Abducting Murphy's Law hones in on the idea of miscommunication. Whether that be miscommunication between friends, between strangers, or even people from other places, there is something universal about the idea that a simple misunderstanding about words can completely shift one's tone about the other person. We see both positive and negative resolutions in this episode, and both are portrayed wonderfully as the show finally gets going with it's long built alien storyline. Milo's abduction turns out to be mostly harmless, with the aliens needing him for something that isn't negative to him, though the initial misunderstanding is very funny leads to some quality gag work. Doof, Melissa, and Zack's own storyline is equally as great, and I love the angle of the Milo robot being a jerk and that being the thing to tip them off.
On the more negative side though is Dakota and Cavendish, whose storyline comes to a head as they split ways over, you guessed it, miscommunication. Normally Dan and Swampy like to wrap things up in an episode as a way to keep the status quo but also develop character (they did this masterfully in P&F) but in MML they've been keen on sticking with long term plot developments and this is no exception. Their splitting, at least right now, is permanent and forever changes the status quo and dynamics at play here. Where does it go? Who knows now, but this episode is proof that they still got it. Excellent.
Review by LegionWrexBlockedParent2022-02-22T04:37:36Z
Abducting Murphy's Law hones in on the idea of miscommunication. Whether that be miscommunication between friends, between strangers, or even people from other places, there is something universal about the idea that a simple misunderstanding about words can completely shift one's tone about the other person. We see both positive and negative resolutions in this episode, and both are portrayed wonderfully as the show finally gets going with it's long built alien storyline. Milo's abduction turns out to be mostly harmless, with the aliens needing him for something that isn't negative to him, though the initial misunderstanding is very funny leads to some quality gag work. Doof, Melissa, and Zack's own storyline is equally as great, and I love the angle of the Milo robot being a jerk and that being the thing to tip them off.
On the more negative side though is Dakota and Cavendish, whose storyline comes to a head as they split ways over, you guessed it, miscommunication. Normally Dan and Swampy like to wrap things up in an episode as a way to keep the status quo but also develop character (they did this masterfully in P&F) but in MML they've been keen on sticking with long term plot developments and this is no exception. Their splitting, at least right now, is permanent and forever changes the status quo and dynamics at play here. Where does it go? Who knows now, but this episode is proof that they still got it. Excellent.