[4.3/10] Another episode that’s pretty rough. The only bright spot here is Kevin’s meal of “crappetizers” with Ellie, which was surpringly adorable. But even that emerged out of a “My wife is making us all eat healthy!” schtick that feel unbelievably sitcom-y and hackneyed.
Pete making Andre is “trade maid” is more pointlessly assholery from the rest of the group toward Andre made all the worse than Pete doesn't even go through with the trade he’s torturing Andre over. Taco torturing/killing any number of rescue dogs may be the least funny thing the show has ever done, which is a pretty high bar to clear.
Ruxin’s feud with his neighbor over urinating in the lawn was more incredibly broad, cornball stuff, that The League hopes to save by making it extra sophomoric. There’s at least some clockwork stuff with the MacArthurs’ green urine-producing vitamins helping Ruxin to cover his son’s pee-based misdeeds. But the whole thing culminating in him peeing on his neighbors lawn and then her getting shocked with the dog collar is just Sandler sequel levels of lame.
Then, of course, there’s the child molester-based humor, of which there is no joke but the fact than it looks like people are kidnapping/abusing children. There’s at least a little bit more clockwork humor to the setup there, but there’s no real joke beyond “isn’t the appearance of child molestation funny?” and that is weak beyond words.
Overall, I can’t tell if this show is getting better or worse, as since it started off with some crud, had a couple of bright spots, but now seems to be back in the doldrums.
Shout by TheLazyReviewerBlockedParent2023-12-04T08:41:08Z
Maybe I need to take a break from this show. It hasn't been hitting as well lately.