User blog:Curious Poker Chip/CPC's 10 Best and Worst Loud House Episodes (Season 2)

Well I decided to make this and after careful thought and consideration, I thought I would do something a bit different. I decided to make a list of the ten best and the ten worst episodes of The Loud House for Season 2 and a little bit of an explanation of why they are on the list. With that in mind, let's begin.

DISCLAIMER: The episode entitled "L is for Love" will be excluded from the list as I simply have not seen it. I cannot judge an episode of a TV show when I have not seen the episode, now can I? But even if I did, it probably would not have made my Top 10 because I find it weird that the kids as young as five have "crushes" and other reasons, but I digress because I do not want to make any more enemies than I already have because of this opinion. Now let's truly begin.

BEST

10. "Lock 'N' Loud"

I always enjoy the episodes where all the Louds acts as an ensemble and this one was one of the best ones. I also like the structure of how Lynn Sr. tries to get the kids into being more security conscious but it ultimately backfires. What else can I say? It's funny, it's breezy, there are really no overly mean or harsh moments, and there are good moments for most of the characters. Definitely enjoyable.

9. "Potty Mouth"

Although L is for Love is ineligible from this list, its sister episode is included. When people think Lily learned about the dreaded "D-Word" from them, they try to change their ways. It's full of cute moments and it goes along at a nice pace, including the climax of the episode where they try to pass Lisa off as Lily, which is kinda weird but funny and I enjoyed it. Also I have this weird thing about "swear" humour, which probably why I enjoyed "Sailor Mouth" or Fantastic Mr. Fox so much. I dunno, I'm just strange.

8. "11 Louds a Leapin'"

I am not really a big fan of holiday themed episodes, especially Christmas since I do not celebrate it (the rampant commercialism and paganism really turns me off), but this one was pretty decent. It's another good ensemble piece which features some great moments from most of the Loud kids, but it also has a really touching story centering around Mr. Grouse that I really enjoyed. Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, it reminded me of how I sometimes can't visit the people that I love because of financial reasons or because they live simply too far away. Overall, it's a very nice episode and I can easily turn away from my Christmas stigma and enjoy the poignant story that lies therein.

7. "No Laughing Matter" 

It's interesting how in this episode, even though Luan is trying not to be funny, it becomes even more funny because of the perfect anti-humour. It also has a decent message amount not being funny when the moment does not allow it, which I myself have being guilty of not following. Even though I have a sense of humour, sometimes I am funny at inappropriate moments and it reminded me of that. But the anti-humour as I mentioned before, in a weird way kinda makes this really humourous. The moments where the sisters are trying to get Luan to be funny again, followed by a serious response from her, just makes me grin and chuckle a lot. Again, I am strange, but I still enjoy this one.

6. "Cheater by the Dozen" 

I have seen a fair amount of hatred for this episode because of its predictability and honestly I do not blame them, but I am judging this based on my first viewing of this episode. When I first watched this, I laughed loud and I laughed hard and I laughed frequently. Like legit full-on laughs for like eight of the eleven minutes that the episode was shown. That is probably more than any other episode on this list. I admit that the episode is mostly okay on repeated viewings, but that first instance of me viewing this episode was so great that I thought I would include it on the list.

5. "Patching Things Up"

An episode directed by Kyle Marshall that doesn't suck? Apparently. Although I am not really a fan of the episodes where he directs, this one was super great. I love the camaraderie of Lola and Lana. They are just too adorable together and I think that is really what it so great. It was also the episode that made me really love Lana. I mean before I liked her, but this episode was where her grossness in a weird way made her just so dang cute. And of course, it's pretty funny. There are a few brief moments that I disliked, but overall a really solid episode.

4. '"Tricked!" '

Again another holiday-themed episode, but this one was not too bad. I liked the design of the episode and all the different costumes that all the characters had. But it also had a good moral, a good pace, and great character moments. Although I was not fond of the overuse of blood, which is one of my biggest pet peeves with The Loud House and it may be a bit too scary for some kids, I still mostly enjoyed it.

3. "No Spoilers" 

Leni Loud at her absolute cutest. That is all.

2. "Garage Banned" 

This was one of those episodes that I enjoyed more and more upon repeated viewings. I loved how this episode was written and how it really reminded me of my own situation living at home. Sure I do live with my parents and would eventually like to leave their place and have my own, but I am simply not ready yet and I would probably be exactly like Lori in this episode, except for the yoga farts (even though it was the "floorboards" according to her). But yeah really funny, I loved Catherine Taber's performance as Lori, Lori was the perfect amount of cute without being too overly mean and there were a lot of other moments that I just really enjoyed overall.

