[7.1/10] Not bad at all. I enjoyed Elfo making friends with his fellow freaks in Steamland, even if that storyline felt surprisingly disjointed given how much focus it got. Elfo developing a rapport with the seemingly headless, slot-jockeying fortune teller to his right is oddly sweet, and his unwillingness to accept her tarot cards predicting doom and gloom for their relationship feels true to form for the blithe li’l elf. The mermaid’s eye-rolling at it works, and Bean’s rescue mission is solid. Plus, there’s some decent gags about the other residents of the freak show.
Bean’s efforts to escape from Alva’s goons has its moments. I like that she ends up running into her steel horse-riding acquaintance from last season’s Steamland adventure. (Bean’s obliviousness to the woman’s attraction is an intriguing beat, depending on where the show goes with it.) Alva’s romantic salvos have some creepy creativity to them, and it seems like the show is pointing toward a Cinderella story with Bean’s lost boot, Not to mention, it turns out she has magic electricity powers, which is a big twist!
The weakest part of this one is Luci finding a replacement talking cat for Zog, only to get jealous of it. The vaguely Walken-esque cat doesn’t have a lot of laughs, nor does Zog’s continued Madness schtick. That said, I’m compelled by his statement that he has brief moments of lucidity that haunt him, not to mention Luci’s confession that he wants to rule Dreamland.
Overall, this is one that’s more intriguing in terms of plot than humor, but that’s more and more Disenchantment’s mode as it gets further in its run.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2021-01-24T02:49:21Z
[7.1/10] Not bad at all. I enjoyed Elfo making friends with his fellow freaks in Steamland, even if that storyline felt surprisingly disjointed given how much focus it got. Elfo developing a rapport with the seemingly headless, slot-jockeying fortune teller to his right is oddly sweet, and his unwillingness to accept her tarot cards predicting doom and gloom for their relationship feels true to form for the blithe li’l elf. The mermaid’s eye-rolling at it works, and Bean’s rescue mission is solid. Plus, there’s some decent gags about the other residents of the freak show.
Bean’s efforts to escape from Alva’s goons has its moments. I like that she ends up running into her steel horse-riding acquaintance from last season’s Steamland adventure. (Bean’s obliviousness to the woman’s attraction is an intriguing beat, depending on where the show goes with it.) Alva’s romantic salvos have some creepy creativity to them, and it seems like the show is pointing toward a Cinderella story with Bean’s lost boot, Not to mention, it turns out she has magic electricity powers, which is a big twist!
The weakest part of this one is Luci finding a replacement talking cat for Zog, only to get jealous of it. The vaguely Walken-esque cat doesn’t have a lot of laughs, nor does Zog’s continued Madness schtick. That said, I’m compelled by his statement that he has brief moments of lucidity that haunt him, not to mention Luci’s confession that he wants to rule Dreamland.
Overall, this is one that’s more intriguing in terms of plot than humor, but that’s more and more Disenchantment’s mode as it gets further in its run.