[7.1/10] This one was a little better than the season premiere. The highlight was definitely Bean’s fumbling attempt to impersonate her mom. There’s some good humor in her laughably bad british accent (and Luci’s reaction to it). The confrontation between her and Dagmar is pointed in an emotionally resonant way. There’s a lot of hurtful barbs hurled back and forth between mother and daughter, especially after Dagmar betrays Bean yet again, but she’s still stymied when Bean accuses her (in a roundabout way) of never loving her daughter. It’s a sign that there’s still some heart left in Dagmar, brought out in a unique fashion.
The underground humor is already wearing thin though. Luci and Elfo don’t really have much to do. Luci helps in the escape, and Elfo gives Dagmar a massage in something that scans as meant to appeal to fetishists or something. But they’re mostly superfluous here.
Zog’s story is stuck in neutral for most of the episode. The show can’t come up with a lot of humor to him being stuck in a coffin, which is understandable. There’s at least some good character moments where he says a cosmic goodbye to Bean and Derek, and even regrets that he wasn’t a better king. His inadvertent rescue by the trogs has some synergy to it, though it’s a bit convenient.
I’m intrigued by Derek’s portion of the story though. He’s basically Ralph from The Simpsons, but taken a little more seriously. I like the notion of him legitimately missing his dad and trying to be a better king. The advent of the secret book of kings makes for an interesting development, especially with the hint that there may be some connection between Zog and the trogs and the “cursed king” whose page is missing from the book.
Overall, this is still pretty mild as half hour comedies go, but not bad by any means.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2021-01-20T04:30:48Z
[7.1/10] This one was a little better than the season premiere. The highlight was definitely Bean’s fumbling attempt to impersonate her mom. There’s some good humor in her laughably bad british accent (and Luci’s reaction to it). The confrontation between her and Dagmar is pointed in an emotionally resonant way. There’s a lot of hurtful barbs hurled back and forth between mother and daughter, especially after Dagmar betrays Bean yet again, but she’s still stymied when Bean accuses her (in a roundabout way) of never loving her daughter. It’s a sign that there’s still some heart left in Dagmar, brought out in a unique fashion.
The underground humor is already wearing thin though. Luci and Elfo don’t really have much to do. Luci helps in the escape, and Elfo gives Dagmar a massage in something that scans as meant to appeal to fetishists or something. But they’re mostly superfluous here.
Zog’s story is stuck in neutral for most of the episode. The show can’t come up with a lot of humor to him being stuck in a coffin, which is understandable. There’s at least some good character moments where he says a cosmic goodbye to Bean and Derek, and even regrets that he wasn’t a better king. His inadvertent rescue by the trogs has some synergy to it, though it’s a bit convenient.
I’m intrigued by Derek’s portion of the story though. He’s basically Ralph from The Simpsons, but taken a little more seriously. I like the notion of him legitimately missing his dad and trying to be a better king. The advent of the secret book of kings makes for an interesting development, especially with the hint that there may be some connection between Zog and the trogs and the “cursed king” whose page is missing from the book.
Overall, this is still pretty mild as half hour comedies go, but not bad by any means.