.
We enter tournament mode over at the town in the story as the light is at the end of the tunnel in the third quarter of the episode with the kids and the adults ready to assume their positions in the bracket, as presented earlier through a chalkboard with Marshmallow. Bob gets Louise, Linda gets Gene, and Fischoeder gets Tina. Though you have six people participating in the tournament. And the standoff begins with three kids taking on three adults in a one-on-one shootout. This means that the winner of the two matches would move on to the next round and the winner of the third match would get a bye and awaits whoever comes out of the next round in the final round. So yeah, Louise gets Bob in the first match, Gene gets Linda in the second, and Tina gets Fischoeder in the third.
And already, it's an easy win for Louise to start the tournament by bean-slinging Bob enough to perform the old trope of pantsing someone in a showdown by having Bob's pants go down and revealing his...well, this is the closest to underwear, which in the olden times, it is unless you want to call it long johns. It's more on the line of wool pajamas with the flap in the back, which was open and Bob's ass was revealed. It was shown but you get the idea. And Bob did not that those outfits would have the button support to keep the flap closed, but according to Louise, to mess around with the story, those things are non-existent. Though you'd think that would've been taken care of, especially since we're nearing the point in the fashion timeline where the wool pajamas would be a thing of the past. So, Bob loses his match against Louise, no surprise there. Gene loses his next match against Linda, dealing with the same thing as Bob. Pants down, trousers exposed, butt flap open, and decides to die a dramatic death. I mean, it’s a bean. It’s a goddamn bean but gotta entertain the masses I guess. And then, Tina...easily lost to Fischoeder but here's the kicker, Tina did it herself due to a mishap with her bean pistol. She pretty much committed in doing the Plaxico Burress challenge, though didn't shoot herself in the foot. And yeah, I would not be surprised if that mishap caused Tina's long skirt to come down and have her wool revealed. It was for the best to not show it. So now, it comes to the final two...three because Fischoeder won his match and won the bye. So here comes the long-fated match that everyone pretty much foresaw...
Linda vs. Louise. Mother vs. daughter. The two people in the Belcher family that started the standoff at the start of the episode. Here we go, folks. Of course, Fischoeder decides to intervene and wants to make the match a little more interesting in a matchup between mother and daughter. By changing the beans that resemble bullets as the ammo for their guns. We're going lima beans to serve as the bullets of choice. And I know you're probably thinking, why lima beans? I mean, they're beans. It can't be like...I dunno, kill anyone? And no, we here over at yahoo201027 condone anyone to do something with one piece of bean like...I dunno, drop it on the top of the Empire State Building and create an alibi by saying that it's for a science project learning about physics. And firing a lima bean with the speed of firing a bullet can hurt someone. I mean, how severe can it be for a lima bean to hit you? Actually, don't answer that. Because then you'll probably question why lima beans are even considered ammo for a gun like with bean bags. But besides that, we got ourselves, and just as both parties are about to fire their shots...the long-awaited match turns into a therapy session because rather than either Linda or Louise firing with their guns, they fire with their words and you know what they said, "words hurt more than bullets." The standoff turned into a screaming match and Linda has lost the match even before the actual shootout began. Hell, Bob tried to divert the people's attention away from the screaming match toward Pepperoni flexing his abs. But that's not enough to get everyone to move away from the screaming match and it's more than enough for Linda to run off. Not just in the story, but in reality once we end the third act and start the fourth.
Of course, Louise ends up being the one to step up to the plate and makes her way to the living room to apologize to Linda for making her upset enough for her to break down in tears and having her storm off as if the story that cut off has pretty much upset her. Originally, Bob was going to be the one to step in and try to console Linda, but Louise has to be the one to do it since she was the one who started the standoff that led to the story and eventually, her storming out of the bedroom. And before y’all say anything stupid, no, Louise doesn’t hate Linda. That whole screaming match between the two has nothing to do with the whole “Louise hates Linda because she’s an adult and she got her stuff taken by an adult at school.” Quite the opposite, again, Louise doesn't hate her mom because she's an adult and she as a kid doesn't like to be told what to do. It's just the announcement Linda made at the dinner table came at the wrong time when Louise had her pop candy taken by Ms. LaBonz earlier in the day. Louise wasn’t in the mood because, again, as a refresher, her pop candy was taken, it was popped out of her bag by accident, and didn’t even get a chance to make her case. Hence, why she had a bad day because she just hated that she had to be told what to do, and adding in the announcement that she (as well as Tina and Gene) doing housework was the last thing she needed. Just because of the phone call Linda made with Gloria.
And as it was foresaw, Linda and Louise came to a mutual agreement to end their standoff. Linda forgives Louise and latter does the same. As long as a deal is being made with the kids doing some housework...emphasis on “some” because they’ll find a way to slither their way out of cleaning up the house. At least some reward residuals are being made once the deal is struck with candy being the reward if the kids do their chores. So the whole thing isn't Linda's fault for announcing it. It isn't Louise's fault either for being moody after having her pop candy being taken and have it being thrown into the trash. So you could say that it might be Gloria's fault for having the whole standoff...but she wasn't the blame either. So who's really at fault here? The standoff is officially over and uh...oh right, we have a story to conclude since it was interrupted by Linda storming out of the bedroom.
