Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 15 Go Tina on the Mountain Grade: A Bob’s Burgers plays the ‘run away into the wilderness’ card twice in three episodes and it… kinda works? Really well this time. Bob and Linda going from … Continue reading “Go Tina on the Mountain” Bob’s Burgers S8 E15

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 14 The Trouble with Doubles Grade: C- Very few jokes this episode. Nothing that stood out to me, anyway, just plot details overlaid with awkwardness as the series skewered the concept of ’emotional support animals,’ double … Continue reading “The Trouble with Doubles” Bob’s Burgers S8 E14

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 13 Cheer Up, Sleepy Gene Grade: C+ A pretty low-key Bob’s Burgers gives Gene a chance to demonstrate how he’s grown up a little and also how much of a momma’s boy he remains by … Continue reading “Cheer Up, Sleepy Gene” Bob’s Burgers S8 E13

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 12 The Hurt Soccer Grade: A+ Bob and Louise triumphing at something that they initially hate? Louise and Gene in musical genre heaven? A perfectly contrasting pairing. Louise’s increasing late blooming competitiveness with regards to sports … Continue reading “The Hurt Soccer” Bob’s Burgers S8 E12

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 11 Sleeping with the Frenemy Grade: A Tammy is awful. The absolute worst. Giving her and the Belchers a study in close contrasts left me wondering how long the show would take to bother to … Continue reading “Sleeping with the Frenemy” Bob’s Burgers S8 E11

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 10 The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets Grade: B An enjoyable bout of Teddy slowly unknowingly wearing away at Bob’s last nerve, a little filler, and a strong sub-plot make for a decent, if largely … Continue reading “The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets” Bob’s Burgers S8 E10

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 9 Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien Grade: A After the prolonged absence for the show I’m glad they came through with an expectations shifting episode like this gem. Confession: I’ve never liked Regular-Sized Rudy. He didn’t … Continue reading “Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien” Bob’s Burgers S8 E9

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 8 V for Valentine-detta Grade: A- The quirkiness was on point. From the limo driver’s ‘is she simply talking on Louise’s level or does she really believe in her decapitation conspiracy theory’ profitable confusion to … Continue reading “V for Valentine-detta” Bob’s Burgers S8 E8

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 6 & 7 Bleakening Grade: B+ The Bleaken is coming duh nuh nuh hold on to your horn… Pretty catchy. He got nude he got super nude The songs were on point even if the plot … Continue reading “Bleakening” Bob’s Burgers S8 E6 & E7

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 5 Thanks-Hoarding Grade: B Any Thanksgiving episode has a lot to live up to- there’ve been some spectacular Thanksgiving episodes, including last years ‘Quirkducers.” This one is more low key- letting the family play around with … Continue reading “Thanks-Hoarding” Bob’s Burgers S8 E5

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 4 Sit Me Baby One More Time Grade: B+ Tina’s burgeoning independence after watching Sound of Music leads her to pick a fight with Tammy in what seems to be a natural outgrowth of their … Continue reading “Sit Me Baby One More Time” Bob’s Burgers S8 E4