8.0/10. Woohoo! Adventure Time is back! This one did a nice job of following up on the last episode, going into the aftermath of the fight with Hulk Susan but doing so in an interesting way. I find the notion of Grass-Finn intriguing. The notion of a person who is a combination of the timeline Finn who was in the Finnsword and the curse/emissary/octopus spider that was in the Grass-sword combining to make some kind of alternate Finn is the sort of sci-fi weirdnesss I appreciate from this show.
But what I really appreciate is the Regular Finn here. He's initially upset at this guy who he thinks is hurting Susan and copying his life, while eventually, he realizes that GrassFinn is as much a person, and as much him, as he is. (Doppelgangers lead to some awkward pronoun use). The details of Finn's maturity and psyche, from his being more zen about losing his arm this time, to his empathy and understanding for GrassFinn shows a boy who's grown up a lot and slowly but surely become the kind of person you hope the kids who watch this show see as a role model.
There's lot of other great details in here too. Jake's defensiveness against GrassFinn and attempts to make GrassFinn look him in the eye were very funny. BMO's frightenedness was adorable as usual. And my god, the banana guard on the phone was straight up hilarious. There were also tons of little plot-relevant details, like Susan being quietly wheeled away, or the ticking time bomb that is the grass-octopus thing (in some neat mirrored animation). This is Adventure Time firing on all cylinders, combining plot, humor, and character to make something that makes you laugh, makes you intrigued to find out what's next, and makes you care about the people at the center of the adventure.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-01-29T20:00:29Z
8.0/10. Woohoo! Adventure Time is back! This one did a nice job of following up on the last episode, going into the aftermath of the fight with Hulk Susan but doing so in an interesting way. I find the notion of Grass-Finn intriguing. The notion of a person who is a combination of the timeline Finn who was in the Finnsword and the curse/emissary/octopus spider that was in the Grass-sword combining to make some kind of alternate Finn is the sort of sci-fi weirdnesss I appreciate from this show.
But what I really appreciate is the Regular Finn here. He's initially upset at this guy who he thinks is hurting Susan and copying his life, while eventually, he realizes that GrassFinn is as much a person, and as much him, as he is. (Doppelgangers lead to some awkward pronoun use). The details of Finn's maturity and psyche, from his being more zen about losing his arm this time, to his empathy and understanding for GrassFinn shows a boy who's grown up a lot and slowly but surely become the kind of person you hope the kids who watch this show see as a role model.
There's lot of other great details in here too. Jake's defensiveness against GrassFinn and attempts to make GrassFinn look him in the eye were very funny. BMO's frightenedness was adorable as usual. And my god, the banana guard on the phone was straight up hilarious. There were also tons of little plot-relevant details, like Susan being quietly wheeled away, or the ticking time bomb that is the grass-octopus thing (in some neat mirrored animation). This is Adventure Time firing on all cylinders, combining plot, humor, and character to make something that makes you laugh, makes you intrigued to find out what's next, and makes you care about the people at the center of the adventure.