1. "Suite and Sour" 

This one was my favourite episode of Loud House ever. Like I said before, as with most TV shows with good ensembles, I love episodes where the ensembles can just play off each other and have fun. Even though I think episode would've been truly perfect if it was a 22 minute episode, I still found it super enjoyable. It goes at a breakneck speed but never feels too fast and stuffs the right amount of jokes and character moments in it without feeling too bloated. And I just have a thing for hotel-themed episodes and I do not know why, from "Krusty Towers" to even Suite Life of Zack and Cody which was a bit of a childhood staple. Again, I am a strange one.

WORST

10. "Pets Peeved" 

I had a bit of a difficult time filling out this list as the first few ones here I don't think are overly very bad, just uninteresting. This one was just meh because I don't find the pets to be that interesting. I mean I know that they have their fans and such, but I just found this one a little boring. Not to say it's "bad" because there is nothing about it that is ethically wrong, it just was plain. I applaud them for trying something different but to me, it did not pay off.

9. "Kick the Bucket List" 

Another episode that was fine but not overly memorable. It seemed like a slam dunk too, but for some reason it was just not super interesting to watch and I don't know why. Maybe if they gave the script another draft or something, then it would good but as it, it's mostly pretty bland. If you like it, fine, but I just felt it to be okay.

8. "Vantastic Voyage" 

To me, Lynn Sr. acted way too weird and obsessive with his new van in this one. It really turned me off, but overall this was another meh one. I did enjoy the subplot with Lori and Leni getting a test drive and felt like if they put more of that in the episode or heck even just made it its own separate episode then it would be great, but as is I feel like there was not enough of that to make the whole thing enjoyable and Lynn Sr. just acted too obsessive for my liking.

7. "The Crying Dame"

I hate Fenton and want to kill him with fire.

6. "Room with a Feud"

This is the first surprise entry in this list. Although it does mostly right and was a substantially better version of "Brawl in the Family" (and we'll get to that one soon), I just felt like it was too much of a "Lincoln sucks" episode. I really hate it when they have episodes like that (I would call them "torture porns" but due to my previous addiction I don't like using that term). And the ending... oh man. While it is a nice ending and it showed the sisters caring for Lincoln which I can totally get behind, it just basically accomplished nothing but keeping the status quo. Ugh. It's not the worst and it just barely misses my top 5, but I still don't think it's as good as some people put it. Plus Leni's laugh is amazing.

5. "Making the Grade" 

I have a video coming discussing this episode in greater detail, but the cliff-notes are that I felt Lisa commits the biggest character sin in the entire series. She is supposed to be smart, but acts like a total freaking idiot throughout. To me, that is just dumb writing, and writing is the backbone of great TV shows. Again it's not the absolute worst, but I still thought it was the worst Lisa episode to date.

4. "Spell it Out" 

Another surprise? Why yes indeed. Another one of those episodes that is malevolent to a certain character, in this case Lucy, for no reason, but also has Lucy just return evil upon her siblings and act like a manipulative jerk for the majority of the second half. And the logic throughout is all kinds of ridiculous. Again another video subject so I won't get into it too much, but yeah this episode sucked.

3. "Yes Man"

Three, count 'em three surprise in this journal entry. Ah ah ah! [trying to do a Count impression from Sesame Street]

Yep. I was not prepared for much I hated this episode. Almost everything about it was wrong. The parents are shown in a poor light, just showering their kids with money and spoiling them rotten, Lincoln shows no respect for his parents as authority figures when they say "no" to him going to the concert, and the only real reason they said "no" was because they did not have the money available to let him go, meaning they would've let him go regardless, showing how much of crap parents they are. And in the end, he just GETS WHAT HE WANTS anyway. Again, it was nice of the sisters to host the mock concert, but if he just not have had anything to do with the concert and you know, learned from his parents not letting him go then it would have been so much better, but as is... it's one of the worst Loud House episodes I've ever seen.[more of my thoughts on the episode here]

2. "Brawl in the Family" 

You all saw this one coming. This was a stupid idea and a stupid execution. I mean they spend the whole episode fighting and it just lead to nothing. It is not fun to watch and it is not fun to experience. And like I said on multiple occasions, the Loud parents suck as parents because they don't send them to their rooms for fighting for three consecutive days and just let them continue to do it and shape their lives around this fight. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! YOU ARE THEIR PARENTS, GROUND THEIR BUTTS!! Ugh.

And to the surprise of absolutely no one.

1. "No Such Luck" 

If you did not see this one coming, you are a liar. The most hated episode of The Loud House to date and it's clear to see why. Another episode where everybody hates Lincoln. It just makes you feel so bad for him, and the conclusion of the episode was not funny and it just embarrassed him to the point of where I fear Lincoln will get a complex. Just terrible.

I thought nothing could beat out "The Butterfly Effect" as the worst episode I ever saw, but "No Such Luck" did it. The worst Loud House episode to date, and I would not be surprised that it would be the worst episode would the series is finished.

Again, this is all my opinion and if you like or dislike any of these episodes, good for you. Thanks for reading.

~Tyler