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InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost

InsensitiveSeaBass posted:

I'm going to assume the last 4 episodes will be turned into make goods in s15 and s16.
No clue what they were doing post strike dragging season 14 into september, but here we are with a new season of Bob Burger and his family.

1: The Tina Table: The Tables Have Tina-Ed
Tina attempts to save her school news segment by interviewing Mr. Frond about his revolutionary new computer game; Bob and Linda entertain Teddy by making up the plots to popular horror movies they haven't seen.

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TheFattestPat
Dec 28, 2012

Santa Cat Says: Good deeds are the things to always do, just make sure someone is watching you
That was the Teddy freakout I needed, LIARS!

live with fruit
Aug 15, 2010
"Our dad is a beta with no back end" was Gene's best line in a while.

Nanigans
Aug 31, 2005

プルスウルトラ
That was excellent. :)

TheFattestPat
Dec 28, 2012

Santa Cat Says: Good deeds are the things to always do, just make sure someone is watching you
I like these student body plots, Frond is just the perfect villain.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
2: Saving Favorite Drive-in
When the Belchers visit the local drive-in, Bob comes up with a plan to save the theatre from closing; Linda accidentally insults another mom while on a group text chain; Louise and Gene hide from Tina after stealing some of her favorite candy.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


While I enjoyed the episode it did kind of feel like they made it out of subplots that they didn't have space for in other episodes since both the kids and Linda bits weren't really "drive in" specific.

Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

muscles like this! posted:

While I enjoyed the episode it did kind of feel like they made it out of subplots that they didn't have space for in other episodes since both the kids and Linda bits weren't really "drive in" specific.

I'll forgive a lot of sins in order to get Pam Grier in an episode.

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Yeah that episode was kind of a mess. Linda's texting thing and the kids uh, candy conflict, were not interesting at all, while Bob's flashbacks and sudden attempts to save the drive in actually were. It could have been a top 10 episode if it had stuck to just Bob.

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know
I did want to see a lot more of young Bob and maybe find out what ever happened to Ramona. I thought the kids plot was fine, and should stay over the Linda plot.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
3: Colon-ly the Dronely
Linda agrees to drive Teddy to pick up Kathleen from her colonoscopy after he accidentally injures himself. Meanwhile, the kids concoct a scheme to prank an overhead drone which is set to film the school from above.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


I guess I'm not really feeling the kid plots this season but I thought the Bob and Linda plots were a lot of fun. Especially all the stuff with the cop.

Nanigans
Aug 31, 2005

プルスウルトラ

muscles like this! posted:

I guess I'm not really feeling the kid plots this season but I thought the Bob and Linda plots were a lot of fun. Especially all the stuff with the cop.

I felt the same. The kid plot (like last week’s) felt not only incredibly disconnected from anything else going on, but also had me exasperated waiting for the story to switch back to Bob or Linda.

Robert Facepalmer
Jan 10, 2019


I’m shocked that Bob didn’t come up with some bullshit excuse about the shampoo and just told them what happened. The kid plot also felt like they realized there was three minutes left and they had to wrap it up.

live with fruit
Aug 15, 2010
Yet another episode in which Louise realizes in the last thirty seconds that she's being selfish and needs to chill.

Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

I think maybe three plots are too many.

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Yeah if they're not intertwining in any meaningful way. Though Seinfeld used to regularly juggle four unrelated plots. But for Bob's Burgers, one or two fleshed out plots is best.

TheFattestPat
Dec 28, 2012

Santa Cat Says: Good deeds are the things to always do, just make sure someone is watching you
Our thread is about as active as the restaurant, on a good day.

gurragadon
Jul 28, 2006

It just needs one guy who constantly posts stream of conscious to be Teddy.

Piell
Sep 3, 2006

Grey Worm's Ken doll-like groin throbbed with the anticipatory pleasure that only a slightly warm and moist piece of lemoncake could offer


Young Orc
They should do more stuff with Mort

Robert Facepalmer
Jan 10, 2019


I don't think Standards & Practices would let them.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost

Piell posted:

They should do more stuff with Mort

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
4: For Whom the Doll Toes
It is a mystery within a mystery as Louise stages a murder mystery in a creepy old dollhouse store for reasons that she has trouble explaining.

