"Let me guess"
"he..."
"Let me guess!"
LOL
Also, Eugene Mirman's back is an absolute treat. I don't know how I didn't see him coming (given that Cecil was already Cheryl's brother in the prior seasons) but it's very welcome
"Who's a good girl? Yes, you're a good girl."
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-05-06T05:56:59Z
[9.0/10] A lot of great stuff in this one. For one thing, the running gags in the episode were just great. Dreamland is two-for-two on gags where Archer seems to be doing the standard noir-esque voiceover, only to reveal he’s talking to some woebegone passenger who will meet some unfortunate fate. There’s also some great stuff about both Archer and Poovey tossing food items haphazardly and causing (mostly) unseen car wrecks. And my god, all the humor related to people randomly and amusingly eating hot dogs at inappropriate times would make Homer Simpson weep with joy.
Plus there was just some purely great banter and capering. Archer and Mallory are always good for some hilarious back-and-forth barbs. Archer’s trip to the Vandertunt estate led to hilarity each time. Getting Eugene Mirman back to play off of H. Jon Benjamin is a particular treat for Bob’s Burgers fans, and the bits about the “ostensible kidnapper” and the increasingly ridiculous lengths the characters go to in order to obtain a finger that the Vandertunts don’t even look at is great too. Pam and Archer almost always make for a great team, and their getting the jump on Cyril was a laugh and a half.
And oh man, Krieger’s story was great. For one thing, it played on all the Krieger-as-Nazi-scientist gags the show has been toying around with for years, but offered a superb twist instead. The whole flashback setup was enjoyable as a way to set up the feint (along with a great line from Krieger to Barry laughing about Barry telling him about Nazis), and the running gag with the robo-cat absent-mindedly licking himself was perfectly-deployed.
The exciting part is that, at least in Dreamland, Krieger isn’t a Nazi! He’s a crusading Jew! The reveal that he’s been wasting Nazi funds on a go-nowhere project where he euthanizes Nazi soldiers and chalks it up to “system shock” was a minor thrill of a twist, and the episode doesn’t skimp on the comedy in the middle of it either.
Overall, this was one of the best of the season, and a great outing for all involved, especially Krieger.