[8.1/10] Another great episode. I really like Bob’s realization that he had a bad childhood and doesn't want his kids to do the same. His memories of his dad are little details that only really come back in one more episode, but they help add depth to why Bob is the way he is in an interesting ways, and it leads to some neat stories.
For one, I love how the kids don’t know how to have summer fun. (Gene’s “I’m more of an indoor boy” line cracked me up.) The idea that even when they’re set free to go play, the kids end up working for somebody else is a nice bit of irony, and works as a comic reversal. I’ll admit that I didn’t get many laughs at Nick Offerman and Megan Mullaly as a couple of pot-farmers, but the idea of the kids unwittingly working on a pot farm got some laughs out of me. Tina’s obliviousness to the whole thing, and yet acting vaguely like a drug dealer when she thinks her secret job is going to be exposed was a really funny bit.
I also loved the return of Mickey the bankrobber. Bill Hader is a stitch every time, and he and H. Jon Benjamin have such a fun dynamic together. You can really see the show’s naturalistic comedy dialogue work when the two of them are having conversations. At the same time, the realization that Mickey just wanted to work in the restaurant in order to tunnel into the bank via Bob’s basement was a funny place to take that story.
I also like the climax of the episode, both plot-wise and emotionally. There’s something amusing about Bob being so insistent with Mickey that he doesn't want SWAT guys with guns pointing in his face, only to have it go down when he goes to rescue the kids from the pot farm. And I also really like Bob’s realization that it doesn't have to be one or the other: he can have the kids work at his restaurant but still let them goof off and be kids in a way his dad never let him. It’s a nice, mature, happy medium.
Overall, there’s a lot of laughs and a lot of good character material for Bob here, which makes for a winning episode.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2019-09-04T13:14:40Z
[8.1/10] Another great episode. I really like Bob’s realization that he had a bad childhood and doesn't want his kids to do the same. His memories of his dad are little details that only really come back in one more episode, but they help add depth to why Bob is the way he is in an interesting ways, and it leads to some neat stories.
For one, I love how the kids don’t know how to have summer fun. (Gene’s “I’m more of an indoor boy” line cracked me up.) The idea that even when they’re set free to go play, the kids end up working for somebody else is a nice bit of irony, and works as a comic reversal. I’ll admit that I didn’t get many laughs at Nick Offerman and Megan Mullaly as a couple of pot-farmers, but the idea of the kids unwittingly working on a pot farm got some laughs out of me. Tina’s obliviousness to the whole thing, and yet acting vaguely like a drug dealer when she thinks her secret job is going to be exposed was a really funny bit.
I also loved the return of Mickey the bankrobber. Bill Hader is a stitch every time, and he and H. Jon Benjamin have such a fun dynamic together. You can really see the show’s naturalistic comedy dialogue work when the two of them are having conversations. At the same time, the realization that Mickey just wanted to work in the restaurant in order to tunnel into the bank via Bob’s basement was a funny place to take that story.
I also like the climax of the episode, both plot-wise and emotionally. There’s something amusing about Bob being so insistent with Mickey that he doesn't want SWAT guys with guns pointing in his face, only to have it go down when he goes to rescue the kids from the pot farm. And I also really like Bob’s realization that it doesn't have to be one or the other: he can have the kids work at his restaurant but still let them goof off and be kids in a way his dad never let him. It’s a nice, mature, happy medium.
Overall, there’s a lot of laughs and a lot of good character material for Bob here, which makes for a winning episode.