[7.6/10] Whoa, there’s a lot to unpack here. I’ll start out with a criticism, which is that this one gets a little too continuity-heavy at times. I don’t know that we needed that much giving us the origin of the pinata or the cabin or even dear Neddie.
But I like the general idea of this backstory and continuity-filled episode, that basically gives us the origin of the Candy Kingdom. P.B. initially wanted to make equals, people who were like her that she should relate to, but then she saw how real people saw her, and plotted against her, and how much easier the nice but pliable candy people were, and rarely, if ever, tried to make people who were that challenging ever again. It’s a little too simplistic as backstory, but it’s interesting backstory nonetheless, and the implication that she made Uncle Gumbald and the others because she was yearning for family, only to get this type of family, is a really interesting narrative choice to help explain PB’s perspective.
Overall, it’s not necessarily as touching as some of the other gap-filling episodes are, but it still packs a certain punch and has interesting notions behind it, even if it gets a little too cute in its “this is how ___ started!” mentality.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-12-02T03:05:41Z
[7.6/10] Whoa, there’s a lot to unpack here. I’ll start out with a criticism, which is that this one gets a little too continuity-heavy at times. I don’t know that we needed that much giving us the origin of the pinata or the cabin or even dear Neddie.
But I like the general idea of this backstory and continuity-filled episode, that basically gives us the origin of the Candy Kingdom. P.B. initially wanted to make equals, people who were like her that she should relate to, but then she saw how real people saw her, and plotted against her, and how much easier the nice but pliable candy people were, and rarely, if ever, tried to make people who were that challenging ever again. It’s a little too simplistic as backstory, but it’s interesting backstory nonetheless, and the implication that she made Uncle Gumbald and the others because she was yearning for family, only to get this type of family, is a really interesting narrative choice to help explain PB’s perspective.
Overall, it’s not necessarily as touching as some of the other gap-filling episodes are, but it still packs a certain punch and has interesting notions behind it, even if it gets a little too cute in its “this is how ___ started!” mentality.