[8.1/10] A really sweet and wholesome episode. There’s a lot of good cringe comedy to Tina trying way too hard to force a connection between her and her “little fish,” but I have to admit, I wondered where it was all going. The show usually does well by giivng Tina some goal to overobsess about, and this is no exception. Her trying so hard to replicate her relationship wiwth her “big fish” from when she wa in fourth grade is a good motivator in that regard. It leads to a lot of quaity comedy in the vein of Tina trying everything she can to connect with Kaylee, while the confused fourth grader largely brushes such overexuberance off.
That’s why I love Louise bursting out at the end to not only provide Tina the distraction she needed, a la Tina’s big fish, but to speak about how her sister always looks out for, and has been a “big fish” to her for her whole life. It’s a really sweet, unexpected way to not only land that storyline, but to show that Tina has forged kind, mentoring relationships totally outside of this Frond-mandated program.
That said, I got a kick out of Louise’s silly C-story here, helping Tammy do fake instragram posts pretending she’s in exotic locales to impress her cousin. There’s not much to it, but I like it as an intersection point between these two very different kids. The other humor around the big fish/little fish program was good too, from Jocelyn’s hilarious obliviousness, to Frond being overly into it, to the adorable connection between Zeke and Rudy.
The B-story with Bob and Linda going to the gym was worth a lot of laughs too. Ben Schwartz is always a welcome presence on the show, and there were a good amount of chuckles to gain from the middle-aged parents being unbearably sore after one brief session at the gym. The adult Belchers scheming to get out of their onerous gym contracts by stinking and grunting and scaring away other customers until they’re released is the right blend of clever and ridiculous.
Overall, this is a quality episode of the show that ends with a really sweet bout of Belcher kid solidarity.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2020-02-28T01:54:43Z
[8.1/10] A really sweet and wholesome episode. There’s a lot of good cringe comedy to Tina trying way too hard to force a connection between her and her “little fish,” but I have to admit, I wondered where it was all going. The show usually does well by giivng Tina some goal to overobsess about, and this is no exception. Her trying so hard to replicate her relationship wiwth her “big fish” from when she wa in fourth grade is a good motivator in that regard. It leads to a lot of quaity comedy in the vein of Tina trying everything she can to connect with Kaylee, while the confused fourth grader largely brushes such overexuberance off.
That’s why I love Louise bursting out at the end to not only provide Tina the distraction she needed, a la Tina’s big fish, but to speak about how her sister always looks out for, and has been a “big fish” to her for her whole life. It’s a really sweet, unexpected way to not only land that storyline, but to show that Tina has forged kind, mentoring relationships totally outside of this Frond-mandated program.
That said, I got a kick out of Louise’s silly C-story here, helping Tammy do fake instragram posts pretending she’s in exotic locales to impress her cousin. There’s not much to it, but I like it as an intersection point between these two very different kids. The other humor around the big fish/little fish program was good too, from Jocelyn’s hilarious obliviousness, to Frond being overly into it, to the adorable connection between Zeke and Rudy.
The B-story with Bob and Linda going to the gym was worth a lot of laughs too. Ben Schwartz is always a welcome presence on the show, and there were a good amount of chuckles to gain from the middle-aged parents being unbearably sore after one brief session at the gym. The adult Belchers scheming to get out of their onerous gym contracts by stinking and grunting and scaring away other customers until they’re released is the right blend of clever and ridiculous.
Overall, this is a quality episode of the show that ends with a really sweet bout of Belcher kid solidarity.