User blog comment:Weavillain/POLL: Is "Spell It Out" a "Lucy Torture" Episode?/@comment-31563773-20170521054742

This ain't a torture episode since she does get a bit of revenge during it, but one thing this episode does show is how dumb the siblings are. They KNEW they strained their vocal cords, yet still did things that would require some voice input at best. Lynn's situation in particular was outright stupid because she was trying to use a megaphone when she CAN'T SPEAK. A person with common sense would hold up a sign saying "Stroke".

In Lori's case, she really could've texted her friends and told her she can't talk due to straining her voice, and Lincoln could just use text chat for his game.