[8.6/10] This season is just consistently and constantly great. I don’t even know where to begin with this one, given how brilliantly interconnected everything is.
Let’s start with Michael. The entire backbone of the episode -- where Michael wants to go out with Sally Sitwell, but (a.) is too anxious about it given pressure from his dad to be effective and (b.) finds himself accidentally infantilized each time he runs into her -- is great. Whether it’s Sally catching Michael working at the banana stand, or in a suit jacket that’s too big for him, or at the hospital when they’re calling his mother, each bit is a big laugh.
The twists, where his card keeps getting declined because of George’s hot tub idea (with hilarious consequences) and how despite everything, Sally turns Michael down because he has her dad’s approval, is a nicely comic ironic turn in the story.
The escapade with GOB and Lucille 2 is entertaining as well, and ties into the great scene at the club where both Bluth boys are trying desperately to pretend like they’re not interested in the girls they like. (And a pre-fame Jack McBrayer is great as their waiter.) The GOB/Lucille 2 stuff is a little mean, but the joke is on GOB for the most part, so it works.
I also really like the stories centered around the wolf. Lindsey dating an actor/gun activist named Frank Wrench is a winner, between his tabloid human-hunting rumor and his second amendment fake pistol and his trademark pose of carrying people. Tobias trying to prove his manliness to Lindsey by killing the wolf that’s on the loose, only to end up tranqing her in a fur by accident is a nice bit of outlandish humor.
And the wolf stuff is great independently. You’re initially made to think it’s a fake out with George Sr.’s howls, but the real wolf showing up when Lindsey is left on a bench is a nice twist, and then it being attracted by George Sr.’s wolf howls when he shows up to try to bid on Lucille is even better escalation.
Last but not least, I really enjoyed George Michael trying to do a music-burning party for Ann’s religious family, only for Maeby to turn it into a CD-burning party. The fact that George Michael not only segueways her into his old Jerky Boys tapes, but that it leads to their first kiss is delightful.
Overall, another winner in the middle of an amazing season.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-07-17T01:15:24Z
[8.6/10] This season is just consistently and constantly great. I don’t even know where to begin with this one, given how brilliantly interconnected everything is.
Let’s start with Michael. The entire backbone of the episode -- where Michael wants to go out with Sally Sitwell, but (a.) is too anxious about it given pressure from his dad to be effective and (b.) finds himself accidentally infantilized each time he runs into her -- is great. Whether it’s Sally catching Michael working at the banana stand, or in a suit jacket that’s too big for him, or at the hospital when they’re calling his mother, each bit is a big laugh.
The twists, where his card keeps getting declined because of George’s hot tub idea (with hilarious consequences) and how despite everything, Sally turns Michael down because he has her dad’s approval, is a nicely comic ironic turn in the story.
The escapade with GOB and Lucille 2 is entertaining as well, and ties into the great scene at the club where both Bluth boys are trying desperately to pretend like they’re not interested in the girls they like. (And a pre-fame Jack McBrayer is great as their waiter.) The GOB/Lucille 2 stuff is a little mean, but the joke is on GOB for the most part, so it works.
I also really like the stories centered around the wolf. Lindsey dating an actor/gun activist named Frank Wrench is a winner, between his tabloid human-hunting rumor and his second amendment fake pistol and his trademark pose of carrying people. Tobias trying to prove his manliness to Lindsey by killing the wolf that’s on the loose, only to end up tranqing her in a fur by accident is a nice bit of outlandish humor.
And the wolf stuff is great independently. You’re initially made to think it’s a fake out with George Sr.’s howls, but the real wolf showing up when Lindsey is left on a bench is a nice twist, and then it being attracted by George Sr.’s wolf howls when he shows up to try to bid on Lucille is even better escalation.
Last but not least, I really enjoyed George Michael trying to do a music-burning party for Ann’s religious family, only for Maeby to turn it into a CD-burning party. The fact that George Michael not only segueways her into his old Jerky Boys tapes, but that it leads to their first kiss is delightful.
Overall, another winner in the middle of an amazing season.