[7.3/10] Not bad for an opening shot of the final season. I’ll admit, for a pretty unsentimental show, I appreciate them doing things to wrap around to the first season, like the reappearance of Meegan and the Tickle-Me-Elmo knockoff via Taco. Some of the material is contrived or overly broad, but you know, that’s just The League, and it’s pretty much take it or leave it at this point.
For the Andre/Pete/Meegan story, I like the love triangle bit as Andre finally kinda sorta getting a legit one-up on Pete after years and years of abuse. It makes little sense that Andre and Meegan would end up together, but hey, not much on the show makes sense, so what’s the use complaining now? Andre trying to keep it from Pete, and Pete’s angry reaction is a solid laugh. Once again, the professional football players added to the episode can’t act, but once again, what should we expect otherwise from The League at this point.
I also enjoyed the gag of Taco basically being un-punishable because he enjoys being hazed too much. The “shove things up my butt” bit was a little too far, but otherwise, I like him being hungry for punishments and everything the group does to try to demean him backfiring. And his and Rafi’s interactions (replete with garlic bread) were funny. That said, the whole port-a-potty thing went nowhere, but I at least appreciate that it tied into C.B.’s needing to be potty trained.
Speaking of the MacArthurs, Kevin wanting to announce the pick for his birthday seemed like a kind of jerky thing to expect his wife to give up, but whatever. The chicanery of him getting to turn in a trade was very broad comedy, but it worked well enough. And the same goes for Jenny being thwarted when trying to announce the Bears’ draft pick with Jim McMahon. Plus, Ruxin was mostly a side character here, and his “nobody appreciates what I bring to this group” after having his Pete/Kevin dig superseded was a nice bit of metahumor.
Overall, look, it’s The League. It’s not Shakespeare. But this was a good outing for what this show does, and a nice start to the last season.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2019-10-12T20:53:50Z
[7.3/10] Not bad for an opening shot of the final season. I’ll admit, for a pretty unsentimental show, I appreciate them doing things to wrap around to the first season, like the reappearance of Meegan and the Tickle-Me-Elmo knockoff via Taco. Some of the material is contrived or overly broad, but you know, that’s just The League, and it’s pretty much take it or leave it at this point.
For the Andre/Pete/Meegan story, I like the love triangle bit as Andre finally kinda sorta getting a legit one-up on Pete after years and years of abuse. It makes little sense that Andre and Meegan would end up together, but hey, not much on the show makes sense, so what’s the use complaining now? Andre trying to keep it from Pete, and Pete’s angry reaction is a solid laugh. Once again, the professional football players added to the episode can’t act, but once again, what should we expect otherwise from The League at this point.
I also enjoyed the gag of Taco basically being un-punishable because he enjoys being hazed too much. The “shove things up my butt” bit was a little too far, but otherwise, I like him being hungry for punishments and everything the group does to try to demean him backfiring. And his and Rafi’s interactions (replete with garlic bread) were funny. That said, the whole port-a-potty thing went nowhere, but I at least appreciate that it tied into C.B.’s needing to be potty trained.
Speaking of the MacArthurs, Kevin wanting to announce the pick for his birthday seemed like a kind of jerky thing to expect his wife to give up, but whatever. The chicanery of him getting to turn in a trade was very broad comedy, but it worked well enough. And the same goes for Jenny being thwarted when trying to announce the Bears’ draft pick with Jim McMahon. Plus, Ruxin was mostly a side character here, and his “nobody appreciates what I bring to this group” after having his Pete/Kevin dig superseded was a nice bit of metahumor.
Overall, look, it’s The League. It’s not Shakespeare. But this was a good outing for what this show does, and a nice start to the last season.