[6.4/10] If this were any other show, this would be a perfectly acceptable episode, but for one with the standard set by Arrested Development, it’s a step down.
It’s not like this one doesn't have it’s funny moments. The whole party chanting “speech! Speech!” to no one in particular is a classic, and George Michael fishing for a conversation heart that tells him what he wants to hear is a good bit.
But the Michael-GOB-Marta love triangle continues to be a non-starter. The whole “hermano” misconception isn’t particularly funny, and looping Buster in via Lucille 2 being attracted to Carl Weathers is a meh development. They’re trying to play it for at least some drama, and Marta is too much of a blank slate and a pure object rather than a character as written for that to have any meaning.
I’ll admit that I got a kick out of Buster moving out, Snoopy style, with all his belongings in a bindle, and Lucille celebrating her scary but exciting solitude. Though the whole “caged wisdom” thing with George Sr. doesn't do much for me. Plus the Funkes breaking up and confiding in their daughter and nephew doesn't generate as much humor as it should.
Overall, there’s some laughs in this one, like there are in any AD episode, but not as many as in most episodes of the show.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-06-09T02:47:09Z
[6.4/10] If this were any other show, this would be a perfectly acceptable episode, but for one with the standard set by Arrested Development, it’s a step down.
It’s not like this one doesn't have it’s funny moments. The whole party chanting “speech! Speech!” to no one in particular is a classic, and George Michael fishing for a conversation heart that tells him what he wants to hear is a good bit.
But the Michael-GOB-Marta love triangle continues to be a non-starter. The whole “hermano” misconception isn’t particularly funny, and looping Buster in via Lucille 2 being attracted to Carl Weathers is a meh development. They’re trying to play it for at least some drama, and Marta is too much of a blank slate and a pure object rather than a character as written for that to have any meaning.
I’ll admit that I got a kick out of Buster moving out, Snoopy style, with all his belongings in a bindle, and Lucille celebrating her scary but exciting solitude. Though the whole “caged wisdom” thing with George Sr. doesn't do much for me. Plus the Funkes breaking up and confiding in their daughter and nephew doesn't generate as much humor as it should.
Overall, there’s some laughs in this one, like there are in any AD episode, but not as many as in most episodes of the show.