Episode Grade: B “Wait until the scary man leaves.” At heart, Bob Belcher is not just a restaurateur, he’s an artist. As such, he takes his methods of food preparation extremely seriously, and any deviation from what he considers the … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers S09E22: “Long Time Listener, First Time Bob”

Episode Grade: B- “Ms. Labonz? Would you say all grown-ups give up and just become awful?” There was a lot of promise here. The idea of Louise being confronted with an adult who represents a possible, frankly pretty miserable future … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers S09E21 “If You Love It So Much, Why Don’t You Marionette?”

Disclaimer: WordPress appears to have changed up its format and, as a rapidly aging white man, change confuses and frightens me. So if this review comes up looking funny, that’s why. Episode Grade: B+ Bob Belcher is not a complicated … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E19 “Roman’ Bob-iday”

Episode Grade: B+ I talked a few weeks back, during my review of this year’s Valentine’s episode, about the weight of expectations. In that case, going in I expected a great episode, given Bob’s track record with both that holiday … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E15 “The Fresh Princ-ipal”

Episode Grade: B Going to start with a bit of a digression, but I promise I’m going somewhere with it. He’s got some competition, but Jimmy Pesto Jr. might be the trickiest character on Bob’s Burgers in that his most irritating … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E14 “Every Which Way But Goose”

Episode Grade: B Without going back and regrading every episode, I would venture to say the Valentine’s Day is the holiday that most consistently produces classic Bob’s Burgers episodes (Halloween being a close second). Something about a day dedicated to … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E13 “Bed, Bob and Beyond”

Episode Grade: B+ I think it was Anton Chekov who once said “If you introduce a broken elevator in act one, a character must be hanging onto it for dear life by the third.” I might be paraphrasing. Put another … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E12 “The Helen Hunt”

Episode Grade: B It’s a testament to how in-the-pocket Bob’s Burgers is at this point in it’s run that a Linda-centric episode goes off this smoothly. Not just a Linda episode even: a Linda episode that heavily features Gayle. Linda … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E11 “Lorenzo’s Oil? No, Linda’s”

Episode Grade: B+/A- Remember a few weeks back when I said Bob’s Burgers doesn’t really do traditional antagonists? How even the meanest and pettiest characters are ultimately drawn sympathetically and given at least somewhat understandable motivations (well, apart from Jimmy … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E10 “Better Off Sled”

Episode Grade: B+/A- At her core, Tina Belcher is an optimist. Pretty much all of her defining characteristics stem from this, from her hopeless romanticism to her sense of justice, a fundamental belief that things will work out in the … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E09 “UFO No You Didn’t”

Episode Grade: B+/A- “Gene is livid when his best friend Alex ditches him to be Courtney’s roller-dancing partner[.]” The opening line of Fox’s description of tonight’s episode is interesting for a couple of reasons. For one, romantic jealousy isn’t a … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E08 “Roller? I Hardly Know Her”

Episode Grade: B “Sometimes I get to do what I want to do!” “No, you don’t! Ever!” “Pinch him, kids!” As the ‘straight man’, or at least the closest thing to, in a family of five impulsive weirdos (six if … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers-S09E07 “I Bob Your Pardon”

Grade: B- Good evening, Avocados! TheFunBoy3Version here, ready to kick off whatever discussion you want to have about tonight’s Bob’s Burgers. This is my first time making a post on this website, so I’ll start by begging forgiveness/asking for patience … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers: S09E06 “Bobby Driver”

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 21 Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You Grade: C Bob making everything about about himself was a little annoying, even if his song was sweet. The ‘this wedding is my warzone’ line … Continue reading “Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You” Bob’s Burgers S8 E21

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 20 Mission Impos-slug-ble Grade: B ‘Pokemon but they’re all slugs’ is pretty silly, but Bob’s Burgers grounding narrative in hurt feelings and emotional character moments made it work. I would have like to see Louise’s … Continue reading “Mission Impos-slug-ble” Bob’s Burgers S8 E20

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 19 Mo Mommy Mo Problems Grade: C+ I’m generally not thrilled by Linda acting entitled and mean and not getting her comeuppance but a bucket of squirrel blood and the kids goes a long way. … Continue reading “Mo Mommy Mo Problems” Bob’s Burgers S8 E19

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 18 As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps Grade: A I always thought that the alley behind Bob’s Burgers was an interesting, underexplored venue and here it gets center stage as … Continue reading “As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps” Bob’s Burgers S8 E18

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 17 Boywatch Grade: B- For a show about a beach town, Bob’s Burgers spends very little time in the surf. Hot boys forcing Tina out of her comfort zone is probably as good an excuse … Continue reading “Boywatch” Bob’s Burgers S8 E17

Bob’s Burgers Season 8 Episode 16 Are You There Bob? It’s Me, Birthday Grade: B The episode quickly started going down the ‘everybody being mean to Bob in service of doing something nice for him’ route the show’s taken many, … Continue reading “Are You There Bob? It’s Me, Birthday” Bob’s Burgers S8 E16

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