User blog comment:Weavillain/My Nitpick w/ "Driving Miss Hazy"/@comment-31563773-20180319193805/@comment-31022739-20180319195140

Shifting the tone is one thing; like I said, I wouldn't have minded if Lincoln had simply brought up how bad it was for Lori to derpive Leni of her accomplishment and spur her into action. What the episode did was clumsily raise the stakes when that was literally never an issue before. And really, if we're expected to contemplate how Leni's wreckless driving could result in disaster after Lori sabotages her, then it would've been better to establish the negative consequences of what her inexperience could bring about from the very beginning.

Look at what happens when Leni comes home with the police officer, for instance. Despite hearing about all the dangerous things Leni did, there's not one bit of nervousness, fear, or anything akin to concern on Lincoln's end. If anything, he's more exasperated that Leni failed her test. It seems a little silly to just throw all that away just because of the nefarious undertone of Lori's actions; that just sounds like trying to make significance out of symbolism than hinging on the objective, established setting that the episode presents for the majority of its runtime.