[8.1/10] This one is a little overly telegraphed. I like it when characters’ wants and mental states are clear and comprehensible, but this episode spells that out a little too much. Still, I appreciate the clarity of how Bob feels like his life’s work is trivial and is projecting that onto his catering of this wedding, and how Linda feels like the couple is rushing into things, and how that comes into conflict.
Bob’s obsession is well done and generally funny (plus I would love to eat his ring gruyere burger!). And Linda, as always, is hilarious, with her putdowns of the couple’s quickness at getting into this while transitioning to saying hello to them or the guests. There’s a lot of good humor to be wrung from how much this wedding is being slapped together and destined for disaster too. And hey! A Bob’s Burgers song! The “I Do” number is catchy and just a hint affecting.
The B-story, with the Belcher kids competing to see who can get into the most wedding photos, with the loser having to clean the grease traps, is slight but cute enough. Gene winning through reflections in sunglasses is enough of an amusing little twist to be winning itself.
And I especially like the end of the episode. Bob’s crestfallenness over wrecking the bride’s grandmother’s cake is well done, and it’s heartening how Linda changes her tune. Her whole deal has been that three months together isn’t long enough to have to weather the rough parts of relationships, but that the couple weathering all of this is proof enough that they have what it takes. Bob may put too much emotional stock into catering this wedding, but he has his own partner who’s braved the rough stuff with to lean on for support, and they get through it together.
Overall, it’s a little too obvious in parts, but this episode does a nice job of showing Bob and Linda being at odds, but still coming together to pull something off and work through something emotionally at the same time, which makes it great.
Also, it bears mentioning that this has been an outstanding season, and it’s impressive to see a show still putting out this level of quality eight years after its debut.
(Oh, and I love that the show riffs on Linda’s canonical love of chanting again!)
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-09-09T18:35:45Z
[8.1/10] This one is a little overly telegraphed. I like it when characters’ wants and mental states are clear and comprehensible, but this episode spells that out a little too much. Still, I appreciate the clarity of how Bob feels like his life’s work is trivial and is projecting that onto his catering of this wedding, and how Linda feels like the couple is rushing into things, and how that comes into conflict.
Bob’s obsession is well done and generally funny (plus I would love to eat his ring gruyere burger!). And Linda, as always, is hilarious, with her putdowns of the couple’s quickness at getting into this while transitioning to saying hello to them or the guests. There’s a lot of good humor to be wrung from how much this wedding is being slapped together and destined for disaster too. And hey! A Bob’s Burgers song! The “I Do” number is catchy and just a hint affecting.
The B-story, with the Belcher kids competing to see who can get into the most wedding photos, with the loser having to clean the grease traps, is slight but cute enough. Gene winning through reflections in sunglasses is enough of an amusing little twist to be winning itself.
And I especially like the end of the episode. Bob’s crestfallenness over wrecking the bride’s grandmother’s cake is well done, and it’s heartening how Linda changes her tune. Her whole deal has been that three months together isn’t long enough to have to weather the rough parts of relationships, but that the couple weathering all of this is proof enough that they have what it takes. Bob may put too much emotional stock into catering this wedding, but he has his own partner who’s braved the rough stuff with to lean on for support, and they get through it together.
Overall, it’s a little too obvious in parts, but this episode does a nice job of showing Bob and Linda being at odds, but still coming together to pull something off and work through something emotionally at the same time, which makes it great.
Also, it bears mentioning that this has been an outstanding season, and it’s impressive to see a show still putting out this level of quality eight years after its debut.
(Oh, and I love that the show riffs on Linda’s canonical love of chanting again!)