[7.0/10] Well hey, as a Jewish man, I have to admit that I appreciate a little Sukkot humor, which I wasn’t necessarily expecting. Sure, some of the gags are pretty sophomoric and predictable, like the whole sukkah/sacko mixup or Taco’s weed lulov, but Ruxin trying to play up his Judaism in an entirely mercenary fashion, with the group (mostly) trying to help him in their own misguided way was unexpectedly enjoyable.
I’ll admit, while the entire deal with the homeless man sleeping on the bench with Jenny’s ad on it felt in poor taste for a lot of the time, I did appreciate the running gag of both Ruxin and Kevin spraying anti-semitic graffiti in order to get the city to actually fix things, and having it come back to bite both of them when trying to impress Baby Gregory’s preschool admissions officer felt enough like solid satire to make it work for me.
I even got a kick out of the eight-way trade shenanigans, and the way it connects with the whole “rebuilding trust” idea gone to hell. The unveiling of the sacko shoot was a little much, but I do appreciate the show once again going for an Arrested Development-style bout of “all these separate notes of insanity crescendo together in one absurd finale” vibe.
Overall, this one had some low lows, but also some high highs that balance it out to an even keel.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-12-09T23:00:08Z
[7.0/10] Well hey, as a Jewish man, I have to admit that I appreciate a little Sukkot humor, which I wasn’t necessarily expecting. Sure, some of the gags are pretty sophomoric and predictable, like the whole sukkah/sacko mixup or Taco’s weed lulov, but Ruxin trying to play up his Judaism in an entirely mercenary fashion, with the group (mostly) trying to help him in their own misguided way was unexpectedly enjoyable.
I’ll admit, while the entire deal with the homeless man sleeping on the bench with Jenny’s ad on it felt in poor taste for a lot of the time, I did appreciate the running gag of both Ruxin and Kevin spraying anti-semitic graffiti in order to get the city to actually fix things, and having it come back to bite both of them when trying to impress Baby Gregory’s preschool admissions officer felt enough like solid satire to make it work for me.
I even got a kick out of the eight-way trade shenanigans, and the way it connects with the whole “rebuilding trust” idea gone to hell. The unveiling of the sacko shoot was a little much, but I do appreciate the show once again going for an Arrested Development-style bout of “all these separate notes of insanity crescendo together in one absurd finale” vibe.
Overall, this one had some low lows, but also some high highs that balance it out to an even keel.