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Tricked!

Synopsis: For Halloween, Lincoln and Clyde have scoped out a fancy neighborhood to make their dreams of scoring full-size candy bars a reality. Meanwhile, Lucy puts on a haunted maze, and the younger girls scheme to get maximum candy.

Elaboration: I’m hyped for this one. From what I’ve seen based on the leaked images of this episode, there should be many great visual sights and memorable moments. It should be intriguing to see how some of the younger kids will scheme in order to get more candy, including Lincoln himself, who is strategically choosing a well-off area to seek bigger treats. Of course, Lucy is going to have a field day on Halloween night, and it will be cool to see what her little maze consists of. What is perhaps most notable about this episode so far is how it will appear visually. The colour palette is used to its full effect, as the rich colours add to the mise-en-scene of each scene, and efficiently set the eerie and spooky tone. As such, this episode is likely to be very atmospheric. Just look at how visually stunning the scenes with Creepy Luna, Mad Scientist Luan, or animalistic Lisa look. Luna looks awesome as she strongly resembles Dr Facilier from The Princess and The Frog, while Lori makes a convincing vampire. Interestingly, Luan seems to be taking the role of mad scientist instead of Lisa, though maybe that’s intentional, as perhaps the writers wish to play with our expectations and provide us with something different. Either way, I’m looking forward to seeing how the siblings will interact with the theme of Halloween night. As far as the title goes, I’m not going to lie, I preferred the original episode title, “Trick or Treachery” but I’m not going to get over-dramatic about it changing. Besides, we know very little about the plot at this point. For all we know, the title change may have been due to the fact that treachery is not present in the story at any point, hence making it an unfitting name.



No Spoilers

Synopsis: Knowing Leni’s history of spoiling surprises, the kids decide not to tell her about their Mom’s upcoming party, but keeping Leni away is no easy task.

Elaboration: Well, well, well… just as I and many others have been talking about how Leni is a character who could benefit from having some more focal episodes, the writers give us exactly that. We’re almost at the end of season 2 now, and I believe this is the first story that could actually be considered a Leni episode (Change of Heart provided her with a major role but the plot was still more concerned about Clyde and Lori). Anyway, this should be an intriguing little story, and one with the potential to be heavily amusing and entertaining. While some might argue this plot is treading old ground, considering there is already an episode about keeping a secret from Leni (In Along Came a Sister, the siblings had to keep Frank the spider away from Leni), but provided this episode can distribute enough fresh material, such as new and effectively humorous gags, notable moments of character interaction, and different approaches and directions being applied to the somewhat similar narrative, then that factor shouldn’t matter too much in the grand scheme of things. Leni has a chance to not only give the audience a bunch of laughs from this starring role, but also to grow as a character. While Leni is not necessarily a character who needs tons of development, as she is already pretty likable and enjoyable to watch as she is, adding further layers of personality and reducing elements of one-dimensional characterisation is hardly something I’m going to complain about. There may also be a chance this plot will give us more of Rita, who compared to her husband, hasn’t been focused on that much (seriously, Lynn Sr is okay and all, but why has he had more days in the limelight than ALL of the sisters this season? You know, the ones who are supposed to be the main characters?). The bottom line is this episode has comedic potential and it would be foolish to waste such an opportunity to exploit it.



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<p style="color:rgb(44,54,53);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;">Synopsis: The family embarks on a reading challenge at the library, but Lola refuses to participate.

<p style="color:rgb(44,54,53);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;">Elaboration: Ok, first of all, when you read the titles for this and the following episode and put 2 + 2 together before the synopses were given, did you also gain the impression that they were a 2 parter? If that were the case, it would be a major shift in direction for the show, as The Loud House has never delved into the realm of arc based stories to date. However, as it stands, it appears the titles just happen to sound similar, but their narratives are completely disconnected from one another. This synopsis sounds like it contains potential to be humorous as well as effectively entertaining. Lola has been the star of high quality episodes before (both A Tattler’s Tale and Undie Pressure were two of my favourite season 1 episodes), and this could continue that trend. Say what you want about Lola, but she has been one of the characters who has been dealt with the most improvement over the course of the series so far. It seems this story could be Lola’s equivalent of what Snow Bored was for Lisa, except this time, Lola could genuinely learn about the positivity of reading and how it is a fulfilling activity which enlightens the mind, rather than only pretending to become obsessed about snow days in a destructive manner as part of a scheme to discourage the other siblings from liking them. It would be yet another great piece of character development for who is already a vastly improved and fleshed out member of the main cast. Of course, maybe the episode opts for a more playful route, and instead focuses a lot more on the aspect of the family roaming around the library. After all, considering this is the LOUD family (literally and figuratively), and the library is a place which demands quiet, it is probable the family will cause a lot of ruckus and mayhem to the point where they are kicked out. Certainly, this is a possibility, and provided it’s done right, it could be highly amusing to watch unfold (as opposed to uncomfortably vexatious). Either way, this episode has the potential to be television that is worth watching.

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<p style="color:rgb(44,54,53);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;">Synopsis: When Lincoln discovers the first page of his baby book is blank, he worries his parents are hiding something.

<p style="color:rgb(44,54,53);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;">Elaboration: Oh dear, didn’t this plot concept annoy a few people. This is yet another case of some fans going completely overboard by whining incessantly about an episode before they even sit down and watch it. The very notion that Lincoln is adopted and not a blood relative of the family is something which most fans view as incredibly fearful, infuriating, and just plain lame. Admittedly, I would also find this writing decision to be very forced, cliché and out of nowhere if it were to be realised. Honestly, though, I don’t think this is going to be the case. If this story even turns out to be about him worrying he is adopted, the likelihood is the writers will choose to utilise the approach of making the whole situation a colossal misunderstanding, along the same lines as the eventfulness which occurred in Ties That Bind. There, the siblings misheard conversations between the parents and concluded they were no longer loved, and later that Lincoln was going to be kicked out of the house. Here, it is probable there will be some simple explanation as to why the 1st page in Lincoln’s baby book is blank, and he as the protagonist will have (of course) overlooked that. Sure, that would be a very generic plot riddled with clichés, but it, at least, could be a moving and heart-warming story which actually manages to paint a positive picture of the Loud family unit. But really, this synopsis is very brief and vague, and the conclusions so many people are jumping to as not just premature, but also extremely cynical. I know people still can’t seem to get past NSL and BITF and have become excessively sensitive towards Lincoln as a character and the trials he must endure throughout the show, but can I make a small request? For once, can we not do this? Can we restrain ourselves from automatically assuming an episode is going to be a Lincoln torture porn and trashing it before it even airs? Let’s give a story a chance to make an impression before drawing conclusions. Let’s actually watch it before declaring it sucks! There’s a possibility the story won’t even be about Lincoln suspecting he’s adopted, anyway. It could be a completely different narrative to the one we are expecting. Let’s just give the episode a chance and see what it brings us. Maybe it will be terrible, maybe it will have tons of technical problems, and maybe it will confirm everyone’s worst fears… but for now, let’s just calm down and approach this episode with a rational and embracing mindset, rather than one of pessimism and anger.