Cutting back to where we left off with Linda and Louise ready to fire at each other with everyone in attendance ready to watch the action unfold...or so we thought when the two Belcher girls, rather pointing their guns filled with lima beans at each other, they point their weapons towards Fischoeder. The deal between Bob, Linda, and Fischoeder appears to be called off because, for the sake of their kids, they won't let Fischoeder or even Gloria boss them around to do whatever they want. Pretty much the effects of the deal between Linda and Louise onto the conclusion of the story. Fischoeder was not having it after Linda and Louise pointed their guns toward him and Linda stood up to him. This causes him to point both of his guns towards Linda and Louise for Linda's disobedience, primarily because of Linda's decision to stand up to him for the kids and Gloria wringing him on his neck in hopes of getting payment to get everyone to do their part of doing housework. And speaking of Gloria...
She makes an appearance right at the two-minute warning of the episode. Seeing the chaos that was unfolding and like Fischoeder, she wasn't pleased that the deal wasn't going as planned to get the town to do their jobs. Hoping for things to go her way because she wants a tour of the town, have the place being clean, and get rid of the trash, that being the people who are quote-on-quote "naughty". And much like with her pointing her gun towards Fischoeder alongside Louise, Linda ain't having that as well and rather pointing her gun towards Gloria, because the gun is pointing towards Fischoeder, and instead...they pulled out a cannon. An actual cannon pointing towards Gloria. Ready to fire her off to the moon because of the deal that was made outside of the story between Louise and Linda...of course, we might not have a conclusion and the story will end in a cliffhanger because the kids end up falling asleep while the story is being told. But gotta end the story on a high note to wrap up the episode...
Pepperoni the Horse eating a piece of pepperoni. Still questioning how in the fuck that horse became swole in the story. I know it's a story and they can do whatever the fuck they want, but I feel like that horse needed to take a pee test in case he took actual steroids to become buff. So yeah, end of the story. End of the episode.
Reaction/Thoughts:
So all and all, what do I think about this week’s episode of Bob’s Burgers? And to give it my honest opinion, the season premiere did not disappoint. While yes, there were some nitpicks from this episode, primarily the obvious with how it turned out with Linda and Louise. While the moment was sweet and noting that for like...the hundredth time that Louise doesn’t hate her mom, it’s pretty much the whole “Linda only wanted what’s best for the kids” because of a conversation she had with whoever, that being Gloria through a phone call. But other than that, it was a good episode if I have to say so myself.
Mostly because of the story and how it held everything together. The animation and visuals for the episode were top notch and man, they didn't have to go hard on everything regarding that, but what can I say? It looks sick like something coming out of a movie...well, a TV movie or a short made for theaters or streaming, but you get the point. Also, a bit of a nitpick is not having an intro to start the episode, but other than that, it's a good episode to start the new season.
Notable characters that we haven't seen in a long while made their return. Gloria only had a few lines at the end of the episode and at 90 years old, yes, I said 90 years old, Renee Taylor is still going strong voicing the character and God forbid if something happens to her. Marshmallow also made a return and that was truly anticipated by the longest since we last saw the character and replacing voice actors from David Herman to a vacant slot for almost three years until we get to this episode with Jari Jones taking over. Sure, people got used to Herman's performance for the past six years from 2011-2017, Jari knocked it off the park, and sounds exactly like Herman's the more you listen on a loop. No need for a comparison with the others like Olsen Benner, Alex, Harley, Jacobson, Mickey, Big Bob...and the last thing everyone needs is a freaking bitch fit. Because then, we would have a problem waiting to happen.
So, final thoughts, this was a good episode to start the new season. I don't feel too emotional with Linda and Louise at the start of the fourth act of the episode unlike...well, everyone on the internet that made them fall in tears. Knew that they would make amends and call off the standoff eventually with Linda storming off because she only wanted what was best for the kids and treated it as a learning experience. The visuals and animation for the episode that was used for the story look incredible. Nice to see Marshmallow again, even if it was for a few lines. But beyond all else, this was a good episode, just the lack of an intro and the outcome being predictable regarding Linda and Louise is where I have to deduct some points. So I'll give "Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral"...
An 8 out of 10. But that’s my opinion and I wanna hear yours in the comment section below. Do you like it? Do you hate it? That's one episode out for this new season and now we're going into the next episode come this upcoming Sunday and if you're a fan of Regular Sized Rudy, which is...pretty much everyone, it looks like y'all might be getting your shot, and looking at everything throughout the internet, we might be getting ready for what's in store for the second episode of Season 14 in "The Amazing Rudy".
Follow me on Twitter...yeah, I'm not calling X, and fuck you Elon Musk because I ain't paying for shit. Follow me on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Mastodon, and Threads for updates and behind-the-scenes stuff. We're on break for the Battle of the Week Voting Tournament for the 2023 season because the Quarterfinals have wrapped up. Semifinals begin next week with the Alpha Party between Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and Feliciano Vargas/Italy (Hetalia) on the week of October 8-21 and later with the Bravo Party between Louise Belcher (Bob's Burgers) and Ham Tobin (The Great North) for a trip to the Final Round...God, I missed The Great North already. Y'all should know the drill by now...
- PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/yahoo201027
- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yahoo201027
- Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y8K4OP
PayPal, Patreon, and Ko-fi pages on the wazoo to help your boy out in both improving the page and paying the bills to keep the lights on. God, it’s good to be back. I know, I know, should’ve gone for the Monday route but let’s face it, it’s difficult to write down the episode and try to break it down and the recent World Cup back in August worn me out. So until the next episode, wash your hands, wear a mask...yeah, a COVID surge is slowly creeping back up it seems, so that’s not going anywhere, and a reminder that you are loved, you’re beautiful, ignore the haters, and I’ll see y’all later.
***Bob’s Burgers is owned by 20th Television Animation, Bento Box Animation, and Loren Bouchard. Please Support the Official Release***
No comments:
Post a Comment