Robert Facepalmer
Jan 10, 2019


N: That was certainly an episode.
V: LOL, Jimmy Pesto is going to prison for a year. LMAO even.

Piell
Sep 3, 2006

Grey Worm's Ken doll-like groin throbbed with the anticipatory pleasure that only a slightly warm and moist piece of lemoncake could offer


Young Orc
That was a fun episode, glad they didn't feel the need to make the B plot any bigger, perfect amount

Robert Facepalmer posted:

N: That was certainly an episode.
V: LOL, Jimmy Pesto is going to prison for a year. LMAO even.

https://x.com/Banger_/status/1851027107897319739

Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

We have now achieved the best end credits.

live with fruit
Aug 15, 2010
I enjoy serious Gene episodes.

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Unquestionably on my worst episodes of all time list, minus all of the "kids take turns telling a story" ones.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
5: Don't Stop Be-Cheesin
Louise trains Tina to be the last student standing during a cheese throwing battle against the other eighth graders; Bob and Teddy teach Linda how to successfully eavesdrop on customers' conversations.

TheFattestPat
Dec 28, 2012

Santa Cat Says: Good deeds are the things to always do, just make sure someone is watching you
Tina makes a great assassin. Non-descriptive, quiet, looks unassuming, can be laser focused when she wants to be, ready to incur vengeance on those who have wronged her.

Too bad this show is stuck in limbo, I want to see Gene and then Louise have to do this in 8th grade. The family has a title to defend.

muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


Maybe it is just algorithm bias but I saw a lot of people in costumes doing lip sync of Bob's Burgers clips recently.

SweetMercifulCrap!
Jan 28, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
Thought it was neat how the showdown was a showcase of all, or at least several of the kids they have added in more recent years and none of the originals.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
6: Hope N' Mic Night
The kids want to host an open mic night at the restaurant, but the hidden costs keep mounting and Bob worries that the night will ruin them.

Nanigans
Aug 31, 2005

プルスウルトラ
This week’s episode was easily one of my favorites and definitely a top 10 for the show. No notes.

Nameless Pete
May 8, 2007

Get a load of those...
I theorize that Andy and Ollie Pesto and Walter and Perry from Home Movies are based off of the same two kids from Loren Bouchard's childhood. I love that after fifteen seasons I still don't know which is which.

I was glad Marshmallow was able to blackmail the fire marshall with something funny rather than have him be one of her clients and going the trans panic route. Her whole bit was great.

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

Nameless Pete posted:

I theorize that Andy and Ollie Pesto and Walter and Perry from Home Movies are based off of the same two kids from Loren Bouchard's childhood. I love that after fifteen seasons I still don't know which is which.

I was glad Marshmallow was able to blackmail the fire marshall with something funny rather than have him be one of her clients and going the trans panic route. Her whole bit was great.

I honestly don't see that in the DNA of this show. Even when Marshmallow and the trans prostitutes made their first appearance, the comeupance for Jimmy Pesto was that has into trans women, but that he was a diaper daddy. Even 12 years ago they were making that an active choice to avoid.


I just liked seeing everyone getting to do their song and such. It was a nice slice of life punctuated by Marshmallow's performance.

Nerdietalk
Dec 23, 2014

I'm actually really enjoying this season. Doll house was one of the better tell a story episodes and it felt like Mic Night was especially well-serviced to show off the new VAs a bit more.

live with fruit
Aug 15, 2010
It's starting to feel like this show would be better off cutting down to 12 episode seasons. Episodes like the open mic one are great but there is a lot of filler anymore.

InsensitiveSeaBass
Apr 1, 2008

You're entering a realm which is unusual. Maybe it's magic, or contains some kind of monster... The second one. Prepare to enter The Scary Door.
Nap Ghost
Time to play "Guess when the Thanksgiving Episode will actually air"

7: Boogie Days
When Louise signs up for a father-daughter boogie board contest, Bob's past comes back to haunt him.

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muscles like this!
Jan 17, 2005


No, that's... Jamiroquai.

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