[9.7/10] So much glorious, hilarious, interconnected goodness in this one. It becomes pretty hard to disaggregate how awesome all of this is, but I’ll do my best.
Let’s start with Motherboy. The perfect quadrangle they make with Michael, George Michael, Lucille, and Buster is brilliant. The idea that both Michael and Lucille are using George Michael for their own ends rather than letting him go to Christian Promise Camp with Ann is a solid one, and the whole idea of the Motherboy dance is just amusing as all hell. Lucille’s scheming, the Bloth boys’ counter-scheming, and that one little boy’s desperation to be rescued were all eminently laugh-worthy bits.
There’s also some great physical comedy throughout, from big set pieces like Buster’s zipping down so that George Michael won’t have to zip up, to just him accidentally whacking Michael with the door.
Frankly, everything involving Buster in this one is great. We get another awesome “I’m a monster” moment, his little epiphany about the seal who bit his hand off being another creature raised in captivity who’s now an amputee, and him being used as the punchline of Maeby’s ghost story is a brilliant button to put on things. Plus, the other Bluths’ discomfort around him after years of scares from J. Walter Weatherman is so perfectly done.
The rest of the stories in the episode are great too. GOB trying to navigate his way through his divorce by “lying” about sex he never had is a funny bit for him (especially with Amy Poehler back on the show), and the triple swerve of her trying to prove it is outstanding. Plus it’s a great Barry episode, with Henry Winkler jumping the shark once more! (And the running bit about GOB not knowing his wife’s name is a laugh too.)
Last but not least, I also got a kick out of Tobias’s would-be star turn playing George Sr. on scandalmakers. The way that acting more like George Sr. makes Lindsay more attracted to him is weird but funny. The product placement schtick with Carl Weathers is some good meta humor. And Dave Attell has a very funny, low key guest star bit going on.
Overall, this is every piece of the show, and every cast member, at the top of their game, with great little ties between the various pieces to boot. Such a great, great episode of television.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-08-03T02:10:28Z
[9.7/10] So much glorious, hilarious, interconnected goodness in this one. It becomes pretty hard to disaggregate how awesome all of this is, but I’ll do my best.
Let’s start with Motherboy. The perfect quadrangle they make with Michael, George Michael, Lucille, and Buster is brilliant. The idea that both Michael and Lucille are using George Michael for their own ends rather than letting him go to Christian Promise Camp with Ann is a solid one, and the whole idea of the Motherboy dance is just amusing as all hell. Lucille’s scheming, the Bloth boys’ counter-scheming, and that one little boy’s desperation to be rescued were all eminently laugh-worthy bits.
There’s also some great physical comedy throughout, from big set pieces like Buster’s zipping down so that George Michael won’t have to zip up, to just him accidentally whacking Michael with the door.
Frankly, everything involving Buster in this one is great. We get another awesome “I’m a monster” moment, his little epiphany about the seal who bit his hand off being another creature raised in captivity who’s now an amputee, and him being used as the punchline of Maeby’s ghost story is a brilliant button to put on things. Plus, the other Bluths’ discomfort around him after years of scares from J. Walter Weatherman is so perfectly done.
The rest of the stories in the episode are great too. GOB trying to navigate his way through his divorce by “lying” about sex he never had is a funny bit for him (especially with Amy Poehler back on the show), and the triple swerve of her trying to prove it is outstanding. Plus it’s a great Barry episode, with Henry Winkler jumping the shark once more! (And the running bit about GOB not knowing his wife’s name is a laugh too.)
Last but not least, I also got a kick out of Tobias’s would-be star turn playing George Sr. on scandalmakers. The way that acting more like George Sr. makes Lindsay more attracted to him is weird but funny. The product placement schtick with Carl Weathers is some good meta humor. And Dave Attell has a very funny, low key guest star bit going on.
Overall, this is every piece of the show, and every cast member, at the top of their game, with great little ties between the various pieces to boot. Such a great, great episode of television.