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

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